Fu Xiaojiu helplessly held her forehead, and was about to speak, when Master Jiang said to her: "Fu Langzhong, you stand and reply." ”

Fu Xiaojiu stood up, first rubbed his knees, and then moved a little closer to Mrs. Fang.

Mrs. Fang didn't look at her with a proud face, Fu Xiaojiu glanced at her quietly, and then said, "Mrs. Fang, since you have never seen her, why are your clothes stained with sumac bark powder?" Are your hands and arms a little itchy? ”

"What? How can I have any powder on me? ”

However, although Mrs. Fang said this, she had already looked at her clothes and hands questioningly.

Fu Xiaojiu said apologetically: "Oh, then I'm sorry, I read it wrong." It's not you who gets the sumac bark powder, it's the person. ”

When Mrs. Fang was confused by Fu Xiaojiu's words, Fu Xiaojiu said to Master Jiang again: "Please go to the Fang Mansion to find a person with red and swollen hands and rashes, as long as you bring him, you can prove that Mrs. Fang is the culprit who made Du Adi do things in the medicine." ”

Mrs. Fang suddenly turned her face when she heard this, "What did you say?" Did I instruct someone to do something with the medicine in your workshop? You're a bunch of nonsense! ”

After Mrs. Fang finished speaking to Fu Xiaojiu, she said to Lord Jiang again: "It turns out that Lord Jiang brought the old body to Jingzhao Mansion to treat the old body as a suspect who did bad things?" Okay, I'd like to see if you have the courage to search my house? ”

Fu Xiaojiu glanced at her, and said quietly: "The prince is guilty of breaking the law and the common people. What's the matter, is the house more noble than the palace? Doesn't Jingzhao Mansion have the right to search? Okay, then let the people from Dali Temple go to the house to find someone, or let the criminal department also come forward? ”

"You, you ......" Mrs. Fang pointed at Fu Xiaojiu and covered her heart angrily, "The old body has no grievances with you, why do you want to do this?" Why do you have to get along with your old body? ”

Fu Xiaojiu said helplessly: "Before, someone inexplicably blamed me for my daughter's death, and sprinkled nettle powder on my and my friend's clothes, causing us to almost make a fool of ourselves in front of the emperor and the queen. Originally, I had sympathy and forbearance once, but there are people who do not distinguish between good and evil, and I have to find a way to protect myself, right? ”

After Fu Xiaojiu finished speaking, a pair of watery eyes revealed two cold lights, and Mrs. Fang's heart trembled violently.

But Mrs. Fang has seen a lot of the world, how can she be frightened by Fu Xiaojiu, she ignored Fu Xiaojiu, and said to Master Jiang: "Since the old body can stand here, it means that the old body has a clear conscience!" If Jingzhao Mansion wants to go to my mansion to arrest people, please do it yourself, I won't stop it anymore. ”

"Thank you, Mrs. Fang!" Lord Jiang hurriedly arched his hand to Mrs. Fang, and then instructed the servant: "Come over the chair quickly and let Mrs. Fang rest." ”

Mrs. Fang sat down on the shelf, and Lord Jiang wrote the official document and stamped it, and asked the officials to take the official document to Fang Mansion to find someone.

The lobby of Jingzhao Mansion suddenly became silent.

Mrs. Fang leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes to recuperate, Fu Xiaojiu was silent for a moment before saying to Master Jiang: "My lord, my mother-in-law and father-in-law are also old, please allow them to get up and answer." ”

Master Jiang was really a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "Okay, Master Wan, Mrs. Wan please get up quickly." It was all the negligence of the officials who forgot that you were still kneeling. ”

Old Man Wan and Mrs. Wan stood up with each other, their faces a little gloomy.

Lord Jiang smiled at the two of them, but because Mrs. Fang, a third-grade lady, was here, she didn't dare to give a seat to Wan Pozi, who had no fate.

The atmosphere was suddenly a little awkward.

Minutes and seconds passed, and after about two quarters of an hour, the awkward atmosphere was finally broken.

The officials really brought a man with high swollen hands and rashes from the house.

A servant said to Master Jiang: "Lord Qiyu, someone brought it, and the symptoms on his hands are the same as those said in Fulangzhong." ”

This Ding is in his twenties, with sharp-beaked monkey gills, and his hands are swollen and itchy, and his expression is very painful.

But in this case, he didn't dare to look at Mrs. Fang, he looked at the ground with bared teeth, and a thin layer of sweat was already oozing from his forehead.

Master Jiang slammed the startled wood, glared and asked, "Who is kneeling?" Get your name in! ”

"The small, the little one's name is Zhang Sheng, and he is, the family member of the Fang Mansion."

Zhang Sheng reluctantly finished answering, regained his painful look, and raised his two hands to his chest, neither scratching nor touching.

Fu Xiaojiu looked at his painful appearance, and said lightly: "Your hand should have been swollen for a few days, right?" Is it that your wife is afraid that the matter will be revealed, and seeing that your hands are made like this by lacquer bark, she doesn't dare to grab the medicine and ask Langzhong? ”

Zhang Sheng looked at his hand and gritted his teeth vigorously, but did not answer.

