Chapter 24 is hidden

The embroidery lady carefully looked at the embroidery and sewing techniques of the purse, and offended again, and looked at the handkerchief and cuff patterns that Mrs. Yu used to touch her tears. After a while, he saluted Lord Xu and said, "My lord, the woman can be sure that the needle and thread on this purse are consistent with the peach blossom and periwinkle needle embroidered on Mrs. Yu's handkerchief and cuffs. This kind of embroidery method is very characteristic at the end, the folk women have been embroidering for so many years, and have seen a lot of needle embroiderers, but they have never seen such a style, and it must not be spread, it should only belong to Yufu. If you don't believe it, you can ask others to take a look, but anyone who will be popular should be able to see the consistency of the finishing stitch. ”

Xiuniang said in an orderly manner, with clear thinking, and at first glance she was a person engaged in this industry, so she was unambiguous on the issue of specialization, and she didn't have to ask more questions from Lord Xu.

Yu Fang's face began to turn a little pale after listening, the Yu family's face was not much better than him, Yu stared at Yu Fang with straight eyes, if it wasn't for the court, he seemed to be going to ask Yu Fang what was going on.

Lord Xu turned his gaze to Yu Fang and asked, "Yu Fang, do you still have anything to defend?" ”

Yu Fang's eyes rolled quickly, as if he had thought of a reason, looked up at Lord Xu, and said, "I have also lost a lot of purses, handkerchiefs and the like outside, who knows if someone deliberately framed me and took my things to do research?" And then pretended to be me to go to the Moon Tower to hire a killer, and deliberately left this purse? ”

The man in black seemed to be laughed at by him, and said: "Young Master Yu, don't forget, you can find our Moon Tower, and it has also used a lot of connections, otherwise how could we, a sect of rivers and lakes, have an intersection with you?" As long as the adults take some time to investigate, the person who introduced you to the Moon Tower will definitely be able to find out, and how can you quibble when the time comes? ”

When Yu Fang heard this, he was immediately a little deflated.

Seeing his expression, how could Lord Xu not know, and immediately said, "Yu Fang, do you still want to continue to deny it?" ”

Yu Fang was silent for a moment, and then said, "Okay, I admit that these three people were hired by me. I think killing Ran Ning is purely a personal grudge, not about the matter of the jade pendant, killing Ran Ning for the matter of the jade pendant is just a blame for me. I just can't get used to seeing no one in Ran Ning's species, which always makes me feel very shameless. As for that palace maid, it has nothing to do with me! ”

Hearing him admit to hiring a killer to kill Ran Ning, Yu Zhi couldn't wait to slap Yu Fang's two big mouths, but he didn't expect Yu Fang to really collude with the Jianghu people. Mrs. Yu gasped, if this is not done well, their Yu Mansion will fall out with Wan Pingbo Mansion.

Yu Fang only admitted that he was looking for someone to assassinate Ran Ning, but the crime was not as big as killing Zhi'er. After all, Ran Ning was unharmed, and the killer was also arrested. If Yu Zhiruo maneuvered around one or two times, maybe he would lose some silver, and this matter would pass.

Ran Ning frowned, she knew that Yu Fang was deliberately avoiding the important and light. But it's impossible for her to go out and theorize with Yu Fang now.

Zhong Su looked at Ran Ning and asked softly, "Have you really offended Yu Fang?" The attitude in the words has a lot of meaning, if this is the case, he will help Ran Ning deal with Yu Fang's big trouble.

Ran Ning shook her head and whispered to him: "Although Yu Fang is the nephew of his mother's mother's family, he is still a foreign man to me. I've only had a handful of contacts with him, and I haven't had a deep conversation, so why should I be offended? The only time I said a few more words to Yu Fang was on the evening of the eldest sister's wedding banquet, I deliberately tried to say about Yu Pei. ”

Zhong Su nodded, he also felt that Ran Ning was not a person who had no one in his eyes, and he was very gentle with people on weekdays, not to mention anything else, just looking at her attitude towards Bizhu, he knew that Ran Ning was not difficult to get along with.

