Chapter 406: Staring
"But I was away from home for a long time. I came back a few times and didn't find any clues. I wondered if she had taken a large sum of money from the Song family and hid it.
Song Yichun had caused her such a situation, so I gave her some money as compensation, but she was unwilling to give it up, which was natural, so I did not pursue the matter. But the one in my family was not happy, and she often blamed her for other people's misfortunes. Once, she got angry and yelled at the one in my family, saying that we were too short-sighted and should be careful not to regret it later. But when Zhuo Jing was stern and scolded her, she just sneered.
When the daughter got married, she didn't give any dowry to her children. I scolded her and she yelled at me.
Zhuo Jing was so angry that he took his maid to search her room.
The two even had a fight over this.
But apart from what she usually wore, they only found a dozen taels of silver and three hundred taels of silver notes.
Finally, she gave some gold-plated jewelry to the noble as a dowry.
I bought all the other stuff, which cost me a year's salary.
Because of this incident, to this day, Zhuo Jing still blames me for always protecting her.
My own sister, I know it myself.
She must be relying on someone to do this."
As Li Liang spoke, he glanced at Song Mo with a gloomy look, and lowered his eyelids and said, "I heard that the second master of the Duke of Ying's Mansion and the heir were born in the same year. At that time, my sister's belly was frighteningly big, and I thought, could it be that my sister gave birth to twins? The Duke of Ying's Mansion kept a son and not a daughter... But the second master of the Duke of Ying's Mansion is the legitimate son, and when the Duke of Ying's wife gave birth to the child, there were so many people serving her, how could it be impossible... Or the child born by the Duke of Ying's wife died, and the Duke of Ying's Mansion's lady decided to raise the child under the name of the Duke of Ying...
But this thought only flashed through my mind occasionally when I was confused, and I never dared to think deeply about it... That's why when I saw the prince, I blurted out, "Is it the Second Master or the Prince?"
He looked very upset.
However, Song Mo took a few deep breaths and suppressed the anger in his heart, and did not kick the beast to death.
After all the talk, he was still secretly thinking that the child born by his sister had a foothold in the Song family, and he was still talking about being good to the heir! If the heir was not a child of the Song family, would he be so good to the heir?
Thinking of what happened to his grandson, he felt a piercing pain in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but droop.
Chen Jia looked at this and felt nervous.
He helped Li Liang up and said, "My Lord, would you like to have a cup of hot tea and take a break? Miss Yugui still doesn't know anything. When Li Tiao Niang comes later, would you like to let Miss Yugui listen to it? Otherwise, Miss Yugui will regard her enemy as her own and let Li Tiao Niang take advantage of it."
Song Mo was feeling chest tightness and shortness of breath. He nodded and shouted "Duan Gongyi" loudly, saying, "Ask Liu Zhang to talk to Du Wei and find out who was the one who delivered Li Tiao Niang back then."
I have a vague feeling that most of the people who were present when my mother gave birth are probably no longer alive. Instead, it would be more reliable to find out who was the midwife of Li Tiao Niang's birth.
Duan Gongyi left immediately.
Chen Jia accompanied Song Mo out of the tea room.
When I looked up, I saw Xia Lian hurriedly walking into the yard.
"Where is Li Tiaoniang?" Song Mo's expression suddenly became very cold, which made Chen Jia's heart sank.
Xia Lian said hurriedly, "My Lord, it's bad! Li Tiao Niang has hanged herself... The woman next door to the Li family put a ladder on the wall to pick eggplants and found a person hanging from the beam of the east wing of the Li family. She was so scared that she almost fell off the ladder and hurriedly reported it to the authorities. When we went there, the coroner was performing an autopsy."
Chen Jia was shocked and asked repeatedly: "Which head of the Shuntian Prefecture took the case? What are the neighbors talking about? Has Shuntian Prefecture found anything?"
Song Mo sneered.
Perhaps he had stayed in the yamen for too long, and he was in the habit of questioning the men first. He did not expect that someone was eyeing the Li family and took advantage of this opportunity.
That's fine.
As long as there is movement, there will be traces left. The most fearful thing is to have stagnant water.
Xia Lian took a deep breath and said, "It was Captain Qin from Shuntian Prefecture who took over the case. He is currently performing an autopsy, but the results are not out yet. I have sent people there to wait for news. People in the neighborhood think it was a murder of passion. They say that Li Tiao Niang was always a popular girl, so someone must have accidentally killed her out of jealousy, and then hung her from the roof beam to make it look like she had hanged herself."
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant ran in.
He hurriedly saluted Song Mo and Xia Lian and said, "There's a result from Shuntian Prefecture. It says that the young lady from the Li family committed suicide."
Xia Lian frowned as she listened and wanted to say something, but Song Mo said coldly: "It's not that easy. Just find someone to hang her on the beam and watch her die." After that, he went to the tea room.
Chen Jia thought that if it were him, he would do the same, so he naturally had no objection and followed Song Mo to the tea room.
Song Mo raised his chin slightly, looked at Li Liang arrogantly, and said, "Your sister was killed before our people found her. Do you have anything else to say to me?"
"What did you say?!" Li Liang's eyes widened and his voice was sharp, "My sister is dead? No, that's impossible! She ordered two autumn dresses from Jinxiuxuan yesterday..."
Song Mo didn't even bother to look at him. He just called out "Chen Jia" and turned around and walked out.
Chen Jia sighed and squatted in front of Li Liang...
