Chapter 23: Ascension

Early the next morning, Ran Ning walked out of the door, and saw Zhong Su already sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard waiting for her, and there were still a few breakfasts on the table.

"Awake? Let's eat. Zhong Su said.

"Okay." Ran Ning answered and walked to the table.

Zhong Su pushed a bowl of fish skin wontons in front of Ran Ning and said, "Lord Xu will send someone to the Yu Mansion to arrest people in a while." ”

"Enough evidence?" Ran Ning asked. She also hopes to close the case as much as possible, but if the evidence is insufficient, it is estimated that it will be delayed for a lot of time, and then the variables will be too great.

"Probably so." Zhong Su gave her an answer that was not quite certain.

Ran Ning frowned slightly, a little uneasy.

Zhong Su said: "Eat, let's go to the hall together to hear the trial in a while." ”

Ran Ning thought about it and felt that Lord Xu should not be a reckless person, and he would not act rashly, but he was a little relieved.

After breakfast, there was a word in front of him, saying that Yu Fang had already caught the yamen and would be promoted to the hall a moment later.

Zhong Su nodded, and used some tea with Ran Ning before taking Ran Ning to the court. When passing by the study, Zhong Su suddenly grabbed Ran Ning. Ran Ning paused, and heard a man shouting with Xu Da in the study.

"My son Yu Zhi will never do such a thing, you don't want to spew blood. Master Xu, you and I are both officials in the court, and if you have wronged my son like this, our Yu family will never give up. My father hasn't said goodbye yet, and he can be regarded as an old minister, and it is quite weighty to say a word in front of the emperor, so Lord Xu should do it himself. "It was none other than the one who spoke to Lord Xu with such an arrogant attitude, it was Yu's brother, Yu Zhi, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

"Lord Yu, this mansion is the Yin of the capital city, and it is my duty to find out the case and redress the grievances of the people. Now that Ling Gongzi is involved in the case, if he is not the murderer, the government should return justice to him, why does Lord Yu need to be so anxious. Master Xu seemed to be used to seeing this kind of scene, so he didn't pay attention to it at all.

"You ......" Yu Zhi seemed to be choked speechless, and said after a while: "Okay, don't regret it." ”

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked out of the study angrily.

Zhong Su took Ran Ning to hide behind the arch for a while, not letting Yu Zhi see them.

The Yu family has been an official for two generations, and there is still weight in the officialdom. If it weren't for Lord Xu's righteousness and strictness, and he was not afraid of power, I am afraid that this matter would be much more troublesome.

As if seeing Ran Ning's worries, Zhong Su said: "Don't worry, the Yu family is nothing. Behind Lord Xu is the entire capital family, and Du Muyi's father is the secretary of the criminal department, and he is on an equal footing with the old man of the Xu family. Nothing to worry about. ”

Hearing Zhong Su's words, Ran Ning thought for a moment and nodded. It can be said that there is Wanpingbo Mansion behind the Yu family, which sounds stronger than the Du family behind Master Xu, but it is absolutely impossible for her father to take care of these things of the Yu family, so the backer of Wanpingbo Mansion is equal to nothing.

"I hope it's going to be a little smoother today." Ran Ning said.

"Yes." Zhong Su's tone carried a bit of confidence in it.

When they came to the public hall, the two of them sat behind the screen standing behind the master's seat, no one knew that there were still people there, and Ran Ning and Zhong Su could listen to the whole journey there with peace of mind.

As soon as the two sat down, they heard a woman with a sharp voice crying and scolding at the door of the public court, crying that Yu Fang had been wronged, and scolding Lord Xu for not being able to find out the real murderer and to take Yu Fang for the crime. Yu Zhi stood in front of the woman, with a stern expression, and did not accuse the woman, let alone stop it. Ran Ning couldn't see who the woman was through the screen, but guessed that it should be Yu Fang's mother.

After a while, Lord Xu, Master Xu and the officials walked into the public hall one after another, Lord Xu sat on the seat of the prefect, and the master sat behind the record desk, the officials were divided into two groups, standing on the left and right sides, and there were three or five officials to maintain order at the door, so that the people who came to observe the hearing did not crowd and did not disturb the case.

