Wang was not taken to prison, but was seen kneeling in the inner hall. The old lady of the Zang family, who has always been well-maintained and wears gold and silver, has not seen her for a few days, and her old face is haggard to the point that it looks like a withered and wrinkled bark, and her cloudy old eyes seem to be a well that is about to dry up, and her eyes are motionless, looking at the ground empty.

There was the sound of hurried footsteps behind her, and several people were walking briskly towards her. She hunched over and knelt on the ground, suddenly trembling nervously, her eyes panicking.

Zhan Suiyu walked out with Zhang Qining, and when he saw Wang, he couldn't help but think of "Heavenly Dao is a good reincarnation".

"Wang."

The hem of the moon-white dress and boots appeared in Wang's sight, and she slowly raised her head to see Zhan Suiyu slowly coming back to her senses.

"Huh. Be. Hu Sheng, I killed it. She confessed.

Wrong. Zhang Qining's eyebrows furrowed slightly, it stands to reason that if the Wang family admits this crime, she will kill people to pay for her life, why did she become calm? Could it be that he was frightened by ghosts and gods, and he was not even afraid of official errands and life and death?

No, Wang is afraid of death, but she knows that the government can't condemn her today. Why?

She and Zhan Suiyu glanced at each other.

"Wang, murder pays for life, since you have confessed to your guilt, then sign and draw a charge..."

Wang Shi laughed coldly, "Sign and draw, and ask the queen of autumn?" Why, I didn't kill anyone? ”

Didn't kill anyone? But didn't she admit that she killed Hu Sheng just now? Wait, is it...

Seeing that Zhang Qining understood, Wang suddenly had a thought in his mind, and his original thoughts of pretending to be crazy and stupid were put away, and a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.

"Murder and murder, no remorse, and now it is still inconsistent and nonsense. Mrs. Wang, nonsense also depends on the place, although it is not in the public court, but it is still in the yamen, do you want to say that Hu Sheng is a demon? If a three-year-old child doesn't believe it, you can take it, it's too insulting, right? ”

Sure enough, she knew.

"You..." Wang was stunned in place, staring straight at Zhang Qining.

Zhang Qining preemptively blocked what Wang wanted to say, so that she couldn't say it if she wanted to, and no one believed her when she said it. Zhan Suiyu also understood why the Wang family was so calm at this moment.

Because she didn't kill anyone, Hu Sheng is not a human, she is a demon.

But so what? As Qi Ning said, not everyone in this world believes in ghosts and gods.

"She's a demon, she's a demon... She's really a demon! I didn't kill, I didn't kill! ”

At this moment, all the catchers present looked at each other. This Wang really plans to say this, she can't be crazy, right? If a person is crazy, can what he says be used as evidence in court?

They all looked at Zhan Suiyu.

"Childe, this... Do you want to continue? ”

Zhan Suiyu: "You go out first, Miss Zhang and I want to talk to the old lady alone, so that the old man can sober up." Come back later, go out first. ”

The catchers clasped their hands: "Yes, Childe." ”

Seeing that everyone had retreated, Zhang Qining walked up to Wang and squatted down. Wang looked up at her, why did Zhang Qining know what she wanted to say? How would she have known?

"You know Hu Sheng is a demon, you know Hu Sheng is a demon!" The old voice roared as hard as it could, "You want me to die? I didn't kill anyone, you can't do that! ”

"Hu Sheng married Zang Jintian as a demon clan, broke away from the identity of the demon clan, and used all the money to help the down-and-out Zang family, she is in the Zang family, and you have a great favor. You insist on taking a concubine because she has nothing to do, but I can't figure out why you still want to kill her after everything is as you want? It's reasonable, she didn't feel sorry for you. Where did your strong killing intent come from? ”

Zhang Qining really couldn't figure it out, if the Wang family accepted the Li family because he wanted a daughter-in-law who was at the mercy of him, but Hu Sheng was originally a demon, judging from the descriptions of the Zang Mansion and the Huang family, she was not a person who compared power and wealth, so how could she conflict with the Wang family?

