The well is actually at the corner of the backyard, and is usually used to water trees, flowers and plants nearby.
Mingyue Xiaozhu was not the main courtyard at the earliest, but just a relatively large miscellaneous courtyard. When Qian entered the mansion, she looked very much like Mrs. Qian. She said that it was a great blessing for her to enter the Xuanping Hou mansion.
Just ask for an ordinary yard, and you can live anywhere.
Mrs. Qian specially asked Aunt Yu to choose a relatively large courtyard to express her feelings, and it was also the house in this place that sent the dowry.
In the first few years after Qian entered the family, she was very polite and did not argue about anything. On the surface, she lagged behind Xie in everything, which maintained her image of being grateful to the Xuanping Marquis. Yu Ruiwen went from being uneasy at the beginning to feeling relieved at the end. In fact,
There was a process, and then I was able to trust Qian with everything.
What Yu Ruiwen didn't know was that what he saw was what Qian wanted him to see.
The rich old lady gave little instructions by her side, and Qian did a particularly good job at that time.
After Mrs. Xie passed away, Mrs. Qian became the mistress and did not move out of the old yard. She only said that the yard was too small and some of the buildings inside were too old and the walls needed to be expanded.
Yu Ruiwen saw that she had no intention of occupying Xie's old courtyard, so he breathed a sigh of relief and let her do what she wanted. So this courtyard that was not the main courtyard at first became one of the main courtyards of Xuanping Hou Mansion.
, many places have been rebuilt, and even the walls have been demolished and rebuilt.
This encloses a well that was originally outside the wall into the wall, not far from the back door against the wall. This is the most different place from other main courtyards.
This well later became a good place to escape the summer heat in Mingyue Xiaozhu.
The water in the well is very good, and a pavilion was built next to it. It is located behind the wall to get shade. Sitting in the pavilion here always feels much cooler than other places in the summer.
Mingyue Xiaozhu has been closed during this period. Qian has been locked in the yard for a long time. Now there is only one maid, Hongxing, around. When Yu Yuxi got married, Hongxing accompanied Qian's coffin.
It was this maid who screamed after seeing Qian jumping into the well, causing Jin Yu who happened to be passing by to rush into the door. What's more, when the woman guarding the door locked the door, she somehow managed to lock it, just like that.
Hanging on the door, maybe I didn't pay attention when delivering food before.
Jin Yu rushed through the door, and the two maids shouted loudly while trying to save Qian.
When they rescued Qian and dragged her back to the front porch, others heard the shouts and rushed in...
The yard is full of weeds. The originally elegant yard has become overgrown with weeds during this period.
There have been a lot of people coming and going in the past two days, and some people have gone to the backyard. Many weeds have been trampled to the ground, but there are still some standing on end, filling the whole yard, and they have not been cleaned.
Yu Yuxi's wedding will be held first, and Qian's funeral will be held soon. The house is in a mess, and the coffin will not be placed here by then, so there is no rush to deal with it first, it is still a weed.
"Father, look here." Yu Xijiao led Yu Ruiwen in and pointed to an obvious trace leading to the backyard. The long weeds had fallen all the way down.
The two maids were weak and managed to rescue Qian from the well. One was half-supporting and half-carrying, and the other was dragging her forward while the other was behind to help lift her legs slightly. However, they still managed to overwhelm a large area of weeds.
In this case, it would be nice to get Mr. Qian back.
"Father, come here and look here again." Yu Xijiao walked over and pointed at the traces on the other side.
Yu Ruiwen didn't know what his mother asked him to follow his third daughter to see. After hearing what Yu Xijiao said, he walked over with a heavy heart and looked down.
Traces of crushed grass.
I didn't think there was much to see.
He raised his head again and asked directly: "Jiao'er... what's wrong with this?"
"Father, Mrs. Qian was half dragged and half carried back from behind by two maids, right?" Yu Xijiao asked.
"Yes!" Yu Ruiwen nodded.
"This is the trace of being dragged back. You can see the direction in which the grass fell. It was dragged back from the backyard." Yu Xijiao pointed to the previous mark. Yu Ruiwen looked in the direction of the fallen grass and came from the backyard.
A trail ended up under the corridor, where the grass collapsed and there were many water stains, all of which were on Qian's body.
After two days, there are no traces of water, but the traces of the collapse are still there.
"Father, look here again." Yu Xijiao pointed to the place where Yu Ruiwen had just been shown, and then pointed to a few places further along the direction.
There are no obvious signs of collapse to the corridor in these places, as if they are incoherent, and some places even have no traces, just looming next to the passage of grass that collapsed to the corridor.
Something flashed through Yu Ruiwen's mind, but he couldn't catch it for the moment.
He frowned and looked at these places thoughtfully, then raised his head. There seemed to be other places as well, but compared to the obvious collapse in the middle, these places were actually not that obvious. After a few days,
Now I am only looking vaguely in the direction that seems to be heading towards the backyard.
