Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

Chapter 144 Miss Zhou disappears

Xie Shubai didn't know how she got out. When she came to her senses, she had already walked out of Wutong Garden. Above her head, the sun was dazzling, and in the distance, the green tiles and white walls surrounded the pavilions in the mansion, which made her lose her mind.

"What can I ask?"

Xie Shubai looked at the young woman sitting on the pavilion, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, "You will never guess that Xie Zisheng is actually..."

He suddenly stopped, narrowed his eyes coldly, and said half threateningly: "Xie Lanzhao, don't forget what you promised me. This news will definitely be of great use to you!"

Feng Jia raised her hand slightly, and Qing Shu stood further away, leaving space between the two of them. Her eyes followed Xie Shubai, unable to tell whether she was happy or angry: "Fifth sister, if you tell me now, we can still sit down and talk. If you don't tell me now, please go back."

Xie Shubai was stunned when she heard this. The sunlight shone through the gaps between the green leaves and fell on her jade-like cheek, flickering. Then she heard her say, "Since I know that Zhen Ma is pretending to be crazy, I have many ways to make her speak. It just takes some effort. It doesn't make much difference whether you are there or not."

This was a reminder for her to position herself properly. Xie Shubai originally wanted to use the news to figure out the other party's thoughts, but that was completely gone. "I say."

"Both brothers Xie Zisheng and Xie Zilin are not our father's biological children."

Feng Jia's body froze, and an expression of shock that could not be concealed spread across his brows.

At the enthronement ceremony, she made Xie Zisheng lose face, but her father and grandmother only scolded her. She began to doubt it at that time. When she met Old Madam Chen today, her hesitant look further confirmed her doubts. Xie Zisheng has a secret.

And both my father and Mrs. Musk knew this secret.

But she never imagined that this secret would be so crazy.

Xie Zisheng and Xie Zilin are not their biological children? !

"I don't have to lie to you," Xie Shubai said, her eyes full of horror. "At first, I was just like you, I couldn't believe it, but when Nanny Zhen told me an old story, I believed it 70% of the time."

"Tell me about it." Feng Jia's cold voice sounded.

Xie Shubai did not answer directly, but walked to Feng Jia and said, "You should know that your father was just a bastard with no official title in the Xie Mansion, while Meng is the legitimate daughter of the Earl of Yongyi's Mansion, with a distinguished status. How could your mother be willing to welcome her into the family as a concubine?"

Feng Jia frowned.

"I was born in the Meng family. When I was a child, I heard a few words from the servants in the mansion. It was rumored that when Meng entered the house, she actually..." She lowered her voice: "She actually had someone in her heart, and her heart was in a servant in the Meng mansion."

"Old Madam Chen naturally disagreed with this marriage. If her daughter, whom she had taken good care of, married a lowly servant, she would be ridiculed for the rest of her life in the capital, and even the descendants of the Meng family would not be able to hold their heads up. So she collected information about young talents and selected a suitable son-in-law from them, and finally chose Xie Qian."

"But Xie Qian's status at that time was not enough to marry a daughter of a rich family, not to mention a concubine's daughter. How could he finally facilitate such a marriage?" Xie Shubai smiled lightly: "Ninth sister, you are so smart, I don't need to say anything more."

Both of them thought of a possibility.

That is, the reason why Meng married down was because she was pregnant at that time. The wealthy and powerful families would certainly not accept such a wife who had lost her innocence. So Old Madam Chen could only settle for the second best and choose Xie Qian, a promising man from a poor family.

But Xie Qian already had a wife at that time, and Old Lady Chen was afraid that her daughter's pregnancy before marriage would be hidden, so she simply sent her to Xie's house as a concubine.

Feng Jia suddenly remembered her previous life. Xie Zilin once told her inadvertently that he was born prematurely in July, but the midwife said he looked like a full-term baby after he was born.

This was just a joke back then, but now it has become evidence.

But it was understandable that Xie Zilin was not his biological son, but Xie Zisheng was three years younger than Xie Zilin? Could it be that Meng was still involved with that servant after three years of marriage?

