Nongmen Shenjue

Mu Qingyan didn't ask Mu Lin to accompany him, and came to Fan's house alone.

It was afternoon, the breeze was gentle, and it was slightly cool.

The burned house of the Fan family has been tidied up, the broken bricks and wood have been taken away, there are traces of fire on the ground, and the wreckage has been cleaned up.After all, it was a green brick house. Although it was hit by a fire, not all of them were dilapidated, but the Fan family didn't plan to use the ones that could be used. The main reason was that people were burnt to death, which was bad luck.

Some things are hard to say clearly, but outsiders know very well that Fan Lixuan is still young and will marry again in the future.In the future, we will rebuild a few blue-brick houses, so naturally we cannot use those unlucky old bricks. Even if we are not afraid of taboos, the bride will feel uncomfortable living there.

When Mu Qingyan came, he heard the voices of children in the courtyard, mixed with the sound of beating clothes.

Entering the yard, I saw Bitao sitting in front of the kitchen door washing clothes, under the grape arbor, and Fan Lixuan sitting there, with a small table in front of him, with tea, snacks, and a book.Fan Lixuan was dressed in a clean white shirt, his hair was tied with a white ribbon, his face had been tidied up, he was not as sloppy as he was a few days ago.Anyone who looks at it will think that this is a gentle and gentle scholar, but now his cheeks are thin and his expression is sluggish, which seems to be a little sick.

Surrounding him were two little girls, both wearing plain green clothes, the older one had combed hair, the younger one had a braid at the top.The one who kept talking was the little girl, lying on Fan Lixuan's lap, eating a pastry in her mouth, she didn't know how sad she was.The older one was six years old, a little governor, sitting next to Fan Lixuan on a small round stool, fiddling with a pair of nine rings, looking up at Fan Lixuan from time to time.

Fan Lixuan came back to his senses, saw the appearance of the eldest daughter, and rubbed the top of her hair.

The little girl smiled sweetly, and lowered her head to play with herself again.

It was Bitao who first spotted Mu Qingyan. Bitao seemed to be washing clothes, but her eyes were mostly on Fan Lixuan.

"Mr. Mu!" Bitao stood up quickly, wiped her wet hands on her apron, and walked to the grape trellis in two or three steps, very nervous.She looked at Fan Lixuan, and said in a low voice, "Master, this is Mr. Mu whom I mentioned to you."

Fan Lixuan stood up: "Mr. Mu."

Mu Qingyan originally wanted to talk to Fan Lixuan, but when he saw Bitao, he changed his mind: "I'm here to ask Bitao about something."

Fan Lixuan nodded and sat down again, as if he didn't care about what they were talking about.

But Bi Tao was very nervous: "I...I've already said it, Mr. Mu, I'm still very busy."

Mu Qingyan crossed the grape trellis and stood in front of her: "Are you sure you want to say it here?"

Bi Tao took a careful look at Fan Lixuan, walked back to the kitchen, sat in front of the big wooden basin, reached out to grab the clothes to wash, was taken aback for a moment, then remembered being distracted, and hurriedly raised her head to look at Mu Qingyan.

"Master Mu, what else do you want to ask?"

"You once bought medicine from the pharmacy, the medicine made in medicinal wine." As he said, he observed her expression carefully.

Bi Tao lowered her head and covered her expression, but she unconsciously grasped the clothes with force: "...Yes. My father drives a car for the She family, and occasionally goes out to deliver things. One winter, the master wanted to give someone No one else wanted to go to deliver things, except my dad. It happened to be snowing heavily that day, the car overturned, my dad was smashed in the leg, and couldn’t get away. Fortunately, someone passed by to save him. After the treatment, the leg was healed , It’s just that it’s been frozen for too long, and every time it’s cloudy and rainy or even cold, I feel uncomfortable. I heard that there is a kind of medicinal wine that is good to drink, so I went to buy it.”

As he said that, he added a sentence by accident: "They are all common medicinal materials, and they are not expensive."

Mu Qingyan didn't go around in circles: "You are a smart person, let me tell you the truth. Your family's county government sent people to investigate, and the medicinal ingredients in the medicinal wine jar did not match the amount you bought, it was like missing."

Bi Tao's body trembled, and her voice trembled: "Maybe, maybe my father accidentally lost it while making wine."

As if Mu Qingyan didn't hear it, he said to himself: "The missing one is 'Caowu', which is very poisonous. If you accidentally swallow it, it will kill you."

In fact, Mullin did send someone to check, but the result has not been reported yet.

Mu Qingyan guessed it based on Bitao's reaction, and deliberately lied to her.

Although Bi Tao has been hiding it all the time, she is not a psychologically defensive person. She wanted to say something to justify, but she couldn't make a sound.Following Mu Qingyan's words of persecution, she broke down and cried.

"I, I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't hurt my wife, and I don't know..." She was talking nonsense, probably she didn't know what she was talking about.

"Do you know that Mrs. She touched the medicine you bought?" Mu Qingyan asked a crucial point.

Bi Tao shook her head desperately, choked up and said, "No! I, I bought that medicine and kept it by my side for only two days, then I asked my wife for leave and sent it home. It's just... that day I went to Sister-in-law Fan's house to deliver something, When I came back, I saw the lady coming out of my room, holding a small dress of Sister Zhi's in her hand. I didn't think much about it, the lady said earlier that she wanted to embroider a pattern on Sister Zhi's clothes, so I thought it was this thing.

