Datang traitor

Zhou Zhoulang nodded in a trance.When he followed Qin Yuan back, the more he thought about Qin Yuan's words, the more reasonable he felt.This family will drive people crazy, otherwise, how could so many elders commit suicide one after another.In fact, every time his grandfather or father scolded him, he also had thoughts of suicide.However, he was so timid, he really couldn't do such a cruel thing to himself.

Zhou Zhoulang glanced at Qin Yuan, who was walking ahead, and leaned over to Zhou Xiaolu's side and asked, "Do you really think that Sixth Aunt was murdered?"

Zhou Xiaolu nodded.

Zhou Zhoulang frowned and said: "There are so many people in the family, who would possibly harm her. You were young at that time, and you might not understand that Aunt Six's life in Zhou's house was really hard."

Zhou Xiaolu turned to look at Zhou Zhoulang, and asked him what he meant.

"You believe that my mother committed suicide?"

"Otherwise? Our family will kill people. After that, the sixth uncle, sixth aunt, second uncle, and second aunt were all forced to death! What a crime, the whole family forced five people to death." One. I think everyone should follow your father's example, separate the family and go out to live alone as soon as possible, and everything will be quiet. If you want to earn the little money from grandpa, you should earn it yourself!"

"Then why are you still here, don't you hurry up?" Zhou Xiaolu asked him back.

"My father is the eldest son, and he is the most promising among his brothers. Of course, our eldest son can't leave."

Zhou Xiaolu couldn't help but cast a blank look at Zhou Zhoulang when he heard the words, and sneered coldly.

Zhou Zhoulang felt Zhou Xiaolu's contempt, and asked her what she meant.Zhou Xiaolu didn't bother to talk to Zhou Zhoulang at all, and walked quickly to Qin Yuan's side.

When the group arrived at Zhou's house, the old man of Zhou's family was waiting at the door, and he respectfully welcomed Qin Yuan into the main hall.

Mrs. Zhou first gave Zhou Zhou a sneaky look, and then said to Qin Yuan with a smile: "The third grandson likes to mess around, and Qin Shaoqing is upset by talking nonsense."

"He didn't talk nonsense, but he was an honest child. On the contrary, you advocated concealing the government and refused to report the truth about your two sons and daughter-in-law committing suicide by taking poison. You broke the law."

Qin Yuan's words hit Old Master Zhou's ears lightly.The old man Zhou turned pale with fright, he quickly got up and knelt down to apologize to Qin Yuan.

"Qin Shaoqing, please forgive me. The reason why this old man concealed this matter was that it would be bad for the Zhou family's reputation if it was spread! My mother died three years ago and six years ago because of arsenic poisoning. The six husbands and wives also died in the same way, if people outside know this, they will spread the news about our Zhou family."

Mrs. Zhou implored Qin Yuan's subordinates to show mercy and help save their Zhou family's face.

"Haven't you ever thought that your two sons might be murdered?" Qin Yuan asked Mr. Zhong.

Old Master Zhou was stunned, and said to Qin Yuan: "I know that Qin Shaoqing came this time because he heard what Liu Niang said, and believed that Liu Niang's mother died unexpectedly. But the deaths of my two sons and daughter-in-law were all suicide. I scolded They, they can't think about it. If they were really killed, how could there be no movement at all, and the rest of the family would not be able to hear? And this big family is their own, who would harm them. "

"There have been three such situations, and the old man doesn't want to get to the bottom of it and find out what's going on?"

"A fool who can't stand a few words of scolding, he will die when he dies." The old man Zhou snorted coldly, scolding these two children as unfilial sons, who wantonly trampled on the bodies of their parents who worked so hard to raise them.

"Mr. Zhou is really a person who only cares about his face and disregards his family. The child's life is gone. I don't know how to reflect on it, but I still blame it. Please tell me the truth, you have never been a little bit about the cause of their death in your heart. Don't you have any doubts?" Qin Yuan asked.

