Chapter 126: Mountains and rivers are poor, and there is no way out
Chapter 126
"Zhou Yu, what do you have to say?"
Zhixian Gao sat in the hall with an unobstructed view, and Ah Yao could see Zhou Yu's movements, so naturally he couldn't escape his eyes.
"The folk woman has no such heart, this little girl is talking nonsense, seeing that the first seven are coming, there is no truth, the deceased husband is not blind under the nine springs, and now she is framed for wanting to divide the family property, and the woman is wronged!" Zhou Yushi was grief-stricken, took out a handkerchief and wiped it with his head down.
After Zhou Yu's three men finished speaking, their expressions were different, and they pouted secretly, nodded in agreement, and were panicked and nervous when the lie was exposed.
"My lord, the truth about my father's poisoning and death is different from the division of family property, this girl is talking nonsense and disrupting the court, and she should be severely punished. The panicked man said suddenly, and immediately gave a big salute to the magistrate, and lay on the ground for a long time.
Ah Yao has been looking at the person who spoke in the Zhou family, Zhou Yu's grief is not like a fake, and this look is obviously different from the other two brothers, the person who kowtows is the eldest son of Zhou Yu, he hurriedly separated the truth of poisoning from the family property, and framed her for disturbing the court and proposed a heavy punishment. As soon as the wealthy businessman surnamed Zhou died, the person who inherited the Zhou family was this person, and he shouldn't be so anxious...... Or did her words touch his sore feet?
Could it be the murderer who told him?
Zhou Yu's eldest son: "Besides, how can any apprentice not want the master to get out of the cage as soon as possible, let her stay in the prison all the time, she is so vicious and selfish at a young age!"
"I never wanted Master to go home, stay in prison for one more day, and suffer one more day of sin, but if you really wish, the dead are 'buried in the ground' in your hearts, and the fact that my Master has been in Nanxun Prison will become a stain in the eyes of the people! How can we destroy a person's will and even his life? The grievances of the living cannot be cleared, and the grievances of the dead cannot be relieved, and the beams of the two families will be concluded from your wishes, generation after generation, until they are destroyed. ”
Ah Yao opened her mouth to refute, and finally showed her resentment to the eldest son of the Zhou Yu clan.
The resentment became more and more intense, and the negative energy beast imprisoned in the bottom of her heart rushed into the cage and condensed into a knife in her eye, A-Yao couldn't imagine what would happen to this Zhixian who wore a confused hat and drank wine with the flow of wine if she listened to the words of the Zhou family.
"This ...... This is the court!I warn you...... You ......" The eldest son of the Zhou Yu clan felt a cold air swishing up from his tail spine, and he was so shocked by A-Yao's eyes that he stammered, and you didn't follow up for a long time.
The magistrate's eyes swept back and forth between the Zhou family and A-Yao, the contradiction between the two families was at the beginning, but what the girl said was not unreasonable, the Zhou family bought a lot of properties in Nanxun, and closed the case in a hurry.
"Be quiet and quiet, and there should be no noise in the courtroom. This case is still under investigation, and the family members are not impatient, and after five days, the official will definitely give you the truth. ”
The magistrate retreated, and the Zhou family glared at A-Yao fiercely, and helped Zhou Yu's family to leave.
Ah Yao stood up and rubbed her knees, baring her teeth. From beginning to end, this confused magistrate has never summoned Mochizuki, and he did not listen to the defense, but only said that he would give justice to his family, and only Mochizuki was in prison.
Time was running out for her.
Master Mochizuki can't wait five days!
Out of the yamen, Ah Yao took out the food list and funnel map, and went straight to the Xiangse Pavilion.
Nanxun Prison.
The light was not good, and the doctor could only inquire carefully and listen carefully, and the bird's nest was concerned: "Doctor, may I ask how my girl is?"
"Depressed in the heart, remember not to be too excited, the Mochizuki girl already has headaches, difficult to sleep, you have to take medicine on time, to relieve the mood. The old man went back to prescribe the prescription, and the bird's nest girl remembered to come to Baicaotang to get the medicine. ”
Mochizuki leaned against the railing and did not speak.
