Chapter Twenty-Five: Little Plum's Old Bottom

Mother Xie is very good at reading people's faces, as soon as she entered the door, she saw the role played by the three people in the room, and said: "Little Lizi, why are you so outside, come and sit together, let's have a good chat, so young, I like it when I look at it, how old is it?" ”

Li Guolou kept a straight face and scolded: "Mother Xie, don't kick your nose and face and play tricks." Haosheng replied to me, if you dare to shield someone, escort you to the border of Western Xinjiang, and find you a fox old man. ”

Mother Xie was suddenly stopped by Li Guolou, and she didn't dare to get close to Li Guolou anymore, realizing that the people in the yamen were not easy to fool. Carefully sat on the chair, sat only halfway with his buttocks, bowed his head and confessed, not daring to move a little.

"Hey! Xiao Lizi, my mother Xie knows the seriousness of the matter and promises to tell the truth. But the second grandmother is really a good person, never hook up outside, for the old guests in the past, it is also polite to deal with the scene, the business is not there, and the friendship is still there. "Mother Xie is the first to take the lead, and she will give herself courage first.

Ai Hai didn't expect that Li Guolou would even scare the people in the yamen, and it seemed that he knew a lot about the things in the yamen.

Ai Hai refuted: "Ma Xie, did I ask you?" How do you ask yourself? Whether Xie Xiuzhu hooked up with Man Baye or not, we haven't reached a conclusion yet. You first talk about this case, whether you are involved in it, if it is not very deep, this official advises you to pull out this mud pit as soon as possible. If it is found that there is adultery, it will be rolled on a nail board. You know? ”

I don't know if she was really scared or pretended, Xie Ma began to wipe the cold sweat on her forehead, under the light, the three officials were so terrifying, their faces were hideous, and they exuded a vicious aura. Especially Li Guolou in the corner was like a ghost, motionless. Don't know where to look?

Xie Ma, who is usually clever and talkative, just nodded in agreement, but she couldn't even speak clearly, and she didn't have any sharp energy on her body.

Ai Haidao: "Mother Xie, first tell me about the relationship between you and Man Youli, have you ever benefited from him?" ”

Mother Xie's waist stiffened suddenly, she straightened up her breasts, and patted her: "Sir Ai, I dare to assure me with my head that I have not received the benefits of travel, what do I want him to do." With Xiuzhu protecting me and my husband, I can't make a fortune in my life, but I can eat and drink without worry, as long as I don't betray my second grandmother, my children will be able to live a good life in the future. ”

Ma Dequan said suspiciously: "Xie Mom, how long have you been married?" Haven't had a baby yet? Look, you're forty years old. ”

Mother Xie said hurriedly: "Look at you, you can't speak at all, I've only been married for more than a year, it's normal to have no children, and besides, I'm not forty years old, and the tail of youth is left." You yourself are a lot old, an old man with gray hair, you should have gone home to hug your grandson, why is Lord Bao still using you. There should be people like Xiao Lizi in the yamen, so that you can be eliminated as soon as possible. ”

When it comes to the age of a woman, Mother Xie couldn't help but be furious, she can still give birth, with the support of her second grandmother, her husband Wei Zhuangyong didn't dare to go out to prostitute anymore, and devoted all his energy to her, but the time has not come, and her belly will grow when the time comes.

Ma Dequan heard Mother Xie angrily scolding his old age and ignorance, and couldn't help but be angry, and shouted: "Bold! I want to eat in prison. Look at your belly full of oil and water, let you lose weight first, wash your intestines, and turn them into reeds and sticks to walk out of the yamen. I'm not as old as you, and I don't know what you use to see people. ”

Mother Xie is not afraid of a loud voice like Ma Dequan, but she is afraid of Li Guolou, who is educated, silent, and gloomy. Hearing that someone was looking for her, she stood up and shouted: "The old lady didn't rob her, she didn't kill anyone, she didn't seduce the eighth master, and she didn't tell lies, why did you arrest me and go to the yamen." Even if I go to the Golden Gate Bridge to fight the imperial officials, I will send you to the eighteenth layer of hell. ”

Ma Dequan didn't expect him to say a word, so that the initiative in the house suddenly came to Xie's mother, looking at her high-spirited appearance, murderous as if she was going to kill people, fight and scold her mother, didn't this become a playful character on the street? Ma Dequan knew that his ability was to scare people, and it was not possible to really be reasonable, so he hurriedly shut up and waited for Ai Hai to save him.

Ai Hai scolded: "Mother Xie, what are you yelling, so that your master can come back to life?" Do you want your master to be unable to cross the bridge? Wei Mansion isn't bad enough to be unlucky, is it? Do you want the eight people here to go to the yamen to eat prison food together, so that you are happy. ”

As soon as Ai Hai said a few words, Xie Ma was immediately speechless and obediently sat down again. Don't forget to stare at Ma Dequan, this kind of guy with a full face is a soft egg, scolding the street! She's not afraid of anyone.

Li Guolou said slowly: "Mother Xie, the knife that was inserted into Wei Wenshao's heart is a cow's sharp knife, and your husband Wei Zhuangyong is a good hand at making this kind of knife." So you have to think clearly, is it worth it to put your husband in this case for someone's sake? ”

Mother Xie's face turned pale and said, "Little Lizi, don't drag our family into the water, we are poor and can't afford to do official business." As long as you don't arrest my husband, I will say anything, Xiao Lizi, which one you say is an accomplice, I will testify against him. ”

Li Guolou's chest was tight, and he almost couldn't breathe, it turned out that he could still come to handle cases in the yamen, and he had all the human and material evidence, and he got it by the left side of the door. A person like Xie Ma, as long as she doesn't violate her basic interests, anyone can sell her. Now that there are two people, she won't speak ill of them for a while, that is, the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu and her husband Wei Zhuangyong. Other people are inferior to dogs in Xie's mother's eyes, and they can be sent to prison at any time, and she is a key witness.

