Detective in the Red Chamber

But this part of the confession has been carefully considered by him, so what could be wrong?

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and threw out his last trump card: "My lord, in fact, besides Pindao who once ran into Zhao Yixiong's private meeting with Mrs. Ma, there was also a Taoist boy who saw them one after the other. Get out of the back garden sneakily!"

After a pause, he bent his body down and continued: "Pindao didn't mention this matter before because he didn't want to involve that Taoist boy—if you don't believe me, you can call him in for questioning! "

"Ha ha……"

Ma Yizhen's words fell, but Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing out loud, then shook his head and said: "What a cunning thief, he has prepared other witnesses in advance, no wonder he can win people's trust."

Pa~!

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong slammed the gavel and said with a sneer: "It's a pity that you are so clever that you were mistaken by your cleverness! Let me ask you, you said before that the two entered the back garden one after another, and then hid in the rockery We'll talk in secret later, right?!"

Ma Yizhen was bluffed and his heart beat wildly, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with the question Sun Shaozong asked.

So he hesitated for a moment, but he still nodded and said, "Exactly."

Then, he added: "Pindao saw Zhao Yixiong entered the back garden at the time, and because he didn't want to meet him face to face, he deliberately hid, but he didn't expect that after a while, the whore also sneaked in."

"Pindao felt that something was wrong, so he quietly eavesdropped near the rockery, and only then did he know that the two of them had an adulterous relationship, and the whore was pregnant because of it!"

He didn't know how many times he thought about these words in his heart, and at first he still couldn't let go, but later on, he became more and more eloquent, and he gritted his teeth and burst into anger when he said it bluntly.

Sun Shaozong saw his performance in his eyes, and he couldn't help sighing secretly: As expected, like a teacher, there must be a disciple.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Shaozong asked again: "According to this, the two really met privately behind the rockery?"

"Exactly!"

After getting Ma Yizhen's decisive answer, Sun Shaozong suddenly raised his voice and said: "Come on, tell Zhang Hu and Zhao Long to go to court!"

Following this yell, two yamen servants rushed in, stood in front of Ma Yizhen and bowed in salute: "The villain Zhang Hu [Zhao Long] has seen the adults."

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Hu reported loudly: "The two of us just followed the orders of the adults and went to the back garden of Master Hongyuan. The result is exactly as you said. The back of the rockery is not only muddy, but also uneven!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhao Long turned sideways, exposed the mud on his buttocks to everyone, and then pointed to the mud-stained boots: "The villain stood there for a while, and the shoe got stuck, and accidentally fell off. It's a fall."

After hearing these two people finished speaking, Huang Bin's face flushed with excitement, and there were some small movements from behind the screen and in the tea room.

But Ma Yizhen's face lost all color in an instant!

"Ma Yizhen."

Sun Shaozong stared at Ma Yizhen with a half-smile and asked, "Did it snow before the twelfth of this month?"

Ma Yizhen opened his mouth tremblingly, but couldn't utter a word.

In the end, Liu Yiwei, who was at the side, took the initiative to say, "Returning to my lord, it snowed on the ninth day of this month."

"Then when did it snow last?"

"Four days ago."

"Which of the two snowfalls is bigger and smaller?"

"The ninth day was even bigger."

"That is to say..."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Sun Shaozong's mouth: "On the twelfth day of this month, the mud behind the rockery will only be worse than today——Ma Yizhen, then I have to ask, are Zhao Yixiong and Mrs. Ma blind? Or a fool? Otherwise, why would you have a private meeting in such a muddy and slippery place?"

"And after the private meeting between Mrs. Ma and Zhao Yixiong, how did you cover up the mud on the shoes so that the two maids didn't notice it?!"

"This this……"

Now that things have happened, Ma Yizhen is no longer as calm as before, his majestic body trembles like chaff, "this" for a long time, and he can't tell how ugly he is.

"This only proves that you are lying!"

Sun Shaozong let out a low drink, and then laughed again: "It's just that you just admitted that a little Taoist once saw with his own eyes that Zhao Yixiong and Mrs. Ma came out of the back garden one after another, that is to say, they did meet in the back garden. .”

"Then what did they say? Why did they meet in the back garden?"

"This……"

Ma Yizhen still hesitated, although he could make up a dialogue between Ma Shi and Zhao Yixiong in minutes, but no matter how well he could make it up, he still couldn't make up for the previous holes!

