Meng Tianchu: "Since you have said so, why don't you recruit them one by one?" ”

Wen Zhu: "Yes, the adult slave and maid will say this." ”

Wen Zhu: "The day before Wu Min died, my wife asked me to send Wu Min a gift. ”

Meng Tianchu suddenly became alert and said, "Send it? What? ”

Wen Zhu: "I heard Mrs. say that Wu Min and Mrs. have the same problem, that is, the kind of headache that the third lady said just now. ”

Meng Tianchu said sharply: "If you talk to us again, it won't scare you, you know?" ”

Wen Zhu hurriedly nodded and said, "The slave knows, it's really a headache cure, Wu Min used to have to go to it once a month, so I know." ”

Jian Ning: "Then why doesn't your wife give more at a time?" ”

Wen Zhu: "The slave doesn't know, anyway, Wu Min comes once a month and stays in Hangzhou Mansion for a few days, and sometimes he also finds some work to do." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Do you give Wu Min a gift every time?" ”

Wen Zhu: "No, Wu Min came to pick it up by himself, because Wu Min just finished eating his wife's herbs when he came a few days ago, so I asked me to deliver it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Is the food eaten by your wife and Wu Min the same?" ”

Wenzhu: "Yes"

Meng Tianchu chuckled in his heart, and immediately stood up, Jian Ning stepped forward and said, "My lord, you continue to ask Wen Zhu, I'll let Wang Yi take a look." ”

Meng Tianchu snorted. Jian Ning opened the door and went out.

Wen Zhu saw Jian Ning go out and said, "My lord, what's wrong?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Nothing. You continue. ”

Wen Zhu cautiously raised his eyes to look at Meng Tianchu's face, and said in a low voice, "My lord, I have finished what you asked. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Are you sure that the herbs that your wife eats are the same as those that Wu Min eats?" ”

Wen Zhu nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, I'm sure." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "Do you know why your shopkeeper said that your wife murdered Wu Min?" ”

Wen Zhu shook his head, seeing Meng Tianchu's suspicious eyes. Immediately nodded again. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a snort: "The shopkeeper's suspicions... Mrs. Suspicion and Wu Min..."

Meng Tianchu saw Wen Zhu's embarrassed appearance, so he said, "Have you seen it then?" ”

Wen Zhu lowered his head in a panic, and Meng Tianchu said, "Now maybe only you can save your wife, didn't you say that she was very good to you?" Since there is evidence to clear her disgust, why don't you say it? ”

Wen Zhu suddenly cried sadly, and happened to walk to the door, Jian Ning heard the crying and ran in to take a look, only to see that Meng Tianchu was also looking at Wen Zhu with a blank face. Jian Ning stepped forward and whispered, "Wenzhu." What's wrong? ”

Wen Zhu cried louder, Meng Tianchu finally got up and said loudly: "Enough, don't cry, if you don't say it again, your wife will not be able to live." Wen Zhu was so frightened that he immediately stopped crying, and even Jian Ning was startled.

Meng Tianchu walked to Wen Zhu's side angrily. Squat down. Pointing to Wen Zhu's nose, he said, "You insist on going with us, saying that you are going to the prison cell to serve your master." I thought it was true, but now I doubt it, if you tell the official everything, maybe you will be blessed by misfortune, if not, don't say that the official didn't give you a chance, and then the official will also convict you of knowing and not reporting, you know? ”

Wen Zhu was frightened and said, "My lord, I didn't say it, I just didn't dare to say it, I was afraid..."

Meng Tianchu got up and sighed: "That's it, someone's coming, press Wen Zhu to the cell for me, lock it up alone, let her think about it and don't say it." ”

Immediately two officials came in, dragging Wen Zhu to leave, Wen Zhu struggled desperately, and said loudly: "My lord, I have said everything, you give me another chance." ”

Jian Ning gave the two officials a look, and Wen Zhu was thrown to the ground.

