"Lord Hui, Luzhu did secretly give me a few burdens, including a few embroideries, and asked me to sell them." Mother Zhou knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and didn't dare to look at Mother Xu, she knew that the errand of fetching water in Linglong Pavilion was lost.

"Green Bamboo!" Mother Xu was annoyed and angry, and kicked over, "Okay, you little hoof, you actually hide it at all!" ”

"Mother Xu was angry, and dared to ask Mother Xu, how much can the embroidery of green bamboo be sold for?" Xue Bowen stopped the rough Xu's mother and asked.

"Back to my lord, the female red of green bamboo is not good, and a piece of embroidered handkerchief is at most five cents."

"Five cents. Green Bamboo," Xue Bowen glared at Green Bamboo angrily, "Green Bamboo, how many embroideries have you sold, and you can get these ten taels of silver?"

"This ...... This...... I don't remember exactly. The green bamboo voice became quieter and quieter.

"Execution!" Xue Bowen gave an order, and Lu Zhu felt a huge pain in his nails, and when he looked closely, a slender and long bamboo skewer was inserted into the nails, and bright red blood drops fell.

"I say!" Green Bamboo roared. The pain in the fingertips made the green bamboo feel painful, "I said, I said." Yes, it was Qiu Tang's embroidery, she gave it to me. ”

Qiu Tang's name came out of Lu Zhu's mouth, and Mother Xu only felt that five thunders were thundering. She never expected that Qiu Tang, who was low-eyed and pleasing on weekdays, would help Luzhu secretly save money. couldn't help but pull out the bamboo skewers in the green bamboo nails, and a stream of blood rushed out, and the green bamboo let out a miserable scream again.

"Tell your little hooves to bite!" Mother Xu pinched the fingers of the green bamboo and poked the bamboo skewer into it again. The green bamboo was so painful that he couldn't scream.

Mother Xu was angry. Come on, go and invite the begonia girl from Linglong Pavilion. Xue Bowen now feels that one head and two are big, he never thought that a seemingly simple family ugly in the Yang Mansion would involve so many people.

Not long after, the ring outside the hall was ding, Qiu Tang followed the official to trot all the way to the lobby, Qiu Tang stood still in the hall, fluttering ten thousand blessings, and respected "Lord Xue." Then he turned around and said goodbye to Xu's mother.

"Qiu Tang, just now Luzhu said that you once gave her embroidery privately and asked her to sell it for money, but is there such a thing?" Xue Bowen was very satisfied with Qiu Tang's etiquette in his heart, and there was a smile on his face when he spoke at this time.

"Lord Hui," Qiu Tang Wanfu said, "there is no such thing. The little girl's embroidery was kept by the lady and was never sold privately. If it is said that Sister Luzhu has a little girl's embroidery in her hands, it is only one, it is a little girl who thanked her sister for taking care of me and gave it to her, with two green bamboos embroidered on it. This is the only embroidery I gifted, and all the sisters of Linglong Pavilion can testify. "Qiu Tang is not in a hurry, and his face is not turbulent.

"My lord, there is indeed such an embroidered handkerchief in Luzhu's personal belongings, and what Miss Qiutang said is true." The official on the side whispered to Xue Bowen.

Xue Bowen nodded, and secretly said in his heart, the embroidered handkerchief embroidered with green bamboo is still there, which means that the money of the green bamboo is not obtained from buying this embroidered handkerchief. It seems that Midoriku is still lying. Xue Bowen waved his hand, and the officials on both sides rushed up, pinching Lu Zhu's hand tightly, and one by one bamboo sticks poked into Lu Zhu's fingers, and the heart-rending screams resounded through the court, and it was terrifying to hear. Qiu Tang was so shocked that he hid behind Xu's mother.

"Say!" Xue Bowen didn't have much patience anymore.

"It's the embroidery of Qiu Tang!" Green bamboo spat blood, silver teeth clenched, and said viciously.

