Chapter 43: The County Lord Goes to Prison (1)
King Rui came, everyone saluted, he waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and then looked at Qian Yingluo.
"The county lord of Yuanning was originally here, this disaster relief is up to now, this is the first time this king has seen you, how can I think of this today, it's really rare"
Qian Yingluo smiled crampedly, she could naturally hear that King Rui was saying that she didn't care about the people's feelings and didn't contribute to the snow disaster.
She was already afraid of Zhou Xianrui, so she hurriedly said: "The cousin of the sixth prince has thought about it recently, Yingluo is deeply afraid that her words and deeds will be wrong, and she is also introspecting behind closed doors, but she never dares to look at the disaster of snow disasters in her heart, so she specially brought food supplies today to contribute to the people of Yangzhou." ”
Zhou Xianrui nodded when he heard this, and then asked suspiciously: "The county lord has a heart, but since he is here to donate things, why did he come to the backyard, I heard that you want to preside over justice here, but this king doesn't know that he is useless, and under my nose, he has to work so hard for the county lord." ”
Qian Yingluo's face turned pale when she heard this, she didn't expect that as soon as Zhou Xianrui came, she would be so dissatisfied with her openly and secretly, which would mean that she was overstepping her boss and meddling in her affairs.
She was worried in her heart, and she didn't know how to reply, but seeing that Xiao Jinxuan was about to be unlucky, she was pulled by her own hands, how could she be willing to let the other party go like this.
So I saw that Qian Yingluo was calm, and instead of answering Zhou Xianrui's words, she stretched out her hand and pointed at Lan Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground.
"His Royal Highness King Rui, Yingluo is also too angry, I know that you trust Miss Xiao Si very much, but everyone is watching, why don't you listen to what Lan Zhi has to say first, otherwise you will interfere more, I am afraid it will be unfair."
She is also out of the way now, anyway, the evidence is conclusive, even if King Rui is annoyed, she can't do anything to her, Qian Yingluo assassinated Xiao Jinxuan, failed several times, and now she is stunned, even if she offends the prince, she can't take care of it.
But to Qian Yingluo's surprise, Zhou Xianrui was not angry, but really followed her words and asked Lan Zhi on the side.
"Since the county lord said that it was the fourth lady you corrected, then you should say that there is evidence, you can't just say what you say."
Lan Zhi was already prepared in her heart, so she saw that she was not in a hurry, and stretched out her hand to point to the dry well in the corner of the courtyard.
"The slave and maid have evidence, the well is an empty well, and just now the slave and maid were afraid, so they put the carcass of the fleshed flesh into a sack and threw it into the well, as long as they send someone down, they can find it."
Then she said: "The corpses that are used up on weekdays are quietly transported away at night, and today the incident happened suddenly, and the slave maid was thrown into the well. ”
After hearing this, Zhou Xianrui nodded quite approvingly, and then said: "Since this is the case, it will be clear if you send someone down the well, come on, you go down and see what you can fish." ”
The guard was ordered to go down the well immediately, and in a short time, under the expectation of the people, he came up anew, and the guard who went down the well really carried a burlap bag at this time, and the bag was dripping with blood from time to time.
When Qian Yingluo saw it, she immediately flashed a look of joy, and immediately said: "Hmph, this human and physical evidence are all there, Xiao Jinxuan, what else do you have to say, someone will take this vicious person down for me." ”
But she shouted very imposingly, but now that Zhou Xianrui is here, no one dares to move without his order, Qian Yingluo is also too anxious, and when she comes over anyway, she coughs embarrassedly, and quickly stops talking with a bad face.
But she was silent, but Xiao Jinxuan stood up with a smile.
"The county lord is inevitably too anxious, if he wants to take me down, at least he should open the sack first, see what is inside, and then convict me. Wen Xin, go help the county lord and open the bag."
Wen Xin responded, and immediately stepped forward to untie the sack, and waited until the sack mixed with blood was opened, and the contents were completely exposed, in front of everyone's eyes.
But when everyone saw the contents clearly, the originally angry people were stunned, and saw that there were any corpses in the sack, only half of the pork was lying inside, and the blood of the red sack was just the blood oozing from the pork.
The one who couldn't accept this change was naturally Lan Zhi, because she knew better than anyone that the corpse should be in the well.
Because she threw it in with her own hands last night, but now it's half a pig's body.
Xiao Jinxuan took in everyone's reactions, and only after the discussion was quieter did she look at Lan Zhi with a playful look in her eyes.
"This is the corpse you said, but you are not wrong, but it is half a dead pork, and human flesh is afraid that it cannot be found in this well."
At this time, if you still can't realize that Xiao Jinxuan is inviting you into the urn, it will be too stupid.
At least Qian Yingluo felt that something was wrong, seeing the light smile on Xiao Jinxuan's face, she felt scared, knowing that not only could she not defeat the other party today, but if she stayed, she was afraid that even she would have to get in, so immediately, she was ready to slip away.
