The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

This situation is really suspicious, Liu Kuan still wanted to ask in detail, but saw that the rest of the Zheng and Zhao family didn't say anything, and just kept admitting that the case was done by him.Ask her why she killed her husband, but she doesn't say anything, and the look of losing her soul is not good for boarding.Liu Kuan had no choice but to announce his withdrawal from the courtroom, and decided to postpone the trial or interrogate him later.

They ordered Mrs. Zheng Zhao to be taken under strict supervision. Liu Kuan walked up to Ming Xu with a blank expression on his face and a somewhat suspicious tone, and said, "Young Master Ming, I need to know what you said to the prisoner just now. What, just one sentence, actually made her change her mouth and endure the crime."

Liu Kuan was not surprised by this result. He has been in the local government for many years, and he knows that most of the uneducated people are ignorant. , but most of them poisoned their mothers-in-law, and very few murdered their husbands.

What he cares about is Mingxu's actions. He didn't say anything in private when he had the evidence, and he didn't say anything in court. He whispered it to the suspect, Mrs. Zhao. As a result, Mrs. Zhao admitted it, although it is very likely that Mingxu had already grasped the evidence. , but it does not rule out that Zhao's threat is not.

"My lord called me by my name. The student didn't say anything to Mrs. Zhao, but he just lied to her. It happened that she fell into the trick." Mingxu spread his hands and replied.

Seeing that he still concealed the truth, Liu Kuan felt even more displeased, and sneered, "Did Mr. Ming think about it?"

Ming Xu smiled, "Of course I don't dare to lie to my lord."

Liu Kuan snorted coldly, and walked away straight away with his sleeves thrown away. I don't want to act anymore because I am friendly to the people, and I don't know if it will be successful in the future, so I don't know the rules.

He left in a fit of anger, but Qing Rong Mingxu and the two of them had to follow, and neither of them could leave the Yamen until the case was closed.So let's find Mr. Wei to arrange a place to live, that looks like a gentleman, Ming Xu comforted himself.

Sure enough, Mr. Wei, a gentleman, didn't say much, and arranged them in a house in the backyard of the mansion gate, and told them to wait for the interrogation at any time.

In the slightly shabby room, Qing Rong Mingxu sat opposite each other in front of the only desk.

"What did you think of in class just now? Is it convenient to explain it to Liu Zhixian?" Qing Rong fiddled with the objects on the table casually.

"It's not that it's inconvenient, it's that I don't know if I should say it." Mingxu shook his head and gave such an explanation.

Qing Rong raised her eyebrows upon hearing this, and handed him the teacup in her hand.

"If what I think is correct, the kid named Jinyu should be the one who killed Zheng Daniu." Mingxu took a sip and explained, "I, like you, have been thinking about the directional evidence of the mandala flower." , so I went through the experience in Zheng's house in my mind, and I remembered that after dinner that night, I saw that Jinyu was reading in the yard, and I gave him an inkstone and a few paints. Maybe it contains datura flowers."

Ming Xu thought of this explanation. That day he saw the children working hard in reading, he felt emotional, and thought of reciprocating, so he gave Jin Yu a piece of ink, and in order to amuse the children, he even gave some other colors that he carried with him. He plays.Unexpectedly, the child knew these paints and made a big mistake with them.

"Some workshops do occasionally add flower juice to make the paint bright and bright, and mandala flowers are also among them. Thinking about it this way, it is indeed the child. Zhao will not use this method, but the child will not use it. Eight or nine years old, how can you kill your own father, and be so decisive." Qing Rong said in a deep voice, thinking that there should be other secrets in it.

From getting the paint to the life plan, and then carrying out the murder, it took only one day to report and frame him. It was indeed too decisive, and he knew how to seize the opportunity.

"Zhao's protector confessed that he killed the person himself. It's not easy to tell the matter like this. What does Brother Qing think?" Ming Xu asked, no matter how many secrets or difficulties there are behind the killing of his father and husband. , the most important thing is the result.

"Didn't you already make a decision in front of Liu Zhixian just now, and you still come to ask me? It's just that you will have to meet that child named Jinyu after it's over."

A mother is willing to protect her child, mother and child are one, and the matter of the mandala flower can completely be blocked by Mrs. Zhao. Even if they tell the truth, Mrs. Zhao will be sentenced by the law.

"Oh." Mingxu was a little depressed, he had already made a decision, but he just stabilized the magistrate first, and then decided whether to speak or not.

