[Comprehensive martial arts] Drawing swords to help

Mao Baiyi came with his army in high spirits, and went back in disgrace. Naturally, this momentum was not so easy to hide. Xu Ran, who got the news in Huangshui Town, experienced a transformation from shock to joy in a short period of time. Even Ge Huai, who was sitting across from him and had been fighting with him for two hours, couldn't help but feel sincerely envious that Xu Ran could have such a capable subordinate.

"It seems that Mr. Xu is willing to waste a lot of time on the verbal dispute with Ge Mou. He really has nothing to fear." He said somewhat sourly, "With such a subordinate, what else should Mr. Xu worry about?"

"Master Ge insists on treating the search for the truth as an ordinary verbal dispute, and there is nothing Xu can do about it." Xu Ran snorted coldly and said, "The eldest lady of the Fang family does have the intention of committing a crime. Confession is just a whim, is it true? When will the law of my Ming Dynasty condemn the people for something that hasn't happened yet?"

"Since she has pleaded guilty, can I let her go casually?" Seeing that he was about to get back to the knot that could not be untied, Ge Huai waved his hand and said, "If Master Xu wants to prove Miss Fang's innocence , it is better to find the murderer, otherwise, I can only handle the case according to Miss Fang's confession."

"Did Master Ge allow me to intervene in this case now?" Xu Ran raised his eyebrows and asked.

"I have never said such a thing." Ge Huai said, "It's just that I can't interfere with what you want to do, but I also want to remind Mr. Xu that at this time tomorrow, I will be in the town. The case was heard before the people."

"But there is a request." Xu Ran said.

"Please."

"But I hope to meet Miss Fang." Xu Ran said.

Ge Huai pondered for a moment, and agreed to the request.

Miss Fang confessed quickly, and Ge Huai didn't like to torture people, so when Xu Ran saw Miss Fang, she was in good spirits and looked calm.

"Master Xu." She bent down and bowed, "Master Xu is tired of running around for the daughter of the people, and the daughter of the people is really sorry, but the daughter of the people is indeed to blame for all this."

"I've already heard the details from the young masters." Xu Ran said softly, "You just met people unkindly. This is not a big mistake, and it's not worth your whole life for it."

"Men's daughters have made mistakes, and they know that they are making mistakes. Whether evil is rewarded with evil, and whether people seek benevolence and benevolent, they are what women deserve." Miss Fang said.

"Scholar Wang didn't die under your hands."

"However, Minnv really has this idea." Miss Fang smiled and said, "For Minnv, the murderer just fulfilled her wish for Minnv, saving Minnv from the nightly nightmare after doing it herself. "

"So you are pleading guilty now to repay your kindness?" Xu Ran asked in surprise, "Even if you don't know who that person is? Even if that person's real purpose may be dishonorable?"

"The reason why kindness is kindness is that those who receive favors regard it as a kindness in their hearts, just like some people think it is a mockery after receiving favors from others."

"You...haven't you thought about your family?" Xu Ran asked, "Your elderly father, mother, your sister, and your elder brother who didn't even finish the wedding, have you never thought about it?" But from now on, will the whole Fangfu be judged by fools in this world because of you? Do you really think that there are many people in this world who don't care about what other people say or their own reputation?"

Miss Fang was silent.

After a while, she said, "This will always pass."

However, compared with her previous remarks, this sentence lost a bit of confidence.

"Your sister is not married yet, yes, maybe that young master will marry her, but after more than ten years, when her child is born, the courting family will still know that the child's aunt is a woman killed for love. Even if Wang Shusheng is indeed a hypocrite who deserves to be cut to death. Do you really think this will pass soon, in this small town that is not that big?"

Miss Fang's eyes were red, but she still didn't let go.

"The suffering of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person is nothing to your parents, right?" Xu Ran poured more fuel on him, pressing every step of the way like a bully, "You treat me like a bully!" Parents are very confident in their bodies."

"I don't know, I don't know anything...don't force me anymore." Miss Fang finally cried out, "He hasn't come after the appointed time, I sent a girl to look for him, she told me to leave What happened, I didn't know that someone had done it before me."