Old Master Zhou only hesitated for a moment, looked at Qin Yuan, and said firmly, "No."

"Old man, don't blame me for being bad-mouthed. I'm just going to show you this attitude. If this matter is not resolved, maybe someone will die in the future." Qin Yuan said with emotion.

Surprised and puzzled, Mrs. Zhou asked Qin Yuan why.

"Because the murderer is full of hatred for your Zhou family. Five of them have already died. Will she still be afraid to continue to kill a few more? Killing is a kind of thing, and sometimes the murderer is excited. This kind of murderer committed a case once." Afterwards, they basically won’t do it again. There’s another kind of killing addiction, after killing one, you can’t help but want to kill again, and you’ll keep making progress.”

Qin Yuan told Mrs. Zhou that the murderer in his family was making progress. From the crime three years ago to December last year, it was more than two years, but from December last year to February this year, it was only less than two months.

"Why did Qin Shaoqing insist that my child was murdered and died instead of suicide?" Mrs. Zhou didn't think so, and he asked Qin Yuan if he had evidence.

"Yes, I'm afraid that Mrs. Zhou won't believe me if I say it." Qin Yuan touched his nose and asked Zhou Xiaolu to tell her what his mother had promised her before her death.

As Qin Yuan expected, Mrs. Zhou really didn't quite believe Zhou Xiaolu's words.

"Sometimes people want to die in a single thought, what was said before may not necessarily count."

"Mother and child are connected. If the daughter says that the mother's words are not enough to prove it, then you can only be convinced by the actual evidence. But Mr. Zhou Laolang didn't give this opportunity. He didn't even report it to the government, so he hurriedly sent them away. Buried."

Qin Yuan once again lamented that the old man Zhou was a county magistrate, and he knew how to break the law.

"Although you are no longer an official, your sons are all working in the yamen, especially the eldest son is still the head of the county yamen."

Sensing Qin Yuan's threat, Mrs. Zhou kowtowed to Qin Yuan and begged Qin Yuan tearfully to let the Zhou family go because of his age.

"I said that I came here only to find the murderer of Liu Niang's mother." Qin Yuan had no choice but to use threats to scare Mrs. Zhou.

Qin Yuan told Mrs. Zhou that as long as he allows himself to investigate the murderer in his house, he can consider not pursuing the previous matter.

"I can intercede for you, interpreting it as 'wake up after the incident, take the initiative to confess, and help the Shaoqing of Dali Temple to solve the case', which will save you from the crime of lying about the cause of death."

Old Master Zhou had no choice but to nod in agreement with Qin Yuan's request.Afterwards, he stood up tremblingly with Zhou Zhoulang's support, and asked Qin Yuan what instructions he had.

"I have to meet everyone who has been to the scene at that time."

Mrs. Zhou explained to Qin Yuan that not many people went to the scene where his two sons and daughter-in-law died.

"Two maidservants saw it, and then my eldest son and grandson. When the old sixth and his wife died, San Lang was there."

Grandpa Zhou then summoned these people and let Qin Yuan inquire.

The two servant girls named Chunhua and Qiushi were terrified when they mentioned the scene they saw.

"It's a family rule that one must get up at three quarters of the Yin hour. In the past, they would get up early, but that morning, the servant waited outside for two sticks of incense in advance, and still didn't hear any movement in the room. Then it was time, the servant He knocked on the door to call for someone, went in with hot water, and saw the bed..." Chunhua narrated in a trembling voice how he saw the death of Zhou Laoliu and his wife that morning.

Qiushi's story is similar to Chunhua's, and he also had to wake up on time in the morning, but he ran into a dead body.

Zhou Xian, the eldest son of Zhou, followed Yinghe: "After the accident, I rushed there immediately. When I saw that the situation was wrong, I banned everyone from entering, and asked my father to advocate. Both times, Dalang accompanied me, and Sanlang was with me on my sixth day. When my brother died."

Zhou Dalang nodded, indicating that the situation at that time was the same as his father Zhou Xian described.

