Chapter 57: Aftermath
This Tao Jin family doesn't know what kind of mouth it has, but it will turn black and white upside down.
Mama Mao said coldly: "Okay, you are a bad woman, and you are still shouting grievances here, could it be that my people from Bailing Hall framed you together?"
So far, if you want to shirk it, you can only bite it to death and say, Tao Jinjia held his head high, and said confidently: "Who knows if you are afraid that the old lady will have a good and bad idea, and it is not good to explain to the master, so you will blame me." ”
"Nonsense, the old lady is poisoned, are we poisoning the old lady in order to wronged you?" was also bitten by her, and Mama Mao took a few breaths.
Hua Jintang said categorically: "No, Mama Mao and the people of Ballantine's Hall have served the old lady for many years, and they are all loyal. “
Tao Jinjia's eyes rolled and pointed at Mei'er, "That is, the old lady scolded this hoof, and this little hoof remembered a grudge, so he went to poison the old lady." Who knew that she was captured by you, and as soon as she was afraid, she bit indiscriminately. ”
Mei'er's clothes were disheveled, her face was scratched by Tao Jin's family with several blood marks, and she burst into tears, "The slave didn't have it, it was really Mother Tao who asked the slave to do it, and she gave the slave and the maid many rewards." ”
Mama Mao took out the things she had already searched from Mei'er and showed them to Hua Jintang, "She is a country girl, it is impossible for her to have so much gold and silver." ”
When the jewelry is folded, there are almost more than 100 taels. For a maid, I don't know how many years I have to save to save a lot.
"I don't have my name written on it, how can I say that I gave it? Mama Mao, don't be deceived by this little girl, she is so good, who knows if she stole the gold and silver. "The Tao Jin family is also imaginative," Oh, by the way, it may be that she stole the old lady's things, and the old lady found out, and the old lady punished her, so she held a grudge and poisoned the old lady. “
The more she talked, the more it seemed to be true, "Yes, that's the case, these valuable things were also stolen by her while the old lady was unconscious." ”
Mei'er was speechless, shook her head and cried, "The slave doesn't have it, the slave really doesn't." ”
Mama Mao sneered, "Then I can't understand, there are so many people in the house, why did she plant your head, why didn't she say that I bought her, why didn't she say that she was bought, why didn't she say anything else?"
Tao Jin's family seemed to have thought of everything in their hearts, and the head of the story was Dao, "This is exactly her cleverness, she knows that the old lady and our lady are not in harmony, so she blames me on this matter, so that people think that the old lady's poisoning is caused by the conflict between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law." ”
Her brain turned fast, and her eyes rolled around, "This girl's scheming is really deep, Mama Mao, you almost fell for her." ”
"Nonsense. Mama Mao was so angry that she was going to die.
Tao Jin's family even has a rhetoric, "Mama doesn't believe me, but Mama thinks about it, what reason do I have to hurt the old lady?"
Ji nodded, "Yes, this thing is strange here, there is always a reason to harm people." ”
She looked at Hua Jintang, "Master, to put it mildly, the old lady is afraid that there is a big deal about poisoning." Maybe this matter is not for Tao Jin's family, "pause," but for me. ”
This master and servant, with two mouths, became victims.
Seeing that Hua Jintang was shaken, his face was slightly pale, and he pointed to the pestle next to him and asked Ji to sit down first.
After Ji sat down, Mama Mao snorted coldly and asked rhetorically, "Why did the Tao Jin family harm the old lady, does Madam really not know?"
Ji Shi was dumbfounded, and said coldly: "What does Mama mean by this?"
"As far as the old slave knows, a month ago, the man of the Tao Jin family died on the Zhuangzi, and within a few days, I don't know what the reason is, her unfortunate nephew also followed and wiped his neck. ”
"I know about this, but what does it have to do with the old lady's poisoning?" Ji's eyelids jumped violently for no reason, and the heart that had been calmed down was raised again.
It turned out that the man of the Tao Jin family fell ill within a few days of being assigned to Zhuangzi, he was the housekeeper of the Hua family, and the usually majestic people were relegated to Zhuangzi to do rough work.
The conditions on Zhuangzi are not good, he has been pampered for many years, his body is delicate, and he has changed the environment coldly, and he can't stand it.
This was exacerbated by two internal and external factors, and he died in less than a few months.
When his nephew saw that his uncle was dead, he felt that there was no hope in Zhuangzi, so he wiped his neck and hanged himself.
Mama Mao looked at her directly, and said with a smile: "Madame, have you forgotten that it was the old lady's idea to send their uncle and nephew to Zhuangzi in the first place." ”
Ji's face stiffened, and he hesitated, "This-this is just Mama's conjecture." She pressed her hands to her chest, trying to slow her heart.
"Yes, but there is still a piece of evidence for this, slave maid. Mama Mao smiled at the corner of her mouth, and turned her head to call out to Jiao Niang, "Fifth girl." ”
Jiao Niang bowed slightly towards her, stepped forward, took out a stack of papers from her sleeve, took one out and handed it to Hua Jintang.
Hua Jintang took it, "What is this?"
"This is the document for Tao Jin's family to buy bitter almonds. ”
Tao Jinjia raised his head suddenly, his eyes were fixed on the piece of paper, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Jiao Niang said: "Bitter almonds are not commonly used at home, and Mama Mao has checked the warehouse, and there are only a few taels to spare." I discussed with Mama Mao, no matter who harmed the old lady, so many bitter almonds had to be purchased. So let people check all over the city's medicine shops, and they didn't want to really find out something. ”
Glancing at Ji's pale face, "It's also that she is too bad at calculating, she exceeded the budget when she bought it, and when she went to buy bitter almonds, she didn't have enough money, so she wrote down the account." ”
took out two more and handed them to Ji's hand, "This is the bill that the pharmacy will record the purchase and shipment every day, and this is the record of Tao's mother's departure during this time, which coincides with the time when the pharmacy recorded the recent sale of bitter almonds." ”
Ji's fingers trembled, obviously not as straightforward as just now, "Could this be fake?"
Jiao Niang said: "The shopkeeper of this medicine shop is outside now, if my mother doesn't believe it, you can let him come in and identify him." ”
When Tao Jinjia heard this, he almost fainted, and his arm supporting the ground was shaking.
Ji's face was even more white and red, and at this time, he had the heart to tear Jiao Niang.
There was still a trick left, Hua Jintang couldn't help but look up at Jiao Niang, and then nodded, so Jiao Niang ordered Qing Huan to bring people in through the corner gate.
The shopkeeper is in his forties, and he is a businessman, and his eyes are shrewd. The little people, it was the first time to enter such a courtyard, and they couldn't help but be nervous and licked their lips.
Seeing that he was cramped, Jiao Niang's voice was soft, "Shopkeeper Zhang, don't be nervous, I asked you to come to ask about something." ”
The shopkeeper nodded like a chicken pecking, "The villain must be inexhaustible." ”
"According to you, during this time a woman will come to you to buy bitter almonds, and you will see if there is any one among them. ”
Shopkeeper Zhang didn't dare to be rash, he seriously distinguished one by one, looked around, and finally shook his head.
Jiao Niang was not in a hurry, and pointed to the Tao Jin family who was spread on the ground and twisted her face to the side, "Then do you think it's her?"
Shopkeeper Zhang walked over, arched his body to look, Tao Jin's family dodged, turned his face to the left, he also tilted his head, took a closer look, and said loudly: "Yes, yes, it's her, I remember that she has a mole on her face." ”