Mrs. Yang sat on the ground with a blank gaze, and muttered in her mouth: "It's not that I'm going to kill Lezhi, you all wronged me, it's not me... Not me. ”

The old woman said to Meng Tianchu: "Master Meng, the old body will hand over this poisonous woman to you." ”

Mrs. Yang smiled bitterly: "Mother-in-law, for so many years, I have given birth to children for the Yang family, who wants to be happy until the bones are cold, you will expel me from the Yang family, do you hate me so much?" Now that I'm leaving, you're going to take me away from the children, they're all innocent, why are you..."

The old woman interrupted Mrs. Yang and said, "Why am I so ruthless, am I?" Hum! Think about the things you and you and your adulterer, I don't know who is more ruthless, Lord Meng asks you to take this poisonous woman away from this place, our Yang family does not have such a daughter-in-law. ”

When several children saw that their mother was about to be taken away, they hurriedly hugged Mrs. Yang, crying, Yang Shuo walked to the old woman and knelt down, and said sadly: "Grandma, what did my mother do, you want her to be separated from us, I beg you, don't let us be separated from our mother, okay?" ”

The old woman sighed and said, "Wronged, wronged! Master Meng, why don't you hurry up and take her away for me? ”

Meng Tianchu walked up to the old woman and said, "There is one thing I don't understand very well, and I ask the old woman to explain." ”

Old woman: "Lord Meng, please speak." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Mrs. Zhao and you seem to have some kind of kinship, right?" Old woman: "Yes, her mother is my own sister." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then Mrs. Yang seems to have known Lord Yang and Mrs. Zhao at a very early age, right?" ”

The old woman glanced at Madame Yang with disdain and spat on her. said: "She was originally Meng'er's personal maid with the earth since she was a child. ”

The people on the side were very surprised, Meng Tianchu: "Then if Mrs. Zhao marries Lord Yang, it stands to reason that Mrs. Yang is very likely to be Lord Yang's house-filling, right?" ”

The old woman stared at Meng Tianchu. Said: "Lord Meng, what do you want to say?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled slightly, walked to Mrs. Yang's side, and said, "Mrs. Yang, forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, what is the relationship between the butler of the Zhao family and you?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "My brother. ”

Everyone was stunned. Even the old woman was a little surprised, and said, "You are talking nonsense. How could it be your brother? ”

Meng'er said coldly: "I'm afraid it's your love brother, right?" ”

There were people snickering around, Meng Tianchu glanced at everyone, and everyone shut up.

Meng Tianchu: "Mrs. Yang, what kind of brother of yours?" ”

Mrs. Yang glanced up at Meng Tianchu, and found that Meng Tianchu's expression was not provocative, and there was even a hint of encouragement in it, Mrs. Yang swallowed her saliva and said, "My half-brother." ”

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, snorted, and said, "I mean." Since it's a half-sibling. How can it be a brother? Hmph, I think you guys are **! ”

There was an uproar.

Mrs. Yang: "Mother-in-law, whatever you say, it's fine, but please don't insult my brother, we have a good relationship between brothers and sisters since childhood, not what you said." ”

Old woman: "I'm too lazy to talk to you about these things, anyway, it's already clear." I don't want to see you again. Let's go. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Wait, there is something I want to ask Mrs. Zhao again." ”

Meng'er: "Lord Meng asked." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What is Mrs. Zhao's name?" ”

Meng'er was stunned for a moment. Said: "Didn't Master Meng listen to my aunt keep calling me just now?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Are you sure Meng'er is your name?" ”

Meng'er's face was a little ugly, and she said, "What do you want to ask, my aunt also said, everything is clear, what else do you want to ask?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, come on, first carry Lord Yang back to Jiaqing Mansion for temporary care, no one is allowed to transport or bury Lord Yang's body, and bring Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Yang and Lord Yang's mother back to Hangzhou Mansion for detention, and wait until the matter is clear." ”

Everyone didn't expect things to be like this, Wang Yi walked up to Meng Tianchu and whispered, "My lord, isn't the matter already clear?" ”

Meng Tianchu glanced at Wang Yi coldly, Wang Yi hurriedly led someone to carry the coffin away, and the old woman blocked the way and said, "Lord Meng, what do you mean by this?" ”

Meng Tianchu walked up to the old woman and said, "Old lady, please forgive me for being rude, Lord Yang can't just die innocently." ”