"Are the two scenes similar, with unfinished water glasses on the table and a palm-sized piece of yellow paper wrapped in arsenic?" Qin Yuan asked.

Several people nodded.

Qin Yuan asked again. He heard that the scene was very tidy. Zhou Laoliu and his wife, who died first, were lying on the bed with the quilt folded and untouched.Zhou Laoer and his wife, who died later, were neatly covered with quilts and held each other's hands.

The murderer was indeed upgrading, from killing one to killing two, and then to posing.

Qin Yuan thought about the common points of these three cases, except that they both took the same poison and were placed on the couch, the two cases that happened after that had conflicts with Mrs. Zhou before their death.Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu if she still remembered whether her mother had a quarrel with Mrs. Zhou before she died.

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, he immediately denied it: "There never was."

Qin Yuan still asked Zhou Xiaolu for confirmation, because only her memory was the most reliable among the people present.

Zhou Xiaolu shook her head, "Grandfather hadn't talked to my mother for three years, and never reprimanded her."

Old Master Zhou's face was filled with embarrassment, and he glanced away, not daring to face Qin Yuan.

"Your mother is the first one, and the first one is always the most special." Qin Yuan rested his chin on his hands and meditated.

Qin Yuan asked Zhou Xiaolu to recall carefully, before her mother died, besides her second aunt, who else had conflicts with her in life.

Zhou Xiaolu: "My mother has a mild temper, she can endure as much as she can, and usually doesn't contradict life. All I know is my second aunt."

Qin Yuan's eyes froze, and he turned around and asked Qiu Shi, the maid of the second room: "Did your wife go out on the night her mother died?"

Qiu Shi immediately shook his head, "My lady went to bed early that night, and never went out."

"Then who is it? Who insists on killing my mother." Zhou Xiaolu finished his statement in a flat tone, looked at Qin Yuan, and kept watching, with a lot of resentment in his eyes.

Qin Yuan knew that Zhou Xiaolu was 'excited' again.Qin Yuan immediately questioned the maid Qiu Shi: "Tell me, why did you kill her mother with your wife that night?"

Qiushi was startled, looked at Qin Yuan in surprise, shook his head, and said he didn't.

"Why...why...Suddenly, the servant girl became a murderer...The servant girl was wronged...The servant girl just found the body of her own lady...Did nothing..."

Old Master Zhou didn't understand either, and asked Qin Yuan if he was wrong.

"She is a little maid who just found her own wife's body. How could she suddenly become the murderer of Liu Niang's mother?"

"Excuse me, Mrs. Zhou, do you still remember the anniversary of the mother's death on Saturday?" Qin Yuan asked.

The old man Zhou was stunned for a moment, and once again dared not face Qin Yuan's gaze, he shook his head in embarrassment.

"There are too many children, and I rarely remember the days of the juniors."

"That's right, she is still the daughter-in-law you look down on the most. The whole Zhou family looks down on someone who loves to bully." Qin Yuan turned to Zhou Xian, Zhou Dalang, and Zhou Zhoulang, "Do you remember?"

All three shook their heads.

"Why don't you ask the rest of the family if anyone remembers?"

"I really can't remember it at the moment, but the date can be checked, and there is a record in the family tree." Zhou Xian said hurriedly.

"Women with foreign surnames who marry in are not welcome before death, and their husband and daughter are expelled after death. Besides, it has been three years, who can remember her death day specially, and who can remember that she did it on the night of her death? What?" Qin Yuan sighed again.

Zhou Xiaolu suddenly realized that she looked straight at Qiushi, grabbed her and asked if she killed her mother.

Qiushi screamed in fright and shook her head, but a layer of cold sweat had already been faintly seeped on her forehead.

"Xiaolu." Zhou Dalang went to pull Xiaolu to calm her down.

When Zhou Xiaolu raised her head again, her face was already covered with tears, her eyes were red, and the eyeballs gush out.

