Tai Jia

When Sun Xiong saw Jiao Shi, he was stunned.Jiao's is quite different from what he had imagined before. At first, he thought that Jiao's face might be mean, such as a triangular face with high cheekbones and hanging eyes, but he didn't expect that Jiao's looks were kind, kind-eyed, a little rich, and he flinched. It looked pitiful.

"You are the Jiao family?" Sun Xiong stood still outside the prison, looking down at her.

Jiao suddenly raised her eyes and saw an extremely handsome man, but there was an unspeakable strangeness about this man, if he only looked at his face, he was not as rich as the richest son he had ever seen, but he was wearing a commoner suit.

"I was ordered by the county magistrate to ask you a few questions." Sun Xiong cupped his hands in the direction of the yamen lobby, "You must answer truthfully."

Jiao Shi nodded in a daze, and tears rolled down like she didn't want money.

Sun Xiong stood with his hands behind his back, reciting the words on the file backwards, "On the sixth day of the fifth lunar month in the fourth year of Qianyuan, the day after Duanyang, you were recommended by Jiao Xi to become a wet nurse in Zhou Jialin's mansion. On the second day of June, you In the name of his son's serious illness, he quit his job and married Zhang Shiba under the introduction of the matchmaker Chen Shi. In the seventh year of Qianyuan, you gave birth to your eldest daughter, and in the ninth year, you gave birth to your youngest daughter. Am I wrong?"

"My lord is right."

"I'm not a master." Sun Xiong frowned, "When did you think of changing your child?"

"My concubine is also helpless." Jiao covered her face with her hands, "My first friend left early, and my concubine wanted to keep festivals for him, but how could you know the difficulties of widows, my lord. I can’t taste the meat, the milk is not enough, the baby is hungry like a puppy, crying. I have to show my face and go to my uncle Jiaoxi’s house to eat a few good meals. After having milk, I can go to Zhou’s mansion to cook Nurse. For the young master of his family, the Zhou Mansion has chicken, duck and fish in my meals. Every time I see the little boy lying in a swaddle made of silk and satin drinking my milk, my child I can only sleep in a broken tile house and suffer from hunger, I am not willing!"

Sun Xiong said nothing to her tears, "So you stayed in the Zhou Mansion for less than a month, and then you did this. Tell me honestly, when did you make the plan, and how did you bring your child with you?" Entering the Zhou Mansion, how can you abandon the young master of the Zhou Mansion?"

"The concubine has only been in the Zhou mansion for three days. Seeing that the young master looks a bit like my son's eyebrows and eyes, I came up with this idea. I bring some needles and thread to do it every day, and I always bring a needle and thread basket. My own son was fed and put to sleep, brought into the state capital, and returned to the young master of the Zhou family, but no one paid attention."

Jiao burst into tears, "As for the young master of the Zhou family, I was deceived by lard. After taking him out, I found someone else's tooth and sold it. It's my concubine who can't help him!"

Sun Xiong showed a mocking smile on his face, "When you left the Zhou mansion, Mrs. Zhou's wife, Mrs. Chen, gave you an extra five taels of silver for you to heal your son. In addition, you sold the young master's silver taels, so you saved a lot of money. Later, I was able to find an honest farmer to marry, and my life was peaceful and beautiful, so that in the end I was able to marry a wealthy family like the Zhou family. It was a good deal."

The Jiao family felt ashamed and said: "My lord, everything is the fault of my concubine. I don't want to live a long time ago, I just want to die."

"I'm just asking questions, and I have no right to interrogate you. As for how to deal with it, the county magistrate will give you an explanation after the class starts."

After all, Sun Xiong didn't bother to look at him again, and went back to answer He Xihua.

It just so happened that He Xihua was eating, seeing him coming, he smiled gently, "It's just right, let's talk while eating."

Sun Xiong lowered his head and glanced, fortunately, there was actually another dish of salted goose today, so he sat down silently, and briefly recounted Jiao's conversation just now.

"Do you think this case is difficult to solve?" He Xihua asked him abruptly.

Sun Xiong raised his eyes in surprise, "A young man can't solve the case, sir, don't make fun of the villain."

"It's okay, I just want to hear other people's opinions."

Sun Xiong thought for a while, and said cautiously: "I think, first of all, we need to confirm whether what Jiao said is true or not, especially the whereabouts of the real Young Master Zhou. , then it can be directly sentenced to beheaded."

"What I'm talking about is that I have sent others to investigate this matter, and maybe there will be a result in a few days." He Xihua pressed his brows together, "I follow the laws and regulations. Chaos and intercourse are serious crimes, and they can even be punished by beheading."

"But Mr. Zhou doesn't seem to know about it. Those who don't know are not guilty." Sun Xiong frowned.

He Xihua sighed, "If Xuan Qi's laws are strictly followed, he can only be convicted. Of course, if there is conclusive evidence that he didn't know about it, he can naturally escape. And how to deal with the two young ladies of the Zhang family?"

"Send it back to her mother's house," Sun Xiong said without hesitation, "There is nothing to say about it. As for the current Young Master Zhou, does he have to give Zhou Yuanwai an explanation?"

"My lord, my lord is not good!" A yamen servant stumbled in, "Mrs. Mrs. Chen went crazy and strangled the two deformed children to death!"

He Xihua smiled bitterly, and put down his chopsticks, "If the county doesn't show up, it's already too late. What do you think is the biggest doubt about this matter?"

"The little one was thinking, what happened when the marriage was discussed, so that Mrs. Jiao didn't see anyone in the Zhou family. After all, she had been to the Zhou family and knew his family. If she recognized anyone, she would never agree to it. This marriage. And Zhang Shiba is a well-to-do farmer, and compared with Zhou Yuan's family, it is still far behind, why did the Zhou family still agree to this marriage?"

"It's really suspicious," He Xihua pondered for a moment, "What do you think of Mrs. Chen?"

Sun Xiong shook his head, "It's hard to say if I haven't seen it before."

"I was thinking, is there really a woman in this world who can't recognize her child who was pregnant in October?" Seeing that there were still a lot of salty geese left, He Xihua simply pushed the plate towards Sun Xiong, "Even if it's two Unconnected infants who have never been related to each other, they look a bit alike, so it’s not hard to tell the difference between their own flesh and blood, right?”

"My lord means that Mrs. Chen has known about it for a long time, so why hasn't she revealed it?" Sun Xiong paused, "I'll check the joints right away."

"Also," He Xihua reminded him, "Jiao Xi also needs to be investigated, I think this person has a lot of weight in this matter."

"Yes."

After Sun Xiong exited the room, an old butler appeared behind He Xihua at some point, "My lord, this Sun Xiong's identity document is indeed true, but he came thousands of miles from Gyeonggi-do, and there was another person wandering around. There will be no relatives or friends to identify him.”

He Xihua frowned, "It's not in a hurry. Even if he has a different identity, he didn't come for me. He probably just had a dead end and went to the doctor in a hurry. Now I use him easily. I don't care about his background. .”

"If you keep such a person by your side, won't you put the young master in danger at any time?"

He Xihua shook his head and smiled, "It's only safe if you keep it by your side."