"Jiang Shangshu," Sun Xu said with a straight face: "The public court is not a place for you to come at will, so let's hear the witness's statement first." ”

Before Jiang Quan could speak, the butterfly kowtowed to Sun Xu first, and said, "Lord Hui, the slave maid is here to explain the guilt committed by the original lady." She lowered her head, but her voice was clear and clear, just enough to reach the ears of the people watching the excitement outside: "When Mrs. Xian was alive, my wife was only an aunt at that time, although the lord loved his aunt and miss, but Mrs. was in the position of the housewife." My aunt has always been arrogant, and she comes from a high-ranking and aristocratic family, so she is naturally unwilling to be subservient, although the food in Shangshu Mansion is not bad, and sometimes even the status is higher than that of the first lady, but the aunt is still not satisfied. ”

Although Butterfly's words seem to be just stating the facts, they feel very different when they reach other people's ears. Who doesn't know how Xia Cheng's title came from in the first place, if it weren't for the early death of his brother, he wouldn't have been able to take his turn as a concubine anyway. Even the title was after Xia Yan entered the Shangshu Mansion, before that, she was just the daughter of a small official, where can she be called an official nobleman, and she also likes to have the face to say this herself. If she was really a woman from a high-ranking aristocratic family, how could Jiang Quan marry Zhao Mei instead of Xia Yan? The daughter of a concubine still loves vanity so much, and listening to what Butterfly said, Xia Yan's status in Shangshu Mansion is even higher than Zhao Mei, what is this not a spoiled concubine and a wife?

Originally, although everyone had also heard the rumors that Jiang Quan favored Xia Yan, they thought that it was after Zhao Mei's death, and it turned out that not long after Zhao Mei married into Shangshu Mansion, Jiang Quan did so much. It's just that he fell in love with the power in someone's house, and once he found that he couldn't bring any benefits to his career, he showed his true face.

Butterfly continued: "Later, my aunt thought that as an official of the imperial court, the lord could not find a reason to divorce his wife for no reason, so he would have to be subservient to others for the rest of his life, and he wanted to poison Mrs. Xian if he was unwilling. On that day, my aunt bought a lot of exotic poisons and mixed them into the first lady's daily meals. The first lady was poisoned bit by bit, and then the toxins accumulated more and more, and she died. And all this, the lord also knows, once the aunt's poison was discovered by the lord, and the lord also told the aunt to be careful, don't leave any handles. The butterfly said and kowtowed to Sun Xu twice: "My lord, what the folk girl said is true, and she will never dare to deceive half a sentence." ”

"Nonsense! Nonsense! Jiang Quan pointed at the butterfly and scolded angrily: "Who gave you the courage to talk nonsense here to disturb people's hearts, butterfly, don't forget who you are!" You are a subordinate of my Jiang Mansion! ”

Butterfly shook his head: "The master probably forgot that Butterfly's deed of sale is no longer there, and Butterfly is not from Shangshu Mansion anymore." When she said this, although she tried her best to suppress something, there was still a trace of hatred in her eyes.

Jiang Quan was speechless, and Sun Xu slapped the shocked wood again: "Silence! ”

The butterfly knelt on the ground and said in a surprising voice: "If you go back to the adult, the folk girl still has evidence to say!" ”

Jiang Quan was stunned, and Sun Xu said in a deep voice: "Where is the evidence?" ”

Butterfly glanced at Jiang Ruan, who sat peacefully on the seat on the side, the smile on his lips seemed to have not been shaken from the beginning to the present, Butterfly was at peace in her heart, and said in a frank tone: "It was in the house where Mrs. lived, because the medicine was really precious, and Mrs. didn't know when Mrs. would be terminally ill, thinking that this medicine would be useful in the future, so she ordered the woman to keep it." The maiden buried the medicine under a tree in the lady's yard that day. But the prescription was still about to be kept, and later the old man said that it was useful, so he received it in the box in the study. Coincidentally, somehow later, the old man probably forgot the box. Once the lady asked the slave to tidy up the study, and the slave and maid took the box into the innermost wooden box. No one will touch the wooden box for many years, because it is full of old things. ”

