The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 26 Su Muzhe (10)

She had obviously been dissatisfied with this matter for a long time in her heart, and she said it now, with an angry face, "He pretended very well in front of people. I went home and told my sister-in-law many times that she just didn't believe her, and she kept complaining about my self-willedness and persuading me. Get on well with him."

The mayor and I were speechless after hearing this. If what Murong said was true, then there must be something wrong with Su Mu's proposal to marry Murong.

Murong glanced at the expressions on our faces, and said: "At first I thought he really liked me, so he disregarded Su Fu's feelings and forcibly married me. Since I married him, I have to accept my fate. If he treats me well, I will So I prepared to live with him. But after marriage, he was lukewarm to me. I knew at that time that he married me for another purpose, but..."

As she spoke, she stopped suddenly, and that strange look appeared in her eyes again.

"But what?" The mayor and I hurriedly asked when we heard the important point.

"This time he came back after going out, and after knowing my sister-in-law passed away, he suddenly greeted me with coldness and warmth." Murong clenched his hands tightly, "So I think he is strange. I think this is also Qiu Yehong's love. The reason why he came to warn me to be careful of Su Mu—he has the same suspicion as me."

Looking into her eyes, I couldn't help shivering, and asked, "What do you suspect?"

"I suspect that Su Mu conspired with his mother to annex the Mu family's property, and that's why he married me." Murong said every word, "That's why his mother, when my sister-in-law was preparing to adopt a son, Kill her. And once my sister-in-law dies, I will become the last of the Mu family, and the Mu family's property will be handed over to me. Although I am the Mu family, I am the daughter-in-law of the Su family. In the end, the Mu family's property will inevitably It will fall into the hands of the Su family."

"If they want to seize the Mu family's property, wouldn't it be the same to ask Su Fu to marry you?" the mayor asked carefully.

"If Su Fu marries me, he must marry into the Mu family. In the future, our child's surname will be Mu, not Su." Murong said, "Besides, my sister-in-law planned to adopt a male for the Mu family. The reason why she insisted on marrying me to Su Mu is because Su Mu is the eldest son of Su, and I will be the housewife of the Su family after I get married. Her original intention was for my sake, but who knew that the mother and son of the Su family actually came up with this idea."

"And after Qiu Tian'er died, you were still planning to adopt a male son for the Mu family, so Qiu Yehong came to warn you that he was afraid that the mother and son of the Su family would attack you?" I asked.

"I guess so."

What she said was also reasonable, and I exchanged glances with the mayor, but I couldn't tell the truth from the fake for a while.Today, the success of the Mu family's adoptive son is probably also because the mayor appeared at the Su family last night, letting the mother and son of the Su family know that they have attracted suspicion and dare not act rashly.

But this is also her one-sided statement, at least it can't explain the death of Steward Su and Mrs. Su.The mayor was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Do you hate your sister-in-law?"

Murong was startled, but then recalled it, and said, "The mayor means that she ignored my feelings and Su Fu's and forcibly married me to Su Mu?"

The mayor didn't speak, and Murong saw that he didn't speak, so he whispered to himself: "I did have complaints about her in my heart, but it's nonsense to say I hate her. The year my mother left, I only had At the age of 13, it was my sister-in-law who held her hand and promised to treat me well, find me a good family, and promised her that she would choose the best heir for the Mu family and hand over the Mu family to him She ignored my objection and married me to Su Mu just to fulfill her promise to my mother."

Both the mayor and I were dumbfounded when we heard this, and the mayor hurriedly said, "When Mrs. Mu passed away, you were by her side? How did Mrs. Mu die?"

"She was infected with a bad disease from my brother, and was saddened by his death. She had an attack very quickly. When she died, she held my sister-in-law's hand and said in tears that she was sorry for delaying her youth. I was by the side at that time, and I felt sorry for my sister-in-law. How can I hate her when my sister-in-law has supported the Mu family all these years and suffered so much? "

The mayor and I were stunned when we heard this. We all thought that the death of Mrs. Mu had something to do with Qiu Tian'er, and Murong knew about it, so he hated Qiu Tian'er and planned to kill her.But according to Murong's words, our previous guess was immediately overturned.

"When Mrs. Mu went, was there anyone else besides you and Qiu Tian'er?" The mayor glanced at me and asked cautiously.

"The manager of the Mu's family and several old servants are here." Murong replied, suddenly recalling, "You don't believe what I said?"

"Don't dare." The mayor hurriedly said, hesitating for a while, "The young lady's words are not unreasonable, but the deaths of Steward Su and Mrs. Su still don't make sense, and Qiu Yehong has refused to show up so far, which inevitably makes people Some doubts."

Now the whole matter has turned into a cloud of fog. I am afraid that only by catching Qiu Yehong can we know the truth of the matter.Murong also said: "I don't know why Qiu Yehong is hiding. I also ask the mayor to catch him as soon as possible and ask the truth."

"But where is Qiu Yehong?" The mayor smiled wryly, "Everyone knows that he is going to be caught, but the problem is that he can't be caught."

Although Qiu Yehong has a huge belly, she is agile and good at falling from various places, so she can be said to be elusive.Just as I was talking, I suddenly thought of something, I couldn't help feeling a little moved, and said: "Qiu Yehong was hunted everywhere, but she still took the risk to sneak into Mu's house to meet you, eldest young mistress, does he have a deep relationship with you? "

Murong hesitated for a moment, then said: "He has no father and no mother, he grew up with my sister-in-law since he was a child, in fact he grew up with me, although we are not related by blood, we are actually brothers and sisters."

I nodded, "Since that's the case. Why don't we think of a way to lure him out."