"In this family, no one except the murderer will remember the day my mother died. When Qin Shaoqing asked her just now, she didn't even think about it, and immediately replied that my second aunt didn't go out that night!"

Zhou Dalang was stunned when he heard this, so was Mrs. Zhou and others.Everyone was silent for a while, and it took a while for them to react.

At this time, panic appeared on Qiushi's face, and she hurriedly explained: "No, it's because I have a good memory! I have a good memory, and I just remember what happened that night!"

Zhou Zhoulang immediately stood up and asked Qiu Shi: "Okay, you said you have a good memory, where were you at noon seventeen days ago? What did you do?"

Qiu Shi was stunned, "I should be putting Shiliu Lang to sleep at that time."

She would coax Zhou Shiliulang to sleep at noon every day.Zhou Shiliulang is Erfang's youngest son, who is now three years old.

Zhou Zhoulang snorted coldly: "You are in the warehouse of the northernmost courtyard, and you have a private meeting with my seventh brother!"

Qiu Shi stared wide-eyed, stunned.She suddenly remembered that one day, after coaxing Shiliu Lang to sleep, she went out to fetch water, and ran into Qi Lang.The two of them had promised each other a long time ago. At that time, she couldn't bear Qilang's clinging, so she agreed to go to a remote place and be intimate with each other for a while.

Zhou Qilang is the second son of Erfang, he looks the best among his grandchildren, and he is also the best at reading.

When Mrs. Zhou heard about this, he slapped the table angrily.

Qiushi was dumbfounded, and opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything to justify.

Zhou Xiaolu acted like she was going crazy, she clenched her fist and hit Qiu Shi hard.

This is the most restless time Qin Yuan has seen her.

Zhou Xiaolu has the ability to be invariable when she is surprised. Normally, she can control her reaction to all unexpected situations very well.But her mother's affairs are always different. It doesn't matter if you hit her a few more times, you have to vent it out.Every time he saw her, he reacted lightly to everything, and Qin Yuan felt suffocated.

"How old is Zhou Qilang? Are you engaged?" Qin Yuan asked Zhou Qilang.

Zhou Zhoulang: "Sixteen, since last year, my grandfather, my second uncle and my aunt have been arguing about this matter. The discussions have been going on and on, and it is still uncertain. We will have to wait until after the scientific examination this year."

Qin Yuan understood, "The second-bedroom couple is planning to find the best marriage for Zhou Qilang."

Mrs. Zhou nodded in recognition.

"That's right, the murderer who killed your mother should be your second aunt and Qiushi."

Then, Qin Yuan told Zhou Xiaolu his inference.

"Your second aunt must be a person who insists on face. Even her son's marriage with a wife is so calculated. And your mother had no status in the family at that time. Your second aunt was suddenly angered by your mother that day. After returning, it should be more and more serious. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt revenge.

It was late at night, and someone suddenly visited to deliver food or drink. In fact, your mother may not even be able to eat.But if she came at night to pretend to apologize to your mother, and offered the poisoned water glass to your mother in the form of apology, with your mother's tolerant nature, she would definitely accept it and drink the water in the glass. "

Zhou Xiaolu cried and nodded, agreeing with Qin Yuan's statement.Her mother was indeed of that nature.

Qin Yuan turned to question Qiu Shi and asked her what role she played in this.Qiushi didn't speak, but Qin Yuan noticed that another maid, Chunhua, was trembling, as if she was shocked by what Qin Yuan said.

"You also have a share? Was it cheated by Qiushi? You were the one who helped Qiushi kill the six-bedroom and two-bedroom couple later." Qin Yuan questioned Chunhua.

Chunhua was so frightened that she immediately kowtowed to the ground, crying and apologizing, admitting that she had indeed been cheated. "I don't know that this is Qiushi's plan! She is the one who harmed me!"

