Aunt Xue exchanged the silver in the pawnshop and asked the little maid to take it with her. Three days later, there was a reply, and Aunt Xue continued, that is, she asked the little girl to tell Baochai, and hurriedly came over to see it.

I saw that the letter wrote: "I brought silver taels to make the yamen envoy fee, and my brother doesn't have to suffer too much when he is in prison, please rest assured." It's just that the people here are very tricky, and they don't rely on them to help testify, and even the friend invited by my brother also helps them. Li Xiang and I were both born in other places, but fortunately we found a good gentleman and gave him silver, so we came up with an idea, saying that Wu Liang, who had to drink with his brother, got someone to bail him out, gave him two taels of silver, and asked him to testify against him. If he doesn't follow, he will say that Zhang San was killed by him, and he can't resist it if he pushes it on a stranger, so it's easy to do. I relied on him, and sure enough, Wu Liang came out. Now I bought the testimony and made a presentation. ”

Aunt Xue heard there: "Isn't this unsavable?

Baochai said: "The second brother's letter hasn't been read yet, and there is still one later." ”

Aunt Xue asked the person who came and said, "The county has long known that our belongings are sufficient, so we have to seek a great favor in Beijing, and give another big gift, and we can also retry and decide the case lightly." The wife must do it quickly at this time, and if it is too late, I am afraid that the uncle will suffer. ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, she asked the little girl to go by herself, and immediately went to Jiafu to explain the reason to Mrs. Wang and begged Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng was only willing to intercede with the magistrate, and refused to mention the silver. Aunt Xue was afraid that it would not be useful, so she begged Sister Feng to tell Jia Lian that it took thousands of taels of silver to buy the magistrate, and Xue Zhen got it through.

Then the magistrate of the county set up a list to sit in the court, and passed on a group of neighbors to promise to see the corpse relatives, etc., and Xue Pan was proposed in the prison. The scribe of the torture room is named one by one. The magistrate called the local security to make the initial confession, and also called the corpse relatives Zhang Wang and the corpse uncle Zhang Er to interrogate.

Zhang Wang cried and said: "The little man is Zhang Da, who lives in Nanxiang and died eighteen years ago. The eldest son and the second son also died, leaving the dead son named Zhang San, who is twenty-three years old this year and has not yet married a woman. The villain's family is poor and can't afford to support him, so he works as a slot in the Li family's shop. At noon that day, someone from Li's shop called me, saying that your son had beaten someone to death. My Qingtian master, the little one is scared to death. When I ran there, I saw my son lying on the ground with his head broken and panting, and he couldn't say anything when asked, and he died not long after. The villain is going to hold this little mongrel for his life. ”

The officials shouted, and Zhang Wang's kowtow and said: "Ask Lord Qingtian to avenge his grievances, and the villain will only have this one son." ”

The magistrate called: "Go down!" and the person who called Li's shop asked, "Is Zhang San a helper in your shop?"

Li Er replied: "It's not a mercenary, it's a slot." ”

The magistrate asked: "You said that Zhang San was stoned to death by Xue Pan with a bowl, did you see it with your own eyes?"

Li Er said: "The little one is on the counter, and I heard that there is a wine in the guest room. It didn't take long for me to hear that something was wrong and that I was injured. The little one ran in, only to see Zhang San lying on the ground, and he couldn't speak. The little one shouted to him to protect the land, and reported to his mother. I really don't know how they beat it, so I will know if I ask the master who is drinking. ”

The magistrate shouted: "You saw the confession in the first trial, why don't you say you haven't seen it now?"

Li Er said: "The day before yesterday, I was scared and talked nonsense. The official shouted again.

The magistrate called Wu Liang and asked, "Are you drinking in the same place?" ”

Wu Liang said: "When I was at home that day, this Uncle Xue asked me to drink. He thought the wine was not good and wanted to change it, but Zhang San refused. Uncle Xue angrily threw wine in his face, and he touched his head without knowing what happened. It's seen with your own eyes. ”

Zhixian: "Nonsense! The day before yesterday, Xue Pan himself admitted that he was stoned to death with a bowl, and you said that you saw it with your own eyes, why is today's confession wrong?"

The official promised to fight, and Wu Liang begged and said: "Xue Pan really didn't fight with Zhang San, and the wine bowl was missed and hit on the head." Ask the master to ask Xue Pan, it is grace. ”

The magistrate called Xue Pan and asked, "What kind of enmity do you have with Zhang San? After all, how did he die?" ”

Xue Pan said: "I beg the eldest lord to be merciful, but the little one really didn't beat him." Because he refused to change the wine, he poured the wine on him, but he missed it for a while, and the wine bowl accidentally touched his head. The younger one was busy covering his blood, and he knew that he could not hide it, and that the blood flowed too much, and in a while he died. The day before yesterday, I was afraid that the old man would beat him, so I said that I hit him with a bowl. I just ask the master to be gracious!"

The magistrate shouted: "What a nonsense thing! The county asked you how to smash him, and you confessed that he was annoyed that he refused to change his wine, and today he said that he missed it." The magistrate pretended to be loud and wanted to threaten him, but Xue Pan insisted on it.

The magistrate of the county called him to fill in the scars at the corpse the day before yesterday and report them to the truth. He made a report and said: "The day before yesterday, it was found that Zhang San's body was not injured, only the brain door had a magnetic organ wound of one inch and seven minutes long, five points deep, the skin was open, the brain bone was brittle, and it was cracked for three points. It's a bruise. ”

The magistrate checked that the corpse was consistent, and the notice was changed to a lighter one, and the confession was called indiscriminately. Zhang Wang cried and shouted: "Master Qingtian! I heard how many injuries there were the day before yesterday, why didn't there be any today?"

