I am the county magistrate in Daming
Chapter 65 The Way Out
"Caomin is grateful for his father's years of nurturing, so he knows about it and does not report it."
Wu Shengye punched his chest with one hand, and said regretfully, "It's the foolishness and filial piety that really hurt my father!"
Sitting in the hall, Mu Qingtian lowered his eyes and said, "Do you know what you're talking about?"
"There is absolutely no falsehood in the courtroom." Wu Shengye said firmly, "The grassroots have evidence."
That night, Wu Shengye felt irritable. After lying down, he got dressed again and opened the door to get some fresh air.The father only had Wu Shengsi in his eyes, never had him as the second son.Now his father's health is not as good as before, Wu Shengsi is still foolish and not a threat, but the Canniang beside him is not good at anything.
He arrived at the silkworm farm after wandering around, and suddenly saw a sneaky black shadow flashing past.
"What!" Wu Shengye just wanted to call someone, but closed his mouth again.
Breaking into the silkworm farm at night must have an ulterior secret, why didn't he take the opportunity to recruit this person?
Wu Shengye didn't say anything, he was going to catch a turtle in a urn and expose the person's true colors.He hid behind the bushes, quietly waiting for the people inside to come out.
The stone slab rubbed against the ground, making a little noise.The man must have tried his best to lift it, but there was still a commotion.
Wu Shengye is very strange, the only place with stone slabs in the whole silkworm farm is the cellar - in order to prevent thieves, the entrance is pressed with a large stone slab.
Besides, there is nothing good in the cellar, several baskets of dead silkworms were sent in a few days ago, why does this person go to the cellar?
It wasn't until the bright moon hung high that Wu Shengye finally got the person he wanted.Unfortunately, the sky is bright and clear today, without any dark clouds.Under the reflection of the bright moonlight, he could clearly see the face hidden under the cloak.
Father? !
The person who sneaked into the silkworm farm in the middle of the night was actually Wu Shengye's father, Wu Can.
Wu Can himself had a guilty conscience and walked in a hurry, but he didn't find Wu Shengye behind the grass.
"I wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect to catch a big fish." Wu Shengye smiled softly.
After Wu Can left, he walked out of the grass, shook the dirt off his clothes, and stooped to the cellar.Sure enough, there were obvious traces of being flipped around.
Wu Shengye was tall and burly, and he easily moved the stone slabs of the cellar, and walked slowly down the road.
"It stinks." He pinched his nose and slapped the front with his hand, "I haven't thrown away the baskets of broken silkworms. Could it be that there are treasures hidden?"
He didn't dare to light the oil lamp, but walked over in the dark.
"Ho!!!!"
Wu Shengye withdrew his hand suddenly, fell to the ground, and crawled a long way backwards on hands and feet.
cool cool cool!
It's a corpse.
Why is there a dead body in the cellar of the Wu family?
Wu Shengye immediately thought that the legend of Empress Silkworm Flower had come true, and ran out without looking back.When he touched the stone slab, his hand suddenly stopped.
Could it be that this is father's secret?
Greed defeated fear, and Wu Shengye slowly climbed down again, approaching the corpse little by little.The stench was emanating from the corpse, and he held his breath and touched the cold skin of the corpse again.
Nothing happened.
"Ha, ha, it's just a dead person." Wu Shengye cheered himself up.
He searched the entire cellar but didn't find any baskets of dead silkworms before. Combined with the sound of digging the soil just now, he was almost sure that his father knew about the dead man, and even wanted to use "dead silkworms" to cover it up!
Everyone knows that the dead silkworms are all parked in the cellar, so no one dares to come down.
"My lord, those silkworms didn't die of illness at all, but were killed by my father himself. There is also the corpse. He is my father's friend. It is impossible for my father not to know about it!"
"There's no evidence for what you say." Mu Qingtian lured Wu Shengye into taking the bait.
"The dead silkworms are buried in the field next to the cellar, adults can search for them!"
Wu Can's face was ashen, he didn't expect that he thought he was perfect/seamless, but he didn't count the variable Wu Shengye.
"Then you were the one who poisoned the silkworm?" Mu Qingtian narrowed his eyes, "Come here! Take down the disloyal and unfilial Wu Shengye!"
Wu Shengye originally thought that he was sure of winning, and put all the blame on Wu Can, but he didn't expect Mu Qingtian to attack him, and he panicked for a moment.
"What poison? The grass people don't know! The grass people don't know!" He knelt down on the ground and yelled.
Mu Qingtian turned his head and looked at Zhu Jingshou, seeing that Zhu Jingshou closed his eyes and shook his head, he knew it.
"You still dare to argue!" Mu Qingtian slapped the gavel forcefully, "Wu Silkworm has been poisoned for a long time, don't you know it!"
Wu Shengye really didn't know.He thought it was God opening his eyes and punishing Wu Can's injustice, but he didn't expect it to be poisoning.
"My lord! My lord! The grass people have always admired their father, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing, my lord!"
Wu Can, who was lying on the ground, also shook his head. Although Wu Shengye exposed him and spoke rudely to him, he still didn't believe that his own son poisoned him.
"It must be the second lady, she is proficient in medicine, she must have done it!" Wu Shengye roared.
"No, it's not the second lady, it's Canniang..."
"She couldn't pursue the grassroots, so she held a grudge and tried to blame the grassroots." Wu Shengye murmured, "She has gotten very close to the second wife recently, and it is likely that she got the poison from the second wife."
Mu Qingtian was waiting for his words.
"Come on!" Mu Qingtian waved his arms, "Go to Wu Mansion."
Wu Can, the eldest lady, Wu Shengye, and Dianxiang were all taken away by the government. Now only the second wife, the third wife, and Wu Shengsi and his wife are left in the Wu residence.
"What will happen..." Wu Shengsi worried as she watched the officers and soldiers coming and going outside the window.
"It will be fine." Canniang stepped forward to comfort her, "With the prince and the imperial envoy handling the case, we will not wrongly wrong a good person, nor will we misplace a bad person."
Wu Shengsi clenched her fist silently.
"She has caused my mother and child to this point, and I will never let it go."
As the third lady is the most powerful person in the house besides the eldest lady, she should naturally support the overall situation.
She grabbed the handkerchief and stepped forward, with erratic eyes, saluted the magistrate of Anji County and said: "I'm being polite, I don't know if my lord is coming to the house, what's the matter?"
The county magistrate asked with a straight face, "Are you the third wife of the Wu family, Wu Shengye's biological mother?"
The third lady was taken aback, and said: "Yes, it is the concubine's body."
"Wu Shengye poisoned and murdered his father, and the imperial envoy has arrested him. Third madam, come with us."
"What do you think happened to Ye'er?!" The third lady widened her beautiful eyes, and without any regard for the rules, she threw herself directly in front of the county magistrate, tightly grasping his forearm.
"Presumptuous!" The officers and soldiers shouted loudly.
As if he was afraid that the third wife would not be able to hear clearly, the county magistrate repeated it again: "Wu Shengye, he poisoned his father, and he will be executed soon."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to the people behind him, "There is Wu Shengsi, let's arrest them together."
"Yes."
"No no no no no!!!" The third lady screamed, "It must be a mistake, my son is kind-hearted, how could he do such a thing!"
The county magistrate sneered and shook the third lady's hand, without turning back to Wu Shengsi's yard.
"it's me!!!"
"it's me!!!!"
The third lady suddenly went crazy, pulled out the hairpin from her head and confronted the officers and soldiers who were going to arrest her.
"I am the one who poisoned you! It has nothing to do with my son!"
In the courtroom, everyone was quiet, waiting for the general official to pass.
Zhu Jingshou sat back beside Mu Qingtian, and it didn't take long for Ansheng to have a wrong thought.
He poked Mu Qingtian's forearm under the table.
Mu Qingtian sat upright.
He poked Mu Qingtian's thigh again.
"What are you doing?" Mu Qingtian glanced at him and whispered.
Zhu Jingshou stretched out his hand and hooked Mu Qingtian.
Mu Qingtian didn't know why, so he slowly stretched out his hand.
[Seriously, Qingqing is so beautiful. 】
Hiss—Zhu Jingshou gasped.
[The angry Qingqing is also very cute. 】
[It's not over, is it? Don't you want to see where this is? 】Mu Qingtian couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed Zhu Jingshou's hand, and wrote on his palm.
【Does Qingqing want to make a bet with this king? 】
【What to bet? 】
【Who is the person who bet on poisoning. 】
[Okay, where is the lottery? 】
【If the king guesses wrong, I will kiss you; if the king guesses right, then Qingqing will kiss you. 】
Mu Qingtian remained expressionless.