"Ascension!" Lord Xu was shocked.

"Mighty—"

"Today, this government will open a trial on the murder of the palace maid Zhi'er, and bring the suspect Yu Fang!" Master Xu said.

Soon, Yu Fang was brought up. As soon as Yu Fang saw Yu Zhi outside the door, he immediately shouted: "Father, let my grandfather save me, help me!" ”

"Quiet!" Lord Xu slapped the startled wood again, and Yu Fang quieted down.

"Yu Fang, this mansion asks you. Where are you on the evening of June 17 this year? Lord Xu asked.

Yu Fang knelt on the ground, lowered his head and thought for a long time, then raised his head, his face was already a lot calmer, and said: "My lord, I really can't remember what happened for so long, maybe I was drinking with friends, or sleeping at home?" ”

Lord Xu looked at Yu Fang, who obviously didn't want to cooperate, and said: "On the evening of June 17 this year, the palace maid Zhi'er was killed in the alley, and someone saw a man wearing a begonia jade pendant fleeing into the depths of the alley. Because of the special style of the jade pendant, it was screened on you after being remembered. Yu Fang, what do you have to say? ”

While Lord Xu was talking, the official presented the jade pendant to Lord Xu.

"My lord, isn't it too arbitrary to say that I am a murderer based on a jade pendant? I never knew a woman named Zhi'er, so don't wronged me. Yu Fang snorted and said.

"A jade pendant really can't convince you." Lord Xu didn't seem to expect Yu Fang to confess his guilt immediately, and he didn't want to entangle with him more on this issue, so he said to the official: "Bring last night's assassin!" ”

"Yes!"

Hearing Lord Xu's words, Yu Fang's face changed slightly, but he looked quite calm.

Soon, three Assassins were brought up. They were still wearing last night's night clothes, and they didn't seem to be injured on the surface, but their faces were very bad. The three of them knelt beside Yu Fang and glanced at Yu Fang.

"This house asks you. Last night, you infiltrated the Zenyin Temple, charmed the pilgrims and monks with incense, and then ran to the courtyard of the third girl of Ran to assassinate you, who are you and who are you instructed by? Lord Xu asked.

In fact, these words have already been asked last night, but they need to be repeated again to Yu Fang, and also to the people present.

The eldest of the three in black said: "We are from Wangyue Tower, six days ago, Yu let Yu Gongzi come to the building and asked us to assassinate the three girls of Wanpingbo Mansion. It just so happened that the three girls went up the mountain to pray for blessings, and we had a chance to start. "At this point, they have nothing to hide, as for credit? If it is an ordinary matter, they will naturally keep it a secret. But once it comes to the court, they also understand that it is reasonable for the people not to fight with the officials.

"What?" Mrs. Yu was taken aback when she heard this, and her words almost blurted out, completely ignoring the occasion.

"Don't talk nonsense! My dignified son of the Yu family, how can I deal with you Jianghu people? Yu Fang sneered, and didn't seem to take these people into account at all.

The man in black was not polite, and said directly: "When Yu Fang came to the building, he was indeed masked, but his body and voice will not change. I happened to be there at the time, and I thought I wouldn't be mistaken. At that time, Yu Fang came and said that he would hire us to kill the third girl of Wanpingbo Mansion. said that there is no one around Miss Ran who knows martial arts, so she doesn't need any masters. So the job fell to us. Before going out on a mission, the building was naturally after some investigation, we are a Jianghu sect, so we naturally have to be extra careful in doing things. The brother in charge of the investigation came back and said that Yu Fang was killed because when he was killing, Yu Pei was seen by the third girl Ran, and the truth in the city was so powerful that he was afraid in his heart, so he wanted to kill people. This information may not be entirely reliable, but it is somewhat credible. ”

The man in black knew that he couldn't go back to the building, so naturally he didn't need to hide it anymore, "We are originally a sect of rivers and lakes, and we take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, so we will take this job." It's just that I don't want to be deceived by Yu Fang, there is no shortage of masters around Miss Ran, so it fell into the hands of the government, and our three brothers also recognized it. ”

"Heh, what do you say? I never knew what the Moon Tower was, and you said, 'Who instructed you to frame me?' Yu Fang said loudly with a righteous face.