Ai Hai was dissatisfied: "Mother Xie, where are you going, now that the murderer has been caught, we are just looking for whether there are any accomplices?" If there is, you can make a meritorious service by saying it. If not, don't retaliate against the people in the Wei Mansion, we have no grievances with the Wei Mansion, and no one wants to kill the people in the Wei Mansion. ”

Time passed minute by minute, Xie Ma lowered her head and pondered, thinking about the strangeness of this case, and finally spoke: "The death of the master, no matter what happens to the second grandmother, she is in the house, usually listening to the drama at most, shopping in the shops, I am always by my side." There are things that the little white face pasted up, but what did we do in the past, the owner who has no money wants to seduce my second grandmother, and he doesn't weigh himself, who will eat the little white face as a meal. As for the rich and powerful Ximenqing, we have no blessings to meet, at most we meet people like Man Baye, that is a toad who wants to eat swan meat, say a few kind words, and deal with the scene. Who's going to mess around in front of the public. No matter how you say it, Man Baye is also a good man outside, how could he throw the face of the Axe Gang on the street. Sir, you say yes. ”

Ai Hai asked, "What about the people in the house?" ”

Mother Xie squinted at people and said, "Our yard is not very big, you can hear it on the street when you scream, who will mess around." Xiuzhu swore in front of the Bodhisattva that she would not be Pan Jinlian for the rest of her life, and as for her husband who died, it was another matter. Little plum, you can't blame Xiuzhu watery poplar. Oh······ Xiao Lizi, did you marry a wife? As soon as I see that you are a rich lord, this dress, I am afraid that you will work in the yamen for a year, are you a relative of Xiao Lizi in the palace? ”

This question was raised, Ai Hai did not scold Xie's mother, he also wanted to know the truth, and the eyes of the three people in the room were all staring at Li Guolou, as if Xiao Lizi had become a suspect.

Li Guolou coughed and said, "Mother Xie, don't talk nonsense, I'm not from Hebei, and I have nothing to do with the people in the palace." Tell me about it, except for the loss to Wei Wenshao in the year, he didn't get a beauty. Does anyone else want your master to die? Especially the people in the Wei Mansion, let me think clearly. ”

Mother Xie scratched her head and scratched her ears, thought for a while, and said, "It seems that there really isn't, if the old man doesn't like it, he would have started a long time ago." Although I haven't been in Wei Mansion for a few years, I know that these people are all old people, and some of them are still family slaves, and they will not do anything else except serve people all their lives. My husband is even more unlikely, he was originally in the grandmother's house, eating and drinking sloppily and without any savings, I fell in love with him. Only then did he turn the black chicken into a phoenix, the lord and the second grandmother rewarded us as the head of the house, and everything now, our family is grateful to the people, if you know that the lord will have an accident, you will keep the comfort of the lord if you try your best. ”

Ai Hai said irritably: "Mother Xie, listen to your words, there is not a word that is not nonsense, just tell me, what are you and your husband doing tonight?" Don't tease us. ”

Mother Xie said: "My husband, play mahjong here." Me! I did needlework with Xiaoqin for a while, and then I went back to my room to sleep. Wait for your husband to finish playing mahjong······ You get the idea. He won the money and got excited······ If you don't understand it anymore, it's an oil hyacinth. So we heard the second grandmother's scream and rushed out the door the latest, which is no wonder us. ”

Ai Hai smiled and said, "Mother Xie, I don't understand what you said, I don't have a wife yet." Let's talk about Xie Xiuzhu's fainting past. ”

When Mother Xie heard this, she got angry again, rose from the ground, and shouted, "Oh! It's been a long time, but you still don't believe Xiuzhu. I'm talking about farting. ”

Ai Hai refuted: "Mother Xie, do you understand the rules, the records in the yamen must be complete, I have written it now, and I ······ it today." In a few days, the case will be closed, and there will be no need to trouble Master Wu. If you ask Master Wu to make a transcript, you will have to pay for the pen. He asked you for money based on the number of words, and you probably didn't give it? When you meet me today, you're going to burn incense. You know? ”

Li Guolou and Xie Ma were amazed together, they had to collect money when they went to the yamen to make notes, and they could also clearly mark the price.

Li Guolou was thinking in his heart, how many people will be able to take advantage of this group of adults in the court? Even if the condemned prisoner travels all over the world, in order to suffer less in the court, he has to spend money to buy the servants. I heard that he was locked up in a prison cell, and he was even more full of tricks, three, six, nine, etc., and he could clearly distinguish them. Prisoners who have no money are miserable, and prison is hell. Wealthy prisoners, on the other hand, work in their cells and enjoy a life as usual. I even heard that some thefts in the capital were committed by people in prison. Really wonder, to what extent the prison has decayed? I hope to have the opportunity to visit it in the future.

Li Guolou was no longer interested in Xie Ma's words, this old vegetable skin had no use value, and it was impossible to say a word that was unfavorable to Xie Xiuzhu. Even if Xie Xiuzhu pretended to pass out and said it from Xie's mother's mouth, it would be Xie Xiuzhu who almost died. And Wei Wenshao wanted to take a concubine, but the old fox Xie Ma didn't seem to know, and she still didn't show her tone at all, which was much more difficult to deal with than the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu. Li Guolou thought about it and stopped wasting time with Xie Ma around the bend. Ask the next person for a confession, and when there is a new development in the situation, I will compete with Xie Ma.