The official went out, Meng Tianchu sat back in his position, and said, "I won't wait for you to tell me what you want to say to me this time, or how to lie to me, I ask you something, you answer immediately, otherwise..."

Wen Zhu's head lit like a chicken, and he said in a loud voice: "My lord, there will be no next time, you believe me." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled contemptuously and said, "Whether you believe it or not depends on yourself." ”

Wen Zhu snorted and said, "I've seen Madame and Wu Min together, and as long as Wu Min comes every month, they will be together." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then doesn't your wife live with the shopkeeper?" ”

Wen Zhu: "I have been living together when I went to serve my wife, and my wife thinks that the shopkeeper often goes out early and returns late and can't rest well, but when I have a place, I still let me sleep with me." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Do you know who you married when you married Li Defu?" ”

Wen Zhu: "The slave really doesn't know, I don't dare to ask, they all say that a good woman doesn't marry a second husband, that's the sore spot of the lady, I'm afraid she will be sad, so I didn't ask before." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then do you know what Madame's real name is?" ”

Wenzhu: "I don't know, but my wife told me that she is not surnamed Leng, and her former husband's family is very good." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then do you know where your wife's maiden home is?" ”

Wen Zhu: "I don't know, I asked Madame, who thought Madame was angry with me, and I didn't dare to ask again." ”

Jian Ning: "Then you don't know anything, why are you still hiding it, for fear that we will ask something?" ”

Wen Zhu looked at Jian Ning and said, "Madam won't let me tell anyone about her and Wu Min's beast land, so I..."

It happened that Wang Yi came in and mocked: "You actually said that your wife is a beast, so you are not afraid that your wife will slap your big mouth." ”

Wen Zhu's face changed suddenly when he saw Wang Yi. His body began to tremble again, and Meng Tianchu: "Wang Zhutou, how is the cell going over there?" ”

Wang Yi: "I was about to give you a message." There is nothing to do, I have been to see it, Leng Xiaozhen has just eaten, two steamed buns and a bowl of soup, it seems that she has a good appetite. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's go see her later, you go down first." I'm calling you for something. You're here, Wen Zhu is afraid that he can't say anything. ”

Wang Yi went out with a smile.

Meng Tianchu: "Wenzhu, did you hear what Wang Zhutou said just now?" ”

Wen Zhu nodded and said, "The slave knows, but I didn't say this, it was my wife who said it, my lord, you probably think that our lady and that Wu Min are on good terms, but in fact, my wife is the most reluctant." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What do you mean?" ”

Wen Zhu: "I also saw things by myself. Every time Wu Min came, Mrs. was in a bad mood, and she always had to sit there sadly and cry for a while. Later, in the past few years, I heard that Wu Min did not know that she had made a small fortune there, and she did not come for nearly half a year for a while, and my wife once said to me, is Wu Min dead, if she is dead, her hard life will come to an end. At that time, I thought that my wife didn't like Wu Min. How can that market splash be worthy of our wife? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Your wife is just married to a tailor. ”

Wenzhu was dissatisfied. Said: "My lord, I mean that our wife can do everything. The first-hand female red is also outstanding. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Do you still say some idioms?" ”

Wen Zhu said proudly: "Madame taught, every day when she taught Young Master Tianjiao, she let me watch from the sidelines. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Does your wife particularly want Wu Min to die?" ”

Wen Zhu nodded, but immediately said: "Although our wife really wants Wu Min to die, Wu Min really wasn't killed by my wife, because my wife is so kind-hearted that she doesn't even dare to kill chickens." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Your wife and Wu Min are really relatives?" ”

Wen Zhu nodded and said, "It's really, it's just a distant relative, and even some of them can't be beaten, but once I heard my wife say that if I hadn't married Wu Min and their neighboring village, I wouldn't have let that beast bring our lady's evil thoughts to life." ”

Meng Tianchu's brain buzzed for a moment, and said, "What, your wife said that she married Wu Min near their village?" ”

Wen Zhu: "Yes, I also heard my wife say what that village is called..."

