Qiao Zimei was also quite surprised, she knew that her stepmother hated her, but she never expected that her stepmother hated her so much that she wanted to get rid of her! But now Xiao Ran's words can't be trusted, and she still wants to hear the results of the case again.

Old Man Qiao's voice trembled: "I don't believe it! Impossible! ”

Xie Chong ordered: "Spread Mrs. Qiao, He Jiao!" ”

In his spare time, Xie Chong also ordered someone to check He Jiao's recent financial situation.

"Sir!" Half a pillar of incense, He Jiao dressed up in a fancy way, twisted her ass and came up, she smiled and called Master Qiao, then knelt down, kowtowed and said, "My lord, you let the slave family come, is there anything you want to ask?" ”

Xie Chong was shocked and asked, "Who is in the hall, report your name!" ”

He Jiao replied, "He Jiao." ”

Xie Chong said: "Now that someone is testifying against you, saying that you are related to the murder of Qiao Zimei, what do you say?" ”

He Jiao was shocked, she looked at Master Qiao: "Isn't Zimei missing, how could he die?!" ”

Master Qiao nodded at her sadly, and then said to Xie Chong: "Master Xie, close the case, Xiao Ran is the murderer!" ”

Xie Chong said: "Master Qiao, don't be impatient. ”

Xiao Ran shouted: "My lord, you must find out, you can't wronged me!" ”

Xie Chong patted the shocked wood: "He Jiao! I have sent an inquiry to the butler, and you received three thousand taels of silver from the butler two days ago, where did the money go? ”

He Jiao replied: "For these three thousand taels of silver, the slave family gave Qiao Zimei a good look." ”

There was an uproar at the hearing.

He Jiao's face was gentle, and she continued: "Zimei really loves Xiao Ran, one night the slave family heard her crying in the room, so they went in to ask, Zimei said that her father prevented her from being with Xiao Ran and asked her to go to the draft of Princess Yong, and the slave family was also sad for them when they heard it, so they asked the housekeeper to borrow three thousand taels of silver, so that Xiao Ran and her went out to avoid the limelight, and when they got their fame in the future, they would come back to marry Zimei justifiably." ”

When everyone heard this, they all solved the doubts in their hearts, and praised this stepmother for being very kind-hearted, only Ling Zixuan saw Qiao Zimei shaking her head at him constantly, and he saw her mouth expression: "She's lying!" ”

"You're lying!" Xiao Ran shouted loudly. He really underestimated this woman, but he didn't expect that she was not only ruthless, but also very good at acting.

He Jiao kowtowed and said: "My lord, what the slave family said is true, if you still have any doubts, just ask!" The slave family only hopes that the murderer can be caught as soon as possible, so that the poor daughter of the slave family can be blinded as soon as possible. ”

Qiao Shanshan knelt beside He Jiao with Master Qiao, and Master Qiao said: "My lord, since the murderer has been found, then hurry up and sentence it, so that my daughter can go on the road with peace of mind!" ”

Qiao Zimei knew why Daddy was in such a hurry to ask the adults to close the case, and Daddy couldn't stand any blows anymore.

Xiao Ran said loudly: "My lord, the conscience of heaven and earth! What I said is true, this wicked woman did take the three thousand taels of silver to let me kill her stepdaughter, and beg my lord to find out! ”

He Jiao said: "My lord, you can ask the Qiao family, the slave family treats Zimei like their own daughter, which is obvious to everyone." Xiao Ran, I let you elope with Zimei, but you swallowed the silver privately, and now you have to blame me, how could Zimei fall in love with a well-dressed beast like you! ”

Xiao Ran scolded: "You fart!" ”

Xie Chong patted the wood: "Quiet! Xiao Ran, He Jiao, you have your own opinions, which is true and which is false, and is there any evidence? ”

Xiao Ran was silent, he really had no evidence, saying that He Jiao instructed him to kill, He Jiao's explanation was reasonable, and the evidence of his murder was conclusive, and there were witnesses, and he was now at a disadvantage.

Xie Chong said: "Another point, when I was doing an autopsy, I found that the body not only had new injuries caused by falling off the cliff, but also many old injuries on the back of the arm, which shows that the deceased had been abused for a long time before his death, Xiao Ran, He Jiao, you are all the closest people to the deceased before his death, what do you have to say about this?" ”

When Ling Zixuan heard this, she looked at Qiao Zimei, she was slender and had tears on her face, her appearance was really pitiful, but she didn't expect that as a young lady, she was beautiful on the surface, but in fact she was tortured.

