Liu Xi frowned and said, "I wanted to ask her something, not to visit her. But after I arrived that day, I was stopped outside the door. I stood outside the house and said a lot, but I didn't answer. I was worried that something might happen to her, but the master of the temple said that she often did so, so I left."

Wu Xiang frowned, "What are you doing?"

Liu Xi's expression darkened, and the others looked strange. Wu Xiang swept them for a moment, "Now it can be concluded that the Seventh Girl was murdered. Not only that, I probably know what you want to hide--"

He said in a deep voice: "Miss Seven gave birth to a child."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was afraid. The third master Liu Qian asked unhappily: "What does this matter have to do with the case?"

Wu Xiang looked at him indifferently, "Of course there is something to do. The murderer needs a motive to harm others. All those who have grudges and entanglements with Miss Seven may be the murderer. Miss Seven has not been married and has not been married, but she has given birth to a child. You should all know about this, and she was sent to the temple. I think it is because of this. What I said is correct?"

Liu Qian's throat suffocated and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. Liu Xi couldn't help but say, "What do you mean is that the person who murdered the seventh sister may be pregnant with her innocent person?"

Wu Xiang shook his head, "You haven't said who the person who has harmed the Seventh Girl is."

Several elders of the Liu family looked solemn, as if they felt that this matter was quite difficult to speak of. Liu Yan hesitated for a moment, "Captain Wu, we don't know who harmed the Qi Sister's innocence. Because of this, the Qi Sister was sent away."

Wu Xiang frowned, and Liu Qian and his brothers looked even more heavy when they heard it. The second master Liu Xian said at this moment: "Why do you determine that Yao'er was murdered? Isn't it said that the house was locked from the inside? She has been very taciturn since she was a child, and she is extremely timid and cowardly. After something happens, she often doesn't want to live. If she commits suicide, it is not impossible."

Wu Xiang, general Bo Ruoyou, said, "On the surface, it does look like suicide, but the coroner's test cannot be faked. Since it is a murder case, the government will investigate it to the end, so I hope you don't hide it. You have also seen it. Now the government treats you with courtesy, and all the evidence in this case is for solving the case, and it will never flow into the market to affect the reputation of the Liu family. But if the case cannot be solved for a long time, the matter of Shuiyue Temple will spread again, and at that time, the government will not be able to keep it a secret for you."

When Liu Xian mentioned Shuiyue's Annunciation, Liu Qian and the fourth master Liu Jin also showed strange expressions on the side. The three young juniors had a heavy face and frowned, especially the fifth young master Liu Xi, with disgust on their faces.

Liu Xian ranked second among the elders of the Liu family. Because the eldest son was not here, he naturally spoke with great weight. "What Yan'er said just now is true. We don't know who ruined her innocence. She didn't learn well, had an affair with people, and was not happy to leave the yard to walk around. At first we didn't expect that she was pregnant. She only waited until the child was five months old and looked unconcealed. Then we discovered that she didn't say anything at that time. She wanted to abort the child with a bowl of medicine, but she was weak. The doctor said that if she fell into abort, she was afraid that she would not be able to survive, so we would be merciless."

Wu Xiang frowned, "Where is that child?"

"The child did not have an abortion, but we were afraid that this would ruin the reputation of the Liu family, so we thought that the child would be sent away when he was born. However, when he was seven months old, the child was born prematurely and was a male fetus. However, because of the weak disease in the fetus, he could not survive within a few days of birth. At that time, she was even more violent and she had to take care of her body for two months before she could get off the ground."

"We were extremely patient with her, but she still refused to say that when she saw that she was really stubborn, we sent her to Shuiyue Temple to think about her-"

Now that August is halfway through, Liu Yao has been in Shuiyue Temple for half a year, that is, February, and she gave birth to a child during the Chinese New Year. In this way, she was pregnant around May last year, but the entire Liu family couldn't even ask who ruined her innocence.

