Chapter 143: Frame-up (Monthly Ticket Plus)

"What are you going to do?"

"Nothing to do. Just wait and see how Madam Wei and Madam Jiao frame the Third House."

Madam Xing frowned and looked at the couple in front of her, one calm, the other peaceful.

It's really hard to guess.

Seeing this, Du Jingyi explained.

"Mrs. Wei is reluctant to hand over Madam Jiao to take the blame, so she will naturally look for a scapegoat. The people in the East Garden have the general here, so she can't easily touch them. She can only find someone to throw some dirty water on the general."

"But the people in the third house are different. They have no power to rely on, but they have enough reasons to hire someone to kill, for example, to stay! Or to replace him."

I have to say that Du Jingyi's brain is really useful.

Although he was not at the scene, he knew exactly what Aunt Jiao and Madam Wei were thinking.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xing thought about it carefully, and then she suddenly realized it.

"So the sentence you just mentioned was to let them harm the third house with the story of gods and ghosts?"

"Since I got married, I found that the people in the third room, especially my third uncle and my third uncle, always smelled very strong of incense. I could tell that they liked to burn incense and worship Buddha, and believed in things about gods and ghosts."

"I know, and Madam Wei must know it too."

Mrs. Xing nodded from time to time, and at the same time she praised Du Jingyi's careful observation.

"My father-in-law was assassinated today, and the assassin fell into the hands of the general. Madam Wei and Madam Jiao must be extremely worried. The more worried they are, the more likely they are to be cruel and do something ruthless. So even if the third house doesn't die this time, they will be skinned alive."

"I guess they will pin this on one of the mothers in the third room, saying that she hired someone to kill someone on the instructions of her third uncle. Just wait and see, there will be unrest around the woodshed."

After listening to Du Jingyi's explanation, Mrs. Xing and Xing Zhao finally understood everything.

Especially Xing Zhao, who said with a sigh.

"My cousin, you have learned the skill of using the opponent's force to counterattack him very well! If you were in the army, you would definitely be an unparalleled military strategist!"

Shang Ji also laughed, and it was obvious that he agreed with what Xing Zhao said.

Mrs. Xing asked an additional question.

"When will the Duke wake up?"

"It will only take two or three days. Father's injury is not serious."

Although Duke Shang Yukuan suffered some hardships when he was young and grew up in the fields.

But so many years of wealth and prosperity have long made him forget the hardships he experienced in the past.

I'm afraid that after this assassination, everyone will change.

But the life in Dongyuan over the years was not much better than this, so Shang Ji felt that this was what he deserved.

Mrs. Xing also said it with great pleasure.

"It's what he deserves. For so many years, he has been playing dumb in this mansion. He really thought that the matter could not be traced back to him and had nothing to do with him."

Mrs. Xing was extremely dissatisfied with her cousin-in-law.

If she hadn't been concerned about the people in Dongyuan, she would have cut off all ties with the Duke's Mansion long ago.

There's nothing to do but watch them outside every day, acting out the sweet drama of a loving couple.

The assassination of the Duke finally alarmed people in the palace.

The emperor immediately expressed his intention to conduct a thorough investigation, so he asked the Ministry of Justice to take over the interrogation of the assassin.

As expected, the efficiency of the Ministry of Justice has increased this time.

The investigation was almost complete in just three days, and the finger of blame was pointed directly at the Duke's Mansion.

As a result, the emperor was furious and sent people to search the Duke's Mansion.

As luck would have it, the visitor was Mrs. Wei's brother, Wei Mingxian, deputy commander of the Jingji Division.

As soon as he arrived, he began searching the yard one by one.

In order to ensure his fairness, he deliberately started from the girl's Yunjinyuan.

"Please forgive me, Madam. I am following His Majesty's order to thoroughly investigate the Duke's Mansion, so I will have to do some heavy work today."

Mrs. Wei had been frightened and exhausted these days, so her face naturally wasn't very good, but she spoke with great understanding.

"Your Excellency, please search as you wish. I also want to know who is so disloyal that he dares to hire someone to kill the master! If we find out, he must be killed!"

Wei Mingxian looked up at his sister and felt a bit of admiration in his heart.

If I hadn't known the truth in advance, I would have been fooled by her.

"Okay, start searching."

"yes."

Those who came today were all soldiers from the Jingji Division, and they were also Wei Mingxian’s confidants.

Although he felt that his sister's trick was stupid, he had no choice. For the sake of the Wei family and her position in the Duke's Mansion, he could only help cover it up.

I glanced at Mrs. Wei and saw that she looked calm and composed, but more so indignant, so I knew that everything must have been arranged.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Therefore, he let his subordinates search even more unscrupulously.

Not only the master's house, but also the servants' houses were not spared.

As Madam Wei's most capable person, Madam Jiao naturally had to conduct a thorough search.

Aunt Jiao has been very ill these days, so she has been lying in bed unable to move.

His face was sallow, his eyes were weak, and his whole body was badly swollen. He was a completely different person from before.

He showed no fear when he saw the soldiers coming in and searching everywhere, but they didn't find anything.

After searching the Yunjin Courtyard thoroughly and finding nothing unusual, the people from the Jingjisi stopped their search.

"Madam, it's safe here. Let's move to the next place. Let's go."

"yes."

After checking Yunjin Courtyard, they checked Xiyuan. Shang Silang's family was currently living in Xiyuan, and Shang Qilang's room was empty, so it was not difficult to search.

There was nothing special about the West Garden, so after checking it out, I went straight to the East Garden.

All the servants in the Duke's Mansion were detained together, and they were all extremely panicked.

But there was nothing I could do, I could only kneel down and listen to the news.

Because Shang Ji was there, they didn't dare to act rashly.

Moreover, in the East Garden, there was a strong smell of medicine, and there were also rooms full of patients.

Not to mention the searching soldiers, even Wei Mingxian felt very unlucky standing in this area.

I was afraid that I would bring the disease with me.

So, after the soldiers hurriedly searched, they said to Shang Ji.

"I have offended the general, let's go!"

The two of them didn't have much in common. If it weren't for the conflict between the Gu family and the Wei family, there might have been some feelings of military generals appreciating each other.

Now, everyone just serves his own relatives.

Only after watching Wei Mingxian lead his men away did Du Jingyi calm down.

"It looks good, but I guess the third room won't be able to escape this time."

Shang Ji looked coldly in the direction of Beiyuan, not caring what their ending would be.

To put it bluntly, if they had moved out of the Duke's Mansion on their own initiative, they wouldn't have gotten into this trouble.

If I have to blame someone now, I should blame myself for being greedy and incompetent.

(End of this chapter)