Dumb Widow 13
Mrs. Zhu burst into tears: "What do you want me to do to let you go?" She couldn't read, and even if Shen Wanyue asked Wu Laifeng to write down what she wanted to say, the two of them couldn't communicate.
Therefore, Chen Wanyue could only use her own way - she took out a handkerchief from her arms, on which were embroidered two little people, which changed with the direction of the arrow.
Just like modern comics, information can be conveyed through pictures without any text.
Chen Wanyue thought about drawing it, but she didn't know how to use a brush, and the lines she drew were not as clear as those she embroidered.
Mrs. Zhu panted and looked at the picture above. The little people on it were vivid and colorful, and she understood it.
The mute in front of him wanted to ask if there was anyone else there on the night the accident happened.
She swallowed and said, "I...I only know that there were me, my mother, and my man that night. As for the others...ahem! You and your fourth sister-in-law made an appointment there, but we haven't seen her, so we're not sure...if there were...any others, anyone else. Ahem, um."
Shen Wanyue wiped the dust off her hands with a handkerchief.
According to Mrs. Zhu, the fourth sister-in-law wanted to ask "Mrs. Li" out for a fight from the beginning.
"Ugh!" Mrs. Zhu really couldn't stand it anymore. She didn't care whether it would attract wild beasts, and shouted loudly: "Sister-in-law——" trying to awaken a bit of conscience in her sister-in-law.
But it was all in vain.
Chen Wanyue wanted to wait a little longer - wait to see if she could get other clues from Sister Zhu. If this method worked, maybe she could try it on the Fourth Sister-in-law.
Seeing that the person in front of her was unmoved, Mrs. Zhu was panicking. What if... what if he killed her to silence her?
Never mind! Who cares if it attracts wild animals or not? Maybe someone will just pass by in the middle of the night.
The next moment, Mrs. Zhu screamed and shouted for help.
Shen Wanyue frowned, picked up the handkerchief on the ground and stuffed it into Zhu Sao's mouth.
"Mmm!" Mrs. Zhu's eyes widened. There was still a taste of mud in her mouth, and some tiny pieces of mud entered her throat.
Why don't you listen? Shen Wanyue just wanted to ask the question she wanted.
...It would be better to just ask Wu Laifeng for poison and feed it to Mrs. Zhu and her entire family.
The thought flashed through her mind. After Mrs. Zhu calmed down, she took off her handkerchief: It’s better to think clearly before speaking.
Mrs. Zhu had no choice but to hope for the best and said, "...I, I really don't know what you want to know! If you could speak...!" She quickly closed her mouth.
Shen Wanyue didn't care and motioned for the other party to continue.
The feeling of ants crawling on Zhu's body faded a little, but she could speak normally. This was a reaction to the drug's effect wearing off. But Zhu thought it was "Mrs. Li" who was in control.
She continued, "...How about this! I'll recount what happened that night, okay?"
Shen Wanyue nodded. Anyway, Mrs. Zhu's brain was not good, and if she was asked to pick something special, she would not be able to come up with anything special.
The evening breeze was cold and humid. Mrs. Zhu sniffed and said, "I said, will you let me go?"
Shen Wanyue tilted her head and looked inquiringly: What do you think?
Mrs. Zhu still chose to speak. If she didn't speak now, she might have no way out: "That night... it was our mother who asked me to go. She said that she couldn't find a chance to meet you alone, and this time was just right... to force you. I also asked what if the fourth sister-in-law came and saw it? You also know that the fourth sister-in-law is kind... Mother said she would delay it, so let me do it. Later, the fourth sister-in-law didn't come, and you fell down. My stepmother also asked me to carry you back. My husband was there, so I let him come. Who knew such an accident would happen... I swear! We didn't do it on purpose! If you want to blame someone, blame mother. She told me to do this!"
After listening to this, Shen Wanyue wondered why the old woman didn't mention this matter at that time. She wondered if she had seen the fourth sister-in-law.
Maybe she saw it. Since the fourth sister-in-law had agreed on a time, she would definitely come to kill "Mrs. Li" on time. As for why she didn't show up directly, it was probably because she saw Mrs. Zhu and the others. Otherwise, she wouldn't have hit "Mrs. Li" on the head when Mrs. Zhu's husband wasn't paying attention.
Still useless information.
Mrs. Zhu continued, "Oh, oh, oh! There is one more thing. My husband told me. He said..."
Shen Wanyue felt it was boring, so she sat on the ground and sorted out all the information. If she confronted her fourth sister-in-law, what would her chances of winning be?
It would be better to torture him into confessing.
Seeing that she was sitting on the ground and had no intention of letting her go, Mrs. Zhu hurriedly and cautiously said, "What is it, sister-in-law, let me go. If you want to know something else, I will tell you everything!"
Shen Wanyue suddenly reached out and pried open her chin, then fed a handful of medicine powder into her mouth.
“Ah—ah!”
As the powder in Shen Wanyue's hand decreased, Mrs. Zhu's eyelids drooped and slowly closed.
It was not until Mrs. Zhu fainted on the ground that Shen Wanyue let her go and untied the ropes on her hands and feet.
She didn't give Mrs. Zhu a mute potion, she just gave her a sleeping pill.
Just leave the person here. I don't have the strength to carry him back - besides, it's almost dawn, and if I really go back I might be seen by someone.
She dusted herself off and picked up the things on the ground. The stone was too big to move, so she had to follow the example of Mrs. Zhu's husband and temporarily hide the stone nearby...