Did Xie Qian and the old lady know about this? Feng Jia felt a chill when she thought of the possibility of knowing. As long as he could create value for her, even if he was not her biological son, she could stay by her side for so many years and even promote him to a high position. How terrible is Xie Qian?

"What about Xie Siyan?"

Xie Shubai looked calm: "He is the only son of Xie Qian and Meng."

It's a pity that he has become a useless person, Xie Shubai added in her heart.

Feng Jia stood up and walked past Xie Shubai: "You did a great job."

The moment they passed each other, Xie Shubai wanted to reach out and hold her, but she was a little apprehensive in her heart, so she could only suppress the thought and asked loudly, "What about what you promised me?"

"Xie Qian will help Meng Ying take the position of the head. You should know your cousin Ying's character better than me. If this move succeeds, we don't need to do anything. The Meng family will inevitably fall. If it fails, the legitimate and illegitimate sons will fight among themselves, which will be enough to cause chaos in the Meng family for a while."

Only then did Xie Shubai feel relieved.

In the remaining days, Xiao Shi came to Xingyuan to make trouble twice, but was suppressed by Song Huai and didn't even see Feng Jia, so she simply stopped looking for her. Li Ruofu calmed down Old Madam Chen, and the Meng family really didn't come again.

It was rare for the Xie family to have peace, and it was rare for Feng Jia to have some free time, but soon something happened that did not allow her to have some free time.

Zhou Muqi is missing.

On this day, Zhou Muqi had just come out of the shadow of his aunt Concubine Xiao's death and went to Gu's private school. However, he did not return at noon. Zhou's parents were anxious, so they sent someone to the private school to inquire. This question was a big deal. Gu Weifeng, the dean of Gu's private school, said that classes ended early today and the students went home one after another in the afternoon.

School was over in the afternoon, but my daughter hadn't come back yet so late.

There was no sign of her at the private school, and Zhou's parents were completely panicked. Fearing that something had happened, they quickly sent out all the people they could in the house to look for her. However, there was no news after searching for half the night, so they could only go door to door to look for Zhou Muqi's close classmates.

The first door to be knocked was the Xie family’s door.

It was getting late and the dew was heavy. Xie Xiyi wrapped in a blanket went to meet Zhou's parents. Upon asking, it turned out that they had indeed met in the private school in the morning, but they separated after school. Naturally, there was no talk of taking Zhou Muqi in. Zhou's parents were panicked. When they were about to leave, they heard Xie Xiyi whisper something. Therefore, the Zhou family did not hand in a visiting card, but directly rushed into Feng Jia's apricot garden with their servants.

Despite being blocked, he insisted on searching the garden.

Feng Jia said nothing, but stepped aside to make way. The Zhou family members entered in a grand manner and searched carefully, leaving no corner untouched. However, the apricot garden was so small that there was no room for a person to hide. So they could only bow awkwardly, and said to Feng Jia that they were so anxious and asked the Ninth Miss to forgive them, and then left with their people.

As soon as they left, Feng Jia received a task reminder. It was an open-ended task, which was to find the missing Zhou Muqi, dead or alive, and identify the real murderer.

The incident lasted for three whole days, but Zhou Muqi was not found. The Zhou family realized that they could no longer conceal the matter, so they had no choice but to call the Dali Temple to investigate.

When Shi Xun took the case, the first thing he did was to go to the private school to interrogate the student.

Feng Jia was among them.

It was just a simple routine question, and Feng Jia answered it fluently. When she stood up and was about to leave, Shi Xun suddenly said, "Ninth Miss, you must be very happy now."

Feng Jia turned sideways and looked up. Shi Xun was wearing a scarlet official uniform and a sulfur bead crown on his head. He had a gentle expression and a scholarly air. There was even a faint, warm smile on the corner of his mouth, which made it easy for people to think of a compassionate Bodhisattva.

But his eyes seem to be able to see through the soul.

"Master Shi, what do you say?"

"People who make you unhappy are either dead or missing. Isn't that exactly what Miss Nine wants?"

Feng Jia smiled lightly: "Master Shi, without any evidence, it is better not to make groundless guesses."