Wu Xiang frowned, "What are the men who usually get close to her?"

Liu Yan said: "She doesn't go out much and rarely goes around other people's houses, so we find it strange..."

Wu Xiang said again: "Who know that she is in Shuiyue Temple in Beiguan?"

Liu Yan said again: "At first, only our own family members, but later some relatives also knew about it. We have to count it. Now there are many people who know it, but only our own family members know why."

Wu Xiang felt stranger the more he heard it. He glanced at the people in front of him, and a guess that made him feel a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't help but ask, just said, "You all say she is introverted, so who have she ever made enemies with?"

Liu Xi pursed her lips and said, "She is a timid and afraid person and will not make any grudges with anyone."

He was not favored since childhood, was timid and afraid of things, and was restrained and said little introverted. These descriptions fell on Liu Yao, which made Wu Xiang more and more suspicious of the murderer who murdered Liu Yao this time that was related to her innocence.

Wu Xiang narrowed her eyes and said, "Do you have any doubts about her innocence?" He paused and asked again, "Who among you cousins, who has the best relationship with her?"

The second young master Liu Xu said, "I am the eldest brother. Since I was a child, I have taken care of her more. As for the doubts..." He looked at his two younger brothers, "We really don't know who she can get closer to, because of this, we were so angry that we had no choice. Otherwise, we wouldn't have sent her to Shuiyue Temple for so long."

Wu Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "You are all brothers, and there is a difference between men and women. I think I don't know about her privacy. Is her maid still in the mansion?"

Liu Xu said: "I'm gone. After I found out that she was pregnant, I asked this maid. The maid didn't know about it after asking her, so she was sold out of the mansion by us."

Wu Xiang paced back and forth, a little gloomy look appeared between his eyebrows and eyes. He suddenly stopped, "Then we are afraid we will go to your mansion and ask your mansion's servants."

Liu Xian said: "This is natural."

After seeing a few people, Wu Xiang ordered the yamen to bring paper and pen, "I would like to write down the whereabouts of the three days from the fifth day of the August 2018 to the seventh day of the eighth month, whether you have left the city, who are with, and what you have done, the more detailed the better."

Liu Xian and his elders showed impatience, and knew that this was to let them write a clear evidence of absenteeism. Even if they were not happy, they had to write it. Liu Yan and others were speechless and soon wrote it on the table next to them.

Soon after, Liu Xi frowned and said, "What if there is no one to prove it?"

Wu Xiangyang Mei, "How can you unauthorized the law?"

Liu Xi said: "I was not in the mansion on the night of the sixth day of the lunar month. I lived in the house in the south of the city, and no one could testify for me."

Wu Xiang frowned and Liu Xi said, "I took the house down by myself, because I haven't invited servants yet. I plan to make friends with literati and scholars and set up a place for the gathering of scholars."

Wu Xiang's face did not change, "Let's write it down first. The yamen has its own regulations, and it is not because anyone has no evidence to treat him as the murderer."

Liu Xi then continued to write down, and Wu Xiang said, "I will ask the yamen to go to your mansion later. Everyone will ask about whereabouts during those days, so you don't have to panic."

Everyone had no objection. After they finished writing, Wu Xiang ordered everyone to leave.

Bo Ruoyou walked out of the back porch, and Wu Xiang turned to look at her, "What do you think? Except for the fifth young master just now, everyone else has never left the city, and there are also witnesses. I'll ask you to check it later."

Bo Ruoyou said: "I heard from them that since Miss Liu has no chance to meet a man with a foreigner, will she be her own family? If she is a servant in the family, Miss Liu is forced again, I am afraid she will not hide it from it. Then there are only two possibilities. First, who does she really have an affair with? She keeps silent in order to protect this person. Second, she doesn't say it because she is afraid."

"If it is the first possibility, no matter who the object is, if it is the second, it is impossible to be a servant in the family. I have a thought in my heart, but it is a bit horrible-"

Wu Xiang said: "Do you doubt the Liu family?"

