Nongmen Shenjue

When Mu Lin asked for help, he expressed his attitude. Everything was in favor of Mu Qingyan, so he naturally had no objection to his proposal.

Seeing Qu's going well.

Mu Qingyan took the lead, and cut straight to the point: "Madam, we are here this time mainly to ask Madam some personal matters. Since it is very important to the case, I hope Madam will not hesitate to tell you."

"Mr. Mu is serious, please tell me." Qu Shi is indeed very smart, although he doesn't know what news they got, but he knows that they have been investigating in the old house recently.She did not underestimate this famous young man, since the other party came to the door again, he must have discovered something.

"As far as we know, the eldest wife is not the real daughter of the Qu family, but adopted."

"...Yes." Qu Shi admitted.After all, it is easy to find out as long as you search carefully.She was prepared to expose her life experience.Besides, this is not the same as before. Although she will be subject to some rumors, she has already established a solid foundation in the Shen family, and this small matter cannot shake her position.

"We also found out that the eldest wife was left behind on a big boat. Although I don't know what kind of family changes the eldest wife suffered when she was young, you were not the only one on the boat, but also your own sister who was born as a compatriot. She But you didn't have such good luck as you, and you were sent to the capital by a big ship..." Mu Qingyan's words were very euphemistic, hiding some bad words, but as long as they heard it, everyone would understand what was going on.

"Stop it!" Qushi cut off his words abruptly, calmed down slightly, and said to the servant girl next to him, "Yuqiu, go outside and watch, and don't allow anyone to approach."

Yu Qiu led the order to go out, knowing that it was the other wives that Qu had to guard against.

At this time, Qu's spirit relaxed, revealing a bit of weakness and fatigue, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect you to find out such a long time ago."

But I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, I don't know how many people these people have found out.

Qu Shi's words seemed to admit it, and seemed to show weakness, but in fact, he was still strictly keeping his word and trying to test it.She refused to say anything easily, unless Mu Qingyan already knew, she would admit it.

If the psychological endurance is poor, I am afraid that I will confess it after a slip of the tongue at this moment.

Mu Qingyan didn't want to go around in circles with her, and didn't care about her small thoughts, but asked her directly: "Does the eldest lady know the whereabouts of Qingge?"

When the word "Qing Ge" was uttered, the expression on Qu's face finally became unstoppable.

Qu Shi covered her eyes with a veil, and couldn't help sobbing softly: "She is dead."

Seeing that they even knew about Qingge, Qu didn't take any chances anymore.

Mu Qingyan frowned, which was not surprising, but he still asked, "When did it happen?"

Qu Shi stabilized her emotions and said: "What happened six years ago, she has been dead for six years."

"Madam, let me tell you the truth. The identity of the bone in the secret room has been found out. It is Wu Yutong, and he is also a distant relative of the Shen family. Besides, the eldest lady didn't tell the truth last time. Not only do you know the secret room, but you also know What is the purpose of the secret room. Ming people don’t speak secretly, but the eldest wife tells the truth, I will make it easier for you.”

Qu's was silent for a while, then sighed: "That's right, I do know about the Chamber of Secrets, and even guessed the identity of the bones in the Chamber of Secrets, but... I have such an identity, and there are some things that I can't open my mouth about."

Qu told about the origin of Qingge.

"...I didn't expect that I would see her again after 20 years, and she was brought back by the old man. Outsiders say that I am jealous and can't tolerate other women around the old man. I am indeed not lenient, but more just I don’t want to be full of intrigue and smog all day long. The Elder Master promised that he would not bring other women back, but he brought Qing Ge... That’s my own sister. A lot of hardships, of course I want to take care of her and hope she will be fine, but there are some things I can't accept. The Elder Master took her away, and did not choose another husband for her as promised. After a long time, I also I noticed it, but what can I do? When I saw her again, she was the one who gave birth to Qin Gezi. She insisted on seeing me, so I went. It turned out that her fetal image was very bad, and she lived in such a place since she was a child. Growing up, I don’t know how much medicine that hurts the body. It’s not easy to keep the fetus. During childbirth, there was a lot of bleeding... She entrusted Brother Qin to me and apologized to me... That’s my own sister. It's me and her left, I don't blame her, I just blame good luck..."

Qu's feelings for Qing Ge are complicated, and Qing Ge's feelings for her are the same, but no matter what, the two are connected by blood, and they are constantly parting.Therefore, Qu's acquiescence to Qing Ge's existence, Qing Ge also did not hesitate to kill people to protect her interests, but besides that, they also have their own needs and interests, so that they cannot be in the same room.

The news of Qing Ge's death was really bad news for Mu Qingyan.

Except for Mu Qingyan who has the ability to trace back, the only person who knows that Qing Ge is the murderer is Qing Ge himself.It is doubtful whether Qu Shi knew it, but even if she knew it, she would never say it.Shen Zhanjie wanted to get rid of the suspicion, but he didn't know the truth of the matter. He probably thought that Wu Yutong died unexpectedly in his sleep because of the lack of air circulation in the secret room.

Therefore, even for Mu Qingyan, this case may become unsolved due to lack of evidence.

Even if he doesn't intervene, Shen Zhanjie will become a scapegoat.

"Where is Qingge buried?" Mu Qingyan asked.

"...There is no monument in the woods outside the city."

"It's not too far."

"Mr. Mu, do you want to..." Qu Shi asked uncertainly.

"Shen Youyun has another courtyard outside the city. Qingge lived there at the beginning. I have to go and see her grave by the way. Don't worry, the eldest lady, the dead are the most important, and we will not move the graveyard." Mu Qingyan said The words seemed to be comforting, but in fact they were blatant doubts.

Whether Qing Ge is dead or alive is what Qu said.

