Chapter 325: Questioning Master
Aunt Hong asked Shui Lu to carry Master Chen to the bamboo chair on the side and sit up, and then instructed the little maid who was waiting in the house, and handed a freshly brewed tea cup and placed it on the high table next to Master Chen.
Master Chen glanced at Aunt Hong, whose face was full of smiles on the opposite side, and was a little panicked in his heart, tremblingly picked up the tea on the top of the high table, and drank half a sip gently.
Before Aunt Hong invited him over, she had personally given him two hundred taels of silver, and asked him to let the Qi family go to the Wang Fa Hall of the county government, but now the Qi family has not been detained, and he has been ridiculed by a stinky girl at a young age.
If this matter spreads out and enters the ears of the county magistrate, I am afraid that the matter of his secret private work will be known by the county magistrate, then his criminal master for decades will be regarded as in vain.
Not only will he be reprimanded, but he may not even be able to keep the iron rice bowl he has served for decades.
Master Chen didn't speak, but lowered his head and waited for Aunt Hong's instructions. He knew that this matter could not be done, but the red aunt in front of him still instructed the maid to take the silver to him, but he was afraid that he still had something to tell him, otherwise he would not let himself stay in this house.
Aunt Hong had a cold smile on her face, the reason why Master Chen stopped talking was because he was waiting for her orders.
However, she does have other things to do with the Master Chen in front of her, and if she wants to make that Taohong unable to say anything, she has to ask the Master Chen in front of her.
sent Taohong to the county Yawangfa hall, and the county magistrate personally passed the hall, so that the crime of stealing property in the house was confirmed on Taohong.
If you don't confirm this crime, maybe Gu Yutang's dead girl will find out what evidence she will find later, and hand it to Feng Laoanren, what if she is the culprit who framed the Qi family?
In order to prevent Gu Yutang's dead girl from having a chance to make waves, no matter whether this matter has the permission of Feng Laoan and Gu Lihua, she has to send the peach to the hall.
Then, I only heard Aunt Hong instructing Master Chen.
"Master Chen, you have been a criminal master for so many years, you must still have some means, right? Since it has been implemented, it is the maid Taohong who is serving next to me who has committed the crime of theft, according to the Da Ming law of my dynasty, how should it be sentenced, the master is still clear, right?" Aunt Hong didn't say it explicitly, but tried a few words.
It's not that Master Chen can't hear the meaning of Aunt Hong's words, but he doesn't know what he has to do to satisfy Aunt Hong?
Could it be that she really wants to send the pink maid to the Wang Fa hall and be sentenced by the magistrate in person, is this red aunt willing? In that case, wouldn't it cost an innocent life to live?
Master Chen didn't make up his mind in his heart, pretending not to hear the meaning of Aunt Hong's words, and asked again, "What does Madame want to do when she wants to be old, and ask Madame to make it clear?" Could it be that you really want to send that pink maid to the county government to go to the court?"
Aunt Hong didn't nod or shake her head, still with a faint smile on her face.
"How can I make that maid speechless anymore, Master Chen will do it. Whether to send it to the county government hall and let the county magistrate personally pass through the hall, or secretly dispose of the maid, or ask Master Chen to decide.
Since I invited my master out of the county government, I didn't ask my master to come and take the silver for nothing. If the master can't satisfy me, I will let the master present them to the magistrate one by one as many taels of silver as he took from me. β
Aunt Hong looked at Master Chen in front of her, and said lightly.
After Aunt Hong finished speaking, she glanced at Shui Lu, who was waiting beside her, and after Shui Lu understood Aunt Hong's intentions, she followed Aunt Hong's words, and reminded Master Chen, who was already dumbfounded, to remind Master Chen in front of her.
"You don't need the slave to say it, the master also knows. The magistrate is always honest and honest, and loves the people like a son, if he finds a corrupt person like the master by his side, what will he do, I don't think the slave will say it, right?"
Master Chen listened to Aunt Hong and Shui Lu say a lot one after another, and immediately understood Aunt Hong's intentions.
Since he had received so much silver from Aunt Hong, he was already in the same boat as her, and if he wanted to escape by jumping ship, he was afraid that his life would be lost. If he doesn't do what Aunt Hong tells him to do, in the same way, he will not be able to keep his famous master for many years.
