"I am Feng Zhihong from Taizhou Academy, greeting Princess Xinxin!" Headmaster Feng bowed to Gu Xin.
"No need for such formalities, Headmaster Feng." Gu Xin raised her hand to offer a helping hand.
“Princess, I have come here to tell you that my niece was found murdered in her house this morning. I was just about to go to the yamen when the officials came to say that another niece of mine at Qiyun Temple had also died. Lord Liu said that the princess is investigating this case, so after much consideration, I decided to come and see the princess,” said Headmaster Feng.
"Is the niece in the family Miss Feng?" Gu Xin was shocked.
“That’s right. Your Highness must have already figured out the grudge between my third and fourth nieces. Although one of them lives at home and the other in the temple, I still find something strange. Therefore, I hope Your Highness will investigate this matter and give them justice!” Headmaster Feng said solemnly.
As the head of the family, he was deeply saddened by the sudden deaths of two younger members of his family, especially after the incident of the sisters vying for his husband.
Such a thing had never happened in the Feng family for the past hundred years.
"Have you brought the body of Miss Feng Si and the people who have been taking care of her these past few days?" Gu Xin asked in a deep voice.
Qiyun Temple is quite a distance from the prefectural city. Before the matter with Miss Feng the Third could be resolved, trouble broke out with Miss Feng the Fourth.
The fact that the two sisters died on the same morning is indeed strange.
Gu Xin already had people she suspected, but now that Miss Feng has died, she is even more uncertain.
Like Headmaster Feng, she also felt that the matter was quite strange and that it was related to the deaths of the two sisters.
Chen Pengyuan was just saying that there were still dead people, and now they've appeared. Is it really that much of a coincidence?
However, if the other dead body in this forest is Feng Si-guniang's, how did the murderer have time to send Feng San-guniang's body back to the temple, and then send Feng Si-guniang's body back to the Feng family before the Feng family discovered it?
"I brought it. Lord Liu said that the princess was accompanied by a coroner from the Dali Temple, and the two places are quite far apart, so I brought my niece's body. Also brought along were the two maids who served her at home. I have already had my wife make arrangements for them," said Headmaster Feng.
Gu Xin raised an eyebrow and glanced at Headmaster Feng. In the morning, Madam Feng, even on her deathbed, did not want Third Miss Feng to be examined by the coroner. She thought Headmaster Feng was even more so than Madam Feng. Headmaster Feng did not know whether Xiao Qiu was male or female, and brought her here directly under these circumstances.
Headmaster Feng noticed something amiss in Gu Xin's gaze and began to suspect something. Knowing his wife's temperament, he hesitated for a moment before explaining, "The abbot of Qiyun Temple is a highly accomplished Buddhist. Even if the sisters had died unexpectedly at home, a high-ranking monk would have been invited to perform a ritual for their souls. Therefore, after discussing it with my family, we decided that once the case is closed, the sisters will be buried here at Qiyun Temple, and the abbot will be asked to perform a ritual for their souls, hoping that they will be free from misfortune in their next life."
Gu Xin nodded and said nothing more.
The Feng family meant that neither of the sisters could be buried in the ancestral graveyard.
However, their family was still willing to hire a high-ranking monk to perform a ritual for the two sisters, and they were buried in Qiyun Mountain. They still felt heartbroken for the two girls.
Gu Xin couldn't say anything about other people's family affairs. Besides, customs varied from place to place in the Great Zhou Dynasty. In some places, an unmarried daughter who died young could not be buried in the ancestral grave.
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