The cuckoo looked at Jin San tremblingly, Jin San smiled sincerely: "But I like a beautiful girl like you the most, you are obedient and obedient, and I am also willing to do things that make a whole marriage, if you are disobedient," Jin San's tone turned cold: "Your little lover, but you will be burdened by you." ”

"I promise you." The cuckoo said hurriedly. When she helped Caique frame Jiang Ruan, she was also very hesitant. Caique is not a child, so the day of leaving the house naturally needs to be measured. Du Juan's family is still working in Jiangfu Zhuangzi, just for the sake of his own family, he should not be involved in these things. Later, because Wang Gongzi reluctantly agreed to this matter, he still hesitated a little in his heart. That day, Mrs. Jiang asked her to load tea, and she took the opportunity to stay in it for a long time. Later, when I asked about it, I only said that I didn't really see it, and my attitude was plausible.

At the moment, the cuckoo breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, fortunately she kept an eye at the beginning, otherwise it would be the same fate as the colorful sparrow now, looking at the appearance of the colorful finch falling on the mourning hall, the cuckoo couldn't help but shiver.

Jinsan and Jinyi finished their work and left. Ruan Juzhong's Tianzhu also jumped into the courtyard at the same time, Bai Zhi and Forsythia Dew Drop were already waiting anxiously, and they were relieved to see Tianzhu come back. In the past few days, Ruan's house has been monitored by her mother-in-law outside the door, but fortunately, Tianzhu has martial arts and can avoid those eyes and ears.

Bai Zhi asked, "It's done." ”

Tianzhu nodded. It was not difficult for her to put arsenic in the house, and she wanted to put some in Jiang Dan's yard, but Jiang Ruan had explained before that Jiang Dan could pick it clean after the accident, and since she couldn't take it in one fell swoop, there was no need to startle the snake. Although Tianzhu was a little unwilling, he still endured it.

Forsythia breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm just waiting for the good news of the prince tomorrow." ”

……

As the night passed, everyone had their own thoughts. Early in the morning of the second day, a group of officers and soldiers arrived in prison, and the officers led by them were very strange, and they were very respectful to Jiang Ruan, only saying that it was just a misunderstanding before, and hoped that she would not be punished.

Xiao Shao moved quickly, Jiang Ruan did not embarrass the official, and when Fang walked to the door of the big man, he saw Zhao Yuanfeng waiting for her at the door. Seeing her come out, he rushed forward to look her up and down, and when he saw that Jiang Ruan was safe and sound, he nodded with satisfaction: "He really thought thoughtfully." ”

Jiang Ruan said in a low voice: "Little uncle." ”

Zhao Yuanfeng looked at her with a smile and waved his hand: "Ruan girl, since you came out today, I will take you to watch a good show." ”

Jiang Ruan smiled: "Okay." ”

……

But it was said that early in the morning, the people in the Jiang Mansion got up early to clean up and sweep, and they heard a heavy knock on the door at the gate of the Jiang Mansion. The little man guarding the door opened the door, and saw a group of officials with sabers rushing in, looking fierce and vicious. The mother-in-law, who had a slightly longer status, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Official, how can you ...... for no reason?"

The official unceremoniously waved his mother-in-law aside: "Get out, this official is ordered to do things and arrest the court criminals!" ”

The mother-in-law was so frightened that there was no one in this mansion except Jiang Chao and Jiang Quan as officials, how could she be worthy of the words "court prisoner". Isn't something wrong with the master? The woman was so frightened that she was silent. The officers and soldiers ignored her, and went straight into the gate of Jiang's mansion to search one by one, and after a short time, the second aunt was escorted out of the courtyard.

"Official, wronged, the concubine didn't do anything?" The second aunt still didn't understand what was going on, but she didn't wait for the news of Jiang Ruan's accident but waited for a group of officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers led by Li Qiang were not Li Qiang, and glared at her fiercely: "Shut up, if you have anything to say to us to the yamen!" ”

The official was really vicious, and the second aunt was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak anymore. But he said that Jiang Quan learned the news and hurriedly took someone out to investigate, and when he saw the official leader, he frowned and asked, "Dare to ask what happened to the concubine?" ”

Originally, with Jiang Quan's grade, these officials should be courteous when they saw him, not to mention greeting. Today, however, the leader of the officers and soldiers glanced at Jiang Quan, and his tone was a little meaningful: "Lord Jiang, it's better not to meddle in this matter, beware of getting into trouble." After saying that, he beckoned to the people below and left without looking back.