"I don't need you to tell me anything." Xu Ran's tone returned to calm, "I just hope that when you are promoted tomorrow, you can also keep the same rhetoric. Your parents are responsible for your body, hair and skin, and I hope you cherish your life. "

He then went to the maidservant. It didn't take too much effort to talk to her. She had already lost the courage to lie after being interrogated by Ge Huai once, otherwise her young lady wouldn't have come here either, "This matter has nothing to do with We really have nothing to do, Mr. Xu, please talk to Mr. Ge, we really didn't know that something would happen to Scholar Wang there." She choked up and said, "Scholar Wang didn't arrive that day, and there seemed to be some movement outside The lady sent me to find out what happened. I arrived a little late, and the maids and servants in other rooms were all gathered there. I asked them what happened. They said that Wang Shusheng was in the well. As for what happened They said things differently, and later, after the housekeeper came, he said a few words to us, and we stopped talking."

"Did anything special happen after that?"

The maid shook her head.

After the questioning, Xu Ran didn't stay in the county government for a long time. As soon as he returned to Fangfu, he was surrounded by people. Almost everyone wanted to know the progress of the matter, but Xu Ran's reaction to this was just shaking his head and sighing.

Although his official position is small, he is an official after all, now he doesn't want to talk about it, no one dares to ask, but the old man of the Fang family is so sad that he hides in his room to wash his face with tears.

"Are you really gaining nothing?" Chang Anan asked.

"I do have some thoughts. If there is no accident, I already know who the real culprit is, but..." Xu Ran sighed, "It's just that it's been too long since the crime happened, and even if there are any evidences, they have probably been destroyed. Alright."

"Is there no other way?"

"..." Xu Ran looked at the getting dark sky, "Not necessarily."

The bright moon hangs high, and the famous flowers in the courtyard are swaying in the wind, as if they are begging for a good weather tomorrow.

"Is Butler Fang not finished yet?"

"Master Xu." Just after watering the flowers, the butler who was raised by the Fang family and also surnamed Fang bowed and saluted, then lifted the empty wooden barrel on the ground, and replied, "I'm planning to go back to rest."

"The flowers in this courtyard are more precious than people's gold." Xu Ran said, "Will Steward Fang take care of these flowers here every day at this time?"

"Flowers are permanent, and they can't be broken in a day."

"Was it the same on the night when Wang Shusheng's accident happened?"

The butler's body froze for a moment, "Master Xu's question is..."

"It doesn't mean anything superfluous." Xu Ran sighed, "Miss Fang has already pleaded guilty, and she will be promoted tomorrow. I want to try again to see if there is any room for recovery."

"How could this be..." the housekeeper murmured.

"Speaking of which, if Steward Fang has been at Fang's house, it should be regarded as watching Miss Fang grow up?" Xu Ran asked, "Which flower is Miss Fang's favorite? But even if she can't be saved, she can still be taken care of." Give her the flowers from her home, so that she will not be lonely on the road."

"Master Xu, why do you say such cruel words?"

"It's not about punishment, it's just that the facts are cruel." Xu Ran said, "Master Fang has done countless good deeds in his life, but in the end he has to endure such suffering. The injustice of the world is evident. The mistakes made by this scholar, why should the young lady suffer like this?" Bitter fruit."

The housekeeper was silent.

"Speaking of which, the butler Fang seems to have arrived a bit late that day. Are you unwilling to leave the flowers here to join in the fun?" Xu Ran continued without waiting for the butler's answer, "It can't be helped, if the butler takes care of you that night It would be nice if those flowers could grow by the well. In that case... Maybe everything will be in time."

"Probably... it's still too late." The butler said softly.

Xu Ran didn't go into the meaning of this sentence.

In the early morning of the next day, the steward of the Fang Mansion went to the Yamen to surrender himself. According to him, he had overheard Wang Shusheng's drunken remarks and knew his sinister intentions. Ji beat him unconscious and threw him into the well, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the servant Fang Ping so soon.

He had already destroyed the clothes of that night, but the lingering osmanthus fragrance left on the shoes he wore when he committed the crime could still prove his crime, and his description of the incident was more consistent with the scene, Ge Huai was very happy. He quickly accepted his words and sent Miss Fang back home.

This matter has finally come to an end.

The author has something to say: the next chapter let the master come out for a walk.

But there is no rivalry with Yangchun.