Chapter 46 46 Xiyue Town
Then, Lin Bo saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.
While Su Yan was talking to Xiang Xiu freely, he scolded him: "You look down on women, you are not upright enough, Lin Bo is not a good person."
"Keep staring, keep staring, or I'll pop your eyeballs out if you continue to stare."
"Who said he couldn't do an autopsy? You'll be the next one!"
Lin Bo was so angry that he almost bled from all his orifices.
How could a serious coroner say this, and how could a girl say this? !
Xiangxiu didn't know that the two of them were about to fight. She answered Su Yan's question seriously, "Their relationship... I don't think it's very good."
"What do you mean?"
"The mistress and the master often quarreled. The master blamed the mistress for not giving birth to a son. The master actually wanted to take a concubine, but the money in the mansion was all earned by the mistress. The mistress refused, saying that the family's money could not support a concubine. The mistress was very strong, so the master had to give up."
Su Yan said: "Whether the baby is a boy or a girl depends on the boy. If he can't give birth to a son, he should blame himself."
"Nonsense!" Lin Bo wanted to refute when he heard Su Yan's words, "Can we control your women's bellies?"
Su Yan glanced at Lin Bo.
Although she did not refute and just laughed, Lin Bo clearly saw two words: stupid.
Lin Bo: “…”
It would be better for the two of them to just curse at each other.
Lin Bo said angrily: "Don't force me to fight with you! You are a woman, I don't want to fight with you!"
"You are really graceful," Su Yan said, "The man who came with me is called Yun Xing, he is a man, you can just fight with him."
Lin Bo had already noticed Yun Xing.
It's impossible not to pay attention. Anyone would take a second look at Yun Xing and Su Yan's looks.
Yun Xing's figure showed that he was a martial artist, and there was a cold look in his eyes. Lin Bo had used a knife on dead bodies, so he guessed that Yun Xing had used a knife on living people.
But he couldn't lose his momentum, "You let him come over, I will still deal with him!"
As soon as the words fell, a male voice came from behind them, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Yunxing walked silently and no one noticed that he had come behind several people.
Lin Bo's face turned pale. "I...I noticed that your steps were unsteady. You must be sick. I have some herbs at home. I'll send them to you later."
Xiangxiu pursed her lips and held back her laughter.
Su Yan let out two "tsk tsk" sounds, feeling very happy.
It feels so good to bully others by relying on Yun Xing's military force. I really have to get the five thousand taels back!
As she was thinking this, she saw out of the corner of her eye that Yun Xing had already taken back the sword.
Not far away, Mu Tou walked over trembling, his pants were wet.
Su Yan: “…”
She'd better be more restrained.
"Xiangxiu, ignore Lin Bo, just continue talking."
Xiangxiu then said, "In short, the master and the mistress always quarreled. After the mistress died, the master planned to remarry the next day, and the third lady was very angry."
"Where are the other two ladies?"
"The eldest daughter has the gentlest personality, but she married early and left home five years ago. She respects the lady and the master, and is very friendly to us. She is a good person. As for the second daughter, she doesn't chat with me much, and I don't know what she thinks. She always runs out of the house and occasionally quarrels with the master. The third daughter often quarrels with the master. The master wants to remarry, and the third daughter strongly opposes it and almost fights with the master."
Su Yan asked: "That is to say, among the three daughters, Li Chan's reaction was the most intense?"
Xiangxiu nodded, "The third young lady has a very good relationship with the lady. In fact, the three young ladies are closer to the lady, and the master doesn't care much about them. The master usually goes out to drink and eat with friends. The family can survive until now, all thanks to the lady. After the lady died, the life of the Li family was not as good as before, but the master didn't know how to restrain himself and wanted to remarry. He spent a lot of money but only got nothing. The third young lady scolded the master every day for this, and said that after getting married, she would no longer care about him."
In this case, Li Ji really has no conscience.
It is obvious that he has achieved his current status thanks to his wife, but as soon as his wife died, he thought of using the money earned by Yu to marry a young and beautiful girl. He is a gigolo and has a bad temper.