Qing Rong and Ming Xu had dinner in the kitchen of the county yamen, and before they could go to bed, Chang An had already inquired about the news from the yamen servant.It is said that it has been drawn.

Mingxu asked carefully, and only then did he know the reason of the case.But it turned out that the Zhao family was not Zheng Daniu's original spouse, Mrs. Zheng died early, leaving behind a daughter named Liu'er.Zheng Daniu did not remarry after his wife died, and lived with his daughter. Later, his daughter married and left him alone.

And there is a widow Zhao in the neighboring village, who raises the child and takes care of her mother-in-law alone. There is no man in the family, so life is inevitably difficult.Mrs. Zhao is a strong one. Even though she barely had enough to eat, she still remembered her late husband's last wish to send her son to school, hoping that he would change families in the future.

It's just that studying is not an easy task. Mrs. Zhao originally thought that it would be enough to get enough of her husband's Shuxiu, but after entering school, she realized that Shuxiu was only the first step, which was not much.Books for reading, pens, inks, papers and inkstones etc. cost a lot.If the husband is still alive, he can still cope with it. Now that the husband is dead, the family loses most of the labor force, and it seems that they will not be able to provide for them.

It just so happened that Mrs. Zhao heard about Zheng Daniu's family situation when she was visiting relatives.I can't help but calculate in my heart, this is an extinct family, I must have saved a lot in half my life, I look like a simple and honest man, if I follow him, not only can my gold and jade continue to go to school, but in the future the things of the Zheng family will also belong to my son.So after talking to Zheng Daniu a few times, he made a decision to let the matchmaker in the village make peace.

It went smoothly, Zheng Daniu thought about it and agreed to the marriage, but within a few days, he welcomed Mrs. Zhao into the door.

It was only when Mrs. Zhao entered Zheng's family that she realized that she had made a mistake. After marrying, her life was not as good as when she was a widow.But it turns out that Zheng Daniu is a well-known enthusiastic person in several villages. Whoever has an inconvenient place goes to help. No matter whether you are still full or not.

This kind of person is a good person to outsiders, and the villagers all say that Zheng Daniu is a good person, and he will be rewarded with good things, and his days of happiness are in the future.But it is a disaster for the family. This good old man is totally disregarding the family. He sees all living beings as pitiful, but he cannot see the suffering of his own family.

During the autumn harvest season, I went to help the widowed old lady in the neighborhood cut rice, and let her do all the farm work in my field.I bought pheasants and gave them to other families who had just given birth, and I couldn't see the women and children in my own family with yellow and thin faces, and I didn't see meat for several months, and so on.The resentment in Zhao's heart accumulated day by day.

After only two months of marrying into the Zheng family, Mrs. Zhao understood why Zheng Liu'er would rather have everyone poke her back than sever ties with her own father after only a few days of marriage, and her in-law's family never said anything.No one would want to have an in-law who asks for money every day, who will only cheat his own family.

Mrs. Zhao felt that she had fallen into a pit of fire, but she was a widow who married for the second time, and there was no talk of reconciliation among the people, so she could only swallow bitter tears.He had no choice but to accept his fate and concentrate on teaching Jinyu, and rescue her from the fire pit when the child is promising.

Unexpectedly, the old man Zhao in the next-door village broke his leg while building a house. His son came to ask for help. Let him take it to save lives first, and don't mention returning it.Zheng Daniu never rushed to return the things he borrowed.

When Mrs. Zhao came back from school after picking up her son, she went crazy when she heard about it. All her hopes were shattered, and her eyes were dark.At this time, Zheng Daniu was still persuading him, saying that it would be good to let the child go to the private school in the village. The teachers in his village can rest assured that the cost is also low, and there is really no need to send it to the county school, which is very troublesome.

Of course Mrs. Zhao shouldn't. She insisted on letting Jinyu go to the county school because there was a scholar in the village more than ten years ago, and this scholar was admitted in the county school. Go home and farm!But this reasoning doesn't make sense to Zheng Daniu, he is living a poor life without knowing it.

"Mr. Qing left silver money in the house, Mrs. Zhao was the first to find out. She said that she just made up for Jinyu's book fees. She was afraid that Zheng Daniu would spend it indiscriminately, so she just didn't do anything, and completely eliminated Zheng Daniu." Chang'an Finally stopped, and finished the cause and effect in one breath.

"Is that what she said?" Qing Rong asked.

"It has already been written on the confession." Changan replied.

"How did she explain the mandala flower?"

"I just said that I picked it by accident when I went up the mountain. Seeing that it bloomed beautifully, I kept it. Later, I discovered its function by accident."

