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Chapter 17

The old woman was already in her sixties and had a gray head. Her age and physical strength were obviously not enough to support her to walk quickly, but she still tried her best, and she quickly walked through the courtyards. She soon panted and sweated on her forehead.

"Oh, Madam Cui, where are you calling? Just wipe your sweat!" Shancha lifted the curtain from inside and walked out. He saw Madam Cui's embarrassment at first sight. He quickly took out a handkerchief from his clothes and handed it over.

This Madam Cui is a popular celebrity who is the eldest young lady and the eldest grandmother. She came with her dowry, and even her maid can't afford to offend her.

But Madam Cui seemed to have not seen the show of herbal tea and asked directly: "Have the eldest grandma got up?"

Shancha couldn't hold back his face, but he still smiled and said, "I'm up. I just got up. If you have something to do, let me go in and report it!"

Madam Cui showed a little anxious expression: "No need, since the eldest young lady has woken up, I will go in directly!"

After that, he didn't wait for camellia to speak, and then lifted the curtain and went in.

Camellia stomped her feet behind her and followed her in.

Madam Cui entered the inner room and saw a young woman sitting in front of the dressing table looking at herself in the mirror. A little maid behind her was holding her hair and slowly combed her hair.

"Grandma Big Young!" Madam Cui walked over hurriedly, not even breathing.

Zheng Sun turned around and saw Madam Cui's appearance, he was a little surprised, and then said, "Cambola, Shaoyao, you all go down first."

Both maids and both retreated.

It was not that Madam Cui had not seen the unwilling look of Shan Cha before leaving, but at this moment she was no longer in the mood to care about these jealous little things with a little maid. Seeing the two of them leaving, she walked over and closed the door, so she no longer concealed her anxious appearance.

"Young grandma, Feng Qingzi was captured by them!"

Zheng Sun, holding the comb, paused: "Who are they?"

Madam Cui: "People from the North Town Fushi!"

Zheng Sun pondered silently.

Madam Cui said anxiously: "You also know that the Jinyiwei's methods are the most powerful. I don't know if I will pry something out of her mouth. It will be bad at that time!"

Zheng Sunshi was much calmer than her: "When did she get caught?"

Madam Cui: "Just yesterday."

Zheng Sun thought for a while and said, "It doesn't matter. Feng doesn't know where her brother lives, so it's useless to interrogate her. Even if Feng admits his relationship with us, there is no evidence. We are female relatives of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, and they can't come in and ask questions casually."

Madam Cui's face was pale and she didn't say anything.

Zheng Sun realized from her expression that something was wrong, "Madam Cui, what's wrong?"

Madam Cui slowly spoke: "Grandma Big Young, I, after I learned this news, I was worried that Feng Qingwen would change, so I took a long way to the house and took a look. But don't worry, I haven't gotten close, let alone entered..."

Zheng Sun pursed his lips, his face also looked ugly: "With the ability of the Jinyiwei, if you follow you, it will not be difficult to find that place."

Madam Cui knelt down with a pounce: "Grandma Big Brother, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have taken the initiative. I've hurt you!"

Zheng Sun sighed and helped her up: "Get up, you are thinking wholeheartedly for me, what's wrong? This matter should be perfect, but who knew that it was finally reached such a point, and I think it was my retribution!"

Madam Cui became angry: "What kind of retribution! That guy Zheng Cheng is truly retribution! You are also the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, how dare he treat you like this! He died well, even without you, Hui Niang Zheng Zhi would still take his life!"

The two were talking inside, but they heard the door suddenly being knocked on quickly.

"Grandma Big Young Master! Grandma Big Young Master!" The voice of camel came from outside.

Madam Cui quickly wiped away her tears and stood up, turning around and shouting, "What's the matter!"

"The Marquis sent someone over here and asked the eldest young lady to come over and say that you have something to ask!" The camellia ceremony.

Madam Cui's face completely changed: "Grandma Big Young Master, did the Marquis discover it..."

In contrast, Zheng Sun had a calmness of throwing apart. She turned around and stroked her hair in the mirror. She now wanted to be filial to Zheng Cheng, so the people in the room were all wearing filial piety clothes and dressed very cleanly. However, Zheng Sun took out a gem hairpin from the dressing table and put it on her head, and asked Madam Cui again: "Is it still neat?"

Madam Cui looked at her blankly.

Zheng Sun smiled slightly, as if she didn't care about the other party's answer. She stood up and said to Madam Cui: "Open the door."

Madam Cui came to her senses and rushed over to hug her thighs: "No, don't go, don't go! Listen to me, I'll just carry this matter alone. I told them that I did it, don't say anything!"