[Anyway, you are taking advantage. 】
Zhu Jingshou smiled kindly and wrote.
【how could be?It seems that Qingqing doesn't want to compare with this king?Could it be that Qingqing is afraid? 】
Only a fool would be fooled by such an obvious aggressive method!
[Bijibi, I said that the person who poisoned was the third lady. 】
[Coincidentally. 】Zhu Jingshou smiled treacherously, 【This king also bet on the third wife.Eh, ah, what to do. 】
[Both of them won, the king kissed Qingqing once, and Qingqing kissed the king once. 】
As expected of the old, treacherous and cunning King Qing, he was cunning when he played tricks.
Before Mu Qingtian had time to reply, he heard the angry voice of the official commander coming from far away.
"Report! The third lady pleaded guilty!"
The chief official went up to the lobby, knelt down and clasped his fists. He looked at Mu Qingtian with admiration on his face, "Your Excellency sent me a little one to ask, but the third lady stopped asking herself before she even reached Wu Shengsi's yard."
"Your Excellency has a clever plan." An Bai also stood up from his hands and said.
Everyone was very happy to find the real culprit of the poisoning, except one.
Wu Shengye couldn't believe his ears, and shouted: "What did you say?"
His mother, poisoned Wu Can?This is impossible! !
Mu Qingtian lowered his face, snorted coldly and said, "Whether it is true or not, we will know when she comes over."
The third lady was in a daze, and she didn't care at all when she saw the people around her pointing at her.She has spent so much effort in cultivating Ye'er, she can't let her efforts fall by the wayside!
When she arrived at the county yamen hall, she saw Wu Shengye with her head down at a glance, and before she knelt down, she said loudly: "My lord! The poison is from my concubine! It has nothing to do with my son!"
Wu Shengye's body trembled, but he didn't look back.
His mother is protecting him, and he must never turn back.Great kindness, only repayment in the next life.
"Let me tell you all about how you were poisoned." The gavel sounded, revealing the truth of the year.
Wu Can was a good man named Anji when he was young. He was handsome and ran the huge Wu family. He was the object of admiration for countless daughters.
She only saw Wu Can once, and fell in love with him deeply, unable to extricate herself.
But Wu Can has no intention of treating her, he just treats her as a younger sister.This didn't stop her admiration, on the contrary, it made Wu Can better in her heart.
Who wouldn't be tempted by a man who respects and loves his wife so much?
Like a moth, she rushed to the fire without hesitation, trying to burn herself in the flame of love until the last moment of her life.
Finally, her chance came.
She married into Wu's family and became Wu Can's wife as she wished.
Not enough, not enough!Wu Can's heart was divided into two parts, one for the eldest lady and one for her!
What she likes is not this kind of Wu Can, but the Wu Can who regards his wife as the only one and loves only one person!
Wu Shengye was born. Instead of thinking about seeing her son, she stretched her neck and dragged her tired body to look outside.
Wu Can was not by her side, he was outside rewarding the servants.
She thought that with Wu Shengye, the position of wife would be hers.But she was wrong, very wrong.Wu Can's love for the eldest lady has not diminished in the slightest, but she has distributed her love to Wu Shengye.
Life has smoothed her love, looking back at dusk, she found that she actually got nothing.She will never be better than the eldest lady, and even her son can't be better than that stupid Wu Shengsi!
Love turned into resentment, and then returned to peace.She was not reconciled to watching her son suffer.The pain she got from Wu Can, she will repay it twice.
Ye'er is her child, the only person she should love in this world.
Wu Can never wanted Wu Shengye to inherit the Wu family, she could see this clearly.Wu Can thinks that she is not as good as he wants.It's just that as long as Wu Can live, her Ye'er will never be able to inherit the Wu family.
Only when Wu Can dies early can she become the only eldest lady in the house.
"The poison was prepared by the concubine herself, and it has nothing to do with anyone." After telling the bitterness and hatred in her heart, the third wife not only did not feel relieved, but was on the verge of breaking out.
"My lord, Wu Can he deserves to die, damn it!" She knelt heavily on the ground, covering her face and weeping bitterly.
Mu Qingtian didn't sympathize with the third lady, and asked her instead: "Then, have you ever thought about how Wu Shengsi would survive if he was driven out of the Wu residence?"
"It doesn't matter to me how he lives!" The third lady said angrily.
Wu Can clutched his chest and tried his best to sit up, wanting to slap the third lady.He had been glorious all his life, but his face was completely humiliated by this vicious woman!
"Bitch ho... people!"
The third lady effortlessly grabbed Wu Can's hand and stared at his cloudy eyes like a demon.
"Wu Can, dare you say that you don't have any guilt in your heart?"
"Ye'er is also your child, and he is also your flesh and blood!! He is the blood of your Wu family!"
Wu Can was unmoved, and still tried hard to break away from the third lady's hand.
The third lady's pupils narrowed slightly, and the disappointment in her eyes was clearly visible.She let down her breath and shook off Wu Can, who was already entangled in the wind.
"Forget it, I should have known."
She walked forward on her knees, looked up at Mu Qingtian, and said: "My lord, I did the poisoning alone. My son is innocent. Please let him live."
Before Mu Qingtian could speak, Zhu Jingshou suddenly grabbed his wrist.
Zhu Jingshou winked at him and asked him to look out of the lobby.
Huh?When did another person kneel down there?
"Who is in the hall, why are you kneeling and not saying anything!" Mu Qingtian said loudly.
"My concubine belongs to the Li family, and is Wu Can's concubine." The woman respectfully kowtowed to Mu Qingtian, "I have something important to report."
It turned out to be the second wife who had no sense of existence.
The third lady trembled imperceptibly.
"Come forward and talk!"
"Yes."
The second lady stood up, step by step, stepping on the third lady's heart with every step.
"The third lady just said, 'What does he do with me'?"
"Yes..." Cold sweat broke out on the third lady's forehead.
The second lady sneered as if she heard some big joke.
"It's not just about you."
"It is you who caused the eldest son to become the person he is today!!"
The third lady burst into flames and glared at the second lady: "Don't talk nonsense, you're spitting blood!"
Immediately, she was pressed down again by officers and soldiers.
"What?" The second lady knelt down and looked directly at her, "Does the third lady dare to do it or not?"
How is this going?The development of the matter has exceeded Mu Qingtian's estimate.
"My lord." The second lady stood up and saluted, "I don't know if my lord would like to hear about the past."
The second lady's father was a quack doctor who had traveled all over the world all his life, but he didn't save much money.When he died, the daughter couldn't even pay for his burial.The daughter learned some medical skills from her father, but she was not well-known, and no one wanted to seek medical treatment from her.Seeing that the first seven days were approaching, her father's body was still parked in the straw mat, so she had no choice but to sell her body to bury him.
When she married into Wu's family, she was relieved.Everyone knows Wu Can's reputation, and it won't be too sad to be his concubine.Wu Can paid for her to bury her father and said she was smart.
With a grateful heart, she soon had her first child, who died in April.
At first she thought it was Wu Can who killed the child, because she only drank a bowl of anti-fetal medicine that Wu Can sent from the kitchen.She secretly went through the medicinal residues and found saffron that should not have appeared in it.
She was in great pain, thinking of the child who died in vain, and even more suspicious of Wu Can.She and Wu Cann had no relationship at all, and then she became even more angry and left Wu Cann in the cold.Soon, her yard was deserted.
But later, she accidentally discovered that things were not that simple.
No wonder the third lady was so flamboyant that she discovered the saffron crumbs.She thought that Wu Can would also harm the third wife, so she tried every means to remind her to stop her.She wanted to check the decoction, but the servants in the mansion were very cautious and never let her touch it.
Bowls of anti-fetal medicines were delivered to the third wife's room. The second wife felt that she was hopeless, so she went back to her room to concentrate on studying the prescriptions for her body.She didn't want the third lady to repeat her mistakes.
But the third wife gave birth to the child safely, which is absolutely impossible.
Unless, the first person who poisoned was the third lady.What a coincidence, the eldest lady and she couldn't have a son, but the third lady gave birth to Wu Shengye smoothly.
She couldn't believe that the third lady, who usually looked weak and weak, would do such a cruel thing, so she buried this matter in her heart, not talking about it, not asking about it, not looking at it.She has been locked in Wu's house and cannot escape.
Until some time ago, Canniang came to her suddenly.
She knew that Wu Shengsi had married a wife, but she was neither Wu Shengsi's biological mother nor a concubine, so she didn't inquire further.
