There were two maids who accompanied Liang Qiuyi into the forest farm earlier.
In addition to Chunyan, who was tied up with the Northern Barbarian spies at this moment, there was also Chunying.
He never showed up from beginning to end.
A maidservant, even her own master doesn't care about her, so no one else will pay attention to her.
If Sun Xiuxiu's maid had not been tripped by her arm while picking up firewood, it is unknown when this body covered with scars and covered by fallen leaves would have been discovered.
Looking at the person who was carried back with bloodstains on his face and motionless, everyone hesitated and dared not step forward.
"Is she... is she still alive?"
The forest guard shook his head solemnly.
It was expected, yet sad.
For a moment, sighs were heard one after another.
Everyone felt sorry for the loss of a life, but they couldn't help but think that perhaps for this maid whose appearance was completely ruined and whose body was covered with scars, losing her life was more of a relief than living in pain in the world.
"Miss Liang, this is the maidservant beside you, right?"
Liang Qiuyi wanted to refute, but the maids beside her were all wearing the same dress.
Chuntao, who was beside her, was so frightened when the person was carried over that she shouted "Chunying" several times.
How could she have any excuses?
"Yes, although I can't see her face clearly, her clothes do look like Chunying..."
Liang Qiuyi frowned, took one look at the horrible corpse, then looked away and rubbed his arms in fear, "Chunying and I got separated in the woods, how could she become like this?"
Liang Qiuyi's frightened look didn't seem fake, but the more she spoke, the more it seemed like there were many flaws in her.
Wei Yunlan lowered his eyes, and his gaze followed Chunying's scratched face, moved to the nail crevices mixed with red powder, and to the handkerchief faintly visible at the cuffs of her sleeves.
He took a step forward, took out a handkerchief from his arms, wrapped his fingers around it, and reached out to lift Chunying's sleeves.
All the ladies present were startled by Wei Yunlan's sudden action.
Even Qiu Yuehua, who was always brave, couldn't help but say, "Miss Wei, you are too brave!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yunlan pulled out the handkerchief from Chunying's sleeve, along with the handkerchief, there was also an oil-paper bag stained with some red powder.
Wei Yunlan stretched out his hand and unfolded the moon-white handkerchief.
Then he took off the handkerchief that was wrapped around his fingers.
Putting aside the oil paper package for now, the two handkerchiefs were exactly the same, with a raised orchid embroidered on them using a special embroidery method.
"Miss Wei, this...what is this?"
"This is my handkerchief." Wei Yunlan frowned slightly and spoke in a serious tone.
There was no way she would make a mistake. The orchid on the lower right corner of her handkerchief was embroidered by her sister-in-law Cheng Yue'e, who specially taught her the method. Even in the Wei family, no one else could embroider it.
I don't know where Chunyan got the handkerchief from, but I can imagine that her possession of this handkerchief is related to Miss Liang.
Liang Qiuyi touched the bottom line again and again.
Wei Yunlan was not going to show her any mercy and approached her step by step with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.
"You just said that you and Chunying got separated accidentally in the forest."
"Was it really an accident?"
"If it's not an accident, what else could it be..." Liang Qiuyi felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look at Wei Yunlan.
"I think you won't cry until you see the coffin." Wei Yunlan glanced at Tingxue who was standing not far away, and ordered, "Go back to the city quickly and ask Mr. Yu and the doctor in the city who is good at identifying herbs to come over."
"Yes." The Nanjiao Forest Farm is much closer to Beiguan City than the pass.
When Doctor Yu and Doctor Song, another doctor with a good reputation in Beiguan City, were invited, the people from the Military Intelligence Department had not arrived yet.
Doctor Yu opened the oil-paper bag on the spot and after examining it for a moment, his expression became more serious. "The two medicines in it are very attractive to poisonous snakes and wild animals. If the powder is mixed on this handkerchief... the wild animals will most likely follow the smell on the handkerchief to find it."
The medicine powder was ground very finely, and several medicinal ingredients were mixed together, so it was not easy to distinguish them. Doctor Song was able to identify the medicines only after listening to Doctor Yu's explanation.
He immediately understood and nodded in agreement, "This old gentleman is right, that's the case."
"Hiss." All the ladies present couldn't help but gasp when they heard this.
That handkerchief belongs to Wei Yunlan.
Chunying took this thing into the forest and deliberately brought it close to a hillside where wild animals might roam. It was obvious what she was trying to do.
This is going to harm Wei Yunlan!
It is impossible for a little maid to have such thoughts.
It goes without saying who the person who wants to harm Wei Yunlan is.
"You're so nice, Mr. Liang. You acted so pitiful earlier, and we were kind enough to comfort you!" Tu You was really moved by Liang Qiuyi's words just now, and now he just wanted to turn around and scold himself, "Stupid!"
But compared to scolding herself, she obviously wanted to scold Liang Qiuyi more.
Most of the ladies who gathered together for horseback hunting today are as straightforward as Tu You.
Someone immediately pointed at Liang Qiuyi and cursed, "You are such a vicious person. Why do you want to harm Miss Wei for no reason? Are you jealous of her just because she can ride a horse and shoot arrows?"
Liang Qiuyi's face froze and she didn't know how to refute.
The people around her didn't intend to give her a chance to refute, and they continued to speak.
"You said earlier that you went into the forest because you couldn't stand the loneliness outside the forest farm. I think you are talking nonsense. It's obvious that you planned it all along and wanted to take this opportunity to go in and harm people."
"You keep saying that you are a weak girl in the boudoir, but how could a weak girl like you have such harmful powder in your hands? When the people from the Military Intelligence Department come, I really should ask them to interrogate you as well. If your maidservant is involved with the Northern Barbarian spies, you, as their mistress, cannot escape responsibility!"
"I didn't! I really don't know what the Northern Barbarian spies are about..."
Liang Qiuyi was interrupted as soon as she opened her mouth.
Listening to the constant condemnation from those around me, I felt like I had no way of defending myself.
Finally, he couldn't help but break down and yell, "Stop talking, I'll tell you everything I know!"
The forest suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Liang Qiuyi.
Her face flushed, and she defended herself anxiously: "Yes, I don't like Wei Yunlan, and I want to make her suffer a little, so I entered the forest farm without permission and told Chunying to throw this handkerchief wrapped in medicine powder onto the mountain, hoping to attract the wild animals to her side..."
"But whether you believe it or not, I didn't get that powder. Chunyan gave it to me. I really didn't know that she was in cahoots with the Northern Barbarian spies!"
Glancing at the disbelieving looks on everyone's faces, she gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "If I'm lying, make me...make me die like Chunying, and I won't have a good death!"
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