"How do the eldest and second young ladies react to Li Ji's remarriage?"
"The eldest lady hasn't come back yet, so I don't know. As for the second lady, she is actually against it, but she won't argue with the master directly like the third lady did."
"What about you guys?" Su Yan looked at Xiang Xiu calmly, "What's your relationship with Li Ji?"
Lin Bo was stunned. "Are you crazy? They are just doing work in the mansion. Who would want to kill their master?"
Su Yan said seriously: "We haven't been to the scene yet, so we don't know the details yet, but anyone who is in the mansion is a suspect, even those who are not in the mansion are suspects."
"The young lady wouldn't do that," Xiangxiu said immediately, "The young lady has a gentle personality and won't do such a thing."
It can be seen that Xiangxiu really likes the eldest lady.
Su Yan didn't say anything else.
After walking around the second courtyard, Xiangxiu led a few people to the backyard. "This is where we live. Because there are few maids, Xiangyun and I live in a wing room, and Mutou lives alone in another room. However, the place where Mutou lives was built later, and the environment is not very good. It leaks when it rains."
Su Yan said sharply, "There are vacant rooms at home, but you want to live in a leaky house. It seems that they don't care about you very much."
Xiangxiu lowered her head and said, "Our indentures are in the hands of the master. We are lucky to be able to make a living. How can we dare to ask for anything else?"
"Don't you have any complaints?"
Xiangxiu shook her head desperately, "As long as my sister and I can live in peace, it's enough. How many people out there can't even get enough to eat? Miss Su, what I said is true. I originally wanted to serve the eldest lady all the time. Since the eldest lady couldn't take us away, I will continue to serve the second and third ladies. We are already very satisfied."
"Where's the wood?"
"He...he has been following the master," Xiangxiu said with an unnatural expression, "The master has a bad temper and sometimes gets violent. In fact, we've seen the master beat him, and sometimes he even slaps him in the face."
Don't hit people in the face. Slapping someone in front of everyone is very insulting.
Su Yan said: "If that's the case, he should have some traces on Li Ji as well."
"No," Xiangxiu said anxiously, "In fact, the three of us were together last night. We can prove it for each other."
Lin Bo was surprised and asked, "You have both men and women, why are you always together?"
"We..." Xiangxiu twisted her handkerchief, about to cry, "Last night we..."
Su Yan encouraged, "Did you see the scene? There was nothing for Li Ji to step on. He definitely didn't commit suicide. Now that a murder has occurred, you must tell everything you know to save yourself and your sister."
Xiangxiu hesitated for a moment, then said: "The three of us stole the master's wine and drank together. Mu Tou said he would help us get revenge, so we have been together."
Lin Bo was afraid that Su Yan would solve the case first, so he asked immediately after hearing this: "Helping you get revenge means helping you kill Li Ji, right?"
"No, no, actually...actually it's related to the Second Young Miss."
"How come it's related to Li Yuan again?"
"If I tell you, can you not tell others?" Xiangxiu raised her eyes and looked at Su Yan, "If the second lady finds out, we will be driven away."
Lin Bo said: "This is related to the murder case, how can we hide it?"
Su Yan grabbed his collar and threw him to the back, "Promise me, as long as you are not the murderer, I will never tell anyone, just say it."
Lin Bo looked at Su Yan in astonishment.
Just now...Su Yan threw him behind easily? Easily? !
Is she still a woman? She must be a monster!
Lin Bo discovered that not only could he not beat Yun Xing, he most likely couldn't even beat Su Yan.
This is the first time in my career as a coroner that I feel so depressed.
After getting Su Yan's assurance, Xiang Xiucai whispered, "In fact, Xiaoyun has a lover, he is a carpenter, and they have already agreed that when the carpenter saves enough money, he will come to redeem Xiangyun so that they can get married."
"Could it be that the carpenter is together with the second young lady?"
