All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 136 Another dead one

As soon as the old ancestor's words fell, Chu Yan had already recruited the embroiderers and ordered them to go to the bank to check the accounts.

Seeing this, Su Xian was very relieved.

Taking advantage of Chu Yan's time to arrange things, he pulled up a chair and sat on Shen Lingxi's lower head, with a dignified face, he praised solemnly, "Xian Zhang, don't look at Liu Lang's cold face, but in fact he has a lot of love in his heart. You chose Liulang as a Taoist partner, and your vision is as brilliant as your immortality."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, she gave Su Xian a sideways glance.

The old ancestor on the side snorted coldly, "Now that I'm gone, no one is urging him to get married. He talked about other people's marriages, but he was very clear."

Shen Lingxi smiled but said in a low voice, "Master Nine is so keen on making people get married, he must have a heart of resentment and want to start a family. Or, old ancestor, tell me which one you chose for Master Nine before his death?" Miss, I will also help Master Ninth take a look at the details?"

"Although I am not familiar with the emperor, I am familiar with the empress dowager. I can also ask the empress dowager to give Lord Jiu a marriage."

The old ancestor sneered, "Come on, I don't want to cheat other girls and lose my life."

Su Xian was stunned for a moment, then shivered, and immediately looked around.

"Princess Xian, who are you talking to? Could it be that... mother is right next to you?"

"Hey, that's right." Shen Lingxi pointed to where the old ancestor was standing, "The old man is very happy, and he is thinking of a girl for you."

Su Xian immediately became nervous, sat up straight, and looked in the direction of Shen Lingxi's finger.

saw nothing.

He subconsciously pulled a stiff smile at the corner of his mouth, "Ah, Auntie, we don't need to get married..."

The old ancestor curled his lips in disgust, he couldn't see it.

Shen Lingxi smiled and turned her eyes away.

Su Xian looked at that position, then at Shen Lingxi, but he didn't get a response, so he didn't even dare to laugh.

He stood up straight, sneaked one hand into his cloth bag, took out the compass, lowered his eyes, and aimed straight at the compass.

I want to see if my compass can indicate the location of my ancestors.

at the same time--
Chu Yan, who was at the top, told the embroiderer to summon the servants who were waiting outside the door and served by the ancestors during his lifetime.

Then he asked Shen Lingxi: "The murderer must have an internal response in the Chenxiang Courtyard, can I ask my ancestor to listen and see if I can find out the suspicious person?"

Shen Lingxi got the approval of her ancestors and agreed in a low voice.

Only then did Chu Yan let Chun Jun, who was waiting outside, bring him in.

Seeing this, Su Xian looked at the compass in his hand with a motionless pointer, and doubts flashed in his eyes.

The first batch to come in was Mama Xie who was serving by the ancestor, and her granddaughter Lianqiao.

Mother Xie was a dowry brought by the ancestors from Xie's family. She was about 50 years old, and she had to go through all the affairs of Chenxiangyuan under her nose. She was the most powerful mother in charge of the ancestors.

Lian Qiao is about sixteen or seventeen years old, and she looks very beautiful and watery. Even though she is wearing a rough linen filial piety dress, she can still see that her figure is very graceful.

Perhaps it was because of the sudden passing of the ancestor. Mama Xie was overwhelmed with grief, her face was very haggard, her figure was hunched, and she had to pant three times when she walked a step, so she had to be supported by her granddaughter.

She struggled even to speak, so she had to ask her granddaughter to answer for her.

Shen Lingxi looked at her like this, frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice, "But what's uncomfortable? Do you want to move a chair for you?"

Mother Xie shook her head and said in a low voice: "Thank you sir, it's an old problem, it doesn't matter."

Hearing this, Shen Lingxi had no choice but to give up and sit back.

Seeing this, Chu Yan signaled Chun Jun to start questioning.

"Where were you on the day the old ancestor had an accident? What were you doing?"

