15. She is the one who set fire!
Three days ago.
"Han'er, are you really going to do this?" Although Jiang Nianwei wears a veil all the time to cover the face that has been burned by the flames and is difficult to see, for some reason, Jiang Nianhan can see her expression from her beautiful eyes.
"Well, in the past few days, because of my words, everyone inside and outside the house has begun to doubt the identity of Sing Yue, and who the child in her belly is, this is the best time for us to do it." Jiang Nianhan said lightly, "If it is harmful to others, I can't guarantee that we won't leave a trace of clues, but what if I set fire to my own yard and burn it?" β
Her face was full of resolute expression, which made Jiang Nianwei feel that this sister seemed to be a little strange.
I don't know when it started, Jiang Nianhan became different.
She was in the midst of the fire that day, and her dying mother pushed out the door with the last of her strength, but when she turned around, she heard her sister's cry. At that time, Jiang Nianhan was only six years old, she couldn't bear to live alone, and she desperately rescued Jiang Nianhan from the sea of fire and lost her face, which was embarrassing.
At that time, it was she who protected Jiang Nianhan, but I don't know when it became Jiang Nianhan to protect the entire general's mansion......
"Sister, you must remember." Jiang Nianhan's words interrupted Jiang Nianwei's contemplation, "After getting the news of the fire in my room, you only need to do two things, one is to ask the old lady to ask the white doctor from the Jin Palace's mansion to come and treat my injuries, and the other is to send someone to report to the official, saying that someone in the mansion deliberately set fire to the second miss of the Jiang Mansion with the intention of murdering the second lady of the Jiang Mansion - this is the key to our plan, you must do it." β
Right now, Jiang Nianhan pointed to the timid and delicate Aunt Singing Yue, and said sharply: "She set the fire in my courtyard!" It's her, who hates me for revealing the identity of the wild seed in her belly! β
"Shut up!" After all, the old lady couldn't watch Sing Yue fall into a crisis, and reprimanded her loudly, "Things with no rules, you want to slander Sing Yue without evidence?" Even if she is an aunt, she can be regarded as your mother-in-law! β
Got a fox's tail exposed? Jiang Nianhan laughed secretly in her heart, the old lady in charge, in the face of her granddaughter who almost died in the fire, actually said that she defended the concubine who was indeed motivated to set the fire, and she was not afraid of the jokes of the people present.
Despite thinking so in her heart, Jiang Nianhan still looked aggrieved on her face, her shoulders trembled slightly, and her throat that had been smoked by smoke was dry and cracked, making her cough violently.
"Old lady, according to Bai's view, there is no need to be in a hurry to anger the second miss, just now this fire is fierce, the second miss's lungs are infested by smoke and dust, and she still needs to recuperate." Bai Yihe said softly, his voice was still gentle, but for some reason, he looked harsher than usual, "Moreover, the second lady has severe burns on her shoulders, legs, and ankles, which may leave scars." β
specially instructed Jiang Nianwei to invite Bai Yihe over, because he was sure that he would be on his side.
In the entire General's Mansion, except for Jiang Nianwei, she had no other help. Bai Yihe's previous everything, although she didn't know the reason behind it, it seemed that this man who always made her uneasy was biased towards her most of the time, and even took the initiative to tell her the information about Singing Yue.
With the help of the most proud doorman of the Jin Palace, her plan would probably go a little smootherβat least the old lady wanted to thwart her, and it wouldn't be so easy.
However, when he said this, Jiang Nianhan realized that he not only felt strong discomfort in his throat and lungs, but also had burning pain in his shoulders, calves and ankles. Looking down, the red blood had seeped into the snow-white gauze.
As soon as she was about to open her mouth to testify again, she heard a girl's panicked voice outside: "Old lady, Master Jingzhao Yin Zhang is here!" β
"Jing Zhaoyin? Who reported to the official?! β
For the old lady, the most feared thing is undoubtedly to involve the government in this fire. Because Sing Yue was found by the second room to collude with Lord Qin of the Ministry of War to frame Jiang Chenglin, if the government is involved, if the government is not careful, the strategy will be exposed, and the second room will face a catastrophe.
Jiang Nianwei, who had been sitting on the side of Jiang Nianhan's bed and had never spoken, said slowly: "It's me, I heard that there was a fire in my sister's room, and I lost my mind all of a sudden, thinking only about the fire in the General's Mansion ten years ago...... In a panic, I ordered the girl to report to the official, and I hoped that my grandmother would be compassionate. β
If someone else reported to the official, the old lady would definitely not tolerate it, but Jiang Nianwei was different.
Ten years ago, the fire that has not found the real culprit has burned Jiang Chenglin's wife, and Jiang Nianwei was just a little girl back then, sacrificing herself to save her sister, but she ruined her appearance, this incident shook the Jingshi, and everyone praised Jiang Nianwei's righteous deeds, and even the court gave a reward.
And now, it is also a fire, Jiang Nianwei reported to the official in panic for a while, who can blame her for this?
While speaking, Lord Kyung Zhao Yin Zhang had already entered the room.
