Spring Forest Evening

The boatman's body was casually placed on the grass by the lake, and the body was simply covered with two pieces of grass that were probably left over from the thatched shed. Seeing that Shen Fu stepped forward to take another look, The old man hastily stepped forward and removed the piece of grass covering the upper body of the corpse.

Seeing the dead man's eyes closed tightly and his face swollen, Zhou Heng felt a sudden panic, and subconsciously grasped Shen Fu's sleeves beside him with both hands.

The spring shirt was thin, but through the sleeves, Shen Fu instantly felt the warmth of Zhou Heng's hand, and perhaps because the two were too close, they could even smell the vague fragrance of her body.

After all, it is a dead person in front of him, and he was fished out of the water, with a terrifying face, a girl who did not scream, is already very brave, so it is actually quite reasonable for her to rely on herself so much now, Shen Fu thought While straightening his back, Ren Zhouheng still held his arm tightly.

Standing (hiding) behind Shen Fu, Zhou Heng was very disappointed when he saw that the deceased could no longer see his original appearance, but after thinking about it again, he remembered that the boatman was a man in his early forties, with a strong body and a strong voice. It's also loud, but you can try to ask.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng pretended to be very sympathetic, and turned to the old man: "It's so pitiful, the children in the family must be young, right?"

As a result, the old man secretly glanced at Zhou Yan who was standing not far behind and didn't know what he was thinking, and nodded to her and said:

"Young lady has a bodhisattva heart. Before this man's family came to recognize him, his wife looked to be in her early twenties, and she held a three-year-old child in her hand. I heard that there was a little one who just learned how to crawl. She was young. Yes, I probably don’t know what to do, people look at me dumbfounded, I can’t even cry, alas, it’s also a crime!”

It’s hard to say too much. Based on years of experience, the old man Wu Zuo concluded that the boatman had indeed drowned, and so did the Miss Zhou’s family in the thatched shed. It’s just that he was a boatman. It is said that his water quality must be excellent, and his boating skills would not be good. Poor, the Zhou family is a big family. When booking the boat, they must have asked carefully and picked a safe one. The day was warm and warm, and there was no big storm in Liuhu Lake. Why did they overturn the boat and hurt the Zhou family? Miss?

And at that time, it was said that there were no cruise ships around to see this incident. So much so that they could hand each other tea or something, how could a cruise ship turn over and no one saw it?

Or...someone saw it and kept silent?This possibility is relatively high!

Seeing a few female family members fall into the water without even making a sound, the water behind may be very deep!

The old man Wu Zuo thought that he had been doing autopsies for so many years, and he had never seen any weird cases or such cold-hearted people, so he couldn't help but think about it. After all, when the boatman caught him, he held his hands tightly For Ms. Zhou's family, although both of them are dead, but their identities are one in the sky and the other in the ground, a man and a woman, the people who watched this morning have already spread some gossip in private, and I don't know where it is. The Zhou family didn't hear it.

Although most people must first think that the boatman died to save Miss Zhou, but Miss Zhou is still a young lady who has not left the cabinet, and her marriage to the talented Prince Jing in front of her has aroused the secret envy of many girls in the capital. She died by drowning, presumably many people are secretly happy, and there must be some who make trouble by this.

Xu is getting older, and Zuo Zuo feels that his heart has gradually softened after seeing too much of the world, so when he saw the young woman and child this morning, he unconsciously felt a little compassion, and sympathized with the woman who could not save others. The young man who took his own life felt that it was very pitiful for Miss Zhou to die so young, so he quickly revealed some meaning through Zhou Heng's questioning just now, hoping that the Zhou family would take care of Miss Zhou's reputation and give help to the rescuers. A little help is left for the widowed and orphaned.

After Wu Zuo said this, seeing Shen Fu glanced at him, he quickly shrank his head and remained silent. It seemed that Prince Jing had heard the meaning behind his words. He is a small coward, and I hope the prince will not blame him for being nosy.

Zhou Heng didn't hear his voice, and only thought about the information revealed in his words: If the wife is so young and the child is so young, then the boatman lying here is at most 30 years old, which should be the same as the previous 40-plus years old. Not the same.

Of course, just in case, you can still send someone to investigate the specific situation in the boatman's home. It doesn't matter if it's an old couple or a young wife or something, but the purpose of my trip today has been achieved, so Zhou Heng gently talked about it. Pulling off Shen Fu's sleeves, he didn't say anything more.

When Shen Fu heard Zhou Heng's question just now, he understood her intentions, now seeing her pulling up her sleeves, he knew that he must have got the answer he wanted, so he turned his head and looked.

Sure enough, Zhou Heng nodded slightly at him.

These small movements were invisible to others, but Zhou Yan, who was not far behind the two, could see them clearly all the time, and for a while, he felt some indescribable emotion.