Canniang went straight to the point and expressed her intention to come, and wanted to show the second wife a symptom who knew a little bit about medical skills.
Vomiting doesn't stop, it's like eating something.She still remembered what she told Canniang.
"Then what if you stop vomiting after drinking milk and develop a high fever?"
Swallow copper.
Her expression froze, and she hurriedly asked who was in such a situation, and she must be treated quickly, or she would die!
Canniang said, it is the eldest son.
The nurse was the first to discover Wu Shengsi's poisoning, and she also discovered the decoration of a copper butterfly clutched in Wu Shengsi's hand.
There was no poison in the milk at all, but the copper butterfly was poisonous, and Wu Shengsi was rescued only after the nurse was well-informed.
The person in the Wu family who likes to wear butterfly ornaments the most is the third lady.No one knew how she defended herself back then, and how she blamed the nanny and drove the nanny out of the house.
But what is certain is that the nanny had already recognized the copper butterfly at that time, and she got caught in the fire.
The second lady didn't expect that the eldest son's illness had hidden secrets, and she immediately remembered the matter of saffron.
That's right, I heard that the master didn't want to marry the third wife from the very beginning, and it was the eldest lady who carried her and the third wife into the door after a series of miscarriages.
If Wu Shengsi is not stupid, even if the eldest lady has no heirs, the Wu family will still have successors.Thinking of this, a chill ran down her spine towards her Tianling Gai.
Everyone was played around by the third lady, even Wu Can was no exception.
She has not fought for many years, but now she also wants to fight for her child who died tragically.Once Wu Shengye inherits the Wu family, the three wives will definitely get rid of them all.The third wife is unkind first, so don't blame her for being unrighteous.
Canniang told her that Wu Shengsi was getting better little by little, and maybe it would return to normal after a while.She formed an alliance with Canniang, and quietly adjusted Wu Shengsi's body to help him recover as soon as possible.
"You're talking nonsense! What evidence do you have!" The third lady's eyes were wandering, and her mouth was stiff.
The nanny died a long time ago, and there is no way to find the saffron. Now the only thing that can be found and convicted is to poison the silkworm!
But being fair and at ease, everyone present believed what the second lady said.Wu Can pouted in one breath, unconscious.
"There is no evidence for this matter." Mu Qingtian pondered.
What the second lady said is well-founded, and the motive for the crime has been established, it is hard not to believe it.
"My lord, I don't want to ask for anything." The second lady smiled, "It's just that it's more comfortable to say something brightly than to hold it in my heart."
Mu Qingtian nodded, "This matter also involves Canniang, so she must also confront her."
"Sir, please."
Since then, a small "silkworm god murder" case has involved everyone in the Wu family, and no one has been spared.
Wu Shengsi and Canniang had already cleaned up and waited for the arrival of the county magistrate.
"Sanniang, let me go alone, you stay at home." Wu Shengsi held her hand, full of pity.
The lady has suffered and done too much for him.He can't show up, and everything can only be left to her.No matter how strong a person is, they will always be powerless in the face of the wolves, tigers and leopards of the Wu family.
"If you want to go, go with me, is it possible that you want to leave me?" Canniang pretended to be angry and blamed.
"how is this possible!"
"Where is Canniang!" the chief official shouted.
"The concubine is here, please wait a moment, my lord."
In the courtroom, Canniang recounted her relationship with the second wife, as well as the private connection, and there were basically no mistakes.
"This eldest son of the Wu family, why doesn't he look right?"
"Yeah, it seems that I'm not stupid at all."
"Let's see what's going on."
The common people watching the excitement outside the lobby circled round after round, and they all noticed Wu Shengsi's abnormality.
"You! You lied to me!" The third lady looked at Wu Shengsi with clear eyes in disbelief, wishing to rush up and bite off his ear.
Wu Shengsi smiled lightly and said, "Didn't the third lady think of that?"
"A person who deceives others will be deceived by others one day."
Wu Can just woke up leisurely at this time, trembling and shedding tears of relief.
"Son, son..."
Canniang came over and knelt beside Wu Shengsi, blocking Wu Can's sight.
The eldest lady didn't go to court, but she heard that her son was no longer stupid and had become a normal person. He was emotionally ups and downs, crying and laughing for a while, which frightened the guards.
"Father." Wu Shengsi nodded indifferently.
"Sure enough! You shouldn't have been allowed in at that time!" The third lady stared at Can Niang resentfully, as if her eyes were about to burst into flames.
Mu Qingtian got a headache from being teased by this family ethics drama, and took several shots of the gavel.
"The facts of the case are now clear. Come here, and take the prisoners Wu Can, Wu Shengye, Jin Shi, Dianxiang, and Er Niu into prison!"
The third lady quickly turned her attention to Mu Qingtian.
"Your Excellency is wrong! Wrong! It is the sinful woman who poisoned, and it has nothing to do with the leaves!"
Zhu Jingshou felt that it was time for him to act, and if he didn't show it, it would be too useless in front of Qingqing.
"Bold."
The prince spoke, and the audience was silent.
"Do you know who disclosed the news to Er Niu?" He opened his fan, walked out of his seat, and stood next to Wu Shengye.
"If you go back to the prince, the grassroots don't know." Wu Shengye sensed something was wrong, but subconsciously avoided it.
"Tell me." Zhu Jingshou kicked Er Niu in disgust.
"The little one didn't eavesdrop on purpose! I beg the prince to spare the little one's life!"
Interrogation is what Zhu Jingshou is best at. Even Xiao Ba, who was born in Jinyiwei Imperial Prison, is not as capable as Zhu Jingshou.
"The case was examined by an imperial envoy, so it's useless to beg me." Zhu Jingshou grinned viciously, and even winked at Mu Qingtian.
Anyway, no matter where he is, the prince will listen to the princess.
After hearing this, Er Niu hurriedly kowtowed to Mu Qingtian and begged for mercy.
"My lord." Wu Shengye heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately cupped his fists and said, "Erniu was originally from Wu Shengsi's room, so it must have been Canniang's idea to pretend to be Empress Canhua!"
Can Niang sneered and said, "Second Young Master is really a noble person who forgets things too much. I don't know what the 'cooperation' you said to me before, what exactly is the cooperation?"
Monk Anji Zhanger couldn't figure it out.He knew that Wu Can, Jin's, and Dianxiang were guilty, but he couldn't figure out what the crimes of Erniu and Wu Shengye were.
"Three hours." Mu Qingtian said concisely.
Mu Qingtian didn't let the three servants go back for no reason, and let them bring the "news" that he deliberately leaked.
What Shuanzi heard was that Mu Qingtian would go out with Zhu Jingshou on the twenty-sixth night.
Cheng Rong is twenty-eight.
What Er Niu heard was Twenty Seven.
On the twenty-sixth day, Mu Qingtian sent someone to wait, and nothing happened, which showed that Shuanzi didn't care about his and Zhu Jingshou's whereabouts at all.
On the twenty-seventh day, Empress Canhua appeared - Er Niu not only paid attention to their actions, but also passed these things on to the Wu family.
Mu Qingtian couldn't confirm who the owners of Dianxiang and Erniu were, until Wu Shengye broke in and didn't ask himself, everything became clear.
Wu Shengye is a sensible person, and immediately realized that Erniu and himself had been caught in a trap, and his teeth itched with anger.
"Let's talk." Zhu Jingshou kicked Er Niu again, "Or do you want to be punished?"
"The second son asked the young one to do it. He said that in the future, when he becomes the master of the Wu family, he will make the young one the housekeeper!" .
"It's a bunch of nonsense." Wu Shengye crossed his arms, "How could this young master join forces with your generation."
"Furthermore, Dianxiang is from Wu Shengsi's room. If you don't doubt Wu Shengsi, your lord will wrong me, a good person."
Mu Qingtian was very angry, feeling that Wu Shengye was really stubborn.
"The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and you are still sophistrying. Come and punish me!"
Wu Shengye was not afraid of Mu Qingtian at all, he knelt down and made a loud noise.
"My lord is going to beat you to death!"
Can't fight, and there is no substantive evidence to prove that the person who dismembered the body and dumped it was Wu Shengye. At the end of the case, he fell into a bottleneck again.
Dianxiang looked at Wu Shengye begging for help, and Wu Shengye gave her a comforting look, and said "don't be afraid" with his mouth.
There was strength in an instant when the incense was lit, and she looked at Wu Shengye with admiration, and vowed never to confess her second son.
