Zou 15 confessed, but Aunt Mei still did not admit her guilt.

She knelt there, haggard, but always with a sneer on her face.

"My lord, can't a groom who can take risks for five taels of silver do something to slander me because of more money?" Aunt Mei asked rhetorically.

"It's true that Zou Fifteen is greedy for money, but he can't afford to put his life into it," Feng Xiong argued: "Mei, you are still denying it at this time, what is the court?" What is the law? ”

"That's because he can't live left and right, but he still has a wife and children, as long as he promises to give his family some more money, it's not impossible for him to climb me." Aunt Mei said quietly: "I'm afraid that death is worth it." ”

"Aunt Mei, you will confess at this time!" Zou fifteen snorted and said with tears in his eyes: "Even if you don't admit it to death, it's just a matter of suffering more crimes." ”

Aunt Mei smacked him hard and scolded: "You dog minion! I have no grievances with you in the past, and I have no enmity in the near future, why do you want to harm me?! Who told you to lie to me? If you don't tell the truth, I won't let you go! ”

Seeing her like this, Feng Xiong's teeth itched with hatred, and said, "Mei, you said that you are innocent, but what evidence do you have?" ”

"What evidence do you need for those who are clear?" Aunt Mei sneered: "You said that I killed Miss Four, what is the evidence?" ”

"Zou Fifteen is a witness, and what he said is testimony." Feng Xiong argued: "He has already confessed everything, and you are the culprit behind this." ”

"People have two skins on their mouths, as long as they are not dumb, what can't they say?" Aunt Mei asked rhetorically: "I now say that you are the culprit of the murder of the fourth lady, and it was you who bought Zou 15 and planted the blame on me." ”

"How can this be justified, how can this be justified!" Feng Xiongbi laughed angrily: "Why should I want to harm the fourth miss? I have no grudge against her. Besides, I don't know your cousin and sister-in-law at all, how can I commit a crime with them? ”

"I have no grudge against Miss Four, speaking of which, she is still my junior, and it is not good for me to harm her, why should I do this?" Aunt Mei said: "Zou 15 said that I wrote to Mei Sangui and his wife, do you have a letter I wrote to my cousin and sister-in-law?" He said that I had quietly seen them, so I asked the two children if they had seen me elsewhere besides in the carriage of the Zhiyong Mansion. ”

"Aunt Mei, when you went to see Mei Sangui and his wife, these two children were not there, as for the letter you wrote, most of it was you who had already told them to destroy it for insurance." Zou 15 said: "But I'm not dead yet, these things are all you told me and Mei Sangui to do." ”

"My lord, I haven't done it, so naturally I won't admit my guilt," Aunt Mei said: "You enforce the law impartially, of course you won't wronged me because of a gambler's one-sided words without asking questions." ”

"My lord, this woman is so cunning!" Feng argued: "If she hadn't conspired with Zou 15, how could Zou 15 make these details clear?" ”

"It's not difficult, is it true to tell stories and sing operas? Some lies are more true than true! Aunt Mei sneered: "Even if I jump into the Yellow River, I can't wash it away, and I can't admit this crime!" ”

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Aunt Mei refused to admit her guilt, and even if she was tortured, she still gritted her teeth and refused to admit it.

After Bao heard about it, he hated it to death, and he couldn't wait to take a sharp knife himself, give Aunt Mei three knives and six holes, and then chop it into meat sauce.

Wei Chang'an's case has also passed the first court, and Bao has already told him in advance that he can't let go of his life or death, and only says that he is innocent.

But because of the testimony of the maid Xiao Xi'er, things became more troublesome.

Bao was thinking hard about how to help his son get rid of his crimes, and he had stayed up all night without sleep.

"That slut of the Mei family refused to admit his guilt, and asked Feng Xiongfang to figure out a way by himself." Bao said angrily: "If he can't condemn Mei to death, then he will be a waste, and he will not be a lawyer in the capital in the future!" ”

"Madame, what kind of prisoner in the Criminal Department has not seen? Confession is only a matter of time. Guo's mother explained on the side: "You are too tired these days, I asked the kitchen to boil porridge and make side dishes, you have the right to eat some, don't be tired." ”

Bao still listened to her words, and knew that he had to hold on, otherwise he couldn't count on others for the two children.

"Today is Yiwan's first seventh, and I will keep a wake for her at night." Bao couldn't hold back his tears when he mentioned his little daughter: "My poor child, I want to avenge her as soon as possible, so that she can be buried in peace." ”

"Madam, you are just in good shape, let us do this spiritual guard!" Guo's mother said worriedly.

"No," Bao shook his head resolutely and said: "In the end, it is a mother and daughter, I gave birth to her in October, and raised her for more than ten years, today is her first seven, I must personally guard her spirit." ”

Seeing that Bao was so resolute, Guo's mother stopped persuading her.

Bao Shi simply ate and took a short rest.

At dusk, Wei Yiwan's mourning hall was full of incense, candles, and paper horses.

The mourning hall is set up in the courtyard where Wei Yiwan originally lived, and someone is responsible for guarding the spirit and burning paper every day.

But because today is the first seventh, Bao decided to personally hold a wake for her.

Wei Yimi and several other sisters also arrived, and Aunt Liu also came over to burn a lot of paper money.

Wei Yi RoomWei Yi knelt in front of the spirit, crying sadly.

They were crying Wei Yiwan on the surface, but they were actually crying about themselves.

Since Aunt Mei was taken away by the officials, they have been confined to the courtyard, day and night, worrying day and night, washing their faces with tears, not knowing how to live in this mansion in the future.

They couldn't believe that Aunt Mei really did such a thing, and they didn't dare to mention that they had cried in front of Aunt Mei about how Wei Yiwan bullied and ridiculed them.

Maybe it was because of this Aunt Mei that she made up her mind to harm Wei Yiwan.

Wei Yining'an knelt there quietly and burned the paper, watching the tongue of fire licking the paper money greedily.

Bao's delay in burying Wei Yiwan is because she has to wait until Aunt Mei confesses, so that people can know that Wei Yiwan was killed by someone and is a poor and innocent girl.

Bao has always been shrewd, and Wei Yiwan's death made her grief-stricken, but she still didn't forget to calculate, she wanted to make this daughter's death worthwhile.

At the very least, win the sympathy of the people.

Wei Yiwan's body was placed in a cypress coffin, and a lot of valuable funeral goods were placed in the coffin, and hundreds of pearls were placed, and according to the will, it was filled with quicklime, which can play a role in embalming and deodorizing.

Although he has not yet been buried, the Bao family has already ordered someone to spend a lot of money to buy a cemetery.

Wei Yining remembered his father's and mother's simple joint burial tomb, and the small dirt bag that buried his brother Wei Fu'an.

There is also a younger brother whose life and death are still unknown.

I wonder if when Bao resents Aunt Mei, will he think of those who have been harmed by her?

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