Meng Tianchu looked at Wen Zhu nervously, and after a while, Wen Zhu said, "What is it called... Surround... Walled village. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Then did your wife say who she married to the walled village?" ”

Wen Zhu: "I didn't say this, I just said, just when the people of that family really thought that Mrs. was dead, and Mrs. didn't have the face to go back again, every time I said this, Mrs. couldn't help but cry, and once it happened to let our shopkeeper come in and see it, and asked, I also lied and said that Mrs. remembered her deceased father." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Wenzhu, you are really clever. ”

Wen Zhu: "Thank you for the compliment, our lady is the most miserable, married to the shopkeeper for less than three years, the shopkeeper has a good relationship outside, often does not go home for a few days, Mrs. only Tianjiao Young Master, but these can not be told to Tianjiao Young Master, because he is still young, he doesn't understand anything." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You said that your shopkeeper has a good relationship, how do you know?" ”

Wen Zhu bit his lip, thought about it, and said a little shyly: "My lord will keep it secret for me after hearing it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You say, I will definitely not tell others." ”

Wen Zhu: "The pillar next to the shopkeeper and... I'm more familiar with Wenzhu, so..."

Meng Tianchu knew when he saw Wen Zhu's expression, probably this Wen Zhu and the shopkeeper were getting along, it was not surprising at all, staying in a courtyard all day long, and it was most normal to have a long-term relationship.

Meng Tianchu: "Do you and the pillar shopkeeper and his wife know?" ”

Wen Zhu's face turned red, and he whispered: "Madam knows, I don't know about the shopkeeper, but I shouldn't know, because the shopkeeper doesn't allow our fellow guys and subordinates in the same house..."

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, then let's talk about the shopkeeper, you said that the shopkeeper is good, how did the lady know?" ”

Wenzhu: "That bitch came to the door. said that she was pregnant with our shopkeeper and planted, and asked Mrs. to let her enter the door, and Mrs. was angry. I threw a lot of things in the house, and the shopkeeper came back and drove the bitch away, and that's it. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then your shopkeeper really didn't let that woman in the door?" ”

Wen Zhu said proudly: "My lord, don't look at our shopkeeper's usual appearance of being arrogant outside, when you see Mrs., he is a rake ear." Everybody knows that. As soon as Madame is powerful, his three souls have gone to at least seven spirits..."

Jian Ning couldn't help but laugh, and Wen Zhu laughed too.

Meng Tianchu: "That woman said she was pregnant with your shopkeeper's child, what happened?" ”

Wen Zhu said disdainfully: "That bitch is a prostitute named Drunken Moon Building, the powder on her face is so thick, and she has a lot of rouge, and her mouth is wiped like eating someone..."

Jian Ning smiled and said, "The adult is asking you how the woman happened later?" ”

Wen Zhu stopped commenting on the woman and said, "I heard that the pillar said that she was really pregnant with a mongrel." Later, he was born, and it was a man. But saying that the child was born with a defect and was born with an open mouth, the lady said that it was the shopkeeper's sin, and God punished him. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Wen Zhu looked uneven when he talked about that woman, but he felt that Wen Zhu was a little cute.