After seeing a doctor, Bird's Nest urged Mochizuki to drink ginger water, and saw that she ate a little chicken meatballs and salted bone porridge, and only a few more pieces of oyster sauce and simmered bamboo shoots, which was really worrying.
At the end of the visit, she couldn't finish the words prepared by the bird's nest, she didn't know if Mochizuki had listened to it, and kept turning around and shouting: "Girl, you don't care about your body, you have to think about Gongzi Qu!"
Those dim eyes were like a strong wind blowing away the dark clouds of the closed moon, and the moonlight and stars returned to the sky, shining brightly.
……
The east and west of the city were all in the air, and Ah Yao came to the door of the Qin mansion.
When the porter saw a little girl knocking on the door, he thought it was a young boy who was naughty and mischievous at the door of the house, and wanted to drive him away.
"I'm here to find Mrs. Qin!" A-Yao shouted, "Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Qin!"
"You kid!"
The porter reached out to grab it, and Ah Yao used various dodge tricks such as jumping left and right, not forgetting to shout out to Mrs. Qin.
"Who's making noise outside?"
There was a person in the garden, Ah Yao hurriedly jumped away, and the porter glared at her angrily and called the master respectfully. I didn't expect to call Mrs. Cheng Qin, and recruited the male owner of this house, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, so let's bite the bullet.
Ah Yao pressed the folds of her clothes and said what she meant: "Hello, my name is Yao Zhu, a few days ago, my master Mochizuki went to your mansion for a banquet and was involved in a murder case, which was really heartfelt, so I took the liberty to visit and wanted to ask Mrs. Qin something." ”
The man raised an eyebrow, "Just you? You don't have the qualifications yet, close the door." ”
The door slammed shut in front of Ah Yao's eyes, and no answer came out.
"Damn!" Ah Yao stomped on the ground fiercely, her eyes couldn't help but turn red, the rich merchant surnamed Zhou was dead, and the prefect was closed to guests, and if he wanted to know the identities of the other two people at the banquet, he could only go through the Qin family.
Don't worry, there will be a way......
Ah Yao pinched the corners of her clothes and wandered around Qin's house.
"Sugar man~ turn around, turn out the gold ingots and send the sugar man~" The vendor carried the burden, the voice came from far and near, A-Yao looked at it, coincidentally, this big brother is not the one who sells magnolia flowers and fruits in the rich merchants of the Zhou family, a flash of inspiration, she quickly greeted it: "Big brother, you are also here." ”
"Little girl, why did you come here to play?" the vendor obviously recognized Yao.
"Yes, big brother, I want to ask you something, I hope you can help ......" Ah Yao took out a few coins of silver as a deposit, and asked the vendor to ask the maid in Qin's house what the name of the person who went to the banquet that day was, and what it would be best if he could find out. The rich merchant surnamed Zhou is the upstart of Nanxun, and the prefect is the power of Nanxun, and the other two identities at this small banquet should not be bad, as long as they can know the surname and title, with the preferences and taboos listed on the food list, it is not difficult to investigate.
Passing by the Pei family courtyard, the branches in the wall are pale yellow clusters, the acacia flowers are blooming, and there are small fat chirps jumping around among the small flowers and green leaves.
Ah Yao's mood has improved slightly, she wants to find Shake Cui Shengxiang, but not now. Pei Shuo went to the army, even if she asked the people in the Pei family's courtyard for help, what could she do, she couldn't help. She took a deep look and strode forward, and the Pei family's courtyard was gradually left behind by her.
The good mood didn't last long, she pounced again, and Zhou Bingshu's family said to her apologetically that Zhou Bingshu had left to go to the imperial examination in the capital.
Ah Yao couldn't tell what it was like.
It was nearly dusk, and thousands of homes were lit up.
