EBE Chapter 126 Murder Case 9
Chapter 126 Murder Case 9
From that day on, Chen Lan began preparing for her revenge plan.
She first pretended to obey Old Man Zhu, and then told him that Old Woman Zhu knew about their affair and was going to send them to the authorities.
Old Man Zhu was indeed anxious upon hearing this. Then she casually remarked that they would be fine if Old Woman Zhu were gone, and also told Old Man Zhu that she was pregnant.
Old Man Zhu was timid and dared not kill Old Woman Zhu directly. She could only say that she had a kind of medicine that would make people unable to speak, similar to a stroke. Old Man Zhu was indeed fooled.
But how could Chen Lan let Old Lady Zhu off so easily? She knew Old Lady Zhu couldn't eat honey, so when Old Man Zhu bought pastries, she secretly replaced them with ones that had honey added.
Sure enough, Old Lady Zhu died. Old Man Zhu was also arrested. Because she threatened him with the child in her womb, Old Man Zhu did not confess that she had given him the poison.
She was very satisfied. After Old Man Zhu was arrested, she thought it was over and couldn't wait to abort the child in her womb. This child was her shame. Whenever she thought about having this child in her womb, she would think about what Old Man Zhu had done to her.
However, he didn't expect that what he did would be exposed.
She feared that Old Master Zhu wouldn't be sentenced, so when she knew her scheme had been exposed, she prepared this poisoned hairpin. Her intention was to kill Old Master Zhu.
After hearing all this, Xiao Siyue felt a pang of sadness. Chen Lan's life was too bitter. She had always had hope for this world, but fate had repeatedly made it impossible for her to live.
"Where did you get the poison?" Xiao Qinian asked, puzzled. Logically speaking, Chen Lan was just a maid before, so she shouldn't have had the opportunity to have such things.
"Hehe, I have to thank my former master for that. Everyone in their family knew how to make drugs," Chen Lan said sarcastically.
"Chen Lan, since you have confessed, then I sentence you..." Xiao Qinian's words were interrupted by Chen Lan before he could finish.
"Sir, no need."
Xiao Qinian was puzzled and was about to ask when he saw Chen Lan suddenly vomit blood and collapse to the ground.
"Hehe, I didn't want to live anymore a long time ago. Now... I've taken my revenge, there's nothing... worth clinging to." Chen Lan finished speaking intermittently and then closed her eyes.
The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat somber; no one had expected it to end this way.
Xiao Siyue felt an indescribable feeling in her heart, and she felt a tightness in her chest.
Xiao Qinian instructed the yamen runners to dispose of the bodies of Old Man Zhu and Chen Lan, and only then did he realize that Zhu Chong was nowhere to be found.
Suddenly remembering that Chen Lan had said she had already avenged herself, he hurriedly sent a constable to Zhu Chong's house.
When the constables arrived at Zhu Chong's house, Zhu Chong's body was already cold. Chen Lan had given Zhu Chong poison before he arrived.
All four members of Zhu Chong's family died. Since Zhu Chong had no other relatives, the government handled the funeral arrangements.
Xiao Qinian buried Chen Lan's body in a separate place, thinking that Chen Lan probably didn't want to be buried with the Zhu family.
After the case was closed, Xiao Siyue was depressed for a few days.
She initially just wanted to join in the fun, but who could have imagined that the case was so tragic?
Women in this era live too bitterly; they have no sense of self, especially women from the lower classes.
She wanted to improve the status of women, but she was powerless to do so.
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A few days later, Xiao Siyue's mood finally began to recover.
Just then, Mu Li invited her to come over, and Xiao Siyue readily agreed.
Mu Li also invited a few friends, including Wang Shuyuan, Ma Wanying, and Yuan Yi, whom Xiao Siyue had met before.
The group went to the teahouse in high spirits.
We ordered a pot of tea and a few plates of snacks before sitting down to chat.
"Yue'er, what have you been doing all this time?" Mu Li picked up a pastry and put it in her mouth, propped her chin up with one hand, and looked at Xiao Siyue with her head turned to the side.
"I've been helping my dad investigate cases lately," Xiao Siyue said, and the mention of this reminded her of Chen Lan.
"Investigating cases? Is that fun?" Mu Li immediately became interested.
“It’s not fun, I never want to go again,” Xiao Siyue said. Behind every case is a heartbreaking story.
"Oh, I see. Ugh, I'm so bored." Upon hearing this, Mu Li drooped her ears again, listlessly picked up a snack, and slowly began to eat it.
"Haha, are you still bored? Your brother and sister-in-law are getting married, aren't they, Sister Wanying?" Yuan Yi teased Ma Wanying with a smile.
Ma Wanying shyly covered her face with a handkerchief, too embarrassed to look at everyone.
Xiao Siyue was completely bewildered. What had happened that she didn't know about? She couldn't understand it at all.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Siyue asked Yuan Yi.
"Siyue, ask Lili." Yuan Yi smiled and gestured towards Mu Li.
Xiao Siyue looked at Mu Li.
"Hehe, Yue'er, you don't know, my brother is getting married to Sister Wanying soon." Mu Li was also very happy, as she liked Ma Wanying quite a bit.
She learned that her brother had someone he loved, but she didn't know who it was. She asked Mu Xuan, but Mu Xuan was too tight-lipped, and she couldn't find out. In the end, she found out from her mother.
"Congratulations, Sister Wanying! You must invite me to your wedding banquet!" Xiao Siyue looked at Ma Wanying and thought she and Mu Xuan were quite a good match. Ma Wanying was very beautiful, but she was very simple-minded and spoke her mind directly.
Mu Xuan was quite handsome, but after one or two encounters, Xiao Siyue felt that Mu Xuan was somewhat shrewd and calculating, but overall, he was still acceptable.
However, in the future, Ma Wanying will probably be completely under Mu Xuan's control.
"Of course, Siyue, we can't do without you," Ma Wanying said with a smile.
Everyone laughed and teased Ma Wanying, while Xiao Siyue looked at Wang Shuyuan, whose smile seemed somewhat forced.
Not knowing what was wrong, she didn't dare ask. She just glanced at Mu Li, as if to say, "What's going on? Did she also fall for your brother?"
Mu Li responded with a look, "How could that be? What are you thinking?"
Okay, it seems she's the one who always faces the opposite.
"Yue'er, I heard that the government is going to start paving the road on East Street," Mu Li suddenly asked.
"Yes, the rest of the area is almost finished." It's already March, and Qianyuan County isn't very big, with only a few main streets, so it didn't take long to pave the road.
Moreover, Xiao Siyue also heard from Xiao Qinian that the cement workshops in Beijing have been built and are now producing cement.
"That's great! I went to South Street before, and the cement road there is really good. Last time it rained, I went there and my feet weren't muddy at all," Mu Li said happily.
She's the type of person who can't stay at home and always wants to go outside, but it always rains here, sometimes for days on end. Usually, when it rains, she has no choice but to stay home.
Now she can play without worry.