Xiao Ran knew that Qiao Zimei had been bullied by her stepmother and sister and had a very unhappy life, but she never knew that Qiao Zimei had been abused.

He Jiao spoke first: "My lord, about the old injuries on Zimei's body, once the slave family found that she was in severe pain, so they found medicine to help her apply it, Zimei said that these injuries were beaten by Xiao Ran, and every time Xiao Ran was drunk, she would beat her out of anger, and that stupid girl loved Xiao Ran very much, and she had always been obedient, never resisted, and never thought of leaving him." ”

Xiao Ran scolded loudly: "You make it up, keep making it up!" ”

Xie Chong patted the wood: "Quiet! Xiao Ran, what do you have to say? ”

Qiao Zimei looked at He Jiao's hateful face of lying without blinking, she will not be by her father's side in the future, but this poisonous woman will still be there, she is very afraid that this poisonous woman will also murder her father, and she remembered the bits and pieces of the past with Xiao Ran, accompanied him to read, catch butterflies, and fly kites, she decided to help him one last time, and also clean up the portal as a father, she approached Xiao Ran and got on him.

'Xiao Ran' was shocked, his expression changed, his eyes were cold, and he said slowly: "My lord, He Jiao lied, she usually treats Zimei very well in front of people, but behind her back, she abuses Zimei in every way, Zimei because she accidentally discovered a secret of He Jiao, and is often abused by He Jiao, she also threatened Zimei, she can't tell Master Qiao the secret, otherwise Master Qiao will definitely not be able to stand the blow, if Zimei is disobedient, Master Qiao will also have to worry about his life, once Qiao Shanshan broke the vase that Master Qiao liked, and insisted that it was broken by Zimei, Zimei was whipped by He Jiao, that day was the day of Zimei and Xu, Master Qiao came back with gifts to find Zimei, Zimei in order not to let Master Qiao find the bruises on his face, had to hide under the bed, because the wound on his back oozed blood, the ground was stained with blood, and on the bed board, the word "hate" was also written in blood, and I don't believe that adults can go to Zimei's boudoir under the bed to check. ”

The hearing was again in an uproar and full of discussions.

He Jiao's face immediately changed when she heard this, her feet were also weak, and she was slumped on the ground, Qiao Shanshan knew that the matter was exposed, and she was also frightened into a cold sweat.

Master Qiao was dumbfounded when he heard this, and clutched his heart that was getting more and more painful. At that time, he brought a gift to Zimei, but he didn't see his daughter, so he put the gift on the table, and was later told by He Jiao that Zimei went on a date with Xiao Ran, and he was very angry.

Xie Chong ordered someone to check, and the situation was true, and there were indeed old blood characters under the bed.

At this time, Master Qiao stood up, walked in front of He Jiao, slapped her, covered her aching chest, gasped and scolded: "I usually treat you well, you poisonous woman, why do you want to treat my Mei'er like this!" ”

"Daddy!" Qiao Shanshan held him and didn't let him get angry anymore.

He Jiao touched her hot face, knelt down, and argued: "She is disobedient, the slave family naturally teaches her, this is the way the slave family taught her!" However, the slave family absolutely did not let people kill her! ”

"As for that secret ......," Xiao Ran glanced at He Jiao intriguingly.

He Jiao's face changed suddenly, and she immediately shouted: "The slave family confesses!" My lord, the slave family confesses! ”

Xie Chong was surprised that she suddenly changed her words: "He Jiao, do you really confess?" ”

He Jiao nodded, her eyes fierce: "It is indeed the slave family who took the three thousand taels to let Xiao Ran kill Qiao Zimei, because the prince wants to choose a concubine, and the master wants to let Zimei go, the slave family is angry, our Shanshan was born so standard, why let Qiao Zimei go, it's not that the old man is partial, the slave family hates Qiao Zimei very much!" Originally, the slave family only brought a few dozen taels of silver to let Xiao Ran elope with Qiao Zimei, but that Xiao Ran was a well-dressed beast, he and Qiao Zimei were together because they took a fancy to the Qiao family's property, once Qiao Zimei broke away from the Qiao family, it would be useless to him, and it was impossible for him to elope with her, so the slave family paid three thousand taels and asked him to kill Qiao Zimei! ”

Ling Zixuan listened to He Jiao's words, but he didn't expect that it was because he chose a concubine, which caused a murderous storm.