"Your Excellency." Qiu Tang looked at Xu's mother Tieqing's face, and then at Lu Zhu's distorted face, and knew in his heart that he had to say something at this time, "Lord Xue, the little girl has something unclear and wants to ask Lord Xue for advice." ”

"You say."

"Dare to ask Lord Xue, what is it if you don't ask yourself?" Qiu Tang's words were clear and without the slightest timidity.

Without asking what Xue Bowen seemed to understand, he looked at Qiu Tang and said, "Miss Qiu Tang, since you know that she stole your embroidery, why don't you tell Mother Xu?"

"Back to my lord, the old man often said, take the thief and take the stolen goods. The little girl didn't catch Sister Luzhu stealing my embroidery, so how could I chew the root of my tongue in front of Madame. ”

"Then why did you say she stole it?" Xue Bowen looked at Qiu Tang with interest.

"Once the sister Fei'er of Linglong Pavilion saw it, and all the sisters of Linglong Pavilion can testify, the little girl once questioned Sister Luzhu in public, but she didn't admit it, and there was no stolen goods, so the little girl didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of Mrs.

"Come on, go and invite the Fei'er girl from Linglong Pavilion to come, and invite a few other girls from Linglong Pavilion as well." Xue Bowen felt that this matter was getting more and more interesting.

After a short time, the hall was ringing, and the officials brought three or five girls from the Linglong Pavilion into the court.

"Which of you is Fei'er?" Xue Bowen looked at the room of warblers and Yanyan, and his mood was a little better.

"Little Nufei'er has seen Lord Xue." Fei'er stood up and fluttered with blessings.

"Fei'er, the official asked you, Miss Qiutang said that you once saw Luzhu stealing Qiutang's embroidered handkerchief, but is there such a thing?" Xue Bowen looked at Fei'er and was in a good mood.

"My lord, this is indeed the case. That day, I saw Sister Luzhu quietly gave a burden to Zhou's mother who fetched water by the well, and one corner of the burden was exposed with an embroidered handkerchief, which was embroidered with hibiscus, and the hibiscus was embroidered by Sister Qiutang, I was afraid that I was wrong, and there was no squeak at the time, and then I asked Sister Qiutang to see if the hibiscus she embroidered was still there, and Sister Qiutang found that the embroidered handkerchief was gone. Fei'er's words made Luzhu panic, and she realized that what she thought she was hiding was already full of loopholes.

"Mother Zhou. Do any of the embroidered handkerchiefs you sell have hibiscus embroidered on them?" Xue Bowen asked.

"Your Excellency, forgive your sins!" Mother Zhou fell to her knees with a plop, her body was like a sifting chaff, "The old man saw the delicacy of the hibiscus embroidery, so he was not willing to sell it, thinking that he would stay first and sell it at a good ......price in the future."

"Where is Hibiscus Embroidery now?!" Xue Bowen snorted.

"In ...... In the brick crack at the head of my bed...... "Zhou's mother was so frightened that she couldn't speak."

"Go and find it!" Xue Bowen gave an order, and three or five officials went straight to Zhou's mother's house.

"Fei'er, Qiu Tang just said that she found that the embroidered handkerchief was lost under your prompting, and she once questioned Luzhu in front of you, but is there such a thing?" Xue Bowen turned around and continued to interrogate.

"Yes. Sister Qiutang asked Sister Luzhu if she had taken her embroidered handkerchief and asked Zhou's mother to exchange money, Sister Luzhu said, she said, ......"Fei'er saw Luzhu's vicious gaze, and was too frightened to continue."

"Say what?" Xue Bowen asked.

"She said, what yours and mine, there are no personal belongings in the Linglong Pavilion." Qingling, who was standing on the side, said.

"Good!" Qingling's words confirmed all Qiu Tang's words, and Xue Bowen felt that this case was about to end.