Lian Qiao lowered her eyebrows, "The old ancestor is going to take a walk in the back garden every morning, and the grandmother usually stays in the yard and watches over the servants and maids to tidy up. The servants will lead people to serve the old ancestor."

"It's just that in the past few days, the old ancestor and the Ninth Master got angry, and wanted to be alone and not let the servants follow. The servants can only stay far behind, and dare not stay too far away."

Chun Jun: "Since you dare not stay too far away, why did you let your ancestors be alone on the rockery? If you can watch from a distance, no one may dare to harm your ancestors."

Lian Qiao rubbed her shoulders.

Mother Xie, who was supported by her, also took a few breaths, clutching the skirt of her heart tightly, her face was pale, and her expression was very forbearing.

"The old ancestor didn't let the servants go up the mountain..." Lian Qiao said sadly, "The old ancestor said that he was upset when he saw too many people, so the servants were all waiting at the foot of the mountain."

Chunjun: "You are at the foot of the mountain, have you ever seen someone else going up the mountain?"

Lian Qiao thought about it seriously, and said uncertainly, "My servant saw Xiao An beside Second Grandma cutting flowers in the garden, and said that she wanted to put a vase for Second Grandma, maybe...Second Grandma will be on the mountain."

Chu Yan rested his palms on his hands, listened casually, and glanced at Lianqiao lightly, before falling loosely on Shen Lingxi's face.

Being looked at by him like this, Shen Lingxi felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, and hurriedly looked sideways at the ancestor.

The old ancestor frowned, "Girl, ask her if she saw Xiao An before I went up the mountain, or after I went up the mountain."

Shen Lingxi followed her words and asked Lianqiao.

Just now when Lianqiao came in from the outside, she kept her eyes downcast, not daring to glance around.

Asked by Shen Lingxi, she dared to raise her eyes to look to the right.

With just one glance, her eyes unconsciously fell on Su Xian who was next to Shen Lingxi.

It seemed that the shackles had been removed from Su Xian's hands.

A look of surprise flashed across Lianqiao's eyes.

She hurriedly lowered her head, "My lord, it was after the ancestor went up the mountain, the slave girl felt uncomfortable in her stomach, so she went to Gongfang, on the other side of the rockery, met Xiao An, and talked to her a few words."

Shen Lingxi's apricot eyes twitched slightly, "You only met Xiao An, but not Second Grandma, how could you come to the conclusion that Second Grandma is also on the mountain?"

She remembered that when Xie Wanyan testified against Su Xian just now, the people from Chenxiangyuan were not there.

"My servant is just guessing..." Lian Qiao bit her lip, "Perhaps Second Grandma isn't here..."

Shen Lingxi said "oh", and said lightly, "I thought you would say that it was Xiao An who told you that Second Grandma was on the mountain."

Lianqiao realized the flaw in her words, held onto Mother Xie's fingertips, and tightened them.

"Xiao An didn't, didn't tell the maidservant where the Second Mistress is..."

"Xiao An never told you where the Second Mistress was, but you said in front of the embroiderer that the Second Mistress was at the scene when the crime happened..."

Shen Lingxi deliberately elongated her voice, and asked with a chuckle, "What do you mean? Do you want to say that the Second Mistress is suspected of murder, or are you testifying for the Second Mistress as a witness?"

As soon as these words came out, Lian Qiao's face turned pale.

Mother Xie held her tightly, and the two of them plopped and knelt on the ground.

Panting heavily, she begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me... my granddaughter, who is not sensible... was forced by others, and told... a lie... Please... forgive, forgive me."

However, after struggling to hold back this short sentence, Mama Xie's face turned cyanotic.

She held Lianqiao's arm tightly with one hand, and her chest with the other hand, like a fish accidentally jumping on the shore, she opened her mouth wide and tried to breathe, but she couldn't breathe.

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi's face changed slightly, she stood up abruptly, and walked in front of her, "Don't worry, stop talking, take it easy..."

However, before the words finished, Mother Xie rolled her eyes and fell to the ground.

Shen Lingxi didn't even have time to rescue her, she was out of breath...

(End of this chapter)