Seeing Qian Yingluo squeezing out some smiles, she said crampedly: "It seems that it is all a misunderstanding, it must be that after this Lan Zhi was driven away by the fourth lady, she was resentful and talked nonsense, this is the Xiao family, and it is inconvenient for the county lord to interfere, I will go back, Your Highness Yingluo will leave." ”
Looking at Qian Yingluo's back who hurriedly ran away, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, since she came, and the person who beat her, now she can leave if she wants to, how can there be such a cheap thing.
"The county lord stays, your doubts are now gone, but Jinxuan still has something to ask you for, why did you leave in such a hurry."
Qian Yingluo paused, turned around with an unkind face and said, "The county lord still has important matters, so I don't have time to waste words with you." ”
But Xiao Jinxuan smiled, turned around and bowed to Zhou Xianrui in public, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, please help me stop the county lord of Yuanning, because today's incident, Jinxuan also has a testimony to prove that this matter is deliberately framed by the county lord, so no one can leave before the matter is clear." ”
"Xiao Jinxuan, you are spewing blood, obviously you are harshly scolding your subordinates and attracting Lan Zhi to retaliate, what is the matter with the county lord here, the county lord is leaving, who dares to stop me."
Qian Yingluo was really panicked now, Xiao Jinxuan has always been sharp-toothed, she wondered, how could the other party be so easy to talk to today, it turned out that she had set a trap with Ben, waiting for her to drill, and at this time she stayed, I was afraid that it would be difficult to leave.
But what she thought was very good, how could Zhou Xianrui let her be happy.
"County lord, this king thinks that now that you are also stirred inside, it is better to stay for a while, and it is not too late to leave when you figure it out."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and the guards on both sides immediately stopped Qian Yingluo, and it was difficult for the other party to jump out of this courtyard even if he jumped angrily.
The corners of Xiao Jinxuan's mouth curled, and she suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Deng Jiu, bring people up, and the evidence that Lan Zhi is looking for will also be brought here." ”
As soon as her words fell, she saw Deng Jiu coming over with three people, followed by a fat middle-aged man, and behind him, followed by two subordinates carrying the mat.
When these people arrived, Deng Jiu ordered the two to put down the mat rolled into a cylinder, and the strange fat man also knelt down towards Zhou Xianrui.
Then Xiao Jinxuan pointed at this person, looked around at the audience, and said calmly: "Wang Tuhu, what you said to me yesterday, remember not to add oil and vinegar, but don't miss half a sentence." ”
The man, who was called the king butcher, nodded again and again, and then said angrily: "Lord Wang, I am the butcher of pork on North Street, two days ago someone came to me with a corpse, and asked me to remove the meat from the corpse. ”
When Zhou Xianrui heard this, his expression did not change, he just glanced at Qian Yingluo, and said calmly: "You continue, what happens after that." ”
When the butcher heard this, he hurriedly continued: "The little one is greedy for money, but such a thing as cutting off human flesh is unheard of, and I am inevitably surprised, so when this group of people left, I followed behind, and it turned out that they brought the corpse to this shop, and the little one was hiding in the dark, and I heard them say that tomorrow according to the plan, the Xiao family will be speechless and so on, and I know that it is bad." ”
Speaking of this, the king butcher straightened up and knelt down, and shouted to everyone: "Old and young masters, although my surname is Wang, I still have a conscience, the fourth miss snow disaster has done so much for us, how can I help the abuse, so after thinking about it, I told the fourth miss all this yesterday, and only then did I expose the conspiracy of these people one step in advance, we can't let the thieves go unpunished." ”
At this time, the people who originally came in to find out what was going on were also difficult to calm down, thinking that they and others were indirectly used by others, and almost wronged good people, they all spoke out to let the culprit be brought to justice, and the Xiao family was innocent.
Zhou Xianrui saw that the timing was too late, so he asked: "Wang Butcher, you have said so much, then do you still remember who was looking for you to remove the body that day, and now you can be at the scene." ”
When Wang Tuhu heard this, he immediately stood up, walked towards Qian Yingluo without hesitation, and then stretched out his hand and dragged out Yazhi, who was hiding behind her with a pale face.
"The prince is this woman, and she brought a few people to find me that night, carrying the corpse."
Qian Yingluo couldn't stand anymore now, and stepped forward and scolded sharply: "You butcher is talking nonsense, there is evidence for your words, someone must have deliberately asked you to say this." ”
Yazhi is her personal maid, and if something happens to the other party, she can't get out of it, so she can't help but not be nervous.
When the king butcher heard this, he was not afraid at all, and shouted loudly: "I naturally have evidence, this girl not only asked me to remove the meat that day, but also asked me to chop off one of the index fingers of the corpse, and I clearly remember that the index finger was also wearing a gold ring engraved with the word "blessing." As long as you compare the corpses, you can see that what I said is true or false. ”
When Xiao Jinxuan heard this, she suddenly chuckled and said: "Today's minced meat case has been in trouble until now, and you are most concerned about removing the corpse so much that you haven't seen it, since Lan Zhi was determined before, the corpse was just thrown into the well by you, but now what is fished out is pork, this missing corpse, you open the mat and see if it can be inside." ”