The Regent's Tender Darling

"I... I didn't harm Mrs. Lin, I just said a few words to her!" A woman in her forties panicked when being questioned by the eleven people.

The woman's surname is Li, and her husband's surname is An. Her husband was beaten to death for gambling debts. Now she is a widow, and her son has been away for several years and has not returned.

Now she lives alone in Lianhua Alley. It can be seen from the simple things at home that the woman is not well off. She goes out to work as a part-time laborer and works hard to only have enough to feed herself. She can't save more than just food, rice, oil and salt.

I offended a lot of people when I was young, but now no one is willing to help, but I can scold others every day.

Just before November came, Mrs. An and Li had already quarreled with others.

After asking, Eleven said: "Some people said that you pulled off Wang Lin's clothes at that time."

Now I have asked several family members about it, and all of them are afraid that they will get into trouble, so they all confide in the situation at that time, for fear that the divulgation is not clear enough.

An Li stood uncomfortably, with a piece of gray cloth wrapped around her head that was already fluffy, and a patched cotton coat that couldn't cover her bloated clothes. She tied it with a rope through the buttonholes, but there was still a gap.

She cautiously raised her eyes and glanced at Eleven and then quickly looked away. The people in the Department of Internal Security were scary, especially the masks.

So he said with some fear: "I was just joking with Mrs. Lin at the time, and I didn't mean to pull off her clothes. Besides, I apologized later, and Mrs. Lin also forgiven me. I’m not breaking the law.”

As he spoke, he felt a little unsure, and his words became less and less confident.

In fact, she did apologize, but she was kicked out by Prince Lin, which made her lose a lot of face. Later, she asked her son to bully Prince Lin's son more often.

Apart from that, she didn't do anything harmful, and she had nothing to do with Prince Lin's death.

"Do you often insult Prince Lin?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. An Li quickly retorted: "Oh! What does this have to do with scolding or not? If you are scolded, you will jump into the river. It is better to die early..."

Mrs. An Li swallowed the next words again. After lowering her head, she thought of something. She raised her head and said, "I wasn't the only one who scolded me! There were also Zhang Guihua, Wang Cui,... they all scolded me!"

Mrs. An Li looks like a water ghost trying to pull people into the water.

After asking these questions, Eleven asked about Wang Lin's son.

"He is alive. My man even bought him a candied haws, but he disappeared later. Maybe his mother's ghost took him away." Mrs. An Li said quite harshly.

"Do you remember what it looked like?"

"It's been so many years, how can I still remember it? Even if I grow up, I won't recognize it."

After asking about Mrs. An Li, I came to Ma Hua's house on November 11. Ma Hua's mother-in-law had left. She was ill and could not be cured and died. Her son was now working as a porter at the water transport terminal.

Although his son is not far away, he doesn't come back often, and he can be considered a loner now.

Ma Hua sighed at the mention of Mrs. Lin and her son, presumably those two people who came to look for relatives reported to the government.

So whatever Eleven asked, he answered truthfully.

After everything was asked, Eleven suddenly asked: "Is there anything special about this child?"

"Special?" Ma Hua thought for a moment and suddenly remembered.

Said: "This child has a black birthmark on the back of his neck that looks like a copper coin. He's not too small."

He and his mother-in-law had washed the child's body before, so he remembered it very clearly. At that time, he also teased the child that he could make money when he grew up.