The sixtieth round of the three divisions

Qin Ying wanted to go to Jingzhao Mansion to see Mei Sanniang in the afternoon, but Mo Xiang couldn't help but bring her into Zhonglu Pavilion.

"You don't have to worry. Now that Mei Sanniang is in prison, the third division has not yet held a trial, and no one will act rashly for the time being. Mo Xiang walked on the flower path in the backyard of Zhonglu Pavilion and looked back at Qin Yingdao.

"What are you bringing me here for?" Qin Ying looked at the empty scenery around him uneasily, and couldn't help frowning.

"Didn't you come to Zhonglu Pavilion today to see the bustard's mother? When the bustard mother returns to the pavilion, you can see her before leaving. "Mo Xianglian moved lightly, and casually broke off a large flower that was blooming brightly." But before I do that, I have something to ask you. ”

Qin Ying asked, "What?" ”

Mo Xiang put the bright and moving flower on the spirit snake bun behind her ear, turned around and looked at Qin Ying fixedly: "As a Taoist priest with a certain degree, why did you pretend to be Mei Sanniang's maid, and finally follow her into Zhonglu Pavilion." ”

"Trail...... Xiaodao disregarded the rules of the teacher and secretly admired Mei Sanniang. Qin Ying's upper and lower lips opened and closed and touched a few times.

She laughed softly: "You probably lie too much, and you don't change your face when you deceive people, no wonder the bustard mother will be fooled by you for months without knowing it." But I'm not her. With my years of experience in dancing, looking at your walking style, it is easy to see that you are actually a little lady. ”

Qin Ying was speechless, in her previous life and this life combined, it was the first time that her true body had been so completely dismantled.

"Mei Sanniang knows that you are a lady. That's why she's so close to you. Mo Xiang continued, "After you took her to Chang'an, you went straight to Zhonglu Pavilion in Pingkangfang, and told the bustard mother that her eight characters are unspeakably expensive, so that the bustard's mother can take you in." I think that at that time, you may have already figured out that she would get ahead in Zhonglu Pavilion in the future, and she would also be ruined in Zhonglu Pavilion......"

Qin Ying interrupted Mo Xiang with her mouth, and there was a hint of pain in her eyes: "No, I only counted the former." "Qin Ying intersected with Mei Sanniang in her last life, and she was also clear about Mei Sanniang.

"Mei Sanniang told us before, you used to warn her not to get too close to Hou Junji. And less than two months after you left Zhong Lu Pavilion, Mei Sanniang had an accident in Hou Junji's Shangshu Mansion. Don't you think it's a coincidence? Mo Xiang's words became sharper.

“…… It's that I didn't protect her. Qin Ying lowered her eyes gloomily.

Mo Xiang's emotionless voice came from in front of her: "Whether you leave Zhong Lu Pavilion or not, it is impossible for you to be present on the night of the accident. I have never blamed you for Mei Sanniang's matter, and you don't blame yourself for it. Do you understand? ”

Qin Ying raised her head in a daze, and Mo Xiang's light-colored eyes suddenly fell into her heart. Qin Ying's anxious and suppressed feelings gradually quieted down.

"If it weren't for you, I think Mei Sanniang would still be tortured in the music camp in Chengdu Mansion in Yizhou." Mo Xiang's cold hand rested on one of Qin Ying's shoulders, patted her twice, and said.

Qin Ying replied in a voice that could only be heard by each other. In her previous life, she didn't understand Mo Xiang, but the opportunity in this life made her finally know that Mo Xiang looked indifferent, but her heart was very eager.

In the backyard, when the bustard mother returned to the pavilion, it was already in the afternoon.

Qin Ying saw the bustard's mother sitting on the mat making tea, so she hurriedly walked up.

"The big teapot at the door didn't stop you?" The bustard's mother did not look at her directly, but did her own work, and put the crushed tea cakes into a delicate little pot.

Qin Ying shook his head: "Mo Xiang brought me in, and the big teapot didn't dare to stop it." ”

"She never listened." The mother bustard snorted with her nose, and the ladle stirred the tea soup in one direction. She saw that the color of the tea soup gradually darkened, and she untied the embroidery bag on the table and added some spices.

