Chapter 57: Night Trial III
The Lin family asked the woman who was good with Wu Da to call up, and the woman truthfully explained what she had heard.
Su Chengan listened, waved his hand irritably, and asked people to lead the woman out.
Now that the witnesses are all there, Aunt Wu is the mastermind behind the scenes, and the blame cannot be escaped, he is in charge of the criminal law, and knows the seriousness of this matter.
At this point, he also has to thank Xiao Ming for not sending the matter to the government, otherwise in the face of ironclad evidence, the Wu family will not be able to escape the responsibility, but he will also be guilty of dereliction of duty because of his lax management of the family, and he will get a bad score in the triennial evaluation, which will affect his official career.
Thinking of this, Su Chengan hated the Wu brothers and sisters on the ground. That is, he hates Aunt Wu, and he hates Wu Dase even more, and his heart is hard to change.
"Master, my brother is talking nonsense, there is no such thing at all. My brother and Dr. Xiao have no grievances recently, how could they kill her without enmity in the past. Aunt Wu tried to defend herself.
"Master, that mother-in-law is talking nonsense, there is nothing at all, I haven't said such a thing, it must be that Mrs. bribed her and let her talk nonsense." Wu Da bit the stone and pleaded not guilty, regretting that he was in high spirits last night, and he couldn a few mouthfuls of yellow soup, but he didn't open the door.
"That's enough." Su Chengan slapped his palm on the yellow rosewood coffee table, shook the teacups on the table and jumped up, pointed at Aunt Wu and asked:
"The matter is still quibbling now, you said that he returned to Beijing two days ago, so why is he here."
"I don't know about this ········, and I don't know the concubine." Aunt Wu was dumbfounded, resentful and angry at this angry brother, last night let him go back to Beijing overnight, he actually stayed in Pingcheng for a woman, was arrested, thinking about his current situation, he was flustered for a while.
"Master, the concubine doesn't know anything." Aunt Wu could only lie on the ground and cry, so she had to push out all the crimes and give birth. "It's madam, she hasn't been able to tolerate a concubine, and she has wanted to kill me many times, this time she must have forced her brother, master."
"Ma'am? All the testimonies of the flower woman, the woman just now, and your brother point to you, which of your words is true? Su Chengan angrily kicked her away.
"Master, the concubine really doesn't know, the concubine was wronged." Aunt Wu had to cry to exonerate herself.
Lin laughed, no matter how she exonerated herself, she could not escape the blame.
"I wronged you, Aunt Wu has all the facts, you should recruit it from the truth."
"Madam, the concubine knows that you have always held a grudge against me, the concubine is here to make amends to you and kowtow to you, please don't remember the villain, for the sake of us serving the master together for so many years, let me go." Aunt Wu knelt down to Lin's side crying and kowtowing, secretly hating Lin's viciousness in her heart.
"Let you go, who will let go of my Wan'er." Lin thought that during her Wan'er's serious illness, Aunt Wu pretended to care, and said words with knives in her mouth, and was bent on putting her to death on the grounds that her reputation was ruined.
"Master, madam, the concubine really doesn't know about this." Aunt Wu kept signaling Wu Da with her eyes, with a warning in her eyes.
"Master, I did this alone, I watched my wife reward Dr. Xiao with a few hundred taels of silver, and I wanted to kill people and take away the money. This matter has nothing to do with my sister at all, and if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it. Wu understood his sister's look at him, and finally hardened his anger and volunteered to take the blame, thinking in his heart that as long as his sister didn't fall, he would be fine.
"Brother, why are you doing this?" Aunt Wu was surprised, looking incredulous, her brother admitted the matter, and the big stone in her heart finally fell.
"Master, it was my brother who made a big mistake in a moment's confusion, and we are willing to come to the door to ask for forgiveness from Dr. Xiao." Aunt Wu immediately expressed her attitude.
"Madam, look at this, since it was Wu Da alone, how about we hand him over to Dr. Xiao for disposal." Su Chengan suggested that in his heart, this was the best solution.
But his approach to calming things down did not get Lin's approval, and Lin was ashamed of his cover-up behavior, and she wanted to refute him, but she held back and remembered what Sister Milk said to her.
"Master, it's good to hand over Wu Da to Dr. Xiao for disposal, but killing people pays for life, fortunately Dr. Xiao is safe and sound, otherwise the consequences will be serious. This matter can be said to be big, small or small, to say that this is just Wu Da to make money and kill him, to say that the old man is murderous, and Su Fu is rampant. Moreover, Dr. Xiao is the younger sister of Dr. Min of Guangjitang, imagine that if something happens to her, Dr. Min will give up, Dr. Min was the head of the Tai Hospital, and he has a wide range of friends all over the government and the opposition. ”
Lin Shi paused, took a sip of tea slowly, glanced at Aunt Wu who was trembling on the ground, felt a burst of relief in his heart, and continued: "If he is asked to report this matter to the capital, the black yarn on the master's head will not be guaranteed, and our entire Su Mansion will suffer." ”
"The lady said how to deal with this matter." Su Chengan asked Lin's opinion, he didn't expect that Xiao Ming had Min Fangji, a big backer, who was related to his career, and he couldn't do things hastily and settle things anymore.
"Our Su Mansion must not tolerate adultery, and should severely punish their brothers and sisters to set an example." Lin said ruthlessly, and ordered Li's mother: "Bring Jincui up." ”
Not long after, two mothers-in-law pushed a little girl in her fifteen or sixteen years into the hall, and a mother-in-law held a bag of things in her hand, and after entering the house, the maid knelt behind Aunt Wu in a regular manner.
"The slave maid Jincui has seen the master and the lady." Jincui is the eldest girl next to Aunt Wu, and she is in charge of all the errands in Aunt Wu's house.
"Master, this is something that was searched from Aunt Wu's room, take a look." Lin put the cloth bag next to Su Cheng's body and let him see it clearly.
"What is this, a smell of medicine." Su Chengan didn't know why.
"Jincui, you recruited it truthfully, what is this?" Lin asked Jincui sharply.
"The concubine has been uncomfortable for the past two days, and her body hurts, so let Jincui catch the medicine." Aunt Wu hurriedly said, she didn't expect that the Lin family would take advantage of this time to search her yard.
"It's not comfortable, I'll use these pills." Lin sneered and threatened Jincui: "What kind of medicine do you say this is, you invite it truthfully, and you must not have half a lie, otherwise you will sell your whole family to the kiln." “
"Sir, madam, is this a threat? It must have been arranged by her in advance, Jincui, don't be afraid, the master and I will not sell you. Aunt Wu became anxious, comforted Jincui, and tried to stop it.
"Back to the old lady, this is rhubarb, which Aunt Wu ordered the slave to buy." Jincui was so frightened that her heart beat like thunder, and she glanced at her master's questioning in the face of her wife's pressure, the deed of sale of their family was in the hands of her wife, and she didn't care about the hints in her master's eyes, and after weighing it, she still told the truth.
"Aunt Wu instructed the slave maid to put the medicine into the eldest lady's medicine, saying that she could..." In the end, Jincui's voice weakened, and she was too scared to say any more, she personally went to the medicine assistant to inquire, and brought it back in person, she knew exactly what the effect was.
"Tell me what else." Su Chengan asked.