Chapter 107 Another Village
Hua Jingyao walked up to the mother-in-law and said, "Just now Tang Shun said that Mrs. Zhang Si fell ill the day after she was beaten by Liu Fu, saying that she accidentally knocked it, and she couldn't even eat, and she needed to be fed, but is there such a thing?" β
This mother-in-law is now a decent grandmother next to Mrs. Zhang San, Mrs. Zhang San is widowed, and it is inconvenient to go out on many occasions, so when the girls in the house go out to socialize, Mrs. Zhang San always asks her to go with her, therefore, this mother-in-law recognized Hua Jingyao at a glance, she was slightly surprised, why did the girl from the eldest princess's mansion appear in the court?
She then thought that since the eldest prince is here and Miss Hua is also here, then it means that the case of Master Zhang Si may have alarmed the emperor.
When the mother-in-law thought of this, she made up her mind that she would take her own house out no matter what.
"Back to the girl's words, that day the old slave was frightened, for fear that he would be like the two maids life and death unknown, from that day on, the fourth master and the fourth wife did not let me serve during the meal, and the house bought a few people from outside, it happened that the wives in the house learned that the fourth wife was pregnant, and sent things to the house every three or five days, Uncle Liu sent me to take charge of receiving gifts and returning gifts, as well as receiving the mothers-in-law who came to give gifts from various houses. Every time he returned the gift, the old slave drew up a list according to the precedent in the house and sent it to Uncle Liu, and Uncle Liu approved it and then arranged it by the old slave. Once Uncle Liu was not there, the old slave was in a hurry to return the gift, so he went directly to find the fourth wife, just saw the newly bought maid was feeding the fourth wife, I had served the fourth wife before, the fourth wife had never let people feed, so I asked more, the fourth wife said that she accidentally knocked, her shoulder hurt, and one arm could not be lifted. β
Hua Jingyao listened to this mother-in-law say a lot of words, only the last sentence was the key, frowned, and then understood, the words in front of this mother-in-law were to emphasize that she was sent elsewhere after that day, no matter whether Master Zhang Si killed or not, or who he killed, it had nothing to do with her.
She smiled slightly and continued to ask, "Then do you remember whether Mrs. Zhang Si has a pain in her left shoulder or her right shoulder?" β
"It's the right shoulder." The mother-in-law said casually without thinking about it.
"Why does Mama remember it so clearly?" Hua Jingyao asked again.
The mother-in-law said: "Back to the girl, although the fourth wife is not in good health, but she is not a squeamish person, if she hurts her left shoulder, then her right arm can be raised to eat by herself, and there is no need to feed it." β
Hua Jingyao nodded: "Thank you, Mama." β
After speaking, she said to Li Fu Yin: "Lord Fu Yin, can you invite Luo Yanzuo to go to the court again?" β
Li Fu Yin nodded and passed Luo Cheng to the court.
Hua Jingyao looked at Luo Chengzuo, with Luo Ying's handsome ears and eyes, she asked the mother-in-law just now, Luo Yanzuo should have known.
Sure enough, before she could speak, Luo Yanzuo said to Li Fu Yin with an excited face: "The female corpse dug up yesterday, her right shoulder bone is deformed, which is caused by the formation of a callus after the fracture, although the skin and flesh of the corpse are rotten, but it has not yet turned into white bones, the skeleton is still intact, her right shoulder bone is different from ordinary people, she must have been injured, and it is not a new injury." If all what this grandmother said is true, then the fourth Mrs. Zhang in her mouth should be the nameless female corpse dug up by Fengyang Academy! My lord, corpses don't lie. β
After speaking, Luo Chengzuo handed over a few pieces of paper that he had been holding in his hand, Hua Jingyao didn't need to look at it to know what it was, as early as the Dezong period, the Criminal Department had a law to issue yamen at all levels, but for all homicides, two drawings must be attached to the file, one is the post-mortem map, and the other is the scene map when the body was found.
What Luo Chengzuo submitted was a post-mortem diagram, on which all the details related to the case were described in detail for the review of the Criminal Department.
Li Fu Yin and the eldest prince looked at the autopsy pictures, and the two exchanged glances, at this time, Luo Chengzuo took out another picture and said: "This is when the lower official was just about to go to court, the scholar named Miao Hong gave it to me, saying that he asked Miss Zhang Qi to redraw it." β
On this picture, it is the one that the Xiuxiu girl painted to Miao Hong that day, and she saw her father put her mother in a rope sleeve.
Li Fu Yin said: "Come on, please ask Mr. Zhang to go down first, and then try again!" β
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar outside, and now that there is finally new evidence, why is it not tried again? Isn't this Zhang Ruoxi a murderer?
At court one hand will wash the other?
Or is there something wrong with this evidence?
Zhao Qian was also confused, this was clearly a decision made after the consensus reached between Loei Fu Yin and the eldest prince, Zhao Zhen is a mediocre material, what is this going to do?
Could it be that he doesn't want to offend the Zhang family? After all, there are too many protΓ©gΓ©s and in-laws of the Zhang family, and even the Qin family is a good friend of the Zhang family.
Things have come to this point, whether it is the eldest prince or Hua Jingyao, they have already offended the Zhang family, and what they need to do now should be to separate Zhang Ruoxi from the Zhang family, and let the Zhang family and the Manchu Dynasty know that they are only targeting Zhang Ruoxi, not the rest of the Zhang family.
Idiot!
If this case is in his hands, he will definitely be able to handle it more properly than Zhao Zhen, which is far more prestigious than the case in Xianghuo Hutong, and it will also be more able to make his father and emperor admonish.
Zhao Qian clenched his fists, all of this was due to Hua Jingyao, he stayed on the sickbed to recuperate from his injuries, such a great opportunity fell into the hands of Zhao Chen's fool in vain.
No wonder Shi Bing and Shi Ding insisted that their girl did not fall into the water, and forcibly separated him from Hua Jingyao, he was still a little puzzled at that time, and now there is something he doesn't understand, Zhao Zhen took the lead and had a personal relationship with Hua Jingyao, so the eldest princess's mansion will spare no effort to help him.
Just now, Zhu Zihui asked someone to hand over the news, saying that the carriage of the eldest princess of Zhaoyang was parked nearby, and then think about those Jin Wuwei when Hua Yukun came in, hehe, for Zhao Zhen, the eldest princess and the former concubine all took action, did they see that Zhao Zhen would be the lord of the East Palace, and sit in that seat?
Zhao Qian's gaze at the eldest prince and Hua Jingyao became more and more vicious.
In a moment, Zhang Ruoxi had been taken down, but Hua Jingyao was still standing there with her head held high.
Zhao Qian couldn't help but shout loudly: "Why let Miss Hua stay in the hall, is she a golden branch and jade leaf?" β
These days, he has been holding back to prevent himself from speaking loudly, and today he was indignant for a while, and he didn't hold back, so as soon as the words fell, he covered his chest and coughed.
This scum voice, Hua Jingyao doesn't need to look to know who it is, this girl is standing here, there is a kind of you coming to beat me!