Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss
Chapter 43 3 more in 1
When the yamen servant first received the portrait, he even complained to the painter, feeling that there was no news about the portraits of the eight men in black that had been posted before, even after so many days.
Today this is a woman, who has less opportunities to show her face than a man, and [-]% of the postings are for nothing.
But he didn't expect that he had already found it before he posted it!
"It can be said that it is God's blessing, it is very happy!" The yamen servant clapped his hands happily.
Seeing that Su Yuan was not in a high mood in a blink of an eye, he just remembered that Su Jinjing had something to do with Su Yuan.
"This Su family is really not very good. Fortunately, you were on guard at the time and didn't recognize him as your father. Otherwise, you will get into trouble if you follow them home."
Su Yuan: "This is strange."
Su Xi grew up in the Su family's pampered family. Now she is pregnant and married into the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry. That is a wealthy family with strict restrictions in the backyard.
Although Su Yuan only met Su Xi once, judging by her demeanor, she was the daughter of an ordinary wealthy family, not like a city mansion.Even though she has some small calculations in her heart, it's just that she looks at your low birth, wants to show off to you, mocks you for not seeing the world, and can't get into the pattern of killing people and laying a poisonous spell.
"What's strange? What's strange?" The yamen servant asked puzzledly, but saw that Su Yuan had already left.
"Oh, that's right." Su Yuan turned back suddenly, pointed at the two little officials who had left just now, and asked the yamen servant if they knew their names and where they worked.
"They are called Li Sheng and Gao Dahe, and they work in Gongcao."
There are six Caos under Kaifeng Mansion, which are soldiers, punishments, workers, rituals, households, and officials. Each of the six Caos is in charge of its own affairs.Among them, Gongcao is in charge of engineering and labor matters on the border of Gyeonggi, such as government office expansion, road construction, bridge construction, etc., are all in charge of Gongcao. ①
"Thank you." Su Yuan wrote it down, and took the portrait to look for Mr. Zhou in a hurry.
Now that the value has been released, old judge Zhou intends to go home.When he saw Su Yuan bring a thick stack of portraits into the door, he thought she took over the business of pasting the portraits.
"Rest when you have free time, send other people to do this kind of chores." Judge Zhou felt sorry for Su Yuan, who was so hands-on.
"Why didn't you tell me about this?" Su Yuan asked, pointing at the portrait.
"It just so happens that there is a case in the yamen. You have gone to investigate the case. I can't bother you with other things. It's not that there is no one in the mansion. Why do you have to worry about everything, and let you do it? I'm exhausted."
Judge Zhou mainly didn't want Su Yuan to be too tired.
There is no clue about the case of the Ministry of Rites for the time being, so why bother telling this girl to run away.I was tired and sick when I turned back, and when Mr. Gongsun came back, I had to settle accounts with him.
After Su Yuan probably heard about the case, he knew that it was not an easy matter.
The doctor had never used blood worms, and blood worms also appeared in this case, and it happened after he sent Bao Zheng and others to Yongkang.
What's more, it was precisely because of the old judge Zhou's notification that Jiang Shilang raised his vigilance and found out the flesh and blood worms hidden in the lamp, avoiding the disaster of Xiantian Festival.
And in the second half of the night of the Innate Festival, after the Flesh Worm Project had been declared a complete failure, Old Judge Zhou was brutally assassinated by eight men in black.
"You can't go home on time again today, we have to go to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry."
Seeing Judge Zhou looking at him in confusion, Su Yuan pointed to the woman in the portrait.
"The daughter of the Imperial Merchant Su Jinjing, the eldest daughter-in-law of Chen Mingdeng, Minister of Industry."
Judge Zhou was so surprised that his eyes widened.He originally thought that the woman in this portrait should be related to Miao Jiang, and she should be a gangster, but he never expected that she was the daughter-in-law of a high-ranking official.
"Let's go quickly." Su Yuan asked the old man to go out quickly, so that he could go home and sleep early after interrogating Su Xi.
"Chen Mingdeng is not easy to provoke. His father-in-law is a famous Confucianist, and even His Majesty respects him very much. There are several students who are now working as censors. Do you understand what I mean by censors?" Elder Judge Zhou Remind Su Yuandao.
"Understood, this person is not easy to provoke, it's best not to provoke him." Su Yuan agreed.
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When they arrived at the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry, the servants guarding the door were shocked when they heard that they were from Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case.Chen Mingdeng hadn't returned home yet, they couldn't make the decision, so please ask Old Judge Zhou and Su Yuan to wait in the front hall.
The servants served refreshments respectfully and politely, asking them to wait a moment and take their time.
Su Yuan waited for a while and felt bored, so he brought the tea and smelled it first, and found that the tea soup was clear and the tea was fragrant, so he drank it with enjoyment.Then I tried two pieces of dim sum, both of which tasted good, and I could tell that the materials used were exquisite and delicate, and the taste was even better than that of Yao Guang Lou, which shows that there are good cooks in the Minister's Mansion.
Judge Zhou was waiting anxiously, when he turned his head and saw Su Yuan eating and drinking, he glanced at the servants of the Chen family who were standing by, and two of them had strange expressions on their faces.
"You girl, how can you eat it anywhere?"
"Hmm." Su Yuan swallowed the snack in his mouth, and stared at old Judge Zhou in puzzlement, "Did you delay handling the case?"
Judge Zhou: "..."
This girl's mouth is getting smarter!
Forget it, just eat it.It's this time, and she probably didn't even bother to eat dinner in order to investigate the case.
In fact, old judge Zhou was too worried. Su Yuan would always carry snacks and jerky with him when he went out recently, so he would never let himself go hungry.
Judge Zhou watched Su Yuan take one bite after another, her cheeks puffed up like a squirrel as she chewed, and she wiped out half of the plate of dim sum in the blink of an eye.
He was inexplicably affected by Su Yuan's appetizing way of eating.Probably because it was time for dinner and he was really hungry.
"So delicious?"
"This snack tastes the best. It's called hawthorn muffins. The outer skin is delicate and sweet, and the hawthorn stuffing inside is mild and sour, not sharp. It's delicious and appetizing." Su Yuan recommended to the old judge Zhou.
Elder Judge Zhou couldn't help but also took a piece to taste. As the name suggests, this hawthorn muffin is round and similar to a pancake shape.But the taste is really delicious.
Judge Zhou was amazed when he took his first bite.He felt that his soul had been hit!This dessert is so delicious!It's so delicious that it makes you want to fly to the sky!
Judge Zhou quickly finished the piece in his hand and added the second piece.
Su Yuan deliberately left the rest of the hawthorn muffins to old judge Zhou, and she picked up other low-quality snacks to eat.
"Hey, you two, are you eating well? Haven't you seen this kind of dim sum outside?"
As soon as Chen Mingdeng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, returned home from duty, he heard the butler hastily come to report that people from Kaifeng Mansion had come to the mansion to investigate the case.He didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried over to ask why.Who would have thought that upon entering the house, they would see such a scene.
What does the Kaifeng mansion do when he is a dignified servant man's mansion?If you come to investigate the case, you will investigate the case?ridiculous!
He thought that since the old judge Zhou had the guts to come to the door, he would wait in the hall with a group of yamen servants, but he saw an old man and a little yellow-haired girl around the table eating snacks.
It seems that Kaifeng Mansion without Bao Zheng is a puddle of mud.
Chen Mingdeng immediately relaxed, seeing that the two of them could eat and drink so casually, he knew it was nothing serious.
Su Yuan felt the obvious disdain and sarcasm in Chen Mingdeng's tone, and hurriedly got up to apologize to the old judge Zhou: "It was the subordinate who was rude and ate the snacks he put on!"
Elder Judge Zhou thought it was a bit embarrassing to be ridiculed by Chen Mingdeng.Hearing Su Yuan's words, I couldn't help being happy.
"How can it be, Chen Shilang is such a sensible and generous person, how can we belittle you for not seeing the world just because we ate the dim sum that his family treats guests with sincerity?"