"Father, Hongxing said that Mrs. Qian jumped into the well in the backyard. At that time, she was helping Mrs. Qian clean up the house. She didn't notice. When she found out, she rushed over and saw Mrs. Qian jumping into the well. She shouted in panic that Jin Yu happened to come in.
Help her pull Mrs. Qian out of the well, right?"
The well was indeed not deep, but it was not feasible for just one maid. Jin Yu was good at water and jumped in first. After rescuing Qian, Hongxing threw her belt down and the two maids pulled and pushed the money.
He pulled it out of the well, and then pulled out the gold and jade.
Yu Ruiwen nodded, that was indeed what the two maids said.
"Father, since Mrs. Qian went there alone and it was impossible for the two maids to drag her there, what is the trace of dragging to the backyard?" Yu Xijiao pointed to these places and asked.
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Yu Ruiwen was stunned for a moment, then realized something and his face suddenly changed, and he squatted down to take a closer look.
"Father, there are traces of dragging here first, and then the traces of dragging back. Coincidentally, the traces of dragging back suppressed the traces of dragging back. However, some of them should not be so thorough. After all, there are so many grasses around here.
.Father, look here again."
Yu Xijiao pointed to the other side where the drag marks were obvious.
"Father, the grass here and the grass on both sides are a little different from the grass with backward traces. Can you tell?"
Yu Ruiwen's face was so gloomy that he was almost dripping with water, and his breathing could not help but become rapid. He clenched his fists, and then stood up again.
There is an obvious drag mark towards the corridor where two maids rescued Qian and dragged her back.
He just looked at it and didn't think much about it.
Now when I look carefully, I find something different. On one side of the drag mark, there will be some shallow marks that are different from the drag mark. The direction of the grass collapse is opposite to the direction of the drag mark in the middle.
These marks are relatively shallow. Sometimes they appear on the left side of the drag mark, sometimes on the right side, and sometimes they are not even visible. If you look at them individually, you will never notice them.
Only when taken together can we see that this road is actually continuous.
Look at the grass in the drag marks. It is extremely curved. The edge junction where the backward mark appears on the left or the surrounding area is also very curved. On the contrary, it is opposite to the other side where the opposite mark appears. It is also an edge area with grass.
The folded side looks much better than the opposite side. After these few days, there is a faint tendency to stand up.
Yu Ruiwen's heart was hit hard, and his eyes were horrified.
"One of these two maids belongs to Mrs. Qian and the other belongs to Yu Yuxi. It happened to be that when Jin Yu came over, something happened to Mrs. Qian. What was even more coincidental was that the mother-in-law's key was hung on the door. She was not in a hurry at that time.
I went to ask, and when Mrs. Zhou went to ask later, the mother-in-law also said that she might have forgotten it, and took out the key."
Yu Xijiao continued.
Yu Ruiwen knew about this. Although it was a coincidence, it was actually such a coincidence. It can only be said that the second daughter had a crush on the Qian family and had been ordering people to pay attention to Mingyue Xiaozhu. Only then did Jin Yu rush in when Hong Xing screamed.
Thinking about it carefully, the fact that the mother-in-law's key was hanging up seems a bit coincidental.
"Grandma later asked Aunt Qin to ask again, and this time the mother-in-law said...the key was missing before. She only realized that the key was missing when the accident happened. When she ran over later, many people rushed into the yard, and the mother-in-law was nearby.
I searched for it and found the key as soon as I looked for it. I was afraid of taking responsibility, so I just said that I might have accidentally hung it up. After all, this time I hung up the key not only without fault, but also with merit."
Yu Ruiwen's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and he pursed his lips tightly without saying a word. Although he was standing, he looked as if he would collapse if the wind blew.
"Father, daughter, please leave." Yu Xijiao knew that she no longer needed to say anything at this time.
My father is just weak, not really blind.
There is indeed no evidence about the grandmother's matter, but this time there are traces. Mrs. Qian can't reach in. The only person Yu Yuxi can rely on is herself. She has to get married in a hurry, and she has to argue with her about the dowry.
Lao Zhang, there is no time to take Hongxing away. Maybe she promised Hongxing that she would take her away later, but she cannot do it now.
As the last maid beside Qian, even if Hongxing wanted to leave the Xuanping Hou Mansion, she had to wait until Qian's funeral was over.
Yu Yuxi is so vicious and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. She must break away from the Xuanping Hou Mansion as soon as possible, but she must be her father's daughter. After raising her for so many years, she is the most beloved daughter. How can she just let go of her if she wants to?
Besides, Yu Xijiao didn't think it was good to keep Yu Yuxi in the house. She should push this person out. With her here, Mrs. Qian's back-up could be fully expanded.
However, the place of fighting cannot be the Xuanping Hou Mansion.
Xuanping Houfu and Yu Yuxi severed this difficult relationship...
After Yu Xijiao left, Yu Ruiwen stared blankly for a long time. Finally, he moved Mumu's legs and dragged heavy steps towards Princess An and the eldest princess's yard. Several times, he had to stop.
His eyes went dark for a while. When did the second daughter become such a person?