Zhao Guang arched his hand at Sun Xu, and there was already an unquestionable tone in his words: "Lord Sun, since this evidence has been laid out, do you want to ask someone to search for it?" ”

"Nature." Sun Xu said with a serious expression: "This official has already ordered the officers and soldiers to go to Shangshu Mansion to search. ”

Jiang Quan sneered: "It's ridiculous, do you think that a few words of nonsense can convict me?" Butterfly, I think you're not afraid of death! He felt confident that the officers and soldiers would not be able to find anything in the house. Not to mention that he didn't directly intervene at all when Xia Yan was poisoned, even Xia Yan himself would not be stupid enough to leave evidence. Xia Yan is careful and thoughtful, and any little handle will be cleaned up. Although he didn't know what benefits Lu Dao Butterfly had accepted from Jiang Ruan to make a false evidence, Jiang Quan also thought that not anyone could enter the Shangshu Mansion. Especially in the most important study, he had to check it several times a day, what wooden boxes, what boxes, he had never heard of at all.

The butterfly probably only cares about lying, but the real evidence cannot be obtained. If you can't get it, you can't be convicted, so what about butterflies? Thinking like this, he went to see Jiang Ruan's expression. But seeing Jiang Ruan sitting upright, he seemed to notice his gaze, turned his head and smiled at him. Jiang Ruan's smile was even calmer than Jiang Quan's, and there seemed to be some subtle ridicule. That gaze immediately sobered Jiang Quan's heart, and he couldn't help but be a little afraid. How evil Jiang Quan is with this daughter Jiang Quan is not ignorant of the Tao, for so many years, neither the Xia family nor her has been able to ask for benefits in her hands. Jiang's mansion is an impregnable wall, and she can't help but come up with any weird ways to harm people.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers in charge of the search had already returned, and the officers and soldiers led by them strode into the public hall with a warning, leaned over and whispered a few words to Sun Xu, Sun Xu glanced at Jiang Quan while listening, and Jiang Quan "chuckled" in his heart. Before he could think of a clue, Sun Xu slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Bold Jiang Quan!" As an official of the imperial court, you are not strict in governing your family, allowing your concubines to harm others, and even colluding with them to murder your wife, what crime should you be guilty of? The officers and soldiers have found evidence in the wooden box in your house, what else do you have to say? "After that, the official around him presented an iron box, and everyone could see it clearly, and a shallow piece of paper floated out of the box opened by Sun Xu himself, and everyone naturally couldn't fake it.

Zhao Yuanping got up and walked to Sun Xu's side, please take it in his hand and watch, after reading the ten lines at a glance, Zhao Yuanping returned the paper to Sun Xu, and when he looked at Jiang Quan again, his smile was full of indifference: "Jiang Shangshu is really good at planning and scheming, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, this son wouldn't have known that there would be such a wolf-hearted person in the world." ”

Zhao Yuanping has always been accustomed to being mean and sarcastic quietly, Jiang Quan's face turned blue with anger when he heard this, but what followed was disbelief. It was he who came out of the court today to accept the case, but before leaving, he checked the study carefully, and he didn't see any wooden boxes or boxes, how could they suddenly come out. What the hell is going on? He shouted: "This is definitely not what I did, Sun Xu, as the case department, you must pay attention to finding out what you do, even with a small prescription, how dare you bring me to justice?" Is this clearly someone deliberately framing me? Wouldn't it be clear to you? ”

"This official has always only looked at evidence." Sun Xu said unhurriedly. It was not that he did not receive the threat in Jiang Quan's words, but what kind of case is this case, it is Xiao Shao's wife, the current Princess Jinying, and the former Hong'an County Lord personally sued. What kind of powerful Jinying Mansion is behind her Everyone knows the officialdom of the Jin Dynasty, Xiao Shao personally greeted him, how dare he slacken. And the woman who was killed in this case is still the pearl of the general's mansion, if she doesn't give an explanation, with the temperament of Zhao Guang's family, I'm afraid that this case division will be demolished, not to mention that the one in the palace has also said hello.