Old judge Zhou is indeed used to being simple and honest, but he is not a temperless person who allows others to pinch and round him.Especially after the assassination of the man in black, the old judge Zhou felt that a good temper may not necessarily be rewarded, so why bother to swallow his anger and always tolerate others.
Chen Mingdeng was choked, and his face was very ugly.But thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't tell where he was coming from.This snack is originally used to entertain guests, and if people eat it, it can be interpreted as giving them face for the Minister's House. If you laugh at them for not seeing the world, you will be the one who shows your ugliness.
"I wonder what the two of you are doing at the Minister's Mansion at this time?" Chen Mingdeng asked in a businesslike tone.
"We didn't have to wait for Chen Shilang to come back, we could directly take Chen Shilang's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Su, to Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation.
Judge Zhou felt that he and Chen Shilang were both officials in the capital, we could not see each other when we looked up, and we understood that each family had their own difficulties, and there might be some inside story in it, so we ordered our subordinates to wait patiently.Said to wait for Chen Shilang to come back, tell Chen Shilang personally, and it will not be too late to interrogate someone. "
Su Yuan also talked to Chen Shilang in a businesslike tone.
These words are reasonable and affectionate, and they also specifically mentioned 'waiting patiently'.
This reminded Chen Mingdeng of his behavior of ridiculing others for eating snacks just now when he entered the door. Comparing the two, the judgement made him more and more petty and ugly.
Even though Chen Shilang was upset, he still had to bow politely and express his gratitude to the old judge Zhou first.After all, family ugliness should not be publicized. If the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family was suddenly taken away by people from Kaifeng Mansion while he was not at home, without him presiding over the affairs and keeping them secret, I am afraid that the Shilang Mansion will become a circle of officials in the capital tomorrow. The talk here is completely ugly.
"What did my eldest daughter-in-law commit, that you should come to arrest her in person?" Chen Shilang asked.
Su Yuan simply and clearly explained the situation to Chen Shilang.
Chen Shilang was shocked, "It's impossible, how could the Su family do such a thing. You should know her identity. She is the daughter of the imperial merchant Su Jinjing. She has been well-known since she was a child, and her talent has spread far and wide. Gouzi has taken a fancy to her." Her talent and name made her marry into the family regardless of family background."
Talent spread far and wide?
Su Yuan was a little puzzled. When she was being harassed by the Su family, she deliberately inquired about the situation of the Su family, but no one told her that Su Xi was a talented woman.Could it be that the news was missed?
"Then this portrait is of her?" Elder Judge Zhou handed the portrait to Chen Shilang.
Chen Shilang wanted to deny it, but the woman in the portrait was so similar to Su Xi that she even pointed out a small mole on her left lower jaw.
If he bites the bullet and denies it, then they will ask people who are familiar with Su Xi later, maybe they will point it out.
"Today, the yamen servant wanted to post this portrait in various places in the city, but I stopped it because I saw it."
Su Yuan's implication, even if Chen Shilang denied it, the portraits would be posted all over the city, and the most embarrassing thing would be the Shilang's mansion.
Chen Shilang didn't hesitate now, and immediately agreed, saying that the person in the portrait really looked like his eldest daughter-in-law Su.Immediately, he asked someone to call his eldest son, Chen Cuishan, and asked his Su family to bring him here.
At this moment, he had to bow his head if he didn't want to, and discussed with the old judge Zhou: "If Mrs. Su is guilty, no matter what happened to Mrs. Su, we will not know about it. But if Mrs. Su is not guilty, your Kaifeng mansion You need to give us an explanation!"
"Chen Shilang's words are wrong. Even if Mrs. Su is not guilty, you shouldn't ask our Kaifeng Mansion to give an explanation. If you want to settle the account, you should go to the three dead officials and explain it. They painted such a portrait Come to frame your eldest daughter-in-law. The Kaifeng government is just investigating the case according to the evidence and according to the regulations. There is nothing wrong with it."
Su Yuan even felt a little sympathetic to Su Xi, how could he have such an unreasonable father-in-law without normal logical thinking.
Chen Shilang was choked by Su Yuan again, and a little annoyed, he asked the old judge Zhou, who was Su Yuan, who dared to bark in front of him.
"It seems that Chen Shilang doesn't plan to cooperate with the Kaifeng government officials to investigate the case. Judge Zhou, if we talk about our 'love', don't they appreciate it?"
While introducing his identity, Su Yuan complained to the old judge Zhou in a helpless tone.In fact, the purpose of her words was to threaten Chen Shilang to be quiet, otherwise the Kaifeng mansion would just take someone away, and it would only be the mansion of the minister who made a fool of himself.
To deal with an unreasonable and arrogant person, you have to poke his weakness directly, no matter how high his status is or how powerful he is, once he pokes his weakness, he will immediately become obedient like a pug dog.
Sure enough, after hearing what Su Yuan said behind, Chen Shilang hurriedly sighed with a smile: "I'm so ignorant that I didn't know that there were female officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. Since they are officials who handle the case, it should be taken for granted. Man, it's unexpected!"
Su Yuan was unmoved, and looked at Chen Shilang indifferently.
Judge Zhou was also speechless.
At this time, Chen Cuishan came with Su Xi, and the two met Chen Shilang first.
Before Chen Shilang could explain and question, he saw Su Xi walking towards Su Yuan.
"Why is my sister here? But she came to see me?" Su Xing asked curiously.
"Sister?" Chen Shilang exclaimed, looking at Su Xi and Su Yuan with weird eyes.
Su Xi hurriedly explained: "Because my father hasn't recognized my sister back home, my daughter-in-law didn't dare to say it rashly. In fact, she is my sister who has been separated for many years. We are twins."
Chen Cuishan knew something about the Su family, so he nodded to Chen Shilang, expressing that it was true.
Chen Shilang stared at Su Xi and sneered a few times, and asked her: "Sister? Then do you know what she is doing today? She didn't come to see you, but to arrest you and bring you back to Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation!"
Su Xi was startled, because she was frightened by her father-in-law's hostile questioning tone, her eyes turned red immediately, feeling a little bit wronged.
Chen Cuishan hurriedly supported Su Xi and asked what was going on.
After hearing what had happened, Chen Cuishan was very surprised, and immediately let go of Su's hand to let Su Xisheng explain clearly.
"Is that you in the portrait? I remember you just went out that day?"
"I didn't, it wasn't me! I was bored at home for a long time that day, and I wanted to go out to get some air. I was in Room [-], Tianzi, Xianren Building. I drank tea and ate snacks, and left after a few words with my brother. gone."
When Su Xi said these words, his eyes flickered.
Based on the content of the confession and considering her identity, Su Yuan didn't doubt Su Xi too much.But now she is obviously suspected of lying, which makes Su Yuan a little uncertain.
Su Yuan and old judge Zhou glanced at each other, and they knew that old judge Zhou thought the same as her, and they both sensed that Su Xi was lying.
"Again, I'm not the daughter of the Su family, nor your sister, so I trouble you to go to Kaifeng Mansion with us." Su Yuan said to Su Xi.
Su Xi panicked, she was so anxious that she shed tears, she hurriedly asked Chen Cuishan for help, calling herself wronged.
Chen Cuishan wanted to angrily question Su Yuan, why did he take his wife away like this.
Chen Shilang expected what his son was about to say, so he quickly reached out his hand to signal and stopped him.He didn't want his son to be ridiculed by Su Yuan and Judge Zhou again.The most important thing now is to solve the problem and not let the scandal be publicized.
Chen Shilang suddenly seemed like a good friend of old judge Zhou, and discussed with old judge Zhou with a poignant smile, "Can this interrogation be held in the servant's mansion first? As you can see, it is not convenient for the child to be pregnant. If she You really have been wronged, and after all this trouble, you won't be offended. Even though Miss Su is not her sister, you have met before, and you can be regarded as acquaintances, why don't you be a little more accommodating."
Chen Shilang then said that Su Xi had already explained her whereabouts that day, and she only needed to call the relevant people to confirm her innocence.
