The natural color is light and the moon dew is dim.
The government officials haven't come yet, so they temporarily lock Sister Tian in an empty room.
After tossing for half a night, Lu Anran had just changed his clothes and was going to go to bed to rest for a while, when Chun Miao hurried over.
"Miss, that Mrs. Tian is vomiting blood."
All Lu Anran's difficulties suddenly disappeared. He put on his shoes and asked Chun Miao to get the cloak. "She vomited suddenly? Has anyone approached her?"
Chunmiao helped Lu Anran fasten the belt, shook her head and said: "Don't say that other people in the village don't know, the slave girl specially asked Xu Jia to find two people to guard the door. Even if she heard some rumors and wanted to pry, they would never be able to get in. "
"Well, don't make any noise. I'm going to take a look first." Lu Anran took the stove and hugged it in front of him, and stepped out of the room.
Four members of the Yin family died, but the remaining two were tied up and imprisoned in the Buddhist hall, so there were many rooms left. The room where Sister Tian was imprisoned was the original room where Su Su was, and the same room where Wei was killed. .
Lu Anran came over as quickly as the wind was blowing under her feet. Sure enough, she saw two strong men in Lu family nursing home uniforms standing at the door. They both saluted her.
Lu Anran nodded and one of them opened the door. She took Chunmiao in and the door closed behind her.
The light in the room was dim, the air was cold, and there was an invisibly eerie atmosphere, especially since everyone knew that a murder had just occurred in this room.
Chunmiao folded her arms and rubbed them together. She huddled up behind Lu Anran and whispered, "Miss, it's very cold here and the ghost spirit is too strong."
Chunmiao has been with Lu Anran since she was a child. She is capable and loyal, but she is also talkative and timid.
"If you stay here, shut up." Lu Anran dropped this sentence and walked towards Mrs. Tian who was leaning on the bed with her head tilted.
Mrs. Tian was sitting on the ground, her head lowered and motionless. If her chest hadn't been rising and falling, it would have been misunderstood and she would have been silent for a long time.
The tranquility at this moment was very different from the angry and resentful appearance before. She was wearing white burlap clothes, her hair spread down her shoulders, and the skin on her uncovered face was full of paleness in the folds, like a statue, silent and sad.
Chun Miao stayed at the door and silently looked up. Mrs. Tian was shrouded in shadow. She was gloomy. Her white clothes and long hair were shawl-like. She looked like a ghost who had escaped from the Temple of Hell. She choked and quickly recited Amitabha silently.
Lu Anran knelt down in front of Mrs. Tian, and just as she stretched out her hand, Mrs. Tian suddenly raised her head, her face was pale and green, her eyes were dark, and her eyes were unfocused.
But it had only been half an hour before it looked like this.
Lu Anran's expression moved slightly, and his fingers pressed on Mrs. Tian's wrist.
"Miss Lu." Sister-in-law Tian opened her mouth, her voice weak, and she could not imagine that she was yelling fiercely just half an hour ago, "Don't worry about it."
Lu Anran raised his eyes, his gaze turned into a sharp sword, piercing people's hearts, "You have taken poison."
Mrs. Tian took a few hard breaths, moved her head, and said weakly: "I have been prepared for a long time. No matter whether this thing can be done or not, the poison has always been hidden in me."
Lu Anran retracted his hand, slowly clenched his fingers into a fist, pressed his fingertips on his palm, and frowned: "Why?"
Mrs. Tian raised the corner of her mouth and showed a slight smile of relief, "Miss Lu wants to ask, why do I kill people, or is Xiang Ju worth what I do for her?"
Lu Anran nodded. She really didn't understand what could make another person risk his own life, just to seek justice in the world.
"I'm sick." Sister-in-law Tian said, "The doctor said I won't survive the Qingming Festival."
Lu Anran frowned. She just noticed that Mrs. Tian's pulse rate was rapid and messy, fine and uneven, she was short of breath, and her skin was black, which were symptoms of poisoning.
Little did he know that Mrs. Tian had another disease.
Lu Anran lowered his eyes, flashing past the old man's occasional serious words——
"Don't diagnose diseases casually, so as not to harm people's lives!"
A flash of annoyance flashed in her eyes. In the final analysis, it was because she was not good at studying medicine.
"I'm about to die. If I can avenge Xiang Ju before I die, I can repay her original kindness." Sister Tian was panting more and had less air intake. She sped up her words and said, "Miss Lu, you will have enough food and clothing when you are born like this." People in our country would never imagine how poor people can be. Sometimes, they even fight to the death for a piece of cake or a bun.
My child was sick at the time, so I borrowed money from everywhere, but received cold looks from others, including Xiangju..."
Mrs. Tian widened her nostrils and mouth, her eyes slowly widened, she stretched her hand forward and grabbed a sleeve of Lu Anran with all her strength, "She pawned her jewelry and collected five taels of silver to lend it to me."
His tone gradually became choked with sobs: "The child was not saved in the end, it was his life!"
Having said that, Lu Anran could clearly see the strong unwillingness and resentment in Mrs. Tian's eyes, complaining about the indifference of the world and the injustice of God.
"I'm not as knowledgeable as girls and gentlemen, and I don't understand anything, but we have to be conscientious as human beings, right?"
"Xiangju helped me when I was in the most difficult time. I can't let her still be stigmatized and uneasy underground after her death."
"I don't regret it. Everyone in the Yin family deserves to die."
Lu Anran lowered her eyelids, and her eyes fell on the hand that was tugging at her clothes, "Murder is a crime. The Yin family is guilty and should be judged by the government."
