After a while, the Lin family had already been helped by Gu Yutang to go to the inner room. Even if the little maid saw it, Mama Liang didn't let her in, and she didn't dare to go in, so she could only stomp on the ground in a hurry, and said another word to Mama Liang.

"Mama, the matter in the front hall is urgent, Feng Lao'an and Mrs. Cai Chen ordered me to invite the old lady over, you just let me in!"

"Girl, it's not that the old body won't let you in. It's just that the old lady has already rested, and she has instructed not to disturb others, and the girl should not make the old man embarrassed. If it disturbs the old lady's rest, it is not the old body that will be punished. Looking at the little maid's eager appearance, Mama Liang also guessed that something had happened in the front hall, but she still didn't allow the little maid to enter.

The matter of the second room will be handled by the second room itself, if the long room is inserted into it again and again, I am afraid that it will reach the ears of the third room and the fourth room, and it will inevitably be unpleasant.

Therefore, for the sake of the long house and the Lin family, Mama Liang didn't want the Lin family to get involved in these trivial matters in the second room, especially now, there is more Mrs. You in the house, and she has to retreat.

At this time, Zijuan, who was beside Feng Laoan, hurried over with a few maids, bypassed the little maid, and came to Mama Liang's side, also with an eager look, grabbed Mama Liang's hand, and said.

"Mama, something happened in the front hall, our old lady and Mrs. Cai have already passed, let's invite Mrs. Lin, say to help get an idea."

"What's going on in the Frontrooms? Why did Miss Zijuan panic like this?" Mama Liang said, still blocking the door and not letting them in.

Zijuan came to the door in person to invite, it seems that the matter in the front hall is not small, but Feng Lao'an and the Cai family can't make up their minds, and their old lady must have made up their minds when they pass?

Zijuan glanced at Mama Liang in front of her, looking at her appearance, if she didn't tell her about the matter, she wouldn't let herself in and invite the Lin family over.

She thought about it again and again, and finally said: "Mama, I received a report from someone in the Erfu Ya today, saying that there is a corpse floating up in the Pengpu River, which is the missing maid Mingxi in the courtyard outside our house. Someone from the government said that our Gu family abused their subordinates, and after beating Mingxi to death, he threw it into the Pengpu River. The government came to the door with Mingxi's family and said that they would let our family give an explanation. The old lady has no way, so let me ask the old lady Lin to come over and help with the idea. ”

After listening to Zijuan's words, Mama Liang knew that something like this had happened, no wonder Feng Lao'an first called a little maid to come over and invite, and then called Zijuan over, everyone told the truth, if she blocked it again, she would be a little unable to say it.

After Mama Liang put Zijuan and the little maid in, the two talked for a long time in front of Lin, and explained the whole thing to Lin, and then a few people supported Lin and went to the front hall. Gu Yutang was curious, and didn't want to miss this excitement, so he also went along.

After arriving at the front hall, Gu Yutang found that the elders of the second room had already come, Feng Lao'an sat on the main seat, Cai and Gu Lihua sat on both sides, Mrs. You and Feng Cheng sat beside Cai, and diagonally opposite sat a regular guest in the second room, Xiao Tan, the wife of Pengpu County Order, and the master who came from the government.

Several mothers-in-law in charge of the outer courtyard knelt on the ground, plus a steward of the outer courtyard, several mothers-in-law were obviously forced to interrogate, kept their heads down, kneeling on the ground and trembling, Gu Yutang took a look, and even the flesh on the mother-in-law's face was trembling.

After everyone saw that Mama Liang helped Lin come in, they all rushed over, only Mrs. You and Xiao Tan were still sitting on the chairs, Mrs. You glanced at Lin, picked up the tea cup on the high table, and drank half a sip, pretending not to see Lin's appearance. Xiao Tan smiled faintly, without much reaction.

"Old sister, you are here. I saw that there were so many officials coming to the government, and I felt that something was wrong, so I quickly asked Zijuan to invite you over, so that I could get an idea. Although the girl is serving in the outer courtyard, she must have food and clothing, and I have asked those housekeepers once, and they are definitely not killed by them, someone must be trying to frame us! ”

Feng Lao'an was also panicked, lost his usual composure, and took Lin's hand and said.