Old judge Zhou didn't like Chen Shilang's set, but he felt a bit soft-hearted that Mrs. Su was pregnant, so he thought about whether to take Chen Shilang's opinion because of this.
"Chen Shilang is in the Ministry of Industry, so he may not be very clear about the fact that the case is not investigated or tried in this way.
What if Chen Shilang couldn't help interfering with the interrogation at the Shilang's mansion?When cross-examining witnesses and searching for evidence, how can we prevent the walls from having ears and ensure the fairness and impartiality of the interrogation?Furthermore, Kaifeng Mansion is so partial to the Shilang Mansion. If the censor finds out that our Kaifeng Mansion is following the trend, fearing the powerful and perverting the law for personal gain, will Chen Shilang help us get rid of these crimes and troubles? "
Upon hearing these words, old judge Zhou immediately gave up his previous thoughts.After all, he is old and not thoughtful enough.
Chen Shilang stared at Su Yuan, wishing he could tear Su Yuan apart with his gaze.He had nothing to say, everything he said made sense, and he had no way to refute it.Unreasonable things, even if he knows many censors, he can't let the censors turn black and white.
When Su Yuan waited for Chen Shilang's anger to reach its peak, she eased her tone and spoke again.
"But there should be humaneness beyond legal principles. Before the truth is found out, the Su family is only suspected, but not necessarily innocent. Considering that she is pregnant, we can not hold a public trial. At the same time, we can consider Chen Shilang's special status. , keep it secret for the time being, and don't spread the situation to the outside world, so as to avoid the servant's mansion from being criticized for nothing.
Now that the night is getting dark, I trouble you to prepare a comfortable carriage so that Uncle Su, Su's personal maids and companions can accompany Su over there. It is best to invite another trusted doctor in your mansion to wait in Kaifeng mansion. In case of an emergency, it is convenient for timely treatment. "
Chen Shilang had already planned for the worst, and was so angry that he wanted to find a way to kill Su Yuan, but when he suddenly heard Su Yuan say this discretionary method, he couldn't help being stunned, he didn't know what to do. Emoji coping.
He originally thought that the other party would act arrogantly in his servant's mansion by strictly enforcing the law.The main reason for the other party's mercilessness is probably because he sneered at them at the beginning and despised them, which made them vent their personal anger with official business.
But they never expected that after so many considerations, they should investigate according to Fa Richard's case, and the place that should take care of the Su family and the Shilang's mansion as appropriate should also be taken care of.
At this moment, Chen Shilang suddenly felt that he was being looked very ugly, and he actually treated the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.This girl surnamed Su is really extraordinary, no wonder old judge Zhou brought her to handle the case.This woman is afraid that she has the talent of Lu Wu, and she will be lucky in the future!
"Then let's do it according to Miss Su's arrangement." Most of Chen Shilang's anger subsided, and even his tone was more accommodating than ever.
After that, Chen Shilang never picked any faults.
When leaving, Judge Zhou couldn't help but applaud Su Yuan. Even the most difficult Chen Shilang was tamed by her. In the end, she didn't complain at all, and only cooperated with her request to do things.I have to praise Su Yuan, it's amazing.
"Actually, I planned to do this, but if I said this at the beginning, Chen Shilang might not only be ungrateful, but even more arrogant, and continue to make trouble afterwards.
I intentionally irritated him so that he would not have expectations. When I proposed this method later, he would feel that it was completely beyond his expectations, very good, and even grateful.
This is human nature, the true meaning of slapping a sweet date. "
"From now on, I won't obey anyone, I will obey you!" Elder Zhou said happily, Su Yuan is really the treasure of their Kaifeng Mansion!
Su Yuan interrogated Su Xi in the side hall of Kaifeng Mansion, and asked Su Xi to sit down and answer her words.
When Su Xi got off the carriage, her eyes were already red and swollen, and she could see that she was crying all the way.Su Yuan asked someone to prepare an ice handkerchief, applied Su Xi's eyes for a while, and said a few words to her by the way.
"If you are innocent, you don't have to worry too much. The Kaifeng Mansion will return your innocence. Think about the child in your belly. This should be the grandson of Chen's parents? If you hurt the child and your body because of overthinking, It will not be easy in the Chen family from now on."
Su Xi listened to Su Yuan's consolation at first, and was quite at ease, but when she heard the last sentence 'it won't be easy', she was startled, how can anyone say such words to comfort others?
"Why? I think the truth is ugly? I have seen your father-in-law's character today. As for your husband—"
"Cuishan is a man of great talent, knowledgeable and courteous, and treats me very well." Su Xi quickly explained.
Su Yuan smiled lightly, "Forget it, the man who will let go when you hear something happens, you just make do with him casually, don't use deep affection to trap yourself. Dragons make dragons, and phoenixes make phoenixes. Most of the time, what kind of father gives birth to what kind of son, of course there are exceptions, but I think he is quite similar to his father.
Whether a man treats you well or not, don't look at the good times, but the bad ones.For example, when you are in a bad situation right now, did he comfort you in the car just now, to show that he trusts you?Or keep asking you, warning you? "
Su Xi's expression changed immediately, and she lowered her head, tears were about to fall again.
"It's nothing. Most of the women in this world marry blindly. There are too many unsatisfactory situations. You married the servant's son-in-law, and you still have a good face. As long as you don't have accidents and your mother's family doesn't fall, he won't dare to marry you." Provoke you."
Su Yuan asked Su Xi again if there was a lot of dowry, and now there is still a lot of money added to the hole of the Chen family.
Su Xi was immediately surprised and asked, "How do you know?"
After finishing speaking, she covered her mouth, regretting that she was quick to speak and slipped her mouth.
"Cuishan said it was only a temporary loan, and it will be returned to me later." Su Xi added.
"Just believe it, it's good to wait until the moment before you die to realize that they won't pay you back."
Su Xi: "..."
"Just look at Chen Shilang, he is vain and has a good face, and he is very snobbish. The refreshments in your Shilang's mansion are very particular about hospitality, and they are really delicious, but you are so particular about this thing, which can give you a glimpse of how other places in your mansion are." It is extravagant and consumes a lot of money. And Ruo Da's mansion can only be supported by the salary of his little servant? It is strange that there is no hole." Su Yuan said with emotion.
Su Xi looked at Su Yuan in shock.
"Why, could it be that you haven't found out yet?"
Su Xi pursed her lips, lowered her head, tears fell one by one.
"Don't talk nonsense, I don't believe it. Whether they treat me sincerely, I know very well in my heart."
Su Yuan suddenly remembered Su Fangming's emotion towards Su Xi before, "No matter how you look at it, it is enough for her."
This is true, Su Xi is in this state.But it is good to keep this situation for a lifetime, but now it looks like it is about to collapse.
"Let's talk about why you lied." Su Yuan chatted with her before, in fact, it was to reduce Su Xi's defensiveness, and it was easier to get the answer from her expression.
Su Xi's body suddenly became stiff, and she shook her head quickly, eager to deny it, "I'm not lying, if you don't believe me, you can ask my maid and companion."
Su Yuan then seriously asked who were the people who went out with Su Xi that day.
After counting, Su Yuan sighed with emotion: "They are all married to you, not even a servant of the Chen family?"
"I'm used to acquaintances."
Su Fangming and Shopkeeper Lou had already been reported to Kaifeng Mansion at this time, and after hearing Su Xi's testimony, both of them remained expressionless.
Su Xi looked at them, You Qi stared into Su Fangming's eyes for a long time: "Brother, you want to testify for me, I did go to Room [-], Tianzi, Xianren Building that day, and then I waited for my brother to come, and I chatted with him for a few minutes. After a few words, I left."
This process is very specific.
Su Yuan snorted, and asked Su Xi: "Would you like to say those two specific sentences? It will save me a while when I interrogate you brothers and sisters separately, and the testimony is not right?"
Su Xi was stunned, probably didn't expect to interrogate him separately, and then anxiously said to Su Yuan: "I didn't say anything to my brother that day, but we just chatted about family affairs, my brother asked me if I was in good health, and if I was bullied in the Chen family. .”