Old woman: "We all know very well, even if the poisonous woman killed my son, what else do you want?" And you also analyzed the killing process just now, why do you suddenly say that it is not clear now? ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's my business to try and investigate the case, please don't ask the old woman about this." ”

The old woman was helpless, Mrs. Yang stepped forward and said to Meng Tianchu: "My lord, let's bury my father-in-law, you carry him around like this, he can't feel at ease when he dies, my mother-in-law is right, I did it alone, I did everything, you still let me die with my father-in-law." ”

The old woman snorted, and Meng Tianchu: "Mrs. Yang, it's not that you said that you killed the land, and our yamen recognized it, so what else do you want me to do as the prefect, okay, come here, bring me back one by one." ”

Meng'er stepped forward and shouted, "Slow! ”

Meng Tianchu saw Meng'er come forward and said, "Lezhi can't be carried away, and he must be buried today." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but smile and said, "Mrs. Zhao, shouldn't you reveal your bigger identity outside of Mrs. Zhao now?" ”

Meng'er was stunned for a moment, and said: "It's okay to say, my father is the brother of Song Yuanqiao, the political envoy of Hangzhou Prefecture." ”

Xiao Nuo suddenly realized and said, "No wonder! I mean, why is it so big. ”

Meng'er looked at Xiao Nuo with disdain, then walked up to Meng Tianchu and said, "Lord Meng, if you still want to be this prefect master." I advise you to listen to me, and not to be difficult for us orphans and widows. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Mrs. Zhao, what do you mean by that. Is it that I have to be coerced by you to close this case like this? ”

Meng'er smiled smugly and said, "What else do you want?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then I don't understand, you are a dignified political envoy and your brother's daughter, and you are also a relative of the emperor, how can you be afraid that a housekeeper and a former maid will poison you?" ”

Meng'er panicked. "That... That's because they are insidious and vicious, and I lost my child. He also threatened me, fearing that if I didn't pretend to be crazy, I wouldn't be able to protect myself. ”

Meng Tianchu sneered and said, "I'm afraid there is something else hidden, right?" ”

Meng'er stopped talking for a while, Meng Tianchu looked at Xiao Nuo and said, "Princess Fengyang, this niece of the political envoy is threatening me, the little Sipin Prefect, what do you think?" ”

When the old woman and Meng'er heard this, they were stunned, and they didn't expect that the little girl who had been watching the excitement on the side turned out to be a princess. The old woman sneered, "Lord Meng. You're joking, aren't you? ”

Xiaonuo stepped forward and said, "Even if I don't move out as a princess, can my father also suppress your uncle who is a political envoy?" Besides, it's just your uncle, and there's a father across the door, but I'm different. When Meng'er heard this, she said tremblingly, "Who is your father?" ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "His father is the Duke of Weiguo who is given by the emperor today. Cheng Ziyi, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Ever heard of it? ”

When Meng'er and the old woman heard this, they immediately knelt on the ground in fright. Xiaonuo said: "There is another thing to tell you, Master Meng, that is, my father's son-in-law, now do you understand?" ”

Meng'er and the old woman looked at each other and lowered their heads.

Meng Tianchu couldn't hold back a smile and asked people to take them back together.

got into the carriage, Meng Tianchu pinched Xiaonuo's nose and shamed her, and said, "I haven't seen such a shameless girl as you, and I haven't married yet, so I tell people all over the world that I am your father-in-law." ”

Xiaonuo smiled, there were just the two of them in the car anyway, she plunged into Meng Tianchu's arms, and said delicately: "Just say, just say, you care about me, I'm willing!" It's hard to buy a thousand dollars, and I'm happy to do it. ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Thick-skinned!" ”

Xiaonuo: "If you take care of me, I'll be thick-skinned." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Xiao Nuo's coquettish expression and couldn't help but take a sip on her mouth, which made Xiao Nuo laugh secretly, and his heart was full of joy, and he hugged Meng Tianchu even tighter.

