Everyone followed in the footsteps of the old lady to the pavilion.

The old lady, the lady, and Xia Xue'er sat at the stone table in the center of the pavilion, while the aunts and ladies sat on the red lacquered wooden chairs around the pavilion. The atmosphere in the Bishui Pavilion was extremely strict, and even the air was almost frozen.

The old lady angrily pointed at Aunt Shen and spoke first: "Ruyi, this matter starts with you, you say it first!" ”

Aunt Shen fell to her knees with an ordinary sound, and said with tears in her eyes: "Old lady Mingjian, since I married into the Xia Mansion for 20 years, I have always been diligent and careful to do my part, and I never dared to do anything beyond the norm!" Today, I really don't know where I offended Sister Bai, and I want to speak out so many times! ”

The old lady glanced at her coldly, her heart was like a mirror, she didn't know how many flattering tricks Shen Ruyi had used to compete for favor over the years, and since she hadn't made any big trouble before, she just turned a blind eye and ignored it. turned to look at Aunt Bai and said, "Yining, you say!" ”

Bai Yining took a step forward and saluted respectfully before replying unhurriedly: "Back to the old lady, I just heard that there was something strange about the third young lady falling into the water that day, and it seems that Aunt Shen did it. ”

Everyone knows that the old lady has always loved Xia Xue'er more than other young masters, and the fact that Xia Xue'er fell into the water and almost died made the old lady heartbroken, Bai Yining's simple two sentences went straight to the point, touching the bottom line of the old lady, which can be said to have pushed Shen Ruyi onto the cliff, even if she didn't die, she would fall out of favor from then on.

Aunt Shen's kneeling body stiffened, and she turned her head to look at Aunt Bai viciously and shouted, "Bai Yining, you are spewing blood!" You ......"

"Shut up!" Mrs. Xia shouted without waiting for her to finish.

The old lady was even more furious when she saw this scene, and she directly slapped the case and drank: "What the hell is going on, tell me 1510!" Then he pointed his trembling finger at Shen Ruyi, who was kneeling on the ground, "You! What did you do to my Cher, who had no conscience?! ”

Seeing this, Xia Xue'er hurriedly got up to support her grandmother's trembling body, stroked her chest and comforted: "Grandma dissipated her anger, her anger hurt her body, sit down and talk." ”

When Aunt Shen saw this battle, she didn't dare to get up, so she only dragged her body to the old lady, grabbed the old lady's skirt and cried with tears: "The concubine swears that she has never done anything to hurt the third lady, I am really wronged!" I still hope that the old lady will be clear, and the concubine will be innocent! ”

At this time, Xia Xing came to the pavilion and saluted the old lady, "Grandma, my grandson heard that today's incident involves the third sister, so I came to take a look." Then he turned to Aunt Shen who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Since you said that you were wronged, then I will bring someone to meet you to see if your aunt recognizes this person!" Then he beckoned to the two little men behind him, and after a while the two little men brought in a man who was tied up by a rope, and when the man came in, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said urgently, "Meet the old lady, madam." Please also ask the old lady and Mrs. to be extrajudicial and spare the little one's life! ”

Mrs. Xia glanced at the kneeling people on the ground and asked, "Where are you from?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, the little one was originally a miscellaneous person in Aunt Shen's house, and she was sent back to her hometown by Aunt Shen not long ago."

The old lady asked, "Why did Aunt Shen let you go back to your hometown?" Don't you know that your deed of sale is still pressing on me? ”

The little guy only shuddered and did not answer.

Xia Xing glanced at him and said coldly: "It is a big crime for a slave to escape without permission, according to the law, I have the right to deal with you, if you honestly explain clearly, you can also make the credit for the crime, which is more important, think about it yourself!" ”

"The small one is because of ...... On the day of the second miss's birthday, I accidentally bumped into the second miss and pushed the third miss into the blue lotus pond before being sent back to my hometown. ”

Mrs. Xia opened her mouth to verify: "You said that Qiaoyun pushed Xue'er into the Blue Lotus Pond, is this true?" ”

The little guy replied in a trembling voice: "Mrs. Hui, I saw it with my own eyes, and it is indeed true!" ”

Mrs. Xia glanced at the crowd, saw Xia Qiaoyun's pale face, hid behind the pillar tremblingly, and said with a sinking face: "Xia Qiaoyun, can you admit this?" ”

Xia Qiaoyun also hurriedly threw herself forward and knelt on the ground, crying without speaking. The mother and daughter knew that the matter was bound to be revealed when they saw Xia Xing and the little girl appear, but they were still unwilling and wanted to win the old lady's sympathy with tears. I don't want to be merciful all the time, and even the old lady who can't bear to kill the beasts is really angry this time, pointing to the two people on the ground and saying angrily: "I have warned you a long time ago that I can't see dirty things in my eyes, but I still make this kind of thing, my sister murdered my sister, and the side room coveted the main room, and you did it a loss!" ”

Xia Qiaoyun saw that it was not good, so she simply refused to admit it, anyway, they couldn't cure her sin with just a small girl, she was the second lady of Xia Mansion! Thinking of this, he straightened up and said, "I didn't!" ”