Zheng Sun helped her up: "Stop talking, just stay in the house and don't go anywhere. I'll handle this."

Several people sat in the front hall.

Mrs. Wu'an fell ill because of her son's excessive death and sadness. She has not been able to get up so far, so she has not been able to appear here.

This time, not only did Zheng Cheng die, but also the son of Wu'an Hou, who was most beloved, was broken into it. The reputation of Wu'an Hou's Mansion plummeted. Although Zheng Ying had not yet fallen, she looked like she was a teenager older than before, with a look of vicissitudes and fatigue.

Regarding the arrival of Tang Fan and Suizhou, Wu'an Hou's face was extremely ugly. He died two sons in a row. He only hoped that things could end here and not have any further development. But things went against their wishes. Tang Fan and Suizhou came to him and asked to meet Zheng Sun. It was not difficult for Wu'an Hou to think of what this meant even if he was a fool.

Wu'anhou: "I just ask one question, I hope the two of you will tell you the truth, is Zheng Cheng's death related to my daughter-in-law?"

Now that the matter is coming, Tang Fan doesn't hide it: "We do have this doubt."

But Wu'an Hou suddenly had his eyes lit up: "Where is Zhi'er? In this way, wouldn't he be wronged?"

Tang Fan shook his head: "The second young master Zheng killed his brother is conclusive. How could he be wronged? It's just that there are more than one murderer."

Wu'an Hou still doesn't want to believe that his son will kill his elder brother. He smiled bitterly when he heard this: "It seems that the two of you are here today, and they are determined to let me destroy the Zheng family!"

Tang Fan bowed: "The Marquis is so serious. If there are causes and effects, we are just loyal to our duties. I believe the Marquis does not want the Prince to die inexplicably."

When it comes to Zheng Cheng, Wu'an Hou finally stopped talking, but his eyes were wandering and his expression was bleak. He seemed to be unable to see Tang Fan and Suizhou in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Since Tang Fan and the others entered the Marquis Mansion of Wu'an, the atmosphere here has been depressed everywhere, but this is normal. Marquis Wu'an died a son and another was exiled to the army. I don't know when to come back from pardon. Anyone who encounters such a thing will not be able to bear the blow. No wonder he firmly opposed continuing to investigate from the beginning. I believe he had expected it in his heart.

But then again, if he hadn't been so secretive at the beginning, he would have signaled Pan Bin to close the case in a hurry, it would not have attracted Wang Zhi to intervene, and all forces intervened, and the truth would have surfaced in the game.

Therefore, many things in the world seem to be led by an invisible thread in the dark, going around in circles, and finally returning to the starting point.

When Zheng Sun walked in and saw them, his expression was very calm and his behavior was not flustered. He still saluted Wu'an Hou in a normal manner, lowering his eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes, just like the virtuous people in the mouths of others.

Wu'anhou sighed: "If you have anything, just ask."

"Thank you, Marquis, for being open to harmony." Tang Fan first bowed to him, and then said to Zheng Sun, "Did you kill Zheng Cheng?"

Zheng Sunshi: "Why did Lord Tang say this? Could it be that the Shuntian Prefecture Promotion Office is doing the job of throwing dirty water on others' heads?"

Her tone was gentle, light, and not sarcastic, as if she was just asking a very ordinary question.

Tang Fan: "When Hui Niang and Zheng Zhi wanted to kill Zheng Cheng, you noticed it and secretly helped the fire. The pharmacy shop helped them to prepare medicine to provide them with convenience. However, the effect of this medicine was slow after all, and Zheng Cheng might not die in the end. Maybe it might just be out of the way. You waited for a long time but didn't wait for the desired effect, so you couldn't help contacting Feng Qingzi and asked her to do it yourself. Afterwards, by capturing Feng Qingzi's only brother, she would not betray you."

"You want to kill Zheng Cheng, but you don't want people to know, so you let someone hit Zheng Cheng with a hammer while he was sleeping. This is indeed a good method. There are not many people who can do this without being noticed, and Feng Qingzi is one of them."

"The Baihui acupoint is located on the top of the head and is covered with hair. Most people will not notice it easily. However, when I saw Zheng Cheng's body in the Marquis of Wu'an, his hair was scattered. When I arrived at the Beizhen Fushi, his hair was suddenly combed. You wanted to cover the traces better, but I didn't expect it to be backfired."

"When we tracked down Huanyi Tower, the leading girl Qingzi there also admitted that she had killed Zheng Cheng. We followed the clues to find the house she had bought before and accidentally found several tablets. There, we learned that the girl Qingzi was originally surnamed Feng. Her family was implicated because of the uprising of Feng Zilong, a relative of Jingxiang clan. All the relatives died. Only two people survived, one was her, and the other was her third brother Feng Qingwen. She was in the brothel for some reason. Her younger brother Feng Qingwen was a male, and she had to be a military officer. At that time, the Yellow River was flooded and the dike was built in Henan. That group of people was asked by Ying Cheng Bo, and Feng Qingwen was one of them."