"I told you to talk about it, just tell it!" Su Yuan couldn't help being amused by Su Xi's operation.
Naturally, Su Fangming had already seen that Su Yuan had already seen through Su Xi's lies.
"I was inspecting shops in Wei's that day, but I was not in Tokyo." Su Fangming said calmly.
"Big brother!"
Su Xi never expected that Su Fangming would not testify for her.The reason why she dared to directly say that the witnesses were his elder brother and Shopkeeper Lou was because she knew that her elder brother was smart enough to immediately understand her hint.
Su Xi stood up excitedly, and wanted to ask Su Fangming why, but was stopped by Su Yuan.
"Don't get excited, be careful about the child in your belly. After you have the eldest son, your status in the Chen family will be improved." Su Yuan saw that Su Xi was still very excited, so she hurriedly tried to persuade her, "This is the relationship between you and the Chen family." The first child your husband conceived together, you must know how much he looks forward to this child, are you willing to make him sad?"
Only then did Su Xi force herself to stabilize her emotions.
"There are no outsiders here. What did you do that day? Tell the truth, don't delay the Kaifeng government's investigation, and don't cause trouble for the Chen family." Su Fangming calmly advised Su Xi.
Su Xi grabbed the handkerchief in her hand, bowed her head and refused to speak.
Su Fangming said to Su Yuan: "She has been timid and afraid of insects since she was a child, there is absolutely no way she is good at Gu, there must be some misunderstanding."
"Could it be that the twins are two identical daughters, and the other is living outside, and now they have learned the Miaojiang Gu poison?" Su Yuan opened up another way of thinking.
Su Fangming was stunned, he was not sure about this, but if it was true, it meant that Su Yuan could not be his sister.
Su Fangming immediately sent someone to invite Su Jinjing to come.
After two sticks of incense, Su Jinjing expressed his anger and incomprehension, and vowed: "The two daughters who were born with twins back then have completely different appearances."
Then he looked at Su Yuan, the meaning was obvious, he believed that Su Yuan was his other daughter.
"Now that Su Xi refuses to tell the truth, the testimonies of those servants are more interesting. They are roughly the same, but the details of the questions are different. Two of them hesitated a lot, and they lied very obviously. I thought today's question The words would be very simple, but I didn’t expect that there would be many twists and turns, and I still haven’t got the answer by this time.”
Su Yuan immediately said that she could only use torture.
When Su Xi heard that her servant girl was about to be tortured, she panicked.
"I said it's okay." Su Xi pursed her lips, hesitated for a while before speaking, "I'm going to see him."
"Who is he?" Su Yuan asked.
"Ding Sanlang."
Su Jinjing immediately changed his expression and called Su Xi crazy.
Su Fangming's face remained normal, and he continued to explain with Su Yuan: "Ding Sanlang's former prime minister Ding Wei's adopted son, Su Xi had a relationship with him in Zhengzhou. Ding Sanlang once claimed that he fell in love with her at first sight and wanted to marry her, but his father refused. "
At that time, Ding Wei had already been demoted because of his evil deeds, and officials and noble circles regarded him as a taboo and avoided him.The Su family didn't care about his status as an adopted son, and his adoptive father was still a criminal minister, so naturally they would not agree to Ding Sanlang's proposal to marry him.
"You like him?" Su Yuan asked Su Xi.
Su Xi shook her head, and anxiously argued: "He sent me letters repeatedly, forcing me to meet him, saying that if I didn't see him, he would come to look for me. I was afraid that the people in the Shilang's mansion, especially Cuishan, would misunderstand me, so I had no choice. At his invitation. But I waited for a long time in Bianhe, but he didn't show up."
"Do you have any brains? Can you do this kind of thing? If you are caught, do you know what will happen?" Su Jinjing asked angrily.
Su Yuan waved his hand, ordered the yamen servant to take Su Jinjing away, and then asked Su Xi: "When will you tell the truth? Do you think I will believe this kind of reason?"
No matter how stupid Su Xi is, she is not a brainless person. If the other party doesn't have her handle, how could she let others threaten her like this.
Su Fangming also glanced at Su Xi speechlessly, never expecting that there would be times when he couldn't understand his sister.
Su Xi pursed her lips, tears streaming down her face, but she just didn't say anything.
Under such circumstances, the servant can only be tortured.These servants couldn't help being frightened, and quickly confessed.The situation was partly in line with what Su Xi said, and it was indeed Ding Sanlang who asked her to meet, but they didn't know what the contents of the letter were. They just saw that Su Xi's hands were shaking when he read the letter.
There was only one letter in total, not repeated invitations as Su Xi said.The letter was directly placed in the box above Su Xi's dowry, every morning Su Xi had to wash and open the box, if she didn't have it the day before, she saw it the next day.
When Su Xi finished reading the letter, she told them that Ding Sanlang threatened her with these maids, that they must meet, otherwise Ding Sanlang would ruin her.
"So the key to the content of the letter lies in Su Xi, but she refuses to tell the truth." Su Yuan reported back to Judge Zhou the next day.
"Then there is no other way, we can only detain Su Xi according to the law." Elder Judge Zhou sighed.
"I don't know if the bodies of the three bewitched officials are still there, I want to go and see." Su Yuan stayed up all night, extremely sleepy, after yawning, he insisted on finishing the matter and resting.
Su Yuan took the letter from Judge Zhou to find Jiang Shilang.
Jiang Shilang then ordered someone to take Su Yuan to the Ministry of Punishment to find Shen Zhanggu who was in charge of disposing of the corpses of the three minor officials at that time.
The strange thing is that Shen Zhanggu came to the Ministry of Punishment for an appointment in the morning, just in time.When the people from the punishment department took Su Yuan to his room to find him, Shen Zhanggu was not in the room, and the roommate said that he had just gone to the latrine.
After waiting for a while, Su Yuan realized that something was wrong, so he immediately asked someone to look for Shen Zhanggu, and sure enough, there was no one in the hut.
Afterwards, I asked the guard at the gate, and was told that Shen Zhanggu rode a fast horse earlier and hurriedly left from the back door of the Ministry of Justice.
On the one hand, Su Yuan ordered people to hunt down Shen Zhanggu.On the other hand, I went to the morgue of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to ask about the situation.
"When were the bodies of the three petty officials taken away?"
"After the poisoning of Gu poisoned, Li Wu inspected the body, and said that the person was completely dead, and the corpse infected by Gu should not be stored in the morgue. It was suggested to be burned. Shen Zhanggu was in charge of this matter and took people to transport the corpse outside the city. "
Su Yuan asked the guards who accompanied Shen Zhanggu to transport the corpses at that time, and the guards told them that it was getting late at that time, and Shen Zhanggu felt sorry for their hard work, so they sent them away, saying that he alone would be responsible for burning the corpses.
Su Yuan first sent people to the cremation site to check, and then sent people to arrest Li Yu.Fortunately, Li Wuzuo was not on duty today, he was staying at Liu Mianhua in Tianxiang Building, the most expensive selling gold cave in the capital, and happened to be caught.
News soon came from outside the city that there was no trace of a recent fire at the cremation site, which meant that the bodies of the three minor officials had never been burned at all.
Shen Zhanggu's escape, his body not being burned, and Li Wuzuo's sudden wealth and extravagant behavior are enough to show that the three petty officials were not really poisoned to death, but faked their deaths.
"Under the noses of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the three of them feigned death and successfully escaped! If someone in your Ministry of Criminal Justice is playing a monkey trick, your Ministry of Criminal Justice is in charge of prison litigation, and you didn't notice it at all. If it wasn't for the officials from Kaifeng Mansion to investigate, I'm afraid no one will know about this for the rest of my life!" Du Yan angrily charged the case and held everyone in the criminal department accountable.
While Su Yuan was waiting for orders outside, a servant from the Kaifeng government office suddenly came to inform that Mr. Bao and the others had returned.
At exactly the same time, Chen Shilang brought Chen Cuishan to Kaifeng Mansion. They took the marriage certificate and the divorce certificate, and wanted to divorce Su Xi.