"My lord." She raised her head, "The idea of pretending to be Empress Silkworm Flower came from Er Niu, the purpose is to absolve myself of the crime!"
"Oh?" Mu Qingtian thought it was funny, "Then you are not related to him, so why would you help him?"
"This……"
"Er Niu was greedy for Dianxiang's beauty, and wanted to keep it for himself, and even seized the handle of Dianxiang, threatening her repeatedly." Wu Shengye gained confidence, and his speech became much smoother.
What handle?Good people craned their necks to listen.
"My lord, light the incense that day while the grass people are asleep, and give medicine to the grass people." Wu Shengsi said at the right time.
Oh!So it is!
Everyone knew that Wu Shengsi was no longer stupid, she just kept pretending to be stupid.Wu Shengsi must have been sober when she lighted the incense and poured the medicine.
"Tsk tsk, a sparrow is a sparrow, always wanting to fly on a branch and become a phoenix."
"Looking at her beautiful features, I didn't expect to have a heart of snakes and scorpions."
"I'm the eldest son's concubine! Who gave you the guts to talk about me!!" Dian Xiang roared angrily, then carefully peeked at Wu Shengye, fearing that he would alienate him because of other people's words.
The eldest son's concubine?Mu Qingtian's eyes lit up, and he had another plan.
"The case is complicated and cannot be retried today."
Wu Can, Jin Shi and Er Niu were all imprisoned, waiting to be dealt with.Wu Shengye and Dianxiang were released because of insufficient evidence and "threats".But it is said to be released, because the case has not been resolved, so they can only live in the county government temporarily.
Today's lunch is courgette stew, mutton pot, squirrel fish, and several dishes of exquisite vegetarian dishes.
Mu Qingtian was talking with Wu Shengye, laughing heartily from time to time, and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the squirrel fish.
"My lord can't eat it!" Wu Shengye suddenly knocked off Mu Qingtian's chopsticks.
Mu Qingtian was startled, and the fish in the chopsticks also fell on the plate.
Unfortunately, my fish.While feeling sorry, Mu Qingtian secretly compared "Yeah" with Zhu Jingshou.
"What's the matter?" He scowled, as if he became unhappy because of Wu Shengye's interruption.
Wu Shengye gritted his teeth and said, "Who made the dish, don't you know that adults will get rashes after eating fish!"
"Really?" Mu Qingtian was puzzled.
As he spoke, he took another chopstick of fish meat and put it into his mouth.
"Why doesn't this officer know?" He turned his head and smiled darkly at Wu Shengye.
Wu Shengye stood up "crazy", pointed at some incense and said angrily, "How dare you frame me!"
It is very wronged to light the incense without knowing it.
"Don't eat the rice, let's take him down." Mu Qingtian clapped his hands, and the officers and soldiers outside the door rushed in immediately and took Wu Shengye down.
36 plan, hey, the wisdom of the ancestors, divorce plan!
Wu Shengye made a confession, but it was difficult to burn incense alone, so he soon did the same.
It is true that Wu Can kills people, and the reason for killing them is also very simple.The guest came from afar and brought new silkworm eggs, the silk produced was stronger than the silkworms that the Wu family has now.
But the merchant asked a very high price, and said that if the silkworms were unwilling to bid, they would sell the silkworm eggs to other silkworm farmers.If other people get the silkworm eggs, the Wu family's position is in jeopardy.
Wu Can only wanted to carry forward the Wu family, and was tempted to kill for a while, pretending to negotiate, and then killing and seizing silkworms.
He first hid the corpse in the cellar, then killed several baskets of silkworms, and sent them all to the cellar.That way, no one will find the body.But the corpse had been kept in the Wu Mansion, and there would always be an accident, so he thought of a plan to dismember the corpse.
But before he could act, the body was discovered by Wu Shengye.Wu Shengye is worthy of being Wu Can's son, and he agrees with him surprisingly.He planned to help Wu Can dispose of the corpse, and then use this matter to threaten Wu Can, asking him to pass on the Wu family to himself.
Wu Can was the one who killed, but Wu Shengye was the one who dismembered the body.He colluded with the two bullies and used the voyage to throw the corpse.Unfortunately, it was very foggy that day, and the servants on the boat were very vigilant. Erniu couldn't find a chance to do anything, so he had no choice but to wait for the boat to dock before trying to find a solution.
Unexpectedly, with Chen Feng's appearance, the human legs in the cabin could be seen again.
Wu Can was shocked when he heard that a human leg was found on his boat, and his first reaction was to go to the cellar to check—the corpse was missing a leg.
He didn't know who discovered the corpse in the cellar, and now he could only use his tricks and made up a story about the killing of the silkworm god and spread it.
Wu Shengye didn't expect that the first time he threw the body would be unsuccessful, but he quickly calmed down. After all, it wasn't him who killed him, but Wu Can.He decided to use his status as Erniu to frame Wu Shengsi.
The news of his private meeting with Canniang was also spread by himself, in order to force Canniang to submit.Who knows that Canniang is not afraid at all, Wu Can also protects Canniang, so the plan has to be abandoned.But he didn't give up. After noticing Dianxiang's feelings for him, he gave her a little hint and turned her into a pawn next to Wu Shengsi.
It's a pity that Wu Shengsi had woken up early and had a good show with Canniang, otherwise Wu Shengsi's plan might really be successful.
Countless coincidences and calculations were mixed together to turn a small murder case into a "silkworm god murder" case, how ridiculous.
"How did Qingqing know that Wu Shengsi was pretending to be stupid?" Zhu Jingshou asked curiously with his arms around him.
"Before, Wu Shengsi quarreled with Canniang and threw things at her."
Zhu Jingshou understood.All the things bypassed Canniang, and nothing fell on her. It looked majestic and terrifying to outsiders, but Canniang didn't get hurt at all.
Presumably, the wounds on Canniang's face were also disguised, deliberately creating the illusion that she and Wu Shengsi were at odds.
Before leaving, Mu Qingtian and Zhu Jingshou made a special trip to Wu's house.
The eldest lady was hit too hard and fell ill immediately.Wu Can and Wu Shengye were all beheaded, and the mansion was in chaos, which was maintained only by the hard work of Wu Shengsi and Canniang.
Hearing that the prince and the imperial envoy had arrived, Wu Shengsi and Canniang rushed out to greet them.
"It's just plain food, I hope the lord and your lord don't dislike it." At this moment, Canniang had a bit of a daughter-in-law's attitude, and pinned the broken hair hanging by her temples behind her ears.
"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it." Mu Qingtian drooled when he saw the big elbow on the table, and he was not polite at all.
"What are you going to do next?" In contrast, Zhu Jingshou was much more reliable.
Wu Shengsi and Canniang looked at each other, and then said cautiously: "Caomin will not repeat the same mistakes, we can only do our best to run the Wu family."
"The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and both the concubine and the husband have experienced it before." Canniang said.
Zhu Jingshou pointed to the table with his fingers, looked at Mu Qingtian who kept stuffing food into his mouth and still nodding his head, and chuckled lightly.
"Is there any silk woven from the Wu family's silk?"
Wu Shengsi was stunned, but Canniang was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "There are some, if the prince wants to see it, I can go and get it now."
At the same time, Mu Qingtian, who was cooking like crazy, suddenly stopped what he was doing, opened his mouth halfway, with rice grains hanging from the corner of his mouth, and stared blankly at nothingness.
[Routine task 20: Corruption/embezzlement of [-] taels of silver. 】
[The task is limited to one year, cannot be accumulated, and needs to be completed at one time. 】
Sell him and see if it's worth 20 taels of silver.
"Qing... What's wrong with Master Mu?" Zhu Jingshou saw that something was wrong with Mu Qingtian, and almost exposed him.
"Heh, heh, it's okay." Mu Qingtian woke up suddenly.
Can't we wait for him to finish his meal before sending out the task!It's better now, I can't eat the delicious elbow anymore, and I still feel a little nauseous, I feel panicked.
Canniang took the servants to bring up the woven cloth for Zhu Jingshou to have a look.
"good."
Wu Shengsi's hands trembled, she couldn't believe what contract she had just signed.
"This is your reward."
With peace
Wu Shengye punched his chest with one hand, and said regretfully, "It's the foolishness and filial piety that really hurt my father!"
Sitting in the hall, Mu Qingtian lowered his eyes and said, "Do you know what you're talking about?"
"There is absolutely no falsehood in the courtroom." Wu Shengye said firmly, "The grassroots have evidence."