Later, I asked for leave to go home and gave the medicine package to my father. My father had already bought the wine, and the only thing left was the medicinal materials.My father opened the medicine bag and asked me to tell him what medicinal materials were inside.There are about ten samples in total, and the names of each medicine, I can't remember clearly, and I just mentioned a few, but I don't know that there will be one less. "

This argument is full of loopholes.

If Bitao didn't know that Shi She took the medicine, why did she remember so clearly when Shi Shi went in and out of the room that day?She even remembered what She was holding in her hand.

Furthermore, her description of the herbs in the medicine pack was incorrect.

For example, the medicinal materials for making wine are not fragmented. The medicinal materials are either in pieces or whole. The recipes for making wine that Bitao took are very common among the people. They are all relatively cheap medicinal materials, and there are only six or seven types. , apportioned down, each component is very small.Maybe Bi Tao really doesn't know the name of each medicinal material, or she doesn't know how many kinds there are, but the prescription she found and bought by herself must have some understanding, six or seven kinds, maybe she can't remember clearly It is blurred into four or five, seven or eight, but it seems strange to memorize it into a dozen or so.

In the end, it took only three or four days from the time she bought the medicine to the time she sent it home, and her memory couldn't be that blurry.

Mu Qingyan felt that she was trying to avoid it on purpose. Maybe she knew well that She had touched the herbs, or even which herbs were touched.

Bi Tao may not have intended to murder Mrs. She, but the momentary resentment made her pretend that she hadn't noticed the lack of medicinal materials.In this way, even if she later repented, she would not dare to expose this matter.Later, seeing that She Shi was doing well all the time, she deceived herself and pretended that nothing had happened.

It's all guesswork.

Mu Qingyan asked: "How is Mrs. She treating you?"

"My lady treated me very well."

"Being nice to you all the time? I heard that she wanted Fan Xiucai to take you over?"

Bi Tao nodded lightly: "Yes, that, that was not the lady's intention, it was all outsiders gossiping, the lady really couldn't...every time the uncle refused. After the pregnancy was conceived last year, the lady mentioned it again, and the two had a big quarrel In fact, it's not counted, the uncle didn't quarrel, it was the lady... At that time, the lady had a bad temper, the uncle knew it, didn't mind, and asked me to comfort the lady."

"How many months was that?"

"November of the old year, about the middle of the month." Bi Tao's memory was good again, and she remembered the time clearly, which shows that this incident left a deep impression on her.

Mu Qingyan felt that the quarrel between Fan Lixuan and his wife probably involved Bitao.

If this incident made Bitao resentful, it would be reasonable for Bitao to "ignore" She's stealing the medicinal materials after half a month.

Speaking back, Mrs. She once mentioned Bitao's taking over the house, and Fan Lixuan refused every time.It is unreasonable to mention Bitao to take over the house after the pregnancy, especially when the secret of Fan Lixuan and Qiu Zhihao may be broken.And in the previous interviews, Fan Lixuan and his wife were described as loving and harmonious, and this was the first time I heard that the two had quarreled.

At that time, Mrs. She was stimulated, one was the stimulation of abortion, and the other was the stimulation of breaking her husband's secrets. Her thoughts were likely to go to extremes, so when she mentioned Bitao's matter, it was definitely not as probing as before.

There are some secrets that cannot be revealed, whether it is Bitao or Fan Lixuan, either for their own benefit or to maintain She's image, they are unwilling to reveal those.

Mu Qingyan turned around and walked to the grape rack, his eyes fell on the former site of the blue brick house.

As for Fan Lixuan under the grape arbor, he still looked out of mind, in the quiet courtyard, only the childish words of the little girl were heard.The older sister Xuan looked at Mu Qingyan curiously, and another look belonged to Bitao.

Mu Qingyan ignored it, he wanted to go back to that quarrel——

Time regressed like mercury, and finally stopped in mid-November last year.

The moon is about to be full in the sky, illuminating the ground very brightly, it looks like it has just snowed, the roofs of every house are covered with snow, the night is quiet, and the whole village is not much lit.The Fan family has also become quiet here, Father Fan has already fallen asleep, but the lights are on in the new house.

"Bitao, come in." She's calling came from inside the house.

In the cold night, Bi Tao stood outside the door, holding a pot of hot tea in her hand.

Tonight's Bi Tao is obviously different from the past. She is dressed in a pink double-breasted jacket with snow-white fur on the cuffs, a blue satin embroidered cotton skirt, and peach red embroidered cotton shoes.This outfit is obviously not what a maid is wearing, and it is half-new clothes. Although the length is suitable, but the whole body is a little loose, it should be the clothes given by She Shi.Looking at her hair, it's not the usual hair accessories, it's combed more carefully, and she even wears a gold step shaker.

Bi Tao's delicate appearance, with such careful makeup, is quite charming.

She opened the door and went in, She stood there waiting for her.

"Go." She stared at her face with a calm expression.

But Bi Tao didn't dare to meet her eyes, and she was a little scared in her heart: "My lady, I, I dare not..."

"Why don't you dare, I'm sure. As long as you... serve the uncle well tonight, you don't have to worry about your future." She said, with a look of struggle flashing across her face, as if she was afraid that she would regret it, so she took Bitao Advance to the back room.