Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang looked at Su Yu with a ferocious expression, and said in a dark voice, "I'll ask you again, is what you just said true?"

It was the first time for Su Yu to see Mrs. Wang, who is known for her kindness, showing such a ferocious expression. She trembled immediately, lowered her body even more, and replied with a trembling voice, "Back to Mrs. Wang, this matter is so serious. It’s important. How dare slaves speak nonsense, it’s been confirmed over and over again.”

Speaking of this Suyu, she was a medical girl specially sent by Shi Shi after Grandma Zhu was diagnosed as pregnant.It is said that Su Yu's father was a well-known doctor in the city, but later he offended a nobleman and the whole family was imprisoned, and her parents both died in prison.She and her younger brother were sold into slavery.Shi Shi and her mother have a two-way relationship, so after hearing the news, he couldn't bear their siblings being reduced to such a young age, so he bought them with money, and asked the prince to revoke their slave status, and gave them Some silver, set them up.

But Su Yu was already 14 years old at the time, in order to repay her kindness and protect her younger brother, she stayed in the palace to serve Shi Shi's side.

Su Yu was intelligent and talented in medicine since she was a child. She studied medicine with her father since she was three years old.Medicine is very good.Shi Shi usually has a headache, so he doesn't delay to invite the imperial physician, Su Yu helps to see it.When Grandma Zhu was diagnosed as pregnant, it happened to be the time when Jia Zhu fell ill after the imperial examination and was told by the imperial physician that it was not good.Grandma Zhu was worried because of this, and her fetal appearance was not good. When Shi knew about it, she asked Suyu to come over and take care of Grandma Zhu's diet and daily life.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang believed most of Su Yu's words, and it was precisely because of her belief that Mrs. Wang's complexion became even more distorted, and the blue veins could be clearly seen on the back of her tightly clenched hands.

Her Pearl was actually poisoned to death?Who had killed her Pearl?She must find out, smash him into pieces, and smash his bones into ashes.

Grandma Zhu's eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and she said, "Mother, you can make the decision for the uncle! The death of the uncle is too unjust. Huh..." Then she covered her face and began to cry.

Mrs. Wang said angrily, "Where is that book?"

Upon hearing this, Yinchuan cleverly presented the book wrapped in cloth to Madam Wang, "Madam, this is the book." Seeing that Madam Wang was about to reach for it, she shrank her hand and reminded : "Ma'am, this book is poisonous, don't touch it."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang withdrew her hand, staring at the book with eyes red and swollen like walnuts from crying many times, then turned her head and asked Grandma Zhu, "Do you know, this book Where did the book come from?"

This can be regarded as difficult for Grandma Zhu, "Mother, uncle has always liked to read, and there are at least one or two thousand books in this study, this..."

Although she didn't finish her words, she probably knew what the rest meant.

Mrs. Wang knew that Grandma Zhu's words were true. The books in Zhu'er's study were all saved since she was a child. Grandma Zhu had only been here for a year, and the Wang family's education for their daughter was mainly knitting. It is understandable that she does not know if she is not allowed to study.But although she knew it in her heart, Mrs. Wang was still a little displeased. She just felt that Grandma Zhu didn't care enough about Jia Zhu, and other things mattered, but this "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" was Jia Zhu's favorite, and it became her own. After being a scholar, she would take it out and double it almost from time to time. Even when she was ill, Mrs. Wang saw Jia Zhu holding this book several times.

"Ma'am, this servant knows." Yin Chuan said softly.

"How do you know?" Grandma Zhu asked.

Yin Chuan lowered his eyebrows, and replied in an unhurried tone: "Actually, my wife also knows about it. It's just that my wife has a lot of things to do, and it's been a while, so I just forgot it for a while."

Mrs. Wang frowned at this moment, "Why don't I remember?"

