Shen Hai secretly rejoiced, but Shen Li was worried and asked, "Will it alert the enemy?"
Yan Juren is just a small fish. Can he catch the big fish behind him if he closes the net now? Even if he knows that King Ning has the intention to rebel, he still needs conclusive evidence to convict him. Otherwise, let the princes in the world see what happens to King Ning. There are few people who are doubtful, thinking that the imperial court is using this to cut down the vassal vassal. When the time comes, everyone will be in danger, and there is no doubt that big trouble will really happen.
Wang Shouren said: "It's better to be surprised. Nanchang Mansion is thousands of miles away from Songjiang. If King Ning stopped plundering once, where can we find evidence? Yan Juren is a confidant and can direct King Ning to raise dead soldiers. He knows There must be a lot of guilt in him. In the past, King Ning could arrange for someone to harm Shen Ling, and this time someone will deal with Yan Juren, and there will be no other gains by then..."
Shen Li recalled something and said: "Did Yan Juren be arrested in the outer room on the back street of the magistrate's office? I had previously ordered people to keep an eye on Yan Juren and found something wrong there. The little widow over there did not show her face, but she could use her relatives to , has contacts with many scoundrels, and is probably one of Prince Ning’s spies in Songjiang."
Wang Shouren frowned and said, "I wonder if that woman was restless and hiding outside and came to Shen's house for some other reason, or something else. Last night, she sent the old man who was the janitor to the Yamen to look for Yan Juren. After hearing this, Eunuch Zhang thought of her and Yan Juren Yuanyuan sent Jin Yiwei to arrest her, but the building was empty, and the remaining woman was a dead soldier. Seeing that the situation was not good, she took poison and committed suicide."
Shen Rui happened to come in, listened attentively, and interrupted: "Then the outer room ran away? When did he run away?"
Wang Shouren thought for a while and said: "She sent Cang Tou to the magistrate's yamen after her shift, and then the Jin Yiwei came over. It took only a quarter of an hour, so I guess she left at that time."
Shen Rui asked: "The woman is dead, but Cangtou is still alive? But how old is the woman, her general temperament, and what kind of clothes she is wearing?"
Seeing Shen Rui's careful question, everyone in the hall looked at Shen Rui.
Shen Jin frowned, obviously thinking about why Shen Rui asked; Shen Hai shook his head slightly, obviously not happy that Shen Rui interrupted and asked questions like this. As for Shen Li and Wang Shouren, they both felt a bit proud. Prince Ning's matter was Shen Rui's question. Rui discovered it.
It is said that no book can be written by coincidence, but the time when Fourth Sister Zhang appeared was too strange, and the experience she described was too vague. She said she was bought and brought into Shu, but she did not mention where she ended up or the name of the buyer; she said she was bought by the first owner. It was given to a merchant in Songjiang, and she was married off as a concubine, without telling which shop it belonged to or whose owner it was.
Wang Shouren, on the other hand, knew that he was the most mature student and was not one to talk nonsense, so he replied one by one: "The old man is still alive, and I asked people to question him. He is a native of Songjiang and was hired by the woman. According to what he said, the woman was eighteen or nineteen years old. She was beautiful but had a fierce temper. She was not a weak woman like that. Because she lost her husband, she had to dress plainly after passing the hot filial piety. Because the old man had never seen her before. Being a wife of the Wang family, and the employer also speaking with a slight Songjiang accent, the old man did not suspect anything wrong with the employer's identity."
The age, temperament, and attire are all right, as well as this voice. Even if Shen Jin had any luck before, it was shattered now. It was none other than Zhang Laoan's niece and granddaughter, who once lived in the fourth room. , now hiding in the fourth room again, what exactly does she want to do?
Previously, Shen Jin was frightened when she heard the conversation between Wang Shouren and Shen Li.
The vassal king, rebellion, plundering Songjiang, and Yan Juren were all linked together. Even though Shen Jin was a fool, he understood the power of it, but he did not expect that it could also involve the fourth house.
Shen Jin looked at Shen Rui in a panic, and met Shen Rui's eyes.
The reactions of the two brothers fell into the eyes of everyone in the hall.
Shen Li said bluntly: "Why did Brother Rui ask about that woman? But are there any clues?"
Shen Rui frowned and said: "Brother Jin originally accompanied me to attend the funeral in the fifth room last night. Around midnight, I saw that Brother Jin was very tired, so I asked him to go back and rest first. There will be a lot of work to do next. I didn't want to Brother Jin came to visit a female guest in the middle of the night. She was alone in the melon field and Li Xiaxia couldn't tell what was going on. Brother Jin was so frightened that he didn't dare to rest and went back to the fifth room. After hearing this, I felt something was wrong. A good woman, even if she said to herself She is a widow, so why would she travel in the middle of the night and go to live with a cousin whom she has not heard from for several years? Unless she has been paying attention to the news about the Shen family and knew that Brother Jin was back, she would come here specifically. "
Not to mention anything else, just "coming here in the middle of the night" and "being a widow" are enough to attract the attention of Wang Shouren and Zhang Yong.
Zhang Yongdao: "Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan, who is that woman, and what is her relationship with Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan?"
Shen Rui had previously explained in detail the causes and consequences of the female client's "middle of the night surrender" in order to extract Shen Jin. Several people present could see this carefulness. As for whether Shen Jin was really innocent or pretending to be innocent, everyone Still have to wait and see.
Shen Rui was not a talkative person, so Shen Jin was very grateful for these big words. Although it was related to the scandal of his elders, he could also distinguish whether face was more important or life and future were more important.
Thinking like this, Shen Jin smiled bitterly and explained the relationship and origins between the Zhang family sisters and the fourth room of the Shen family.
