Daming's Bizarre Story: Painted Skin

The county magistrate admitted his failure, and said weakly: "The head of the mountain, please let Sufen come in first."

The round-faced Sufen quickly walked in in small steps. Unlike the last time she was calm and composed, she looked a little nervous, and kept rubbing her skirt with both hands: "Why do you want a villain to come here?" Asked."

Zhao Ran raised her head and said: "Sister Sufen, last time you said that Miss Meng likes to eat your blind snacks, what is this snack?"

Sufen hurriedly said: "The villain is good at making shortbread. The young lady also likes to eat the sweet dumplings I made, and the lotus cake. She said it is better than Yangxianju." When she said this, she suddenly remembered the old lady's Didn't he just die in Yangxianju, so he couldn't help choking.

The county magistrate hesitated for a moment and asked Chief Meng Shan next to him: "Miss Meng likes drinking tea?"

"Qingwan does have this hobby." Meng Shanchang slightly owed his lower body, "But this afternoon, the daughter of Xu Xue's government came to visit, and she has been with her all the time."

The Xu Mansion was originally a marriage of the Meng Mansion, and now that Mr. Xu died, Ms. Xu must have come to visit the widowed sister-in-law who had never been married, but in this way, it is impossible for Meng Qingwan to be the one who invited Mrs. Meng to Yangxianju.

In this matter, Miss Meng seems to be innocent.

Zhao Ran suddenly asked, "Is Sister Sufen a cook?"

Sufen shook her head and said clearly: "Sister Sufen is neither a cook nor a southerner, but she makes southern tea and desserts so well..."

All the people in the hall looked at Sufen, and Meng Shan frowned: "Be clear, what's going on?"

Sufen knelt down with a mournful face and said, "These snacks were taught by Nanny Song. She said that Miss likes to eat these snacks. As long as she learns well, she will invite me into Miss's yard to make first-class ones." Maid."

"Nurse Song must have something in return, right?" Zhao Ran was about to ask, but Jiu Ru had already asked this question, and he couldn't help thinking that he and Jiu Ru seemed to have a good understanding. The county magistrate at the side thought in his heart that it was coming again, and it was coming again. Looking at the little skull who was turning around and blushing, he had no choice but to turn his head away, out of sight and out of mind.

In fact, she already guessed the answer, and Sufen said, "Nurse Song asked me to monitor Yinniang, saying that I will report back to her every move she makes."

If it wasn't for someone's instigation, how could Sufen, who is greedy and fond of cooking, be so concerned about whether Yinniang slipped out of the yard in the middle of the night?

"Tell Nanny Song." Meng Shan said long.

Nanny Song came in, still looking well-maintained, she knelt down and said without waiting for anyone to ask, "Sufen was indeed sent by the villain to monitor Yinniang, Yinniang is frivolous by nature, I'm afraid of her There will be troubles in the house, but Miss misses the past, I have to find another person to watch her."

"Nurse Song is definitely not monitoring Yinniang because of me." Meng Qingwan stepped across the threshold lightly, her face still covered with tulle, looking down at Nanny Song, "Because she has always suspected Yinniang It was her missing daughter, she suspected that my mother secretly replaced her daughter with a dead baby!"

"Miss, where did you start talking..." Nanny Song smiled wryly, "If I suspect that Yinniang is my daughter, why bother to expose her for sneaking out of the yard in the middle of the night?"

Meng Qingwan sneered and said: "That's because you were afraid that my mother would harm her, so you deliberately let everyone know that Yinniang slipped to the outer courtyard, so that my mother had to let Yinniang go, but it was you I told Yinniang in secret long ago that she is also a young lady of the Meng Mansion, and she can only come back in a fair manner after leaving here!"

The county magistrate couldn't help turning his head and asked Meng Shan: "This..."

Meng San's long face showed a little embarrassment: "This Mrs. Song was originally Amei's personal dowry maid. It was originally planned that she would be promoted to a housekeeper after giving birth. How did she know that the baby was a dead baby, and Amei couldn't leave her?" Let her serve you, and let it go."

Meng Qingwan sneered and said, "You think you are the only one who can bribe Sufen? Sufen has already told me exactly what you and Yinniang said in secret."

Sufen lowered herself and took two steps closer to Meng Qingwan. Nanny Song was silent for a while, then raised her fair face and sneered: "As expected, like a mother, like a daughter, Baimei is scheming... Her My daughter didn’t give up too much. How can I, as a mother, not know whether the child I gave birth to was a dead baby? It’s just for the sake of the safety of the child, so I have endured it until now. I have been asking many times for many years, God It paid off, and I finally asked me to find out that Yinniang was born on the same night as my daughter. Su's health has always been poor, and she has been infertile for many years after her marriage with Meng Tian. Child? Unfortunately..."

She had tears in her eyes: "But Yinniang was killed after all, so what can I do? I still have to live. I caught a cold yesterday, so today I am on leave and resting in bed. Dr. Wang came to see me once, and Wu Yi, the concierge of the second courtyard, can also testify for me. If you don’t believe me, you can go and ask the master.”