"I have heard about the affairs of the Hou Mansion last night, Mei Sanniang was imprisoned, and Hou Shangshu was in a coma. Mei Sanniang is a popular official prostitute in Zhong Luge, please save her. Because the bustard's mother didn't care about herself, Qin Ying lowered her head and spoke earnestly.

Bustard Mother Fengmu raised her eyes and said coldly: "Saved her life, who will save Zhong Luge's ten-year reputation?" "In the bustard's mother's heart, only Zhong Luge's prospect is the most important, and the official prostitute can be retrained if she loses it.

"You gave up on Mei Sanniang, didn't you?" Qin Ying was silent for a while.

Hearing Qin Ying's low sigh similar to reproach, the bustard's mother's liver fire rose slowly:

"I've been in Pingkangfang for 20 years, and it's the first time I've seen an unethical official prostitute like Mei Xuan. Getting the favor of adults, isn't it equivalent to half a foot out of Pingkangfang? She cut off her own way of life, and she had to drag Zhong Luge into the water! ”

Mei Sanniang is an official prostitute affiliated with Zhong Luge, and once she gets into this kind of trouble, Zhong Luge will not be able to get out of it.

In the morning, when the bustard's mother came out of Zhong Lu Pavilion, she went to visit the trial officials of the three divisions, and prepared financial gifts to show favors, just to ask them not to mention Zhong Lu Ge's name as much as possible when trying to try the case.

If Mei Sanniang's incident really implicates Zhong Luge in the end, then Zhong Luge will have to close the door.

Qin Ying can think about it from the state of mind of the bustard's mother, but this does not mean that she will not be cold-hearted.

"Since so much is useless. See you in the lobby of the three judges. Qin Ying bowed twice, and left Zhong Lu Pavilion without looking back, tears burst out of her eyes after she had been holding back for a long time.

Scooping the tea soup that had been boiled twice into the cup, the bustard mother was accidentally burned, and her eyebrows and eyes were still indifferent.

She had no choice. The hundreds of people who are attached to Zhong Lu Pavilion, once Zhong Lu Pavilion falls, in addition to the official prostitutes who can choose another branch, those ordinary prostitutes are only afraid that they will fall into a miserable situation.

Ten years later, Jingzhao Mansion [Note]. Qin Ying stood at the bottom of the hall and listened to the three judges.

The "three divisions" are that in addition to the trial of the case by the governor Shi Kaitang, there are also Dali Siqing, Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and Yushi Zhongcheng respectively.

The governor who sat at the top of the state, Shi, was a middle-aged man with a slight fortune.

He was dressed in a vermilion round-necked official uniform, and the dark tassels at his waist hung naturally next to the hem. The tips of the eyes drooped, and there was no fierce light. But Qin Ying unexpectedly looked at him very uncomfortable.

He slapped a shocking sound: "Pass on Mei Xuan." ”

The transcript in the hall presented the statement that had already been written, and Changshi took a cursory look at it and returned it to the transcript.

The transcript read aloud, and Changshi said: "Pass Mei Xuan up."

The dull tinkling of chains came from afar. Qin Ying couldn't bear to close her eyes. She didn't dare to look at it, because the other party's appearance now was just like her previous life.

Mei Sanniang has not seen the light of day in the past few days. The originally fair complexion has become even whiter. The former official prostitutes who were absolutely beautiful and peaceful were almost unrecognizable. The hair was full of green silk, and it was scattered on his shoulders and slowly flowed to his back.

"Mei Xuan, you deliberately killed the military department Shangshu with a silver hairpin, can you plead guilty?" Changshi asked, and he motioned to the beckoning transcript, ready to ask her to draw a pledge.

"Nope." Mei Sanniang said in a weak but firm voice.

Note: Jingzhao Mansion was established during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. I'm sorry, I wrote the name of the administration of Zhenguan incorrectly. Here and before, it should be written Yongzhou Mansion or Yongzhou Mansion Prison.