"Second brother and sister, don't panic. We've all been through ups and downs, and it's not like you're used to it in a panic. The second room is a high-ranking family in Pengpu, and it is not uncommon to be framed by others, so it is necessary to deal with it carefully. Lin persuaded Feng Lao'an, and then helped her to the bamboo chair and sat down.

"I can't imagine it! The Gu family's family of goodness can also come up with such a scandalous thing? Although the maid said that she signed the deed paper and bought it, how can she say that it is also a human life, how can she say that she will be killed if she is killed? He also threw it in the Pengpu River, thinking about destroying the corpse and destroying the traces, and didn't want others to know? Xiao Tan picked up the tea cup next to him and sneered.

The last time she came to the Gu family, Xiao Tan was angry and went back, but now she came over this time, but she came with the documents from the government, even if the Gu family wanted to drive her away, there was no way.

"Mrs. Tan, now that the matter has not been clarified, is it inappropriate for you to make such a rash conclusion?" Gu Licai, who was sitting opposite, couldn't hear these cynical words, and quickly replied.

"I also know that Master Gu has not returned home for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will not know the situation at home. That little maid was served in the outer courtyard of your house, and she appeared in the Pengpu River for no reason, it wasn't your family's doing, could it be that someone else did it? This Gu family is a big family, I think there shouldn't be some thieves who killed people in your house, and then ran all the way to the Pengpu River to throw corpses, right?"

Xiao Tan's grasp of the evidence this time, and he is not afraid that the Gu family will not admit it.

This time, if she can make the Gu family make a mistake and can't raise her head in Pengpu Township, it will be worth it for her to do this.

"Mrs. Tan has no witnesses, no physical evidence, relying on a corpse alone, she wants to detain the charges on our Gu family, Mrs. Tan is a little anxious when she does this? That little girl is indeed the girl that our Gu family is serving, but she disappeared a few days ago, can it be said that our Gu family killed her if she disappeared as an adult? ”

Gu Yutang had just listened to Zijuan and the Lin family talk in the hall for a long time, and he still figured out this matter more or less.

In order to avenge the last revenge, Xiao Tan wanted to put the charge on the head of the Gu family. If this matter is spread out, the reputation of the second room in the home of Pengpu Jishan will be ruined. Not only that, but the people outside even criticized the Gu family, saying that the Gu family was not close to people, and they didn't treat the maids and slaves they bought as human beings, and threw them out if they were killed at will.

Xiao Tan had seen Gu Yutang a few times, but he couldn't remember the name clearly, so he said: "Little girl, you said that I have no evidence and no physical evidence, and the human evidence is the maid's parents and brothers, and their family knows that the maid is working in the Gu Mansion and has been bullied, and the housekeeper is whipped and scolded at every turn." The mothers-in-law also admit it, and if the girl doesn't believe it, just ask them. ”

Hearing Xiao Tan's words, the mother-in-law kneeling on the ground immediately panicked, and one mother-in-law even jumped out and explained: "The old slave doesn't, the old slave doesn't, Mingxi girl treats people kindly, and we mothers-in-law are all amiable, where will we beat her?" But she did something wrong, we just said a few words. ”

Gu Yutang also knew that these mothers-in-law pretended to be loyal in front of people, and the things they explained were just orders to be done for the little maids below, where would they do it themselves?

Treat the little maids below, either beat or scold, it is like this in the mansions of the big families, but they are not killed, and the little maids dare not do it.

Gu Yutang looked at those mothers-in-law with a panicked look, Mingxi should have been beaten by them, but they just beat Mingxi to death, they don't have all the guts, the maid was killed in the house, and they can't afford to take this responsibility.

"Mrs. Tan, I believe that even if those mothers-in-law beat Mingxi, they will not beat her to death. First, they are afraid of things and can't afford this responsibility; Second, they don't have the courage to beat Mingxi to death, what should they do?" Gu Yutang analyzed it for everyone in the room, but did not give Xiao Tan a chance to breathe.

She didn't want to keep the mothers-in-law who bullied the little maid, and those mothers-in-law didn't deserve her to do this, she said these words just to keep the reputation of the second room, that's all.

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