Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Now that the young master brought people here, Mammy naturally let them in with confidence, but Jin Buhuan and Ding Tian are professionals, so they didn't go in directly, but put on white coats, white hats, and white gloves for themselves. The feet were covered with white shoe covers.

Poor Mr. Lei didn't know this rule, and he was modest with the two of them: "Well, although she is a concubine by the imperial court, Aunt Lin is always a concubine. You two don't need to wear sackcloth and mourning... that's too much."

If this is his father's filial piety, the two of them will have an attitude that is only good for the whole family.

But the one who died was just a madam, not a serious master.

It's so grand...not so good.

Ding Tian and Jin did not exchange, Qi Qi rolled his eyes.

It was still Ma Xiaofeng who was kind and explained to Mr. Lei, who blushed immediately and panicked.

However, he felt that Ding Tian and the others were more professional, perhaps they could really find out the truth.

When they were wearing them, a woman looked at them for a long time, and saw that they were wearing white, and she ran to Rumengju.

This is the most beautiful of all the side yards.

Although it is only a square courtyard, it is surrounded by fruit trees. At the turn of spring and summer, flowers are blooming, and there are almond trees planted under the wall. It is a very expensive two-color mandarin duck canna flower.

It gets its name because it blooms two colors of bright red and five-star bright yellow flowers on the same flower stem. The more ornamental value is that the petals are half red and half yellow, and the same plant has different colors.What's even more strange is that the red petals are dotted with bright yellow stars, and the five-star yellow petals are dotted with bright red lights.

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The two-color mandarin duck canna plant is short, with dense leaf nodes, large and dark green leaves, and buds can bloom when there are four leaves.

However, this flower is not cold-resistant, so it grows outside in spring, summer and autumn, but when the weather turns cold in autumn, it must be dug out, planted in a pot, and placed in a greenhouse for the winter.

The weather is not very hot at this time, it is the time when the grass grows and the warblers fly, the flowers are just blooming, and there are no mosquitoes and flies.

But the atmosphere in Rumengjuli is not so good.

Aunt Meng was lying on the rocking chair, a little maid was beating her legs, a little maid was fanning her, and a little maid was swinging the rocking chair for her.

There is also a little maid who cooks soup for her in the small kitchen.

These four little maids were bought by herself to serve her, and brought into the mansion, they are her own people.

Lei's aunt, Mrs. Ru has two big maids, four young maids, and eight women to serve.

But in the concubine's room, there is only one big maidservant, two young maidservants, and four rough envoys.

As for the big maid in Tongfang, there are only two young maids to serve, and the two rough envoys are in charge of washing and washing.

But Aunt Meng has two big maids here, one is Xiao Meng'er who was brought by herself, and she waits on her in the building, and there are four little maids, plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo that she added later on the road.

The other big maid, Xiao Lazi, was assigned to her by Mrs. Lei. She has a hot temper. Because she belongs to Mrs. Lei, she is very domineering in this small courtyard, and she doesn't deal with her at all. Fortunately, Xiaomeng'er is not either. A good stubble, the two maidservants are evenly matched

And the four rough envoys were bought by her with some money.

It doesn't matter that the big maids are not easy to bribe, in fact, most of the maids who can do things are rough envoys. They work in Lei's house and can get along well in the circle of servants.

There is also the owner of the car, the masters who come in and out every day, where they go, what they do, no one knows better than them, and the other four little maids are cleaning the room.

Today's incident made Meng Fanhua feel panicked. After arriving in the capital from Fujian and Zhejiang, how could he still meet the guests from back then?What a shame.

In fact, there were too many guests coming and going back then, she couldn't remember every one of them, and there were indeed northerners among them, and almost all the people who came and went were businessmen, and businessmen were rich.

However, there are also officials transferred... oh, it's annoying.

At this moment, the old lady ran over quickly: "Auntie, they went to Shuangmuju."

"What are you going to do in that obscure place?" Meng Fanhua was troubled in his heart, and he spoke very bluntly: "Wearing sackcloth and filial piety?

"You are such a fairy daughter!" The old woman was very good at talking, and after hearing her casual remark, she immediately slapped her thigh: "You really are wearing sackcloth and mourning."

"Huh?" Meng Fanhua immediately stopped swaying: "Tell me, what did they do?"

"I heard that they are going to re-examine the case." The woman said: "It's all gone, you said, this person is dead, and there are people who testify, why do you need to re-examine?"

"Re-examination?" Meng Fanhua's exquisite brows and eyes frowned: "There are witnesses, physical evidence, and the reporter and various evidences. The evidence is conclusive. What else is there to review?"

"Who knows!" The mother-in-law is not very clear about the procedures of the yamen.

Meng Fanhua was even more irritable. She had prepared so well, why did she need to review it?

In fact, it was because she didn't know the process of investigating cases in the Yamen. She used to know witnesses and physical evidence, and that's what she heard from watching theaters on weekdays... She didn't know that cases in the Yamen, especially those involving human life, needed to be re-examined. , if a prisoner is to be sentenced to death, except for a few special crimes that can be beheaded on the spot, once the case is reported to the Ministry of Punishment, it will have to be interrogated by the three divisions before it can be reported to the cabinet ministers. After asking to cut.

As for Ding Tian and the others, after getting dressed, they brought tools and stepped into Shuangmuju.

At the gate of the yard of Shuangmuju, there are two weeping willows, and the flower beds inside are planted with red lilacs. The yard is a bit messy, which shows how panicked the people were at that time.

The woman sent by Mrs. Lei to guard was at the door and accepted Ding Tian's questioning: "Tell me about the structure of the Shuangmu Residence. Who and where does he live? Where does Aunt Lin live? Who usually takes care of her?" of?"

