New widow

"Let me see you off." Su Du was already beside Su Qiao, and Zhang Qing couldn't help but sigh: "What a well-matched couple, how can you say they are not a good match."

"Master Zhang, you don't know." The housekeeper had just walked around the critical moment of life and death, so he said to Zhang Qing: "Ms. Kuang is a widow, the widow of a British father, and a widow who has been married twice. Not to mention her father’s infamous things, Madam will not agree to this alone.”

Zhang Qing shook his head: "Is this what a big family is like?"

"A big family naturally has good things." The housekeeper thought for a moment and realized that there were indeed good things. The overwhelming glory and wealth, as well as the fact that he had lived in a heap of splendor since he was a child and was wrapped up in them. The misery in this world seemed to be similar to theirs. It doesn't matter much, just lamenting the spring and autumn and reciting poems is enough.

"Tell me, if Su Tongpan hadn't become an official, what would his life have been like?" Zhang Qing looked at the housekeeper and asked with a smile. The housekeeper also smiled: "If he hadn't become an official, then the third master would have It's similar to the uncle. I have a spare job, so I just go to work every day. When I get home, I'll recite poems and write poems. It's said that the uncle's poems are very good."

"Yes, brother's poems are really good." Su Du's voice had already been heard, and Zhang Qing looked at him hurriedly: "I thought you would be out for a long time."

"What are you talking about?" Su Du smiled, with a hint of helplessness in his smile. How could he be out for a long time? He just walked to the door, said a few words, and then watched Su Qiao walk towards the carriage. Soon, the carriage disappeared from sight. At that time, Su Du only felt a sense of sadness in his heart, but Su Du still had to suppress it. Stopping the sadness in my heart, I turned around and went back.

"Yes, yes, what I said are all stupid things." Zhang Qing looked at Su Du and wanted to say something else, but he didn't say it in the end. No one knew how this turmoil would end, let alone what happened. This time, will this storm cost people their lives?

"Actually, I also want to ask, why does the prefect look down on Madam Kuang so much?" Su Du changed the subject, and Zhang Qing frowned: "All famous religions are lies, but to say that Madam Kuang is I haven’t offended the prefect, unless,”

Zhang Qing suddenly thought of something, that is, Su Qiao saved Zhou Le.

"Could it be that Madam Kuang saved Miss Zhou?" Zhang Qing's words made Su Du ponder for a moment, and then Su Du said to Zhang Qing: "You know that Butler Qiu, go find him and ask him carefully. Where are all the people who served the prince?"

Wang Shangshu angered everyone, and even Steward Qiu was punished with a cane. Then others would definitely not benefit from it, either being kicked out or beaten. As for those who personally served Wang Shangshu, it is said that there were still two who were raped by Wang Shangshu. Beaten to death.

Ordinarily, when a servant was beaten to death in a gentry's house, someone would go to make trouble. However, when Wang Shangshu beat the two servants to death, the two servants did not go to Shangshu's house to make trouble. It is said that Wang Shangshu gave him a sum of money to appease them. .

Zhang Qing left in a hurry, and the housekeeper looked at Su Du: "Third Master, why are you doing this? Why do you offend the magistrate and even your reputation for a woman?"

"That is my beloved woman." Su Du murmured, and the housekeeper shook his head: "Your beloved woman? Third Master, the most indispensable thing in this world is beautiful women."

In the backyards of wealthy families, beautiful women can be seen everywhere, but ugly women are very rare. From the butler's point of view, Su Qiao was indeed beautiful, but not so beautiful that it would captivate the whole country, and not so beautiful that Su Du was so fascinated. After all, Zhou Le is also beautiful.

"I'm not doing it for beauty." Su Du said softly. If it's for beauty, there are so many beautiful women in the world. One of his brother's favorite concubines can be described as a beauty. Su Du met her once by chance, and she is indeed charming. The beauty is dazzling, but once you have seen it, you have seen it, and you will not have any other thoughts. Suqiao is different, she is not the most beautiful, but she is calm, she...

"That's all, that's all, Third Master, I don't know what Mrs. Kuang used to make you so fascinated." The housekeeper muttered, Su Du frowned slightly, and then laughed at himself. People in the world always see things in this way. shallow.

Zhang Qing hurriedly found Butler Qiu. Butler Qiu frowned when he heard Zhang Qing's intention: "What are you thinking? I will never betray you."

"We have no intention of asking you to betray Lord Shangshu." Zhang Qing first reassured Butler Qiu, and then said: "That day, there seemed to be something fishy about the fire in Shangshu's mansion, so we were thinking about whether we should find a few more people to ask questions. ask."

"Two of those people were beaten to death by the master. The family was compensated one hundred taels of silver, and the other people were kicked out of the house." Butler Qiu only said this, and Zhang Qing waited for what he would say next. Seeing that Butler Qiu was unwilling to say anything, Zhang Qing couldn't help but sigh: "I'm afraid the mastermind behind this will never be found."

"It's none of our business if you can't find it." What Butler Qiu said didn't go as far as Zhang Qing expected. After all, for Butler Qiu, he had been kicked out of the Shangshu Mansion and no longer cared about the things that Prince Wang had done. Son.

"What if this person is related to the poisoning of my niece?" Zhang Qing's words made Butler Qiu look at him: "Isn't it already..."

"Although Chu Zhixian dislikes Ling's niece's background, they have been married for almost 20 years, and they still have a relationship for so many years. How could they have been fine a few days ago and suddenly have the idea of ​​poisoning them? Unless, Someone is provoking." Zhang Qing analyzed each one one by one, and Butler Qiu's expression changed: "But who could it be?"

Those who can instigate Chu Zhixian and make Chu Zhixian obey are unless their confidants are very important people. Speaking of confidants, Zhang Qing looked at the few servants of the Chu family and estimated that none of them had the guts to let Chu Zhixian poison Mrs. Chu. The remaining people were Chu Zhixian's friends.

These days, the magistrate is the one who has the closest contact with Chu County in this city.

Butler Qiu is also a person who has experienced it. At this time, he can't help but think of the prefect. Besides, there is also a successful person, Mr. Kuang. Mr. Kuang concealed the fact that he was already married and married Mr. Li. From then on, he relied on the power of Mr. Li's uncle. Although he was mediocre in these years, his career as an official was also smooth. This is enough to make Chu Zhixian envious after years of ups and downs before getting an official position.

Mr. Kuang is in the fourth rank of officialdom. Considering Mr. Kuang's background, this is already an extremely smooth promotion. And all this is just a change of wife and a powerful father-in-law.

"Why, why are these people like this, like this..." Butler Qiu sighed. Zhang Qing knew that Butler Qiu was also thinking of the same person, and couldn't help but sigh: "In the hearts of these people, there is only glory, wealth, power, nothing else. nothing."