Tang Fan looked at Zheng Sun: "After you, Madam Cui, who knew that Feng Qingzi was arrested, was afraid that we would get some information from Feng Qingzi, so she couldn't wait to go to a place she would never go to to spy on. As a result, we found Feng Qingwen, which proved that all our previous speculations were correct."

Zheng Sun shook his head: "Mr. Tang, you have been praised by the emperor in person! You said that all this is your speculation. Yes, I have indeed heard of Feng Qingzi, because her younger brother Feng Qingwen is in charge of my uncle, which is not surprising, but she is a brothel girl, but I am the daughter of a noble family. How can I contact her? As for what you said, I am holding Feng Qingzi's younger brother, it is even more absurd. I guess you didn't ask anything from Feng Qingwen because he didn't know anything at all."

Tang Fan: "Speculation is speculation, but all the clues are all related to you in the end. How do you explain it?"

"After the Beizhen Fufu Department took Zheng Cheng's body away, the East Factory immediately went to rob people. As a result, by chance, the place where Zheng Cheng's body was placed caught fire that night, and the person on duty was your uncle's former subordinate. Also, Feng Qingzi was able to take out five thousand taels to redeem himself. Isn't the source of this money curious?"

"As far as I know, in recent years, you have been married to the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. In addition to brothels, Master Zheng often goes to the gambling house. Although the Wu'an Marquis Mansion is a noble family, Wu'an Marquis is not just Zheng Cheng, so naturally he can't afford to squander like this. So where does Zheng Cheng's money from going to the gambling house come from? It's not what you want from you, so you can only go to his mother, Mrs. Wu'an. Therefore, you can't get five thousand taels for a while, and you are unwilling to borrow it from your parents' home because of this, so you took out your jewelry for pawns. A total of 4,578 taels of cash silver. Where are those money tickets now?"

Zheng Sun was silent.

Tang Fan: "You gave the silver notes to Feng Qingzi, and Feng Qingzi took them to the madam and asked him to redeem himself. As well as the gold and silver jewelry you asked to take to the pawn shop to pawn, we have found them now. Do you want to take a look?"

Wu'an Hou was sitting on the chair without saying a word. When he heard this, he couldn't help but pointing at Zheng Sun, gritting his teeth and said, "Is it you? Is what he said true?"

Now that things have come to this point, what's the use of Zheng Sun's refusal to admit it anymore? She looked pale, raised her head, and looked at everyone fearlessly: "Even if there is no me, Zheng Cheng will die. I am not the only one who wants him to die!"

Marquis Wu'an jumped up with unprecedented agility and slapped Zheng Sun hard.

Zheng Sun's slender and weak character, how could he bear it? He immediately glared and took several steps back and hit the pillar next to him.

Wu'an Hou was angry and said, "The family is unfortunate! The family is unfortunate! Why did my son marry you, a vicious woman? I felt wronged at the beginning!"

Zheng Sun sneered: "My father-in-law is such a bad word. Even if I am vicious, it is because there is no good person in this family! When I first got married, I also wanted to serve my husband, respect my parents-in-law, and live a good life? But who is the person I married? I have nothing to do every day and only go to brothels to play with women! Not only do I play with women, he also brings them home one by one! I am also a daughter of aristocratic family. Where do you want me to put my face? People all over the capital say I am virtuous, but secretly they are laughing at my incompetence!"

Wu'an Hou was heartbroken: "Why don't you tell me? Don't tell your mother-in-law? We can all help you uphold justice, so why did you get to this point!"

Zheng Sun said coldly: "Mother-in-law? Mother-in-law only finds ways to get money from me. You have heard what Lord Tang said just now. All my dowry money was taken clean by her excuse. I want to maintain peace in this family. I want to calm down, but who will protect me! Who will repay my peace! The first, second, third year... I endured it year after year, but who took my patience seriously? Do I want to endure it for the rest of my life in this fire pit?!"

She was not in a hurry to get up, looked up at Wu'an Hou, and her eyes were filled with contempt: "The dignified Marquis Wu'an Hou lost all the duties of his father and grandfather, and also indulged in favor of his concubines and turned a blind eye to his wife's behavior. He was incompetent to teach his children without reason. One or two, either you were taught to be a second-generation ancestor, or became a fool who was arrogant and could only kill his brother. What qualifications do you have to say to others!"
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