Master Chen thought about it for a while, his face was a little heavy, he got on the thief ship, and he thought that they would not tell him to get off the ship so easily.
After a few sighs in a row, Master Chen still said: "The old man has remembered all the things that the lady ordered, and the old man will definitely do what the lady ordered." β
Seeing that Master Chen finally agreed, Aunt Hong nodded, and ordered the maid who had brought Master Chen in before to take Master Chen out again.
Gu Yutang here, just after passing the corridor of copying mobile games, he saw a maid leading the way for Master Chen, and he came out of the back room where Aunt Hong is now. Seeing that Master Chen bypassed the corridor, he walked towards his side.
Gu Yutang pulled the corner of Ah Hua's clothes beside him and said.
"Aunt Hong invited Master Chen over, I'm afraid that something important has been ordered to him, let's go up and take a look, and listen to what Aunt Hong told him to do."
Gu Yutang walked one step ahead of Ah Hua to the maid who led the way, Master Chen looked at Gu Yutang who suddenly appeared, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that the third girl of the Gu family would suddenly appear here.
Master Chen wanted to order the maid who led the way to walk around Gu Yutang, but asked Gu Yutang to stop her, looking at the panicked look on Master Chen's face, she guessed that this Master Chen must not have thought that she would appear here.
And that Aunt Hong must have ordered him something, otherwise he wouldn't have been in such a hurry.
Seeing that Gu Yutang blocked his way, Master Chen walked out from the leading maid's body, and said, "Third girl, I don't know if you stopped the old man in public, do you have any advice?" β
Gu Yutang didn't look at him, but glanced at the back room behind him, where Aunt Hong was, and smiled: "I don't dare to give advice, I just saw that the master was so flustered, isn't there something important to deal with in a hurry?"
Master Chen didn't want to waste too much time with Gu Yutang in front of him, so he replied bluntly: "Third girl, the old man is on an errand in the yamen, and what the old man does is naturally also the business of the yamen. Three girls and one girl's family, don't ask these things. β
Gu Yutang knew that Master Chen would use the yamen as an excuse and rejected her, but she already had a way to deal with it, so she said.
"Since the master is going back to the yamen to do errands, then I went to instruct my mother-in-law, let my mother-in-law prepare a car, and send my master back to the yamen, right?
I just trust the daughter of the county magistrate, Miss Li Jiaojiao and I are familiar with each other, I accompanied the master to the yamen, and by the way, it is also feasible to meet Miss Li. β
After Gu Yutang finished speaking, he glanced at Ah Hua beside him, and ordered: "Ah Hua, you go and get my post, let's go to the Li Mansion to see Miss Li." I haven't seen Miss Li these days, and I still miss her a little. β
Ah Hua understood what Gu Yutang meant, and knew that Gu Yutang wanted to say these words to Master Chen, so he nodded hurriedly, and replied, "Girl, the slave maid knows." Slave and maid, let's go get your worship sticker, and let's go to Li's Mansion for a walk. β
Listening to Gu Yutang's master and servant saying that they were going to the Li Mansion one after the other, Master Chen listened on the sidelines, and his heart was already panicked.
If Gu Yutang's girl said a sentence in the Li Mansion about her private work in the Gu Mansion, then she is afraid that there is a risk of dismissal and investigation?
As early as a few days ago, she knew that it was the Li family on the street who took over the post of Pengpu County Commander. Today's Pengpu County Commander is the father of Li Jiaojiao, Li Tiehu, who is as strong as a cow.
Gu Yutang and Li Jiaojiao have known each other for a long time, and Li Jiaojiao often sends posts inviting Gu Yutang to visit Li's mansion. That's why she just said those words, just to scare and scare Master Chen.
If Master Chen dares to take the important matter of dealing with the yamen again, he will block the sword. She went to the second gate and ordered, asked the maid to prepare the car, and they went to the Li Mansion for a walk.
Seeing that Ah Hua got Gu Yutang's orders and was about to leave, Master Chen hurriedly said: "Thank you for the care of the Gu family's girl, it's just an errand ordered by the yamen, and the old man hasn't done it yet." If you go back like this, I'm afraid that you will upset the magistrate, right?"
Seeing Master Chen reply like this, Gu Yutang didn't let Ah Hua leave, looking at the beads of sweat that continued to ooze from Master Chen's face, Gu Yutang knew that he was already panicking in his heart.