He was a thin middle-aged man with a long beard, dressed in an official robe with extraordinary majesty, but his expression was a little restrained. It is also said that Jiang Chenglin is the most legendary general of the Liang Dynasty, his concubine almost died, and this case that was handed over to the arrest to investigate on weekdays also alarmed Jing Zhaoyin himself.
"Since Second Miss Jiang pointed out that Mrs. Singing Yue, then I will ask Second Miss to give some evidence, so that the official can investigate thoroughly and give an explanation to General Jiang, who is far away at the border pass." Master Zhang stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.
Jiang Nianhan had wiped away her tears, she knew very well that in front of the people from the government, those pretended grievances were useless, they had to be justified and grounded, hit the opponent's weakness in one fell swoop, and let the other party have no power to fight back.
"Lord Zhang, the little girl is not talking nonsense, or deliberately slandering. Adults are afraid that they are unfamiliar with the affairs of the house, and the little girl will come from the beginning. This Aunt Singing Moon has only been in the house for more than half a month, and my father has already been ordered to go to Qianchen Border Pass a month ago, and he has never mentioned that there is an outer room - Master Zhang is an official in the same dynasty as his father, and he must be clear about his father's character cultivation, not to mention that he secretly raised a woman, even in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, he rarely set foot in it. β
After talking for a while, Jiang Nianhan's throat began to hurt again, she swallowed the dry pain with great effort, and continued while coughing: "Therefore, Aunt Singyue entered the house with her pregnancy, and I suspected that she was not her father's person at all, so I said it in front of everyone that day. Who knew that my aunt would hold a grudge against me from then on, and she would even set fire to me...... This is the motive, and if I have the evidence, I have it. For one, I was alone in my room tonight, drugged, and fell asleep, until the fire spread to the inner roomβ"
Speaking of this, she quietly gave Bai Yihe a look, the latter raised his eyebrows, for some reason, his eyes darkened, and then he said slowly: "Second Miss is right, I just checked the injury for her, and when I checked the pulse, I found that Second Miss had indeed been drugged." β
Counting the way, Jiang Nianhan breathed a sigh of relief, but was stared at by Bai Yihe's eyes - she did take some 'psychede' medicine by herself, so she did a good trick, but I don't know if Bai Yihe stared at her like this, was it agreeable?
"Second, I found something in my room before I fainted from the fire...... Jiang Nianhan said as he handed Bi Tao what he had pinched in his palm and told her to present it to Lord Zhang for inspection.
It was a small gold-encrusted jade pendant with a small silver wire hook on the back, apparently a woman's earring. These small, delicate earrings hang from the ears and can fall off inadvertently if you don't add a barrier behind the ear.
Jiang Nianhan saw that Singyue's face changed slightly, and smiled secretly in his heart, but said awe-inspiring on his face: "I know this thing, this is Aunt Singyue's earrings, I only found one in the room, it must have been her secretly setting fire, but she inadvertently dropped this jade pendant, which became evidence of her crime!" β
"You...... Old lady, Mrs. Yun, not a concubine......" Sing Yue did not show embarrassment, but was sure that the old lady would protect her, a pair of beautiful eyes sparkling, eyelashes flashed a few times.
Speaking of which, she is just a small work, life and death are all in the hands of others, even if she knows that Jiang Nianhan intends to frame her, she will not panic because of this.
The meticulous work is only loyal to the master.
Before the old lady could speak, two more people came in from outside, saluted to Lord Zhang, and said: "Lord Hui, the subordinates carefully investigated the fire site and found the fire point. β
The old lady frowned, tilted her head slightly, and gave Yun Niang a look - this matter involves too much and cannot be investigated.
Yun Niang immediately answered, and said to Master Zhang with a smile: "My lord is clear, in the final analysis, Han'er's girl is not a big deal, and an earring may not be able to prove that it is a fire set by the singing moon." After all, this is a family matter of the General's Mansion, and I hope Lord Zhang ......"
The big family in the capital, who doesn't have a personal matter? Arson, murder, adultery and lynching are never uncommon in the high-walled compounds of large families.
Therefore, Master Jingzhao Yin Zhang has always understood the truth of people's eyes, and if people don't want to study some things, he will get by, and hastily close the case, which can be regarded as the reputation of the whole family.
"Oh? Auntie, what do you mean by this? Doctor Bai also said that I was seriously injured this time, and it will take several months to heal, and now the evidence is complete, is it possible that my aunt is trying to protect an aunt and let me, the second young lady, be wronged? ! β
They want to get by, but Jiang Nianhan will never sit idly by. The corners of her mouth curled slightly, her voice sank, and her voice became more hoarse, but it clearly echoed throughout the room.
At this time, Yun Niang and the old lady realized that Jiang Nianhan was no longer the second lady of the straw bag who was bullied, nor was she a waste who had no heart and only knew how to dance knives and guns.
Her eyes were filled with murderous aura, and when she swept over everyone, it was like thunder exploding above her head, and no one dared to look directly at her.
"My father has just come back from passing the book, and I will be able to return to the capital in a few days, you bully the big house so much, didn't you make others see the joke, and make the father who defended the country on the front line feel chilled?!"