That night, Wu Shengye felt irritable. After lying down, he got dressed again and opened the door to get some fresh air.The father only had Wu Shengsi in his eyes, never had him as the second son.Now his father's health is not as good as before, Wu Shengsi is still foolish and not a threat, but the Canniang beside him is not good at anything.
He arrived at the silkworm farm after wandering around, and suddenly saw a sneaky black shadow flashing past.
"What!" Wu Shengye just wanted to call someone, but closed his mouth again.
Breaking into the silkworm farm at night must have an ulterior secret, why didn't he take the opportunity to recruit this person?
Wu Shengye didn't say anything, he was going to catch a turtle in a urn and expose the person's true colors.He hid behind the bushes, quietly waiting for the people inside to come out.
The stone slab rubbed against the ground, making a little noise.The man must have tried his best to lift it, but there was still a commotion.
Wu Shengye is very strange, the only place with stone slabs in the whole silkworm farm is the cellar - in order to prevent thieves, the entrance is pressed with a large stone slab.
Besides, there is nothing good in the cellar, several baskets of dead silkworms were sent in a few days ago, why does this person go to the cellar?
It wasn't until the bright moon hung high that Wu Shengye finally got the person he wanted.Unfortunately, the sky is bright and clear today, without any dark clouds.Under the reflection of the bright moonlight, he could clearly see the face hidden under the cloak.
Father? !
The person who sneaked into the silkworm farm in the middle of the night was actually Wu Shengye's father, Wu Can.
Wu Can himself had a guilty conscience and walked in a hurry, but he didn't find Wu Shengye behind the grass.
"I wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect to catch a big fish." Wu Shengye smiled softly.
After Wu Can left, he walked out of the grass, shook the dirt off his clothes, and stooped to the cellar.Sure enough, there were obvious traces of being flipped around.
Wu Shengye was tall and burly, and he easily moved the stone slabs of the cellar, and walked slowly down the road.
"It stinks." He pinched his nose and slapped the front with his hand, "I haven't thrown away the baskets of broken silkworms. Could it be that there are treasures hidden?"
He didn't dare to light the oil lamp, but walked over in the dark.
"Ho!!!!"
Wu Shengye withdrew his hand suddenly, fell to the ground, and crawled a long way backwards on hands and feet.
cool cool cool!
It's a corpse.
Why is there a dead body in the cellar of the Wu family?
Wu Shengye immediately thought that the legend of Empress Silkworm Flower had come true, and ran out without looking back.When he touched the stone slab, his hand suddenly stopped.
Could it be that this is father's secret?
Greed defeated fear, and Wu Shengye slowly climbed down again, approaching the corpse little by little.The stench was emanating from the corpse, and he held his breath and touched the cold skin of the corpse again.
Nothing happened.
"Ha, ha, it's just a dead person." Wu Shengye cheered himself up.
He searched the entire cellar but didn't find any baskets of dead silkworms before. Combined with the sound of digging the soil just now, he was almost sure that his father knew about the dead man, and even wanted to use "dead silkworms" to cover it up!
Everyone knows that the dead silkworms are all parked in the cellar, so no one dares to come down.
"My lord, those silkworms didn't die of illness at all, but were killed by my father himself. There is also the corpse. He is my father's friend. It is impossible for my father not to know about it!"
"There's no evidence for what you say." Mu Qingtian lured Wu Shengye into taking the bait.
"The dead silkworms are buried in the field next to the cellar, adults can search for them!"
Wu Can's face was ashen, he didn't expect that he thought he was perfect/seamless, but he didn't count the variable Wu Shengye.
"Then you were the one who poisoned the silkworm?" Mu Qingtian narrowed his eyes, "Come here! Take down the disloyal and unfilial Wu Shengye!"
Wu Shengye originally thought that he was sure of winning, and put all the blame on Wu Can, but he didn't expect Mu Qingtian to attack him, and he panicked for a moment.
"What poison? The grass people don't know! The grass people don't know!" He knelt down on the ground and yelled.
Mu Qingtian turned his head and looked at Zhu Jingshou, seeing that Zhu Jingshou closed his eyes and shook his head, he knew it.
"You still dare to argue!" Mu Qingtian slapped the gavel forcefully, "Wu Silkworm has been poisoned for a long time, don't you know it!"
Wu Shengye really didn't know.He thought it was God opening his eyes and punishing Wu Can's injustice, but he didn't expect it to be poisoning.
"My lord! My lord! The grass people have always admired their father, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing, my lord!"
Wu Can, who was lying on the ground, also shook his head. Although Wu Shengye exposed him and spoke rudely to him, he still didn't believe that his own son poisoned him.
"It must be the second lady, she is proficient in medicine, she must have done it!" Wu Shengye roared.
"No, it's not the second lady, it's Canniang..."
"She couldn't pursue the grassroots, so she held a grudge and tried to blame the grassroots." Wu Shengye murmured, "She has gotten very close to the second wife recently, and it is likely that she got the poison from the second wife."
Mu Qingtian was waiting for his words.
"Come on!" Mu Qingtian waved his arms, "Go to Wu Mansion."
Wu Can, the eldest lady, Wu Shengye, and Dianxiang were all taken away by the government. Now only the second wife, the third wife, and Wu Shengsi and his wife are left in the Wu residence.
"What will happen..." Wu Shengsi worried as she watched the officers and soldiers coming and going outside the window.
"It will be fine." Canniang stepped forward to comfort her, "With the prince and the imperial envoy handling the case, we will not wrongly wrong a good person, nor will we misplace a bad person."
Wu Shengsi clenched her fist silently.
"She has caused my mother and child to this point, and I will never let it go."
As the third lady is the most powerful person in the house besides the eldest lady, she should naturally support the overall situation.
She grabbed the handkerchief and stepped forward, with erratic eyes, saluted the magistrate of Anji County and said: "I'm being polite, I don't know if my lord is coming to the house, what's the matter?"
The county magistrate asked with a straight face, "Are you the third wife of the Wu family, Wu Shengye's biological mother?"
The third lady was taken aback, and said: "Yes, it is the concubine's body."
"Wu Shengye poisoned and murdered his father, and the imperial envoy has arrested him. Third madam, come with us."
"What do you think happened to Ye'er?!" The third lady widened her beautiful eyes, and without any regard for the rules, she threw herself directly in front of the county magistrate, tightly grasping his forearm.
"Presumptuous!" The officers and soldiers shouted loudly.
As if he was afraid that the third wife would not be able to hear clearly, the county magistrate repeated it again: "Wu Shengye, he poisoned his father, and he will be executed soon."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to the people behind him, "There is Wu Shengsi, let's arrest them together."
"Yes."
"No no no no no!!!" The third lady screamed, "It must be a mistake, my son is kind-hearted, how could he do such a thing!"
The county magistrate sneered and shook the third lady's hand, without turning back to Wu Shengsi's yard.
"it's me!!!"
"it's me!!!!"
The third lady suddenly went crazy, pulled out the hairpin from her head and confronted the officers and soldiers who were going to arrest her.
"I am the one who poisoned you! It has nothing to do with my son!"
In the courtroom, everyone was quiet, waiting for the general official to pass.
Zhu Jingshou sat back beside Mu Qingtian, and it didn't take long for Ansheng to have a wrong thought.
He poked Mu Qingtian's forearm under the table.
Mu Qingtian sat upright.
He poked Mu Qingtian's thigh again.
"What are you doing?" Mu Qingtian glanced at him and whispered.
Zhu Jingshou stretched out his hand and hooked Mu Qingtian.
Mu Qingtian didn't know why, so he slowly stretched out his hand.
[Seriously, Qingqing is so beautiful. 】
Hiss—Zhu Jingshou gasped.
[The angry Qingqing is also very cute. 】
[It's not over, is it? Don't you want to see where this is? 】Mu Qingtian couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed Zhu Jingshou's hand, and wrote on his palm.
【Does Qingqing want to make a bet with this king? 】
【What to bet? 】
【Who is the person who bet on poisoning. 】
[Okay, where is the lottery? 】
【If the king guesses wrong, I will kiss you; if the king guesses right, then Qingqing will kiss you. 】
Mu Qingtian remained expressionless.
[Anyway, you are taking advantage. 】
Zhu Jingshou smiled kindly and wrote.
【how could be?It seems that Qingqing doesn't want to compare with this king?Could it be that Qingqing is afraid? 】
Only a fool would be fooled by such an obvious aggressive method!
[Bijibi, I said that the person who poisoned was the third lady. 】
[Coincidentally. 】Zhu Jingshou smiled treacherously, 【This king also bet on the third wife.Eh, ah, what to do. 】
[Both of them won, the king kissed Qingqing once, and Qingqing kissed the king once. 】
As expected of the old, treacherous and cunning King Qing, he was cunning when he played tricks.
