The eldest lady looked at her with a cracked eye: "You have angered the magistrate again and again, because you think you have lived too long, right, the magistrate, it is better to fulfill her wish and give her the death penalty!" ”

Ye Ling was lying on the ground, she was in so much pain......

At this moment, she didn't know where the pain came from, and how good it would be if she could sleep like this and never wake up again.

"Sister Ling! Sister Ling! ”

"Ling'er!"

Fan'er and Liu Gongzi shouted outside the public hall to Ye Ling, who was lying on the ground and dying.

"Let me in!" Fan'er pushed the officer's arm.

But the two of them couldn't get in, and these officials were tightly blocked.

"Ling'er, Ling'er!"

Ye Ling is no longer conscious, and even if she does, she won't be able to reply to you again.

Liu Gongzi clenched his fists and begged: "Lord Zhixian! Please let us in! ”

The magistrate waved his hand, and a few officials took their arms.

The two of them rushed to Ye Ling one by one.

Liu Gongzi hugged Ye Ling into his arms.

"Ling'er, Ling'er, wake up!"

Fan'er on the side also couldn't cry, "Sister Ling! What happened to you! ”

Ye Ling closed his eyes.

Fan'er stood up and pointed at them, "Why?" Why did you do this to her! The murderer is not her! ”

The eldest lady looked Fan'er up and down with disdain.

"This, can't it be the young lady of the Song Mansion? It is said that what kind of master there is, what kind of slave, this slave makes a mistake, and the master cannot escape the blame, maybe it is the master who teaches the slave to do this. ”

"You!" Fan'er trembled angrily.

"You're going too far! As a lady in the house, she speaks so rudely? Liu Gongzi hugged Ye Ling and said this to the eldest lady.

The eldest lady laughed contemptuously a few times, walked around the court, and gestured to everyone.

"Look, look, look at how powerful this woman is, don't say anything about killing people, there are men protecting her, she is naturally cheap. Man, really! ”

"If you dare to say it again, try it." Liu Gongzi yelled.

"What? Childe, do you think we wronged her? She killed the master! The human and material evidence are all there! Who would wronged her for no reason? ”

Liu Gongzi snorted coldly, "I believe in Ling'er's character, I don't allow you to slander her like this." ”

"You!"

"Sister Min Lan!" Xiang Ning shook her head at her.

"You think you're protecting her? Killing people pays for life, it is justified, her life is regretted, will our master die in vain! ”

The green tendons on Liu Gongzi's forehead gradually burst out, and his eyes were also bloodshot, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I said, it's not her!" ”

The housekeeper stepped forward, "This son, you are also a big family, and now you don't even care about your face for a maid?" This is spread out, but it is your own reputation that is damaged, besides, people's hearts are unpredictable, you think that the murderer is not her, but the facts are in front of you, not that we are deliberately wronged! ”

"Silence!" The magistrate knocked on the wood.

"This is a public court, why are you talking nonsense?"

The magistrate looked at Ye Ling, who was lying in Liu Gongzi's arms, and said, "Since there is not enough evidence to prove that Miss Ye killed someone, this case cannot be defined for the time being. ”

The eldest lady couldn't bear it, "My lord! Now that the evidence is so abundant, whether it is human or physical evidence, it points to her, how can it not be defined? ”

"Presumptuous! Have you ever seen her kill a member of the Staff? After the death of the officer, the official sent a servant to conduct an examination, in addition to the bright red scratch marks on the neck of the member, he did take a trace amount of cinnabar, because the amount of the small work could not be determined, I wanted to investigate further, but you did not agree to the body of the member outside the person to be transported to the yamen, however, the officer must try to find out the case, and never let anyone go. ”

The magistrate looked at Guard Li again and asked, "Guard Li, can you take the bag she said with you?" ”

Hearing this, Guard Li nodded, took out a bag from his waist and handed it to the county magistrate.

Seeing this, Xiang Ning hurriedly stepped forward to explain. "My lord! This is the tip I paid to Guard Li! ”

The magistrate looked at it, this bag is delicate, embroidered with a green lotus.

"What's in here?"

Xiang Ning said: "Lord Hui, it's just ordinary spices." ”

"Spread the word!"

At this moment, a man came in with his head bowed, opened the bag, sniffed it in front of his nose, and replied, "My lord! It is indeed a spice, and there is no adulteration of things. ”

Lord Zhixian nodded, "Guard Li, then you can take the broken bag with you?" ”

Guard Li took out another bag from his waist and handed it to him.

This bag is indeed broken, there is nothing in it, and there is a peony embroidered on it, but it is a national color and fragrance.

"Who gave you this?"

"Back to my lord, a gift from my sweetheart."

The magistrate of the county considered it and returned these two tips to him.

Then he asked the eldest lady: "The eldest lady, you said that her strength is greater than that of a man, how can you see it?" ”

"Back to my lord, she also saw it that day!" The eldest lady pointed to Xiangning.

Then he scolded Ye Ling: "This cheap. Man, almost broke my wrist and strangled the master, it is definitely more than enough! ”

The magistrate stroked his beard, thinking that this Ye Ling actually had so much strength, although all the signs pointed to her, and there may be two motives for the crime.