Bo Ruoyou nodded, and Wu Xiang said, "Don't say it's you, I have thought so. After being the headmaster in recent years and seeing more cases, I know that there is nothing impossible."

Bo Ruoyou also thought this way. Wu Xiang said: "When the adults come back, I will report this case to the adults and take people to the Liu family to see what else has not been dug out. This Liu family is mixed with the temple. It is not a family with a clean and honest family, but I am afraid there are many things inside."

Bo Ruoyou also felt this way, "Today's August 14th, counting it, Liu Yao's death was indeed around the sixth day of the lunar month. The captain can also ask everyone in the nunnery to see who visited Liu Yao the most during the past six months, and see if it is really as the second young master said. He has the best relationship with Liu Yao."

After a slight pause, Bo Ruoyou asked again: "Apart from these people, do the Liu family have other young masters?"

Wu Xiang said: "The third son Liu Yan was born by the uncle of the Liu family. He also has an older brother in front of him. Now he is in the army and is not in the capital for many years. He should have nothing to do with this matter. The second son Liu Xu was born by the second son. The fifth son who came today was born by the fourth son, and Liu San was ranked fourth, but he got sick today—"

"I'm sick?" Bo Ruoyou raised his eyebrows.

Wu Xiang said: "I suspect it is not an ordinary disease, maybe it is poisoned by the golden ointment. It's just that when I went to the Liu family yesterday, I didn't see anyone else, so I can't be sure."

After a little hesitation, Wu Xiang said, "Do you want to go and have a look?"

Of course, Bo Ruoyou agreed happily. Wu Xiang was sure that Bo Ruoyou was the most careful, and the victim was a woman, so she could always be more thorough than he thought.

This thought was certain, so the two of them waited for Sun Zhao to return. It was not until the afternoon when Sun Zhao left the palace. He entered the yamen with a little tired face. At first glance, he saw Bo Ruoyou here, and a little bit of wanting to speak but stopping, and then asked about the case.

After Wu Xiang reported the case, Sun Zhao said, "Then you can take someone to investigate in person."

Seeing that his face was a little gloomy, Wu Xiang couldn't help but ask: "Sir, is there anything wrong in the court? Why do you see you worried?"

Sun Zhao waved his hand, "Nothing big."

Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help asking: "Sir, is there any news about the southwest in the court?"

Sun Zhao said with a look of a face: "Of course, there are some. The southwest side will submit a memorial to Your Majesty every few days. Today, I will discuss matters, saying that the southwest officialdom is very involved. This time, because of this poison, the southwest officialdom will cause great turmoil." After a pause, Sun Zhao said: "It is said that even the southwest garrison has been mobilized."

Bo Ruoyou's heart trembled slightly, but he didn't want to ask too much. Thinking of Huo Weilou's letters these days, he just felt that he must be so busy that he couldn't get rid of himself, but he didn't dare to think about whether he would encounter danger.

Since he decided to go to Liu's mansion, Wu Xiang did not delay. After lunch, he took Bo Ruoyou and went to the Liu family.

The Liu family lived in Pingkangfang, so it was the formerly hereditary Count's mansion of the Five Dynasties, and the gate was very glorious. The Liu family had known that someone was coming from the yamen, so they quickly invited them in. Not long after, Liu Yan came out to greet them again.

"What should Captain Wu ask and who to meet, just tell me, I will arrange it for the Captain."

Wu Xiang frowned and said, "Where are the four young masters in the house?"

Liu Yan's expression changed slightly, and he pondered for a moment before he stepped forward, "The fourth brother is sick. Since the headmaster wants to see me, I will lead the way and follow me-"

The Liu family was particularly quiet today. When Wu Xiang came last night, the daytime banquet had already ended. The servants in the mansion were full of lively. But today, it seemed that there were even fewer servants. He paid attention to it, but he didn't ask the answer, but went deeper along the corridor in the mansion. He entered a small courtyard shortly afterwards.