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Outside the house, Xia Lian asked Song Mo, "Master, what do you think we should do about this?"
Song Mo smiled and said, "Could it be possible that even the Duke of England is dead?"
He said it lightly, but Xia Lian felt as if a cold wind was blowing past her.
He bowed his head and left.
Song Mo went to the compartment.
Dou Zhaozheng and Yugui were talking in low voices.
Compared to before, the noble lady seemed much calmer. But when she saw Song Mo, she stood up nervously and hid behind Dou Zhao.
Song Mo sighed secretly.
Fortunately, there is Dou Zhao, otherwise this sister would be really troublesome.
Dou Zhao smiled at Song Mo comfortingly.
Seeing his sister like this, he must be sad and helpless!
Dou Zhao turned around and took Yu Gui's hand, saying softly, "He is your brother, don't be afraid, you will have many opportunities to interact with him in the future! He just looks a little cold, but he treats people very well. Let's sit down and talk."
The noble thought for a moment and sat down next to Dou Zhao.
Seeing this, Song Mo hesitated for a moment before telling Dou Zhaohe's widow the news of Li Tiaoniang's death.
The news came so suddenly that not only the noble, but even Dou Zhao was confused for a moment.
But after being stunned, Dou Zhao immediately pulled the hand of the noble. However, the noble did not cry sadly or clamor to find Li Tiao Niang as Dou Zhao expected, but lowered his head and sobbed quietly.
There is something interesting here!
Dou Zhao couldn't help but look at Song Mo.
Song Mo's brows were locked into the shape of a "川" character, his beautiful lips were tightly pursed, and there was a hint of sinisterness in his brutality.
Dou Zhao couldn't help but step forward and stroke his brow gently, as if this could wipe away the haze in his heart.
Song Mo held her hand, said "It's okay" softly, and whispered to Dou Zhao what Li Liang had said.
Dou Zhao's brows also wrinkled.
No wonder Yugui is so timid, it's obvious that he has been frightened by Li Tiao Niang since he was a child.
She whispered to Song Mo, "You go out first, I will come to persuade the noble."
Song Mo squeezed her hand and left the room.
Dou Zhao took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears of the noble.
Only then did the noble notice that Song Mo was no longer in the room.
She asked Dou Zhao: "Is what he said true?"
Dou Zhao nodded.
The nobleman shed tears silently for a while, and whispered: "Am I really cruel... She is gone, although I am sad... but I am also relieved..."
Dou Zhao said gently, "We would be sad if our cat or dog died suddenly, but you are relieved. It shows that she must have done something to make you sad. This is not your fault."
A trace of gratitude flashed across the noble's eyes, and he lowered his head and sobbed softly again.
Dou Zhao hugged her like he was coaxing a child.
She hurriedly said, "I'm fine... just be careful with the baby in your belly..." Her voice was as soft as the spring breeze in March, and surprisingly resembled Song Mo by 70%.
Dou Zhao's heart softened.
She let go of Yugui, patted her hands gently, and said, "Do you want to tell me about Li Tiao Niang?"
The hermit said nothing.
The room was quiet and suddenly became depressing.
Dou Zhao felt that he was a little anxious and was just trying to find another topic, but Yugui lowered his head and said, "She doesn't like me, and doesn't like others to know that I am her daughter. When I was little, every time there were guests at home, she stuffed me into the closet; when I was older, she locked me in the ear room and never showed me in front of others. But that day, she suddenly wanted to take me to the temple to burn incense, and changed me into beautiful clothes. But when we got to the temple, she asked me to stand in the main hall and wait for her, but I didn't know where she went. Someone took candy to coax me to go home with him, and someone pulled me and said that I was her lost niece. If I hadn't deceived a little monk in the temple, I would have been forcibly taken away that day...
Later she made some snacks for me.
From childhood to adulthood, she has never cooked for me. I pretended to break a plate, and Xiao Huang ran over, grabbed a piece of snack and ran away. I rushed out, but saw Xiao Huang lying on the ground in a crooked state... She said that the butcher sold her bad meat..."
Dou Zhao was so angry that he drank two sips of tea.
Fortunately, Li Tiaoniang died, otherwise she would definitely instigate Song Mo to teach her a lesson.
"When she wanted to marry me to Wei Bairui, she said how good Wei Bairui was and how happy I would be if I married him. I saw Bairui dressed up neatly every day. He was wearing a silk Taoist robe, but he said he would spend ten taels of silver to buy things for her and curry favor with her. I knew he was just an empty talk, but I still breathed a sigh of relief and happily married him..."
Dou Zhao suddenly thought of her previous life, when she also happily married Wei Tingyu.
It's just that her legacy is more difficult than her fate.
Her eyes immediately became moist.
"It's okay, it's okay." Dou Zhaoqing couldn't help but hugged Yu Gui's shoulders and whispered to comfort her, "Yan Tang is your biological brother. If anything happens in the future, he will protect you." He added, "I am your sister-in-law. If there is anything you don't want to tell him, you can tell me. We will definitely take care of it for you."
The nobleman hesitated and asked, "Am I really the daughter of the Song family?"
"Of course!" Dou Zhao said firmly, "Don't you think you look a lot like the prince?"
She shook her head: "The prince is much more handsome than me!" Then she murmured, "Sometimes I would hide in the quilt and cry quietly, hoping that I was someone else's child, kidnapped and picked up by her, and when I opened my eyes, my biological parents would find me..."