Although the case division is in charge of cases that ordinary people dare not manage, even if many bureaucrats in Beijing are involved, they are not afraid, that is because Sun Xu himself relies on the emperor to take the official career, and he does not need to rely on anyone's face. But if it is a person who is a close confidant of the emperor, there will be no fish when the water is clear, Sun Xu knows this truth very well. After so many years of sitting on such offending official duties, but standing tall in the court, Sun Xu himself is also very good at being a man. Now Xuanpei's status in the palace is rising, the emperor has a good eye for him, and the five princes and the eighth prince are only fighting openly and secretly, but who can say who will fall on this throne now. Maybe the future prince of the Great Jin Dynasty is the current budding Thirteenth Highness. Xuan Pei deliberately asked people to come over to say hello, although he didn't know what the reason was, Sun Xu also felt a lot of pressure. It is precisely because of his colleagues for so many years that Sun Xu can see clearly that it is difficult for Jiang Quan to be good this time, because everyone he offends has the ability to put him to death.

Zhao Yuanfeng said idly: "Jiang Shangshu, that Shangshu Mansion is your mansion, naturally only your people can enter." You don't know when the box was put in, so you can't ask us outsiders what answers we're looking for. You must know that your Shangshu Mansion, since the opening of the mansion, except for my little sister, the Zhao family has never set foot in it. ”

What Zhao Yuanfeng said was not without irony, Zhao Mei broke off contact with the Zhao family at the beginning, and later after Zhao Mei's death, the Jiang family also banned all contacts with the General's Mansion. even secretly regarded the General's Mansion as a strong enemy, and the Zhao and Jiang families never dealt with each other, so there was no way to talk about the Zhao family entering the Jiang Mansion.

Jiang Quan hit a nail, but he had no intention of arguing with Zhao Yuanfeng about his kung fu. Now he also realizes the importance of the matter, with all the human and material evidence, looking at Sun Xu's attitude, I am afraid it will be very difficult to get rid of the crime. At this time, Jiang Quan, who had always been full of confidence, was already a little panicked in his heart. He desperately thought about how there could be a box in the study, and his eyes swept around the crowd without focus, and suddenly froze.

A familiar figure mixed in the crowd, it was a fairly young and beautiful woman, Jiang Ruan was stunned for a moment, a few thoughts flashed in his mind, and he immediately roared: "Xia Yue! You slut, you hurt me! ”

The figure of the woman in the crowd was Xia Yue, the current master of Shangshu Mansion, who originally looked at Jiang Quan and lowered her head to avoid Jiang Quan's gaze, but at this moment, when she heard Jiang Quan shouting out so loudly, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and her face turned red for a while and she didn't speak.

Jiang Quan seemed to have figured it out in an instant, and he didn't care what the occasion was, so he scolded loudly: "It's her!" It's this slut who colludes with outsiders to harm me. She is the only one in my study on weekdays! Only she could cram things into it in the shortest possible time. Xia Yue, I treat you well, you are so vicious, murdering your husband! You poisonous woman! ”

Xia Yue was in the crowd, everyone turned their eyes to her, she endured it, and suddenly shed two lines of tears: "Master, since Yueniang married you as his wife, what has happened badly, you want to treat me like this, and even splash such a splashing charge on Yueniang?" How could Yueniang frame the master, if there is anything wrong with the master, what can Yueniang, a lonely and helpless woman, have to live? Yueniang knows that the old man and the sister of Yan are as deep as the sea, and Yueniang has not been loved by the master since she passed the door, but the lord, Yueniang is also your wife, how can you treat Yueniang like this? She was already a little thin and timid, but she showed a very sad state when she said this, she knelt down and kowtowed a few times towards the door of the court: "That's it, master, since you and I are husband and wife, if Yueniang can save the master, Yueniang will willingly save the master's life!" The box and the wooden box were put by Yueniang! ”