When the old lady saw her unrepentant posture, she was even more angry that her internal organs were about to explode, so she chopped the ground with her cane and said, "I still don't admit it!" I can treat your little tricks as if they never happened, thinking that you are just young and ignorant, but this time the consequences of this incident are strict, and I must find out clearly! ”

She couldn't stay in this blue water pavilion any longer, and ordered: "You will deal with this matter, be sure to check it clearly for me, and correct those who can't see the light for me, clean it all together, and no one can let it go!" I see who will dare to emulate this girl in the future! Frost, let's go! ”

Mrs. Xia watched her mother walk away, straightened up and said to the two kneeling on the ground, "Recruit it, the big guys are watching." ”

Xia Qiaoyun snorted coldly and said, "We are innocent!" You have no evidence, you can't do anything to us, or your good reputation as a good mother and a virtuous lady will be ruined from now on! ”

Mrs. Xia has always been different from ordinary wealthy women, she is calm and calm, she does not take this small threat in her eyes at all, and sneers: "Yo, are you a threat?" You're too tender if it's a threat! Then he turned his gaze to the little guy who had been kneeling beside him and said, "She doesn't say it, you say!" ”

The little guy was not stupid, and really said: "Mrs. Hui, that day is the second lady's birthday, and the second miss said in the morning that the people in the courtyard are not enough to let the servants go to call the three people who take care of the Qinglian Pond to help, and when the slaves went, they saw the third lady meditating and meditating in this blue water pavilion, so they didn't rush forward to disturb." Later, Aunt Shen instructed me to go to Mrs. You to receive the happy money for the second lady's birthday, and when I came back, I thought that the people in Qinglian Pond were temporarily transferred, and there was no girl next to Miss San, and Mama followed, if Miss San had any instructions, I couldn't find anyone for a while, and I was afraid that something would happen again, so I made a special detour to Qinglian Pond to see if Miss San had any instructions, and I didn't want to just bypass the bamboo forest and just bump into the second Miss who ran from the direction of Bishui Pavilion. The second lady scolded the slave for not knowing the rules, walking for not long, and asking the slave to hurry back to the courtyard to help, I saw that the second lady looked panicked, and looked in the direction of the Qinglian Pond, only to see the third lady struggling in pain in the pool. The slave hurriedly ran forward to rescue the third miss, but was stopped by the second miss, who asked the slave not to meddle in his affairs, and promised to give the slave fifty taels of silver as hush money. On the day when the third lady woke up, Aunt Shen saw that the second lady was not reluctant to give up and asked, and the second lady had no choice but to tell Aunt Shen about it, and Aunt Shen was angry and anxious, worried that I would expose the matter with too much talk, so she gave me thirty taels of silver, and asked me to leave the Xia Mansion forever under the pretext that my mother died and went home to keep my filial piety. ”

After the little guy finished speaking, the entire Bishui Pavilion was silent.

Aunt Liu asked, "Do you know that it is a capital crime for a slave to frame his master for murder?" ”

The little guy hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Madam Mingjian, what the little one said is true!" It's a little greedy for money, and I'm fascinated by ghosts for a while, and I ask Mrs. to spare a small life! ”

Aunt Shen was already sitting on the ground, crying silently. And Xia Qiaoyun became more and more calm, she only hated that she couldn't cut the grass and eradicate the roots and spare the life of this little guy at that time, and even more ruthlessly, the cold pool water failed to drown Xia Xue'er completely! So far, what else can she say, even God is so unfair, obviously there is no hope of survival, but she stands in front of her in front of herself!

Mrs. Xia asked sharply, "Xia Qiaoyun, do you recognize what this slave said?" ”

Xia Qiaoyun didn't seem to hear it, not only did she not cry and quibble, but she looked up to the sky and laughed, the pale and bleak laughter was extremely terrifying, and all the aunts in the Bishui Pavilion had goosebumps, and they didn't dare to speak more.

Xia Xing asked sharply: "Did you give the third sister's poison?" ”

After hearing this, Xia Qiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the sky even more presumptuously and laughed: "Xia Xue'er, it seems that I am not the only one who wants you to die!" I'm not alone! ”

Xia Xing frowned and asked, "Is it you?" ”

Xia Qiaoyun wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, glared angrily, looked at Xia Xue'er and said, "What if it's me, what if it's not me?" I didn't poison you, but I'm grateful to the person who poisoned you, and I said how could I push you into the pool without much effort, it seems that God helped me! But why did he care so much about you, so he didn't let you die? I'm not reconciled, I am not reconciled! ”

Mrs. Xia asked bitterly, "Why are you doing this?" You're sisters! ”

Xia Qiaoyun sneered: "Sister? Why was she born with a golden spoon in her mouth, and everyone in the family liked her and spoiled her, and she had to ask her if she wanted anything good? Even my aunt had to use the smoothest fabric, embroider the best style, and fill the finest spices to make a sachet for her, and what was given to me was a world of difference! Whether it's in the house or outside the house, no matter where she goes, she is the focus of the crowd, and I'm obviously not worse than her but I'm going to be a foil, she's the moon and the stars, but what about me, what am I? When I was a child, my father would hug her first when he came home from the next court, but did he hug me first? I came to this world before her, so why should I bow down to her in every way? are also young ladies of the Xia family, why should I be inferior to her? I'm not reconciled, those are obviously mine! It was she who snatched a qiē that belonged to me! ”