Zhao Yuanwai's house

Meng Tianchu and his group sat in the front hall of their house, and Zhao Yuanwai saw that the visitor was not good, so he waited carefully, and even the hand that served the tea kept shaking, and almost knocked over the tea bowl. Meng Tianchu saw it in his eyes and said, "Outside Zhao Yuan, don't you mind telling this official how you and Mrs. Zhao met and how they combined?" ”

Zhao Yuan said with a smile: "This... Well, hehe, it's all the words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders, where is there any acquaintance and acquaintance? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Who is the matchmaker?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai peeked at Meng Tianchu, saw that Meng Tianchu was looking at him seriously, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said, "So many... It's been years, and I can't remember. ”

Before Meng Tianchu could speak, Wang Yi slapped the table, Zhao Yuan's face turned white with fright, and he hurriedly said, "It's really... I really don't remember. ”

Meng Tianchu: "How many years have you been a housekeeper in your family?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "It's been nearly four years. ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about the former housekeeper?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Death... died, so he was used. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Dead? ”

Zhao Yuanwai hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, it's dead, and it's suddenly dead." ”

Meng Tianchu frowned and said, "Then how did you find this housekeeper now?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "My wife found it from her hometown." ”

Meng Tianchu remained silent, seeing that Xiaonuo had already opened his mouth wide in surprise, he secretly snickered, and said, "Which lady are you?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "It's my wife." That stupid woman. ”

Meng Tianchu sneered and said, "What is the original name of your wife, I asked for the name, not a nickname or a milk name." Do you understand? ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Song Mei." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, now he seems to have some clues, it seems that the woman this housekeeper likes is not Mrs. Yang, but Song Mei, Zhao Yuan's wife in other places. In this way, Mrs. Yang should know, but why did she hide it for this woman who wanted to harm her, what did Mrs. Yang want to hide, and even admit death?

Meng Tianchu thought of this. Then he said: "Did you and your wife know Mrs. Yang, Yang Lezhidi's wife, before we met?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Meng Tianchu saw Zhao Yuanwai's eyes dodging. Then he said: "If you don't want to tell the truth in your own home, then we will take you to the lobby of the yamen to say it." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Yuanwai hurriedly said: "Lord Meng spares his life, then Lord Yang was not killed by me, why did you arrest me into the yamen to be tried?" ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Zhao Yuanwai was also a bad seed, the kind of person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he said: "If you say it one by one, I won't torture you, if you don't say it..."

Zhao Yuanwai was so frightened that he slipped off the chair, and first wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve. Then he said, "Actually, it's a long story. This..."

Meng Tianchu: "It doesn't matter, you just say it slowly." ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Actually, the grass people are not outsiders, they are just a gangster in the market." Meng Tianchu: "You go on, don't stop, when I want to ask you, I will naturally ask you the place." ”

Zhao Yuanwai nodded and said, "My ancestor still has some family background, but I have squandered it. My mother came up with a way to make me feel more at ease by getting married. I asked someone to tell me about a family matter. ”

Meng Tianchu: "The family thing you are talking about should be Mrs. Yang, right?" ”

Everyone was stunned, but Zhao Yuanwai nodded. Said: "Exactly! Who wants her to do it, probably because she heard about my evil deeds on weekdays, so she would rather die than obey, but her young lady, that is, my current wife, seems to have made up her mind to marry her, and then I heard that it was her young lady who was going to marry Yang Lezhi, who was the second place in the imperial examination in Hangzhou at that time, and Yang Lezhi and her young lady were good since childhood, but her family was very opposed. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Why? ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Later, after I married Xiaomei, I often heard her talk about it, because Yang Lezhi's mother was her nursing mother. ”

Xiaonuo: "Isn't it that Yang Lezhi and your wife are sisters?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai shook his head and said, "How can it be, if this family business is not ripe, will it be a matter of course?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Xiaonuo, listen to General Zhao's words." ”

Zhao Yuanwai took a sip of tea and continued: "My wife and Yang Lezhi have a very good relationship, so they want to be together, but Mrs. Lezhi's family thinks that Yang Lezhi is from a humble background, and Yang Lezhi's father is a descendant of Mrs. Lezhi's family, and his mother is a nurse.

Meng Tianchu found that Zhao Yuanwai didn't say anything, so he said, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai secretly glanced at Meng Tianchu and said: "Mrs. Yang came to me, knelt in front of me and cried and asked me to withdraw from my family, I saw that she was not good-looking at that time, and I didn't like it, so I asked her to give me ten taels of silver and I agreed to withdraw from my family, she saw that I was relieved, so she said to give her ten days to raise money, I agreed, thinking that as long as there is silver, what woman can't find it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What happened later?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Later, it was very strange, on the sixth or seventh day that Mrs. Yang looked for me, I can't remember, one day, I drank a few more drinks with a few friends outside with wine and meat, and went home and fell asleep, when I woke up, I found myself lying naked on the bed, and there was a rather beautiful woman lying next to me, and the woman was also naked like me, I thought I had drunk too much, I was dazzled, I touched, it turned out to be real, I couldn't help but ..."

