To be cautious, Su Mu still asked, "Did you do it when Master Hong was asking?"

Hearing this, Hong Nianan let out a light snort, and let go of the hand that was holding Liu Xiaoran's sleeve: "Yes, it was only him and me that day, and it was a perfect opportunity.Added medicine to the teacup and strangled him with a rope."

He said it lightly, and he didn't feel at all that he had done something that violated human ethics.

Liu Xiaoran then asked: "When did Mrs. Ding enter the study?"

"My mother... I don't remember, I just remember strangling him to death, and then... Then mother came in." Finally, Hong Nianan's expression loosened a bit, and a gap suddenly opened in his indifferent expression, revealingA few sad looks came.

At this moment, Ding Ziping, with her long hair hanging down her forehead because the hairpin was loose and falling off, her eyes were red and ashen, she just stared at her child and wept.

Liu Xiaoran and Su Mu looked at each other, and both read the same message from each other's eyes.

Hong Nianan's strangulation is the origin of the scars on Hong Chengyu's neck, but according to Hong Nianan's confession and the witnesses of the maids, the two went back to their room to rest after leaving at Xushi, so Hong Chengyu was hung on the beam of the house forged asThere should be another person at the scene of hanging himself.

Just when the two were about to ask, Ding Ziping stood up suddenly, and after standing firmly with the help of the maid, she took a deep breath and said, "My lord, how can a child of Nian'an's age understand these things? It's just to teach meIt’s just a crime. I smashed the teacup that the master drank and buried it in the window. You can go and see it. I hated him and wanted to kill him. I wanted to go and see him the next day.dead body, thinking about how to hide it from other people, but didn’t want to find out when I opened the door… found…” She suddenly showed a bleak smile, “I wondered if God had opened his eyes so that we could hideAfter a catastrophe, I don’t want this situation to be found out by you.”

She bowed her head and knelt down: "I know that killing my husband is a capital offense, and please forgive my son for his crime of speaking out loud today."

County Magistrate Wu, who watched on the sidelines for a long time without even being able to speak, thought in his heart: This is all right. If we talk about the physical evidence, Hong Nianan has a drugged mandala, and Ding Ziping has a drugged teacup fragment..Moreover, both of them rushed to plead guilty. On weekdays, he would definitely not be sure about this idea. After all, no matter who was accused, it seemed almost meaningless.Now that the hot potato is not in his hands, he has time to observe how this young minister of Dali Temple from Capital City will handle it.

Liu Xiaoran naturally knew that Ding Ziping was just taking the blame for Hong Nianan. When they asked the maid Xiaodie before, they had already learned that it took less than half a stick of incense between Ding Ziping entering the house and leaving with Hong Nianan.It would be a bit hasty to complete the series of drugging and strangulation, and Hong Nianan who entered the house first was more suspicious.It's just that there is still another real murderer who has not been caught, and it is too early to judge the crime.

He pondered for a long time, and finally ordered someone to detain both of them first, and bring them back to the county government to guard them.

Murdering one's own father is an irrefutable capital crime, but if the real culprit can be caught, there may be a glimmer of hope.

Ding Ziping seemed to want to say something more, but Liu Xiaoran didn't give her a chance, and said coldly: "Now that you two are both suspected, it's useless for Madam to say more."

As if frightened by Liu Xiaoran's cold eyes, Ding Ziping sobbed softly, stepped forward a few steps, grabbed Hong Nianan's shoulders, and followed the people from the county government out.Before anyone could walk out the door, a voice rang out.

"What are you doing! Why did you take my sister-in-law away!"

While talking, an extremely smartly dressed woman in a blue dress came outside the door, walked in hurriedly, and asked County Magistrate Wu: "Master Wu, what did my sister-in-law and nephew do?Take them away?"

Wu Qing rubbed her hands, faltering and hawing, not knowing whether to say or not.

Lu Lingjue was very familiar, and after pondering for a while, he suddenly realized: "This is the third lady of the Hong family and...uh...Mr. Li."

Wu Qing got the savior, nodded and said: "Exactly."

Su Mu also took a few glances at the fourth lady, Hong Xizhi. This lady seemed a little different from most women in this era. She walked with wind and was full of momentum. Apart from a string of coral bracelets on her hands, there was nothing else on her body.The decoration and the speech are even more imposing, which made Wu county magistrate stunned for a while.The man next to her was dressed in brocade and embroidered robes. He looked like a rich man with sharp and narrow eyes, which always made people feel a little uncomfortable.

"Mrs. Ding and the young master seem to know some clues about your elder brother's death, so our lord took them back to the county government office for questioning." Lu Lingjue rolled his eyes and easily read what he meant from Liu Xiaoran's eyes, "CheckI will give you an explanation after the Qing Dynasty.”

Hong Xizhi frowned, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Lu Lingjue's words.

"My elder brother... Didn't elder brother hang himself?"

Lu Lingjue was struggling with how much to say, but Liu Xiaoran interrupted the topic.

"Where is Miss San these two days? I haven't seen you in the mansion."

Hong Xizhi was taken aback by the question, but he didn't think about asking the person's identity, and subconsciously replied: "The second sister-in-law's mother is in Lingquan County next door. Now the old man has heard the bad news and is coming.I was alone again, so my second elder brother asked me and Zhishan to pick him up, but he didn't expect that after a few days' journey, another accident happened at home..."

As she said that, her eyes turned red, but she seemed to feel that it would be disgraceful to cry in front of outsiders, so she wiped it away and continued to ask, "What did you mean just now, is there something strange about my elder brother's death?"

Now it's really impossible to hide it, Lu Lingjue could only reply vaguely: "There are some things that haven't been clarified yet, so if Miss San knows something, please tell the truth."

Knowing the affirmative answer, Hong Xi became even more anxious, and was about to continue to question a few more words, but was held down by Li Zhishan's shoulder behind him.

The latter shook his head lightly, and persuaded him: "Now that my eldest brother died unexpectedly, Siqi doesn't seem to be in a very good condition. We need to take care of everything in the mansion. The investigation will be left to the adults.The county magistrate knows clearly and will give us an explanation."

Wu Qing, who has won the four characters of Mingchaqiuhao, almost kneels down.

In front of Master Liu, it's better not to say that.

Liu Xiaoran didn't care at all, after being silent for a while, he suddenly asked: "Miss San, do you know who Master Hong has been with recently?"

Hong Xizhi was taken aback when she heard the words. She had been at home for a long time, but this elder brother always left early and returned late. The time we met was not long, and he knew even less, so that after thinking hard for a long time,Still shook his head.

And just when several people thought that they could not get any results from the question, Hong Xizhi suddenly patted his head and turned to Li Zhishan beside him: "During the half month you have been here, you have often drank tea with the elder brother and the second elder brother, you knowsomething?"

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Miss San finally made an appearance, and all kinds of messy things in this family are finally coming to an end!