Except for Zhang Yong, everyone else knew that Shen Yuan had insufficient moral character, and they only frowned when they knew about the scandal between him and Fourth Sister Zhang. But Zheng, on the other hand, used such thunderous methods, which made several people who knew about the fourth family's family affairs dumbfounded and looked at Shen. Jin's gaze couldn't help but become more probing.
Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice can dig holes. Shen Rui is kind-hearted and tolerant to others. Is Shen Jin Xiao's mother or Xiao's father? Xiao's father's words are lustful and stupid; Xiao's mother's words are decisive. Spicy.
With such a concubine here, did Sun really die of illness back then?
Zhang Yong, on the other hand, had known some about Shen Rui's life experience and guessed that his biological father was unreliable, but he never expected that it would reach this point.
For ordinary people, scandals such as a cousin's cousin's cousin's cousin are just romantic affairs. After all, they are cousins separated by several degrees, and it does not break the law; but since it is a person's title, one must know the etiquette and law, and this is the case. If you go to the Xuezheng Yamen, you may not be able to keep your reputation.
Such a lecherous and immoral man has two outstanding sons. It is true that good things come from bad things. As for Zheng's methods, Shen Li, Wang Shouren and others thought it was against the law and ruthless, but they had seen strife in the palace. In Zhang Yong's eyes, it was nothing. In his opinion, Mrs. Zheng was not a smart person, otherwise she would not have endured the death of her first wife, and her son became the legitimate son of the first wife. Instead of correcting the situation, she ended up because of her handling of her husband. Hua Hua Shier's methods were rough and she was abandoned, and her flesh and blood were separated.
Zhang Yong's suspicions that had arisen because he heard that the missing Yan Juren was looking for Shen Jin late at night were all dispelled. The fourth sister in this picture and the fourth room of the Shen family are nominally relatives, but in fact they are no different from enemies. Bian had been biting the Shen family before, but it was this woman who blew the pillow away in front of her mistress.
The trial of the third son of the Shen family for "traveling with the Japanese" was about to begin in a few days. Shen Li didn't want to cause trouble, so he said to Wang Shouren: "If the fourth sister Zhang is really Yan Juren's concubine, shouldn't she be arrested earlier to avoid running away?" Can’t find it.”
Wang Shouren thought for a while and said: "It's better to wait and see, or to confirm her purpose of coming first. If she really has nowhere to go and just came to the Shen family, arrest her and interrogate her; if she wants to continue to take revenge and plot against the Shen family, say We may even contact accomplices, but if we keep an eye on him, we will always gain something."
Zhang Yong sneered and said: "I just hope that I won't be a idiot and confuse the young Shen Zhuangyuan with the one named Yan, and set up a beauty trap or something. It's best to use it as bait for fishing."
Wang Shouren and Zhang Yong both spoke, and Shen Li naturally had no objection. He told Shen Jin: "You have listened to what Mr. Wang and Eunuch Zhang said. Be careful and don't really get involved with Fourth Sister Zhang. It's bad." Reputation. ”
Shen Jin said sarcastically: "Sixth brother, don't worry, I've written it down."
*
The fourth room of the Shen family, guest room.
Fourth sister Zhang was doing her makeup in the mirror, feeling sad as she looked at her still pink face in the bronze mirror. After staying up all night, her eyes were black and blue. She used a thick layer of powder to cover the dark circles, but it couldn't cover the bloodshot eyes caused by insomnia and staying up late. .
A few years have passed by, and things have changed. Now that I have returned to my old place, Fourth Sister Zhang’s heart feels really sour, and I can’t explain how she feels.
Mo Xiang came with a woman carrying a food box to deliver breakfast to Fourth Sister Zhang.
When she came late last night, Fourth Sister Zhang was worried and didn't pay attention to Mo Xiang's identity. She thought she was a little maid. After all, Mo Xiang is thirteen or fourteen years old and has an average appearance. She really doesn't look like a big maid. After last night After being sent to the guest house by Mo Xiang, she saw that all the maids and women in the guest house were flattering Mo Xiang, which made Fourth Sister Zhang notice and realized that she was slightly neglectful before.
Fourth Sister Zhang was not stingy. When she saw Mo Xiang, she asked her mother-in-law to put down the food box, take off a silver bracelet, and put it into Mo Xiang's hand to thank her for her hard work.
Mo Xiang didn't dare to accept it, so she just said: "Miss Cousin is too polite. It's nothing, I'm just a slave."
Fourth Sister Zhang had given it away, so naturally she would not take it back. She said: "Before, you only served my cousin. After all, I have caused you trouble. It is not a valuable item. If you are polite again, I will be annoyed."
Mo Xiang then thanked the reward, but refused to stay any longer and went back on the pretext of having something to do.
Fourth Sister Zhang originally wanted to make some insinuations and ask for information about the fourth room of the Shen family, but she didn't expect that this seemingly honest and responsible little girl could slip away so quickly.
Fourth Sister Zhang was very depressed, but she had no choice. Since there was no one in the room and she had no scruples, she had no choice but to scold Shen Jin. She snorted coldly: "Any kind of master who has what kind of servants, they are all full of evil. Nothing good..."
Outside the door, stood a man dressed as a servant, holding a broom in his hand, circling the door. His ears twitched.
*
Outside Songjiang City Gate, two horses galloped on the official road, heading towards the city gate.
The city guards on duty looked at the two guards in robes from afar and approached, fearing that they would offend the evil spirits. On the upper floor of the city gate, the two city guards who were chatting looked into the distance with their eyes wide open.
On the official road in the distance, dust was rising, and a team of hundreds of people was slowly approaching...