Today this is a woman, who has less opportunities to show her face than a man, and [-]% of the postings are for nothing.
But he didn't expect that he had already found it before he posted it!
"It can be said that it is God's blessing, it is very happy!" The yamen servant clapped his hands happily.
Seeing that Su Yuan was not in a high mood in a blink of an eye, he just remembered that Su Jinjing had something to do with Su Yuan.
"This Su family is really not very good. Fortunately, you were on guard at the time and didn't recognize him as your father. Otherwise, you will get into trouble if you follow them home."
Su Yuan: "This is strange."
Su Xi grew up in the Su family's pampered family. Now she is pregnant and married into the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry. That is a wealthy family with strict restrictions in the backyard.
Although Su Yuan only met Su Xi once, judging by her demeanor, she was the daughter of an ordinary wealthy family, not like a city mansion.Even though she has some small calculations in her heart, it's just that she looks at your low birth, wants to show off to you, mocks you for not seeing the world, and can't get into the pattern of killing people and laying a poisonous spell.
"What's strange? What's strange?" The yamen servant asked puzzledly, but saw that Su Yuan had already left.
"Oh, that's right." Su Yuan turned back suddenly, pointed at the two little officials who had left just now, and asked the yamen servant if they knew their names and where they worked.
"They are called Li Sheng and Gao Dahe, and they work in Gongcao."
There are six Caos under Kaifeng Mansion, which are soldiers, punishments, workers, rituals, households, and officials. Each of the six Caos is in charge of its own affairs.Among them, Gongcao is in charge of engineering and labor matters on the border of Gyeonggi, such as government office expansion, road construction, bridge construction, etc., are all in charge of Gongcao. ①
"Thank you." Su Yuan wrote it down, and took the portrait to look for Mr. Zhou in a hurry.
Now that the value has been released, old judge Zhou intends to go home.When he saw Su Yuan bring a thick stack of portraits into the door, he thought she took over the business of pasting the portraits.
"Rest when you have free time, send other people to do this kind of chores." Judge Zhou felt sorry for Su Yuan, who was so hands-on.
"Why didn't you tell me about this?" Su Yuan asked, pointing at the portrait.
"It just so happens that there is a case in the yamen. You have gone to investigate the case. I can't bother you with other things. It's not that there is no one in the mansion. Why do you have to worry about everything, and let you do it? I'm exhausted."
Judge Zhou mainly didn't want Su Yuan to be too tired.
There is no clue about the case of the Ministry of Rites for the time being, so why bother telling this girl to run away.I was tired and sick when I turned back, and when Mr. Gongsun came back, I had to settle accounts with him.
After Su Yuan probably heard about the case, he knew that it was not an easy matter.
The doctor had never used blood worms, and blood worms also appeared in this case, and it happened after he sent Bao Zheng and others to Yongkang.
What's more, it was precisely because of the old judge Zhou's notification that Jiang Shilang raised his vigilance and found out the flesh and blood worms hidden in the lamp, avoiding the disaster of Xiantian Festival.
And in the second half of the night of the Innate Festival, after the Flesh Worm Project had been declared a complete failure, Old Judge Zhou was brutally assassinated by eight men in black.
"You can't go home on time again today, we have to go to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry."
Seeing Judge Zhou looking at him in confusion, Su Yuan pointed to the woman in the portrait.
"The daughter of the Imperial Merchant Su Jinjing, the eldest daughter-in-law of Chen Mingdeng, Minister of Industry."
Judge Zhou was so surprised that his eyes widened.He originally thought that the woman in this portrait should be related to Miao Jiang, and she should be a gangster, but he never expected that she was the daughter-in-law of a high-ranking official.
"Let's go quickly." Su Yuan asked the old man to go out quickly, so that he could go home and sleep early after interrogating Su Xi.
"Chen Mingdeng is not easy to provoke. His father-in-law is a famous Confucianist, and even His Majesty respects him very much. There are several students who are now working as censors. Do you understand what I mean by censors?" Elder Judge Zhou Remind Su Yuandao.
"Understood, this person is not easy to provoke, it's best not to provoke him." Su Yuan agreed.
……
When they arrived at the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry, the servants guarding the door were shocked when they heard that they were from Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the case.Chen Mingdeng hadn't returned home yet, they couldn't make the decision, so please ask Old Judge Zhou and Su Yuan to wait in the front hall.
The servants served refreshments respectfully and politely, asking them to wait a moment and take their time.
Su Yuan waited for a while and felt bored, so he brought the tea and smelled it first, and found that the tea soup was clear and the tea was fragrant, so he drank it with enjoyment.Then I tried two pieces of dim sum, both of which tasted good, and I could tell that the materials used were exquisite and delicate, and the taste was even better than that of Yao Guang Lou, which shows that there are good cooks in the Minister's Mansion.
Judge Zhou was waiting anxiously, when he turned his head and saw Su Yuan eating and drinking, he glanced at the servants of the Chen family who were standing by, and two of them had strange expressions on their faces.
"You girl, how can you eat it anywhere?"
"Hmm." Su Yuan swallowed the snack in his mouth, and stared at old Judge Zhou in puzzlement, "Did you delay handling the case?"
Judge Zhou: "..."
This girl's mouth is getting smarter!
Forget it, just eat it.It's this time, and she probably didn't even bother to eat dinner in order to investigate the case.
In fact, old judge Zhou was too worried. Su Yuan would always carry snacks and jerky with him when he went out recently, so he would never let himself go hungry.
Judge Zhou watched Su Yuan take one bite after another, her cheeks puffed up like a squirrel as she chewed, and she wiped out half of the plate of dim sum in the blink of an eye.
He was inexplicably affected by Su Yuan's appetizing way of eating.Probably because it was time for dinner and he was really hungry.
"So delicious?"
"This snack tastes the best. It's called hawthorn muffins. The outer skin is delicate and sweet, and the hawthorn stuffing inside is mild and sour, not sharp. It's delicious and appetizing." Su Yuan recommended to the old judge Zhou.
Elder Judge Zhou couldn't help but also took a piece to taste. As the name suggests, this hawthorn muffin is round and similar to a pancake shape.But the taste is really delicious.
Judge Zhou was amazed when he took his first bite.He felt that his soul had been hit!This dessert is so delicious!It's so delicious that it makes you want to fly to the sky!
Judge Zhou quickly finished the piece in his hand and added the second piece.
Su Yuan deliberately left the rest of the hawthorn muffins to old judge Zhou, and she picked up other low-quality snacks to eat.
"Hey, you two, are you eating well? Haven't you seen this kind of dim sum outside?"
As soon as Chen Mingdeng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, returned home from duty, he heard the butler hastily come to report that people from Kaifeng Mansion had come to the mansion to investigate the case.He didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried over to ask why.Who would have thought that upon entering the house, they would see such a scene.
What does the Kaifeng mansion do when he is a dignified servant man's mansion?If you come to investigate the case, you will investigate the case?ridiculous!
He thought that since the old judge Zhou had the guts to come to the door, he would wait in the hall with a group of yamen servants, but he saw an old man and a little yellow-haired girl around the table eating snacks.
It seems that Kaifeng Mansion without Bao Zheng is a puddle of mud.
Chen Mingdeng immediately relaxed, seeing that the two of them could eat and drink so casually, he knew it was nothing serious.
Su Yuan felt the obvious disdain and sarcasm in Chen Mingdeng's tone, and hurriedly got up to apologize to the old judge Zhou: "It was the subordinate who was rude and ate the snacks he put on!"
Elder Judge Zhou thought it was a bit embarrassing to be ridiculed by Chen Mingdeng.Hearing Su Yuan's words, I couldn't help being happy.
"How can it be, Chen Shilang is such a sensible and generous person, how can we belittle you for not seeing the world just because we ate the dim sum that his family treats guests with sincerity?"
