Tangli returned home and looked for her elder brother everywhere, but she couldn't find him and didn't know where he had gone.
"Miss! Miss!"
Tang Li turned around and saw Zhao Mama half-running towards him, panting.
Tang Li quickly supported her.
"Mammy, slow down."
Aunt Zhao stopped and said, "Miss, the Madam is looking for you."
Seeing that she couldn't find her eldest brother, Tang Li said, "I'll go right away."
Tang Li went to Mrs. Gu's yard. Mrs. Gu was waiting for her. When she saw her, she came to greet her.
"Nannan, how is it?" Mrs. Gu asked expectantly.
Mrs. Gu knew that her daughter had arranged for the girl to meet her eldest son today. She was very curious about the outcome and hoped that her son would have a good impression of the girl and that they could get along well.
She just wanted Huai Nian to get married quickly and have a big fat grandson for her to hold in arms.
"Brother doesn't seem to like that girl." Tang Li said.
Mrs. Gu was a little disappointed.
Looking at her daughter's expression, she quickly asked, "Nannan, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
Tang Li really had something on her mind. She originally wanted to match her brother and Fang Miao, but it seemed like she messed it up and even hurt Fang Miao.
Mrs. Gu's thoughts all turned to Tangli, and she held her hand.
"Why are you unhappy? Tell mom quickly."
Tang Li looked up and met Madam Gu's worried eyes. "Mom, the girl I introduced to you is actually the coroner of the Dali Temple, named 'Fang Miao'. She is a very kind and interesting girl. She works under Big Brother, and the two of them work very well together. Fang Miao likes Big Brother. I originally thought that Big Brother also had a good impression of the girl, but he was too dull, so I wanted to give her a push. However, when we met today, Big Brother left directly, and the girl was very sad. I don't know if I did something wrong..."
"Nannan, you're right. It's Huai Nian who doesn't know what's good for him!" Madam Gu said, "Don't worry about him anymore. Just let him live out his life in solitude!"
"Mom, don't say that about my brother..." Tang Li said.
"What's wrong with him saying that for making my daughter sad?" Mrs. Gu said fiercely.
"Mom~" Tang Li was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Her mother really dotes on her unconditionally.
"You meant well, the girl won't blame you," said Mrs. Gu.
"She didn't blame me. She even said I gave her a chance." Tang Li said.
Fang Miao is just too nice, which makes Tang Li feel guilty.
"The girl from the Fang family is a good girl. It's your eldest brother who is unlucky! We can't break off our relationship with her. If she is willing, bring her to the Gu Mansion as a guest. Mother will apologize to her." Mrs. Gu said angrily.
Tangli nodded: "Okay, mother."
After being comforted by her mother, Tangli felt much better.
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The next day.
Fang family.
Early in the morning, the door of the Fang family was knocked open.
He is an official from the Dali Temple.
"Coroner, there's a case. Come with me."
Fang Miao hurried out, picked up the autopsy tool box, and followed the officer.
Fang Miao followed the official through the streets and alleys and came to a house.
The people from the Dali Temple were already there. Gu Huainian was questioning them. When he saw Fang Miao coming, he looked at her.
Fang Miao lowered her head and didn't look at him. She walked around him and went inside.
This was a merchant family's home. The deceased was the family's mistress, who was found hanged in the room in the morning.
Her husband didn't believe that she would hang herself and thought she was murdered, so he reported the case to the police.
Fang Miao entered the room.
The body was lying on the bed with its eyes closed, as if it was asleep.
A man sat by the bed, crying heartbrokenly.
Fang Miao looked at him and asked, "Who is the deceased?"
The man kept crying and didn't say anything.
"The deceased is his wife." Gu Huainian walked in from outside and answered.
"When did you find out?" Fang Miao asked without turning her head.
"Three quarters past the hour of Mao." Gu Huainian said.
"Did you let it go after you found out?" Fang Miao continued to ask.
"Yes." Gu Huainian said.
Fang Miao said to the man, "Please move aside."
The man was crying so hard that he was out of breath and couldn't move at all.
Gu Huainian gave a look and the officer walked up and took the man away.
"No...you can't touch my wife!" the man sobbed.
"I'll just take a look, I won't move." Fang Miao said.
Fang Miao looked at the marks on her neck.
"The marks from the ligature spread upwards from the jaw to the back of the head, and were purple in color." Fang Miao said.
The official standing nearby wrote furiously and recorded it.
Fang Miao looked up at the dead man's face.
"The face turned purple and the lips turned black."
Fang Miao's gaze moved from the dead man's lips downwards.
"The lips are open, the teeth are bloody, and the chest is stained with saliva."
Look down and check your legs.
"There's bruises on my legs."
Fang Miao carefully checked it and then came to a conclusion.
"The deceased died by hanging."
"No... My wife will not commit suicide!" the man shouted, his face full of disbelief.
"Someone must have murdered my wife and faked her death by hanging!"
"If the murder was committed first and then made to look like suicide by hanging, the blood flow of the deceased would stop, and there would not be such obvious marks of strangulation on the deceased's body, blood on the teeth, and bruises on the legs." Fang Miao said.
"Impossible! There is no reason for my wife to commit suicide. Our child was just born not long ago. It's impossible!" The man said with difficulty in confidence.
He knelt in front of Gu Huainian: "Sir, please, you must make the decision for me!"
"Your child is five months old. During these months, your wife has been depressed, worried, moody, and often cries for no reason?" Gu Huainian asked.
The man was stunned for a moment. It seemed like that. He felt that she was being unreasonable, and since he was busy with business, he was also impatient...
"After giving birth, some women will develop a world-weary mood. If this mood is not resolved in time, they may go to extremes," said Fang Miao.
Gu Huainian couldn't help but look at Fang Miao. She actually knew this?
Fang Miao didn't look at him.
"Those were the testimonies of the servants, and this..." Gu Huainian handed a piece of paper to the man.
The man took the paper and his expression changed immediately.
"This is my wife's handwriting..."
"This is the suicide note left by your wife, found in the bedroom." Gu Huainian said.
The man looked at the content, and the more he read, the paler his face became.
It was indeed as they said. His wife had developed a world-weary mood and felt that life was meaningless. She had originally wanted to commit suicide with the child, but in the end she couldn't bear it and asked him to take good care of the child...
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so busy with business and spent more time on my wife, this wouldn't have happened..."
The man hugged the suicide note and burst into tears.
The truth is revealed.
Fang Miao sighed lightly, they are all poor people.
Once dead, there is no resurrection, and it is too late to regret.
Fang Miao carried the toolbox on her back, lowered her head, walked around Gu Huainian and walked out.
Gu Huainian also walked out of the room, looking at Fang Miao's back and frowning.
"Master Gu, did you offend the young coroner? Why does she treat you like air?"
The person who spoke was Gu Huainian's attendant, who had followed him for more than ten years. He had a straightforward character and spoke whatever was on his mind.
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