Jian Ning: "What about the woman and the child now?" ”

Wen Zhu: "I heard from the pillar that I set up a house for them outside, and I went to see it with my wife on my back." In fact, it is a small courtyard. Much shabby. The shopkeeper also talked about this last year, saying that the child was almost ten years old. is only a little more than a year younger than the young master Tianjiao, is it possible to let the mother and son go home, Mrs. listened, dragged the young master Tianjiao to leave without taking anything, and the shopkeeper had no way, Mrs. later gave the shopkeeper three chapters of the law, just for this matter. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then your shopkeeper has listened?" ”

Wen Zhu nodded and said, "Listen!" He can't help but listen, our shopkeeper's business is getting better and better, and it doesn't depend on our wife, our wife has a lot of credit, what kind of clothes are the color and appearance, the purchase channel and the silk geology, all of which are given by our wife to give the idea to check, who in Hangzhou doesn't know that Li Defu has found a talented and beautiful lady? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then in which medical hall did your wife eat that headache?" How long has she been eating on her own? ”

Wen Zhu: "In a medical hall not far from our silk village, my wife has been watching there and has been eating intermittently for a few years.

Meng Tianchu: "Then who eats longer between her and Wu Min?" ”

Wen Zhu: "Seeing that you have been asking about the matter, do you think that it is our wife's Wei who poisoned Wu Min to death?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Wenzhu, you are very smart, but the official didn't say so." ”

Wen Zhu: "No matter if the adults think so, even if Madam doesn't want Wu Min to live, she won't kill herself." ”

Meng Tianchu: "This official thinks so too. Wen Zhu: "Wu Min doesn't eat as long as Mrs. eats." ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he thought about it and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter." Is there anything else you can tell you? ”

Wen Zhu said to Meng Tianchu pitifully: "My lord, please let me serve Mrs., I don't want to slip away alone, I just think that it is impossible for the slave and the lady to go back to Defu Silk Village, but I don't know where Mrs. hid her money, so I had to bring my own money." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but sigh: "If this is the case, it will be rare for you to work so hard, okay, let you accompany Leng Xiaozhen." ”

Wen Zhu first kowtowed and thanked him, and then said, "My lord, when can my wife come out?" ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Wen Zhu with an expectant look on his face, and said, "I want your wife to come out earlier, and this official will give you a task." ”

Wen Zhu: "Your Excellency, you say. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Go and ask Wu Min how he got your wife to Li Defu's silk village, why does your wife hate Wu Min so much, but she still has to commit herself to him?" Finally, ask your wife what family she married to the walled village before she married Li Defu? ”

Wen Zhu was stunned and said, "My lord, these are all things that Madame won't tell me." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "A smart person like Wen Zhu should be able to come up with an excuse to ask in a place like a prison cell." Isn't it? ”

Wen Zhu was a little embarrassed, looked at Jian Ning, and Jian Ning said, "If you feel embarrassed, I'll ask with adults." But the adults are thinking about your wife, and I'm worried about her embarrassment, you know? ”

Wen Zhu nodded and said, "My lord, don't worry, you will come over early tomorrow morning, I will try my best to ask." ”

Meng Tianchu pointed at Jian Ning. Said: "Your sister said yes." If you are really good for your wife, you must do this, so that we can catch the murderer. ”

Wen Zhu: "I understand, Mrs. treats Wen Zhu as kind as a mountain, and Wen Zhu will definitely help Mrs. clear her name of disgust." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, Wang Zhutou, come in and take Wenzhu to Leng Xiaozhen." ”

Wang Yi took Wen Zhu away, and Jian Ning sighed: "It's really not easy. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Jian Ning solemnly. "It looks like we're really going to the walled village." ”

Jian Ning was puzzled and said, "Didn't you let Wenzhu ask?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Wen Zhu may not be able to ask. ”

Jian Ning: "Then why do you want Wenzhu to ask Leng Xiaozhen?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's nothing more than to let Leng Xiaozhen know that our government didn't decide this case without asking whether it was true or not." If she really wants to get out of the sea of suffering, then she must save herself, but I always feel that she has something to do with Xifu, and I can't say what it is, and she probably won't say anything. Admit it yourself. Wenzhu is a very smart girl. She is so loyal to Leng Xiaozhen, she is naturally single-minded. When the time comes..., alas, not to mention, you let a servant disguise himself as a prisoner, and shut him next to them to listen to what they have to say? ”

Jian Ning smiled and said, "My lord, you have forgotten that the places where they are held are all women, how can the servants pretend?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought about it, Jian Ning: "Why don't I let Mama Zhang go?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "No, firstly, Zhang's mother is old, and the cell is cold and damp, and secondly... Anyway, no, I'll think about it. ”

Half an hour later.

