Meng Tianchu: "Since Madame doesn't want to say it, then don't say it." ”

Leng Xiaozhen looked at Meng Tianchu in surprise, only to see Meng Tianchu say to Li Defu: "Is there any evidence for Shopkeeper Li to sue Leng Xiaozhen for murdering Wu Min?" ”

Li Defu said angrily: "My lord, you also heard her just now, I have been married to her for thirteen years, and I don't even know the name of such a woman who shares the bed with me, and even the surname is fake. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "That doesn't mean that Wu Min was murdered by Mrs. Li, and Mrs. also said just now that Wu Min is still her distant cousin." ”

Li Defu glanced at Leng Xiaozhen with disdain and said, "Cousin? Hmph, if it's really a cousin, and you still do that kind of thing, that's **, God doesn't allow it, so you should kill it, or push it out to soak in the pig cage. ”

Meng Tianchu pretended not to know, and said, "What is the matter?" ”

Li Defu: "My lord, you still ask her yourself, I'm ashamed to open my mouth." ”

Who wants Leng Xiaozhen to be very calm suddenly, and said: "Wu Min was not killed by me, if you think I killed it, first come up with evidence and then talk about it, as for what Li Defu said, it is also his side, and he did not catch the rape in bed, and I don't admit it." ”

When Li Defu heard this, he jumped up from the chair in anger and said, "Leng Xiaozhen, how can you push everything cleanly?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Shopkeeper Li, what Mrs. Li said is not wrong, if you want to sue Mrs. Li for guilt, you naturally have to come up with evidence." Li Defu was anxious and said: "On the night of three days before Wu Min's kid died, Wu Min came to you again, according to the usual practice, you want to see, but that day you didn't let him in the door, he waited under your window for half an hour before leaving, as soon as he left, you turned off the lights, but you didn't sleep." Isn't it? After the second watch knocked, you went out through the back door, and a person was standing by the moat on such a cold day, I think you were waiting for him, but he didn't come, so you finally came back, after dawn. You asked the maid next to you to go to Mengfu, I think it should be to deliver a letter, but the maid came back empty-handed, so you were always in a trance that day. Either I broke the bowl or drank the wrong tea, you think I don't know? ”

Leng Xiaozhen sneered and said: "I admit all this, it's hard for you to keep letting people follow me, but this doesn't mean that I murdered him." ”

Li Defu didn't expect Leng Xiaozhen to refuse to admit it, and he looked calm, but Li Defu didn't know what to do.

Meng Tianchu got up and said, "According to the usual rules, we should take Mrs. Li back to the yamen to await trial, Mrs. Li." You see? ”

Leng Xiaozhen: "You don't have any evidence, why do you arrest me?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "What evidence do we need to check before we know, the cell is cold and damp, you still have to bring more clothes." lest you catch a cold, come on. Take Mrs. Lee away. ”

Leng Xiaozhen didn't say a word, and followed the servant, and Li Defu also sat on the chair in vain, looking very lonely.

Meng Tianchu: "Shopkeeper Li, let's go to Mrs. Li's room and show me the way." ”

Li Defu didn't understand, and said, "Why did you go to Xiaozhen's room?" ”

Wang Yi said angrily: "It was you who reported to the official that your wife murdered Wu Min." Now we're going to take the man. Naturally, as usual, we were going to search her room. ”

Li Defu had no choice but to stand up and walk out of the door in a gloomy manner. Meng Tianchu and the others followed Li Defu through a corridor, and saw a small courtyard at the end of the corridor.

Li Defu pointed to the small courtyard and said, "This is it, I won't go in." ”

Meng Tianchu saw Li Defu's frustration on his face, and said, "Shopkeeper Li, you are busy with your going, and we will call you again if we have something." ”

Li Defu wanted to say something, but he couldn't help it, and after a few times, Meng Tianchu asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

Li Defu hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Meng, do you think there is a way to find out if Jiao'er is my Li Defu's flesh and blood?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "What, do you suspect that Tianjiao is not your child?" ”

Li Defu shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't want to either, but I'm just such a child, when I go in the future, won't this silk village still be given to him?" I can't pass on the silk village I worked so hard to build to a wild seed, right? ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "It's not easy for Shopkeeper Li to take a concubine for so many years, and he hasn't taken any more concubines, it's normal to have such thoughts."

