Xiuyu didn't dare to look at Mei Xiaoren anymore, her eyes swept around uneasily, and only after a long time did she speak: "What does Mei Gongzi know, and what do you want Xiuyu to say?" ”

Mei Xiaoren turned around, looked at the dense clouds in the sky, and said slowly: "On the day that Mrs. Wei returned to Beijing, it was you who planned to lure Mrs. here and make intimacy with the drunken bachelor in front of Mrs., so as to anger Mrs. and provoke the conflict between the scholar and Mrs. She turned her head and looked at Xiuyu, "By the way, the wine that the scholar drank that day was specially prepared by you, am I right?" ”

Xiuyu hurriedly shook her head, "That's not the case, are these what Madame said, Mei Gongzi, don't be bewitched by Madame, how dare Xiuyu do such an immoral thing." ”

"No?" The corners of Mei Xiaoren's lips lifted, and his voice was cold.

Xiuyu lowered her eyes slightly, and said timidly: "Even if Xiuyu has any intimate behavior towards the scholar, it is because she likes the scholar that she can't help it, and she didn't deliberately do it in front of his wife, as for the wine, Xiuyu never dared to do anything in the wine." ”

Mei Xiaoren did not say a word about Xiuyu's quibbles, she slowly leaned down, lifted the kettle on the stove, and walked to the corner of the wooden platform, where the scholar had pushed his wife into the pond after the dispute between the scholar and his wife that day.

In front of Xiuyu, she poured some water on the ground with a kettle, looked back at Xiuyu, and asked expressionlessly: "This is also because I like it?" ”

Xiuyu stared at the water stains on the ground and frowned.

"Miss Xiuyu is really smart, she knows that it is easy for people to see if she smears sesame oil on wood, so she will use meat oil instead, this day the meat oil will solidify, and it is difficult to find it on the wood, but it is not easy to clean up." Mei Xiaoren continued, "I accidentally knocked over the teacup that day, and the tea was very hot, and as soon as I poured it, it was oily. ”

Xiuyu looked at Mei Xiaoren, tears rolling down her cheeks silently, "It turns out that Mei Gongzi has been suspicious of Xiuyu since that day, but do you doubt that Xiuyu will do it to Gongzi?" ”

Mei Xiaoren walked back, put the kettle back on the stove, added a scoop of water to it casually, and said lightly: "You only know that I am Xiangye's person, but do you know what I do?" ”

Xiuyu looked at Mei Xiaoren with red eyes and was silent.

"You instigated your old slave Ali to spread rumors in the capital that slandered the scholar and his wife, causing the whole Shangjing to be unpeaceful, and touching the bottom line of the Shangjing Government Bureau." Mei Xiaoren looked into her eyes and continued, "As the official of the government, if you connive at you to make trouble in the capital and slander the officials of the imperial court, it will be a great dereliction of duty!" ”

"Ali?" Xiuyu was stunned.

Mei Xiaoren then ordered: "Bring it in." ”

Two officials appeared from the corner with the house slave in tow. The house slave stuffed a cloth ball in his mouth, and his head drooped and did not dare to lift it.

Xiuyu's face turned a little pale in an instant, and she looked away, not daring to look at her own minions.

"Do you want him to confess again in front of you?" Mei Xiaoren replied, "Yes." ”

She raised her hand and made a move, and the official picked up the contents of the house slave's mouth. The house slave immediately knelt down, "Miss, it's Ali's carelessness......"

"Shut up, you're careless, what does it have to do with me!"

Mei Xiaoren saw that Xiuyu was now reprimanding the house slave and had no previous quietness, so she looked back at the house slave and asked, "Who is the person who reported to Mrs. Wei?" ”

The house slave buried his head and replied, "Yes...... Small. ”

"What medicine did you buy for your young lady?"

"Five stones."

"Who instructed you to spread rumors, and for what purpose?"

After Mei Xiaoren finished asking, he specially glanced at Xiuyu and saw that Xiuyu's face was as white as paper.

"Yes...... It's ......"

While the house slave was stumbling, a voice came: "It was done by the slave maid, and it is not the business of the young lady." ”

Jin'er walked quickly and knelt beside Ali, "Everything is done by the slave maid, and it has nothing to do with Miss." ”

Seeing this, Xiuyu's panic on her face suddenly dissipated a lot, and she sat down without saying a word.

"You two minions are loyal to you." Mei Xiaoren looked at Jin'er, "Then tell me, why did you do this?" ”

"The slave maid wants the young lady to live a life of fine clothes and fine food again, if the young lady becomes a university scholar's wife, the slave maid and Ali can also enjoy happiness!"

"Jin'er, you're really confused!" Xiuyu scolded lightly.

Jin'er kowtowed, "Miss, the slave knows her mistake." ”

"She's confused, but the official is not confused."

Mei Xiaoren unhurriedly took out a roll of rice paper from his cuff and said to Xiuyu, "If a criminal confesses, the yamen will write down a confession and let people commit a crime, this is the rule." Glancing at the two subordinates again, "They confess now, a little late." ”

She handed the confession to Xiuyu, "Do you want to see it?" ”

Xiu Yugang's soothing expression became solemn again, he pursed his lips tightly, pretending to be calm, but he didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.

"Little girl, when the official came to the court to try the case, I was afraid that you were still embroidering in the boudoir." Mei Xiaoren collected the confession and said, "This official didn't arrest you back to the yamen for interrogation for the sake of the university scholar, and the official is very pitiful and cherishes the jade, but he will not pity a woman like you." ”

She stood up, looked at the house not far away, and said, "I don't know if the scholar still pities you, so you can ask yourself." ”

She lifted her chin slightly, leading Xiuyu to look ahead.

She had come with a gift before, but she wanted to lure Jin'er away so that everyone could hear it clearly.

The first Mrs. Wei who rushed out from behind the wall impatiently, Mrs. Wei folded her sleeves and pointed at Xiuyu angrily, "Little hoof, the old lady hates to be calculated the most in this life, and the old lady has to get your skin!" ”

"Madame's anger." The maid beside Mrs. Wei persuaded.

Zhu Xiaozhen remembered that she and Wei Shuying were not the only two present, but Xiangye was still there, so she coughed a few times and stopped talking.

The Guardian followed behind, silent, still walking slowly forward with his hands behind his back in his usual elegant manner, his head slightly hung down, and a faint smile on his face, as if he was laughing at himself.

The bystanders are clear, the authorities are confused, and the scholar is not a confused person, all he lacks is evidence to dispel the fog. Now that she has presented all the evidence, there is no need to explain more, such as what Wushisan is, the scholar should know better than her.

"My lord, none of this is true, it is Mei Gongzi who wants to trap Xiuyu in injustice." Xiuyu pointed at Mei Xiaoren, tears falling like beads.

The smile on Wei Shuying's lips deepened, and he raised his head to see not Xiuyu, but Mei Xiaoren.

"Brother Mei, whatever you want."

After speaking, the Guardian turned and walked away, and quickened his pace.

In just one sentence, he said it easily, but he was actually hiding the heaviness in his heart.

"University Scholar ......"

No matter how Xiuyu cried, the figure did not stay any longer, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.