The farmer who traveled through time

"Qiu'er, don't be nervous. I just want to ask a few more questions. You were sick that day and had been resting in your room. You came here only after hearing the news. But that's it?" He smiled and asked the next question.

"Returning to my lord, my servant caught a cold a few days ago and had a little fever. The young master was considerate of my servant and let me rest in the room for a few days without being on duty. After my servant went to duty that day, my servant took the medicine and stayed in the room Fell asleep. When I was in a daze, I heard shouts from outside, woke up with a start, hurriedly opened the door and ran out, only to know that something happened to the young master." Qiu'er was a little puzzled, Lin Mingjin's words were still accurate Tell me about your whereabouts that day.

"Oh, that's how it is. Qiu'er, you are also the son of the mansion, and you know a lot about the affairs of the mansion. But Laifu, the servant who is familiar with your young master, looks very suspicious to me. You Have you noticed some strange behaviors in him on weekdays?"

The words that came out of Lin Mingjin's mouth suddenly were completely beyond Qiu'er's expectations, and Qiu'er's peach blossom eyes were full of panic, "My lord, this servant is just a little girl, although Laifu is the servant next to the young master, but the servant and Laifu There are not many contacts.

It's just that Laifu is also the son of the family, and his mother is also the young master's nanny. She grew up with the young master. She can't be more sincere to the young master. Are you mistaken, my lord? Laifu will never treat the young master unfavorable thoughts. "

Qiu'er's initial words were to disregard her relationship with Laifu, but then she couldn't help defending Laifu with a few words. "This officer is just a suspicion. There is no conclusive evidence. However, I have been handling the case for many years. The most suspicious thing about this case is this Laifu. His motive for committing the crime is that although I have I didn't guess it, but no matter how you look at this blessing, it makes people suspicious.

Qiu'er, you are not familiar with Laifu, why did you suddenly defend him, do you know something, tell me quickly. Hearing Qiu'er's words, Lin Mingjin seemed to have grasped the loophole in her words, and asked repeatedly.

"My lord, this servant doesn't know anything. I'm just a little servant girl. As long as I do my duty well, I don't know about the outside affairs. What I said before wasn't to justify Laifu. It's just that this servant thought that the man in the house No one would do anything to murder their master." Qiu'er's body began to tremble, and she fell to her knees on the ground with a plop.Lin Mingjin looked at the eclipsed appearance of the little girl's face, felt sorry for her, and didn't continue to ask.

"It's fine if you don't know. The reason why I suspect Laifu is because Lan Er reminded me of what I said before. I specially asked you to come here today. It is because you and Lan Er are big maids. Maybe Lan Er noticed You will also know about it. But right now it seems that you don’t know, forget about this matter, you go back and think about it, whether Laifu or other people are suspicious, if you think about it, wait until the next time When the official comes, you must report to the official."

After saying these words, Lin Mingjin told Qiu'er to retreat.This Qiu'er looked calm, but unconsciously showed a lot of lies.It is estimated that after his words came out, those who had ghosts in their hearts might be thrown into chaos.In this case, he had guessed who the murderer was and how he committed the crime and left, but these were just his guesses, and no witnesses or physical evidence could be found to confirm his guess.Lin Mingjin had no choice but to expose the murderer himself.Compared with the accomplice, the mastermind is much easier to deal with. After all, the mastermind was only impulsive and missed, and the accomplice behind the scenes is the one who should be really cautious.

You must know that the accomplice could quickly think of a way to get out without knowing it, and then hid it from everyone's eyes. If he hadn't accidentally discovered something, he probably wouldn't have thought of that person.With Lin Mingjin's gradual investigation, the young master of the Bai family gradually became alive from the already cold corpse.Lin Mingjin once tried to combine the young masters of the Bai family in these populations, hoping to better understand each other's past, so that it would be easier to find the murderer who killed him.

But after Lin Mingjin put everything together in one place, he discovered something that gave him a headache. From the beginning to the end, he couldn't find a reason for the death of the young master of the Bai family. People have motives for committing crimes.After figuring this out, the whole case fell into a bottleneck.

Lin Mingjin had no choice but to rethink and integrate all the clues he knew.That night, the light in Lin Mingjin's room was lit in the middle of the night, and it didn't go out until it was close to the third watch. On the second day, he got up early again and went to Beicheng with the head catcher sent by the county magistrate.

Memories

"My lord, almost all the children of the Bai family live here. I have already inquired about the situation of the young master of the Bai family. His family is also a family of the family. His mother used to be the lady's side Maid, she later married Laifu's father when she was old. When the young master of the Bai family was born, the wife decided to let Laifu's mother be the nanny of the young master of the Bai family. This is Laifu's home, the third in the alley. The household is their home. My lord, should we go and see, besides Laifu's family, other families in the mansion are also here."

