Chapter 77 Search
At this time, the wife of Marquis Wuning was extremely anxious.
"They said they haven't seen Wei'er?" Lady Wuning Hou asked the maid who came back from Lin's place in a stern voice.
The maid was almost crying with fear: "They said they didn't see it."
The wife of the Marquis of Wuning rushed forward and slapped the maid across the face: "Useless thing! You are the one who serves the young lady personally, and you actually lost her?"
The maid fell to her knees and said, "Madam, please spare me, Madam, please spare me!"
Even now, the maid is still confused.
The girl was so angry that the men were talking to the two girls in the general's mansion that she chased after them to argue. She and Qinghong hurried to catch up, but in the blink of an eye the girl disappeared, and Qinghong also disappeared.
She ran around in the maple forest like a headless fly, but couldn't find anyone after a long time. She had no other choice but to come back and report to the Marquis's wife.
"Go look for her again, all of you!" Lady Wuning Hou sent all the servants she brought with her to look for Tang Wei.
Seeing that it was getting dark and there was still no sign of her daughter, the wife of Marquis Wuning finally couldn't bear it anymore.
She first went to see the deacon in the courtyard and told him that her daughter was missing.
The deacon monk was shocked.
Qinglu Temple is a temple that often entertains dignitaries. The disappearance of the noble lady would have a huge impact, not to mention that the King of Wei is here today.
"Don't worry, madam. I will arrange for the disciples in the temple to find your daughter."
"Master, please tell me not to tell anyone." Lady Wuning Hou reminded.
It is certainly not a good thing for a noble lady to go missing outside and let others know about it. This is why she only asked the servants in the mansion to look for her at the beginning.
But as the sky grew darker, Mrs. Wuning's hopeful mentality was completely replaced by worry.
Lights were lit in various places in the temple, and the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard.
The monk in charge bowed eleven times to the wife of Marquis Wuning and chanted a Buddhist name: "Madam, several disciples have found a female corpse in the forest—"
The wife of Marquis Wuning rolled her eyes and fell down.
"Madam!" The maid beside her hurriedly supported her.
Marquis Wuning paused, his face pale as he looked at the monk in charge: "That female corpse... is... is..."
"It's a girl dressed as a maid. Madam, could you send someone to identify her?"
When she heard that she was dressed as a maid, Lady Wuning's heart skipped a beat. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go take a look."
The female corpse had been carried over. Madam Wuning took a brave look and exclaimed, "It's Qinghong!"
What made her lose her composure was certainly not the life or death of a maid, but the safety of her daughter.
"Where's my daughter? Haven't you found her?"
The deacon monk shook his head: "I haven't found your daughter yet."
The wife of Marquis Wuning staggered back half a step and looked at the female corpse lying on the wooden frame.
The female corpse was covered with a cloth, and there was a solidified dark red on her pale face.
"How...how did she die?" asked the wife of Marquis Wuning in a trembling voice.
The deacon monk said with a heavy face: "His throat was cut."
This shows that the missing daughter of the Marquis's Mansion is in great danger.
The wife of the Marquis of Wuning gasped, "How could this happen? How is your temple managed? Why would such a vicious person exist?"
"Amitabha, besides the monks, there are also many pilgrims in the temple, so the crowd is inevitably a bit mixed. Madam, please be patient. We have increased the manpower to search for your daughter."
The wife of the Marquis of Wuning burst into tears. "My daughter's maid had her throat cut, and I haven't heard from her since. How can I remain calm?"
She suddenly thought of something and strode towards the guest room where Lin was staying.
Lin was a gossipy person. She was standing outside the door listening to the noise. When she saw the wife of Marquis Wuning striding towards her, she immediately perked up and responded.
"Madam Hou, has your daughter returned?"
The wife of the Marquis of Wuning turned a deaf ear to Lin's concerned inquiries and stared at the Lin sisters: "You really haven't seen Wei'er?"
Lin Chan held Lin Hao's hand, her expression calm: "We only ran into Miss Tang Er by chance in the maple forest, and then Miss Tang Er left first."
The wife of the Marquis of Wuning sneered, "I heard from Wei'er's personal maid Ning Cui that you and my daughter had an argument!"
"We spoke a few words to Miss Tang Er, and then several men came. Miss Tang Er knew one of the men. They exchanged a few words and then left one after another. My sister and I also left Fenglin." Facing the angry look of the wife of the Marquis of Wuning, Lin Chan explained calmly.
"Who can prove that you didn't end up with my daughter?"
Lin was fed up: "Madam Hou, is my daughter a criminal? Why are you interrogating her like this?"
"One of Wei'er's personal maids was just found dead in the woods." Lady Wuning's face was gloomy. "She was killed by someone! And your two daughters were the last people to see her. Can't you ask them?"
As a mother herself, Lin actually felt a little sympathetic about the disappearance of the beloved daughter of the wife of Marquis Wuning, but the other party's aggressiveness successfully angered her.
No one should try to frame her daughter!
"Madam Hou, what you said is not true. Your daughter was last seen by several other young men, and she left in their direction. Why didn't you go and ask those men?" Mrs. Lin pointed at the Lin sisters. "Compared to my two fragile daughters, the danger a few young men could pose is undoubtedly much greater, right?"
The wife of Marquis Wuning pursed her lips tightly.
She had already learned from Ning Cui that in addition to the Lin sisters, Wei'er also met several young people, one of whom was the son of the Han family in the Shangshu Mansion, and the other was the new top scholar.
According to Ning Cui, Wei'er chased these people but didn't catch up.
For the sake of her daughter's reputation, she hasn't gone to ask these young people yet.
But now, a maid has died and Wei'er's life or death is unknown, so I can no longer care about these things.
"Of course I'll go and ask. Mrs. Lin, don't think it has nothing to do with your two daughters. As long as Wei'er is not found, anyone who has seen her will be suspected!"
Lin sneered, "This is none of my daughters' business. Instead of wasting time here, Madam Hou, why don't you go ask those young people?"
He is totally out of his mind. When his daughter got into trouble, he didn't suspect a few young men and went to her to molest her.
The wife of Marquis Wuning turned away, and Lin cursed and returned to the house with her two daughters.
"How ridiculous! Your daughter is missing and you're blaming others without knowing the truth. Why don't you blame yourself for not doing good deeds?"
Lin Chan hurriedly advised: "Mother, the wife of the Marquis of Wuning is too concerned and confused. You don't need to bother with her."
Just now she was really afraid that her mother would fight with the wife of Marquis Wuning.
Lin waved her hand: "You don't understand her. She is the kind of person who will feel guilty the more you tolerate her, and will bully you even more fiercely."
When she was young, Tian Chunhua often laughed at her and called her a little bandit. She endured it at first, but finally couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed a handful of Tian Chunhua's hair, and then she felt at ease.
"Who did her little daughter offend? Her personal maid was killed by having her neck cut."
While Lin continued to send people to inquire about the news, the wife of Marquis Wuning rushed to Yang Zhe and others.
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