The next day, Feng Manlou got up early in the morning, ran around the yard and came back, but he didn't see Feng Xiaoyun, and shouted: "Xiaoyun, Xiaoyun!" ”

Feng Xiaoyun ran in from outside and asked, "Young Master, what's the matter?" ”

Feng Manlou muttered dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter, I see that you are becoming less and less like a scholar now, I am used to it young master!" ”

Xiao Yun hurriedly said, "Young Master, Young Master!" How dare the villain, what's the matter that the hot young master is unhappy? ”

Feng Manlou said: "In the first few days when you came, you still prepared breakfast every morning, what's the matter with you these days, even breakfast is gone, don't you know that young master and I are busy?" ”

It's been busy enough lately! I didn't return to the yamen until late last night, and today I have to prepare to investigate Xue Ba's case.

Xiao Yun hurriedly said: "Young master, the little one has also prepared breakfast recently, but the young master is too busy to eat." No, it's in the study! ”

After breakfast, it was time for the upper office, but I didn't see where Diane went, Feng Manlou asked, but no one knew. Feng Manlou ignored him and decided to go to Xiao Mansion to find someone to find out the details of the case.

Last night, the wind was full of buildings and turned over the file all night, the case is simple, but the most critical thing in this case is that Xiao Huan is willing to tell the truth, as long as he tells the truth, there is a possibility of overturning the case.

Therefore, Feng Manlou decided to go to Xiao's Mansion to investigate. Xiao Mansion has no male owner now, and the only male owner is just a child in his early tens, but he is also a male master after all, so he has not fallen, and there is no sign of defeat.

After the wind was full of people, he saw Mrs. Xiao and explained his intentions.

Mrs. Xiao's face was a little not very good, but she thought about it, although she had not been poisoned by Lao Zhu's physical thoughts at this time, there was still a defense between men and women, and if the case involved was spread, it would definitely affect Mrs. Xiao's reputation. Originally, it was said that there were many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, but now if there is such a fuss in the wind full of buildings, it will definitely be ruined.

For this, Feng Manlou can still understand, after all, even in the era of such openness in later generations, it is still more or less difficult to say, let alone the Great Song Dynasty.

Feng Manlou saw that Mrs. Xiao's face was a little weird, so he had to say: "This county wants to find Mrs. Xiao to understand the situation." Of course, this is also a very strange place in this county, this county just wants to ask, when the thief came in that night, Lord Xiao Zhangxiao, and so many other people were there, why didn't they find out? ”

Mrs. Xiao said: "That night, it was supposed to be my father-in-law's 70th birthday, but my father-in-law has always lived in a simple house, otherwise the father-in-law will do a big job, so he just held a banquet in his father-in-law's room. This has been the case for many years. My father-in-law is also used to it. It's just that according to the usual practice, some colleagues from the yamen were invited to come and celebrate together! ”

What Feng Manlou couldn't figure out was why the party that night was so easy for Xue Ba to find out. Although Mrs. Xiao is ostensibly looking for an excuse to say that it is Xiao Zongxun's birthday, she is actually covering for these officials, it is very likely that this is the case! However, it is true that there is no cover of three hundred taels of silver here, why did she say this?

But I heard Mrs. Xiao continue: "Because my father-in-law has always been thrifty, therefore, there was no bright light that night, just a family banquet scale, in order to facilitate the guests to enter and exit, the side door was opened, who knows, the thief came in through the side door!" ”

Feng Manlou asked: "Since it is convenient for guests to enter and exit, why is the side door not guarded?" ”

Mrs. Xiao said: "Originally, there was, but the next person who was responsible for receiving the guests, after receiving the guests, would lead the guests to the study, and my father-in-law would welcome the guests in the study, and when the people were almost there, they would welcome the father-in-law's room!" It just so happened that when the thief entered, the subordinate who was in charge of answering led Master Hu Weishan Hu in, so he didn't notice it for a while! ”

"What's next?" Feng Manlou asked.

Mrs. Xiao said: "No one knew at that time, and the slave family was also dressing up in their room at that time, and was going to go to congratulate her father-in-law on his birthday later!" Suddenly, when he heard shouting outside to catch the thief, the slave family and the maid Xiao Huan went out to take a look, but found that the thief had been caught! ”

Feng Manlou asked, "What's next?" ”

Mrs. Xiao said: "Next, Xianggong and Lord Wei arrested the thief into the county office, and after interrogation, they were finally sentenced to death!" ”

Feng Manlou was stunned for a moment, this statement matched Xue Ba's, but it didn't match the file at all, it was really strange!

"Mrs. Xiao, that person said the same thing, Mrs. Xiao said the same thing, but what the dossier said is not the case, can Mrs. Xiao know the reason?" Feng Manlou asked in surprise.

Mrs. Xiao looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, and seemed to be entangled in something in her heart, and after a while, she seemed to have made up her mind and said: "My lord, the slave family also felt ashamed in my heart, and at that time, the slave family was not broad enough, so the thief was framed to death. Let the slave frame the thief himself! ”

Feng Manlou felt very strange in his heart, it stands to reason that Mrs. Xiao should try her best to think exactly like what she said in her confession, but now she not only said it differently, but also completely overturned her confession! There must be ghosts in this, there must be cats!

