Li Yuxue followed several ladies and walked into the Zhihua wing together. The room was not large, and at a glance, it could be seen that there was no one else, and several ladies craned their necks to reach into the inner room, only to hate that they had not been born with a pair of see-through eyes that could see through the walls.

Zhihua didn't make them curious for long, and asked with a smile: "A few ladies are curious, what did I just say?" ”

Itching, Mrs. Zhou nodded: "Please also ask Miss Lu to solve your doubts." ”

Zhihua turned her head to the inner room and said, "Wei Changshi, Miss Jiangzi, come out, it's not the thieves who are here, it's a few ladies." ”

After speaking, he explained to everyone with a smile: "A little thief with a roe head and a rat just came and wanted to sneak into my room to steal something, and it happened that Wei Changshou from the eldest princess's mansion led the big girl Jiang Zi girl next to the county lord to come over and send me something, and this thief was caught by them." Before we could interrogate, several ladies happened to visit, and we thought it was the thief's accomplice, so Wei Changshou and Miss Jiangzi temporarily escorted the thief into the inner room, so as not to startle the snake. Who knows that there is a false alarm. ”

Mrs. Zhou sneered and said, "This is really a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." ”

Li Yuxue's face turned pale, and she watched in horror as a female official in her fifties in the inner room led a woman dressed in the costume of a big maid in the eldest princess's mansion out, and the woman did not shy away from showing the sharp blade in her hand, and put it on the neck of the thief who was tied up by the flowers next to her.

The ladies were first startled by the thief who suddenly appeared, and when they looked at him, they saw that he had been subdued, and then they calmed down. Mrs. Zhao, who had not spoken, patted her chest and exhaled softly: "In broad daylight, there are thieves who have actually entered the backyard of Dajue Temple, it is really appalling!" ”

"But no, Miss Lu wants to interrogate this person in our witness, right? Let's get started, we are all willing to be witnesses. Mrs. Li also hurriedly spoke, just wanting to make a good impression in front of the most faceable female official beside the eldest princess. But after a while, she regretted that she couldn't cut her tongue.

The little thief had been beaten to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he couldn't tell if it was like the roe deer rat that Zhihua said, so he drooped his head and made no sound.

Zhihua smiled and said to Jiang Zi: "Jiang Zi girl, I'm tired of you." ”

Jiang Zi nodded, didn't talk nonsense, pinched the thief's chin, and took out a cloth ball from his mouth, and everyone realized that he was gagged, and there was no sound at all.

"Do you want to honestly take the initiative to confess, or do you want me to cut off my fingers one by one and recruit again?" Jiang Zi asked Situ Xiao softly, but the chill in his words made him shiver, and the chick nodded again and again: "I recruit, I can ......recruit anything" In fact, he wanted to recruit as early as when he was beaten, but his mouth was blocked, and he couldn't even shout out the pain. However, if he borrowed ten more dares, he didn't dare to blame these terrifying women for not giving him a chance to confess earlier, and he was honest at the moment and told him what had happened in the past few days.

Li Yuxue originally had luck in her heart, hoping that the person she found could talk about the so-called morality of the rivers and lakes, and she would not confess to the mastermind after receiving the money, but unfortunately she was destined to be disappointed. Situ Xiao came out to mix the rivers and lakes, relying on the fact that he had never been righteous and thin, and when he asked a little, he immediately poured beans into a bamboo tube and recruited them cleanly.

“…… Later, the little one was thirsty and hungry, and almost fainted on the street, thinking that the little life was over, who would have thought that at this moment, an old woman handed over two steamed buns and asked the little one if he wanted to get rich. The little ones were going to starve to death at that time, how could they manage so much, let alone get rich, even if they let the little ones sell themselves, the small ones are willing to sell themselves. The old woman claimed to be the housekeeper mother of the big family, and asked the little one to find a way to sneak into the mountain forest behind the Dajue Temple today, and wait for the news in the small pavilion, and then there would be a maid to come and pass the news. She said that if the maid took out a white handkerchief, it meant that things had changed, and the operation was temporarily canceled; If the maid takes out a red handkerchief and waves it a few times, it means counting the last few wings from the back door, and let the little one go to the wing room immediately, whether it is with incense or an excuse to deceive the door, anyway, he must find a way to blend into the room and stay until someone comes. After coming, he had to pretend to have a personal affair with the young lady in this room to protect her. The old woman took out a money bag containing forty taels of silver, and she repeatedly promised that the small one would never be damaged at all, and said that it was just a deposit, and that after the matter was completed, there was another half to take, and the small one took the risk......

"Really? Are you sure you're in the wrong room? As soon as Situ Xiao's words fell, Jiang Zhu immediately asked sharply.

"It's true, if the little one has half a lie, five thunders will hit the top and die! The little one was waiting in the pavilion today, and at about noon, just as the old woman said, a maid came, and waved the red veil twice from afar. The little one didn't dare to delay, and immediately came to the penultimate wing. The little one couldn't get the incense, and he was reluctant to spend that money, relying on his own face that was better than Pan An, thinking that as long as he could trick the young lady into opening the door, it wouldn't be difficult to wait until someone came over......"

When Zhihua heard this, she choked on her saliva and couldn't help coughing a few times, she hurriedly clenched her fists to cover her mouth and suppressed her untimely voice. Speaking of which, in the two lives combined, she has never seen this thief who ruined her reputation, and she really didn't know that Li Yuxue took such great pains to find a thug with a good skin. It's no wonder that in his previous life, he was just stolen by Qinghe and gave him a handkerchief, and when it was spread, people immediately believed that he had a personal affair with him, no matter how he defended himself, it was useless.

