Lishu was originally following behind, but she was shocked when she saw a loud noise and her mother immediately fell to the ground. Didn't she already tell her mother that there was a trap there? Why is my mother still like this?
But after returning to the room, Siyu trembled because she specifically inquired about the bricks there and told the lady that there was something wrong with it. Why did the mistress still have a problem? Will she be sold by then?
She didn't want to be sold again. Working in the Liu family, she could have enough to eat and new clothes to wear. The young lady was young, but very well-behaved and never tormented others. A special couch was set up for her and Tingxue to sleep on every day, which was unimaginable before. Although Sister Danhong has a bad temper, she also teaches them how to do things.
Seeing Siyu's fear, Li Shu suddenly felt something in her heart. Did she know what was going on? If Mom successfully avoids danger, who knows if the next danger will come. Nowadays, deliberately using one's body as bait to catch the murderer can also serve as a deterrent.
I just don’t know if it was Aunt Ding’s people or Fu’s people who did it?
"Siyu, you have done a great job for me. Next time the house makes snacks, I will treat you to the most authentic jade belt cake. Don't worry." She looked at Siyu.
Although Lishu is young, Siyu feels that the young lady knows a lot. She can also memorize a whole book of Tang poems, is already good at typing, and can even recognize characters, which is a hundred times better than her.
Although she is not smart, she knows who to listen to.
"Okay, miss." Siyu felt relieved.
When Liu Chengxu rushed over, Mr. Fu had already passed out. He was heartbroken and looked at Aunt Ding with some displeasure: "Didn't I ask someone to come back and clean up in advance? Why are people so careless? Qiu Jun... …”
Not smelling blood, Liu Chengxu felt a little relieved, but he was still very worried about little Fu.
Danqing came forward crying and said: "That brick was clearly moved by someone, and there are still traces of being chiseled out there. Master, you must make the decision for our wife, she was harmed by someone... …”
These words stirred up the nerves of everyone present. This was what Aunt Ding was waiting for. It would be strange if little Fu accepted this! Mrs. Fu was also very worried. She also heard that Mrs. Fu had been framed. She immediately suspected Aunt Ding. No, Aunt Ding was not such a person. She has been in the government for seven years and has always been an upright person. It is even more impossible for Xiao Fu to make something out of nothing. Could it be that she is someone left behind by Aunt Su?
People who have been punished for a long time are not stupid. Liu Chengxu frowned and went out to the place where the incident occurred. He saw that the bricks there were obviously less dusty and had been disconnected a long time ago. Moreover, the bricks were all painted with a row of tung oil, which meant that even if they were not If you step on a brick and fall, you will be slipped. This intention is really vicious.
The female family members in the inner house often feel that what they have done is flawless, but in Liu Chengxu's opinion, the method is very clumsy. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Aunt Ding: "Start investigating this matter now."
Aunt Ding originally thought that Liu Chengxu wanted to investigate the servants, but she didn't know that he would actually doubt her. Aunt Ding felt inexplicably aggrieved. She knew that if Fu was not confessed today, she would most likely be the scapegoat. Even Liu Chengxu would not doubt Fu, but he would doubt her.
Thinking of this, she said calmly: "Yes, I will call people over in batches for questioning."
Liu Chengxu nodded and said to Mrs. Fu: "You wait here for the doctor to come over and see what the doctor says. I'll go out and have a look."
Obviously this is the result of a personal trial, and it cannot be known to more people. After the wife and concubines quarrel and the family tradition is ruined, others will only say that he is not strict in running the family.
Mrs. Fu also urged: "Brother Xu, go quickly, we must find out the real culprit."
Who is the real murderer? Mrs. Fu didn't know, but she saw little Mrs. Fu lying on the bed with a pale face, and felt that she was really unlucky.
Ke Rao's mother and Yu Ping's hearts were as heavy as drumsticks, but they still pretended to be calm. Every time they came over, they would see no one around them. No one in this house would know.
They thought they were doing it covertly, but Liu Chengxu didn't bother to elaborate: "If you tell them now, I will treat you as innocent. If you hide it, it will be a big sin. I will not only slap a ban on you, but also expel you from the house. When the time comes, No one in this house can save you."