The shouts of the streets and alleys, the sound of childish fights, the laughter of the people, and A-Yao's heavy legs and loneliness slowly walked with them.
Running around with hope, hope dying again and again.
There are still 4 days left before the verdict of the case is announced.
"Little girl, what you asked me to inquire about, I have eyebrows!" the vendor called out to Ah Yao.
"Really?!"
There were a total of five people at the banquet that day, Mrs. Qin, a wealthy businessman surnamed Zhou, a magistrate, a shopkeeper Gao, and Cao Dangjia.
Cao Dangjia is a salt merchant, and the day after the feast, he left Nanxun to continue north; and the shopkeeper Gao, who happened to know her, was the shopkeeper of the Gao family restaurant who worked as a "water porter" every day, and this person was also a relative of the high warden in charge of Nanxun Prison.
It's a really small world!
Ah Yao scolded secretly and turned to Gaojia Restaurant.
The shopkeeper Gao kept watching Ah Yao smile maliciously, laughing so that Ah Yao's scalp was numb, the cup she was holding secretly exerted her strength, if this greasy old man dared to stretch out his claws, this cup would greet him intimately on the face of the big cake!
"The world is unpredictable, and the little proprietor of the sweet cake shop will also ask me for it one day. The shopkeeper laughed enough and stabbed A-Yao. "If the little boss of the conpoy is willing to transfer the sweet cake shop to me for fifty taels of silver, then I think I know everything and say everything. ”
Ah Yao looked at the shopkeeper Gao coldly: "The last person who wanted money first and then made his wishes come true, he took one hundred taels from me and turned his face, and afterwards he vomited out five hundred taels of silver." The high shopkeeper, people are doing what the sky is watching. ”
"But you're cornered, aren't you. The shopkeeper Gao didn't care, "Lord Prefect, you can't climb high; Cao is in charge, not in Nanxun; Mrs. Qin...... I guess you've already looked for it, and the dead can't speak, little boss Yaozhu, who else can you find besides me, an insider?"
“……”
"Of course, it is indeed a bit too much for me to take over the sweet cake shop with fifty taels of silver, so how about I add one hundred taels of silver? As long as Miss Yao Zhu will be a cook for me in Gaojia Restaurant for another ten years, then I should know everything and say everything. "The shopkeeper Gao is still talking there.
Ah Yao laughed at his whimsy: "Friend, have you heard of Meng Qianxiu?"
"Who?"
"Meng Gongzi said that he can rescue my master, as long as he is responsible for his three meals a day. Instead of selling sweet cake shop with fifty taels, or selling sweet cake shop and me with one hundred taels, it is better to cook for Meng Qianxiu, Meng Gongzi is a young talent, much more cost-effective than some greasy middle-aged and elderly people, not to mention the sweet cake shop, the drunken fairy building can give it to him, and the little girl will say goodbye!"
Ah Yao sneered, all the way.
The two parted unhappily.
"Meng Qianxiu, I call him a fart! If the prefect doesn't come forward, Mochizuki will definitely not have a chance to turn over, so why should he save it? No, the sweet cake shop is mine, and the drunken immortal building ...... I want it too! Dare to rob me?" The shopkeeper Gao was dizzy and furious, and immediately found an idler to find someone, beat him in a sack, and after calming down, he sent someone to check his bottom.
……
Shake off the moonlight, and a warm lamp under the eaves.
When A-Yao stepped into the house, she saw the bird's nest under the eaves of the porch, one in front and the other in the back.
The big trees in the courtyard seem to be listless, and the lotus flowers in the small pond and the hibiscus flowers by the pond do not bloom until the season.
If...... can get effective information from the shopkeeper Gao that can save Mochizuki, and the sweet cake shop is also worth selling cheaply, A-Yao secretly made up her mind.
At this time, in the guest room of the Shili Post Station outside Nanxun County, two young people from Fuhai in the east of Wuling, one was sleeping in a heroic position, sleeping heavily, and the other was pillowing his head with his hand, thinking of happy things, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, looking at the moon, I am here.