At this time, Wei Changshi, who had been silent, spoke up: "This official testifies that what this thief said later is true. He did come and knock on the door around noon, under the pretext of looking for Yu Pei and trying to trick Miss Lu into opening the door. As for the aforementioned statement, further verification is required. "Wei Changshou is a fifth-grade female official next to the eldest princess, and her status is only higher than that of the people present, so she claims to be her own official, and what she says is full of weight.

After pausing for a while, seeing that several ladies were nodding their heads again and again, expressing their belief in what she said, Wei Changshou continued to interrogate: "Situ Xiao, do you know where the mother-in-law who instructed you came from?" ”

Situ Xiao shook his head honestly: "I don't know if it's small." The old woman didn't say it specifically, and she wasn't allowed to ask too much. The money bag she gave away, the small one has also been carefully studied, it is an ordinary bag sold in the embroidery building, so I am not sure of her identity. ”

Wei Chang bowed his head and continued to ask: "So, the maid who waved a handkerchief to you, can you see the appearance clearly?" ”

Situ Xiao still shook his head: "It's too far away, I can't see my appearance clearly." ”

Xiaoqing, who was shrinking behind Li Yuxue and was making a quail, heard this, and breathed a big sigh of relief in his heart, and secretly said that he was lucky.

But she didn't rejoice for long, that Situ Xiao faced Jiang Zi's suddenly dull face, for fear that she would be angry that she couldn't tell valuable news, so she waved her hand and cut off one of her fingers, and her mind flashed with urgency, and shouted: "But the little one remembers her figure, and she is wearing goose yellow clothes, as long as she sees someone, she can recognize it!" ”

These words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and everyone's eyes were all fixed on Xiaoqing. Among all the ladies who came today, only Xiaoqing was wearing goose yellow clothes.

"Situ Xiao, you raise your head and look at the maid in goose yellow clothes over there, but the person who waved a handkerchief to you?" Wei Changshou would not give face to a little maid, and mercilessly let Situ Xiao raise his head to identify him.

Situ Xiao dared to look up at the group of female dependents, there was only one person in goose yellow clothes present, he naturally quickly locked on the target, and after looking carefully, he was sure: "That's right, it's her!" Lady official, you can send someone to search her body, and you will definitely be able to find two handkerchiefs, one white and one red! ”

Mrs. Zhou suddenly exclaimed as if possessed by a goddess: "I remember, the hour when Miss Li just told Xiaoqing to go to the kitchen to add vegetables happened to be nearly noon." I caught my eye on the shadow of the sun in the window, and I wondered how fast time had passed. ”

Just as she spoke, Jiang Zi leaped away, blocked in front of Xiao Qing, who wanted to escape, and lifted her foot lightly, removing the joints on her legs. As soon as Mrs. Zhou's words fell, Xiaoqing's screams also came at the same time, and the two handkerchiefs, one white and one red, were searched out by Jiang Zi at the same time and placed in front of everyone.

"Miss Li, what do you have to say?" Wei Chang looked at Li Yuxue, who was pale, and was not angry.

Mrs. Li looked at her daughter in disbelief, her lips trembling slightly, and she was speechless.

"Little Girl...... The little woman didn't know why Xiaoqing did this...... This qiē was all done secretly behind my back, and the little woman was also kept in the dark by this Diao slave. Li Yuxue's nails dug deep into her palms, and the pain calmed her down, and she immediately thought of a way to get out.

"In this way, this kind of betrayal of the master and slave, even if the official kills him on the spot, Miss Li has no objection?" Wei Changshi's tone softened, as if he believed Li Yuxue's words.

You can get out of it by dying a slave and maid, how can Li Yuxue have any objections? She made a decision without hesitation: "This kind of slave who betrays his master is naturally at the disposal of Female Officer Wei." With that, he glanced at Xiaoqing with a warning eye.

I have to say that when the master makes a mistake, the slave carries the black pot is one of the best means in the back house, but the premise is that the slave is loyal, or the family is in the hands of the master. Xiaoqing was bought by the Li family from the hands of the people, and her family is all good citizens, not to mention that Li Yuxue didn't think of pinching it in her hands in advance, even if Li Yuxue really did it, it is really difficult to say whether Xiaoqing will take care of this kind of family that sold her since she was a child. Li Yuxue now relies on only Xiaoqing to serve her loyalty.

It's a pity that in the face of life and death, this loyalty doesn't seem to be so solid. When Xiaoqing heard Li Yuxue personally say her plan to give up her, her eyes immediately widened, her mouth forgot to scream, and she collapsed on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Female official Wei, the slave maid just obeys the master's instructions to do things, and asks female official Wei to know it!" The old woman mentioned in the mouth of this little thief is the housekeeper mother in the eldest lady's courtyard, and the slave maid has to listen to the housekeeper's mother on weekdays, where can she be moved! This matter was all planned by my young lady, just to frame Miss Lu, damage her reputation, and not be the wife of Zhang Gongzi! Xiaoqing summoned all the truth in one breath, and was afraid that if she took a step slower, she would never be able to tell it again.

Li Yuxue couldn't have imagined that the personal maid who had always been loyal would bite back, and her eyes emitted a devouring ghostly light, and she wanted to kill this girl first to vent her hatred. Jiang Zi, who had been on guard for a long time, just waved his hand and threw Li Yuxue who rushed over aside. She lifted Xiaoqing on the ground and retreated behind Wei Chang.

"I don't believe it, Miss Li is a good friend of me and my second sister, how could she do such a vicious thing? In order to get rid of your crimes, you slave poured all kinds of dirty water on your master, and I don't believe a word! Zhihua suddenly accused Xiaoqinglai, and her tone was full of protection for her good friend.