Jiang Quan's heart was cold, the tone of the official was quite meaningful, and he took away the second aunt but said it was so serious, what is it called to get into trouble, and is it too trivial to bring so many people to arrest the second aunt. He is also a person who has been in the officialdom for so many years, and a conjecture came to his mind when he landed, could it be that there was something wrong with the secretary of the ministry?

Besides, the second aunt followed the officers and soldiers all the way to the mansion, leaving two officers and soldiers to look at her, and the leader led by her subordinates went in first. The second aunt thought about it, and then she was ruthless and pulled out two jade rings from her fingers. In order to buy Li Qiang a few days ago, she had sold all her jewelry. This jade ring was given to her when Jiang Quan first included her in the mansion, and she was reluctant to take it away. Now that the situation is urgent, I can't take care of it too much, so I grabbed the two jade rings and stuffed them into the hands of the two officials, and said with a smile: "Official, dare to ask why you want to arrest the concubine?" ”

The jade ring is in excellent condition, and if you take it out, you can also be a thousand eight hundred taels. If it is rare for these officials to see such goods on weekdays, they will naturally know it. But today's trick didn't work, and the two officials looked at each other and didn't reach out to take the jade ring.

The second aunt was half cold when she saw it, and she was not afraid to ask for things, but she was afraid that she would not accept them. Has it gotten to this point? What's the matter that even the two officials don't dare to accept things?

The second aunt's expression changed, and she said with a smile: "Official, that's ......." Do you know where your Li Qiang and Master Li have gone? ”

One of the officials looked at her in surprise: "Master Li? I didn't see a shadow for a day yesterday, and there was no one in the house, and there was a change of person above, even if he came back, it wouldn't be his turn. After thinking about it, he looked at the second aunt and said, "Don't play tricks, save your strength and wait for the court." ”

"What nonsense are you talking to her?" Another official urged impatiently.

The second aunt was even more frightened in her heart, and she didn't know how long she had to wait, but she could hear that the drum of injustice outside was beaten heavily, and one by one it seemed to hit people's hearts.

The drum of injustice is only when there is a big case, and it usually involves court officials. The second aunt was taken to court just as the drumming stopped.

The two lines of officials stood on both sides, but the eldest man above was not the one that the second aunt was familiar with, and he looked very difficult to get close to. What shocked the second aunt the most was not this, on the left side of the middle seat, there was her familiar figure. Jiang Ruan's makeup was clean and ironed, and she changed into a pale cyan dress, still as gorgeous and charming as before, and looked at her with a smile at the moment, where did she look inappropriate?

The second aunt's heart sank, and she secretly hated that Jiang Ruan had escaped again, and she was very unwilling in her heart, and her gaze at Jiang Ruan was like a sword quenched with poison.

The second aunt's appearance was a little unhappy in the eyes of the other people in the hall, and Zhao Yuanfeng coughed lightly: "I see that the sinner hasn't figured out her identity yet, Master Ke?" ”

Ke Xiuran, who was in the main seat, shook his head and looked at Zhao Yuanfeng. Everyone knows that the third master of the Zhao family is an unruly character, and he is a third-generation military general of the Zhao family, but he still has the ability. If I offended him, I am afraid that it will be many more difficulties in the court in the future, and besides, Zhao Yuanfeng came to watch the case in person today, isn't it just to support the lord of Hong'an County? If you sell him a favor, it will be easier to do things in the future. Thinking of this, Ke Xiuran slapped the hall in surprise and said, "The sinner woman in the hall, are you guilty?" ”

The second aunt shook her head, and was at a loss: "The concubine doesn't know what crime she has committed?" ”

Ke Xiuran said: "Bring witnesses!" ”

I saw the official escorting two maids forward, one of them had unkempt hair, and muttered in his mouth: "The slave is wrong, old lady, the slave and maid didn't mean to harm you, it was the second aunt who asked the slave and maid to do this, old lady, the slave and maid are wrong...... "is already delirious, it is Caique."

The other knelt down and said loudly: "Back to my lord's words, slave and maid cuckoo, slave and maid testify that it was the second aunt who bought Caique to drug the old lady and wanted to slander the county lord." The second aunt also threatened the slave and maid that if the slave and maid told the truth, they would kill the slave and maid's whole family in the Zhuangzi. ”

"You are talking nonsense, when will I-" The second aunt was unwilling.

"The second aunt gave Caique a large sum of silver, if you don't believe it, you can go and check Caique's house."

"No need, this official has already checked." Ke Xiuran waved his hand.