"It's been a long time ago, and it's okay for my wife to be a little confused for a while. About three years ago, Uncle Zhu had just won the election, and the whole family was overjoyed. Many people brought congratulatory gifts. Even the slaves in the house also That's right. At that time, the housekeeper Lai gave me the best wishes of the uncle, which were a few rare edition books. I still remember that my wife joked that the uncle was really a nerd, so those It is an expensive and extraordinary gift, but the uncle holds a few books as treasures alone. If the servant remembers correctly, this is one of them." Although Yin Chuan's voice was soft, there was also a sense of panic , but it is well-organized, and people can distinguish it clearly when they hear it.

When Jing Yinchuan said this, Mrs. Wang immediately remembered that there was such a thing.Could it be that Lai Dabucheng was the one who killed Zhuer?

She remembered that two years ago, Lai Da's son Lai Shangrong was killed for no reason, and the murderer had the audacity to send Lai Shangrong's head to his home.At that time, the person who sent the things in the past gave them in the name of the master.Although it was later confirmed that the master did not say this, Lai Shangrong's daughter-in-law was very excited and insisted on an explanation from the master.Later, the murderer was never found, and Lai probably hated Brother Rong so much that he pinned Lai Shangrong's death on Brother Rong.

Could it be that Lai Da was doing this on purpose at the time, but in fact he still put everything on the master's head in his heart.

So he planned carefully, put the poison on Zhuer's favorite book, and then gave it to Zhuer under an excuse.Didn't Suyu say that the poison in this book is a chronic poison?Smelling it for a long time can lead to gradual weakness, especially for those who are sick, it is fatal.And her Zhu'er is a book lover, she will read such a good book from time to time, maybe it is because of this reason that Zhu'er died.

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Wang immediately regarded Lai Da as the murderer in her heart.

In fact, she probably knew in her heart that Lai Da might be innocent, but now she really needs an outlet to vent, so that she can completely escape the pain of losing her son.And now, it is obviously a good outlet.Immediately got up, and said harshly: "Xi Yun, Su Yu, Yin Chuan, go, come with me to the old ancestor's side, and let's go together to seek justice for my poor Pearl."

If Lai Da really did it, his whole family must be buried with her Pearl.

Mrs. Wang took Grandma Zhu and Suyu Yinchuan to wait for Jia Mu, who was also ill at this time.Jia Zhu's death has dealt a great blow to her. You must know that although her love for Jia Zhu is not as much as Jia Baoyu's, Jia Zhu has been outstanding in writing since she was a child. Jia's mother has great expectations for him and hopes that he can lead The Rongguo Mansion, which had declined somewhat, regained its prosperity.Therefore, Jia Zhu is naturally her beloved grandson.

Now that Jia Zhuyi has died of illness, the Rongguo Mansion will have to wait at least ten years until Jia Baoyu grows up if he wants to honor his family.

Just because of this, she doesn't feel sad or uncomfortable.In addition, she is also an elderly person, this disease is much worse than Mrs. Wang's.

However, with Jia Lian, a filial grandson, serving by her side, Jia's mother slowly recovered from her grief and got better.Now that she heard Mrs. Wang say that, she couldn't bring it up in one breath, and passed out again.

After that, it was natural to have a lot of tossing about inviting the imperial doctor and so on.

Because this matter was too shocking, within a short time, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and Mrs. Jia Lianxing, including Lai Da, who had already arrived.

For such a crime, don't say that Lai Da didn't commit it, even if he did, he would definitely not dare to admit it at this time. A few 'bang bang' bang their heads down with full force, yelling for injustice.As for Mrs. Wang, it was only because Su Yu said that the book was poisonous, and this book happened to be a gift from Lai Da, and what happened to Lai Shangrong before, Mrs. Wang thought so in a moment of grief and indignation.But if we say that there is no actual evidence at all.

"It's nonsense, it's groundless, just because this book was given by Lai Da, and you wronged him like that. I know Zhu'er's death has brought you a big blow, but it can't be like this slandering people." After knowing that Mrs. Wang had no actual evidence, Jia's mother immediately put on a face and said so.

This Lai Da belonged to her, if Lai Da really killed Zhu'er, then there would be a gap between her and Zheng'er in the future because of this matter.The relationship between her and the eldest is not very close, and she can no longer alienate the second.