I didn't expect that the past few years were safe and sound, but there was always one chasing and one hiding, trying to make a match, but they couldn't make it together. Shen Fu, that stinky boy, was still thinking about postponing the wedding, but now it's a good thing. On the contrary, the relationship between people has improved. Judging from the current situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that the intimacy has increased.

Zhou Yan is also a man himself, so he tried to figure it out according to a man's thoughts, thinking that he understood some of the thoughts of this Prince Jing: Presumably this nephew has seen too much of the delicate and noble daughter, and he wants to find a stable and capable woman. The working princess.

That's right, in such a big Prince Jing's mansion, the concubine must be able to hold on, just like the former Concubine Xie, her wife often said that her cousin, the eldest daughter of Xie's family, was tall and graceful, and unusually noble. Females are comparable, so even though the son of the Shen family was a martial artist, he still fell for him. It is said that he spent a lot of effort to get the beautiful woman to marry him.

It's a pity that the love is so deep that Princess Xie passed away early. Thinking about it, the young prince who lost his mother at a young age is also determined to marry a princess with the same temperament as his mother to make up for some shortcomings because of Mu Ru's love.

It was true that Ah Heng was raised a little coquettishly by his mother and wife before, but the dignified Ms. Zhou's concubine, a little girl, has a father and brother at home, and there is nothing that needs her to come forward to take care of things. It is normal to be coquettish.

It's just that he didn't know that it was because of this that Prince Jing looked down on him all the time. Zhou Yan lamented that the two almost missed it because of this.

Fortunately, after this incident, I finally know that the girl of the Zhou family, after all, has the blood of the generals' family in her body, and she has the demeanor of calmly and calmly turning danger into safety in the face of the grand concubine back then. Hehe, Ah Heng is really uplifting!

Zhou Yan was so self-contained and happy when Shen Fu in front suddenly turned around and said to him with some apology:

"It seems that there is nothing to see here. Uncle has been tired for so long, and it is already noon now, why don't we have some lunch first?"

Zhou Yan understood that after the matter was finished, he wanted to let his father and daughter meet and talk about themselves, so he quickly nodded and pretended to sigh to express his helpless agreement. After that, the three of them went to the house under Zhou's contract Restaurant seating.

After listening to Zhou Heng's description, Zhou Yan felt stunned, but Shen Fu couldn't help but think deeply about what he said just now, and then discussed with Zhou Yan:

"According to what Ah Heng said, if it wasn't for the murderer, then the boatman could be regarded as an innocent person implicated. Considering his young age, he must be the pillar of the family. He disappeared like this. There are two people in the family. Youngest son, maybe Gao Tang is still alive, and now he must be in a difficult situation, and it is difficult to continue. Later, I will ask the people below to pretend to be members of the Zhou family to go to his house to give condolences, send some money, and use this to find out. I don't know if Uncle agrees?"

What is there to disagree with?Zhou Heng was a little disapproving, but seeing that Zhou Yan seemed a little embarrassed after hearing this, he followed Shen Fu's words to persuade him: "Even if he is an accomplice, or even if I misjudged him, he is the murderer the day before yesterday, and he still lost his life after all. , it’s okay to give them some money, or else there’s no reason to go to his house to inquire, don’t you think?”

It made sense after thinking about it, Zhou Yan gritted his teeth: "Forget it, I have given Zhou Jiabo a good reputation, but I have wronged you!" After all, even though her daughter is still in front of her eyes, she always feels distressed.

Zhou Heng naturally shook his head and said that it doesn't matter: "It's more important to find out the real culprit as soon as possible."

The three of them had a meal together and then dispersed. After that, Zhou Heng followed Shen Fu back to the palace. When he returned to the inner study, he asked again about the fact that he almost wanted to talk to Zhou Yan when he was in the restaurant. Shen Fu diverted the conversation to Miss Wednesday: "By the way, my lord, there is also the third lady, do I have to check it too?"

Shen Fu nodded, and explained his behavior just now by the way:

"I'll send someone to tell Aunt Zhou's family about this matter in private. Aunt Zhou is in charge of the house, so it's convenient to check. Besides, Zhou Yan is the biological father of the third lady after all. If we tell you rashly, let's not talk about us." Now I don’t have any real evidence at hand, even if there is, her in-law’s family is borrowing from an unknown person if she wants to come here as a concubine, without such ability, at most she is an accomplice, not to say anything, it will hurt the harmony of the family.”

That's right, Zhou Heng is his daughter, and so is Miss Zhou Wednesday. If something is really found out, it should have a big impact on Zhou Yan. Let Mrs. Zhou investigate slowly.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng asked his next action task: "Then, my lord, I should have nothing to do here now, what's the next step?"

The sooner you finish the matter, the better you can go back sooner.

Shen Fu's thoughts were still on the affairs of Zhou's family. If he didn't notice that the girl in front of him had already asked about the next step, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then a somewhat embarrassed expression appeared on his face...