Chapter 208: Telling Nonsense
It turned out that the matter was very simple, and Mrs. Liu took two maids to order a jade pendant for the Taiwei in a jewelry store three doors to the east.
After retrieving the jade pendant, the master and servant walked around casually, but they happened to walk to this small shop and saw an old-fashioned fabric that was popular a few years ago, so they picked it for a while, and Mrs. Liu suddenly found that the jade pendant she had just taken was missing.
Since there were only five people in the shop, namely the shopkeeper, the master and servant, and the shopkeeper Miss Feng, they suspected that Miss Feng had stolen it. But she didn't admit it, so there was the scene at the beginning.
Qing'er listened to what happened, and also felt that Miss Feng was the most suspicious, but judging from her various reactions, it was indeed not her who stole it.
The owner of the shop, an old man in his sixties, was slow to act, and he could not have done it if he had opened a shop here all his life.
Could it be Mrs. Liu's maid?
Qing'er didn't make a detour, and asked directly: "Mrs. Liu, I don't know how long the two maids have been working in your mansion?" ”
Mrs. Liu frowned, then sneered again and said, "These two maids are both sons of the Taiwei Mansion, and they have been with me for seven or eight years. ”
Qing'er breathed a sigh of relief, it has been so long, it seems that it is unlikely that the two Yahuan will commit a crime.
She pondered for a while, and looked up at the jewelry store, which was too close to each other to make it difficult to get started in these few steps, but she was still ready to ask.
Qing'er called the owner of the jewelry store and his companion again and asked the reason for the situation. Both of them remembered that when Mrs. Liu took the jade, there was indeed a middle-aged man in the store.
The man was well-dressed and looked like a big patron. However, he didn't see anything in the store, and almost left the store with Mrs. Liu, and also went west.
Qing'er felt that this person was very suspicious. After asking the man about his appearance and clothing, he came back and asked the two people in the clothing shop.
Miss Feng hurriedly replied: "Is the middle-aged man the adult talking about, is it covered with dark blue copper coins and dark flowers, and inside is a light cyan robe, and the cuffs are secretly embroidered with grass dragon patterns?" ”
Qing'er listened to Miss Feng's words more carefully than the two over there, and nodded her head busily.
Miss Feng said: "I remember him, the man is not badly dressed. But it's so rude! I was greeting guests at the door when Mrs. Liu was suddenly bumped into her head by him. The man slipped away without apology, so I don't remember much of what he looked like. But I recognize the clothes! Mrs. Liu twisted her foot, and then went into my store to rest. ”
Qing'er felt that there was a door when she heard it, and nine times out of ten it was this man! She looked excitedly at Mrs. Liu and the two maids.
After the two Yahuan and Mrs. Liu changed their eyes, they didn't remember this man. Their master and servant came into the shop to buy the old material.
Coincidentally, the shopkeeper of the garment shop was in the house at that time. Ignorant of what was happening at the door.
Qing'er couldn't help but secretly wonder that the thief was obviously the middle-aged man, who had been eyeing Mrs. Liu from the jewelry store, until the clothing shop.
But why did Mrs. Liu and Yahuan say that there was no such person, they were not in a hurry to find jade, but what was the reason for biting Miss Feng to death, is there a grudge?
She gave Miss Feng a look, avoided everyone and whispered, "Tell me the truth." Do you have a grudge against Mrs. Liu? Don't worry, I'll call the shots for you! ”
The woman glanced at Qing'er in surprise. He looked back at it for a long time before he whispered:
"My lord, Madame Liu's patron would not patronize a small shop like ours, I have never met her! She wouldn't have entered the store today if she hadn't been hit and twisted her foot, and ...... I guess she bought the fabrics because she stayed too long and was embarrassed. ”
Qing'er nodded slightly, Miss Feng was reasonable, but I don't know why Mrs. Liu deliberately made things difficult for her, this matter is really difficult!
At this moment, I only heard someone making a loud noise, and four servants squeezed in from outside the crowd at a young time, all of them saluted Mrs. Liu, but it was the family member of the Taiwei Mansion who came to take Mrs. home.
When Mrs. Liu saw the rescuers coming, her waist stiffened, and she beckoned Qing'er majestically and asked:
"What are you going to do with my case? I've been waiting here for a long time, why do I still let that thief get away? It doesn't matter if you can't do it, I can do it myself. ”
As he spoke, as soon as he looked at him, those few family members were about to arrest Miss Feng.
Qing'er stretched out her hand to block Miss Feng behind her, and said loudly, "Wait! At the feet of the Son of Heaven, do you want to lynch you? ”
Mrs. Liu waved her hand and asked sharply, "Joke!" When will the officials also take care of catching thieves? ”
One sentence made Qing'er a little stuck, and then Miss Feng behind her suddenly stood up and said loudly:
"My lord, the folk girl is willing to let these two maids search my body, and then please ask my lord and Mrs. Liu to return my innocence!"
Qing'er frowned, this is really humiliating, especially those two girls are by no means good, but if she doesn't agree, I'm afraid she won't be able to press on this matter. After weighing it for a moment, he whispered:
"I've wronged you!"
Miss Feng glanced at Qing'er with emotion, and followed the two maids into the garment shop.
Qing'er looked at their backs and felt a fire in her heart.
She hurriedly called the owner of the jewelry store out and asked about the jade pendant again, but fortunately, the jade pendant that Mrs. Liu took was specially ordered by someone to draw it.
Qing'er hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to draw a sketch of the jade pendant in her hand to prevent accidents.
After a while, the two maids tied up Miss Feng and pushed her out.
When Qing'er saw this situation, she couldn't help but regret that she shouldn't have agreed to the body search, it seems that they used some dirty means. She was about to attack, but she saw a maid ring holding a handkerchief high and shouting:
"Grandma, we found the jade pendant."
For a while, the crowd was in an uproar, and the crowd began to talk about it.
Mrs. Liu didn't accept the jade pendant in Yahuan's hand, but asked her to hand it to Qing'er directly. Qing'er didn't accept the jade pendant, and invited the owner of the jewelry store to ask him to take a look, but the shopkeeper was silent for a long time.
Qing'er had long expected that he would not dare to offend the Taiwei Mansion, so he took out the sketch that the shopkeeper had just drawn from his bosom and showed it to Mrs. Liu.
She didn't say a word, she wanted to save face for Mrs. Liu, but she didn't want Mrs. Liu to suddenly snatch the sketch and tear it to pieces.
Qing'er looked at her dumbfounded, she didn't expect that the daughter of the dignified Taiwei Mansion could actually do such a shameless thing in front of everyone!
was furious for a while, pointed at Mrs. Liu and shouted: "It's useless for you to tear up the sketch of the jade pendant!" Yes, yes or no, you can't reverse black and white by your sex just because you are a young lady! ”
After speaking, he suddenly turned around and explained to the crowd: "Just now the maid of the Taiwei Mansion said that she found a jade pendant, but unfortunately this jade pendant is not the one that was lost, and the sketch of the jade pendant I just asked the shopkeeper to draw was torn apart by Mrs. Liu, I want to ask Mrs. Liu to explain it to everyone!" (To be continued......)