Distressed wife

Chapter 573
If the Cui Hou Mansion knew that Lan Xin'er was the real head of the Lan family, it would be too late to flatter her, how could they be so disgusted.

But Mu Ziyan will definitely not tell Cuihou's residence about these things, she is happy to watch the Lan family and the Cui family make a mess, but before that, it is necessary for Lan Xiner to marry into the Cui family.

Mu Ziyan thought of Cui Yuanlai, the third young master of Cui Hou's mansion, this person had mediocre aptitude, had no achievements, and was just a person who lived a stable life.

She went to Cui Yuan's courtyard, Cui Yuan was there, when she saw Mu Ziyan, she was slightly taken aback, stepped forward to salute Mrs. Cuihou and Mrs. Cui Er, "Auntie, mother."

"Brother Yuan, where's the wintersweet in your house?" Mrs. Cuihou said bluntly.

Cui Yuan then pointed to the vase on the long table by the window, "It's always there."

Mu Ziyan turned her eyes to look at the vase, looked at the yard again, then walked to the window and took a look, happened to see the attic opposite the yard, and then looked at Cui Yuan, "Third young master, there is a man living next to the attic. Who is it?"

"That's..." Cui Yuan was about to speak.

Seeing Mrs. Cui rushing to say, "It's a girl from my natal family."

"Oh." Mu Ziyan continued, "Dare to ask?"

"Cousin Li." Seeing that Mu Ziyan was still asking him, Cui Yuan whispered.

"Miss Li has lived here for a while, right?" Mu Ziyan asked lightly.

"Maybe, I just returned to my residence in the past few days, so I don't know." Cui Yuan replied truthfully.

Seeing that he returned so calmly, Mu Ziyan knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, Lamei, "Miss Li has been to the third young master's place before?"

"I've been here, and I've been here today." Cui Yuan continued, "Stand by the window and stared at Lamei for a long time."

The corner of Mu Zi's mouth twitched into a faint smile, then turned to look at Mrs. Cuihou, "Ma'am, Er Niang is going to meet that Miss Li."

"Okay." Mrs. Cui Hou nodded and replied, in this situation, she can only follow Mu Ziyan's words.

Second Madam Cui looked at Mu Ziyan and then at Cui Yuan, feeling faintly uneasy in her heart.

Mu Ziyan stepped out of Cui Yuan's courtyard, Cui Yuan was stunned for a while, then followed him.

After a while, they came to the small courtyard under the attic opposite, and saw a girl had come forward, "I have seen my wife and second lady."

"En." Mrs. Cuihou whispered, "Where's Miss Biao?"

"Go back to Madam, the young lady just had a blowing wind, she feels a little unwell, and now she is resting, so I will go and ask the young lady to come out." The girl turned around and entered the room after saying that.

Mu Ziyan raised her eyes and looked around, and then walked to the backyard. Mrs. Lu came over and said in a low voice, "This place seems to be..."

"Why don't you go out for a walk." Mu Ziyan smiled slightly.

The two left through the back door, and there was a bluestone path in front of them. After walking through this path and walking forward, there would be a promenade. , it can be reached quickly.

Mu Ziyan walked along the wall, saw the shoe prints, turned to look at Mrs. Lu, and then the two of them discovered that there was an abandoned side room here. After entering, Mu Ziyan saw that it was full of There were bloodstains and traces of struggle.

Lady Lu cursed secretly, "Bastard."

Mu Ziyan's eyes darkened slightly, "It seems that this is the scene of the murder."

The two turned around and left, and when they returned to the courtyard, they saw a delicate and delicate woman approaching. Her appearance was rather beautiful, but her eyes were slightly gloomy, losing her original sense of beauty.

Mu Ziyan then stepped forward, took out the strand of hair, and compared it, "Miss Li, I found this from the deceased."

"I don't know what this girl is talking about?" The woman in front of her looked up at her and said inexplicably.

"I'll take a look inside the house." After saying that, Mrs. Lu entered the house, and after a while, she took out a pair of shoes, the soles of which were covered with mud.

Mu Ziyan looked at her, "If Miss Li forgets, I might as well remember it for Miss Li."

"This girl, who are you?" The eyes of the woman in front of her were full of doubts, but there was a cold light in her lower eyes.

Mu Ziyan said in a low voice, "Lv Erniang."

"Oh." The woman whispered, "I've heard of it."

"Miss Li, please." Mu Ziyan said, then turned to look at Mrs. Cuihou, "Madam will follow Erniang."

"En." Madam Cui Hou saw the silence flashing in Mu Ziyan's eyes, she paused slightly, and then followed.

Now everyone also followed, Zhang Zong also rushed over at this moment, together with Master Cui, Mu Ziyan and Lady Lu went out from the back door, walked through the bluestone path, and then walked to the base of the wall.

Mu Ziyan entered immediately, put the pair of shoes on the shoe prints, looked up at Miss Li, "I don't know how Miss Li can explain?"

"How do I know?" The woman looked at her innocently, quite puzzled.

Mu Ziyan immediately led the crowd to the abandoned ear room at the base of the wall, and when they entered, they saw the situation before them and immediately knew that this was the scene of the first murder.