When she said this, she burst into tears, and she almost fainted from crying. People are naturally sympathetic to the weak, and if the weak is a good woman, the compassion is doubled. The more Xia Yue said this, the more everyone suspected that Jiang Quan had framed even his newly married wife, and that he was really a selfish man. Xia Yue's words are reasonable, indeed, now that the Xia family is gone, why should she frame Jiang Quan, Jiang Mansion has fallen, she has become a widow, and how difficult it is to live. As for what Xia Yue said about Jiang Quan and remembering Xia Yan, everyone laughed in their hearts, afraid that only a man like Jiang Quan in this world would never forget a woman who was unfaithful and unclean and cuckolded.

Jiang Ruan smiled and watched Xia Yue's performance in the crowd, only thinking it was funny. The women of the Xia family seem to be born with a talent for acting, especially in the matter of Bo people's tears and sympathy. Jiang Quan ate Xia Yan's set the most, and now Xia Yan has replaced Xia Yue, I don't know if Jiang Quan can still eat it now. A woman's lies and tears can only be known when they are truly experienced. Now Jiang Quan is afraid that he will hate the Xia family to the core.

Xia Yue is a smart person, since the Xia family has fallen, she is a chess piece to maintain the relationship between Xia and Jiang's families, and Xia Yue herself knows that with Jiang Quan's ambition, she will one day kick her useless stumbling block aside. Besides, she is now the housewife of the Jiang family, and she knows what the Jiang family is like, and a mansion with an empty shell will collapse sooner or later. Jiang Quan is lukewarm to her, and Xia Yue is at a prime age, how can she be willing. The women of the Xia family have always been ambitious, and Xia Yue, even if she is a distant cousin, will not be willing to be buried for the rest of her life. Jiang Ruan made a deal with her, and Xia Yue betrayed Jiang Quan without hesitation for her own future.

Jiang Quan was already mad with anger, the eyes of the people around him were full of suspicion, he wanted to find someone who could help him speak, but after the end, he found that the person who could speak for him was gone. His wife, his children, his colleagues, and even his allies were not with him now. He suddenly found himself the one who had been abandoned, and he had become a useless outcast.

"That's what you want?" Jiang Quan stared at Jiang Ruan deeply, and suddenly laughed miserably: "You let everyone betray me, the good daughter I raised, hahaha, I didn't know that I raised such a good daughter!" ”

"If you do too much injustice, you will be killed." Jiang Ruan replied lightly: "Jiang Shangshu, there is a god three feet above his head. When you did all this to my mother that day, you should have thought of this ending. "Yes, she just wants Jiang Quan to taste the end of betrayal and separation. In his previous life, his father strategized and turned all the people who were not valued by him into chess pieces in his hands, the stepping stone of Jiang's mansion, and paved the way for Jiang Susu's position as queen step by step. Every step of the glory of the Jiang family is forged by stepping on the blood of their mother and son. Now Jiang Quan should also try this taste. This kind of struggle has no way, loneliness and despair, and suddenly finds that it is ridiculous to be betrayed by everyone and find that you are worthless. Love to play chess? OK! In this life, let the chess player change positions, this game of chess is written by her, and he is just a useless chess piece in the last step of the chess game, a waste of one step!

Jiang Quan suddenly shut up, he looked straight at Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan's undisguised hatred and crazy gaze fell on his eyes like this, and he suddenly felt a burst of fear. He didn't know where Jiang Ruan's hatred came from, how could a person show such a terrifying expression, like a man-eating beast.

"Jiang Quan, can you plead guilty?" Sun Xu saw that it was almost noisy now, and shouted in shock.