"Since you only admit to the assassination of the third girl of Wanping Bo Mansion, and do not admit to killing the palace maid Zhi'er, then this mansion must convince you." Lord Xu is not in a hurry, anyway, he must thoroughly interrogate this case today, "Come on, bring the dagger." ”

"Yes!" Soon, the dagger that had been plunged into Zhi'er's abdomen and killed him was brought up.

Master Xu asked Yu Fang, "Do you recognize this dagger?" ”

"I don't recognize it." Yu Fang denied it without hesitation.

Lord Xu didn't care either, and said, "This dagger looks ordinary, but in fact, it is not something that ordinary people can afford. After many inquiries, the government found the foundry who cast this dagger, and asked him to identify it. Come on, pass on the foundry to the church! ”

The foundry had been waiting for a long time, and when he heard the summons, he walked out of the evidence room on the side, knelt down behind the man in black and Yu Fang and saluted, "Cao Sheng, the grass people, has seen the adult. ”

Cao Sheng, the foundry, was about forty years old, with a burly build, obvious muscles, coppery skin, a shiny face, and charcoal ash in his fingernails, looking dirty and completely blacksmith-like.

"Cao Sheng, you can identify whether this dagger is from you." Lord Xu said, and asked the official to bring the dagger to Cao Sheng.

"Yes, sir." Cao Sheng was found this morning, and when he heard that the dagger he made was involved in the case, he didn't dare to be sloppy, so he hurriedly followed the servant over.

Cao Sheng looked at the dagger carefully, not knowing if he had touched the hidden buckle in that place, and a piece of iron the size of a fingernail popped out of the handle of the dagger. Cao Sheng looked at the reverse side of the small iron piece and said: "Lord Hui, this is indeed a dagger cast by the grass people, the design of this iron piece grass people dare not say that the grass people are alone, but the words on it, the position of the iron piece and the process of the hidden buckle are definitely from the hands of the grass people." The front of this iron piece is the name of the grass people, Cao Sheng, and the back is the name given by the grass people for this dagger, called Slip Purple, which is actually not interesting, it is just a code name, which is convenient for recording. ”

Ran Ning looked at Zhong Su, she guessed if Zhong Su had already known the mystery in this dagger?

Zhong Su seemed to see what she wanted to ask, and said directly: "Ordinary people don't notice these details, buying this kind of self-defense thing is useful on the one hand, and on the other hand, it probably just looks good." But for someone like me, who has been dealing with weapons for many years, this kind of clasp is no secret. Regardless of the level of the forge, unless it is a weapon forged by the royal family, they will leave their name on the weapon they build as much as possible, which is also a symbol of fame for the forger. As for where the name should be engraved, each forging master has its own set, such as the hidden buckle, which is a way that does not want to be left on the surface of the weapon to affect the appearance. It is impossible for Lord Xu to know this kind of thing, after all, he is a literati, but as long as he gives it to a martial artist with some ability, they can all find the information left by these foundries. ”

"I see." Ran Ning felt that she was also a long insight. Her grandfather also had a lot of weapons there, but she had never touched them, let alone looked at them carefully.

Lord Xu listened to Cao Sheng's words, nodded, pointed at Yu Fang, and asked, "Since it was cast by you, then can you identify it, it is this person who bought your dagger?" ”

When Cao Sheng heard this, he looked at Yu Fang carefully, and after thinking about it for a while, he said with great certainty: "Lord Hui, it's not this son." The grass people have never seen this son. ”

Hearing his words, Lord Xu and Ran Ning were both stunned - could it be that they really suspected the wrong person?

"Are you sure?" Master Xu asked again.

"Naturally. Although the grass people dare not say that they will never forget, they always have to pay attention to the weapon as a seller, so anyone who has come to the shop will have some impressions. Cao Sheng said.

