Chapter 111: The Bizarre Truth
The man took the knife and made a few strokes at the breach, nodded and said, "Look at the edge of the knife, it is indeed cut by this knife." ”
"Gu Erni, what else do you have to say?" The anger that Mama Guo had been holding back suddenly rose up.
"Since ancient times, we have become kings and defeated villains, and since we have lost, we naturally have nothing to say." Gu Erni had a white face, there were still blood marks on the corners of her mouth, and she smiled sadly.
"She has now admitted that you two are complicit in the abuse, but what else is there to quibble? Don't talk about it now, if you go to the yamen and shout injustice, it will be too late! Mama Guo turned her head and glared at Jia Min and Peng Zhuzhu.
"I don't know, I didn't do anything, it's none of my business." Peng Pearl seemed to be frightened, and only said this sentence over and over again.
"We only used the code word of peace last night, how do you know that one long and two short represent danger?" Jia Min suddenly raised his head and said an irrelevant question.
If it weren't for the secret words that struck the stone to confuse them, how could they have been so easily deceived! She thought about it all night and didn't figure it out, if she didn't ask clearly, she would really be blind!
"Do you think you made it up out of thin air? The number of people in the mountains shouting about the mountain is much more complicated than yours, Gu Erni just changed the number to knocking stones, you really think you are amazing? Gu Qingzhu tilted his head and smiled contemptuously at her.
Jia Min fell to the ground in a daze, and after all he made a mistake!
Mama Guo stared at them for a while, one was crazy, the other was speechless, and she couldn't ask anything, so she opened her mouth and said to the doorman beside her: "The matter is very clear, these scourges can't be left, you hurry up and go out to find the official who patrols the streets, and report directly to the official to send the yamen, you should lose money and lose money, and you should go to jail." ”
Hearing this, Peng Pearl planted on the ground and refused to get up, struggling and shouting: "No, I don't want to go to jail!" ”
Just when a few mothers-in-law almost couldn't twist Peng Zhuzhu, who was fighting for brute strength, Tan Zijin suddenly walked in, and when he saw this scene, he asked in surprise: "Mama, what's wrong?" ”
"Ah, it's all the old slaves who are incompetent, they didn't manage the weaving mill well, and they made trouble for the eldest lady." Mama Guo said that she was about to kneel on the ground.
"Mama, what are you doing, just say something." Tan Zijin grabbed her arm and said.
"It's all these bold girls, for a little personal grudge, while arranging rumors, intimidating others, while sneaking into the weaving workshop in the middle of the night, destroying the machine, yesterday fortunately was found by Qingzhu and caught, just tried this morning, now they all admit it, and they are planning to find a servant to report to the official." As soon as Mama Guo said it, she pointed at Gu Erni and the three of them angrily, hating to eat her flesh raw.
"Oh? There is such a thing, I think that Dexing has never treated people badly, a little personal grudge of the girl's family, to make such a big battle, I want to hear whose idea it is? When Tan Zijin heard this, his face was not annoyed, but he asked with interest.
The mother-in-law next to her was very discerning, and let Tan Zijin sit on the chair behind the case.
"Gu Erni, come on!" Mama Guo stretched out her hand and pointed and said by name.
"Gu Qingzhu and I are cousins, whether in the countryside or here, she has to force me in everything, she used a bowl of noodles to win me, and now she is dominating the double payment machine to make a unique amount of money, I don't accept it, I want her to be ruined and get out of the weaving workshop!" At this time, Gu Erni had reached the point of exhaustion, and she simply shouted her resentment endlessly.
When she vented freely, Mama Guo attached herself to Tan Zijin's ear and said a few words briefly.
"Before this, you fought and were punished by Mama Guo for cleaning the toilet for a month, do you really not have a long memory? Also, where did you get your knife? Besides, do you know what the penalty is for vandalizing the owner's property? Tan Zijin looked at her steadily.
She didn't believe that a country girl could have such a thoughtful layout.
"It's a big deal, I don't want my salary, I'll pay you!" Gu Erni said with a stiff neck.
"Girl, you think too simply, according to the law of Dali, stealing property is worth ten taels, twenty cane punishments, destruction of property, in addition to the amount of compensation, is worth fifty taels, cane responsibility twenty, every additional ten taels, add ten rods, my silk reeling machine will get one hundred taels, the price of the double silk machine is doubled, you calculate, how many lives do you have enough to withstand this rod?" Tan Zijin's face grew cold, and he said in a deep voice.
"Ahh Like a thunderbolt from the sky, Gu Erni never expected that the result would be so serious, and she fell to the ground all of a sudden.
"I don't want to be beaten to death!" Peng Pearl was so frightened that her whole body trembled, she pointed at Jia Min and screamed: "I blame you, I blame you, what a bad idea!" ”
Tan Zijin's eyes flashed, and he suddenly realized: "It seems that you are the initiator behind it!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the situation changed abruptly, everyone held their breath for a while, and the workshop was silent, as if they could hear the sound of melting ice, and they felt the coldness around them.
"No, no, no, you're talking nonsense, that's not what Sister Bi Tao said!" Jia Min trembled, her face turned white, and she said in disbelief.
"Peach? The girl of the third lady of the Changlong Qian family! Tan Zijin's eyebrows tightened, and his beautiful eyes stared slightly.
"Miss, she ......" Jia Min stopped suddenly, she only reacted at this moment, and when she said this sentence, she had already cut off the way back to Qian's house.
"What Miss, this is also self-styled? Don't you say it soon! Believe it or not, I'm going to kill you stinky right now! Mama Guo was so angry that she personally twisted the tender meat on her arm.