"The government officials will be here soon." The light condensed by resentment in Mrs. Tian's pupils dispersed again, and a blurry smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Miss Lu, we must expose the dirty face of the Yin family and let them suffer." Despised by everyone in the world."
Resentment turned into obsession, and obsession gave birth to resentment, which eventually took root in Sister Tian's heart and became a demon.
Before leaving, Lu Anran said: "Your original intention was not to harm Su Su."
Mrs. Tian was stunned, and Lu Anran sighed: "You didn't expect that Su Su stole Yin Tianming's things and ran out, but died in the trap you left for Yin Tianming."
It was an accident for Su Su. On the night of her death, Mrs. Tian originally wanted Yin Tianming to come out, but she didn't expect that the thing would get into Su Su's hands.
Sister-in-law Tian started laughing, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she murmured: "It's God's will after all, but the world is too difficult, life is too difficult, and being a woman is too difficult."
Lu Anran came out of the room. The sun had risen and the sun was shining on the earth. She looked up at the sky and slowly exhaled, as if she was also removing the gloom in her heart little by little.
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Before leaving Yinjiacun, Lu Anran called Widow Wang over and gave her a purse containing things that Sister Tian gave to Widow Wang.
"As a woman, her life is harder than that of a man in any era. Take these coins and live a good life." These are the words of Mrs. Tian to Widow Wang. In her purse are all her belongings.
Lu Anran told Widow Wang that Mrs. Tian did not mean to insult Widow Wang. On several occasions, she saw people in the same village being ill-intentioned and deliberately scolded those people by scolding them. She was also a widow, and she understood that Widow Wang was a young adoptive mother. Not easy.
Widow Wang burst into tears. She once truly resented Sister Tian and secretly cursed her to die a good death.
There was another reason that Lu Anran didn't mention. I'm afraid that Mrs. Tian had taken advantage of Widow Wang to compensate her.
On the carriage, Chun Miao watched Widow Wang crying and leaving, and said sympathetically: "It's not easy for a widow. Now that I have some money in my hand, I don't know who is thinking about her."
Lu Anran glanced out the window and said in a calm voice: "How do you know that Sister Tian is not the former Widow Wang?"
Chun Miao was choked and sighed in her heart. Yes, no one is born to be aggressive and domineering. Over the long years, they gradually build up a hard shell to arm themselves and maintain their lives with difficulty.
The carriage moved and then stopped. Chunmiao stretched out her head to look around, then retracted her body and said, "Miss, this is Prince Yun."
Lu Anran opened the curtain of the carriage. Seeing that they had something to say, Chun Miao hurriedly exited the carriage, turned to Yun Qi and walked to a place where they could not hear their conversation but could see it.
Yun Qi was riding a horse, looking down from a high place, and said to Lu Anran meaningfully: "We are both studying medicine, but you are different from others, you specialize in operating on the dead."
Lu Anran was unsure of the prince's intention and ignored it. However, the next words made Lu Anran freeze in place, "Besides...you girl, you have always been hard-hearted and cruel."
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Stop pretending, you recognized me the first day."
He leaned down from his horse, resting his elbows on his knees and resting on his chin. There was a flash of light in his eyes, mixed with a deep coldness, "I'm just curious about how you recognized me."
Lu Anran was startled by the suddenly enlarged handsome face, and stepped back unconsciously, "Smell."
Yun Qi frowned, and Lu Anran explained: "You smell different."
Yunqi raised his sleeves and smelled it. His clothes were all scented with sandalwood, except for his night clothes.
Lu Anran seemed to see his doubts, "It's not incense, but a kind of bamboo fragrance. It's very light and can't be smelled by most people." Especially mixed with the scent of sandalwood, it was washed away even more vaguely. It's just that her nose happens to be sensitive, so she can't escape this smell.
There is a very light smell on Yunqi's body, like the fragrance of bamboo, but more refreshing. If I want to choose the right word, it is the bamboo leaves soaked in dew in the morning.
In addition, what really confirmed Lu Anran was the night she followed Mrs. Yin. In the graveyard in the wilderness, Yunqi talked about Mengdu's overturning the case.
Lu Anran was sure that Lu Xun had sealed this matter within Mengdu and would never spread it. Even the Yin family and others who attended the Winter Solstice Banquet in Mengdu at that time would have only heard about it if they didn't investigate carefully. They should have been far away. Yun Qi from Shengle County would know, which means that he was in Mengdu at that time and was at the scene.
Lu Anran ignored Yun Qi's increasingly mysterious expression, raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, I also have a question."
Yun Qi raised an eyebrow, and Lu Anran's eyes turned, locking him tightly, with a bit of sensitivity: "On the night of Yin Tianxiang's accident, did the prince really have no idea at all?"
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Trampled by horse hooves and scattered snow, the silhouettes of the master and servant gradually became smaller.
When Chunmiao came back and saw Lu Anran looking bad, she hurriedly asked what was wrong.
Lu Anran shook his head and ordered everyone to set off.
When I closed my eyes and rested my mind, I thought about the meaning of Yunqi's last smile.
Martial arts practitioners have ears to listen to and eyes to see in all directions. How could a mere Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Wei play tricks under Guanyue's nose?
unless……
Until they passed the next inn, the people inside talked about how many people had been killed in the official road ahead in the past few days. When asked about the time, it happened to be the nineteenth of this month.
Lu Anran frowned and looked to the south, as if the whole party in the capital had been shrouded in a haze from this moment on.
The first case ended