"Slap" The crisp slap sounded, and everyone was stunned, the aunt actually hit the young lady! Aunt Shen didn't have the time to care about so much etiquette, and said angrily: "I only thought that you were caused by a momentary mistake, and I was still protecting you, but I didn't think that you did it on purpose!" Since ancient times, there is a difference between the descendants and the inferior, if you want to complain, you can complain that I am just an aunt who has no interest, and I should not blame the third lady! The third lady has treated you like a sister since she was a child, and you hate it! Oh my God, what kind of sin have I made! ”

Xia Xue'er sat on the side and was silent, looking at Aunt Shen who was crying and grabbing the sky and the earth and Xia Qiaoyun who was still full of tears but still with angry eyes, she didn't know what words to use to describe her mood at this moment, people don't hurt the tiger, the tiger is harmful to people's hearts, maybe there was resentment, but at this moment, it has already disappeared in Xia Qiaoyun's cold eyes. The sisters who are harmonious on the surface hate so much in secret, and the originally peaceful home is actually filthy, which is really sad and lamentable.

Mrs. Xia really didn't want to continue to look at the mother and daughter who murdered her daughter's life in front of her, otherwise she was afraid that she would not be able to help but kill them! So he commanded, "Come! Take the two down and temporarily detain them in a cave in the bamboo forest. ”

Xia Xing saw that his mother did not plan to continue the interrogation, so he was anxious, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Mother, has the poisoning not been found out yet?" That's it, I'm afraid it's not appropriate! When a few little girls heard this, they didn't dare to step forward and take Aunt Shen and the second lady away, so they could only stand aside and wait for the master to speak again.

Aunt Bai, who had been watching the play, stood up at this time and asked, "How did the second young master know that the third young lady had been poisoned?" The imperial doctor didn't find out about this at the beginning, I don't know how the second young master found out? ”

Xia Xing was a little embarrassed, it was true that the imperial doctor did not say that the third sister had signs of poisoning, but this was the eldest brother who personally ordered him to go to the secret investigation, and now he rashly said the eldest brother, I am afraid that it is not appropriate, and when I don't know how to answer, a familiar voice sounds.

"I sued him."

Everyone followed the prestige to see that it was Zhu Xuan who was wearing green clothes who spoke, Bai Yining smiled and asked, "Then how did Young Master Zhu Xuan know?" ”

Of course, Zhu Xuan learned the news from Xia Qi, and Xia Qi learned about it from Xia Xue'er, he is also a person who practices martial arts, how could he not see the secret that Xia Xue'er has martial arts? Since it is a secret, it should not be made public, so he closed the fan in a chic manner and said solemnly: "At that time, I rescued the third lady, and I had already used the medicine for her before the imperial doctor came, and it was natural that the imperial doctor could not find out." ”

A ruthless look flashed in Bai Yining's eyes, and he immediately shook his head and said, "Since this is the case, it is probably impossible to track down this poisoner now." ”

Xia Xing asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Bai Yining smiled and said reasonably: "First, since Young Master Zhuxuan has already mentioned that the third young lady is forced to use the poison, then now the third young lady has no residual poison in her body, so I don't know what kind of poison she was hit in the first place, how to check if she can't find the source?" Second, it has been so long since the incident, all traces have disappeared, and the person who poisoned him may have already fled, and now I want to investigate, where should I start? Third, as we all know, the third lady has lost her memory, and she can't remember who she has come into contact with, what she has eaten, and where she has been. ”

When everyone heard what Aunt Bai said, they didn't know what to do for a while.

"Even so, is it possible to let the murderer go unpunished? Even if it is difficult to reach the sky, I will never let go of this matter, and I must give an explanation to my third sister! ”

A hint of ridicule flashed in Bai Yining's eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "There are only two young masters who say that the third young lady has been poisoned, and the truth is not clear to others." What's more, if you don't mention it sooner or later, but when the second lady's murder of the third lady is exposed, if this matter spreads, uninformed outsiders may think that this is the dignified general's wife using her daughter to exclude dissidents and speculate. ”

Xia Xing was angry and scolded: "You don't talk nonsense!" My mother is not that kind of despicable person! ”

Xia Xue'er, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Brother, forget it, don't check, anyway, don't I stand here now, I don't want Xia Mansion to cause any more turmoil because of me." ”

She is afraid that this matter will be used by the villain to damage Mrs. Xia's reputation, not to mention that no one knows what more earth-shattering things will be unearthed if she continues to investigate, today's incident is already chilling enough, if something shady is poked out, I really don't know if my mother and grandmother can stand it.

Three days later, Xia Qiaoyun was sent to the family temple for discipline, and Aunt Shen was grounded for three months and fined half a year for harboring and conniving.