The third lady of the Qian family, that is, the eldest lady Qian Man in Jia Min's mouth, also recently opened a weaving workshop, not only competing with the Tan family for silkworm cocoons in the silkworm market, but also using the power of her eldest brother and second brother to forcibly ask the woodware store to hand over the loom she ordered in early summer, that is, to rob Tan Zijin of the machine booked earlier.
The two sides of the carpentry shop did not dare to offend, but only said that it was not done well, and it was dragged all the time, resulting in the two families not being able to get it.
Tan Zijin is anxious about this, running around, but repeatedly hit the wall, at this time, this incident, I am afraid that it is not accidental, but if it is used well, it may be able to fight for a glimmer of life for Dexing.
Jia Min saw that things had reached a point of no return, and now even if she bit off her tongue, it would be useless, so she had to bow her head and say truthfully: "Sister Bi Tao exchanged my deed of sale for letting me sneak into the weaving mill no matter what, delay the silk reeling, it is best to make the weaving workshop unable to open, but Gu Qingzhu is too powerful, I learned it in two days, I have been constantly making trouble for her, but she is not only fine, but later she also learned to pay the silk double, but the silk reeling speed is faster, I have to take a risk, I really hope to drive her away." ”
"Second Master Qian also came for you that day, their brother and sister are single-minded!" Mama Guo couldn't help but be frightened when she thought about it.
"Big ...... The third lady thought I couldn't use it, and sent someone to urge me several times, and then the second master came to make a special trip, and I knew that he was an ultimatum, so I could only fight. After Jia Min said this, the stone that had been pressing on his heart was unloaded, but it was relaxed.
"No wonder someone came to see you every once in a while, and a few days ago he also sent a long burden, thinking it was this knife." The mother-in-law who was guarding the door suddenly remembered.
"You take your life to fight for your own master, why bother with us!" Peng Pearl screamed and pounced on Jia Min to tear apart.
"Didn't you get my favor, you unreliable madman!" Jia Min raised his hand and gave her a slap in the face.
Gu Erni was stunned and collapsed on the ground, as if she had the most ridiculous dream, she thought that they were all for her, but she didn't know that she was the stupidest person to be used, if it weren't for Miss Tan's clear understanding, she wouldn't know how she died until she died!
She also suddenly figured out a little, why didn't Mama Guo teach her to pay the silk, just because she was introduced by the eldest lady of the Hu steward of Changlong Wine Fang, Mama Guo couldn't prevent her, how could she teach her!
"She deserves it, no one can save her, what else do you have to say, as long as there is evidence of her crimes, the two of you can deal with it as appropriate, and others who have something to do with them should say it as soon as possible, don't blame me for not giving you a chance, in addition, there is a bounty for reporting the truth." Mama Guo was about to completely eradicate the tumor in the weaving workshop, and waved her hand.
The girls at the bottom were completely stunned, and when they woke up, they couldn't help but think about whether they or the people around them had a special intersection with Jia Min, or who and who, what bad things they had said and done.
Whether it's for their own innocence or for the bounty, they all rack their brains and ponder one by one.
Gu Qingzhu also had a trance, in her eyes, a simple thief catching turned into such a complex conspiracy, which was also terrifying, all of this confirmed her feeling when she first saw Jia Min, Jia Min, a pseudonym, has an ulterior secret.
Gu Daya held Gu Qingzhu's arm tightly and muttered in a low voice: "Good girl, this is more exciting than the drama!" ”
"It's scared to death, no wonder Jia Min is always looking for our stubble!" Gu Xiaohua wrung her hands and said.
"Look, those people have gone to Mama Guo to denounce it." Fang Ling raised her hand and pointed at it.
I saw seven or eight people surrounding Mama Guo, I don't know what she was talking about, Gu Qingzhu glanced at it, but she didn't see Yang Daniu, she couldn't help but look at the whole audience to look for it, but saw her squatting in the corner, her thin shoulders shrugged, and she seemed to be crying.
Gu Qingzhu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she was a friend to make, but she was unladylike when she met someone, at this time, even if she didn't report Jia Min and the others, others would point the finger at her.
Sure enough, many people began to look around looking for her, and two girls even ignored her resistance and dragged her to Mama Guo.
However, Mama Guo didn't seem to want to embarrass the honest person, so she asked her a few words, and waved her away.
In the end, after several rounds of suspicion and accusations, Jia Min implemented four or five more crimes, but they were all small things, such as pouring dirty water on other people's washed clothes, spitting in other people's soup, and so on.
Jia Min is really a dead pig at this time, she is not afraid of boiling water, there are some things, even she can't remember clearly, others want to pour dirty water on her, she is powerless to justify, people who are dead end, are you afraid of a few more crimes.
After a lot of commotion in the morning, Mama Guo sent everyone who had nothing to do with her to eat, and there were only Tan Zijin, Mama Guo, Gu Qingzhu and three people with dead faces in the huge workshop.
"It's all because Dexing is not strict, and the girl Gu has suffered so much, and now this matter is thanks to the girl's wit, the Tan family has always had clear rewards and punishments, and Mama will be rewarded more in a while." Tan Zijin said with a light smile.
She was born beautiful, with willow eyebrows and cherry lips, pink peach cheeks, wearing an apricot-colored flower-sprinkled smoke skirt, dignified and generous, outstanding in style, and smiling, making people feel like a spring breeze in March, gentle and warm-hearted.
"Yes, yes, the old slave will definitely not treat her badly." Mama Guo stood aside with her hands down and nodded again and again.
Gu Qingzhu, who was standing on the side, bowed and bowed: "Thank you Miss Tan for the reward, but I have a reluctant request, I wonder if Miss Tan can fulfill it?" ”