Leng Xiaozhen sat down on the small bed and lowered her head in thought, when she suddenly heard the door of her cell open, looked up, immediately stood up, and said excitedly: "Wenzhu, why did you come in too?" ”

Wen Zhu threw himself into Leng Xiaozhen's arms and cried sadly, and the jailer said viciously: "It's not time to say goodbye yet, what's the funeral, what's the howl, shut up!" ”

Leng Xiaozhen hurriedly wiped away the tears in front of Wen Zhu's cheeks, glanced at the jailer with disdain, and whispered to Wen Zhu: "Okay, don't cry." ”

Leng Xiaozhen hugged Wen Zhu and walked to the bed and sat down, a cold wind blew into the cell from the window, Wen Zhu couldn't help but shiver when he saw Leng Xiaozhen, and quickly took out a cotton cloak from the bag and put it on Leng Xiaozhen, Leng Xiaozhen said to Wen Zhu sadly: "Wen Zhu, at this time, probably only you can think of me, I don't know how Li Defu will be proud of Tianjiao, thinking of this, my heart hurts like a knife." ”

Wen Zhu said sensibly: "Don't worry, madam, after all, the shopkeeper still doesn't know whether Tianjiao is his flesh and blood, and it shouldn't be so bad, and the prefect also said that he will ask Wang Zhutou to go over at night, so that the shopkeeper will not be wronged Young Master." ”

Leng Xiaozhen listened, looked at Wen Zhu vigilantly, Wen Zhu lowered his head a little weakly, Leng Xiaozhen said: "Wen Zhu, did you say something to the prefect?" ”

Wen Zhu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I just said let me come in and serve you, and I didn't say anything else." ”

Leng Xiaozhen sneered and pushed Wen Zhu away, and said, "You think I will believe your nonsense, if you don't tell me honestly, you can leave, I won't say a word to you again." ”

Wen Zhu cried and said: "The slave really didn't say anything, without your words, the slave and the maid would not be able to say a word to the government and the local people even if they died, why don't you believe me." ”

Leng Xiaozhen saw that Wen Zhu's tears came out, after all, she softened her heart, and beckoned to Wen Zhu, Wen Zhu hurriedly stepped forward, Leng Xiaozhen took Wen Zhu's hand and said, "Okay, don't cry, this place is already cold, you cry, your face is going to be dark, let the pillar see, you should be more distressed." ”

Wen Zhu was embarrassed and whispered, "Madam, you are laughing at Wen Zhu again." ”

At this time, there was a noisy sound of footsteps, Leng Xiaozhen stood up vigilantly, and said to herself: "You won't be coming to take me to torture me so soon, right?" ”

Wen Zhu grabbed Leng Xiaozhen's hand tightly. Although she knew it shouldn't, she didn't say anything.

After a while, several jailers approached with a woman in tow, her head bowed. I couldn't see the appearance clearly, the jailer scolded and opened the door next door, and after the woman entered the door, the jailer said: "You give me honesty, damn it, why do you always transfer some prisoners from the Qiantang County Ya recently, and I see that the New Year is coming." Looks like they don't want me to be idle. **Earth. ”

The jailer walked away, and the woman almost fell, and Wen Zhu shouted, "Small."

Leng Xiaozhen hurriedly pulled Lawenzhu's sleeve and whispered, "Don't meddle in your business." ”

The woman in the cell next to her spoke, her voice was very good, soft and crisp.