Zhixian: "You woman is talking nonsense! There is a corpse, don't you know?"

Uncle Zhang Er asked, "Your nephew is dead, do you know how many injuries there are?"

Zhang Er hurriedly confessed: "There is a wound on the head. ”

The magistrate asked the scribe to show the corpse to Zhang Wang's family, and asked the local security and the corpse uncle to point it out to her: "Now there is a witness in the corpse field, and there is no fight, not a fight." Only according to the order of the accidental injury, Xue Pan was imprisoned and waited for details, and the rest was ordered to be taken out and withdrawn!"

Zhang Wang's family cried and screamed, and the magistrate asked the officials to drive her out. Zhang Er also persuaded Zhang Wang's family: "It's really a mistake, how can you rely on people? Now that the eldest master has made it clear, don't mess around anymore." ”

Xue Zhen inquired outside, rejoiced in his heart, and sent someone to deliver the letter home. When the reply returns, he will make atonement for his sins, and dwell and wait for the letter.

Jia Baoyu arrived at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and asked in the courtyard, "Is Sister Lin at home?"

Zijuan responded: "Who is it?" When he lifted the curtain to look, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Bao Erye." The girl was in the house, so she invited the second master to sit in the house. ”

Baoyu and Zijuan walked in, but Daiyu said in the room: "Zijuan, please sit in the second master's room." ”

Baoyu walked to the door of the inner room and saw a newly written small pair of purple ink mud gold cloud dragon notes, which read: "The green window and the bright moon are there, and the green history and ancients are empty." ”

Baoyu saw it, smiled, walked through the door, and asked with a smile, "What is my sister doing?"

Daiyu stood up, took two steps, and said with a smile, "Please take a seat." I'm writing here, and I only have two lines left, and I'll talk when I'm done. ”

asked Snow Goose to pour tea, and Baoyu said, "Don't move, just write." ”

As he spoke, he saw a single strip hanging in the middle, on which was painted a Chang'e, with a waiter, and another fairy, and a waiter, holding a long child's clothes, and the two of them were slightly protected by clouds, and there was no other embellishment. It is all imitation of Li Longmian's white brushwork, with three words of Dou Han on it, written in eight points.

Baoyu said: "Sister's "Dou Han Tu" is newly hung?"

Daiyu said, "Not really. Yesterday they cleaned up the house, and I remembered it and took it out for them to hang up. ”

Baoyu asked, "What is the source?"

Daiyu smiled: "It's very familiar in front of you, and you still have to ask people?"

Baoyu smiled: "I can't think of it for a while, my sister told me." ”

Daiyu said: "Don't you hear that the young girl Su'e is resistant to cold, and she fights Chanjuan in the frost in the middle of the month." ”

Baoyu: "Yes, this is really novel and elegant, but it's good to take it out and hang it at this time." As he spoke, he looked east and west.

Snow Goose made tea, and Baoyu drank it. After waiting for a while, Daiyu Jing finished writing, stood up and said: "I am sluggish." ”

Baoyu smiled: "My sister is still so polite. ”

Seeing that Daiyu was wearing a moon-white embroidered small fur jacket, plus a silver rat shoulder, with a Suichang Yun bun on her head, a red gold plaque hairpin on the hairpin, no other flowers, and a Yang Fei-colored embroidered cotton skirt under her waist. For example: the pavilion jade tree stands in the wind, and the fragrant lotus belt is exposed.

Baoyu asked, "Has my sister played the piano in the past two days?"

Daiyu said: "I haven't played for two days." Because of writing, I feel that my hands are cold, so where do I still play the piano. ”

Baoyu: "It's okay if you don't play." I think that although the piano is a high product, it is not a good thing, and I have never played the piano to play wealth and longevity, only to play worries and grievances. Moreover, playing the piano also has to be memorized by heart, not free. According to me, my sister's body is thin, so it's okay not to worry about it. ”

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and Baoyu pointed to the wall and said, "Is this piano it? Why is it so short?"

Daiyu smiled: "This piano is not short, because when I was a child learning the piano, other pianos couldn't reach it, so I made it specially." Although it is not a scorched tail withered paulownia, this crane mountain phoenix tail is still neat, and the dragon pond goose is foot, and the height is suitable. You see, isn't this broken line like a cow? So the rhyme is still bright. ”

"Has my sister been making poems these days?"

"There has been no great work since the association. ”

Baoyu smiled: "Don't hide it from me, I heard what you were chanting, how Su Xin was in the sky and the moon, you rested in the piano, and felt that the sound was extraordinarily loud." Is there any?"

"How do you hear that?"

"I heard it from Tatefuxuan that day, and I was afraid of interrupting your rhyme, so I listened quietly for a while and left. I was about to ask you, the road ahead is flat rhyme, and at the end of the year, it suddenly turns to rhyme, what does it mean?"

"This is the natural voice of the human heart, and if you do it, you will go there, and there is no certainty. ”

"I see. Unfortunately, I didn't know what to say, so I listened in vain for a while. ”

"How many bosom friends can there be?"

When Baoyu heard this, she felt that she was reckless, and she was afraid of chilling Daiyu's heart. After sitting down, it was as if I had many words in my heart, but I had nothing to say. Daiyu also rushed out because of Fang Cai's words, and when she thought about it at this time, she felt too cold, so she had nothing to say.