The case officer on that side said eloquently: "Jiang Li's family, you want to kill your life, poison Jiang's family, don't repent, conspire to frame the lord of Hong'an, especially insufficient, in order to kill people, buy murder, the evil of his heart, not hungry snakes and scorpions, his sex is vicious, like a jackal, is tolerable or unbearable, the reason of heaven is still clear, how can this house tolerate you, the law is pregnant, the murderer dies, and you are sentenced to be sentenced to death." ”

As soon as the three words "cut and decide" came out, the second aunt was like a cork that had lost her backbone, and the whole person could no longer support it, and collapsed softly. She was already a cowardly and vicious person, and she didn't even have the strength to defend herself. There is only one thing in my mind, and that is that the matter is revealed. But when he thought that his father was a minister, maybe there was a way to save her, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "The concubine is wronged, the concubine is wronged!" Ask the master to let the concubine see her father! ”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly when she heard this, the second aunt wanted to rely on her mother's family, and maybe she wanted to let Hu Qianqiu help, but it was still difficult for the Li family to protect themselves now, as for Hu Qianqiu...... I'm afraid there won't be this person in the future.

Ke Xiuran was shocked again, his eyes flashed with a hint of deep meaning, and he shouted: "Take the guilty minister Li Dexing!" ”

The second aunt was struck by lightning.

I saw that the officers and soldiers came in with a few people in shackles and prison uniforms, it was none other than Li Shangshu, the father of the second aunt, and his brother.

Li Shangshu was very embarrassed all over his body, obviously suffering a lot, and when he saw the second aunt, he spat at her viciously and scolded: "Scourge! ”

The second aunt was stunned: "Father, this is ......"

"Get out of here!" Li Shangshu was very irritable.

"Silence!" Ke Xiuran was shocked, and his expression was very serious.

Li Shangshu gritted his teeth, if it was usual, how could Ke Xiuran dare to do this to him? Early this morning, the official messenger was ordered to copy the Shangshu Mansion, which was unbelievable, but the news revealed by the official messenger surprised him. All those past things have been turned over, and even the past transactions that they thought were seamless have also been turned over. If you say anything else, it is a taboo to form a gang with the courtiers without permission.

Li Shangshu's life is also smooth, but he didn't want to be yin now, and he can't remember some things clearly, but he was also turned over, and the confessions in prison were listed one by one, Li Shangshu almost suspected that his henchmen had betrayed him.

Hu Qianqiu was also implicated in the crime, only saying that Hu Qianqiu received the second aunt's silver, and the second aunt obstructed official business. Li Shangshu still felt strange at the time, how could he get involved in the second aunt's affairs. The cell boss had also had some friendship with him, and kindly reminded: "Li Shangshu, blame your daughter, it's not good to provoke anyone, but you provoked the lord of Hong'an." The person behind the Hong'an County Lord is not something that Shangshu Mansion can afford to offend. ”

Li Shangshu asked who was behind the lord of Hong'an, but the cell boss refused to say, but Li Shangshu knew one thing, and it was all caused by the second aunt. In other words, the second aunt ruined the entire Li family.

When Li Shangshu looks at the second aunt now, he can't wait that he didn't strangle the second aunt to death when he was born, and the Li family is full of officials and officials who are ruined in the hands of this stupid and stupid pig-like daughter! Seeing Zhao Yuanfeng again, he wondered in his heart, could it be that the person behind the lord of Hong'an was the Zhao family. Jiang Ruan, the grandson of the Zhao family, it is natural for him to help. But the Zhao family has always acted above board, and they will not be so ruthless, and they will fill the lifeblood of the mansion as soon as they make a move.

The case officer shook off the scroll and read it word by word: "Li Dexing, as an official of the imperial court, you have disregarded the law, hurt people's lives, embezzled and bribed, concealed the holy hearing, and deceived the people. Collect the people's wealth, collude with the peak, this court sentences you, behead and abandon the world, and perish with the grass and trees, for insects to eat rats, flies to eat stomachs, and die without burial. ”

"The Li family has a room, male thieves and female prostitutes, no self-cultivation inside, no virtue cultivation outside, loss of morality, sweeping the floor, and insulting sages. This court ruled that the children of the Li family were deprived of their official status, and the Li family was a family, and they were never allowed to enter the imperial examination. ”

"No—" the second aunt cried out in a hurry. Why is this happening, it's just her own east window incident, why was the Li Mansion also copied together, and what happened to the crimes that were counted above? She raised her head to look at Jiang Ruan, who sat down peacefully, the smile on the corner of her lips was clear to the bone, as if with deep mockery, looking down on their embarrassed state condescendingly.

"It's you......" the second aunt murmured.