Grandma Zhu just sobbed and wept without saying a word.

As for Mrs. Wang, she is more scheming than Grandma Zhu. Although she has no evidence, she does not show weakness, not to mention that it is about Jia Zhu and she is not willing to give up easily.She opened her mouth and said, "Mother, it's not that I wronged Lai Da, it's that Zhu'er died wrongly. If he was really murdered by villains, the only thing I, a mother, can do for her is to hurry up." Find the murderer. It's not to blame Lai Da, but he is very suspicious. My poor Pearl!" Then she began to cry.

Jia Lian looked at the livid-faced Jia Mu, lowered his eyelids slightly, and said softly, "Grandmother, since the second aunt said so, and it's about Big Brother Zhu, it's better to find out. If it's Housekeeper Lai If it is Qingbai, it should only make the second aunt feel at ease, and also rely on the housekeeper to be innocent. If...it is natural to avenge Big Brother Zhu, otherwise Big Brother Zhu will not be able to rest in peace under the nine springs."

Mother Jia was a little displeased at first, but when she heard Jia Lian's words and thought of the talented Jia Zhu, she sighed a little in her heart, and nodded subconsciously: "You are right. Pearl... "He turned his head and asked Mrs. Wang, "What do you want to do?"

"Of course it's an investigation, a thorough investigation." Mrs. Wang said harshly.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's behavior like this, Mother Jia frowned for some reason. She always had a bad feeling.

In fact, Mother Jia's hunch was not wrong at all.

After getting Jia's mother's approval, Mrs. Wang immediately got busy with big moves.

Not only did they detain all the servants who served in Jia Zhu's yard, and interrogated them one by one, but also specially invited the imperial physician to the mansion, and checked all the books in Jia Zhu's house one by one.

It can be said that the entire Rongguo Mansion was turned upside down, and the servants of the entire Rongguo Mansion, especially those related to Lai Da, were even more in danger.

After searching through Jia Zhu, the imperial physician found that many of the books were poisonous, and their toxicity was similar to that of the previous "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".After checking one by one, I finally set my sights on the inkstone, and finally confirmed that toxicity was detected in this inkstone.Presumably the reason why those books were poisonous was probably because Jia Zhu had the habit of reading and annotating, and the books were also stained with poison.

As for the slaves, after repeated inquiries, they finally found out the signs.

A servant who used to serve Jia Zhu said tremblingly that he had seen Yinquan sneaking into Jia Zhu's study once with his own eyes.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang flew into a rage, and ordered someone to bind Yinquan here.The Yinquan mentioned by the boy was an errand boy serving in Jia Zhu's yard, and Lai Dayuanfang's nephew.

Binding Yinquan, Yinquan still refused to admit it at the beginning, but after Mrs. Wang said that he was going to be buried with Jia Zhu, he kowtowed to admit it.It is said that it was Lai Da's instigation, it was just some laxatives!It's not poison.He even said that there are still some in his room, which can be verified by others, and it is definitely not poisonous.But when the maid searched out from his room, there were still some laxatives left.

It's just that after the identification of the imperial physician, these are not laxatives, but a kind of chronic poison, which happens to be the poison on those books.

As soon as this result is identified.Mrs. Wang was naturally furious, but Yinquan seemed to see that she could no longer hide it, so she just kowtowed, which made Mrs. Wang even more angry. He went to Jiamu's side.

After listening to Wu Ya's report, Jia Rong twitched her lips, and said in such a way: "This Wang family really impresses me, and this movement is very quick!" Looking sideways at Wu Ya, he asked: "I asked you to do this before." You informed the clan elders and clansmen, have you conveyed it?"

Wu Ya bowed and replied, "Don't worry, sir, everything is ready. Are you going to go to Rongguo Mansion now?"

Jia Rong shook her head slightly and said, "The good show is just starting now, so there's no need to worry. Let them make a fuss first, and it's the same as going over after a while."

"Yes."

