Chapter 22: There is another mastermind
In addition, in the past ten years, the second lady herself has not been idle. Although she coaxed the young master around as she wished, she was still worried that one day she would suddenly lose everything in this Hu mansion, so when she was able, she also made friends with a lot of men outside through the business relationship.
At first, Hu Shifa was still young, and he didn't understand these things, so he didn't care, but later as he got older day by day, he would find out. In order to divert his attention, the second lady set out to find a girl for him. At first, he also proposed marriage through a matchmaker, but this Hu Shifa has developed the temperament of a gentleman since he was a child, and often the girl who marries him loses interest after only a few days, and after a long time, the second lady simply does not mention any relatives, buys the idea of getting acquainted when he goes to the Temple of Literature to enter the incense, and asks her to provide news, and when he learns that there is a beautiful girl, he sends the family to rob it, and it has evolved into the current situation......
Although his narration was not coherent and clear, Master He and Zong Jiyuan had already understood and were embarrassed.
After sighing softly, Master He asked,
"Hu Shifa, this official still has a question for you, you must answer it truthfully."
"Yes, yes, the villain must be, must ......"
Hu Shifa already knew at this time that his behavior seemed to have caused a great disaster, and he was so frightened that he only kowtowed.
Seeing him like this, Master He also agreed with Zong Jiyuan's opinion in his heart, this Hu Shifa is just a gentleman, and it is not a great crime, so he nodded,
"Okay, tell the official, where are the women you abandoned now?"
"Back to my lord, this villain really doesn't know,"
Hu Shifa replied in a trembling voice,
"After the villain saw it, the women he didn't like were handed over to his mother to deal with, and the mother said that she had asked Aunt Xinnian to send it back, and the villain never asked where it went."
Master He and Zong Jiyuan now know that the woman he calls "mother" in his mouth must be the second lady in the Hu Mansion now.
Seeing what he could learn from Hu Shifa, this was basically all he could, Lord He ordered the servants to hold him behind for the time being and wait for him to fall, and then he was shocked.
"Take your mind to class!"
"Take your mind to the court—"
As the officials who shouted to the hall shouted loudly, their thoughts, which had been soft as mud, were dragged up to the hall by two messengers, and they knelt there.
Lord He looked down and couldn't help frowning,
"The woman kneeling below, are you in mind?"
"Right, it's the little woman's ......"
The mind did not have the courage to look upwards at this point, and its head was lowered, almost touching the ground.
Master He glanced at Zong Jiyuan, and then said,
"Xinnian, although you are an informal Buddhist disciple, you are also a person who cultivates in the temple, you should be dedicated to goodness and do more good deeds, but you want to collaborate with others to do this act of robbing the people's daughters, this official asks you, are you guilty?!"
"Little and Little Women Convicted ......"
There was no denial in this thought, but it was only a promise.
Seeing that she had no reaction at all, Zong Jiyuan's heart moved, and suddenly he felt that something was not right, and he had been haunted by the performance of that Ji Xiaoyun girl, and he couldn't help but start to have some questions-
Did you miss something......
Where is it?
Thinking like this in his heart, he only listened to Lord He continue to ask,
"In that case, then you don't bring your crime to the truth."
"Okay, I say, I say,"
This thought trembled and told the second lady of the Hu family and how to provide her with the whereabouts of the young woman by taking advantage of the convenience of receiving female pilgrims in the Temple of Literature, and told her from beginning to end, but what she said was basically the content that she had mastered so far.
Listening and listening, He Ruichang's eyes rolled, and he suddenly slapped the shocked wood, and said,
"Bold woman! The matter has come to this point, and if you still want to hide it, are you not afraid that the national law will be strict and the crime will be increased! ”
"Big, big, big...... The little woman told the truth, and there was no concealment or concealment......"
The thought of the thought was so frightened that his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak, and he kowtowed upwards vigorously.
Lord He frowned,
"Then the official came to ask you, where are the more than ten girls who were returned by the Hu family now? What the hell did you do with them?! ”
"What?"
When the mind heard this, he was stunned,
"What girl who came back? The little woman doesn't know about this......"
That's right, that's right, that's what I overlooked-
couldn't help but clench his left fist, Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but start to blame himself secretly, why did the person who had always appeared in this case fail to attract his attention enough, it seemed that he was still too young......
Just as her heartbeat began to speed up, Lord He's questioning continued,
"Nonsense! That Hu Shiming clearly said that in the past three years, he only left six women, and all the rest were sent back by you, but the whereabouts of those girls are still unknown, how long do you have to deny it?! ”
"My lord, this little woman really doesn't know, I beg my lord to find out......"
At this time, all that left my mind was to kowtow like a chicken chattering on broken rice.
Seeing this scene, Zong Jiyuan put down his pen, got up and walked around the table, came to Lord He's side and whispered,
"My lord, can you ask her a few words?"