"Shuangmuju has three main rooms, which are Aunt Lin's bedroom, the living room for receiving guests, and the small flower hall for dining. There are five wing rooms on each side, and two big maids on the east side. Fengye and Liuye live in one room. The four little maids live in one room in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the remaining two rooms are storerooms. There is a tea room and a small kitchen on the west side, and the other three rooms are for rough envoys, but those who have families will come back Live in the other side of the house under the inner wall."

"Aunt Lin doesn't like to go out on weekdays. Fengye and Liuye are the maids brought out by her. Aunt Lin was also a maid in the past. She is the younger sister of our master's first housekeeper. That housemaid When she got sick, the master took pity on her for losing her older sister, so he promoted her to her side and took the position of her older sister. Later, the wife decided to propose her as an aunt, and when the master became a high-ranking official, she was promoted to Mrs. Ru..."

In fact, Lei Xin's family is quite a traditional wife. She spreads branches and leaves for her husband and takes concubines for her husband. It can be said that she is the same as all noble ladies in this era.

Therefore, the virtuous Mrs. Lei Xin did not suppress her husband's personal maid, the aunt who is the most favorite of her husband, but promoted her step by step, and now she has become a sixth-rank Ru Furen.

Aunt Lin had a good life. As a servant girl bought from outside, she and her elder sister depended on each other for life. Later, when her elder sister disappeared, she struggled to survive by herself. What she cares about is that she has never had a child. Only after she went to Beijing to see the imperial physician did she find out that Aunt Lin had caught a cold and fell into an ice hole when she was a child. Her body was too cold to have children.

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If you want a child, you have to drink medicine first, and you can have a child after you get rid of the cold.

Therefore, during the half year in the middle of Beijing, Aunt Lin drank bitter medicine juice, and after drinking enough, her health improved, and the master just came back, but brought a newcomer in.

However, Aunt Lin is a maidservant who has been with the master for a long time, and she knows the master's personality best. With a little trickery, the master spent a few nights with Aunt Meng when it was not convenient for her, and that's it... It's a pity that he drank the wrong anti-fetal medicine, and ended up with one dead body and two lives.

When the mother-in-law said it, she also felt a little emotional: "Everyone says that life is not good enough, so don't think about those who have and don't have children. It's no big deal. Can Madam treat her badly? This person, he can't fight for his life." .”

After Ding Tian took notes, he asked her, "Where are the people who serve her?"

"I'm standing guard for my aunt in front of the spirit." The old woman pointed to the yard in front of her: "Just go through that door."

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you." After Ding Tian made the notes, he asked his mother-in-law to sign and draw a note. The mother-in-law was able to write her own name, and she also pressed her fingerprints, and then she left.

As for Jin Buhuan, he checked the gate first.

This is an independent courtyard. In the deep courtyard, every courtyard has a gate, which will be locked after going to bed at night, especially the place where the concubine's room lives.

The gate of Shuangmuju has signs of being kicked open.

In addition, the residences of the maids and wives were also a bit messy, and the bedding was not cleaned up. It can be seen that it was very chaotic at that time.

May be a little messy, no quilt.

But the big maids must fold the quilt and clean up the room, the big girls love to be clean.

The little girls must develop good habits, otherwise they will be dismissed by Mrs. Ru and sent out, but it will not be such an easy job, not to mention serving in front of Mrs. Ru, the monthly fee is a little more than other little girls Hang copper coins.

During the holidays, you can get some rewards like your wife.

And they are in such a hurry, it can be seen that when things happen, they happen without preparation, so the suspicion of the maids can be ruled out.

Aunt Lin has three square rooms, which is where she lives alone. The room is a bit extravagant, with blue bricks, green tiles and white walls, the walls are newly painted, and the furnishings inside... are either gold or silver. However, although it is extravagant, Not much can be furnished.

Probably because of the non-main room, these decorations are also very low-key, the bedroom is the scene of the crime, Aunt Lin should be sleeping at that time, she lay down to rest after drinking the anti-abortion drug, it can be seen that she is not familiar with the anti-abortion drug little doubt.

But when she slept in the middle of the night, she probably had a miscarriage. She noticed something, and then she screamed. The blood flowed all over the bed, but it happened in the middle of the night, so although the place is messy, someone will protect it soon. on site.

Not even the medicine dregs in the kitchen were thrown away.

Jin Buhuan wrapped the medicine dregs in a clean cloth bag, and carefully looked at the medicine jar. There was some dregs at the bottom of the medicine jar. He took it out and looked, it was a magazine of medicine dregs.

Just in time, Ding Tian came back: "How is it?"

"It looks like a normal pregnancy-preserving medicine." Jin Buhuan said, "I didn't find anything at Xiaofeng's side. There is nothing taboo in the small kitchen. On the contrary, there are many good ingredients, which are good for preventing pregnancy. I guess It was sent by Mrs. Lei, and there are two more ginseng."

"What about in the house?" Ding Tian thought for a while, "Incense or something?"

"I haven't smoked incense burners for a long time, and it's summer. Even if it's incense, it's also burning moxa. It can smoke mosquitoes and protect the fetus at the same time." Jin Buhuan said: "I saw, miscarriage, increased bleeding, two dead bodies Life."

"Well, it's quite miserable." Ding Tian looked around, it was a tea room with a small wind stove, which could boil water to make tea, or use charcoal fire to decoct medicine.

"If there are no more clues, an autopsy is required. I'd like to see what kind of anti-abortion medicine she drank? Can a pregnant woman, not to mention a miscarriage, bleed to death?" Jin Buhuan became more and more concerned about this. Case interested.

Ding Tian squatted down and looked at the medicine pot where the medicine was boiled, and suddenly asked, "Where's the lid of the medicine pot?"