After Shen Wanyue left, a figure jumped down from a tree not far away and quickly came to Mrs. Zhu.
Checking Mrs. Zhu's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears...there doesn't seem to be any signs of poisoning.
The man's heart trembled slightly, and he recorded everything he saw and heard today.
He stood up and was about to leave, looked at the person on the ground, thought for a moment, broke off a branch with leaves from the tree next to him, covered the person with it, and then left.
No one ever saw Mrs. Zhu on the ground again, and they could only wait until she woke up naturally.
——
On the other side, Shen Wanyue went down the mountain.
Back in the house. This time the harvest was not great, but it was still somewhat useful.
This made her realize that the process of finding evidence was too troublesome and might not necessarily achieve the goal. It was better to use tough means directly. Simple and crude methods could hit people's hearts directly. It made people surrender instantly.
My mother-in-law and Mrs. Zhu are good examples.
So when I saw my fourth sister-in-law coming towards me, I felt a little excited.
"Sister-in-law? Why are you here? I said I went to mother's room early in the morning and didn't see anyone." The fourth sister-in-law frowned, her eyes full of worry, "Mother suddenly couldn't speak, I was just about to go find a doctor. If you have something to leave, you should come to me."
Shen Wanyue smiled pretending to be embarrassed.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Mom is still waiting for treatment. Come with me to find a doctor. If you go back now, they might peel off a layer of your skin."
Shen Wanyue nodded, and ran out with her fourth sister-in-law to find a doctor. At first, she wanted to take people to find Wu Laifeng, but then she thought better of it.
Although it was early in the morning, most people were up.
The fourth sister-in-law and Shen Wanyue were both a little tired. After explaining the situation to the doctor, the three of them ran back.
Shen Wanyue's face was frighteningly gloomy.
Not sleeping all night, carrying people and running, it would be unbearable for anyone, let alone Ms. Li's thin body.
After rushing back to her mother-in-law's room, she hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief before her mother-in-law's children and daughters-in-law scolded her.
"You little bitch! You still have the nerve to come back and see how you've taken care of Mom!" The person who spoke was the mother-in-law's daughter. She turned around and scolded the fourth sister-in-law, "And you! You're being lazy by letting a mute take care of Mom!"
Fourth sister-in-law's face was not good either. Why was she blaming her at this time? Why didn't she stand up when she was taking care of people last night? She ran away very quickly.
Even though he felt this way in his heart, he still apologized, defending Chen Wanyue in his words: "It's my fault for letting my sister-in-law who is in poor health come."
"Okay! Is this the time to talk about this?" the eldest brother spoke up, ending the quarrel.
"snort!"
The fourth sister-in-law felt strange and kept observing Shen Wanyue's expression, but she was calm and even had the mind to wipe the sweat off her forehead.
She knew her mute sister-in-law, whose emotions were written all over her face. Her mother's coma was probably not caused by her sister-in-law. It was strange to say, why didn't Mrs. Zhu, who used to be the most active, come?
Of course, Chen Wanyue didn't feel guilty.
Mr. Wu said that no one could detect the clues of the medicine he made. He said that if she didn't have some skills, she would have been caught by those people many times.
As for “those people” he mentioned, Mr. Wu said clearly.
But Chen Wanyue had a hunch in her heart that she would know soon.
Sure enough, the doctor could not see any clues and only said, "She is not in danger of life, and there is nothing wrong with her throat. Maybe she is stimulated. We can only observe her for a few more days. I dare not use medicine at will."
"this....."
The children all looked unhappy.
The mother-in-law lay flat on the bed, panting weakly, but her eyes were always fixed on Shen Wanyue.
The fourth sister-in-law took the initiative to step forward and hold her hand and said, "Mother, I know you don't like your sister-in-law. She takes care of you out of filial piety. Health is important."
"Yes, mother, we will settle accounts with my sister-in-law when you get better!" said the eldest brother gritting his teeth.
After another busy morning, it was not until noon that someone discovered that Mrs. Zhu was missing. Mrs. Zhu's husband led the team to look for her.
There are only a few people left at home to take care of my mother-in-law.
Shen Wanyue's time was running out. She stood aside and watched her fourth sister-in-law wipe the hands of her mother-in-law who could not speak.
The mother-in-law's cloudy eyes widened and stared at her. Shen Wanyue raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a provocative expression.
"Hmm!" The mother-in-law wanted to reach out, but was stopped by the fourth sister-in-law: "Mom, I'll wipe this side for you right away, don't worry."
She also felt the unspeakable bitterness.
Chen Wanyue held the medicine given by Wu Laifeng in her hand. She was wondering whether to give it to her fourth sister-in-law. After all, she really didn't have much time. Knowing the murderer, she should have acted earlier.
Unconsciously, she had walked behind the fourth sister-in-law.
I took the stopper from the mouth of the medicine bottle with two fingers, and the bottle fell down, leaving a small pile of powder in the palm of my hand...
"It's done. I'll go make some medicine for you." The fourth sister-in-law cleaned up the basin, stood up, turned around and looked at Shen Wanyue, "Sister-in-law, how about you take care of mother?"
"Wow!" My mother-in-law shook her head repeatedly on the bed.
"Forget it." The fourth sister-in-law said helplessly.
I had to ask another person to come and look after it.
Shen Wanyue weighed the powder in her palm and followed her fourth sister-in-law out the door.
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