Before Mu Qingtian had time to reply, he heard the angry voice of the official commander coming from far away.
"Report! The third lady pleaded guilty!"
The chief official went up to the lobby, knelt down and clasped his fists. He looked at Mu Qingtian with admiration on his face, "Your Excellency sent me a little one to ask, but the third lady stopped asking herself before she even reached Wu Shengsi's yard."
"Your Excellency has a clever plan." An Bai also stood up from his hands and said.
Everyone was very happy to find the real culprit of the poisoning, except one.
Wu Shengye couldn't believe his ears, and shouted: "What did you say?"
His mother, poisoned Wu Can?This is impossible! !
Mu Qingtian lowered his face, snorted coldly and said, "Whether it is true or not, we will know when she comes over."
The third lady was in a daze, and she didn't care at all when she saw the people around her pointing at her.She has spent so much effort in cultivating Ye'er, she can't let her efforts fall by the wayside!
When she arrived at the county yamen hall, she saw Wu Shengye with her head down at a glance, and before she knelt down, she said loudly: "My lord! The poison is from my concubine! It has nothing to do with my son!"
Wu Shengye's body trembled, but he didn't look back.
His mother is protecting him, and he must never turn back.Great kindness, only repayment in the next life.
"Let me tell you all about how you were poisoned." The gavel sounded, revealing the truth of the year.
Wu Can was a good man named Anji when he was young. He was handsome and ran the huge Wu family. He was the object of admiration for countless daughters.
She only saw Wu Can once, and fell in love with him deeply, unable to extricate herself.
But Wu Can has no intention of treating her, he just treats her as a younger sister.This didn't stop her admiration, on the contrary, it made Wu Can better in her heart.
Who wouldn't be tempted by a man who respects and loves his wife so much?
Like a moth, she rushed to the fire without hesitation, trying to burn herself in the flame of love until the last moment of her life.
Finally, her chance came.
She married into Wu's family and became Wu Can's wife as she wished.
Not enough, not enough!Wu Can's heart was divided into two parts, one for the eldest lady and one for her!
What she likes is not this kind of Wu Can, but the Wu Can who regards his wife as the only one and loves only one person!
Wu Shengye was born. Instead of thinking about seeing her son, she stretched her neck and dragged her tired body to look outside.
Wu Can was not by her side, he was outside rewarding the servants.
She thought that with Wu Shengye, the position of wife would be hers.But she was wrong, very wrong.Wu Can's love for the eldest lady has not diminished in the slightest, but she has distributed her love to Wu Shengye.
Life has smoothed her love, looking back at dusk, she found that she actually got nothing.She will never be better than the eldest lady, and even her son can't be better than that stupid Wu Shengsi!
Love turned into resentment, and then returned to peace.She was not reconciled to watching her son suffer.The pain she got from Wu Can, she will repay it twice.
Ye'er is her child, the only person she should love in this world.
Wu Can never wanted Wu Shengye to inherit the Wu family, she could see this clearly.Wu Can thinks that she is not as good as he wants.It's just that as long as Wu Can live, her Ye'er will never be able to inherit the Wu family.
Only when Wu Can dies early can she become the only eldest lady in the house.
"The poison was prepared by the concubine herself, and it has nothing to do with anyone." After telling the bitterness and hatred in her heart, the third wife not only did not feel relieved, but was on the verge of breaking out.
"My lord, Wu Can he deserves to die, damn it!" She knelt heavily on the ground, covering her face and weeping bitterly.
Mu Qingtian didn't sympathize with the third lady, and asked her instead: "Then, have you ever thought about how Wu Shengsi would survive if he was driven out of the Wu residence?"
"It doesn't matter to me how he lives!" The third lady said angrily.
Wu Can clutched his chest and tried his best to sit up, wanting to slap the third lady.He had been glorious all his life, but his face was completely humiliated by this vicious woman!
"Bitch ho... people!"
The third lady effortlessly grabbed Wu Can's hand and stared at his cloudy eyes like a demon.
"Wu Can, dare you say that you don't have any guilt in your heart?"
"Ye'er is also your child, and he is also your flesh and blood!! He is the blood of your Wu family!"
Wu Can was unmoved, and still tried hard to break away from the third lady's hand.
The third lady's pupils narrowed slightly, and the disappointment in her eyes was clearly visible.She let down her breath and shook off Wu Can, who was already entangled in the wind.
"Forget it, I should have known."
She walked forward on her knees, looked up at Mu Qingtian, and said: "My lord, I did the poisoning alone. My son is innocent. Please let him live."
Before Mu Qingtian could speak, Zhu Jingshou suddenly grabbed his wrist.
Zhu Jingshou winked at him and asked him to look out of the lobby.
Huh?When did another person kneel down there?
"Who is in the hall, why are you kneeling and not saying anything!" Mu Qingtian said loudly.
"My concubine belongs to the Li family, and is Wu Can's concubine." The woman respectfully kowtowed to Mu Qingtian, "I have something important to report."
It turned out to be the second wife who had no sense of existence.
The third lady trembled imperceptibly.
"Come forward and talk!"
"Yes."
The second lady stood up, step by step, stepping on the third lady's heart with every step.
"The third lady just said, 'What does he do with me'?"
"Yes..." Cold sweat broke out on the third lady's forehead.
The second lady sneered as if she heard some big joke.
"It's not just about you."
"It is you who caused the eldest son to become the person he is today!!"
The third lady burst into flames and glared at the second lady: "Don't talk nonsense, you're spitting blood!"
Immediately, she was pressed down again by officers and soldiers.
"What?" The second lady knelt down and looked directly at her, "Does the third lady dare to do it or not?"
How is this going?The development of the matter has exceeded Mu Qingtian's estimate.
"My lord." The second lady stood up and saluted, "I don't know if my lord would like to hear about the past."
The second lady's father was a quack doctor who had traveled all over the world all his life, but he didn't save much money.When he died, the daughter couldn't even pay for his burial.The daughter learned some medical skills from her father, but she was not well-known, and no one wanted to seek medical treatment from her.Seeing that the first seven days were approaching, her father's body was still parked in the straw mat, so she had no choice but to sell her body to bury him.
When she married into Wu's family, she was relieved.Everyone knows Wu Can's reputation, and it won't be too sad to be his concubine.Wu Can paid for her to bury her father and said she was smart.
With a grateful heart, she soon had her first child, who died in April.
At first she thought it was Wu Can who killed the child, because she only drank a bowl of anti-fetal medicine that Wu Can sent from the kitchen.She secretly went through the medicinal residues and found saffron that should not have appeared in it.
She was in great pain, thinking of the child who died in vain, and even more suspicious of Wu Can.She and Wu Cann had no relationship at all, and then she became even more angry and left Wu Cann in the cold.Soon, her yard was deserted.
But later, she accidentally discovered that things were not that simple.
No wonder the third lady was so flamboyant that she discovered the saffron crumbs.She thought that Wu Can would also harm the third wife, so she tried every means to remind her to stop her.She wanted to check the decoction, but the servants in the mansion were very cautious and never let her touch it.
Bowls of anti-fetal medicines were delivered to the third wife's room. The second wife felt that she was hopeless, so she went back to her room to concentrate on studying the prescriptions for her body.She didn't want the third lady to repeat her mistakes.
But the third wife gave birth to the child safely, which is absolutely impossible.
Unless, the first person who poisoned was the third lady.What a coincidence, the eldest lady and she couldn't have a son, but the third lady gave birth to Wu Shengye smoothly.
She couldn't believe that the third lady, who usually looked weak and weak, would do such a cruel thing, so she buried this matter in her heart, not talking about it, not asking about it, not looking at it.She has been locked in Wu's house and cannot escape.
Until some time ago, Canniang came to her suddenly.
She knew that Wu Shengsi had married a wife, but she was neither Wu Shengsi's biological mother nor a concubine, so she didn't inquire further.
Canniang went straight to the point and expressed her intention to come, and wanted to show the second wife a symptom who knew a little bit about medical skills.
Vomiting doesn't stop, it's like eating something.She still remembered what she told Canniang.
"Then what if you stop vomiting after drinking milk and develop a high fever?"
Swallow copper.
Her expression froze, and she hurriedly asked who was in such a situation, and she must be treated quickly, or she would die!
Canniang said, it is the eldest son.
The nurse was the first to discover Wu Shengsi's poisoning, and she also discovered the decoration of a copper butterfly clutched in Wu Shengsi's hand.