Qiao Zimei left Xiao Ran's body when He Jiao was speaking, Xiao Ran was dizzy, and when he woke up, he heard He Jiao confessing, just like he was drunk, he didn't know what was going on.

Xie Chong's verdict: "The main culprit He Jiaoqiu was executed after the conviction, Xiao Ran and Wang Bingquan were instructed by others, and their crimes were relatively minor, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inescapable, and they are sentenced to 20 years of exile!" ”

When Ling Zixuan chased Qiao Zimei, she had just walked out of the door of the yamen, Ling Zixuan glanced at the two rui beasts guarding in front of the yamen, and said, "Piggy, aren't you afraid?" ”

Qiao Zimei didn't expect him to chase him out, he was slightly surprised in his heart, but he was still calm on the surface: "The pig understands human speech, knows human nature, knows good and evil, and distinguishes between right and wrong, it will not prevent a kind ghost from entering." ”

Ling Zixuan said: "I saw you enter Xiao Ran's body just now, what is that secret?" Can you scare He Jiao into confessing immediately?! ”

Qiao Zimei glanced at him and said, "It's a secret, so naturally I won't tell you." ”

Ling Zixuan said angrily: "You! ”

Qiao Zimei walked forward.

Ling Zixuan asked her, "Where are you going?" ”

Qiao Zimei shook her head: "I don't know." ”

Ling Zixuan chased after him with a smile and said with a smile: "Black and white impermanence may be drunk, that's better, you can stay in the world for a few more days." ”

Qiao Zimei was in a very low mood, and she couldn't laugh when she heard this kind of joke.

Ling Zixuan said: "Otherwise, you should go back to King Yong's Mansion with this king first." ”

Qiao Zimei remembered the first time he saw himself frightened, and said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid of ghosts?" ”

Ling Zixuan smiled and said, "A beautiful ghost like you, it doesn't hurt to have a few more!" ”

Qiao Zimei couldn't stand such ridicule, and turned around to leave.

Ling Zixuan followed and said, "This king is joking, where are you going?" ”

Qiao Zimei ignored him with a cold face and left.

Ling Zixuan's hot face was attached to his cold buttocks, naturally he was unhappy, he didn't follow anymore, turned around and entered the yamen again.

Qiao Zimei went to the place where the accident happened and waited for a night, but she still couldn't wait for the ghost to pick her up, she walked to the street, walked and walked, and came to the door of Qiao's house.

The two stone lions in front of Qiao's house and the two door gods pasted on the door are completely ornaments, there is no magic power at all, she can enter and exit at will, there are two white lanterns hanging in front of the door, there are scenes of doing white things everywhere, her own mourning hall is on the guest hall, the coffin is placed in the center, and her body in the coffin is wearing silk and satin, with gold, silver and jade, with exquisite makeup, dignified temperament, and her expression is very peaceful, it seems that she is just sleeping in the past.

She found him in Master Qiao's room, Master Qiao had just asked a doctor to come to check the pulse, ordered someone to decoction medicine, and he was half-lying on the bed, while Qiao Shanshan knelt on the ground, begging his father to find a way to save his mother.

Master Qiao couldn't help but say, "Don't say it again!" She ruined my daughter, and I will never care about her again! ”

Qiao Shanshan cried bitterly: "Daddy, I am also your daughter!" Now in prison, it's my mother, your wife, how can you bear to sit idly by?! ”

Master Qiao lay down, covered himself with the quilt, turned to face the wall, and said, "I'm tired." ”

Qiao Shanshan clenched her fists and looked at her father's back, she cried for a while, wiped away her tears, saw that her father was really hard-hearted, and said resentfully: "My mother is just a substitute for my eldest mother, you have never loved her, you have never loved me!" No wonder my mother falls in love with someone else! ”

Old Man Qiao turned his head in shock: "What did you say?!" ”

Qiao Shanshan shouted to the person outside: "You come in!" ”

An elegant middle-aged man opened the door and came in, and Master Qiao recognized that this person was Rong Qiubai, who He Jiao invited back to teach two daughters in Qiao's mansion, calligraphy and painting, and had been a gentleman for ten years!