Wang laughed, "She entered the Zang Mansion without a sound back then, and my son cherished her so much, even if he didn't have an heir, he didn't mind, even if he knew that she was a water demon!" She turned my son into a coward who couldn't see anything but her, how could I, a mother, endure it. ”

Zhang Qining pointed his finger against his chin, suddenly figured it out, and laughed. "The relationship between this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is really more ever-changing than the gossip of the five elements."

Zhan Suiyu pulled her up, "What did you think of?" Why did this Wang kill Hu Sheng. ”

Zhang Qining looked at Wang and shook his head and said, "I thought about it a lot, but I didn't think it was because of this." Zhan Sui Yu, can you imagine? She, a mother-in-law, actually killed her daughter-in-law because she was jealous! ”

Wang Shi was poked in thought, and his body trembled violently. “... Nonsense, you nonsense! ”

"Jealousy?" Zhan Sui Yu showed a hint of doubt. "Is it a mother's possessiveness of her son?"

"Well, but that's not all. That's right, you're a man you don't understand. Women are careful, everything can be compared. ”

The Wang family trembled on the side, afraid that the secret in his heart would be discovered by Zhang Qining and told by her. But Zhang Qining teased Zhan Suiyu with bad intentions, and deliberately let Wang's spirit wander on the cliff. Seeing that she was almost hanging, she began to explain to Zhan Suiyu.

"Uncle Zang has a romantic life, his wife gives birth, his son's nurse is pregnant again, and the child in his belly has to be called brother to his own child. How can the old lady swallow this breath, but this is not the key, the key is that Zang Shuping has one and two, and two and three. Mrs. Wang has been in the embarrassing situation of being a wife and not a wife all her life. ”

“... Shut up, shut up... You shut up! ”

Zhang Qining: "When I got married, I was afraid that I also had a longing. I hope that my husband will only be single-minded to himself, even if there are some concubines, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to respect each other like guests, and it's good to be a housewife in peace. But when it all fell apart, Madame was bent on desperately trying to hold on to everything she could, and all this made her fall into despair again and again. ”

For example, the Zang family's money and her own son, these all belong to her. Especially her own son, because in her opinion, Zang Jintian is not only her son, but also the continuation of Zang Shuping, and the head of the Zang family, but also a man.

The Zang family is down, the family wealth is scattered, she has no power to return to the sky, but Hu Sheng can. Hu Sheng was born in the demon clan, but Zang Jintian did not dislike it. Hu Sheng's life has been flawless, but she is not. Hu Sheng has her husband's love full of eyes, even if she is dead, she has not changed, but she has not. The money that she desperately tried to grab was also lost, and the son she desperately wanted to catch gradually left her, which is sad.

Zhang Qining was initially suspicious of Zang Jintian's feelings for Hu Sheng, but Wang contradicted this to her.

Even if he has trampled on his own unbearable and dirty through death, he has always held up a pair of hands from the mud, holding out the cleanliness and luxury of once in a lifetime, and protecting the sincerity and memories that are not stained with dust.

Scatter the half-soul and continue to wander, blossom and bear fruit, and become another him, coming from the opposite side or looking back. Whether it is accidental or regretful, only in Hu Sheng's eyes, Zang Jintian's barren years have found a proper attitude.

For Zang Jintian, Hu Sheng is heartwarming, love, and a beautiful proof. When people keep moving forward, but can't find the direction and meaning, they will expect to represent something in a concrete form, so they have faith, and they can see themselves from faith and get a real feeling. At this point, Zhang Qining seems to understand Zang Jintian.

Zhang Qining: "The Wang family is jealous of Hu Sheng's goodness, and jealous of Hu Sheng's husband from the beginning. Thinking of Zang Shuping, thinking of herself. In her heart, the head of the house should not be like this, and neither should the man. ”

Her view of men is a little distorted, and her son is a continuation of Uncle Zang's character and behavior in her eyes.

She was neither willing to admit that she was unlucky, nor was she powerless to correct Uncle Zang's rampant amorous affairs. Determined to raise a second generation like him, hoping to find solace in the misery of the next generation—look, not only me, but everyone is the same.

Zhan Suiyu listened, looked at the Wang family, and thought: Is it the persecution and injury from the outside world that made this cowardly woman like this, or is it the seeds of evil that sprouted on her despicable and corrupt roots, making the poison in her heart break through the ground and see the light?

"How did you kill Hu Sheng?"