There was no poison in the milk at all, but the copper butterfly was poisonous, and Wu Shengsi was rescued only after the nurse was well-informed.
The person in the Wu family who likes to wear butterfly ornaments the most is the third lady.No one knew how she defended herself back then, and how she blamed the nanny and drove the nanny out of the house.
But what is certain is that the nanny had already recognized the copper butterfly at that time, and she got caught in the fire.
The second lady didn't expect that the eldest son's illness had hidden secrets, and she immediately remembered the matter of saffron.
That's right, I heard that the master didn't want to marry the third wife from the very beginning, and it was the eldest lady who carried her and the third wife into the door after a series of miscarriages.
If Wu Shengsi is not stupid, even if the eldest lady has no heirs, the Wu family will still have successors.Thinking of this, a chill ran down her spine towards her Tianling Gai.
Everyone was played around by the third lady, even Wu Can was no exception.
She has not fought for many years, but now she also wants to fight for her child who died tragically.Once Wu Shengye inherits the Wu family, the three wives will definitely get rid of them all.The third wife is unkind first, so don't blame her for being unrighteous.
Canniang told her that Wu Shengsi was getting better little by little, and maybe it would return to normal after a while.She formed an alliance with Canniang, and quietly adjusted Wu Shengsi's body to help him recover as soon as possible.
"You're talking nonsense! What evidence do you have!" The third lady's eyes were wandering, and her mouth was stiff.
The nanny died a long time ago, and there is no way to find the saffron. Now the only thing that can be found and convicted is to poison the silkworm!
But being fair and at ease, everyone present believed what the second lady said.Wu Can pouted in one breath, unconscious.
"There is no evidence for this matter." Mu Qingtian pondered.
What the second lady said is well-founded, and the motive for the crime has been established, it is hard not to believe it.
"My lord, I don't want to ask for anything." The second lady smiled, "It's just that it's more comfortable to say something brightly than to hold it in my heart."
Mu Qingtian nodded, "This matter also involves Canniang, so she must also confront her."
"Sir, please."
Since then, a small "silkworm god murder" case has involved everyone in the Wu family, and no one has been spared.
Wu Shengsi and Canniang had already cleaned up and waited for the arrival of the county magistrate.
"Sanniang, let me go alone, you stay at home." Wu Shengsi held her hand, full of pity.
The lady has suffered and done too much for him.He can't show up, and everything can only be left to her.No matter how strong a person is, they will always be powerless in the face of the wolves, tigers and leopards of the Wu family.
"If you want to go, go with me, is it possible that you want to leave me?" Canniang pretended to be angry and blamed.
"how is this possible!"
"Where is Canniang!" the chief official shouted.
"The concubine is here, please wait a moment, my lord."
In the courtroom, Canniang recounted her relationship with the second wife, as well as the private connection, and there were basically no mistakes.
"This eldest son of the Wu family, why doesn't he look right?"
"Yeah, it seems that I'm not stupid at all."
"Let's see what's going on."
The common people watching the excitement outside the lobby circled round after round, and they all noticed Wu Shengsi's abnormality.
"You! You lied to me!" The third lady looked at Wu Shengsi with clear eyes in disbelief, wishing to rush up and bite off his ear.
Wu Shengsi smiled lightly and said, "Didn't the third lady think of that?"
"A person who deceives others will be deceived by others one day."
Wu Can just woke up leisurely at this time, trembling and shedding tears of relief.
"Son, son..."
Canniang came over and knelt beside Wu Shengsi, blocking Wu Can's sight.
The eldest lady didn't go to court, but she heard that her son was no longer stupid and had become a normal person. He was emotionally ups and downs, crying and laughing for a while, which frightened the guards.
"Father." Wu Shengsi nodded indifferently.
"Sure enough! You shouldn't have been allowed in at that time!" The third lady stared at Can Niang resentfully, as if her eyes were about to burst into flames.
Mu Qingtian got a headache from being teased by this family ethics drama, and took several shots of the gavel.
"The facts of the case are now clear. Come here, and take the prisoners Wu Can, Wu Shengye, Jin Shi, Dianxiang, and Er Niu into prison!"
The third lady quickly turned her attention to Mu Qingtian.
"Your Excellency is wrong! Wrong! It is the sinful woman who poisoned, and it has nothing to do with the leaves!"
Zhu Jingshou felt that it was time for him to act, and if he didn't show it, it would be too useless in front of Qingqing.
"Bold."
The prince spoke, and the audience was silent.
"Do you know who disclosed the news to Er Niu?" He opened his fan, walked out of his seat, and stood next to Wu Shengye.
"If you go back to the prince, the grassroots don't know." Wu Shengye sensed something was wrong, but subconsciously avoided it.
"Tell me." Zhu Jingshou kicked Er Niu in disgust.
"The little one didn't eavesdrop on purpose! I beg the prince to spare the little one's life!"
Interrogation is what Zhu Jingshou is best at. Even Xiao Ba, who was born in Jinyiwei Imperial Prison, is not as capable as Zhu Jingshou.
"The case was examined by an imperial envoy, so it's useless to beg me." Zhu Jingshou grinned viciously, and even winked at Mu Qingtian.
Anyway, no matter where he is, the prince will listen to the princess.
After hearing this, Er Niu hurriedly kowtowed to Mu Qingtian and begged for mercy.
"My lord." Wu Shengye heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately cupped his fists and said, "Erniu was originally from Wu Shengsi's room, so it must have been Canniang's idea to pretend to be Empress Canhua!"
Can Niang sneered and said, "Second Young Master is really a noble person who forgets things too much. I don't know what the 'cooperation' you said to me before, what exactly is the cooperation?"
Monk Anji Zhanger couldn't figure it out.He knew that Wu Can, Jin's, and Dianxiang were guilty, but he couldn't figure out what the crimes of Erniu and Wu Shengye were.
"Three hours." Mu Qingtian said concisely.
Mu Qingtian didn't let the three servants go back for no reason, and let them bring the "news" that he deliberately leaked.
What Shuanzi heard was that Mu Qingtian would go out with Zhu Jingshou on the twenty-sixth night.
Cheng Rong is twenty-eight.
What Er Niu heard was Twenty Seven.
On the twenty-sixth day, Mu Qingtian sent someone to wait, and nothing happened, which showed that Shuanzi didn't care about his and Zhu Jingshou's whereabouts at all.
On the twenty-seventh day, Empress Canhua appeared - Er Niu not only paid attention to their actions, but also passed these things on to the Wu family.
Mu Qingtian couldn't confirm who the owners of Dianxiang and Erniu were, until Wu Shengye broke in and didn't ask himself, everything became clear.
Wu Shengye is a sensible person, and immediately realized that Erniu and himself had been caught in a trap, and his teeth itched with anger.
"Let's talk." Zhu Jingshou kicked Er Niu again, "Or do you want to be punished?"
"The second son asked the young one to do it. He said that in the future, when he becomes the master of the Wu family, he will make the young one the housekeeper!" .
"It's a bunch of nonsense." Wu Shengye crossed his arms, "How could this young master join forces with your generation."
"Furthermore, Dianxiang is from Wu Shengsi's room. If you don't doubt Wu Shengsi, your lord will wrong me, a good person."
Mu Qingtian was very angry, feeling that Wu Shengye was really stubborn.
"The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and you are still sophistrying. Come and punish me!"
Wu Shengye was not afraid of Mu Qingtian at all, he knelt down and made a loud noise.
"My lord is going to beat you to death!"
Can't fight, and there is no substantive evidence to prove that the person who dismembered the body and dumped it was Wu Shengye. At the end of the case, he fell into a bottleneck again.
Dianxiang looked at Wu Shengye begging for help, and Wu Shengye gave her a comforting look, and said "don't be afraid" with his mouth.
There was strength in an instant when the incense was lit, and she looked at Wu Shengye with admiration, and vowed never to confess her second son.
"My lord." She raised her head, "The idea of pretending to be Empress Silkworm Flower came from Er Niu, the purpose is to absolve myself of the crime!"
"Oh?" Mu Qingtian thought it was funny, "Then you are not related to him, so why would you help him?"
"This……"
"Er Niu was greedy for Dianxiang's beauty, and wanted to keep it for himself, and even seized the handle of Dianxiang, threatening her repeatedly." Wu Shengye gained confidence, and his speech became much smoother.
What handle?Good people craned their necks to listen.
"My lord, light the incense that day while the grass people are asleep, and give medicine to the grass people." Wu Shengsi said at the right time.