Chunhua went on to confess that she had a good relationship with Qiushi on weekdays, and sometimes when Zhou Laoliu and his wife beat and scolded him, she couldn't help complaining to Qiushi.On the evening of the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month last year, Zhou Laoliu and his wife had a drink at night.Chunhua was very unhappy after being scolded during the day, and complained to Qiushi when the wine was hot.She didn't pay attention when Qiushi was helping, and later she went to deliver wine, but she never expected that not long after drinking, the couple suddenly became poisoned and struggled with their throats.

At this time, Qiu Shi immediately came in from the door and closed the door.

After Zhou Laoliu and his wife died, Qiushi told Chunhua the truth. She poisoned the wine, and she kindly avenged Chunhua.Chunhua was annoyed and angry, but because she was already dead, Siji good sisters did extreme things, but they were actually doing it for their own good.She had no choice but to obey Qiushi's arrangement to save her life, moved her to the bed, cleaned up the house, and faked the illusion of suicide.

As for the murder of the second-bedroom couple in February this year, it was also Qiu Shi's claim.Qiushi finds Chunhua, claiming that she, like Chunhua, cannot bear the bullying of her own master, and asks Chunhua for help.Chunhua didn't want to do bad things anymore, but Qiushi insisted.

"She said that she has helped me. If I don't help her and let her suffer, she will reveal the fact that I poisoned and killed people. I had no choice but to obey."

Because of the experience of the previous incident, the two of them went more smoothly this time.Qiushi also specially covered the two with quilts.

"If Lao Langjun didn't hide the fact that the husband and wife died of taking arsenic when the Liufang couple had an accident, the second bedroom would definitely notice it, and they wouldn't even die." Qin Yuan said with emotion.

The old man Zhou was filled with remorse, and he slapped his thigh straight, trembling with regret and remorse.

Qin Yuan asked Qiu Shi's motive for the murder, but Qiu Shi kept his head depressed and did not speak.Qin Yuan first talked about his guess to stimulate her.

"At the beginning when your wife was angry, you were the one who came up with this method and persuaded her to kill someone, right? You have already fallen in love with Qilang, but the second wife and his wife want to save face, so they must not like you.

Then you think about doing a bad thing with your wife, so that if you have the opportunity to blackmail your wife, the thing may come true.However, even though Zhou Qilang was in love with each other, you still failed to win your wife's permission.It is probably because she didn't give you any hope later, and she started to discuss marriage with Qilang, so you started planning to kill her and win Chunhua to be your accomplice. "

"I never dreamed of marrying Qilang. I just stay by his side and just be a concubine. However, the lady doesn't like her for such a humble thought. After repeated excuses, she finally told me the truth and scolded me. I have a big heart, let me stop this thought as soon as possible. She said that Qilang will be an official in the imperial examination in the future and marry the daughter of a powerful family. Before that, it is best to keep the house clean, so as to attract such people to like it. "

Qiushi gritted his teeth unwillingly, cried out in fear, and also regretted, but what he regretted was only his failure to accomplish his work.

"But what's wrong with my mother, why did you hurt my mother when you planned your affairs!" Zhou Xiaolu shouted unwillingly.

"It just happened to be like that." Qiu Shi said helplessly.

Zhou Xiaolu was so angry that she wanted to beat her, but Zhou Zhoulang beat her first, and Zhou Dalang stopped them immediately.

"Why dirty your hands? Now that this matter has been clarified, someone from the government will deal with her and give her a fate."

Qin Yuan felt that Qiu Shi's repentance was not thorough enough, so he had to give it a push.

"Call Qilang to come." Qin Yuan suggested.

Soon after, Zhou Qilang was brought in. Under the questioning of Mrs. Zhou, he tremblingly admitted that he had secretly had an affair with Qiushi.

"Grandfather, my grandson has never thought of taking her as a concubine. She is just a domestic slave, and her life is mine. It doesn't matter if I touch her body a few times." Zhou Qilang didn't know about the murder, and Thinking that the affair between him and Qiu Shi was caught, he eagerly explained, trying to clear up his responsibility.

Everyone in the room was silent for a while, and all looked at Zhou Qilang.