Chapter 27: The Truth Revealed
"Did you do it all by yourself?" Su Xiaoya looked at the housekeeper and asked, if Landlord Wu only played an instigating role in this matter, I am afraid that Landlord Wu will not be sentenced, at most he will pay some silver, or stay in prison for a while.
The housekeeper shook his head in horror, for fear that Jiang Xuanwen would really send him to the official: "No! After I accidentally pushed Erniu down that day, I was afraid that Erniu would die, so I went to the bottom of the cliff to take a look! But at that time, Erniu had already passed out, and I made some marks around Erniu just in case, so that people in the past could see Erniu! ”
Su Xiaoya thought about it carefully, the person who found Erniu's body that day was a villager who went to the mountains to cut firewood, and he didn't say that Erniu had any marks there!
Su Xiaoya didn't believe the housekeeper's words very much, so she continued to ask, "Did you also smash the wound on Erniu's forehead?" You see that Erniu didn't die, so he deliberately stoned Erniu to death? ”
The housekeeper was completely stunned, and shouted loudly that he was wronged.
"Be quiet, are you still afraid that others won't know what the three of us are doing here?" Li Orion scolded in a low voice, for fear of attracting people outside the door here.
The housekeeper had no choice but to whisper: "When I went to see Erniu that day, there was no injury on his forehead!" Will...... Could it be someone else's doing? Who wanted to take something from Erniu, so did it? The housekeeper was so frightened that he wanted to put all the blame on others.
Jiang Xuanwen glanced at the housekeeper, in fact, just by virtue of the housekeeper's timid and cowardly appearance, she had already guessed that the housekeeper should just push Erniu down by mistake, and other things should not be done by the housekeeper.
"Then let me ask you, what did you want to do when you quietly went to my door to look at Erniu's corpse that night? Could it be that Erniu has any evidence about you killing him? ”
The housekeeper had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "This is not what I want to go to, it is our master who asked me to go." I told our master, and I didn't leave any evidence on Erniu at all, but my lord didn't believe it, so he had to let me take a look. ”
I'm afraid that the person who left the evidence on Erniu was the landlord of Wu, right? Su Xiaoya has been able to figure it out, it must be that the landlord Wu knew that the housekeeper had pushed Erniu down, and afterwards he was afraid that the housekeeper would not be able to deal with Erniu's affairs, so he personally went to the bottom of the cliff to find Erniu, who knew that Erniu was not dead at all, and the frightened Wu landlord directly stoned Erniu to death with a stone.
Su Xiaoya suddenly felt stuffy and uncomfortable in her chest, she couldn't imagine how such an honest and honest person as Er Niu could encounter such a thing, if she could have rejected Er Niu earlier, or if she had talked to Aunt Li well, I'm afraid Er Niu would not have suffered such a catastrophe, right?
"Xiaoya, this is all Erniu's fate, a matter destined by heaven, no matter how much you regret it, you can't change it." Li Orion looked at Su Xiaoya's uncomfortable appearance, so he had no choice but to step forward and comfort him.
Su Xiaoya nodded, and asked the housekeeper: "You also know what crime you committed now, if you go to your master now, I'm afraid he will directly drive you out of the mansion without saying a word, and he won't care about your life or death." ”
The housekeeper was a little hesitant, after all, he had been with the landlord Wu for so many years. Su Xiaoya continued: "Actually, think about it, if Landlord Wu really regards you as a cronie, he will definitely go with you to see if Erniu can be saved as soon as possible, even if he spends a little more money to cure Erniu, he will definitely not want to see you go to prison." ”
"But what did the landlord Wu do? He was afraid of being affected by you, so he quietly went to Erniu, and directly smashed Erniu with a stone and fainted. ”
The butler's eyes widened and he asked incredulously, "You...... You mean, it's my lord? ”
Su Xiaoya nodded, her guess was right before and after: "Yes, it is Landlord Wu." I had already seen it that day, and there was indeed a scar on Erniu's forehead, and it was because of that scar that Erniu bled to death. ”
The housekeeper was so frightened that his face turned pale, he never thought that he would work hard for the landlord Wu, and in the end the landlord Wu wanted to splash all the dirty water on his body, could it be that the landlord Wu wanted to let himself take a life for him?
Su Xiaoya continued to persuade: "Think about it, if you go to the county magistrate to intercede now, just with the current evidence, you will at most just not believe that you pushed Erniu off the cliff in the scramble, and you missed." But if the landlord of Wu reacted first......"
If Landlord Wu reacted first, then he would be charged with the crime at that time, but he would be a little housekeeper with no money and no power!
The butler trembled with fright.
"Don't worry, as long as you go to the county magistrate to admit your mistakes, I will give you a large sum of money to let your family have no worries about food and clothing during the time you are in prison." Su Xiaoya reached out and patted the terrible butler's shoulder in an old-fashioned manner, giving the butler one last promise.
