Nongmen Shenjue

Shen Zhanjie was very tight-lipped, but Mu Qingyan was mainly testing his attitude. Judging from his answer, this person not only knew about the secret room, but probably had something to do with it.This is also common sense, when he found the secret room, thinking of the "Qushi" he saw that night, he must go back to spy on the secret of the "big room".

As far as Mu Lin and Chen Shiliu were concerned, they only felt that Shen Zhanjie was cunning, and he had gained nothing from this trip.

When he was about to leave, a scout from the Shenjue Bureau ran over and whispered a few words to He Chuan.He Chuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly sent an ear report to Chen Shiliu to know.

Chen Shiliu laughed immediately: "Third Master, I heard that the third wife had a pair of red agate cups in her dowry?"

Shen Zhanjie's face turned pale, and he couldn't even smile.

Mu Qingyan was also very surprised, he didn't expect to get this news suddenly.

Xu's natal family runs a silk and satin shop, and there is also a shop in the prefecture, so it is quite a family business. It is reasonable to say that there is a valuable thing, but the agate cup is a property of the Xue family, and it is not easy to copy it from the Xue family. Or being corrupted by officials who confiscated their homes, it should be spread among the upper-class dignitaries, and the possibility of being exiled to the people is very small.

But things are impermanent, and it's hard to say now.

Mu Lin stared at Shen Zhanjie, and asked coldly: "There is such a thing? Third master, please explain!"

Shen Zhanjie replied forcefully: "The lady does have a pair of dowry agate cups. This is her favorite thing. What do you want me to explain?"

This is already in disarray.

Is Mu Lin serious about arresting the police? Mu Qingyan and others backed away. Chen Shiliu informed Mu Lin of the news and asked him, "Third Lord, it's better not to cover up the matter now. Since we have found the agate cup It was the third wife’s dowry, so I found out that the third wife had already given you the agate cup. You said you wanted to give it as a gift, but why did the thing that was supposed to be given away appear next to the bones in the secret room? I advise the third master to answer honestly, the secret room What happened to the bones? Did you kill someone?"

Mullin asked bluntly.

"No, no, no, I didn't kill anyone, I just..." Shen Zhanjie opened his mouth, his eyes were rolling quickly, obviously trying to speak, and then he sighed after a long while: "You all know that there is a rouge tiger in my family, look at me It's very tight, even joking with the maid, I can't do it, and I'm oppressed by my mother's family at every turn. I was really depressed. At that time, I fell in love with a woman, who was as gentle as water, and had no relatives or reasons. I wanted to secretly put her down. In the house outside, but Mrs. Xu watched too closely, she would know if there was any trouble around me, and I was afraid that she would find out, but when I was worried, I accidentally discovered that there was a secret room under the Leafing Xiaozhu. This secret room, I saw my elder brother and him It seems that I haven’t used it. I asked for Lefeng Xiaozhu, and even exchanged it with a good calligraphy and painting, but he was unwilling. However, my elder brother said that he is not at home often. When he is away, Lefeng Xiaozhu can be used for me. "

These words are surprising. I didn't expect that Shen Zhanjie was also hiding in the golden room in the secret room. Could it be...

Sure enough, Shen Zhanjie said: "I put people in the secret room, and we can always see each other every now and then, and Mrs. Xu didn't suspect it. That agate cup... I really like her. The agate cup was rejected as a gift, and I didn't return it to Mrs. Xu." , just to use it. I prepared a red candle wedding wine in the secret room, drank it in an agate cup, and gave one of the agate cups to her."

"Is that white bone the woman you like?"

Shen Zhanjie nodded, raised his hands to cover his face, and said in a sad voice, "I don't know what's going on. I happened to go out for a long time at that time, and when I came back, I found that she was dead, and the body was rotten." Immediately afterwards, the voice was rapid , for fear of being misunderstood, he generally explained: "This is all true! It was June, and a friend in Fucheng invited me to have a drink. His family is also a regular customer of our winery, so I will naturally go, the other party is very kind. I can't refuse the hospitality, and I didn't come back after waiting for five or six days. I was afraid that Mrs. Xu would find out what happened in the secret room, so I didn't dare to report it to the officials. In addition, her bones were rotten, so it was difficult to transport them outside, so I had to destroy the entrance of the secret room... ..."

Mu Qingyan suddenly asked: "What's her name? Where is she from?"

Shen Zhanjie paused, and said: "Yutong, Wu Yutong. She...she is my cousin, and her mother and my mother are cousins."

"You hid her, but her family didn't find it?"

Shen Zhanjie seemed to be broken: "Her family's life is difficult. I gave her parents a dowry privately, and her family only regarded her as married. After she died, I still sent money to her family every year, and her family didn't ask. Didn't even know she was dead."

"Describe her death." Mu Qingyan said.

Shen Zhanjie shook his head: "I was too panicked at the time, and the rotting corpse smelled bad, so I didn't dare to take a second look."

"You said that Wu Yutong died in June, and Shen Youyun was not at home at that time?" Mu Qingyan remembered that Shen Youyun left home before winter.

Shen Zhanjie said: "In summer, the old house is haunted by ghosts. There are monks and Taoist priests. My elder brother thinks it's noisy, so I just live in another courtyard outside the city."

"Where did your elder brother go?"

Shen Zhanjie shook his head: "I only know that he went to the south, and no one knows where he went. After all, he goes out for a long time every time, so he won't always stay in one place."

Mu Qingyan thought for a while, then asked again: "When did you put Wu Yutong in the secret room?"

"...March or April." Shen Zhanjie gave a vague time.

"Qu's family" was discovered in mid-February, he was resettled in March, and died in June...

Qing Ge appeared in the garden in May, and it is suspected that he may have been to the secret room...

What if Qing Ge discovered Wu Yutong...

After leaving the winery, Mu Qingyan returned to the old house.

From He Shenzhanjie's conversation, the most valuable point is to get an exact time.Although Shen Zhanjie's words were not true, but since he dared to say something, something must have happened in June. He even guessed that Shen Youyun was also in the old house at that time, otherwise outsiders would only stare suspiciously at Shen Zhanjie.If he was the only suspect, Shen Zhanjie would definitely refuse to reveal the identity of the bones, and there would be a lot of room for denial.

Wen Jixue sent Gao Tian out.

Mu Qingyan knew that he asked Gao Tian to go to Xu's house, and he was a little concerned about the origin of the agate cup.In fact, even if the source is found, it is very likely that a certain powerful family accidentally escaped, and it cannot be involved in the Xue family's affairs, but who made him meet him? .

Mu Lin took the police to verify Shen Zhanjie's words, especially the movement of the old house in June.

The last practice at the old house was in May, and after that it was time to move before winter.There was a gap of four or five months during this period. According to common sense, Shen Youyun should go out and travel, but he stayed at home almost all year round. It is untenable to say that it has nothing to do with the old house.