"On behalf of the entire Wen family, I would like to thank my two uncles for their help." Seeing that Aunt Wen was about to bend down, Li Bufan quickly supported her.
"No, we are all a family. There is no need for you to be polite. Since we didn't help much with the investigation of the case, we should do more with other things."
Aunt Wen just shook her head after hearing this, but she seemed really tired now. She didn't say anything more, but just said to Li Bufan and others, "Can you let me stay here for a while?"
After hearing her words, everyone walked out of the wine cellar in a sensible manner, including Lu Jing. However, he didn't expect that he was stopped by Aunt Wen after he had only taken a few steps.
"Master Lu, please stay."
After speaking, Aunt Wen said to Wen Xiaochuan on the side, "You can stay too."
When Lu Jing heard Aunt Wen's words, he thought he was finally entering the task settlement phase. He couldn't help but feel shocked. He was about to receive the task reward, but he was stunned when he heard the second half of the sentence.
Especially when everyone else had left, there were only three people left in the wine cellar, and Wen Xiaochuan kept staring at the toes of her shoes, as if there was a comic book hidden on them, and she was reading it with gusto, so Lu Jing felt that the atmosphere was getting more and more intense. It’s also getting weirder and weirder.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Aunt Wen to speak again, "Master Lu."
"Um?"
"I have to apologize to you first."
"Uh, what are you apologizing for?"
"This morning, Master Lu asked me about the secret room in the village. I lied to Master Lu. I already knew at that time that Hall Master Jiang's body might be here."
Lu Jing was a little surprised. He didn't expect Aunt Wen to admit it so straightforwardly, although he did have suspicions in his heart.
But this kind of thing is difficult to confirm. Even if he found Jiang Lei's body from the secret room, Aunt Wen can still deduce that Jiang Lei's body was indeed not there when she came to check.
Or maybe she thinks this place is very secretive and doesn't want to be exposed to outsiders like Lu Jing. Lu Jing actually can't say anything.
In fact, this place is indeed secretive enough, because according to Wen Xiaochuan, this secret room was actually designed as a dungeon.
It was used to hold some shady prisoners, but after Aunt Wen took over, this dungeon was basically abandoned. Almost no one in the entire Wenjiazhuang knew about it except the old lady and Aunt Wen.
Wen Xiaochuan discovered this place by accident because he went to the wine cellar to play alone when he was a child, and he even got a bamboo board on his butt because of it.
Aunt Wen seemed to know what Lu Jing was thinking, and sighed, "I have seven daughters. I always try my best to keep a bowl of water even. I treat them all equally in terms of food and clothing. I have never treated anyone badly. I thought I loved each of them equally.
"It wasn't until this incident happened that I realized that although these seven daughters are my heart and soul, in my heart, I will indeed be particularly soft-hearted towards some or one of them."
"Is the mother talking about the second sister?" Wen Xiaochuan suddenly asked.
Aunt Wen nodded.
"We sisters can actually see this." Wen Xiaochuan said, "Although the second sister and my mother had the most violent quarrels. She almost ran away from the Wen family in order to marry Hall Master Jiang, but it was also because of this that she He is the one who is most like you, mother. You are both the kind of people who are very independent. Once you make up your mind, you will never change it."
"Now that I think about it, this might not be a good thing." The wrinkles on Aunt Wen's face seemed to be getting deeper.
"Last night, because I was worried that she would not be able to think about it, I slept on the same bed with her. She confessed to me her plan with Hall Master Jiang, and told me that Hall Master Jiang had been killed. Since his body had not been I found that it was probably still in the secret room of the wine cellar.
"I was shocked at the time. I didn't expect that the couple would do such a thing for money. Then there was a burst of anger, because although she didn't say anything, I knew she was throwing this problem to me. .
"Just like she used to threaten me to break with the family to get me to agree to her marrying Jiang Lei, this time she used the same method to force me to make a choice between her and Qing Qing.
"And I know that she didn't share her buried secrets with me because she trusted me as a mother, but because she was desperate. After Jiang Lei died, his body could no longer leave the secret room. Because of this Wen Lun had to confess the whole thing to me.
"I was angry at her audacity, but what was even more annoying was that I actually softened my heart again. I saw that her man had just died, and Lei Huotang owed such a large amount of foreign debt, and I couldn't bear to do what she had done. Shake out those things.
"I can only comfort myself by saying that Jin Duoduo has a lot of silver and we are all a family. It is nothing to give some to her. Besides, in the end, even if Jin Duoduo is regarded as a murderer, there will be no personal danger.
"But I know this is just a poor excuse for my partiality. Qingqing is also my daughter, and Jin Duoduo is also my uncle of the Wen family. I have no reason to sacrifice their interests for Wen Lun."
Aunt Wen said so many words in one breath, a look of exhaustion appeared in her eyes.
Wen Xiaochuan wanted to help her, but she waved her hand and refused.
Then Aunt Wen looked up at Lu Jing again, "As people get older, they become more nagging. I shouldn't bother Daxia Lu with these family matters, but I still want to thank you Daxia Lu.
"Although I was preventing you, Mr. Lu, from finding this secret room, I was inexplicably relieved when I saw Hall Master Jiang's body. At least now I no longer have to worry about which daughter to favor, and thanks to you, Mr. Lu. , the murderer of Hall Leader Jiang was also found.
"Although there is no compensation from Jin Duoduo, I think Wen Lun's child can also get some comfort."
Before Lu Jing could answer, Aunt Wen added, "Speaking of family matters, I wonder what Mr. Lu thinks of Xiao Chuan?"
"Ah?" Lu Jing didn't expect Aunt Wen to be in such a hurry. They were having a good conversation about the case earlier, but why did she suddenly turn to Wen Xiaochuan.
Looking at Wen Xiaochuan again, he has returned to the previous mode of looking down at shoes.
Lu Jing smiled bitterly, "This... Miss Xiao Chuan is naturally good, but I already have a family here."
Although his fatal luck was gone, Lu Jing knew that his latent physique was enough for him to drink a pot, so this time he decided to cut through the trouble quickly and do it directly to eliminate the trouble from the source.