"By the way, where is the master?" Jia Rong asked again.

Wu Ya replied with an unmoved expression: "If you go back to the master, the master is still at the Wanhualou at this time and has not come back."

The corners of Jia Rong's mouth couldn't help twitching, and she said, "Well, you go there yourself. Bring him back and tell him the story. It seems that there is a slave in the clan who killed the master. His this How can the patriarch not be here? But he is still pointing at him to deal with justice. Remember, hurry up. After all, time waits for no one."

"Yes." Wu Ya immediately took the order and left.

In fact, things like this, strictly speaking, are just family affairs of the Rongguo Mansion, and have nothing to do with the clan.But since Jia Rong wanted to join in the fun, she must have found a better excuse.Of course, this excuse is also ready-made there.

Although this is an internal matter of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zhu is different from others.He is a rare and talented child of the Jia family, and now he is assassinated by a slave, how can they let them do this easily, not to mention that it is a great crime for a slave to assassinate his master.We must kill chickens to warn monkeys, otherwise, we will follow suit in the future, and the entire Jia family will never have peace.

Well, this excuse is actually a bit far-fetched.

But this is not the point, the point is that you can take advantage of this to go to the Rongguo Mansion to watch a play openly.

"...The murderer who killed the uncle was Lai Da. Now that the evidence is complete, grandma, you can't be partial just because the Lai family is your companion. You must make the decision for the uncle! The death of the uncle is too unjust... ..." Grandma Zhu already had a bit of pungentness in her temperament, but now she showed it to the fullest, holding Jia Lan, crying in front of Jia's mother, the wailing voice made the courtyard All the servants in the house can hear clearly.

Lai Da would admit to such a crime as enslaving the master.Previously, Jia Rong was only in the next room. He had to pay for his son's life, but he still didn't dare to admit it.Now even more dare not.He also cried out: "Old lady, old lady, this servant is really wronged, I have never seen these things before, it is true that Yinquan is my distant nephew, but this servant never ordered him to do anything. Please also ask the old lady to look into it, and return the slave to his innocence..."

"There are already witnesses and material evidence. No matter how much you argue, it's useless. It's just pity for my eldest nephew, such an outstanding talent, who was killed by a slave like you. It's so pitiful, thinking about that brother Lang But he lost his father when he was only half a year old." Jia Amnesty had long thought that Lai Da was not pleasing to his eyes, and now that he had seized the opportunity, he would step on it quickly.

As soon as he said this, Mrs. Wang and Grandma Zhu cried even harder.

Although Jia's mother believed in the innocence of the big family before, but now, the witness and material evidence are all in front of her, so she can't help but believe it.

But before Jia's mother could say anything, Jia Zheng's eyes were red, and he kicked Lai Da's chest with a warm heart, "You slave, I'm sorry for you at Jia's house, you To actually do such a thing, damn it, you damn it..." As he said that, he kicked Lai Da violently in a shock, with the weight of his foot, only two kicks made Lai Da spit blood from his mouth and passed out.

At this time, besides Qingluan, the most useful maid beside Jiamu came hurriedly, and said, "Old lady, elder master, second master, eldest wife, second wife, second master Lian, Dongfu Grandpa Zhen, Grandpa Rong, is here, followed by the Eleventh Old Master, the Twelfth Old Master, and many other clansmen."

When Jia Mu heard Yuanyang's words, she felt bad.Brother Zhen from Dongfu is fine, but Brother Rong is a ruthless master, Jia Rong must have instigated them to come here, and I don't know why they came here?But then I thought about some grievances between Lai Da and Jia Rong. Although she was old, she was not confused at all, and she understood a little right away.I just thought that if Jia Rong was let in, there might be some troubles.It's just that if you don't let go, according to Brother Rong's temperament, the slaves outside may not be able to stop him.

He looked sideways at the second child staring at Lai Da with hatred, then at the eldest couple who had nothing to do with themselves, and finally looked at the second daughter-in-law and grandma Zhu who had been crying for a long time.In the end, he could only sigh: "Please come in."