Old judge Zhou is indeed used to being simple and honest, but he is not a temperless person who allows others to pinch and round him.Especially after the assassination of the man in black, the old judge Zhou felt that a good temper may not necessarily be rewarded, so why bother to swallow his anger and always tolerate others.
Chen Mingdeng was choked, and his face was very ugly.But thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't tell where he was coming from.This snack is originally used to entertain guests, and if people eat it, it can be interpreted as giving them face for the Minister's House. If you laugh at them for not seeing the world, you will be the one who shows your ugliness.
"I wonder what the two of you are doing at the Minister's Mansion at this time?" Chen Mingdeng asked in a businesslike tone.
"We didn't have to wait for Chen Shilang to come back, we could directly take Chen Shilang's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Su, to Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation.
Judge Zhou felt that he and Chen Shilang were both officials in the capital, we could not see each other when we looked up, and we understood that each family had their own difficulties, and there might be some inside story in it, so we ordered our subordinates to wait patiently.Said to wait for Chen Shilang to come back, tell Chen Shilang personally, and it will not be too late to interrogate someone. "
Su Yuan also talked to Chen Shilang in a businesslike tone.
These words are reasonable and affectionate, and they also specifically mentioned 'waiting patiently'.
This reminded Chen Mingdeng of his behavior of ridiculing others for eating snacks just now when he entered the door. Comparing the two, the judgement made him more and more petty and ugly.
Even though Chen Shilang was upset, he still had to bow politely and express his gratitude to the old judge Zhou first.After all, family ugliness should not be publicized. If the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family was suddenly taken away by people from Kaifeng Mansion while he was not at home, without him presiding over the affairs and keeping them secret, I am afraid that the Shilang Mansion will become a circle of officials in the capital tomorrow. The talk here is completely ugly.
"What did my eldest daughter-in-law commit, that you should come to arrest her in person?" Chen Shilang asked.
Su Yuan simply and clearly explained the situation to Chen Shilang.
Chen Shilang was shocked, "It's impossible, how could the Su family do such a thing. You should know her identity. She is the daughter of the imperial merchant Su Jinjing. She has been well-known since she was a child, and her talent has spread far and wide. Gouzi has taken a fancy to her." Her talent and name made her marry into the family regardless of family background."
Talent spread far and wide?
Su Yuan was a little puzzled. When she was being harassed by the Su family, she deliberately inquired about the situation of the Su family, but no one told her that Su Xi was a talented woman.Could it be that the news was missed?
"Then this portrait is of her?" Elder Judge Zhou handed the portrait to Chen Shilang.
Chen Shilang wanted to deny it, but the woman in the portrait was so similar to Su Xi that she even pointed out a small mole on her left lower jaw.
If he bites the bullet and denies it, then they will ask people who are familiar with Su Xi later, maybe they will point it out.
"Today, the yamen servant wanted to post this portrait in various places in the city, but I stopped it because I saw it."
Su Yuan's implication, even if Chen Shilang denied it, the portraits would be posted all over the city, and the most embarrassing thing would be the Shilang's mansion.
Chen Shilang didn't hesitate now, and immediately agreed, saying that the person in the portrait really looked like his eldest daughter-in-law Su.Immediately, he asked someone to call his eldest son, Chen Cuishan, and asked his Su family to bring him here.
At this moment, he had to bow his head if he didn't want to, and discussed with the old judge Zhou: "If Mrs. Su is guilty, no matter what happened to Mrs. Su, we will not know about it. But if Mrs. Su is not guilty, your Kaifeng mansion You need to give us an explanation!"
"Chen Shilang's words are wrong. Even if Mrs. Su is not guilty, you shouldn't ask our Kaifeng Mansion to give an explanation. If you want to settle the account, you should go to the three dead officials and explain it. They painted such a portrait Come to frame your eldest daughter-in-law. The Kaifeng government is just investigating the case according to the evidence and according to the regulations. There is nothing wrong with it."
Su Yuan even felt a little sympathetic to Su Xi, how could he have such an unreasonable father-in-law without normal logical thinking.
Chen Shilang was choked by Su Yuan again, and a little annoyed, he asked the old judge Zhou, who was Su Yuan, who dared to bark in front of him.
"It seems that Chen Shilang doesn't plan to cooperate with the Kaifeng government officials to investigate the case. Judge Zhou, if we talk about our 'love', don't they appreciate it?"
While introducing his identity, Su Yuan complained to the old judge Zhou in a helpless tone.In fact, the purpose of her words was to threaten Chen Shilang to be quiet, otherwise the Kaifeng mansion would just take someone away, and it would only be the mansion of the minister who made a fool of himself.
To deal with an unreasonable and arrogant person, you have to poke his weakness directly, no matter how high his status is or how powerful he is, once he pokes his weakness, he will immediately become obedient like a pug dog.
Sure enough, after hearing what Su Yuan said behind, Chen Shilang hurriedly sighed with a smile: "I'm so ignorant that I didn't know that there were female officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. Since they are officials who handle the case, it should be taken for granted. Man, it's unexpected!"
Su Yuan was unmoved, and looked at Chen Shilang indifferently.
Judge Zhou was also speechless.
At this time, Chen Cuishan came with Su Xi, and the two met Chen Shilang first.
Before Chen Shilang could explain and question, he saw Su Xi walking towards Su Yuan.
"Why is my sister here? But she came to see me?" Su Xing asked curiously.
"Sister?" Chen Shilang exclaimed, looking at Su Xi and Su Yuan with weird eyes.
Su Xi hurriedly explained: "Because my father hasn't recognized my sister back home, my daughter-in-law didn't dare to say it rashly. In fact, she is my sister who has been separated for many years. We are twins."
Chen Cuishan knew something about the Su family, so he nodded to Chen Shilang, expressing that it was true.
Chen Shilang stared at Su Xi and sneered a few times, and asked her: "Sister? Then do you know what she is doing today? She didn't come to see you, but to arrest you and bring you back to Kaifeng Mansion for interrogation!"
Su Xi was startled, because she was frightened by her father-in-law's hostile questioning tone, her eyes turned red immediately, feeling a little bit wronged.
Chen Cuishan hurriedly supported Su Xi and asked what was going on.
After hearing what had happened, Chen Cuishan was very surprised, and immediately let go of Su's hand to let Su Xisheng explain clearly.
"Is that you in the portrait? I remember you just went out that day?"
"I didn't, it wasn't me! I was bored at home for a long time that day, and I wanted to go out to get some air. I was in Room [-], Tianzi, Xianren Building. I drank tea and ate snacks, and left after a few words with my brother. gone."
When Su Xi said these words, his eyes flickered.
Based on the content of the confession and considering her identity, Su Yuan didn't doubt Su Xi too much.But now she is obviously suspected of lying, which makes Su Yuan a little uncertain.
Su Yuan and old judge Zhou glanced at each other, and they knew that old judge Zhou thought the same as her, and they both sensed that Su Xi was lying.
"Again, I'm not the daughter of the Su family, nor your sister, so I trouble you to go to Kaifeng Mansion with us." Su Yuan said to Su Xi.
Su Xi panicked, she was so anxious that she shed tears, she hurriedly asked Chen Cuishan for help, calling herself wronged.
Chen Cuishan wanted to angrily question Su Yuan, why did he take his wife away like this.
Chen Shilang expected what his son was about to say, so he quickly reached out his hand to signal and stopped him.He didn't want his son to be ridiculed by Su Yuan and Judge Zhou again.The most important thing now is to solve the problem and not let the scandal be publicized.
Chen Shilang suddenly seemed like a good friend of old judge Zhou, and discussed with old judge Zhou with a poignant smile, "Can this interrogation be held in the servant's mansion first? As you can see, it is not convenient for the child to be pregnant. If she You really have been wronged, and after all this trouble, you won't be offended. Even though Miss Su is not her sister, you have met before, and you can be regarded as acquaintances, why don't you be a little more accommodating."
Chen Shilang then said that Su Xi had already explained her whereabouts that day, and she only needed to call the relevant people to confirm her innocence.
Old judge Zhou didn't like Chen Shilang's set, but he felt a bit soft-hearted that Mrs. Su was pregnant, so he thought about whether to take Chen Shilang's opinion because of this.