Wang's eyes flashed a little light, thinking back to that day, even now she could feel a trace of sickly pleasure.

"She's a demon, and the usual methods don't work for her. I wanted to find the Taoist, but unfortunately I couldn't find it, and I didn't believe anyone else. So I came personally, and I poisoned her a little bit every once in a while. I knew it was useless, but I was just happy to see her stupidly eating poisonous things, and Tim didn't know about it, and even fed her himself a few times. Ha, hahahaha-ha - I didn't expect her body to be really bad! ”

Holding her face in her hands, Wang recounted her experience of poisoning Hu Sheng with an intoxicated expression. "Dao Chang is right, the Li family soon gave birth to the eldest grandson, and there is no need for the Hu family to occupy that position. With a career, a child, and another woman, my son will soon forget about a dead man. Even if you find out that Hu Sheng's death is bizarre, even if you suspect that I poisoned it? I'm his mother, he still hasn't done anything to me, I'm alive to this day! But then..."

Wang's face turned hideous, and he stared at Zhan Suiyu and Zhang Qining as if he had woken up from a dream, as if he had seen Zang Jintian and Hu Sheng back then.

"After he helped the Li family as his wife, he no longer touched anyone except Hu Sheng, and he was not as good as the eunuchs in the palace compound! I'm his mother, why is he disobedient? Why didn't he obey! Hu Sheng... It's the woman who haunts my son. My son is so good to her that she won't let him go, or... Or did he see that she was back, and Tim Tim volunteered to go with her, and he didn't even want me as a mother? ”

"Wang."

Wang looked a little crazy, and kept muttering, "It's that painting, she's in that painting... She snatched my son away, and Tim was so bewitched by her that he might come with her to claim my life..."

The matter is probably clear, but Wang's appearance is useless when others come in later. They had no way to find out about the past, so they could only let Wang himself tell it to see if they could find any clues. Her previous stimulation seemed to have been a success.

Zhang Qining's original purpose was to dissect Wang's unbearable past, for Wang's Hu Sheng was a mockery of her, but it was also the merit of her life, of course, she would try her best to show others this thing that still made her extremely proud after many years - poisoning Hu Sheng.

"Wang, be sober, it's impossible to kill someone and not want to be responsible." Zhang Qining has made new discoveries from her words.

"Murder? I killed a demon. Heh, hahaha-"

Zhang Qining couldn't stand her stupid look of "what can you do to me", interrupting her crazy imagination that she could be acquitted.

"Everyone, please come in."

Hearing Zhang Qining shouting, the catchers outside all stood in.

Zhang Qining said: "She recruited it, it was poisoned." You can probably hear some outside, after all, the old lady is very cheerful. ”

She turned her head to Zhan Sui Yu and said, "Lao Yamen brought a piece of work to examine Hu Sheng's bones to see if there were any traces of poisoning." If there is, you also heard what Wang said just now, and this case can be closed. ”

It doesn't matter if the Wang family killed a human or a demon, as long as it is proved that Hu Sheng was poisoned, and the poison was caused by her, it is enough.

Zhan Suiyu nodded and said to the catchers: "You take the servants with you." Words are not credible, but the evidence is ironclad. ”

"Yes."

"I didn't kill anyone, Hu Sheng is a demon, you all know! You can't spray people with blood! ”

Fling dirt at somebody? Zhang Qining was about to be amused by her.

"How can you be sure that you really killed a demon? Do you know what a demon looks like when it dies? She folded her arms in front of her helplessly and said, "I don't know." Tangible monsters will be beaten back to their original form after death, and monsters like Hu Sheng, who are conceived from the water and are not cultivated, will turn into smoke and dust after death and return to heaven and earth. ”

Turned into smoke... Wang remembered something, and his face was visibly bloodless.

"How do you know?" Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Qining told him about an old thing. Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, she has both. Once, she strayed into the mountain market of ghosts, and as soon as she stepped in, she saw a group of monsters fighting over the stalls, and then she retreated and hid in a blind corner to observe for a while.

In fact, there is no scene of flesh and blood, that is, there is an old man next to him who is persuading him to fight, and shouting loudly to the demon who fights the pig demon: "Start lightly, kill him who sells pork next door cheaply!" You tap too, you'll have to turn to ashes when you're dead! And you..."