"Since you don't want to say it, then let me say it."

"Because Mrs. Ma was pregnant and tried to force you to go away together, you made a murderous attempt on her, and then arranged this plan to kill two birds with one stone!"

"In order to convince others that it was Zhao Yixiong who had an affair with Mrs. Ma, you deliberately planned that Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Ma meet in the back garden, and 'coincidentally' were bumped into by a Taoist boy."

"Then you took advantage of this to frame the blame, and in the name of killing relatives with righteousness, you joined forces with Liu Yiwei to kill Zhao Yixiong and Mrs. Ma successively!"

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong suddenly turned his head to the corner and said, "Reverend Hongyuan, do you think my deduction is true?"

It took a long time for the words to be heard before Hongyuanzheng turned out from behind the screen and walked up to Ma Yizhen step by step.

Ma Yizhen has been paralyzed since he heard his name, now half lying on the ground, raised his head desperately and said in a trembling voice: "Master...Master."

"How can I be your master?!"

Daoist Hongyuan turned pale, shook his head and sighed: "Such scheming, such means, I should call you Master!"

Saying that, without looking at Ma Yizhen again, he turned his head to bow to Sun Shaozong and said, "Sun Shaoqing really deserves the name of divine judgment!"

This time, there was a bit of sincerity.

The corner of Sun Shaozong's mouth was raised slightly, and he said, "I'm afraid that the real person has lost his mind due to this sudden change. Please go to the guest room to rest for a while. When the officer asks about the rest of the case, he will definitely give the real person a complete explanation. !"

Master Hongyuan raised his head when he heard the words, looked at Sun Shaozong silently for a while, and finally sighed leisurely, then turned around and strode out of the living room.

He should have already sensed what Sun Shaozong was going to ask next, but he didn't try to stay and stop him.

This is probably because, being played by Ma Yizhen, for the self-esteemed real Hongyuan, it is actually more difficult for him to accept than his wife's cheating and pregnancy.

After Daoist Hongyuan exited the stage, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Ma Yizhen who was limp on the ground, but just as he was about to speak, Liu Yiwei next to him suddenly roared: "How dare you lie to me!"

Immediately afterwards, he rushed forward, biting Ma Yizhen's neck like a mad dog.

When the yamen servants reacted and rushed forward to separate the two, Ma Yizhen's neck was bleeding profusely from his bite.

Fortunately, both of them had their arms tied. Although Ma Yizhen didn't struggle violently, Liu Yiwei still bit the wrong side, otherwise he might have killed him just like that!

Afterwards, Liu Yiwei was gagged and tied up, and the wound on Ma Yizhen's neck was treated briefly, and it seemed that there was nothing serious about it.

It's just that he was stunned, like a piece of rotten wood, without any energy at all.

"Ma Yizhen."

At this time, Sun Shaozong said indifferently: "You are a dead man now, why don't you confess to yourself?"

Ma Yizhen didn't seem to hear it, he was still there in a daze.

Sun Shaozong didn't feel discouraged, and continued: "This case violates human ethics and the laws of heaven are not tolerated. You are a Taoist priest in Tianshi's mansion. Ma Yizhen is destined to be infamous for thousands of years."

"Since you can't keep your reputation or your life, why do you bother to keep it a secret?"

"Being able to play with your opponent, lover, junior brother, and master in applause should be the last and most proud thing in your life, right?!"

"Instead of being so vague and bringing the truth of the matter into the underworld, how can we make everything clear?"

"Speak out!"

"In this way, when people mention you Ma Yizhen in the future, although they will still despise and despise you, they will inevitably marvel at your deceitful and Li Daitao's stiff wrist."

Sun Shaozong talked coaxingly, and Ma Yizhen finally reacted, and he raised his head and grinned: "My lord has seen through everything, you are right, I, Ma Yizhen, will definitely die, And it will leave a bad reputation for thousands of years! But if this is the case, why should I be at your mercy?"

As he said that, he raised his head and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, if you want evidence to identify that person, you can go to Hades to find it!"

He arched his tongue while speaking, and he was about to bite his tongue and kill himself.

It's just that as soon as he moved, someone pinched his cheeks, making it difficult for the upper and lower teeth to close together.

It was self-defeating, just now Liu Yiwei clearly wanted to prevent him from admitting that Master Hongyuan was also involved in the case, so he wanted to kill him to silence him.