Feng Manlou asked, "Mrs. Xiao, do you dare to be responsible for what you just said?" ”

Mrs. Xiao said lightly: "Since you are wrong, you should have the courage to bear it, and the slave family is willing!" ”

Feng Manlou asked Wang Ying to hand over a confession just recorded to Mrs. Xiao, who looked at it and drew a testimony against her. Feng Manlou asked Xiao Huan to come to take a confession.

I saw that this Xiao Huan was indeed born as beautiful as a flower, not bad is like a flower, at least in the eyes of Feng Manlou, it is no different from a flower.

"Xiao Huan, you are really special!" Feng Manlou said with a smile.

Xiao Huan said: "This is also the blessing of the slave maid, but the slave maid is light on her hands and feet, so she has won the trust of the lady." ”

Feng Manlou asked: "Do you remember that a thief came into Xiao's Mansion and was later arrested, saying that it was Mrs. Xiao's case?" ”

Xiao Huan said: "Remember! Of course I do! ”

Feng Manlou asked, "Tell me about the situation again!" After Feng Manlou finished speaking, he stared at Xiao Huan to death, this Xiao Huan is just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, although she looks like a flower, but Feng Manlou doesn't believe that his mental quality has also reached the realm of a flower, and in front of the official, there is no panic at all.

Ordinary people will seem very flustered when it comes to the case, but this Ruhua is not flustered! This made Feng Manlou feel very surprised, what is going on today, it was obviously Mrs. Xiao, who was the victim of the case, changed her confession in an instant. And a maid doesn't act like a maid at all!

Xiao Huan said: "That night, the slave maid accompanied his wife in the room to make up, and originally planned to go to ask the prince for his birthday after the makeup, but that day happened to be the seventieth birthday of the prince!" Who knows, suddenly the door of the room was opened, and a figure rushed in from outside! ”

"Do you see what the man looks like?" Feng Manlou asked.

Xiao Huan said: "That person is tall and dark! At the age of about 20 years old, with brute strength, he looks very powerful, and he doesn't look like a subordinate in the house. The slave was stupefied. Just scolded him, why broke into Madame's room! ”

Tall and dark, in his early twenties, it was the characteristic of Xue Ba, Feng Manlou further confirmed: "What other characteristics does that person have?" ”

Xiao Huan said: "After that person came in, he had a fierce face and a very loud voice, telling me not to move. It happened that the lady had already finished dressing up at that time, maybe the thief saw the beauty of the lady, so he had bad intentions! ”

"And then?" Feng Manlou asked.

Xiao Huan seemed to remember something, and cried and said, "At that time, the slave maid was also very scared. I saw that the thief rushed towards Madame, hugged Madame, and laughed over and over again! He also threatened the slave and maid not to shout, otherwise he would take the slave's life! ”

Feng Manlou asked, "Why didn't you run away at that time, the thief didn't restrain you!" ”

Xiao Huan said: "The slave and maid were also scared at the time, they were stunned, and they were afraid that they would be harmed by the thief if they ran away, so not only did they not dare to escape, but they also did not dare to make a noise, so they let the lady be harmed by the thief!" ”

Feng Manlou asked, "If this is the case, how was the thief caught?" ”

Xiao Huan said: "At that time, there were people outside through the window and saw the figures in the room swaying, so they asked, the thief was panicked, so he wanted to get up and run away, but he was surrounded and caught by the people!" ”

When Feng Manlou heard this, he felt very strange, now the plaintiff and the defendant are the same, but the witness's statement is a different statement, it is really evil!

"Bold, did you know that perjury is a crime?" Feng Manlou asked.

Xiao Huan hurriedly said: "The old man is clear, the slave and maid are true!" ”

Feng Manlou said: "No, you are lying! ”

As a maid, from the beginning when it came to the case, when she saw the official investigating the case, she did have a calm face, and she didn't seem to be flustered at all, and then after being forced to ask by herself, although she seemed flustered, her language expression skills were very organized, and it was obvious that this panicked look was faked.

Since a maid with such a good quality in her heart, how could she be directly frightened when the thief broke into the room without even shouting? This is really not something that can be believed by Feng Manlou.

"Are you sure you're not in the wrong place?" Feng Manlou asked.

Xiao Huan thought for a while and said, "The slave and maid are indeed not wrong!" ”

"Sure? Are you sure you didn't get the details wrong? ”

"Sure! There is no mistake in backing! ”

Feng Manlou has always used the word "back", and it is obvious that Xiao Huan is suspected of making false testimony and reciting it.

After a few times, Xiao Huan still insisted that there was no mistake, and Feng Manlou asked faster and faster, and Xiao Huan also answered faster and faster!

Suddenly, Feng Manlou asked, "You made a mistake, when the thief came in, he had a knife in his hand!" ”

Xiao Huan didn't think about it, and said, "Impossible! In that case, the slave and the maid recited it more than a hundred times, and when and how to say it, the slave and the maid recited it clearly! Under the misdirection of Feng Manlou, Xiao Huan also admitted the fact that he had recited. And now it's basically said without warning.

Feng Manlou smiled and shouted: "Dare to make false testimony and bring it back to the yamen for trial slowly!" ”

At this time, Liu Du ran in in a hurry and said, "My lord, it's not good!" The execution ground at Caishikou has been robbed! ”

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