"Chen Shilang is in the Ministry of Industry, so he may not be very clear about the fact that the case is not investigated or tried in this way.
What if Chen Shilang couldn't help interfering with the interrogation at the Shilang's mansion?When cross-examining witnesses and searching for evidence, how can we prevent the walls from having ears and ensure the fairness and impartiality of the interrogation?Furthermore, Kaifeng Mansion is so partial to the Shilang Mansion. If the censor finds out that our Kaifeng Mansion is following the trend, fearing the powerful and perverting the law for personal gain, will Chen Shilang help us get rid of these crimes and troubles? "
Upon hearing these words, old judge Zhou immediately gave up his previous thoughts.After all, he is old and not thoughtful enough.
Chen Shilang stared at Su Yuan, wishing he could tear Su Yuan apart with his gaze.He had nothing to say, everything he said made sense, and he had no way to refute it.Unreasonable things, even if he knows many censors, he can't let the censors turn black and white.
When Su Yuan waited for Chen Shilang's anger to reach its peak, she eased her tone and spoke again.
"But there should be humaneness beyond legal principles. Before the truth is found out, the Su family is only suspected, but not necessarily innocent. Considering that she is pregnant, we can not hold a public trial. At the same time, we can consider Chen Shilang's special status. , keep it secret for the time being, and don't spread the situation to the outside world, so as to avoid the servant's mansion from being criticized for nothing.
Now that the night is getting dark, I trouble you to prepare a comfortable carriage so that Uncle Su, Su's personal maids and companions can accompany Su over there. It is best to invite another trusted doctor in your mansion to wait in Kaifeng mansion. In case of an emergency, it is convenient for timely treatment. "
Chen Shilang had already planned for the worst, and was so angry that he wanted to find a way to kill Su Yuan, but when he suddenly heard Su Yuan say this discretionary method, he couldn't help being stunned, he didn't know what to do. Emoji coping.
He originally thought that the other party would act arrogantly in his servant's mansion by strictly enforcing the law.The main reason for the other party's mercilessness is probably because he sneered at them at the beginning and despised them, which made them vent their personal anger with official business.
But they never expected that after so many considerations, they should investigate according to Fa Richard's case, and the place that should take care of the Su family and the Shilang's mansion as appropriate should also be taken care of.
At this moment, Chen Shilang suddenly felt that he was being looked very ugly, and he actually treated the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.This girl surnamed Su is really extraordinary, no wonder old judge Zhou brought her to handle the case.This woman is afraid that she has the talent of Lu Wu, and she will be lucky in the future!
"Then let's do it according to Miss Su's arrangement." Most of Chen Shilang's anger subsided, and even his tone was more accommodating than ever.
After that, Chen Shilang never picked any faults.
When leaving, Judge Zhou couldn't help but applaud Su Yuan. Even the most difficult Chen Shilang was tamed by her. In the end, she didn't complain at all, and only cooperated with her request to do things.I have to praise Su Yuan, it's amazing.
"Actually, I planned to do this, but if I said this at the beginning, Chen Shilang might not only be ungrateful, but even more arrogant, and continue to make trouble afterwards.
I intentionally irritated him so that he would not have expectations. When I proposed this method later, he would feel that it was completely beyond his expectations, very good, and even grateful.
This is human nature, the true meaning of slapping a sweet date. "
"From now on, I won't obey anyone, I will obey you!" Elder Zhou said happily, Su Yuan is really the treasure of their Kaifeng Mansion!
Su Yuan interrogated Su Xi in the side hall of Kaifeng Mansion, and asked Su Xi to sit down and answer her words.
When Su Xi got off the carriage, her eyes were already red and swollen, and she could see that she was crying all the way.Su Yuan asked someone to prepare an ice handkerchief, applied Su Xi's eyes for a while, and said a few words to her by the way.
"If you are innocent, you don't have to worry too much. The Kaifeng Mansion will return your innocence. Think about the child in your belly. This should be the grandson of Chen's parents? If you hurt the child and your body because of overthinking, It will not be easy in the Chen family from now on."
Su Xi listened to Su Yuan's consolation at first, and was quite at ease, but when she heard the last sentence 'it won't be easy', she was startled, how can anyone say such words to comfort others?
"Why? I think the truth is ugly? I have seen your father-in-law's character today. As for your husband—"
"Cuishan is a man of great talent, knowledgeable and courteous, and treats me very well." Su Xi quickly explained.
Su Yuan smiled lightly, "Forget it, the man who will let go when you hear something happens, you just make do with him casually, don't use deep affection to trap yourself. Dragons make dragons, and phoenixes make phoenixes. Most of the time, what kind of father gives birth to what kind of son, of course there are exceptions, but I think he is quite similar to his father.
Whether a man treats you well or not, don't look at the good times, but the bad ones.For example, when you are in a bad situation right now, did he comfort you in the car just now, to show that he trusts you?Or keep asking you, warning you? "
Su Xi's expression changed immediately, and she lowered her head, tears were about to fall again.
"It's nothing. Most of the women in this world marry blindly. There are too many unsatisfactory situations. You married the servant's son-in-law, and you still have a good face. As long as you don't have accidents and your mother's family doesn't fall, he won't dare to marry you." Provoke you."
Su Yuan asked Su Xi again if there was a lot of dowry, and now there is still a lot of money added to the hole of the Chen family.
Su Xi was immediately surprised and asked, "How do you know?"
After finishing speaking, she covered her mouth, regretting that she was quick to speak and slipped her mouth.
"Cuishan said it was only a temporary loan, and it will be returned to me later." Su Xi added.
"Just believe it, it's good to wait until the moment before you die to realize that they won't pay you back."
Su Xi: "..."
"Just look at Chen Shilang, he is vain and has a good face, and he is very snobbish. The refreshments in your Shilang's mansion are very particular about hospitality, and they are really delicious, but you are so particular about this thing, which can give you a glimpse of how other places in your mansion are." It is extravagant and consumes a lot of money. And Ruo Da's mansion can only be supported by the salary of his little servant? It is strange that there is no hole." Su Yuan said with emotion.
Su Xi looked at Su Yuan in shock.
"Why, could it be that you haven't found out yet?"
Su Xi pursed her lips, lowered her head, tears fell one by one.
"Don't talk nonsense, I don't believe it. Whether they treat me sincerely, I know very well in my heart."
Su Yuan suddenly remembered Su Fangming's emotion towards Su Xi before, "No matter how you look at it, it is enough for her."
This is true, Su Xi is in this state.But it is good to keep this situation for a lifetime, but now it looks like it is about to collapse.
"Let's talk about why you lied." Su Yuan chatted with her before, in fact, it was to reduce Su Xi's defensiveness, and it was easier to get the answer from her expression.
Su Xi's body suddenly became stiff, and she shook her head quickly, eager to deny it, "I'm not lying, if you don't believe me, you can ask my maid and companion."
Su Yuan then seriously asked who were the people who went out with Su Xi that day.
After counting, Su Yuan sighed with emotion: "They are all married to you, not even a servant of the Chen family?"
"I'm used to acquaintances."
Su Fangming and Shopkeeper Lou had already been reported to Kaifeng Mansion at this time, and after hearing Su Xi's testimony, both of them remained expressionless.
Su Xi looked at them, You Qi stared into Su Fangming's eyes for a long time: "Brother, you want to testify for me, I did go to Room [-], Tianzi, Xianren Building that day, and then I waited for my brother to come, and I chatted with him for a few minutes. After a few words, I left."
This process is very specific.
Su Yuan snorted, and asked Su Xi: "Would you like to say those two specific sentences? It will save me a while when I interrogate you brothers and sisters separately, and the testimony is not right?"
Su Xi was stunned, probably didn't expect to interrogate him separately, and then anxiously said to Su Yuan: "I didn't say anything to my brother that day, but we just chatted about family affairs, my brother asked me if I was in good health, and if I was bullied in the Chen family. .”