Xiangxiu looked embarrassed. "Maybe it's because he's pretty handsome. He came to Li's house to look for Xiangyun several times and happened to be run into by the second young lady. The second young lady promised Xiangyun not to tell the master and also promised her that when the carpenter saved enough money, the master would return her indenture. As a result, not long after, Xiaoyun ran into the carpenter and the second young lady together..."
"Let alone Xiaoyun, we are all very angry. If the Second Miss was dissatisfied, she should have cut off their contact directly. She insisted on giving Xiaoyun hope and then made her despair. Mu Tou was also angry for Xiaoyun and said he wanted to avenge Xiaoyun, but it was just talk. We all drank last night and went to sleep after drinking."
Su Yan sighed after hearing this.
It turns out that there were so many worries in ancient times? !
The young lady robbed the carpenter. I really couldn’t understand how good-looking the carpenter was. What was there to rob?
"What happened later? Is the Second Miss still in contact with the carpenter?"
"She went to see him early this morning, right? Or maybe she went to see Master Zhang. I'm not sure. The Second Miss didn't tell me."
Su Yan was confused, "Who is Mr. Zhang?"
"Mr. Zhang has been engaged to the second young lady, and they are going to get married soon."
Su Yan: “…”
Are all girls’ lives so colorful?
Why is there no man around her? !
Lin Bo cursed: "She is already engaged to someone, and she is colluding with others. This second young lady's character is really not good."
Su Yan also sighed.
Lin Bo rarely felt that he had something in common with Su Yan. "You also think that the Second Miss is going too far, right?"
Su Yan said: "That's great, I also want to keep a concubine."
Lin Bo: “???”
Su Yan added, "We select handsome men from various states and counties, and keep more than a dozen at a time."
Lin Bo: “…”
The morals of the world are deteriorating.
Lin Bo couldn't help but look at Yun Xing with a complicated expression, "Isn't she yours? She wants to keep a lover, didn't you hear?"
Yun Xing didn't socialize with people very often, so he didn't understand what "your people" meant. He answered naturally, "It takes money to support a concubine, so remember to save it up in advance."
Lin Bo: “…”
Has the Zhou Dynasty changed?
Su Yan stared at Yun Xing's sword. She moved closer to him and said, "Five thousand taels."
Yun Xing said expressionlessly: "Not enough."
Lin Bo held his dizzy head and didn't want to talk anymore.
Su Yan asked Xiang Xiu, "What about the Third Miss? Is there anything messy about the Third Miss?"
Xiangxiu pondered, "The third young lady is also engaged, but she basically won't meet outsiders. It's not like the second young lady. The third young lady just likes to quarrel with the master."
Lin Bo said coldly: "Fortunately, she doesn't like to quarrel with other men."
After asking the people in the house, Su Yan asked about Li Ji's friends, "Who does he often interact with? Has he ever offended anyone?"
Xiangxiu's answer was exactly the same as Li Chan's. "The master has a bad temper. He is often seen quarreling with others. If he offends someone... it seems that all the friends he often hangs out with have quarreled with him. They always say that he is a gigolo. I don't quite understand it. The master gets angry every time he hears it."
Su Yan said: "Another man who wants both."
Naturally, other people couldn't understand what she said.
Generally speaking, although Li Ji offended many people, few of them were so offended that they wanted to kill him.
Su Yan looked at Xiangxiu's room and noticed that there were three empty rooms next door. "It looks like someone has lived here."
The paper window of the wing room was broken and covered with dust, but through the window one could see that there were mattresses, quilts, and even a dressing table and a bronze mirror in the wing room, which clearly showed that someone had lived here.
Judging from the dust accumulated on the paper windows, the three rooms have been abandoned for a long time, but the furnishings inside the rooms have not been changed.
Xiangxiu looked at the door, hesitating and not daring to speak.
Su Yan asked: "Don't you want to clear your suspicion?"
This time, even these words didn't work. Xiangxiu frowned and hesitated for a long time before whispering, "If you want to know, you should ask the young lady. I... I really don't dare to say."
Su Yan looked at the three rooms thoughtfully.
It seems that the Li family's house is hiding other secrets, a secret that is public but no one dares to mention.
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