"Yu Fang, men must dare to do it." The man in black said.

"I haven't done it, why should I admit it?!" Yu Fang asked coldly.

The man in black was not afraid of him, snorted and smiled, and said, "My lord, I have the money bag left by Yu when he put it in the Moon Tower. On that day, he had to collect the deposit first, and Yu Fang threw his purse over. After speaking, the man in black took out a purse from his clothes and handed it to the servant, who presented it to Lord Xu.

Ran Ning, who was behind the screen, looked at Zhong Su, she didn't know when Zhong Su knew about the Moon Tower that was going to kill her, and how did she know, but she must have known it early to protect her. Although the matter has only come to this point, Ran Ning feels that she has seen the end.

Seeing that she was looking at herself, Zhong Su filled her tea and asked, "Bored?" ”

"It's not." Ran Ning wasn't ready to say what she thought, she felt that she would know the answer sooner or later.

"What do you want to eat at noon, let Xiao Wu buy it." The food in the yamen was already good for him, but he always felt that Ran Ning was a little wronged by Ran Ning.

"Don't bother, although the things in the yamen are rough, they are not difficult to enter." Ran Ning is not a picky person, it's not that she can't be picky, but Lao Wan Pingbo has taught her to be at ease with what happens since she was a child, not to wronged herself when she should be picky, and to let herself integrate into the environment when she shouldn't be picky. Therefore, although she has not suffered anything, she is not afraid of suffering.

Lord Xu looked at the embroidery skills of the purse, although he couldn't tell the difference, but he also knew that almost every house had its own and not passed on patterns and embroidery methods, as long as some women who were good at female popularity could distinguish one or two, they could know. And in the corner of this purse, there is also a small embroidery of the word "put", which is specially embroidered for Yu Fang at a glance.

"Lord Yu, Mrs. Yu, do you have a purse on you?" Master Xu asked.

Yu Zhi and Mrs. Yu stopped talking, obviously not wanting to use the purse out as a reference.

Lord Xu asked again: "Is there a woman who is good at female popularity?" If not, the house will go to invite the embroiderer. ”

"My lord, the woman is the embroidery lady of Qingluofang, and she is willing to serve the adult." A woman dressed as a woman stepped forward and said.

Qingluofang is a very famous ready-to-wear shop in Beijing, and it is needless to say that the embroidery skills of the embroidery lady in it are needless to say.

"Very good." Lord Xu handed the purse to the servant, and the servant gave it to the woman.

Master Xu asked again: "Without the Yu family's purse for comparison, can you distinguish it?" ”

Xiuniang said: "My lord doesn't need to worry, the women can also know a thing or two about the embroidery workers on the clothes and handkerchiefs of Lord Yu and Mrs. Yu. ”

"Okay." Master Xu nodded.

Others may not know, but Ran Ning knows very well that the Yu family's stitching is very special, and the embroidered things are also very beautiful. These Yu families have inherited, and when Yu was young, he also embroidered a lot for Ran Ji. But now that I'm older, my eyes can't stand being tired, and there are fewer things to embroider, at most I just embroider a few small things for Wan Pingbo.

Zhong Su looked at Ran Ning's slender fingers and beautifully manicured long nails on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

Sensing his gaze, Ran Ning asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhong Su asked, "Are you a female celebrity?" He only knew that Ran Ning's piano skills were outstanding, but he hadn't heard of the kung fu of female celebrities.

"Of course it will." Ran Ning chuckled, she didn't dare to leave these things behind.

Zhong Su's fingers reached very close to Ran Ning's nails, almost pasting them, and then lightly tapped the desktop and asked, "Is it still convenient?" ”

Ran Ning's smile deepened and said, "Well, it's just a little slower." ”

Zhong Su nodded, and after a while, he said, "No matter what you embroider, I will wear it." ”

Ran Ning smiled and pursed the corners of her mouth, her face was a little hot, after marriage, his wife was going to give him a purse, handkerchief and other things, Zhong Su promised to bring it, which was naturally very heartwarming for Ran Ning, and he began to think about what kind of good material he wanted to buy in order to be worthy of Zhong Su.