Xiaonuo's face turned red all of a sudden, and he quickly lowered his head and pretended to look at his embroidered shoes.

Meng Tianchu: "Later." ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Master Meng, you should also know, this woman was my wife later." ”

Meng Tianchu: "How could she marry you?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I still think like this sometimes, how can God favor me like this." He even gave me a niece of the political envoy to me, and it was only later that I learned that the woman sleeping in my bed had such a down-to-earth family background, so naturally she refused to give up, of course she was unwilling. When I woke up, I was looking for death, I held a cash cow for nothing, of course I couldn't let her die, so I threatened her. If you don't marry me, you will spread her time in Hangzhou. At that time, not only was she alone in losing face, but she was afraid that her family would not be able to live in Hangzhou Mansion from now on, so she thought about it and agreed to marry me. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then you're afraid that her family donated it to you, right?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai nodded with difficulty.

Meng Tianchu: "Then did you later know how your wife got into your bed?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Later, she also kept sending people to investigate and secretly visit, and later learned that it was her maid who did it, that is, Mrs. Yang." ”

Meng Tianchu said to himself: "I didn't expect it to be her. ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "After she knew, she went to find Yang Lezhi, who wants..."

Meng Tianchu: "What? ”

Zhao Yuanwai shook his head and sighed: "Each has his own life, she pulled me to find Yang Lezhi that day." is to let Yang Lezhi know the cause and effect of the matter. So that Yang Lezhi took a break from Mrs. Yang and was with her, but he didn't expect that Yang Lezhi was sorry for Xiaomei, saying that what he loved was not Xiaomei, but Mrs. Yang. And it's a coincidence, because Xiaomei and her maid have a plum character in their names. It turned out that Yang Lezhi wrote a love letter to Mrs. Yang. Xiaomei always thought that Yang Lezhi wrote it to herself, so she misunderstood it so much. Xiaomei was blindsided at the time, thinking that Yang Lezhi was joking with herself, when she was already pregnant with my child, she rushed forward to fight with Mrs. Yang, and the child also fell, she has been crazy since then, I look at her really pitiful, and she has always been very good to her, not only because she has been raising us at home, but because she has been loving a man of her own maid for so long, which is unfair to her. Moreover, he married a good-for-nothing man like me, and even more..."

Meng Tianchu: "You said that after your housekeeper died, it was your wife who brought the current housekeeper from her hometown, right?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai nodded.

Meng Tianchu: "Then do you think Mrs. Yang and your housekeeper know each other?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Acquaintance, Mrs. Yang has been a maid by my wife's side since she was a child, so naturally she should know, I see that they sometimes talk." ”

Meng Tianchu thought that these two women were hiding Zhao Yuanwai tightly, so he said, "Do you know how your housekeeper's hands hurt the ground?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "I don't know very well, once my wife yelled to go back to her parents' house, it was three years ago, when my wife should have lost our child, and I had a big quarrel with Yang Lezhi, and I was in a bad mood, so I asked the housekeeper to accompany me back, and when I came back, the housekeeper's hand was like this." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then didn't you ask what was going on?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "I asked, and the housekeeper said that he was injured when he went home to chop wood, so I didn't ask again." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What do you think of your wife's treatment of the housekeeper?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "That's it, right?" Ever since that blow, she's been sticking to me, and there's no way she can go wherever I go. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then don't you have no chance to go out?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai smiled weirdly and said, "Then I'm going to suffocate to death, I'll give her food, and when she falls asleep, I'll go out, I'll grasp the time, and come back when she wakes up." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then how long does your wife usually sleep?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "At least six hours." ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned, this was equivalent to twelve hours, and said, "So long? ”

Zhao Yuanwai smiled and nodded.