"Since the confession has been made, the sentence is not far away. The child named Zhao Xin will definitely come. I am going to see him. Brother Ming?" Qing Rong sighed.The rhetoric was too perfunctory, and some details were not explained.

Ming Xu shook his head when he heard the words, although Zhao Xin had murderous intentions early on, but he was indeed the one who provided him with an opportunity to make a big mistake.Or not to see, so be it.

Qing Rong didn't force it, the case ended anticlimactically, and the case was closed when he went to meet the child.

Neither of them expressed any opinions on Zheng Daniu's behavior. It's nothing more than a poor person, and a poor person has something to hate.

County magistrate Liu was very quick, and three days later he was sentenced to death for the crime of intentional homicide by the Zhao family, and beheaded after Qiuhou.

And Qing Rong finally saw the child who hadn't appeared since the incident on the day of the verdict. He still had a somewhat immature face with indifference, and he couldn't see any sad request to visit the prison. After that, Qing Rong waited at the door.Surprisingly, he didn't wait for a long time. Zhao Xin went in for a quarter of an hour and came out with an expressionless face.

He went straight to Qing Rong, showing some sarcasm: "Do you have anything else to say to me?"

Qing Rong shook his head: "Originally there was, but now that I see you, I don't want to talk about it anymore." He suddenly felt weary, and the ending was already decided, so it doesn't matter what else.

He didn't ask, but Zhao Xin wanted to say, at the door of the prison, in a somewhat crazy voice: "I hated him early in the morning, wishing that he would die immediately, I couldn't sleep at night, and I was thinking about how to kill him all day long." , How can you say there are such unpleasant people in the world?"

"You are still young, and when you grow up, you will know that there are many people in the world who are more unpleasant than him." Qing Rong stated the facts calmly.

"No, how could you, a well-clothed young man like you, understand." Zhao Xin interrupted him, "No one is more annoying than him. There are many wicked and heinous people in the world, but what does it have to do with me? , Zheng Daniu is already the biggest villain in my life."

"What about your mother? Doesn't she have anything to do with you?" Qing Rong reminded the person in front of him who no longer had any morals in his heart.

"I also helped my mother out, shouldn't she be happy? Zheng Daniu is damned, so I stunned him first, and then covered him with clothes, so that my mother had to help me throw him out, but at that moment, I It is clear that she is happy to see mother." Zhao Xin was still obsessed, and said with hatred: "It's just that Zheng Daniu was cheaper, and he didn't let him die to understand."

Qing Rong didn't talk to him any more, turned around and left without any disturbance in her heart.They have been delayed for a few days, and it is time to leave and go to the next place.

On an official road outside the county seat, a large carriage with a simple appearance is moving forward unhurriedly. The bell on the neck of the horse is shaking crisply. Taking advantage of the good scene of rejuvenation, one's heart gradually calms down. .

In the carriage, Zheng Qingrong was reclining to rest, when suddenly a jolt knocked him out of sleep, he simply turned sideways to look at his little friend who was writing at his desk, "What are you writing, you won't be afraid to dazzle your eyes in the car."

"Record my first trip, write it casually." Ming Xu said without raising his head, he was carefully correcting the places damaged by the bumps.

Qing Rong came over to look at it: "There is a village mound in the Southern Qing Dynasty, where the people live in peace and happiness. Today, there is an old man in this village named Zheng Da, who has a wife and son..." Qing Rong read a few sentences unconsciously, He laughed and said: "It's novel to write travel notes in the way of writing strange anecdotes. Who is it for you to write like this?"

Qing Rong asked him curiously, how artistically edited this travel note is, after all, it was not for his own enjoyment, so who else can read it?

"It's lonely in the boudoir, so I wrote it to my fiancée to pass the time." Ming Xu replied lightly.He thought that since Daiyu was able to watch "The Romance of the West Chamber", it meant that she was bored to a certain extent, so he should give her something to pass the time. Isn't his travelogue just right? It can also let him know where he swims.It's fun and close.

Qing Rong was surprised by his answer, and reacted jokingly: "Our brother Xu is a very close friend at such a young age."

"Thirteen, not too young. Brother Qing is sixteen this year, is he already engaged?" Ming Xu didn't want to talk, so he asked him instead.

"It's engaged. It's my cousin who grew up with me. We will marry her when she is filial piety." Qing Rong talked about her fiancée's bright eyes.

Mingxu saw it, and thought about it for a while, but didn't say the phrase "close relatives are not suitable for marriage", what's the use, but it was just worrying.