The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

Chapter 549 Dead

Zhuge Congfeng ordered someone nearby to call a doctor. Soon, the doctor arrived and examined the scented sachet on Qin Huiyin's body. He then lifted her arm and sniffed her sleeve, saying, "The girl's clothes have been soaked in potion. To ordinary people, it smells faintly fragrant, but it can drive animals mad."

"What does this potion look like? Is it easy to make?" Zhuge Congfeng asked.

"The original medicinal herbs are not very available. Our local clinic certainly doesn't have them. After all, it's useless to collect them. The person who does this must go to the mountains to collect the herbs themselves or send someone to collect them, and then bring them back to boil them into a potion. This thing is not difficult. As long as you can collect the herbs, anyone can do it."

After asking clearly, Zhuge Congfeng paid the consultation fee and left a sum of money to the owner of the wolfhound as compensation for the wolfhound's expenses.

Although the wolfhound was the first to injure people, the other party cannot be blamed for this incident. The wolfhound itself is innocent. The real evildoer wanted to deal with Qin Huiyin.

Qin Huiyin felt sorry, so she reached out to ask for Zhuge Congfeng's purse and paid an extra ingot of silver to the man who was crying as if he had been heartbroken.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

Zhuge Congfeng took Qin Huiyin back.

She had been attacked twice in one market trip. If she continued like this, everyone she saw would look like a murderer who wanted to hurt her. In addition, he was anxious to investigate the matter thoroughly and find out who was behind it.

When they hurried back to the manor, the housekeeper strode over and told them that the lord wanted to see them. Zhuge Congfeng took Qin Huiyin to Puyang Qiubai's study.

As he reached the door, he heard the voices of Puyang Qiubai and a woman talking. Zhuge Congfeng was about to knock on the door, but stopped when he heard the voice.

"My lord, Huan'er is your biological sister. You've seen her feelings for Master Zhuge. They were originally engaged, and Huan'er was looking forward to marrying Master Zhuge with all her heart. But Master Zhuge said such hurtful words to her today. Huan'er has suffered so much over the years, and now she finally has her family by her side. As her brother, you can't ignore her!"

"I'm her brother, so of course I won't ignore her. However, marriage is no joke. If you really want to be good to Huan'er, you can't marry her to a man who doesn't love her. Congfeng has no feelings for her, and she'll only be wronged if she marries him. You should persuade Huan'er and stop her from getting stuck in a rut."

"Master Zhuge and Huan'er have just reunited and haven't had time to spend time together yet. After spending more time together, he will definitely like Huan'er. Just because he doesn't like her now doesn't mean he won't like her in the future, right?"

"Then we can talk about it later when she likes it. There's no need to rush now." Puyang Qiubai said, "You're Huan'er's wet nurse. You've been taking care of her all these years. Your words are more effective than ours. Please help persuade her! I have something else to do here. If you don't have anything else, go back and take care of Huan'er first."

The door opened and a middle-aged woman walked out.

The woman had burn scars on half of her face.

She saw Zhuge Congfeng and saluted. When she saw Qin Huiyin next to her, a look of disgust flashed in her eyes.

"Master Zhuge is unwilling to marry Huan'er because of this woman?"

Zhuge Congfeng said calmly, "I just don't want to delay her. I don't have any childlike feelings for her. As long as you don't marry her, I can recognize her as my sister."

"Our Huan'er has a brother like the lord, so she doesn't need any other brothers. If Master Zhuge really wants to take responsibility, he should prepare to marry her." After the wet nurse said this, she left.

Qin Huiyin looked at the figure of the wet nurse.

"What's wrong?" Zhuge Congfeng asked.

"I'm wondering... who in this Wuxiang Valley wants me to disappear, and who hates my existence the most?"

"You mean..."

"I don't know, I'm just thinking about this problem. Have you thought about it?" Qin Huiyin looked at Zhuge Congfeng.

"Cunning little fox!" Zhuge Congfeng said angrily, "Sometimes I really suspect that you are Qiu Bai's sister. You two look so much alike."

"Come in, what are you standing outside for?" Puyang Qiubai called out.

Zhuge Congfeng took Qin Huiyin into the study.

"You looking for us?"

"The man we just brought back is dead." Puyang Qiubai said, "The clue is broken again."

"I've already broken his jaw, how could he die?" Zhuge Congfeng frowned. "How did he die?"

"He died on the way. After his men examined him, they said he had a heart attack and died of shock."

"Brother, can you believe this?"

"I didn't believe it, so I took a look myself. There were needle marks on his arm, which means someone injected a poisonous needle into his body, creating the illusion that he died from a relapse of heart disease." Puyang Qiubai said.

"Another incident just happened." Zhuge Congfeng told him about the clothes on Qin Huiyin that had been soaked in the potion. "They must have soaked more than just this one. I'm afraid the other clothes might be problematic as well. Let's check them later to see who has handled them."

"Yinyin, I'll ask them to prepare new clothes. Please bear with it for a while. Don't go out during this period. Wait until we catch that person before going out." Puyang Qiubai said.

"it is good."

"Someone come here..." Puyang Qiubai called the female housekeeper and asked her to take Qin Huiyin to change into new clothes.

As soon as Qin Huiyin left, Zhuge Congfeng sat down in front of Puyang Qiubai and said, "Yinyin just reminded me that there are not many people here who want her to disappear."

Qin Huiyin followed the housekeeper to change into new clothes.

The female manager asked Qin Huiyin to pick a few more sets.

"Girl, these clothes were bought last year. They may not keep up with the new styles outside, but they are all new and have never been worn. Don't be disgusted."

"I like it very much, thank you." Qin Huiyin said, "Have you ever left Wuxiang Valley?"

"I've been in the valley for eight years and haven't left. I don't know what the outside world has become."

"So do you want to leave the valley?"

"No," said the female steward, "Although I have never left the valley, I have no interest in anything outside."

"I want to go back to my room to rest. You don't have to send me off. It's not far from here. I can go there by myself."

"But……"

"Don't worry, it's okay." Qin Huiyin said, "It's just a few steps away, what could go wrong?"

The housekeeper thought that the master had told her not to detain her, and that there were their people everywhere around here, so nothing should happen, so she agreed.

Although the housekeeper didn't restrain her, she followed her. When she saw that she didn't return to her own courtyard but entered Puyang Huan's courtyard, she quickly arranged for a servant to go to the study to report.

As for her, she wanted to follow in, but the servant guarding the door stopped her from entering.

Puyang Huan's yard has always been strictly guarded and no one is allowed to enter casually.

The housekeeper thought that so many people saw Qin Huiyin entering Puyang Huan's yard. Even if Puyang Huan was jealous of Qin Huiyin, she would not dare to do anything to her.