Oh!So it is!
Everyone knew that Wu Shengsi was no longer stupid, she just kept pretending to be stupid.Wu Shengsi must have been sober when she lighted the incense and poured the medicine.
"Tsk tsk, a sparrow is a sparrow, always wanting to fly on a branch and become a phoenix."
"Looking at her beautiful features, I didn't expect to have a heart of snakes and scorpions."
"I'm the eldest son's concubine! Who gave you the guts to talk about me!!" Dian Xiang roared angrily, then carefully peeked at Wu Shengye, fearing that he would alienate him because of other people's words.
The eldest son's concubine?Mu Qingtian's eyes lit up, and he had another plan.
"The case is complicated and cannot be retried today."
Wu Can, Jin Shi and Er Niu were all imprisoned, waiting to be dealt with.Wu Shengye and Dianxiang were released because of insufficient evidence and "threats".But it is said to be released, because the case has not been resolved, so they can only live in the county government temporarily.
Today's lunch is courgette stew, mutton pot, squirrel fish, and several dishes of exquisite vegetarian dishes.
Mu Qingtian was talking with Wu Shengye, laughing heartily from time to time, and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the squirrel fish.
"My lord can't eat it!" Wu Shengye suddenly knocked off Mu Qingtian's chopsticks.
Mu Qingtian was startled, and the fish in the chopsticks also fell on the plate.
Unfortunately, my fish.While feeling sorry, Mu Qingtian secretly compared "Yeah" with Zhu Jingshou.
"What's the matter?" He scowled, as if he became unhappy because of Wu Shengye's interruption.
Wu Shengye gritted his teeth and said, "Who made the dish, don't you know that adults will get rashes after eating fish!"
"Really?" Mu Qingtian was puzzled.
As he spoke, he took another chopstick of fish meat and put it into his mouth.
"Why doesn't this officer know?" He turned his head and smiled darkly at Wu Shengye.
Wu Shengye stood up "crazy", pointed at some incense and said angrily, "How dare you frame me!"
It is very wronged to light the incense without knowing it.
"Don't eat the rice, let's take him down." Mu Qingtian clapped his hands, and the officers and soldiers outside the door rushed in immediately and took Wu Shengye down.
36 plan, hey, the wisdom of the ancestors, divorce plan!
Wu Shengye made a confession, but it was difficult to burn incense alone, so he soon did the same.
It is true that Wu Can kills people, and the reason for killing them is also very simple.The guest came from afar and brought new silkworm eggs, the silk produced was stronger than the silkworms that the Wu family has now.
But the merchant asked a very high price, and said that if the silkworms were unwilling to bid, they would sell the silkworm eggs to other silkworm farmers.If other people get the silkworm eggs, the Wu family's position is in jeopardy.
Wu Can only wanted to carry forward the Wu family, and was tempted to kill for a while, pretending to negotiate, and then killing and seizing silkworms.
He first hid the corpse in the cellar, then killed several baskets of silkworms, and sent them all to the cellar.That way, no one will find the body.But the corpse had been kept in the Wu Mansion, and there would always be an accident, so he thought of a plan to dismember the corpse.
But before he could act, the body was discovered by Wu Shengye.Wu Shengye is worthy of being Wu Can's son, and he agrees with him surprisingly.He planned to help Wu Can dispose of the corpse, and then use this matter to threaten Wu Can, asking him to pass on the Wu family to himself.
Wu Can was the one who killed, but Wu Shengye was the one who dismembered the body.He colluded with the two bullies and used the voyage to throw the corpse.Unfortunately, it was very foggy that day, and the servants on the boat were very vigilant. Erniu couldn't find a chance to do anything, so he had no choice but to wait for the boat to dock before trying to find a solution.
Unexpectedly, with Chen Feng's appearance, the human legs in the cabin could be seen again.
Wu Can was shocked when he heard that a human leg was found on his boat, and his first reaction was to go to the cellar to check—the corpse was missing a leg.
He didn't know who discovered the corpse in the cellar, and now he could only use his tricks and made up a story about the killing of the silkworm god and spread it.
Wu Shengye didn't expect that the first time he threw the body would be unsuccessful, but he quickly calmed down. After all, it wasn't him who killed him, but Wu Can.He decided to use his status as Erniu to frame Wu Shengsi.
The news of his private meeting with Canniang was also spread by himself, in order to force Canniang to submit.Who knows that Canniang is not afraid at all, Wu Can also protects Canniang, so the plan has to be abandoned.But he didn't give up. After noticing Dianxiang's feelings for him, he gave her a little hint and turned her into a pawn next to Wu Shengsi.
It's a pity that Wu Shengsi had woken up early and had a good show with Canniang, otherwise Wu Shengsi's plan might really be successful.
Countless coincidences and calculations were mixed together to turn a small murder case into a "silkworm god murder" case, how ridiculous.
"How did Qingqing know that Wu Shengsi was pretending to be stupid?" Zhu Jingshou asked curiously with his arms around him.
"Before, Wu Shengsi quarreled with Canniang and threw things at her."
Zhu Jingshou understood.All the things bypassed Canniang, and nothing fell on her. It looked majestic and terrifying to outsiders, but Canniang didn't get hurt at all.
Presumably, the wounds on Canniang's face were also disguised, deliberately creating the illusion that she and Wu Shengsi were at odds.
Before leaving, Mu Qingtian and Zhu Jingshou made a special trip to Wu's house.
The eldest lady was hit too hard and fell ill immediately.Wu Can and Wu Shengye were all beheaded, and the mansion was in chaos, which was maintained only by the hard work of Wu Shengsi and Canniang.
Hearing that the prince and the imperial envoy had arrived, Wu Shengsi and Canniang rushed out to greet them.
"It's just plain food, I hope the lord and your lord don't dislike it." At this moment, Canniang had a bit of a daughter-in-law's attitude, and pinned the broken hair hanging by her temples behind her ears.
"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it." Mu Qingtian drooled when he saw the big elbow on the table, and he was not polite at all.
"What are you going to do next?" In contrast, Zhu Jingshou was much more reliable.
Wu Shengsi and Canniang looked at each other, and then said cautiously: "Caomin will not repeat the same mistakes, we can only do our best to run the Wu family."
"The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and both the concubine and the husband have experienced it before." Canniang said.
Zhu Jingshou pointed to the table with his fingers, looked at Mu Qingtian who kept stuffing food into his mouth and still nodding his head, and chuckled lightly.
"Is there any silk woven from the Wu family's silk?"
Wu Shengsi was stunned, but Canniang was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "There are some, if the prince wants to see it, I can go and get it now."
At the same time, Mu Qingtian, who was cooking like crazy, suddenly stopped what he was doing, opened his mouth halfway, with rice grains hanging from the corner of his mouth, and stared blankly at nothingness.
[Routine task 20: Corruption/embezzlement of [-] taels of silver. 】
[The task is limited to one year, cannot be accumulated, and needs to be completed at one time. 】
Sell him and see if it's worth 20 taels of silver.
"Qing... What's wrong with Master Mu?" Zhu Jingshou saw that something was wrong with Mu Qingtian, and almost exposed him.
"Heh, heh, it's okay." Mu Qingtian woke up suddenly.
Can't we wait for him to finish his meal before sending out the task!It's better now, I can't eat the delicious elbow anymore, and I still feel a little nauseous, I feel panicked.
Canniang took the servants to bring up the woven cloth for Zhu Jingshou to have a look.
"good."
Wu Shengsi's hands trembled, she couldn't believe what contract she had just signed.
"This is your reward."
With peace
You'll Also Like
-
All people change their jobs: awaken the all-seeing eye at the beginning
Chapter 141 1 hours ago -
Special effects review of the contrast knight, Dawn Gochard!
Chapter 195 1 hours ago -
Magnetic field rotates in the heavens
Chapter 86 1 hours ago -
I! The villain leader, the protagonists are mentally broken
Chapter 282 14 hours ago -
Fantasy: The comprehension is against the sky, the Chaos Bell rings nine times at the beginning
Chapter 219 14 hours ago -
After being forced to marry by her stepmother, the Koi wife brings prosperity to the whole family
Chapter 368 14 hours ago -
Genshin Impact: Start by establishing the Kingdom of Winter
Chapter 200 14 hours ago -
Journey to the West: At the beginning, Monkey King was tricked into going to Penglai to find the god
Chapter 211 14 hours ago -
Abnormal survival: Transform into a weird girl
Chapter 200 14 hours ago -
One Piece: Beginning Fusion Wu Liuqi
Chapter 169 14 hours ago