Yan Yan Yugui

Chapter 242 Yao Shi
The next day, Lin Yanyan was having breakfast with Jing Yuan.

Xin Zhao came in and reported: "Miss, my lord... Guan Butou from Shuntian Mansion has come and said there is an urgent matter."

Lin Yanyan and Jing Yuan hurriedly went to the living room to meet Guan Sheng.

"What happened?"

Guan Shengdao: "Early in the morning, someone found a female corpse outside the city. Your Excellency asks Miss to identify it. Your Excellency suspects that the female corpse is the second wife of the Hou Mansion, Yao Shi."

Lin Yanyan and Jing Yuan both had serious expressions.

Yao is dead?

"Guan Butou, wait a moment, I'll call my third aunt and eldest cousin." Lin Yanyan said.

If the woman's corpse was really Yao's, it would not be right for her and Jing Yuan to identify the corpse, but at this moment, the second uncle should have not gone to court, and the third uncle has already gone to watch, so she plans to call the third aunt and the others.

Zhou and Lin Jingwen rushed over upon hearing the news, and the four of them got into the carriage and followed Guan Sheng to the place outside the city where the body was found.

The location is next to the official road leading to the south ten miles outside the city.

Xiao Qian waited there.

Seeing people from the Lin family coming, Xiao Qian stepped forward and said, "Go and identify them, I look like them, but I'm not sure."

Lin Jingwen ran towards the female corpse without waiting for Xiao Qian to finish speaking, and everyone quickly followed.

Lin Yanyan saw the female corpse and understood why Xiao Qian said he was not sure.

Because this female corpse is disheveled and bony, and there is no trace of Yao's plump and graceful appearance. If it is not a familiar person, it will not be recognized.

Lin Jingwen was already kneeling on the ground and crying loudly: "Mother..."

Mrs. Zhou's mood is complicated. She has been bullied by Mrs. Yao since she married into the Lin family. She has been angry with Mrs. Yao both openly and secretly, and when she gets angry, she will curse Mrs. Yao to die, but now that she is really dead, she is still dead. The situation was so miserable, Zhou didn't know what to say for a while.

"Are you sure?" Xiao Qian asked.

Lin Yanyan nodded: "It's my second aunt, has the cause of death been found out?"

Xiao Qian waved and called Xu Wuzuo.

Xu Wu said: "After a rough look, the deceased should have been dead for two days. No fatal injuries were found on the deceased. The specific cause of death needs further inspection."

Xiao Qian said: "It's hard to say whether this is the scene of the crime or the scene of the dumping of the corpse. This ditch is lush with water and grass, and it is difficult to find the corpse hidden in it for a while. If it wasn't for the passer-by who rolled down something today, he went down to pick it up. No body has been found yet."

Lin Yanyan said, "I want to test it myself."

Xiao Qian nodded: "Take the corpse back to the Yamen."

Lin Jingwen cried: "I want to bring my mother's body home."

"Brother, Second Aunt died for no apparent reason. The Yamen must undergo an autopsy to find out the cause of death." Lin Jingyuan persuaded.

"Do an autopsy? What are you going to do to my mother? Open her body? I don't agree. My mother is already dead. I can't let my mother suffer after death. My father won't agree either." Lin Jingwen insisted on refusing.

Xiao Qian and Lin Yanyan met each other's eyes, Lin Yanyan said: "Brother, do you think your mother will die in peace?"

"Yan Yan, my mother is also a fifth-rank order. Her body cannot be desecrated. The investigation is a matter for the government. In short, you can't touch my mother's body."

Xiao Qian was speechless, and said: "Then take your mother's body back to the yamen first, and wait for your father to decide whether or not to have an autopsy."

Lin Zhongkun went down to court and was calling his subordinates to discuss the upcoming autumn in the duty room of the Ministry of Rites.

Now that the Minister of Rites and Yu Shilang are not here, the Ministry of Rites counts him as the highest official, and everyone only looks up to him.This feeling made Lin Zhongkun a little bit ecstatic.

"The dog is going to end this year, and I have informed His Majesty, so this time I am going to take the exam in Qiu Wei, and I will avoid it as usual."

The people below all flattered, and praised the first young master Lin and the second young master Lin as a flower.

Lin Zhongkun laughed and said: "We will not know whether they are successful until they have passed the exam. Let's get down to business, let's discuss, who should be in charge of our ritual department this time."

Just as he was talking, Lin Zhongkun saw his servants poking around the door.

Lin Zhongkun was displeased, a servant who has no eyesight, didn't he see that the master was discussing official business?

But the servant kept winking at Lin Zhongkun.

Lin Zhongkun had no choice but to go out, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

The servant returned: "Master, the family sent a letter saying that the second lady is gone, and now the second lady's body is in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion."

Lin Zhongkun's heart shuddered, Yao Shi is dead?

Lin Zhongkun didn't want to discuss any more business affairs, so he rushed to Shuntian Mansion immediately.

When we arrived at the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, we happened to meet Lin Shuqi who had just arrived with a letter.

"Second brother, I heard that the second sister-in-law is gone."

Lin Zhongkun had a sad face: "Go in and have a look."

Yacha led the two to the morgue.

Outside the morgue, Lin Jingwen was scolding Lin Jingxiu.

"Look at the good deeds you have done. If it weren't for you, how could mother die in the wild?"

Lin Jingxiu couldn't help crying, he thought he saved his mother by letting go of his mother, but unexpectedly, he hurt her instead.

"Big cousin, what's the point of talking about it now?" Lin Jingyuan couldn't see it, this is an important place for the yamen, it's not good to be noisy, can't you go home and scold people?

"Second uncle, third uncle." Lin Yanyan saw the two uncles coming.

"Father, mother, she..." Lin Jingwen choked up.

Lin Zhongkun sighed: "Where are people?"

"Inside." Lin Jingwen said.

Lin Zhongkun and Lin Shuqi entered the morgue, and Lin Shuqi helped Lin Zhongkun out after a while.

Lin Zhongkun looked so sad that he couldn't even speak.

Lin Yanyan rolled her eyes inwardly, Second Uncle's acting skills are really good.

"My lords, Master Xiao, please go over and talk." Guan Sheng said.

When Xiao Qian saw Lin Zhongkun with a sad expression, he also despised Lin Zhongkun's hypocrisy, but he still had to say on the scene: "Lord Lin's condolences."

Lin Zhongkun's eyes were flushed: "Lord Xiao, how did the wife of the lower official die?"

He was really sad, not because he felt sorry for Yao Shi, but because of Yao Shi's death, Jing Wen and Jing Xiu would not be able to take the exam this year, which might affect his promotion.

It's so good that I can't die, but I died at this juncture.

He was afraid of affecting the future of Jing Wen and Jing Xiu, so he didn't do anything, thinking that he would deal with Yao after Jing Wen and Jing Xiu passed the exam.

It never occurred to me that something went wrong.

Xiao Qian said: "The cause of Mrs. Zun's death needs further examination to be confirmed. The cause of death can only be further investigated. I heard that Mrs. Zun left the Lin family more than half a month ago and disappeared. Is there such a thing?"

Lin Zhongkun nodded sadly: "It's true, Xiaguan and his wife had a few quarrels over trivial matters, she left home in a fit of anger, Xiaguan immediately ordered someone to look for it, but no one was found. It's very serious, and the officials don't dare to look for her with great fanfare, just thinking that she will come back when her anger subsides. Who knows..."

Lin Zhongkun shed a few crocodile tears as he spoke.

Xiao Qian remained calm, he knew the truth a long time ago, quarreling, leaving home... It was just the Lin family's unified speech to the outside world.

(End of this chapter)