The Liu family had many servants, but the servants they brought out were very small. Aunt Ding took the lead in starting the trial with her maid Mingyue Qingfeng, which was also setting an example.
Mingyue said first: "I followed my aunt's instructions to inform Mrs. Feng. Then she came once on the ninth day of winter. It was during the day. I came with two rough servants. After we cleaned up the dust, we opened the door The door was closed, and in the evening, the slave came and closed the door again."
"When did you close the door?" Liu Chengxu looked at her indifferently.
"Youshi."
"Yeah!" Liu Chengxu nodded.
Then instead of judging Qingfeng, he said to Chang An: "Are those two rough ladies just talking about Youshi?"
Aunt Ding was shocked. She didn't expect that although Liu Chengxu ordered her, he would be interrogated in advance. Fortunately, she didn't do anything about it.
Seeing Chang An nodding, Liu Chengxu called the Liu family and others from the kitchen. Aunt Ding felt a little relieved. The Liu family had already taken refuge with the little Fu family. Now she could finally get rid of the suspicion.
Sure enough, she was not disappointed. Although the Liu family was worried, they still said: "I am the one in the kitchen. It was already dark that day. I had to make mutton bone soup for the eldest lady at night, so I came out very late. I happened to see Yuping, who was walking towards the west with a hatchet. The servant was curious and saw her giving Mrs. Feng money from a distance, so she went into the west courtyard."
Liu Chengxu patted the table: "You have to tell the truth."
"I don't dare to hide anything." The Liu family had already listened to Little Fu's instructions and kept staring at the Yuping people beside the eldest lady. Hum, she didn't lie.
If people don't know what to do unless they do it themselves, the first lady's good luck will come to an end. In the future, when the second lady gives birth to a son, things will be different.
Seeing everyone's words, Liu Chengxu suddenly said to Aunt Ding: "You guys go down first."
Aunt Ding knew that Liu Chengxu was trying to save Mr. Fu's face, but she didn't show anything on her face and led the people down.
Immediately, he interrogated Yuping alone. Yuping's mother was still in the Liu family's hometown. If she didn't tell the truth, her family would be the unlucky one.
Yuping was a loyal servant, she gritted her teeth and said nothing, but when she heard her mother, she was immediately stunned...
Here, Mrs. Fu was happy for little Mrs. Fu, because the doctor came to treat her for a while, but said she was too frightened, but there was no problem with her stomach. Little Mrs. Fu even woke up faintly, and the two sisters were talking affectionately.
"Sister, you don't have to look after me anymore. You should go back. I have Dan Hong and Dan Qing taking care of me. It's okay. It's just that I felt slippery at the time. It seemed like I fell hard, but in fact it didn't hurt me at all." Comfort Mrs. Fu.
Mrs. Fu saw that it was getting late and it was hard to stay any longer, so she left first.
Who would have thought that as soon as Mrs. Fu left and Liu Chengxu came in, little Mrs. Fu would hold her stomach and look ugly.
"Didn't your sister just say nothing happened?" Liu Chengxu was startled.
Little Fu shook his head: "It's nothing serious."
In Liu Chengxu's opinion, this was because Mr. Fu was pretending to be strong. He wanted to call the doctor again, but Mr. Fu stopped him: "The doctor has already prescribed the prescription. I am just too frightened. There is really no need to call the doctor."
Liu Chengxu hugged her and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she looked much better.
At night, Liu Chengxu brought the tied up Yuping and Rao's mother to Mrs. Fu. Mrs. Fu looked at them with wide eyes and frowned: "Brother Xu, just say what you have to say, why bother to tie them up?" How about them?"
Liu Chengxu snorted coldly: "Qiu Jun is still in good health. If she is, I really don't know how to face her. They all said that they deliberately brushed tung oil without telling you, and one of them went to pry bricks. Mrs. Feng also did it, and took took their money."
"What?" Mrs. Fu was simply unbelievable, "Why do you do this?"
Rao's mother is not young. She has been beaten ten times. The master has already said that she will be sold, and she is willing to risk it: "Madam, we are doing everything for you. You see, the eldest brother passed away inexplicably, and the second madam But she is pregnant. We treat others with sincerity, but others are——"
Originally, Liu Chengxu wanted these two people to repent, but he didn't expect that it was these slaves who were instigating them. He couldn't bear it anymore.