Sure enough, it wasn't the yamen who ordered him to come to the Gu Mansion to come out of this matter, it must have been the red aunt who secretly used the money to invite this Master Chen, who took over private work, out of the yamen.
That being the case, Gu Yutang made up his mind in his heart, and wanted to ask this Master Chen what Aunt Hong had told him.
With a glance at Ah Hua, Ah Hua got Gu Yutang's order and took the little maid who led Master Chen aside.
Only Master Chen and Gu Yutang were left in the corridor, and Gu Yutang had some words and wanted to ask this Master Chen alone.
After watching the maid who was waiting beside Gu Yutang take away the maid who was guiding the way, Master Chen knew that the girl of the Gu family in front of him must have something to ask him alone.
But he got the orders of the Aunt Hong, if he and others leaked a little bit, Aunt Hong would let the master secretly collect the money and come out to take the private work to the county magistrate, and then even if he could speak well, he would not escape the reprimand.
But if she doesn't tell the truth to the Gu family girl in front of her, with the relationship between this Gu family girl and the Li family girl, she just needs to say a word or two beside the Li family girl, and the matter of coming out to take over private work by herself will still reach the ears of the county magistrate.
After weighing left and right, Master Chen still thought about asking the Gu family girl first to hear what she wanted to know.
"What do the three girls want to know from the old man, please ask the third girl but it doesn't matter, as long as the old man knows, the old man must know everything, and he will say everything."
Looking at the embarrassed look on his face, Gu Yutang also knew that it was indeed a little embarrassing to want the Master Chen in front of him to tell the truth to himself. Still, she wanted to ask about RosΓ© and what Aunt Red planned to do with RosΓ©.
"Master Chen, I want to know, is that Taohong the real murderer who stole the property in the house? Also, Aunt Hong is planning to dispose of that rosette like this?"
Hearing Gu Yutang ask like this, although Master Chen had scruples in his heart, he still said.
"Third girl, whether that peach is the one who stole the property in the house, I am afraid that the third girl's heart should be clearer than the old decay. The old man is just taking people's money and eliminating disasters with others, what Aunt Hong wants to do with the pink girl, the old man doesn't know. β
Master Chen doesn't know? How could Master Chen not know? Aunt Hong failed to let the Qi family enter the county government hall, so naturally she needed someone to replace the Qi family and enter the county government hall. And that person is Pink.
Master Chen had a dumb fight with himself, in fact, he was afraid that he would leak something, and if things didn't work out at that time, Aunt Hong would blame him, right?
"Master Chen has been a criminal master for so many years, and he must have experienced a lot of unjust, false and wrongful cases, right? Master Chen must have seen what kind of punishment those who were falsely accused of theft and murder were subjected to.
Although theft does not result in death, if a criminal commits theft, it will be difficult for him to go to other people's homes to work as an errand in the future, right?"
If Taohong is really sent to the royal hall of the county government, when the time comes, not only Taohong will be punished, but even the Gu family will become the laughing stock of others.
connived at a little maid and stole so much property in the house. People who don't know, still think that the housekeeper of the Gu Mansion is not good, and connive at the maids who are waiting under them to steal themselves?
Master Chen has been a criminal master for so many years, how can he not know what kind of punishment a person who commits the crime of theft will receive? Although sin does not lead to death, but after the Lord of the county came to the hall in person, he was crippled if he did not die.
And the little maid who committed the crime of theft in the Gu family and was kicked out of the house, no one dared to stay in his own home to serve, right?
"Since the third girl knows this, why bother to ask the old man again? According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, it is true that the crime of theft cannot kill people, but after being tried in court, even if you don't die, you should be disabled.
But whether to send this pink girl in your mansion to the county government hall or not, it is up to your lord in the mansion to have the final say. Instead of asking the old man, the third girl might as well ask the lord of the house what he meant. β
Master Chen didn't say anything else, and after glancing at Gu Yutang, he left the corridor.
Looking at Master Chen's gradually smaller back in the sunset, Ah Hua followed Gu Yutang's line of sight, glanced at the back room where Aunt Hong was, and said.
"Girl, Master Chen has said so, so can't we get in? If we don't go in, then let's go back! The old lady is still waiting for us to go back in the courtyard. β