The housekeeper finally lowered his head in defeat, he now knows that the reason why Su Xiaoya said this to him was completely because he took pity on him, the housekeeper who was calculated by the landlord of Wu. If Su Xiaoya was a little ruthless, I was afraid that he would go directly to the county office today, instead of bargaining with Su Xiaoya here.
Since Su Xiaoya has now made up her mind, no matter what, she wants to cure the sins of the landlord Wu, and the housekeeper simply does not stop doing it and admits the sins of himself and the landlord Wu, so it is better to feel uneasy and unable to sleep every night.
"Okay, I promise you, but you also have to promise me that you must take care of my family." The housekeeper looked at Su Xiaoya and said.
Su Xiaoya nodded, and directly took out a large bag of silver prepared early in the morning from her waist: "I know you don't worry, these silver will be given to you now, but you have to promise me, if you don't report Landlord Wu, then I will charge you more than that." ”
The housekeeper nodded in his heart, and directly took Su Xiaoya and Li Orion to his house, and after handing over the silver to his family, he simply went to the county government to surrender.
"What do you say? Su Xiaoya is here again? The county magistrate's eyes widened, why is this Su Xiaoya always ghostly?
The jailer nodded, and hurriedly urged, "Your Excellency, let's hurry up and have a look!" This Su Xiaoya said that the real murderer had been found, and he was letting the adults out without reluctance! ”
When the county magistrate hurriedly came, Su Xiaoya and Li Orion stood on one side, and the housekeeper knelt on the other side.
"Su Xiaoya, what are you doing here?" The county magistrate had a headache, he finally let Su Xiaoya go in Beiye Xuan's face, why did she run back so unknowingly?
Su Xiaoya pointed to the housekeeper on the ground and said, "Lord County Order, this person is the housekeeper of the Wu landlord's family, he knows what is going on!" ”
The county magistrate was shocked, and hurriedly asked the housekeeper to tell the cause and effect of the matter.
“…… That's the way it is, the county magistrate, it was the villain who deceived the magistrate, and please ask the magistrate to punish the crime. The butler said disheartenedly lying on the ground.
The housekeeper looked at Su Xiaoya and then at the housekeeper, he couldn't understand why Su Xiaoya had to pull the landlord Wu down, in his opinion, as long as Su Xiaoya could get out of this matter, it would already be a very good thing.
"Lord County Order, the housekeeper is also careless, if you have to punish the crime, I think the culprit is still the landlord Wu. Not only did he smash Erniu to faint by himself from the butler, but he also tried to throw the sin on me. I believe that the county magistrate will be aware of everything and will definitely deal with it strictly. Su Xiaoya said righteously, and did not forget to pat the county magistrate's ass.
The county magistrate knows how much Kitano Xuan values Su Xiaoya now, and he also knows that if he can be appreciated by Su Xiaoya, maybe he will be able to have a good result in this year's evaluation. At present, the county magistrate didn't care whether he offended the landlord Wu or not, and he didn't care how rich the landlord Wu was, so he directly asked people to go to the landlord Wu's house and brought the landlord Wu over.
"Landlord Wu, this official asks you, is Erniu's death related to you, and you are trying to blame Su Xiaoya?" The county magistrate is rarely serious, and pointed to the landlord Wu under the hall and said.
Landlord Wu's words flickered, and he said uncomfortably: "What is this that the county commander said, how do I know how Erniu died?" ”
Su Xiaoya took a step forward, looked at Landlord Wu and said, "Do you still want to lie to us?" Your butler has told you everything. ”
Landlord Wu looked at the housekeeper angrily, and couldn't wait to step forward and kick him twice: "You dog slave, you dare to betray me?" After speaking, the landlord of Wu hurriedly said: "Lord County Order, I have recruited it, it is him, it is this dog slave who killed Erniu, you should keep begging me to let me help him, it has nothing to do with me!" ”
The housekeeper was also anxious, and immediately said: "Lord County Commander, I have evidence, I have evidence to prove that the person was killed by the landlord of Wu, and it has nothing to do with me!" ”
Su Xiaoya finally breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that the housekeeper must have a trick, but she didn't say it, I am afraid that she still cared about the relationship between herself and the landlord of Wu, but the housekeeper did not expect that the landlord of Wu would turn his face and deny people.
"I know where the injuries on Landlord Wu's hands came about! A few days ago, I was also wondering, Wu landlord never worked, how could he hurt his hand, today I heard Miss Su say that I knew that this injury was accidentally injured when he smashed the second cow with a stone, if the county magistrate didn't believe it, you can see if the scar on his hand is the same as on the stone! The housekeeper glared at Landlord Wu viciously, obviously wanting to put Landlord Wu to death.