"Is there anything you can do, sir?" the mayor asked me after hearing the words, and Murong also turned his questioning eyes on me.

I waved to them, let them all come over, and then whispered my thoughts.After hearing this, the mayor couldn't help but said: "Good way! But if this is the case, you will have to trouble Mr. again."

Murong also said: "This method is not bad, you can try it."

Seeing that they all agreed, I asked the mayor to bring a pen and paper, thought it over, and wrote more than ten notices in one breath, asking them to read them all, and then asked a few township braves to issue them in the name of the town hall. Posted them all, and told those brave folks not to just post the notices in conspicuous places, but also posted some in remote places.

After finishing these, the mayor asked Murong to go back to prepare first, and then let me go back to the store to write letters after leaving me for a few chats.When I came out of the town office, Xiangyong had already posted notices everywhere, and many villagers gathered around the notices, shouting and scolding Qiu Yehong.

The notice said that Qiu Yehong was so vicious that he used a pair of scissors to kill three people in a row. Now that he killed Mrs. Su, he took the scissors away, and he might commit another crime. Please be careful, the villagers.

In fact, when Mrs. Su died, the scissors were in her room, and the mayor took them back to the town hall.This is also what makes me strange. Both Qiu Tian'er and Su Guanshi were stabbed to death by scissors, but the scissors were taken away by the murderer. Only when Mrs. Su died, the scissors were found at the scene.

There is an explanation that makes sense, that is, the murderer is indeed as Murong said, it is the old lady Su, when she killed the first two people, she can naturally steal or hide the scissors, and wait until she dies , Naturally, it is no longer possible to deal with the scissors.

As for why she wanted to kill people, it can also be explained by Murong's words, that she wanted to annex the Mu family's property, and killing Manager Su was because she suspected that he would be harmful to Su Mu.In the end, she committed suicide because Murong drew suspicious eyes on her. After she died like this, Qiu Yehong immediately couldn't argue.

Of course, this is just an inference based on Murong's words, and as for whether what she said is true or not, no one dares to say for sure.But since she said that Qiu Yehong was worried that Su Mu would attack her, I went ahead and pretended that we had concluded that the murderer was Qiu Yehong, and then lied that the scissors were taken away by him again, worrying that he would attack others.

If Qiu Yehong was not the murderer, after seeing this notice, he suspected that Su Mu was trying to harm Murong, and he might think that it was Su Mu who hid the scissors and was going to kill Murong to frame him.In this case, he must find a way to sneak into Su's house to stop this matter. At that time, we will wait in the Su's house and maybe have a chance to catch him.

The villagers were filled with righteous indignation towards Qiu Yehong. If they saw him now, they probably wouldn't just pour water on him, but throw the bucket together.I thought to myself, if I finally find out that Qiu Yehong is not the murderer, I have to find a way to get rid of the misunderstanding of the villagers.

I stood there watching for a while, then looked around again, and found nothing suspicious, so I walked back to the hotel.I stayed in the store all afternoon, but no one came to patronize me. Probably because everyone knew that I had recovered my luggage and didn't have to worry about food and lodging anymore, so they stopped coming.I was really bored, so I took out the book and read it there for a while, and was struck by a burst of sleepiness, so I fell asleep on the table for a while.

When I opened my eyes, it was already dusk, and the dim light slanted in from outside the hotel, shining on the table in front of me, waking me up.I opened my eyes and saw that it was going to be night, so I jumped up quickly. Seeing that I was in a hurry, the shop owner smiled and said, "Mr. is awake. I saw that Mr. is sleeping soundly, so I didn't bother you."

I remembered what happened at night, and hurriedly said something to him, and hurried out to find the mayor. The mayor was about to look for me, and when he saw me coming, he hurriedly dragged me to Su's house together.

Murong probably told Su Mu about the matter when she came back. I don’t know what excuse she used. When Su Mu saw us, he didn’t make any excuses, but readily agreed, and stayed in the room with Murong according to our request. middle.The mayor asked the villagers to find a hidden place to hide, and he went into the house with me and hid behind the door.

Perhaps Su Mu was afraid of being awkward sitting with Murong, so he asked someone to bring food and drinks into the room.Both the mayor and I can see that what Murong said is right, Su Mu's every move is indeed trying to please her, but Murong's face is cold when facing his hospitality, and he drinks wine diligently, probably because he is depressed for the sake.

I watched them drinking and eating from behind the door, and suddenly remembered something. I was in a hurry to go out just now, but I forgot to eat dinner, and I only drank a few glasses of wine at noon. There was a burst of humidity.I was so hungry that my eyes were darkened, and the sky seemed to be darkened by my hunger. It got dark very quickly, and the entire Su family was enveloped in night.

The Su family got the mayor's explanation, and they didn't light the lanterns at night. Only this room in the whole house was lit with a weak oil lamp, struggling to support it in the dark.It was almost midnight, Su Mu was still chatting with Murong in a few words at first, but seeing that Murong was not in a good mood, he also slowly shut up.

Seeing that they were speechless, I hurriedly made a gesture behind the door to signal them to quarrel in a low voice, and then Su Mu took out the pair of scissors again, pretending to attack Murong.After gesturing to them, I put my hands down and stared at the oil lamp on the table in a daze. I only felt that I was more hungry than the oil lamp that was about to go out.

According to my intention, Su Mu and Murong began to whisper slowly, and then the tone became a little fierce. Su Mu took out the pair of scissors and raised his hand towards Murong when there was a disagreement.The firelight extended his movements and cast them on the window paper. His face was also swayed by the light, and it was difficult to distinguish between light and dark. For a moment, he looked indescribably terrifying.

(End of this chapter)