It is rare for the headhunters in Yanggu County to have the opportunity to get in touch with Shangguan, as if he had been beaten to death. After Lin Mingjin ordered him yesterday, in less than one night, he took the residence of the servants of the Bai family and all the people around them. Inquired clearly.Seeing that Lin Mingjin was listening to him with interest and earnestness, he raised his spirits even more and spoke out everything he knew without end.

"My lord, the households next to Laifu's family also have children in the house, and there are people in their families who work in the house. By the way, the youngest daughter of the family next door to Laifu's family is also working next to the young master of the Bai family. I have seen it before." That Qiu'er is the youngest daughter of this family." The policeman said as he pointed to the closed door next to Laifu's house and said.

"Da Lin, you said that the daughter of the Laifu family's neighbor is also on duty next to the young master of the Bai family. Is Qiu'er the other big maid besides Lan'er? I was taking a break during the middle of the day, and I was rushed out when I heard the shouts of people outside. Isn't it?"

Lin Mingjin's heart was shocked by the catcher's inadvertent words. He hadn't paid attention to Qiu'er's maid before, and her sense of existence was not strong. If the catcher hadn't mentioned it now, he might have Forgot about this big maid who wasn't there at the time.Thinking of this big maid, Lin Mingjin realized that he had overlooked many important details.

The big maid was resting in her room sick at the time of the incident.But whether she was really resting in the room, whether she came out of the room at that time, whether these words can find witnesses, this is very important.Lai Fuqiuer, the neighbor, Fengyue Picturebook, the young master of the Bai family, the closed door, many clues appeared in Lin Mingjin's mind, and a thread seemed to link these clues together.

"Da Lin, let's go to Bai's house. There are some things that I've overlooked before. We need to take a good look at it now." The head catcher Lin Da doesn't know why Lin Mingjin changed his whereabouts, but he just needs to stay with the lord. Naturally, he didn't ask.The Bai family heard that the adults from yesterday came to visit again today, so they hurriedly opened the front door to welcome them.After Lin Mingjin greeted the eldest son of the Bai family, accompanied by the eldest son of the Bai family, he went to the courtyard of the young master of the Bai family.

"This is the servant's room. The maids in the house share a room for two people. The room is simple. Do you want to go in and have a look?" The eldest son of the Bai family didn't know why Lin Mingjin asked about the servant's room, but he opened it anyway. A door opened and asked.

"The maids in your house share a room with each other. Do the two big maids next to Young Master Bai live together? I remember that apart from Lan'er, there is another big maid named Qiu'er. There are some things about being a Japanese official. If you haven't asked clearly, why don't you call Qiu'er over, I still have something to ask her."

Lin Mingjin looked at the room in front of him. Lan'er and Qiu'er's room was at the back of a row of servants' rooms, and servants would not pass through this room unless they deliberately entered or exited.And Lan'er got up early in the morning to be on duty and never went back to the room until after the incident happened, so if Qiu'er was not in the room, almost no one would be able to find out.

"My lord, wait a moment, the student will call Qiu'er here." The eldest son agreed, and ordered his servants to call Qiu'er over.

"Except for Qiu'er, the maids and servants in the other courtyards also called over. I have something to ask." Lin Mingjin still had some things to confirm, and he didn't want to cause people to be wary without confirmation, so he said.

The eldest son of the Bai family naturally did not dare to disobey, and soon all the servants serving in the courtyard of the young master of the Bai family gathered in the courtyard.After that, this time Lin Mingjin did not inquire in front of everyone like the first time, but called them one by one to a separate room to inquire. I don't know whether Qiu'er's position was a coincidence or on purpose, but she was arranged in Lanzhou. behind my son.

And after asking Lan'er and other people in the courtyard, Lin Mingjin had almost confirmed his conjecture, and when he asked Qiu'er, he had the initial conversation.After returning from Qiu'er's side, Lin Mingjin called the eldest son of the Bai family aside and explained in a low voice.The expression of the eldest son of the Bai family changed following Lin Mingjin's words, he nodded and agreed.

"My lord, you have revealed your doubts. You are not afraid that the eldest son of the Bai family will take action directly and punish these two slaves who betrayed the master." The head catcher Lin Da has been following Lin Mingjin, listening to Lin Mingjin's last order, a little worried opened his mouth to remind.