"Your Excellency!" The official who went to Zhou's mother's house to search came back, "My lord, please take a look." An embroidered handkerchief was handed over. Xue Bowen unfolded the embroidered handkerchief, and a cluster of hibiscus bloomed gracefully and luxuriously on the embroidered handkerchief, delicate and gorgeous.

"Please take a look at Mother Xu to see if this is the embroidery of Miss Qiutang." Xue Bowen handed over the embroidered handkerchief to the official and motioned to Xu's mother to come forward to identify it.

Mother Xu took the embroidered handkerchief, and it was determined at a glance, such a color, such stitches, and such a line, not to mention Linglong Pavilion, but the entire Lingcheng could not find a second one.

"Good! Very good! Seeing Xu's mother confirmed, Xue Bowen laughed, "It has been verified that Luzhu has the crime of theft and adultery, and the human and material evidence has been implemented, which cannot be denied, and the stolen money is still owned by Linglong Pavilion." After the green bamboo cane was punished for thirty, it was handed over to Yang Huaigui for his own disposal. Brother Shun, hiding stolen money, fornicating with other people's concubines, and handing over Yang Huaigui to dispose of after seventy years. Zhou's mother, who privately helped Luzhu sell stolen goods, was fined 20 taels of silver and 20 taels of silver. ”

"Sir, the pigeon is back." Zhang Qingyan's study was pushed open, and Zhang An held a cooing pigeon in his arms, with a small paper roll tied to the pigeon's bright red paws.

Zhang Qingyan took the pigeon, sent Zhang An out, and watched Zhang An close the door, before untying the paper roll, slowly unfolding, a moment later, Zhang Qingyan rolled the paper on the candle and lit it, and when the paper rolled into black ash and green smoke, he called Zhang An into the study again, "Clean up the house well, and in two days you arrange for someone to go to the city gate to welcome Mrs. back to the house." ”

"Yes." Zhang An received the order, closed the door again, and left.

Zhang Qingyan sniffed the smell of burning paper in the air, and a subtle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The case is closed. Qiu Tang and the girls followed Mother Xu back to Linglong Pavilion, and Qiu Tang felt infinite sadness in his heart. Today's ending was something she never expected. She closed her eyes, and her mind was full of green bamboo's vicious eyes and the blood on her fingertips on her silver teeth.

"Master Yang, the prisoners are all finished, you see?" The official went to the back hall and found Yang Huaigui, who was drinking tea with Xue Bowen.

"The family is unlucky!" Yang Huaigui shook his head, wailed, and walked out of the back hall with the servants.

"Zhong Yan," Yang Huaigui called out to Zhong Yan, who had been waiting outside the hall, "soak that slut in the pig cage, Brother Shun, go to his momentum, and throw him into a mass grave." ”

"Yes." Zhong Yan took the order and left.

Implicated in Luzhu's case, Qiu Tang was locked up in the Linglong Pavilion firewood room by Xu's mother for seven days, only delivering a small amount of food every day, and drinking water from the rainwater stored in the firewood room for a long time. Mother Xu ordered her to embroider thirty squares of embroidery in the past seven days before she could come out.

Today is the seventh day. Qiu Tang knelt in front of the door with an embroidered silk handkerchief.

"Get up." Mother Xu opened the door and looked at the embroidered silk handkerchief and the kneeling begonia, and her heart softened. may be because Qiu Tang has always been sensible, so Xu's mother has a different feeling for this girl.

"Thank you, ma'am." Qiu Tang stood up tremblingly with the door frame, slightly blessed.

"That's it. You come with me. Mother Xu took the embroidered handkerchief in Qiu Tang's hand and left. Qiu Tang followed and came to the front hall.

"Eat." On the table in the front hall are four small dishes, a steamed bun, and a bowl of gruel. Qiu Tang looked at Xu's mother and confirmed that she was allowed to eat, and Qiu Tang sat down at the table.