"I told you to talk about it, just tell it!" Su Yuan couldn't help being amused by Su Xi's operation.
Naturally, Su Fangming had already seen that Su Yuan had already seen through Su Xi's lies.
"I was inspecting shops in Wei's that day, but I was not in Tokyo." Su Fangming said calmly.
"Big brother!"
Su Xi never expected that Su Fangming would not testify for her.The reason why she dared to directly say that the witnesses were his elder brother and Shopkeeper Lou was because she knew that her elder brother was smart enough to immediately understand her hint.
Su Xi stood up excitedly, and wanted to ask Su Fangming why, but was stopped by Su Yuan.
"Don't get excited, be careful about the child in your belly. After you have the eldest son, your status in the Chen family will be improved." Su Yuan saw that Su Xi was still very excited, so she hurriedly tried to persuade her, "This is the relationship between you and the Chen family." The first child your husband conceived together, you must know how much he looks forward to this child, are you willing to make him sad?"
Only then did Su Xi force herself to stabilize her emotions.
"There are no outsiders here. What did you do that day? Tell the truth, don't delay the Kaifeng government's investigation, and don't cause trouble for the Chen family." Su Fangming calmly advised Su Xi.
Su Xi grabbed the handkerchief in her hand, bowed her head and refused to speak.
Su Fangming said to Su Yuan: "She has been timid and afraid of insects since she was a child, there is absolutely no way she is good at Gu, there must be some misunderstanding."
"Could it be that the twins are two identical daughters, and the other is living outside, and now they have learned the Miaojiang Gu poison?" Su Yuan opened up another way of thinking.
Su Fangming was stunned, he was not sure about this, but if it was true, it meant that Su Yuan could not be his sister.
Su Fangming immediately sent someone to invite Su Jinjing to come.
After two sticks of incense, Su Jinjing expressed his anger and incomprehension, and vowed: "The two daughters who were born with twins back then have completely different appearances."
Then he looked at Su Yuan, the meaning was obvious, he believed that Su Yuan was his other daughter.
"Now that Su Xi refuses to tell the truth, the testimonies of those servants are more interesting. They are roughly the same, but the details of the questions are different. Two of them hesitated a lot, and they lied very obviously. I thought today's question The words would be very simple, but I didn’t expect that there would be many twists and turns, and I still haven’t got the answer by this time.”
Su Yuan immediately said that she could only use torture.
When Su Xi heard that her servant girl was about to be tortured, she panicked.
"I said it's okay." Su Xi pursed her lips, hesitated for a while before speaking, "I'm going to see him."
"Who is he?" Su Yuan asked.
"Ding Sanlang."
Su Jinjing immediately changed his expression and called Su Xi crazy.
Su Fangming's face remained normal, and he continued to explain with Su Yuan: "Ding Sanlang's former prime minister Ding Wei's adopted son, Su Xi had a relationship with him in Zhengzhou. Ding Sanlang once claimed that he fell in love with her at first sight and wanted to marry her, but his father refused. "
At that time, Ding Wei had already been demoted because of his evil deeds, and officials and noble circles regarded him as a taboo and avoided him.The Su family didn't care about his status as an adopted son, and his adoptive father was still a criminal minister, so naturally they would not agree to Ding Sanlang's proposal to marry him.
"You like him?" Su Yuan asked Su Xi.
Su Xi shook her head, and anxiously argued: "He sent me letters repeatedly, forcing me to meet him, saying that if I didn't see him, he would come to look for me. I was afraid that the people in the Shilang's mansion, especially Cuishan, would misunderstand me, so I had no choice. At his invitation. But I waited for a long time in Bianhe, but he didn't show up."
"Do you have any brains? Can you do this kind of thing? If you are caught, do you know what will happen?" Su Jinjing asked angrily.
Su Yuan waved his hand, ordered the yamen servant to take Su Jinjing away, and then asked Su Xi: "When will you tell the truth? Do you think I will believe this kind of reason?"
No matter how stupid Su Xi is, she is not a brainless person. If the other party doesn't have her handle, how could she let others threaten her like this.
Su Fangming also glanced at Su Xi speechlessly, never expecting that there would be times when he couldn't understand his sister.
Su Xi pursed her lips, tears streaming down her face, but she just didn't say anything.
Under such circumstances, the servant can only be tortured.These servants couldn't help being frightened, and quickly confessed.The situation was partly in line with what Su Xi said, and it was indeed Ding Sanlang who asked her to meet, but they didn't know what the contents of the letter were. They just saw that Su Xi's hands were shaking when he read the letter.
There was only one letter in total, not repeated invitations as Su Xi said.The letter was directly placed in the box above Su Xi's dowry, every morning Su Xi had to wash and open the box, if she didn't have it the day before, she saw it the next day.
When Su Xi finished reading the letter, she told them that Ding Sanlang threatened her with these maids, that they must meet, otherwise Ding Sanlang would ruin her.
"So the key to the content of the letter lies in Su Xi, but she refuses to tell the truth." Su Yuan reported back to Judge Zhou the next day.
"Then there is no other way, we can only detain Su Xi according to the law." Elder Judge Zhou sighed.
"I don't know if the bodies of the three bewitched officials are still there, I want to go and see." Su Yuan stayed up all night, extremely sleepy, after yawning, he insisted on finishing the matter and resting.
Su Yuan took the letter from Judge Zhou to find Jiang Shilang.
Jiang Shilang then ordered someone to take Su Yuan to the Ministry of Punishment to find Shen Zhanggu who was in charge of disposing of the corpses of the three minor officials at that time.
The strange thing is that Shen Zhanggu came to the Ministry of Punishment for an appointment in the morning, just in time.When the people from the punishment department took Su Yuan to his room to find him, Shen Zhanggu was not in the room, and the roommate said that he had just gone to the latrine.
After waiting for a while, Su Yuan realized that something was wrong, so he immediately asked someone to look for Shen Zhanggu, and sure enough, there was no one in the hut.
Afterwards, I asked the guard at the gate, and was told that Shen Zhanggu rode a fast horse earlier and hurriedly left from the back door of the Ministry of Justice.
On the one hand, Su Yuan ordered people to hunt down Shen Zhanggu.On the other hand, I went to the morgue of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to ask about the situation.
"When were the bodies of the three petty officials taken away?"
"After the poisoning of Gu poisoned, Li Wu inspected the body, and said that the person was completely dead, and the corpse infected by Gu should not be stored in the morgue. It was suggested to be burned. Shen Zhanggu was in charge of this matter and took people to transport the corpse outside the city. "
Su Yuan asked the guards who accompanied Shen Zhanggu to transport the corpses at that time, and the guards told them that it was getting late at that time, and Shen Zhanggu felt sorry for their hard work, so they sent them away, saying that he alone would be responsible for burning the corpses.
Su Yuan first sent people to the cremation site to check, and then sent people to arrest Li Yu.Fortunately, Li Wuzuo was not on duty today, he was staying at Liu Mianhua in Tianxiang Building, the most expensive selling gold cave in the capital, and happened to be caught.
News soon came from outside the city that there was no trace of a recent fire at the cremation site, which meant that the bodies of the three minor officials had never been burned at all.
Shen Zhanggu's escape, his body not being burned, and Li Wuzuo's sudden wealth and extravagant behavior are enough to show that the three petty officials were not really poisoned to death, but faked their deaths.
"Under the noses of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the three of them feigned death and successfully escaped! If someone in your Ministry of Criminal Justice is playing a monkey trick, your Ministry of Criminal Justice is in charge of prison litigation, and you didn't notice it at all. If it wasn't for the officials from Kaifeng Mansion to investigate, I'm afraid no one will know about this for the rest of my life!" Du Yan angrily charged the case and held everyone in the criminal department accountable.
While Su Yuan was waiting for orders outside, a servant from the Kaifeng government office suddenly came to inform that Mr. Bao and the others had returned.
At exactly the same time, Chen Shilang brought Chen Cuishan to Kaifeng Mansion. They took the marriage certificate and the divorce certificate, and wanted to divorce Su Xi.
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