At this point, the most proud person is Yu Fang. Yu Fang immediately raised his head, and lost the anxiety just now, and said: "I'll just say it's not me, I don't know that palace maid at all, Lord Xu, you have wronged me like this, our Yu family will not give up!" ”

Hearing Cao Sheng say that the dagger was not Yu Fang's, Yu Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Xu, I said that my son would not do such a thing, and Ran Ning's matter can be regarded as having a reason." Don't blame me for that. ”

Mrs. Yu also immediately cried: "My poor Fang'er, I have been wronged for nothing!" ”

The people who were hearing the trial also started to talk about it, and it seemed that wronging Yu Fang was more concerning than Yu Fang's attempted murder by hiring someone.

Listening to the noise in the public hall, Lord Xu slapped the alarm again, "Quiet! ”

The crowd was startled and immediately fell silent.

"Your Excellency." At this time, Cao Sheng spoke again, "There are records of the sale of weapons in the grass people's shop, if you take it and check it, you will definitely be able to find the person who bought the purple." ”

"Very good! Come on, go to Cao Sheng's shop to get the transaction records. Lord Xu commanded.

"Yes!" The head catcher quickly responded, and picked three people to go to the shop to get something.

According to Beixin's law, all those who sell weapons need to record the identity of the buyer, after all, these weapons can hurt people, and these records are also convenient to check in case of accidents, and at the same time, it is also a wake-up call for people who buy these things.

Cao Sheng's shop was not far from the yamen, and the officials rode back and forth on horseback and quickly retrieved the things.

Lord Xu asked the official to hand over the record book to Cao Sheng, and Cao Sheng came to find it, and after a while, Cao Sheng found information about those daggers and said: "Lord Hui, this slip purple was sold in April this year, and the buyer is Ran Mi, the eldest young master of Wanping Bofu. ”

Ran Ning was stunned, she really didn't expect that this matter would actually involve Ran Mi.

And Yu Zhi, who was standing outside, whispered a few words to the little guy next to him, and the little guy took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and quietly left.

The official showed the record that Cao Sheng had found about the purple to Lord Xu, which was clearly written, and even had some information about Ran Mi's clothing and physical characteristics at that time, as well as Ran Mi's handprints. This record book is recorded in strict accordance with Beixin's requirements, unlike some shops that will be lazy and remember less things, so Lord Xu feels that this record is credible.

"Come on, go to Wanpingbo Mansion and ask Ran to come to the yamen." Master Xu said.

"Yes." This time, the head catcher personally led people there, after all, it was the Bofu, and it was not respectful to only arrange a few officials, even Ran Mi became a suspect.

In the Junyi Courtyard of Wanpingbo Mansion, Ran Mi hadn't woken up yet, and the little guy next to him knocked on the door with the little guy from Yu Mansion and walked in. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was sent by the Yu Mansion, Ran Mi's little servant would never dare to disturb the eldest young master's sleep.

"Young Master, wake up." The little guy shouted cautiously.

"Get out!" was disturbed by someone and scolded directly.

The little guy had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Young master, someone from my uncle's mansion has come up, and he said that he has something important to tell the young master." ”

Hearing that it was his uncle's person, Ran Mi was slightly willing to open his eyes and take a look.

Seeing that he was awake, the little servant in the Yu Mansion immediately knelt down and said, "Young Master Cousin, you must help my young master!" ”

"What's wrong?" Ran Mi asked lazily.

"Young Master Cousin, no matter who asks about the dagger you gave to my young master, you must say that the dagger is lost, and it has been lost a long time ago!" Yu Mansion said hurriedly.

"What? My cousin got into trouble and was scolded by my uncle? Ran Mi didn't care, anyway, his cousin has always been a troublemaker.

"Don't ask, my young master will ask my young master." After speaking, the Yu family kowtowed heavily to Ran Mi.

Ran Mi was just about to ask again, but he heard from the maid that the Yu family heard that the Yu family had sent someone to come and come to take a look, and he had already walked to the gate of the courtyard. But before the Yu family entered the house, the housekeeper hurriedly ran in, saying that someone from the yamen was coming, and asked the eldest young master to take a trip to the yamen.