"Thank you, girl, for the reminder." As she spoke, the woman walked to the edge of the bed and lay down, coughing a few times before being silent. After a while, a jailer walked up to the woman's door with two quilts and a package and shouted, "Are you Qiantang Zhao Li's?" ”

The woman did not move. As if asleep, the jailer called again: "Qiantang Zhao Li's husband's family has sent you quilts and clothes, if you don't say it again, the old man will take it away for you." ”

Wen Zhu was about to help talk, Leng Xiaozhen signaled Wen Zhu not to speak, the jailer really wanted to leave, but the woman spoke slowly, and said, "Who sent it?" ”

The jailer didn't seem to understand. Said: "Zhao Li's." What did you say? ”

Woman: "I asked who sent it?" ”

Jailer: "A woman, a woman in her twenties. Dressed very charmingly, hey, hey, hey..."The words are all obscene and ambiguous.

The woman paused, and then said: "You let her take it back, don't pretend to be a good person for me now, I didn't kill people, she doesn't give me cat crying mouse fake mercy." ”

Jailer: "It's very cold at night in the cell, don't you really want it?" ”

The woman sneered and said, "I don't want to freeze to death, you take it for me!" ”

The jailer didn't know what he muttered twice, so he was about to leave with his things, when Leng Xiaozhen got up and said, "This big brother, you better leave things for this girl, it's so cold here at night, don't freeze." ”

The jailer said angrily: "What do you meddle with, she doesn't want it, and it's her business to freeze to death." ”

At this time, Wang Yi came over and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The jailer briefly told Wang Yi what happened just now, and Wang Yi said: "Just listen to Mrs. Li, put the things for her in the cell, and it is her business whether to use them or not, if you figure it out when you freeze on the ground in the middle of the night, wouldn't it be troublesome for you to send it again?" ”

The jailer quickly answered, opened the woman's cell, threw things inside, and locked the door.

Following

Meng Tianchu got up early in the morning, in fact, he didn't sleep well at night, and he didn't know what he was thinking in a mess in his mind, Feiyan didn't seem to sleep well on the side, and from time to time he said a few words in his dreams, what cats and dogs, as if he was very busy, which made Meng Tianchu feel distressed, Feiyan has been really busy recently, Zuo Jiayin's body has not fully recovered, Xia Fengyi is in confinement again, although there is a Ruo help, but such a big family, Meng Tianchu thought about it, and decided to recruit more subordinates and maids. Xiao Nuo is used to it anyway, except for thinking about how to play all day long, even Mrs. Cheng rarely goes back, and she and Yin Susu have been busy practicing her kung fu recently, and she is a person who doesn't want to care about anything, so she naturally works hard Feiyan.

When Meng Tianchu woke up, the sky was just cloudy, and a few servants and maids in the courtyard walked lightly in front of the window, Meng Tianchu still woke up, and when he saw it, Feiyan had already gotten up and was combing his hair, when he heard a sound behind him, he turned his head and looked, and saw that Meng Tianchu got up, so he hurriedly walked over and said, "Tianchu, it's not dawn yet, why did you get up, did I wake you up?" ”

Meng Tianchu scratched Feiyan's nose and said, "No, how can it be, there are still things today, so I can't sleep, why did you get up so early?" Slept so late last night? ”

Feiyan said with a smile: "Yesterday, the county order of the seven counties seemed to have been discussed, and they all sent the New Year's things one by one, I didn't want to accept it, those people were still stubborn and didn't leave, and discussed it with Sister Fengyi and Sister Jiayin, so I accepted it, but it was better to return the gift." So, I had to wake up early. ”

Meng Tianchu hugged Feiyan's waist distressedly and said, "Look at your complexion, you should let Jiayin prescribe you some qi and blood nourishing herbs to drink." ”

Feiyan: "Drink, the day before yesterday, Miss Liu'er said that Sanniang was a little dizzy recently, I think so, she took the opportunity to give Sanniang a pulse for me, and then gave me some hair, it's already better, don't worry, I'll wait for you to get dressed and get up." ”