One, in order to steal the money from the outside of the staff, the suspicious point came, if this is the case, then Kira should have escaped with the treasure in her hand, and she has not been discovered yet, so this is impossible!

Motive 2, the two have a grudge against the outside, but if so, why did they volunteer to heal the outside? Why not run away from the last poisoning incident, only to reappear?

And in addition to the above motives, several doubts are still unsolved, such as the strychnine on the incense condensation floor, the tea mentioned by the person in charge of the pharmacy, and the owner of the pharmacy and the person in charge of the kitchen......

Due to too many suspicions, the magistrate could not convict Ye Ling.

"Someone! Put her back in jail! ”

"No, you can't!" Liu Gongzi protected her tightly.

"My lord! No! Fan'er knelt on the ground and kowtowed her head over and over again.

"My lord! My sister Ling can't stand such a toss! She was already injured, but now, she was tortured again, begging the adults to let Fan'er take Sister Ling back, otherwise, she would die! Please, Lord Chixian! ”

"Please......"

Liu Gongzi hugged Ye Ling tightly and said angrily: "My lord, didn't you also say that now the evidence is not enough, so if she dies because of this, my lord, won't you feel guilty in your heart!" ”

"This ......"

The magistrate of the county has made a difficulty, and it is estimated that he will not be able to hold it up when he sees Ye Ling like this, if he really dies because of this, in case the murderer is someone else......

The eldest lady seemed to hesitate when she saw Lord Zhixian, "No, my lord!" This person is now a prisoner, how can he be released? ”

Fan'er was furious, "Do you really have to take a human life before you are willing!" ”

When the eldest lady heard this, she burst out laughing.

"I said girl, one life pays for one life, it was your maid who killed us! You figured it out! It's not that we're going to hurt her! Now, to whom will the master's grievances be spoken! She killed someone, and you protect her! Our master died unjustly, why is no one pitiful! ”

"That's it!" As soon as the magistrate roared, they stopped talking, and Fan'er crawled to Ye Ling's side and wiped the blood stains on the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

The magistrate said: "Ye Ling, it is still a crime that is difficult to forgive, but Nian is full of doubts in this case, and she cannot be convicted, so she can only be temporarily put in prison and wait for trial." ”

The eldest lady snorted coldly.

"However, Nian is in her girl's house, and the official is gracious and allows her to have a doctor, and also allows her to take medicine."

When the two heard this, although they couldn't bring her back, they had no choice but to agree.

Fan'er went back to the Song Mansion first, saying that she wanted to get something, Liu Gongzi asked Lin Feng to invite a doctor, and he took Ye Ling back to the prison and guarded her inch by inch.

The magistrate allowed Liu Gongzi to come to visit every day, but he only wanted to take her home.

He hugged her tightly, afraid that she would be cold......

After the doctor came, he prescribed external medicine and internal medicine, and Liu Gongzi said that he would make a decoction for her every day, and he would send it every day, and as for the external medicine, he handed it over to Fan'er.

But in this damp and dark place, if she thought about it, it would be impossible.

In addition to wound ulceration and infection, she often has a high fever, thanks to the care of Fan'er and Liu Gongzi, otherwise she would not be able to survive this trip.

Lee House

A certain wing

"What are you going to do!"

"You're blaming me now!"

"How could that Bai Qiluo die!"

"She's dead and dead, so that's suicide in fear of sin, what's there?"

"But ......"

"Now, this Ye Ling knows a lot, so let's just ...... her."

"But she's in prison! How could there be a chance to start? ”

"You don't understand this, if she overturns the case in the future, it will be you and me who can't escape at that time!"

A dark shadow flashed outside the window.

When the two saw it, they were shocked.

"What people!"

"Go after it! Can't be heard! ”

This man came out to look around, but he didn't find the black shadow just now, could it be that he looked away?

Weird......

yamen

In the past few days, the magistrate has been very worried, before, he had personally visited the Li Mansion, and after the death of the outsider, he entered his chamber and carefully examined it.

This inspection doesn't matter, the magistrate found that there was no trace of being turned in the wing room outside the staff, in addition, if the magistrate was strangled to death by Ye Ling and Qiluo, why didn't everyone in the Li Mansion hear the movement? Could it be that it was cinnabar that hypnotized the outsider, after all, the appearance of the outsider after his death was also very peaceful.

Moreover, the magistrate found that there was a very dirty place on the floor, which looked like dirt on his shoes, but the murderer was very clever and erased the marks of his shoes.

Of course, there is one thing that is very contradictory, that is, the member died peacefully, which proves that he has not fought with the murderer before, so how could he tear off Ye Ling's earrings?

Today, in the public court, they each cling to their own rhetoric and try their best to get rid of their suspicions.

How could Ye Ling identify the second lady and the Li guards for no reason?

The butler's room was so close to the outside of the staff, how could he not hear it at all?

Including the eldest lady, why is it so sure that the murderer is Ye Ling?

In addition to this, the magistrate discovered the most important thing......