"Take Hu Qianqiu!" Ke Xiuran said again.

This time, the person escorted by the officers and soldiers became Hu Qianqiu.

Hu Qianqiu was brought up, and the first thing he did was to glare at Ke Xiuran viciously. At the beginning, Ke Xiuran was promoted by him, and he was also a talented person, but who knew that in recent years, his status has become more and more threatening. This time he fell off the horse, and there must be Ke Xiuran's encouragement.

Ke Xiuran also saw Hu Qianqiu's gaze, but he was a little proud. shouted: "Hu Qianqiu listened to the verdict, you acted as an official in vain, colluded with other people's concubines, framed the county lord, you are really confused, you have no face to be an official, and now you are deprived of your imperial examination background, demoted to a commoner, and you will never be an official." ”

Ke Xiuran felt a wall in his heart, although he knew that his official position was ironclad, but when he heard the words that he would never be an official, he couldn't help but feel a suffocation in his chest, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Chiaki!" The second aunt panicked and crawled to Hu Qianqiu's side.

"Get out of here!" Hu Qianqiu no longer had the tender and sweet affectionate appearance of the past, and pulled her away with one palm, looking at her gaze as if looking at an enemy: "Slut! ”

If it weren't for her, how could he have fallen to this point, he still wanted to use her to climb to the stars of the Jiang Mansion, but now that his career in this life has been ruined, who will dare to tolerate him in the capital in the future?

The second aunt looked at Hu Qianqiu blankly, like looking at a stranger, she didn't understand why everything had changed overnight. The Li family has fallen to this point, and Hu Qianqiu's official position is not guaranteed, and they are all full of hatred for her. Did she make them like this?

Jiang Ruan sat in the hall with a smile, as if nothing could shake her calmness and calmness. She was like a demon girl who wandered outside the red dust, indifferently and sarcastically looking down on everyone struggling.

Feeling the second aunt's gaze, Jiang Ruan turned her head, and her clear eyes clearly showed no emotion, but the second aunt understood. She's saying, "I'm willing to gamble and lose."

Willing to gamble and lose, willing to gamble and lose, the second aunt laughed miserably, and the laughter became louder and louder, so sharp that everyone present couldn't help frowning. The second aunt was still smiling, and her face was full of tears.

She looked at Jiang Ruan: "Miss, you are ruthless!" I can't fight you, and I can't fight you when I'm dying. ”

Jiang Ruan didn't speak, and the second aunt smiled miserably. It's her fault, she is to blame, she harmed her own family and childhood sweetheart, her life was ruined, and her daughter died tragically in Langzhong Mansion, she was not as good as others, and she was provoked by others, she was extremely stupid, and she let the entire Shangshu Mansion bury her in the end!

However, if she is wrong, is it not wrong for others?

As a concubine, there is no way to decide on her beloved, so she can only be given to another person by her father like a gift, and there is a main house in the house, and there are other concubines competing for favor. The only daughter can only be like her forever as a concubine! It's just that she wants her daughter to live a better life, she fought hard and took away other people's marriages, but in the end, she repaid her daughter. wanted to die with the culprit, but in the end, he caught up with the entire Li family.

Now, she has finally become a sinner that everyone hates, she is wrong, but she is also forced!

The second aunt collapsed and grabbed her hair, and her long hair, which was always tied in a delicate bun, was torn apart by her like this, unkempt like a madman, where is there still the original shrewd and beautiful appearance? She stroked her long hair stupidly, her eyes were a little sloppy, and she whispered: "Li'er, don't be afraid, my mother will take you home." ”

His expression was already chaotic and clear.

There were also those present who couldn't help but be moved, and sighed in their hearts. Hu Qianqiu and Li Shangshu were even more disgusted when they saw this. Zhao Yuanfeng subconsciously looked at Jiang Ruan's expression, thinking that he could find other emotions on her face, but he saw Jiang Ruan's expression indifferent, although the corners of his lips were smiling, there was not even a trace of superfluous emotion in his eyes. It's as if nothing in the world can move her.

Zhao Yuanfeng sighed in his heart, today's events, looking at her appearance, I don't know everything, maybe there is also a contribution from my niece. I knew that Jiang Ruan's heart was like a rock, but this kind of indifference was too shocking. Other people's girls are now at the age of flowers, laughing and laughing every day, but their nieces are not alarmed all day long, as if they are ...... It's like an old woman who has lived for many years. Zhao Yuanfeng shook her head, and she didn't know if she could meet someone in the future and open her heart.

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The poor person must have something to hate, and the second aunt is just a sacrifice in the end, so light a piece of wax for her.