"The eldest son of the Bai family is not a fool. The deceased has passed away. Now our government has dealt with it. He is smart and will not be blinded by personal hatred. He will naturally know how to do it. Some things like us outsiders, no matter what It would be more appropriate for someone from the Bai family to do it."

Lin Mingjin still has some things to say, and the relationship between the eldest son of the Bai family and his dead brother has not shown the brotherly love. Speaking of which, the acting skills of the eldest son of the Bai family are really clumsy in Lin Mingjin's opinion.The eldest young master didn't have the sorrow of his father for his younger brother's misfortune, and his eyes were very calm from beginning to end without any sadness.Such an elder brother would naturally not offend him, an official from the capital, for his younger brother.

The eldest son of the Bai family was exactly as Lin Mingjin had expected, and his attitude towards his younger brother had always been very complicated.He is a serious eldest son, everything in the house will belong to him, an extra concubine, his elder brother doesn't mind showing brotherly love when he doesn't shake his interests.And he has always been able to do everything a good brother should do in dealing with the younger brothers who were concubines in front of him, but for this youngest brother, it is difficult for the eldest son of the Bai family to like him.

This younger brother is one year younger than his eldest son. He also liked this younger brother very much when he was born, but as this younger brother grew up, it became more and more difficult for him to like this younger brother.The Bai family's mansion is one year older than this younger brother. His eldest son is the future heir of the Bai family. Logically speaking, he should enjoy the same treatment as he did when he was a child. Show your face.The father put all his love and concern on the younger brother, but his son did not get any love from the grandfather.

Thinking of his wife's complaints to him every time, and his son's unintentional words, the eldest son of the Bai family naturally turned his anger on this younger brother.At first it was just a trace of complaints, but as time passed, those complaints piled up, and even though the younger brother didn't offend him, there was not much brotherly affection for his younger brother left.Later, the younger brother's engagement became the last straw on the eldest son of the Bai family.

Of course, he didn't like his younger brother's fiancée, but the eldest son of the Bai family felt chilled by his father's eccentricity.Obviously his son was one year older than his younger brother, but his father never asked about his son's marriage. On the contrary, he was heartbroken because of that younger brother, and it took a lot of effort to settle the marriage.The eldest son of the Bai family was already very dissatisfied with these things, but the news about the young master of the Bai family and the prostitutes in the brothel did not reach the fiancée of the young master of the Bai family in the capital, but spread to the home of the daughter-in-law that the eldest son of the Bai family had settled down.

The daughter-in-law's family there is also one of the largest big families in Yanggu County, so they can't hide what happened with the young master of the Bai family.Thinking of the tears on his wife's face when she came back that day, and the fact that he went to the woman's house to explain the situation in person, the eldest son of the Bai family completely hated this younger brother.Speaking of which, the younger brother's two loving servant girls were kicked out, and it was only after his wife told his mother about it that they ended up.

The wife of the head of the Bai family is the mother of the eldest son of the Bai family. Compared with the old man who loves the youngest son, he really loves his eldest grandson.She is also well aware of the grievances that her eldest grandson has suffered over the years, but she is not willing to tear herself apart with the old man when she does not really threaten her grandson.After all, the current head of the family is still the old man, and his eldest son has not really mastered everything in the Bai family. The old lady of the Bai family knows very well that the sons of the old man's concubines are staring at his son's position, even if he knows the position of the head of the family, there is no hope. , but I also hope to get some benefits from the old man of the Bai family.After the wife of the head of the Bai family knew this, she had been suppressing the anger in her heart, and she also showed her love for this concubine.

Until this time when the grandson's marriage was almost ruined, the wife of the head of the Bai family was completely furious, and those two poor maidservants became the targets of the head of the Bai family to vent her anger.I am afraid that the young master of the Bai family will not understand until he dies. The more he is reluctant to part with those two maids, the more miserable the fate of those two maids will be. And the old man of the Bai family will not know what his wife really thinks, and thinks that his wife It's really sold for the reputation of the price tag.

"Ma'am, young master, this old slave knows a thing or two about this matter. Ma'am, you probably don't know about it, but this old slave and their mother had some friendship before, and I have heard a thing or two about it."

What Lin Mingjin ordered, the eldest son of the Bai family, a man who had no clue about these inner courtyard matters, naturally asked his mother to save him.When Mrs. Bai heard her son's words, she was also shocked. She, the head wife, knew everything about the slaves.When Madam Cui, who was beside Madam Bai, heard what the eldest son said, she thought of a past event, and spoke aside.

"Mother Cui, tell me, do you know something?" The eldest son of the Bai family hurriedly asked after hearing what Mother Cui said.