"This is my fourth brother's yard, but he has been ill recently and has been caring for his body and rarely goes out."

After saying with a happy expression, Liu Yan quickly walked into the door and entered the warm room again. After saying a few words to one person, they were asked to enter. When they entered the warm room, they saw a thin young man half lying on the couch, covered with a brocade quilt, looking sick, and the warm room was filled with a bitter smell of medicine. When Bo Ruoyou smelled it a little, he knew what medicine he was using.

The fourth young master Liu Heng heard that it was the yamen, but he didn't expect that there was a woman with a look of surprise on his face, "There was a woman in the yamen."

"Miss Bo is the female coroner in our yamen." Wu Xiang asked again after saying that, "What disease did the fourth young master suffer from?"

Liu Heng's eyes flashed, "It's just wind and cold."

Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou, Bo Ruoyou shook his head first, then nodded again. Wu Xiang and Bo Ruoyou also had a tacit understanding and immediately understood. He pulled his lips, "The fourth young master has been sick for many days, right? I guess it's very difficult. If it can't be cured in the mansion, I can try it at the disease camp in the south of the city."

Liu Heng's expression changed slightly, and Liu Yan raised his eyebrows. He looked at Bo Ruoyou with a little scrutiny in his eyes.

"I don't know what the captain is talking about."

Wu Xiang was fine and said in vain: "It is not a guilty to be poisoned by the golden ointment. Judging from the appearance of the fourth young master, the poison was not serious. If it really doesn't work, you can go to the south of the city to get a prescription for a decoction. Anyway, the prescription has been announced to the world now."

Liu Heng's expression changed a little, and finally he sneered coldly, "The headmaster should ask the serious matter."

"Have the fourth young master ever left the city on the fifth and sixth days of the lunar month?"

Liu Heng said calmly: "The sixth day of the first lunar month comes out."

“Where did you go?”

"Go to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha--"

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows and Liu Heng said indifferently: "You also see that I am sick. When I can get up and walk around, I think of going to worship Buddha and burn incense, and praying for the Buddha to bless me to recover soon. And on that day, I was unwell on the way back. When I returned to the mansion, I was carried in. Everyone knows this. Since that day, I have been recuperating in the mansion, and I have never left this yard."

Wu Xiang pursed his lips slightly, "Okay, nothing else is gone."

After all, Liu Heng was a noble family and was unwilling to cooperate with the yamen. Wu Xiang did not waste time here, so he said to Liu Yan: "Please take us to Miss Seven's yard."

Liu Yan congruly took them out. On the way, Wu Xiang said again: "Your Majesty also has to trouble the young master to gather the doorman in the mansion, the master's personal servants, and the nanny in charge of the mansion to ask questions."

Liu Yan responded and ordered the servant behind him to send a message. Soon after, several people stopped in front of a remote courtyard.

This yard is located in the northwest corner of the mansion. If calculated by Feng Shui, it is really the worst place. The courtyard is small and the vermilion paint on the door is mottled, and it seems that it has not been repaired for many years. Liu Yan was also a little uncomfortable, "Because the seventh sister was sent away earlier, the yard was deserted."

After entering the yard, there were indeed weeds in it, but it could not hide the harsh treatment and negligence of Liu Yao in the Liu Mansion. Wu Xiang and Bo Ruoyou did not reveal it and led a few yamen to the atrium.

The door was locked, Liu Yan opened the door, and the group entered the house. The house that had not lived in for half a year was covered with dust. Cobwebs could be seen on the beams of the house. Bo Ruoyou looked at all and almost suspected that after the Liu family sent Liu Yao away, she had no intention of taking her back. She secretly walked through the main hall and then turned into the warm room.

There are several cages piled up in the warm cabinet, which are the relics of Liu Yao who were moved back from Shuiyue Temple.
To be continued...