Li Defu smiled bitterly: "That's it, don't mention this, I just don't know if Master Meng can fulfill the grass people, so that the grass people also have such a wish." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's remember that you can go busily." ”

Li Defu was about to leave, when Meng Tianchu stopped him and said, "When did you start asking someone to follow and spy on Mrs. Li?" ”

Li Defu was a little embarrassed and stammered: "Meng... Master Meng, is this also a crime? ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "No, I'll just ask." ”

Li Defu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's been almost three years." ”

Meng Tianchu was now very sensitive to the two words of three years, and hurriedly asked: "Then in addition to knowing that Mrs. Li and Wu Min have an unusual relationship, have you found out something else from Wu Min?" ”

Li Defu: "It has nothing to do with Leng Xiaozhen, and I don't dare to be interested, I don't know what else the adults are talking about?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Did Wu Min and Leng Xiaozhen mention anything like the walled village or Xi's mansion during their relationship?" ”

Li Defu thought for a while and said, "I really can't remember." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, you can go." ”

After Li Defu left, Meng Tianchu whispered to Zuo Jiayin: "Last time, I asked Jinyiwei to find out who was the person who attacked us in the market town, did you find out?" ”

Zuo Jiayin: "I haven't replied yet." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Now Jinyiwei is procrastinating, so from today onwards, you will send a few brothers to keep an eye on Li Defu for me day and night."

Zuo Jiayin: "Got it." ”

After Meng Tianchu finished speaking, he entered Leng Xiaozhen's room, although the furnishings of the room were simple, but they were not elegant and tidy, and there was even a bookshelf in the west corner of the room, the bookshelf was full of books, and there were some unfinished words spread out on several cases, and at a glance, he knew that the ink had not dried. It didn't take long to write. A pot of bamboos grows very well, about three meters high, climbing along all corners of the house, it will not make people feel that it is still the middle of winter at this time.

Zuo Jiayin: "This Mrs. Li wants to be a woman with an elegant temperament, look at the books she reads, and write on the ground, you can know that she is from an extraordinary background, how could she marry a tailor?" ”

Meng Tianchu walked up to Zuo Jiayin and whispered, "Then you are so outstanding." Isn't it the same as marrying a master? ”

Zuo Jiayin knew that Meng Tianchu was joking, and there were standing on the side of the dragon, Wang Yi and a few servants, so naturally it was not easy to flirt and scold, so he just smiled and ignored it. Walk around the house and look around.

Meng Tianchu walked to the wardrobe and didn't open it, Wang Yi stepped forward and said, "My lord, I'll come and see." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I don't need to look at it, I know that there should be men's belongings in this closet, not purses but clothes and pants and other things, and they are placed in a more private place, but they can be seen by me." ”

Wang Yi: "Why? ”

Meng Tianchu pointed to the wardrobe: "Open it and you will know." ”

Wang Yi answered and opened the door of the closet. After rummaging for a while, I found a man's underwear on the ground floor.

Wang Yi was a little puzzled when he took the man's underwear, and said, "How do you know, my lord?" ”

Meng Tianchu laughed out loud and said, "Probably because of the immortal spirit of Xi Rui's granddaughter." I can even read mind-reading, but this time the Yue'er girl guessed wrong. She said that we would return to the walled village within ten days, and today is the eighth day, and she must be disappointed. ”

Wang Yi put the underwear away with a smile, Meng Tianchu walked to the dresser, and saw that the rouge and gouache used by women Leng Xiaozhen were all things from some famous stores in Hangzhou, it seems that this Li Defu is really good for Leng Xiaozhen, and even there are more than 20 pieces of jewelry. Most of them are not cheap.

Meng Tianchu opened the drawer of the dresser. Seeing that there were only delicate bottles in the drawer, he picked them up and sniffed them all. Zuo Jiayin stepped forward and said, "This Leng Xiaozhen will really enjoy it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I think so too. ”

Meng Tianchu picked up a black vial in the innermost part of the drawer, opened it and smelled it closely, when he smelled a very strong smell, he handed it directly to Zuo Jiayin, and said, "I'm afraid it's your woman's thing, put it in the innermost part of the drawer, you smell it, what is it?" ”

Zuo Jiayin sniffed it and said with a smile: "Look at you, it's just some treatment headaches and the like, I smell the smell of white peony and Sichuan Qiongdi, there should be nothing wrong." ”

Zuo Jiayin was about to put the bottle back, Meng Tianchu suddenly took the bottle, poured out a pill, found a cup to put the pill in, and then poured some water from the teapot into it, Zuo Jiayin said: "Tianchu, you doubt..."

Meng Tianchu: "Bring me all the pills that can be found in the house." ”

Zuo Jiayin listened, and hurriedly went with Wang Yi and Tu Long to find it, and after a while, he really found several kinds of bottles, and everyone brought them to Meng Tianchu, who thought that Meng Tianchu pointed to the dissolved pills in the bowl, and said happily: "No need, I have found it." ”

Zuo Jiayin put his finger into the water and touched it, and sure enough, he touched some small hard particles like sand.