In this way, she listened to the fate of the monsters who participated in the group fight.

"I remember that Hu Sheng's body was personally collected into the coffin by the Zang family, and the bones are all in good condition. Does Mrs. Wang remember what she looked like before she closed the coffin? You're going to see it, and you'll probably be reminiscent of it for many years. Zhang Qining smiled at the corner of his lips, in Wang's eyes, he was more like a monster, which made people feel cold in their hearts.

"I guess Hu Sheng was to grow old with your son Bai Shou back then, and gave up the way that the demon should have. It also explains why she was poisoned without noticing, and how the poison of the world could be useful to her. She was a mortal at that time. ”

What else is Wang going to say.

Zhang Qining said: "Okay, don't pretend." In the end, after being the master of the back house for so many years, Zhan Suiyu and I were almost surrounded by you. In fact, what does it matter if Hu Sheng is a human or a demon? You just saw that Zhan Suiyu and I knew that Hu Sheng was a demon, so we set a sophistry trap.

A white horse is not a horse, a demon is not a life, is it not a human life? What is the rationale for this? The hungry tiger in the mountains eats people, and everyone wants to seek justice, but do you say that the instinct to eat when hungry is to blame the tiger? If you want to blame it, you can blame it for eating the wrong object and touching the law of the world.

As long as you kill it, we don't care if Hu Sheng is a human or a demon. She married Zang Jintian and entered your family's genealogy, which neither hurts the sky nor harms her, and she lives a more humane life than you. You two compare, let outsiders come to see who is the demon?

Wang, in fact, what he is is is only in a thought. Oh, otherwise—how could anyone call a man a beast? You say yes, right? ”

The catcher who went out quickly brought back the message. Although many years have passed, the chronic poison absorbed for a long time while alive has gradually seeped into the bones, and even if a person dies, there will still be residues. In addition, Hu Sheng's coffin was very well prepared, the bones were relatively well preserved, and there was no moisture or other things mixed in, so it was confirmed that it was poison detected from the bones. Hu Sheng was indeed poisoned to death, and Wang couldn't tell the difference.

*

"Are you alright?" Zhan Suiyu saw Zhang Qining's tired face, and hurriedly asked people to sit down and rest.

"It's fine. Crossing a big gap between humans and demons, I am tired of arguing. Zhang Qining spied several times to go deep into the bottom line of the Wang family, not wanting to see her boring vanity and jealousy but had to continue, and the buzzing sound in her ears made her have a headache.

Zhan Suiyu: "You just said it very well, whether it is a human or a demon, the government is a place where justice is only discussed." Wang was blinded, no matter what Hu Sheng was, she would do it, this is an indisputable fact. ”

Zhang Qining closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, calming down a little. "And that's not even the most troublesome. The most troublesome thing is that I went around with her for such a big circle, but the murderer of the Zang family's case was not caught, and the clues on Wang's side were broken. Next, I don't know where to start? ”

"It's not clueless." Zhan Suiyu smiled.

"How?"

Zhan Suiyu: "I have two clues. One of Wang's reactions reminded me that the difference between a dead heart and a sigh of relief is still quite big. "He didn't see through the old boy Li Changzai last time, it was really a dereliction of duty.

Zhang Qining was puzzled by what he said, "What are you talking about?" ”

"It's okay, I'll do this. Let me tell you about the second one, um..."Zhan Suiyu pondered for a moment and said, "What kind of person do you think is the most inconspicuous?" ”

What kind of problem is this? Zhang Qining thought for a moment and said, "Common, public, and... Wait a minute, there are still those who don't show up much and don't highlight their presence. ”

Zhang Qining was very smart, and Zhan Suiyu could tell from her last description that she had already thought of that clue.

If you don't want to stand out and don't want others to notice you, it is undoubtedly the best way to stay out of the crowd or remain silent. You don't need to stay that way all the time, you just need to make that impression during the time it happened.

But in fact, what did that person do, she was wise enough to protect herself, but she took the initiative to hint at Wang and Hu Sheng's clues, the cleverness of this trick is that it is reasonable, but it is unreasonable.

As another insider of this scandalous affair back then-Zang Huang, what did she want?