"Young Master, that Qiu'er is a maid in Madam's courtyard. I remember hearing Laifu's mother mention it before. Their family Laifu has taken a fancy to Qiu'er. They are going to ask Madam for a favor when Qiu'er grows up. Qiu'er betrothed to Laifu. But this matter was mentioned by Laifu's mother inadvertently at that time, and the servant did not mention it to his wife.

Later, after this incident happened over there, Madam was worried about the maid in her eyes, so she sent Qiu'er over there to be a maid.The servant girl remembered that Qiu'er's family and Laifu's family were very close, but the two of them grew up as childhood sweethearts. "

What Mama Cui said surprised Mrs. Bai and the eldest son of the Bai family.Before the eldest son of the Bai family heard Lin Mingjin's doubts, although he acted according to Lin Mingjin's intentions, he was actually dubious about Lin Mingjin's words. In his opinion, Lin Mingjin's guess was too absurd and he could not bear to scrutinize it.But now hearing Mama Cui's words confirmed Lin Mingjin's words, maybe they were really related and murdered that younger brother together.

"Your younger brother was spoiled by the master. I also have an impression of Qiu'er, a girl. She is calm, not that kind of big-hearted. If your younger brother takes a fancy to her, she might really resist. She is also clear about my attitude. She will do stupid things when she sees the situation of the two maids in front of her. It's just that the maid Qiu'er's appearance is not outstanding, and she is not as good as the two maids next to your younger brother. Maid girl, that Lan'er is a bit more attractive than Qiu'er, why does your younger brother fall in love with Qiu'er?"

The eldest lady of the Bai family thought of Qiu'er's appearance, but she couldn't think of why Qiu'er was attracted by that side.

"Ma'am, you don't know that Qiu'er, a servant girl, has a pair of very beautiful eyes. I have been with Madam for so many years, and I have seen a lot of beauties, but Qiu'er's servant girl has so many eyes. It is also one of the best among beauties.

The servant girl probably knew that such eyes would be a disaster, and she kept her head down in her daily work, dressed plainly, and her eyes did not attract the attention of others.The servant girl also inadvertently found out that this girl Qiu'er has such peach blossom eyes, if he is really attracted by that side, it is probably because of these eyes that caused the trouble. "

Hearing Mama Cui's words, Mrs. Bai seemed to think of the look of Qiu'er's eyes. Qiu'er is a maid who usually bows her head by her side, but she didn't notice it. Now it seems that she did tell Mama Cui. like that.

"I will tell the West District to pay attention to their whereabouts. Although this time it is our Bai family's scourge, but your younger brother's temper, if you get married in the future, you are afraid that it will not be a relationship but an enemy. Now your father is ill. The burden of your life is on you. Your mother has always been at ease when you do things. Now you have to take care of your father. He is getting old and in poor health, so don't tire him out anymore. "The meaning of Mrs. Bai's words is very clear. In name, don't tire the old man of the Bai family, but in fact, she wants to take this opportunity to completely control the Bai family in their hands.

"Mother, I understand. I will take care of the outside affairs. I will trouble my mother with what the adults ordered. Just keep an eye on them and don't act rashly. The Bai family on Jingzhaoyin's side didn't have friendship before. The adults over there make friends, not to mention satisfying the adults, but also dissatisfying the adults."

"Mother knows, I will take care of it over there. You just need to do what you need to do, and the rest, mother will give you an answer." Mrs. Bai's control over the inner courtyard is not comparable to that of the eldest son of the Bai family. Well, as long as she wants to know, this family will not keep any secrets from her, unless the matter was not done by these two people, otherwise as long as they contact, she will be able to get news about it.If it really wasn't what they did, a hint of ferocity flashed in Mrs. Bai's eyes, for her son to have a relationship with that adult, they would have done it too.

Even though their lives were bad, if they were suspected by that adult, they could only blame the murderer or the troublesome aunt. If they were not troublesome and one of them ended up committing suicide, so many things would not have happened.Qiu'er didn't know about Lin Mingjin's dark hands here, she panicked when she heard that Lin Mingjin was suspicious of Laifu, she tried her best to cheer her up, and coped with Lin Mingjin's interrogation.

I don't know if the adults over there believed her words, what Lan'er said to the adults, or if Lan'er accidentally learned something and doubted her.After Qiu'er came back from Lin Mingjin's side, she kept recalling in her mind, trying to figure out where she was showing her feet.Lan'er lives with her, and Lan'er may notice many things when she is not paying attention. Although the young master's entanglement with her is usually in private, Lan'er may have seen it, yes What did the grown-up say.