But he never thought that this move would make the yamen servants be more careful, and instead prevent Ma Yizhen from committing suicide.

"Ugh."

Seeing this, Sun Shaozong also stopped thinking about using words to induce a confession, sighed helplessly, got up from behind the desk and ordered: "Bring this person back to Dali Temple, and let Sicheng Yang torture him severely."

When Chen Jingde heard this, he was taken advantage of by Yang Sicheng again, and he was filled with reluctance in every possible way.

It can be seen that Sun Shaozong still lost the interest to speak, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he stood up and announced in a melodious manner: "Retire~!"

Chapter 853 Aftermath

"Ah! I'm biting!"

"Liu Yiwei bit Ma Yizhen's neck!"

"Separated, separated, they were separated by the yamen servants, Ma Yi really shed a lot of blood!"

Xue Baochai shook her head helplessly, and looked away from Jia Baoyu, Shi Xiangyun, and Xue Baoqin who were yelling in front of the door.

These three people obviously couldn't be persuaded anymore, but fortunately there were no outsiders in the tea room, so they were not afraid of being made fun of.

However, the twists and turns of this case were indeed unexpected. Even Xue Baochai, who didn't pay much attention to it, couldn't help but secretly speculate whether there would be any recurrence of this case.

While thinking, Xue Baochai's eyes fell on Jia Tanchun inadvertently, and Xue Baochai's eyes suddenly focused: The three girls were sitting alone in the corner, and when everyone else was listening, they rarely showed loneliness and anxiety .

Hey~

After all, Jia Zheng and Aunt Zhao are going back to Beijing, and she will inevitably be caught in a dilemma again.

It's really hard for her to force her smile these days.

Xue Baochai's heart is full of pity, but she knows that what Jia Tanchun really needs is not other people's pity-in fact, she is more used to hiding everything in her heart, and then puts on a hard and thorny shell.

But what Jia Tanchun really needed, she was powerless to help.

perhaps……

Only by getting married as soon as possible can she get rid of this embarrassing situation.

"Sister Bao, sister Bao!"

Just as she was dreaming, someone suddenly called from the side, and gently pushed Xue Baochai. She turned around in a daze, only to find that Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin had already sat back to their original seats.

"Sister Bao."

Shi Xiangyun stared at a pair of eccentric eyes, and asked expectantly: "What is the inside story that Ma Yizhen is hiding?"

Huh?

Is there even a reversal?

Xue Baochai smiled apologetically, and was about to say that she was distracted just now and didn't hear the conversation outside clearly, Xue Baoqin rushed to the side and said: "In my opinion, that Daoist Hongyuan is very suspicious!"

"No way?!"

Shi Xiangyun's eyes became rounder and rounder, and he said in surprise: "He...he is..."

Halfway through, he shook his porcelain doll-like head like a rattle: "How could he conspire with Ma Yizhen!"

"Same as that Liu Yiwei, I was deceived by Ma Yizhen." Lin Daiyu sneered on the opposite side: "After he learned the truth before, he didn't ask half a word, and only said 'good means, good intentions', I just said It feels weird."

Speaking of this, she frowned, and suddenly said "Oops", clapped her hands and said: "No! Then Liu Yiwei was not deceived by Ma Yizhen, but was ordered by his teacher to assist Ma Yizhen in killing people! Only in this way can we Explain why he believed Ma Yizhen's lies without verification!"

"in this case!"

Xue Baoqin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and hurriedly continued: "Just now Liu Yiwei actually wanted to silence his words, so as to protect Master Hongyuan!"

They chatted with each other, but Xue Baochai suddenly found that Jia Baoyu was nowhere to be found in the tea room, so she hurriedly pulled Shi Xiangyun to ask, only then did she realize that Jia Baoyu couldn't hold back, and had already gone out to inquire about the details of the case.

In fact, Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin also wished they could go out and ask them clearly.

It's a pity that besides Sun Shaozong, there are also a bunch of government servants from Dali Temple outside, it is really not suitable for them to show their faces.

Fortunately, not long after, Jia Baoyu approached from the outside, so Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin hurriedly surrounded him and asked him for a long time.

"How does the second elder brother of the Sun family know? No one can stand behind the rockery."

"Second brother inspected the garden yesterday."

"Is Master Sun suspicious of the real Hongyuan?"

"...Someone secretly sent a message for Ma Yizhen, so..."

"where……"

"Seems to be……"