The county magistrate sent witnesses, and sure enough they could all confirm that Nanny Song was indeed in the room.

"The magistrate of the county can ask questions after dinner." Chief Meng Shan said politely.

The county magistrate had already been dizzy, so he hurriedly said hello.

The Meng Mansion is indeed a big mansion, all the servants came to ask questions, but in a short while, a rich family banquet was organized, not only Meng Shanchang, but also Meng Chengtian accompanied him.

Everyone was not in the mood to eat, but when the meal came, they always had some appetite. When Zhao Ran touched it lightly, the chopsticks in Jiu Ru's hand fell to the ground, and he shouted loudly: "I want to change a pair of chopsticks!" Regardless of 21, he took Meng Chengtian's untouched chopsticks from the side.

When he behaved like this, the county magistrate suddenly remembered that Zhaoran had told him that the food in Meng's mansion was not to be eaten or drunk, so he couldn't help holding chopsticks in his hand, and was a little embarrassed facing the table full of rich delicacies.

"Master, please!" Chief Meng San gestured.

The county magistrate hastily said, "Sir, please."

The two were polite, Meng Chengtian stretched out his chopsticks to eat a few mouthfuls, then put down the chopsticks, glanced at Jiuru, and said pointedly: "My lord is so polite, you don't mean to doubt the things in our house. There must be a problem."

The county magistrate was suddenly embarrassed: "Where, there is absolutely nothing!"

At this time, a servant outside came in to report: "My lord, there is a yamen servant to report. Please go out and say it is important."

The magistrate waved his hand and said, "Let him come in and report something. This is the Meng Mansion. Is there anything you can't trust?"

After a while, the yamen servant hurried in, glanced at all the people in the room and said softly: "My lord, you are awake."

"Speak louder!" the magistrate frowned.

The yamen servant had no choice but to say: "My lord, Hengsheng woke up, he recruited, it was the old lady who strangled Yinniang."

The county magistrate felt that the black gauze hat on his forehead could not help slipping, and couldn't help asking: "Hengsheng is really an old lady."

"That's how Hengsheng confessed." The yamen servant bowed his head and said. .

The room was silent, and Chief Meng San put down the chopsticks in his hand: "Although I don't believe that Zhuo Jing will kill people, since there are witnesses, my lord should handle it fairly."

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The county magistrate made a bow, took Jiu Ru and Zhao Ran to leave in a hurry, until he saw no one was around outside the door, then he looked at Jiu Ru thoughtfully and said in horror: "Little sage, could it be... this is really a ghost Killing?!"

The night was dark, and under the light of the corridor lamp, the flying flowers looked like snow.

Jiu Ru said: "You might as well find out why the old lady strangled Yinniang to death first, since she did it out of hand, at least he can explain the cause and effect clearly."

The county magistrate pointed to Jiuru and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I won't be able to sleep until I have a clear trial of this case today."

He got into the carriage muttering to himself. As for Zhaoran pulling Jiuru to follow him, he didn't care that much anymore. He felt that having two more people gave him a sense of security, especially when the little saint was here. Does the saint deter?

The wound on Hengsheng's forehead was bandaged and he knelt there with a pale face. The county magistrate slapped the gavel: "I thought you were loyal before, so I concealed it in many ways, but if you still say nothing from now on, don't blame me Be ruthless."

"Yes, Xiaomin is a person who has died once, and he will protect any kindness he has. Xiaomin knows everything, and he can say everything."

"Okay! You tell the truth, what was the situation at that time."

Hengsheng said: "It was the old lady's birthday banquet that day, and the house was very lively, and I don't like it very much, so I found an excuse to go out and buy books. Boss He of the bookstore was stacking books, so the store was very chaotic. Then I picked some books to read at the door, and suddenly heard a low-pitched argument coming from the end of the alley, the voice was very familiar. I walked over and took a look, and saw Yinniang was arguing with a man."

The magistrate asked, "A man?"

Hengsheng raised his head: "Yes, when I heard the man's voice, I was surprised to find that this man was actually an old lady in disguise. I never thought that the old lady who was celebrating her birthday would actually Disguised to meet Yinniang."

"What did she say?" the magistrate couldn't help but ask.

"They seemed to be arguing about a pair of shoes, and the old lady said that if Yinniang didn't give her those shoes, she would make Yinniang's family unable to eat." Hengsheng said, "I had a gut feeling that what they were talking about was that I didn't I should have heard something, so I quietly turned back to the bookstore."

"That's the only sentence you heard, and nothing else?" the county magistrate asked anxiously.

Hengsheng thought for a while and said: "The old lady also mentioned the name of Nanny Song, saying that Yinniang is an idiot who would actually believe someone who can kill her own husband!"

When Zhao Ran heard this, many things that he couldn't figure out suddenly seemed to be strung together by a thread.