Fu Xiaojiu stretched his neck slightly, looked at his hands and chuckled twice, "Hehe, in fact, it's nothing to be made like this by lacquer bark, depending on the condition of your hands, there may be symptoms of ulceration after an hour, and after a day, these hands will be rotten to reveal white bones, and another day will only be completely rotten in your hands, oh, if you are lucky, you will die directly because of the infection, and you don't have to be crippled for a lifetime." ”

When Zhang Sheng heard this, he was immediately shocked into a cold sweat, and his body trembled involuntarily.

Fu Xiaojiu continued: "I have a recipe to restore your hands to normal within a stick of incense. But I see that you are wholeheartedly protecting the Lord, and you will definitely not let me be healed if you go out with your life. ”

After Fu Xiaojiu finished speaking, he said to Master Jiang: "My lord, this Zhang Sheng's hands are obviously a symptom of touching sumac bark, his hands are the same as Du Adi's hands, but they are more serious than Du Adi's. The folk girl just wanted to ask him, why did he, a family member in the house, have the same symptoms as Du Adi's hand? Do they have a heart? ”

After listening to it for a long time, Lord Jiang had already understood what was going on, and now Fu Xiaojiu raised a question, so Lord Jiang said casually: "This official has lived for most of his life, and he has never seen two unrelated people get the same disease because of their hearts." Zhang Sheng, can you tell this official what is going on? Would it be good to let the official also have a long insight? ”

Zhang Sheng hurriedly lowered his head and quibbled in a panic: "Small, small, this hand is not, not made of lacquer bark!" Yes, it's burned! ”

Master Jiang nodded, "Okay, since that's the case, then the official will find a few more Lang Zhong to come and show you your hands!" Come on, go and call all the Langzhong in Xishi to Jingzhao Mansion, and let them identify what is going on with Zhang Sheng and Du Adi's hands! ”

When the officials heard this, they immediately poured out of the yamen.

Fu Xiaojiu finally cast an appreciative glance at Lord Jiang, and Lord Jiang suddenly felt that he reacted very quickly this time, and he was secretly proud in his heart.

However, Mrs. Fang no longer seemed to be at ease at this time, she opened her eyes and asked angrily, "Lord Jiang, do you think that there are evildoers in our house?" Is my master's life clear and clear that it will be destroyed in your hands? Or do you bully me when you see that I am a lonely old woman who has lost her husband and daughter? Don't you take me, a lady of three grades, in your eyes? ”

Master Jiang stood up and said respectfully, "Mrs. Fang, don't say that!"

I'm just doing things according to Dachen's law! Please don't embarrass the official, if the official has wronged his wife and your family, the official is willing to take off this official uniform and make amends to you! ”

"I think you should take off your official uniform!"

An angry voice suddenly came in from the door, and Jing Zhiye was full of anger and strode in.

"Lord Jing, why are you here?"

Master Jiang saw Jing Zhiye's expression stiffen at first, and then he smiled at him.

Jing Zhiye walked directly to Mrs. Fang's side, and said to Master Jiang with a calm face: "The old man heard that Lord Jiang summoned my sister to Jingzhao Mansion, and sent officials to Fang Mansion to arrest and search?" Master Jiang, the old man wants to ask you, what crime did my sister commit? Do you have hard evidence in your hands? Do you know what you are accused of wronging Mrs. Commanded? ”

Master Jiang has heard that Jing Zhiye has a stubborn and stubborn temper, and has a deep relationship with Mrs. Fang's brothers and sisters, and he is not a person to be messed with, and he is not very popular in the court.

Now that he has really understood Jing Zhiye's temper, he is angry and scared in his heart.

What he was afraid of was not Jing Zhiye's official position, but that he would make trouble in Jingzhao Mansion and obstruct the trial.

Lord Jiang stabilized his mind and replied calmly: "Lord Jing, this official has already grasped the evidence, and he will soon be able to prove that the Fang family was instructed by Mrs. Fang to bribe the female workers of Fulangzhong's workshop to add things to the medicine, so that the purchasers of the workshop thought that Fulangzhong had sold fake medicine and deceived people. Please also do not obstruct the investigation of the case. ”

After listening to Lord Jiang's words, Jing Zhiye laughed mockingly, "Hehe, Lord Jiang, how could Jing Zhaoyin, who has been sitting for so many years, do such a stupid thing?" Not to mention what the housekeeper did, why do you say that the housekeeper was instructed by my sister? Can the family have a confession? Do you have any proof? ”

Jing Zhiye's questioning made Master Jiang speechless in an instant.

In front of so many people, Lord Jiang couldn't lose face, he quickly straightened his waist and replied stiffly: "Later, let Lang Zhong test his injuries, and the official will let him confess them all!" ”

"You're so daring!" Jing Zhiye saw that Lord Jiang was a little weak by his own question, and immediately glared at him again, wanting to deter Lord Jiang again.

"I think you're so daring!"

Fu Xiaojiu held back for a long time, and finally went crazy.

"You ......"

Jing Zhiye was startled by Fu Xiaojiu's loud shout, and was about to reprimand Fu Xiaojiu, but Fu Xiaojiu walked in front of him with a sinking face.

"I'm Fu Xiaojiu! Lord Jing wouldn't have heard my name, would he? Although I have no official or position, I also know that even if you are an official of the imperial court, you are not allowed to trespass into Jingzhao Mansion without a summons! You are a doctor on the right side of advice, and you are famous for your integrity and daring to admonish, do you want to know the law and break the law and slap yourself in the face? Are you worthy of your official position? Are you worthy of Your Majesty's trust in you? ”