Meng Tianchu: "Since your wife hates Yang Lezhi and Mrs. Yang so much, why did Yang Lezhi come to Hangzhou Mansion to take up a post, and you still let him live in your house?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "I'm also very puzzled, a month ago the housekeeper suddenly came to me to talk about this matter, I refused at once, and now I have opened a shop in Hangzhou Mansion, and I also buy some things to sell, life is good, and Mrs. has been giving us expenses." So I don't lack this money, mainly because I am worried that Mrs. will be stimulated if she finds out, who wants to know how Mrs. knows, and she agreed. said that he had forgotten the past, after all, Mrs. Yang was still the closest person to me in the past, and I saw that Mrs. was so open-minded, so naturally I didn't want to say anything. ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "Then has Yang Lezhi seen your wife after moving in?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "I shouldn't have seen it." But once when I came back from outside, my wife didn't even sleep. Instead, I was talking to Mrs. Yang in the room, and that time I thought I was going to be scolded, but Mrs. didn't even ask me. ”

Meng Tianchu: "What did they say?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "As soon as I entered the door, Mrs. Yang left, and she didn't even say hello to me, I saw that Mrs. Yang's expression was very calm, and I thought there should be no quarrel." ”

Meng Tianchu asked Zhao Yuanwai to call the housekeeper, and then asked Zhao Yuanwai to go down, the housekeeper still had a faint smile on his face, and he looked like he was not shocked. stood opposite Meng Tianchu very calmly.

Meng Tianchu looked at the housekeeper. asked, "What is the relationship between Mrs. Yang and you?" ”

The housekeeper thought that he had expected what Meng Tianchu would ask, so he said, "It's my sister, my half-sister." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then what is the relationship between you and Mrs. Zhao?" ”

Butler: "Master-servant relationship." ”

Meng Tianchu asked aggressively, "It's not that simple, is it?" ”

The butler didn't panic, and said slowly, "At least that's all we can do for now. "You have something to say."

"Master Meng said that there is."

"The woman you painted on the wall should be Mrs. Zhao, right?"

"Exactly."

"You're pretty calm."

"There's no need to hide it, I love her, that's what it is."

"And does she love you?"

"I think she loves me too."

"You don't seem so sure?"

"Before her, I was just a poor scholar who repeatedly fell behind. She's so unattainable. How can I speak so firmly? ”

"Then you should know that Mrs. Zhao hates your sister and your brother-in-law, why is she so kind to let you be the butler of the Zhao family?"

"Because she knows I've always liked her. But I have a reputation for her, and I can't raise my eyebrows with her

"So she pulled you into her revenge plan, let you kill Lord Yang, and have the heart to frame her sister?"

The housekeeper smiled and said, "What Master Meng said is not wrong, she wants me to avenge her, I love her, so I am willing to do anything for her, she has not participated in this matter from beginning to end, I did it." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "You are very calm, you can see that you really love her." ”

Butler: "Absolutely. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You alone take all the mistakes on yourself, do you think it's worth it?" Butler: "It's not a question of whether it's worth it or not, but it's really me doing it alone." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said: "The piece of dry dirt I saw on the windowsill before, I always thought that your sister left it behind to hide the evidence for you, because she came by car, and her shoes should be dry ground, I ignored one point, that is, since Mrs. Zhao went crazy, she also did not go out of the door, and she did not step out of the second door, so it is completely possible for her to hide the evidence for you." ”

The housekeeper was stunned when he heard this, and said: "Master Meng, I have already confessed my guilt, please don't add others to it, you can kill or kill you." ”

Meng Tianchu: "But she really helps you do things, and even she is still the mastermind, she is instigating you to complete her plan, you are just a pawn, she is just a tool to kill people with a knife." ”

The butler smiled and said, "Even if it is, how can it be?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "You love her so much?" ”

Housekeeper: "She has the flesh and blood of my Yang family in her belly, Master Meng, you give me a chance to be a father, I don't want to watch her go to death with me." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but lament: "You are really impressed by Meng Mou, do you know?" Mrs. Yang thinks the same as you, she loves her husband so much, but maybe she already knows that the killers of her husband are you and Mrs. Zhao, so she also takes all the charges. The housekeeper sneered and said: "If she and Yang Lezhi hadn't conspired to put Xiaomei on the bed of that guy with a fat brain, it wouldn't be the result now, at least Xiaomei can marry a Tongzhi, instead of a market splash, that's what she deserves!" ”

Meng Tianchu saw that the housekeeper was a little excited, so he said: "The people of the Yang family have always suspected that Yang Shuo is not your sister's biological flesh and blood, and even suspected that he is related to you..."

The housekeeper laughed a few times and said, "Yes, yes, it's really me and her flesh and blood, that's also Xiaomei's masterpiece, she drunk my sister, threw her on my bed, and then gave me spring mushrooms, that's all..."

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but be embarrassed, and said, "How can she..., this is not..."

Housekeeper: "I understand Xiaomei's hard work, she is also sad, she can't be with the man she loves, that is the biggest pain in a woman's life, so I am willing to do whatever she asks me to do." ”