Li Xiangui continued to sneer. After thinking about it, he asked Qiu Wen again: "Girl, let me ask you, are you a thief?" ”

"It's not!"

I didn't do it myself, so I can't admit it, and I can't let go no matter what.

"Who can testify against you?"

Autumn Lines was stunned. Yes, who testified against her? When Jin Chuan was stolen, she was simmering pig's trotters in the kitchen. There was no one else in the kitchen but her.

In those days, several pig's heads were burned in a row, and a lot of ash accumulated in the stove. She burned charcoal, and the ashes were as fine as powder. She was careful enough, but if she didn't pay attention, the uppers and soles were still stained with a lot of charcoal ash.

If anything, there was only two wild cats scurrying in through the window. But cats are not human, they can't speak, and they can't testify.

"No one testifies to me."

Li Xiangui said: "This is troublesome. There is no basis for words, but there must be evidence in the end. I chose you that day, also because you are more stable than others and more reliable. From this point of view, this girl from a small family is shallow-eyed and can't be tempted. ”

Qiu Wen bit her lip, but her heart lit up.

She suddenly thought of a solution.

"The manager, the people who said that I stole and got the stolen goods are all the daughters of Mrs. Pan. She corrected me that this occasion should not have appeared. ”

When Mrs. Pan saw Qiuwen mentioning her daughter again, she came over and scolded: "What kind of thing are you?" Manager Li called her, then she should come. Who are you to mention her? Hurry, hurry, admit the theft, everyone is quiet. ”

I don't know why, Pan Niangzi was a little panicked.

She suddenly remembered a past incident in her heart: when her daughter was ten years old that year, she followed her to a grandmother in the old lady's house. When she came back, her daughter suddenly had something more in her hand. She quietly opened the old lady's drawer and took out a carved silver hairpin.

Seeing that no one noticed, Pan Niangzi coaxed and deceived, snatched the hairpin, broke the person, and quietly put it back in its place.

Six or seven years have passed, could it be that her daughter's "old disease" has recurred?

Knowing a daughter is better than a mother. She knew that her daughter was lazy and her hands were not clean. This time, isn't it the daughter who is the thief, because of the incident in the east window, in an emergency, move the matter to Qiu Wen's head, and come out of the shell of a golden cicada?

Mrs. Pan stood there, and the more she thought about it, the more panicked she became.

"Boss, everyone has stolen money, hurry up and put an end to the matter. It's a hot day, too. I'll ask someone to boil a chilled sour plum soup here to quench your old man's thirst. ”

She was so attentive, Li Xiangui laughed when he heard it.

"Lady of the Pan family, I promised my uncle. It can't be perfunctory. ”

Mrs. Pan was even more anxious.

"Brother Li, things are very simple. It's the girl who went down the wrong path, was short-sighted for a while, and made a mistake. Anyway, she's from the kitchenette, my subordinate. This matter spread, and my face was gloomy. If you leave early, others will forget about it for a while, Brother Li, you can also go and do other things. ”

Yes, Li Xiangui has a lot of things.

Although he is not as busy as the chief manager Yuansheng, he goes in and out every day, wearing a neat robe and black soap shoes, and he looks like a character.

He really doesn't spend time in the rice herb house.

It was Pan Niangzi's panicked look that made Li Xiangui slightly suspicious.

Qiu Wen is just a fire girl, and she has been in the house for a short time, and she is not a child. Even if she stole something, other people would not laugh at Pan Niangzi. If there is really a discussion, I am afraid that it is Li Xiangui himself who is discussing.

"The lady of the Pan family, although the house is big, if you really want to find someone, it is easy to find it. I see that your daughter can't walk around the grass house, maybe just walking around. I asked a few people to look for it, and it was cheap. ”

Mrs. Pan blinked.

"What if you call her? The horizontal and vertical Jin Chuan is under the bed of Autumn Pattern. ”

Li Xiangui smiled: "It's not like there has never been a case of framing people in the house." Being under her bed doesn't mean it must have been done by herself. ”

When Qiu Wen heard this, his eyes lit up again.