Qu Shi pursed the corners of her lips: "I don't know if Mr. Mu has any questions? Brother Qin is still young, so he should make a fuss and look for me later."

This is a euphemistic expulsion order.

Mu Qingyan got up: "Excuse me, thank you, Ma'am, and leave."

After coming out of the Shen family, Mu Lin couldn't help sighing: "The more the Shen family is investigated, the more chaotic it is. Now Shen Zhanjie has also been involved. Qing Ge should be a key person, and he died."

Chen Shiliu had many eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Mu, you are going to see Qing Ge's grave, do you suspect that she is not dead? But even if she is not dead, you can't tell. Don't say you can't dig the grave, Even if the grave is dug, within six years, the corpse will have already turned into bones."

Mu Qingyan thought and thought, and remembered a detail, maybe he could try to find out the source of the charcoal fire.

Qing Ge killed Wu Yutong with a charcoal fire. It was May and the weather was very hot. It was not the season to use charcoal fire. Qing Ge had to use charcoal fire to burn himself.But even if she did it herself, it would be impossible to hide it from everyone. The servants of the other courtyard would definitely know about it, and since she was impressed by her behavior, as long as she found the servants back then, she should be able to ask.

So he handed over the matter to Mu Lin, only saying that Qing Ge was also one of the suspects and wanted to check Qing Ge's whereabouts during the same period.

After resting for two days, Mu Qingyan went to Shen Youyun's other courtyard outside the city.

Going back to Qing Ge's childbirth six years ago, it was indeed as Qu said, the birth was difficult and hemorrhages.On his deathbed, Qing Ge entrusted the child to Qu Shi, and voluntarily asked the child to give up the Shen family's inheritance rights, and let Shen Youyun conceal his identity.After Qing Ge's death, Shen Youyun took care of the funeral. The tomb was very simple, with no inscriptions, and only some new soil was piled up every Qingming Festival.

He watched the scene of Qing Ge entering the coffin very carefully, so there was no possibility of cheating death.

Now, we can only hope that Mullin will make progress.

Fortunately, although there is no owner to live in that other courtyard, there are two servants who take care of the other courtyard all year round. Every time Shen Youyun moves in, the servants he brings are basically the same group.Mullin got the list and asked them one by one.Those servants may have concerns about the affairs of the masters and wives of the Shen family, but they have no taboo when talking about Qing Ge who has been dead for several years.

Mu Lin pieced together the big and small things about Qing Ge in the other courtyard, focusing on checking the time period of Wu Yutong's death, and it really paid off.

A servant was on duty one night and remembered Qing Ge's strange behavior.

"Miss Qingge Xijing, every night, she doesn't keep anyone around, and she doesn't like servants guarding her yard. But that night, when it was almost midnight, she suddenly went to the kitchen. I even asked , if you want to eat, just order it, there is no need for her to do it herself. But she said that she couldn't sleep for a while, and wanted to cook something for herself, and she didn't want my help. I just felt strange, but she ordered, and I also I didn’t dare to insist on keeping it, so I left. However, when I saw her leave the kitchen, she was carrying a large black earthen pot in her hand, which was used to pickle pickles, and I don’t know what she was doing. The next day I even looked for it specially, and the pottery pot is in her yard, filled with soil, and Miss Qingge said she wants to plant flowers. This is the first time I have seen a pottery pot to grow flowers."

Mu Lin also felt weird: "Are you really planting flowers?"

"That's right, I planted it! But it didn't work. Miss Qingge didn't give up. She tried three or four times, and now the clay pot is still in the corner of the yard."

Mu Lin thought for a while, ran to search, and actually found the clay pot.

As the servant said, this is a very ordinary pot-bellied black earthenware pot, if it is used to hold water and arrange flowers or something, it is barely okay, but planting flowers is too weird.Pulled out the dead plants, poured out the soil tentatively, but found that the bottom was not soil, but charcoal.

It took too long, and the charcoal shattered with a slight movement, so Mu Lin simply took the clay pot away.

Even though Mu Qingyan didn't tell the truth about Wu Yutong's death, Mu Lin was keenly aware of the strangeness, and felt that Mu Qingyan could answer Hei Guanzi's question.

Mu Qingyan could only say: "Brother, you haven't forgotten about Qu's miscarriage, right? If Qing Ge knows the inside story of Qu's miscarriage, will she help Qu's revenge? The charcoal fire blocks the ventilation channel, and the people inside may suffocate to death without knowing it when they are asleep."

"Using these charcoal?!" Mu Lin was stunned. He had never thought about this way of death before. His thinking was limited to strangulation, poisoning, pushing and manslaughter, etc.

"Brother, it's not easy to settle this case. It depends on you what the outcome will be."

In this era, there is no such thing as a never-ending case, but torture often happens.

Although Feng Lin is a good county magistrate, the current case is very unfavorable to Shen Zhanjie. If Mu Qingyan hadn't seen Qing Ge committing the crime, he would suspect Shen Zhanjie as the biggest suspect.And because Qing Ge was dead, Wu Yutong had only bones left, and the charcoal in the black pot alone could not prove anything.

Mullin also understood this and nodded.

Mu Qingyan looked at the black clay pot again, and at the same time speculated about the reason why Qing Ge left behind the charcoal.

According to Qing Ge's quick and murderous personality, it is impossible to leave charcoal alone. This is simply a trick, especially when growing flowers in black pots, it is too suspicious.Qing Ge had many opportunities to dispose of the charcoal, but she chose to leave such a big tail, very deliberately.

Let's look at the reason why she killed Wu Yutong... She was afraid that if things were revealed and Qu Shi or Shen Youyun were suspected, would she be able to produce "evidence" to prove that the culprit was herself?