Wang Yi: "Now we can go and ask Leng Xiaozhen." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "No, I think Leng Xiaozhen may not be willing to admit it just because of this, by the way, what is this thing?" ”

Zuo Jiayin: "I took these things today to ask Huatuo in the east of the city, and the old gentleman said that he didn't necessarily know." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, but now is not the time to ask Leng Xiaozhen." ”

Wang Yi: "My lord, a man's underwear and a bottle of pills can't explain the problem?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Do you think Leng Xiaozhen will admit it?" She would say that someone deliberately framed her and she didn't know anything. Wang Yi: "Then what evidence do we need before she is willing to admit her guilt?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "The murderer may not be her, you go to find Leng Xiaozhen's maid who sent a letter to Wu Min that day, there are some things I want to ask." ”

Wang Yi went out, and soon brought in a little girl, who looked very clever, her eyes were rolling vigorously, and she walked up to Meng Tianchu and saluted respectfully. He whispered to the prefect.

Meng Tianchu found a chair and sat down, and said kindly, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to adults, my name is Wenzhu."

Meng Tianchu turned his head to look at the Wenzhu beside him, and said in surprise: "Your wife likes Wenzhu so much, even your name has been changed to Wenzhu?" ”

The maid nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, Madame's favorite is Wenzhu." ”

Meng Tianchu: "There are so many rooms. Why is there Wenzhu in Mrs.'s room? ”

Wen Zhu: "Mrs. thinks that others can't raise it well, but abuses such delicate flowers, so she doesn't let others raise them, if they are raised, they don't grow well." The lady also reprimands. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Your wife is quite interesting. ”

Wen Zhu suddenly knelt on the ground, and Meng Tianchu said, "Wen Zhu, why are you doing this?" ”

Wen Zhu suddenly cried, but his voice was very small, probably because he was worried that people outside would hear it, and whispered: "My lord, my wife didn't kill Wu Min. ”

Meng Tianchu Zhengyan said: "Then what evidence do you have to prove that it was not your wife who killed Wu Min, we just found a man's underwear in your wife's closet." How do you explain that? ”

Meng Tianchu didn't mention the matter of pills, because he was afraid of startling the snake.

Wen Zhu: "My lord, even if you really find any men's underwear, it doesn't mean that my wife killed Wu Min." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Wang Yi with a smile. Meaning, you see, a maid still knows how to justify it. What's more, it was Leng Xiaozhen, Wang Yi smiled embarrassedly on the side.

Meng Tianchu: "Wenzhu, how many years have you been serving Madame?" ”

Wenzhu: "It's been more than five years. ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned and said, "I can't see that I am only fifteen or sixteen years old, why did I come out at such a young age, isn't your father and mother distressed?" ”

Wen Zhu smiled slightly and said, "My father is dead." My mother couldn't live with me and my three younger brothers. I had to sell me to the shopkeeper, who said I was young. Let me help in the kitchen, and Madame, seeing that I was pitiful, let me come to her room. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Madame is good to you on weekdays?" ”

Wen Zhu hurriedly nodded and said, "Madame is very good to me, and often asks me to secretly give the family a little food and clothing, Madame is the best lady I have ever met." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "The day before Wu Min died, what did your wife ask you to send to Wu Min?" ”

Wen Zhu stopped talking, and Meng Tianchu said, "Didn't you say that your wife didn't kill Wu Min?" ”

Wen Zhu: "No, our wife really doesn't, the adult slave is telling the truth." ”

Meng Tianchu: "If you want your wife to come back safe and sound, then you must tell us the truth of the matter, so that we can wash away your grievances for your wife, what do you say, Wenzhu?" ”

Wen Zhu thought about it, raised his eyes and said with some hesitation: "My lord, there is a sentence that Wen Zhu doesn't know whether to ask. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You ask." ”

Wen Zhu: "Just now I heard those guys outside that the shopkeeper didn't want our wife, so he reported to the official, saying yes..."

Meng Tianchu saw that Wen Zhu was a little embarrassed, so he said: "Say whatever you want, adults won't blame you." ”

Wen Zhu made up his mind and whispered: "It is said that our shopkeeper gave you silver, and Madame will never come out alive again, right?" ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Did the guy say how much silver your shopkeeper gave to Lord Ben?" ”

Wen Zhu saw that Meng Tianchu was not angry, so he said in a slightly louder voice: "Five hundred taels." ”

This time it was Meng Tianchu's turn to be surprised, and said: "I really can't see that your shopkeeper is so rich, by the way, Wenzhu, your shopkeeper and his wife are so incompatible?" ”

Wen Zhu hurriedly said: "This is not what Wen Zhu should say, nor is it what Wen Zhu should know." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, I won't ask you about this, you tell me now, what did you send to Wu Min that day?" ”

Wen Zhu bit his lip and said, "My lord, I..."

Wang Yi: "Why are you so troublesome, the adults have already said it, only if you tell the truth, your wife can come out." ”

Wen Zhu whispered: "I'm worried that if I say it, I probably won't be able to wait for Mrs. to come out." ”

Wang Yi: "What do you mean?" ”

Wen Zhu just shook his head, but did not speak.