Zhang Zong turned his eyes to look at Mu Ziyan, "I found it, but why didn't the murderer clear this place?"

"He thinks his clothes are perfect, so he doesn't expect anyone to find out." Mu Ziyan looked at the woman in front of him, "Am I right? Miss Li."

"So it's you." Mrs. Cui Hou raised her hand and slapped Miss Li.

Mrs. Cui Er also looked at her in disbelief, "How come?"

"It's not me." The woman covered her face and immediately knelt on the ground.

Mu Ziyan went on to say, "Miss Li, first of all, you colluded with the murderer and locked the target. The two split up. You were in charge of responding in the Hou's mansion, while the murderer took the lady from the uncle's mansion. He should be wearing It is the clothes of Cui Shizi, and his figure is very similar to Cui Shizi, so some people mistakenly think it is Cui Shizi. As for Cui Shizi, you have designed it to stun him early in the morning. , you took him to the side room, and you went back to your own yard, changed your shoes, and went to the third young master's yard, because the third young master's room happened to be able to see your yard, so you can After seeing the signal sent by the murderer, after the matter is completed, you will return to your own yard and hide the murderer."

"You are talking nonsense." The woman knelt on the ground and said with tears streaming down her face, "I have no grievances with my eldest cousin, why would I do this?"

"This is your shrewdness." Mu Ziyan continued, "Even if this matter is exposed, no one would think that Miss Li did it. The hair stained with the fragrance of wintersweet was left on the body of the deceased, as well as the shoe prints. If I remember correctly, the deceased must have seen you when he was taken captive, so there must be some traces on you. Got scratches."

"No, you don't want to wrong me." The woman quickly shook her head, then turned and knelt in front of Mrs. Cui Er, "Auntie, she wronged me."

Seeing this, Second Madam Cui sighed faintly, then turned around and ignored her.

Mu Ziyan stepped forward and opened her sleeves, and saw obvious scratches on her arms.

Mrs. Cui Hou looked at her, "How can Cui Hou's mansion feel sorry for you, you actually did such a mortal thing."

"No, it's not me." The woman denied it.

Mu Ziyan raised her eyes and looked into the distance, "Since Miss Li refuses to admit it, then I will let Miss Li see clearly, what is this?"

As she spoke, she took out a sachet, "I think this belongs to Prince Cui."

"No, you give it back to me." Miss Li, who was complaining just now, suddenly got up and rushed towards Mu Ziyan.

With a flash of Mu Ziyan's figure, she flew away, her eyes showing panic, and then rushed over again, but was subdued by the yamen servant.

"Miss Li has been used by others, and she doesn't know it yet." Mu Ziyan sneered, "Tell me, who is the murderer?"

"I?"

She raised her eyes to look at Mu Ziyan, narrowed her eyes slightly, knowing that the situation was over, she immediately lowered her eyes and remained silent.

"Miss Li, I thought you had a heart for Cui Shizi, but you didn't expect him to marry Miss Lan Er. You know the reputation of Miss Lan Er, so you think that Miss Lan Er is not worthy of Cui Shizi. , and the murderer happened to find you, so he came up with an idea to make Shizi Cui and Miss Lan Er unable to get married, so you agreed?" Mu Ziyan looked at her and said.

"No..." Ms. Li cried so hard that she was about to struggle to leave immediately.

Mu Ziyan sighed, "You were just used by him, you have to know, even so, the crown prince Cui will definitely get married tomorrow, you are just making the Cui Hou mansion a joke in the capital by doing this. In the future, it may be difficult for Crown Prince Cui to hold his head up in front of other aristocratic families."

"No, that's not what he said." Miss Li immediately went crazy, shook her head desperately, and then looked at her, "He lied to me, he lied to me."

"Miss Li, who is that person?" Mu Ziyan asked coldly.

"He...he is..." Miss Li looked at Mu Ziyan and was about to say his name, but suddenly there was a sound from the dark place, and two darts were seen flying towards him.

"Be careful!" Zhang Zong and Mrs. Lu hurried forward and pulled Mu Ziyan over, grabbed a dart, and the other dart hit Miss Li right between the eyebrows.

"Dead." Zhang Zong looked at Mu Ziyan and said.

"En." Mu Ziyan said in a low voice, "The clue is broken."

"How could this be?" Second Madam Cui looked up at Madam Cuihou, and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, it was the younger siblings who lured the wolf into the house, and that's what caused the Eldest Young Master..."

"Hmph." Mrs. Cuihou snorted coldly, glared at Miss Li who had been killed, and turned to leave.

Zhang Zong looked at Mu Ziyan, "Since the murderer has been found, this matter is considered settled."

"Then what about the real murderer?" Master Cui looked at Zhang Zong and asked, "Could it be that my Cui family is just a joke?"

"Master Cui, now that the clues have been broken, the real culprit will definitely not be found for a while, and Lord Cui also knows who did this." Mu Ziyan said lightly, slightly blessed, then He walked away with Mrs. Lu.

Zhang Zong cupped his hands and said, "Master Hou, I will take my leave."

Master Cui looked down, turned around and left.

When Mu Ziyan left Cuihou's mansion, Lady Lu looked at her, "Yan'er, who is the mastermind behind this?"

(End of this chapter)