Jiang Quan turned his head a little sneeringly, he looked at Sun Xu in the hall, and suddenly laughed slowly, he stood in the middle, and said with some disdain: "Sun Xu, what kind of posture are you pretending?" Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and since they are officials, there is nothing innocent. Today you have treated me like this, I think that I am inferior to others, and I have nothing to say, and I will confess this sin! But remember, I am only subservient to power, and today if my power can compete with it a little more, I will fight no matter what! ”

When Jiang Ruan heard his words, the corners of his eyes slowly bent down and smiled slightly. is worthy of Jiang Quan, who has been an official for many years, and he can see the importance at a glance. Today's matter, in fact, human evidence is not the most important, and physical evidence is not the most important, depending on how this case is tried. Sun Xu's attitude is the most important, Jiang Quan probably thought that Sun Xu would not dare to do too much for the sake of his colleagues, but Sun Xu's attitude can only show one thing, someone is supporting Jiang Ruan, no matter who that person is, it must be a lot of money for Sun Xu. Jiang Quan even left a hand when he confessed, he pretended to confess his guilt so generously, but the last few sentences were reverie, making people involuntarily think of other things. Even if he confessed his guilt, he had to take advantage of the situation to pour a basin of dirty water on Jiang Ruan and Sun Xu, which was really sinister.

It's just that how could Jiang Quan do such a thing? Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, Jiang Quan would never waste time on useless things. Now that he has confessed his guilt, what effect can such an innocuous splash of dirty water do? This kind of behavior is like an incompetent person who can do anything, and he bites indiscriminately, and in Jiang Ruan's eyes, he only feels ridiculous. She slowly stood up and walked to Jiang Quan's side, everyone looked at this father and daughter silently, Jiang Quan was emotional, an old face was red and distorted, and the already thin protruding cheekbones turned a little black, and there was no longer the appearance of the dashing young official of the year. And Jiang Ruan was just at a young age, with snowy skin and flowers, but his expression was very calm, and he even had a gentle smile.

These two people are ugly and beautiful, manic and calm, and they smile angrily, and they really don't have a trace of father and daughter. Jiang Ruan walked up to Jiang Quan, Jiang Quan glared at her tightly, there was anger and resentment in his eyes, and even a trace of fear, but he really couldn't find a trace of warmth. Jiang Ruan was accustomed to it, she stopped in front of Jiang Quan, suddenly sighed, and said softly: "It turns out that Jiang Shangshu, who has always had great ambitions and clear bones, will also have a moment of succumbing to power." ”

She sighed a lot, but it was like a slam blow to Jiang Quan's heart. What appeared vaguely in front of him was when he became a nouveau riche in the imperial court, even though his ambition was greater than the sky, his chances were thinner than paper. He has always wanted to make a clear stream and not be polluted by the world, but now he wants to take the initiative to admit that he has fallen under the footsteps of power. It was a fatal blow to him and an unbearable shame. And this shame still comes from his daughter, who has been crushed into the dirt from the bottom of her heart.

Jiang Ruan is glamorous, and the more Jiang Quan feels that his current status is humble. He is a cowardly and hypocritical person from the bottom of his heart, and he has always valued the eyes of others to look at him, so he has spent so many years building himself into an honest and honest appearance. At this moment, as soon as this layer of skin was torn open, Jiang Quan couldn't hold back any longer, and he felt that he couldn't lift it in his chest, so he fainted.

The two officials hurriedly took Jiang Quan down, Sun Xu was shocked, and shouted: "The criminal minister Jiang Quan pleaded guilty in court, conspired with the concubine Xia to kill his wife, mutilated his children, and was heinous, the evidence of the crime is clear, thousands of people look at it, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, and all kinds of malignant things, according to the law, he will be put in prison, and the case will be announced the next day!" ”

The lively crowd outside suddenly boiled, Zhao Guang clenched his fists tightly, he had restrained himself very well today, but even when he heard Jiang Quan admit his guilt, he knew that he would not be able to run away from responsibility, and Zhao Guang still couldn't stop losing control. Zhao Yuanjia comforted him, but Zhao Yuanping and Zhao Yuanfeng glanced at each other, their eyes were a little heavy.

Jiang Ruan stood indifferently and watched Jiang Quan being dragged away, slowly lowering his eyes, this is the end? Of course not.

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Tonight is another exam.,I'm quite worried about a subject.,Ask for personal character~(>_