"Chang An, tie their mouths tightly and sell them to me. The farther away the better."
He could no longer bear such a person staying in the Liu family. Mother Rao did not expect Liu Chengxu to be so decisive. In his heart, Liu Chengxu should not be like this. As everyone knows, although Liu Chengxu has great feelings for his first wife, he cannot have such a source of chaos in the family. Be around.
Chang An acted very quickly and had already tied up the two people and gagged them.
Madam Fu suddenly felt very guilty for Young Madam Fu, and was speechless for a moment. Seeing that Rao's mother's hair was messy and there was blood on her body, she couldn't help but plead with Liu Chengxu, but she opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything. .
Rao's mother originally wanted to make one last move and tell Aunt Su's story, but when she saw that Mrs. Fu didn't even plead for her, Rao's mother suddenly became disheartened.
A moment ago, Mama Rao, who was as honorable as Mrs. Gaoming, and Yu Ping, who was as good as a vice-chancellor, were dragged out and sold like dead dogs in front of everyone. For a moment, the servants of the Liu family were frightened.
Lishu knew that there were no such things in her previous life, because her mother really had a miscarriage, and there was no such thing as Danqing's request to harm anyone. Even Rao's mother and Yuping Yulan were fine.
They are like a witch hunt for the little Fu family. Liu Chengxu did not even interrogate these people personally in the previous life. Of course, in the previous life, Fu family and Aunt Su gradually became lonely, while Aunt Ding suddenly rose up.
Now the child in the mother's belly is fine, the murderer has been betrayed, shocking everyone, and the place in my house has become a hot topic, probably because the little Fu family was really plotted in the previous life, and it will be done in this life.
"Mom, I heard someone said that it was the aunt who ordered it. Do you think so?" Li Shu asked quietly.
But little Mrs. Fu smiled and said: "It shouldn't be her." Because she knew that Mrs. Fu was only sad about her son's departure, but she never really worried about her own status, because she had five brothers, and her father was now the right-hand official of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. Minister. Even Jinke, the elder brother of Fu's compatriot, has been admitted to the imperial examination and entered the Imperial Academy.
She has too many trump cards, so there is no need for her.
Even Liu Chengxu believed her in his heart, especially when Da Xing served Yu Ping and Rao's mother. No matter how they were beaten and starved for several days, they always said it was their own idea. Fu was in poor health and had no idea.
The cause of this incident was that Rao's mother and Yuping saw Fu's sadness and she happened to be pregnant. They thought that they were the little concubine in the family back then and underestimated the enemy too much, so they became furious and attacked in anger.
Aunt Ding once again stretched out her hands. Under the light of the candle, she did not feel hot at all. Instead, she said: "I thought it would cause the master to doubt Mrs. Fu and expose her face. If there is Aunt Su, I will let Mother Rao and others say it." When the truth came out, little Fu lost her child again. In this way, I am the biggest winner. I didn’t expect that the master personally interrogated me and found out about Fu. Little Fu took advantage of the trick and his position became more and more stable. It’s true that things in the world are changing. "
Mingyue said: "Then Auntie, you are still in charge of the house! I see that the two capable slaves around the eldest lady have been sold. She has no face at all. Isn't the world still yours in the future?"
"No, the one who will take care of the house in the future will be Little Fu. In the past, I was sandwiched between Mrs. Fu and Little Fu. It was a balance for me to be the housekeeper. But although Mrs. Fu is innocent, her prestige has been greatly lost, and I also have a grudge against her. Not long ago. , little Mrs. Fu gave birth to a child, and her world is hers. Now I have to stay away from the spotlight for the future." Aunt Ding made up her mind.
Mingyue felt very regretful: "This is such a hard-earned opportunity, but it will be difficult for you in the future."
"What's so difficult about this? Little Fu hasn't given birth yet, hasn't she? Even if she can give birth to a son, he may not be a son, and even if he is a son, he may not be able to make a difference. Mingyue, sometimes we have to learn to take a step back if we don't advance. Only then can we have a brighter future. My mother, Aunt Su, is just too anxious..." Aunt Ding shook her head.