"Steward, I have not stolen it. First, I haven't seen that Jin Chuan, and I don't know if it's yellow or white. Second, I'm a fire-burning girl, and the soles of my shoes are all charcoal ash. If I had entered my aunt's house, I would have left shoe prints. The manager just had to ask someone to go and see the house, and if it was very clean, it would really prove that I had never set foot in it. ”

Autumn Pattern is literate, the words he spits out are clean, and his expression is calm and unhurried.

Li Xiangui glanced at her a few more times, and what she said did make some sense. After the incident, the aunt's house was locked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

"Lift the vamp up and look at me."

"Then I'm not being respectful."

"It doesn't matter."

When she lifted her foot slightly, the soles of her shoes were covered with charcoal ash.

Li Xiangui took a closer look at Qiu Wen's feet, and whenever she walked by, there was indeed a little gray on the ground. It's outside, with green bricks underfoot, and the old aunt's house has a slippery floor on the floor. Although she was not there, someone cleaned it every day, and it was very clean. If a person with stolen soles steps in, the footprints that appear are only more obvious than the green bricks.

He called a servant and whispered.

The little maid went into the old aunt's bedroom with one person.

Pan Niangzi is not dumb. Qiu Wen's words fell into her ears. This girl is really not simple! Small door, such a clever mouth? Is she unconvinced?

If they really let someone find out what was wrong, they released her. That daughter Chunyan can't say clearly. What to do, what to do?

For a while, the spring goose fruit was found.

It can be seen that she is extremely unwilling, pouting, and when she sees Mrs. Pan, she complains vigorously: "Mother, interrogate a fire girl, what are you doing with me?" ”

"My son. I have to ask you in the end. Don't be afraid. ”

Mrs. Pan grabbed her daughter's hand and asked her to come forward to say hello to Li Xiangui.

Chunyan's father had some friendship with Li Xiangui before his death, but he didn't get along well. Li Xiangui doesn't hold grudges, but seeing Pan Niangzi teaching her daughter like this, she has a lot of complaints in her heart.

Li Xiangui saw that Chun Yan was getting fatter and fatter, so he had the heart to say a few words, but he decided not to talk nonsense, and went straight to the topic, dragging out his tone: "Chun Yan'er, you said that Qiu Wen stole Jin Chuan, but who has seen it with you?" ”

"Sir, do you need someone to see this? The people in the small kitchen were all in trouble, and they weren't there. Chunyan was asked by Li Xiangui, and she was also very panicked.

She's young, and no mother will hide it. When I'm nervous, I like to scratch my head.

Her scratching left and right made Li Xiangui more and more suspicious. When Shi Ximo left, he said something in Li Xiangui's ear, and his voice was so low that only Li Xiangui and Liu Jianran could hear it.

What did Shi Ximo say?

It's nothing more than four words: lonely evidence does not stand.

In other words, if there is no circumstantial evidence, even if Chun Yan says 10,000 sentences, it cannot prove that Qiu Wen is the thief. The imperial court has changed the law, and it has just been promulgated.

Those big families in Jiangcheng have some disorders in their minds because the old regulations have just been reformed, the new regulations have been promulgated, and the old and the new have alternated. The prerequisite for the seizure of stolen goods must not be an isolated evidence.

"Sir, I can swear to God. If I tell a lie, I will be fattened to two hundred pounds. "This is a poisonous oath for the spring geese.

When the godmother-in-law next to him heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled.

Li Xiangui also smiled. The atmosphere was a bit eeriely relaxed.

"If you keep eating like this, 200 catties will not be difficult for you."

Mrs. Pan couldn't listen to it. The spring geese can't listen to it.

Mrs. Pan compares her daughter to Yang Guifei in her heart. Isn't Concubine Yang also fat? Even if the appearance is not good, it is not much worse.

Spring geese are not fat. She stubbornly believes that even if she is fat, she is a rare fat beauty.

Manager Li doesn't care if he says it's a man, he shouldn't have teased her like this.

Chun Yan's face flushed. "Boss, Autumn Pattern is a thief. If you don't come to a conclusion, you will tell people that your old man and Qiu Wen are in the same group, or how can I think you are protecting her in words? ”

She was annoyed, the words didn't come out of her head, she said the wrong thing.

Mrs. Pan hurriedly came over to cover her daughter's mouth and told her to stop.

Li Xiangui's face also turned red. He got up and said to Mrs. Pan: "Your daughter is really undereducated, how did you, a mother, teach her?" What gang, what protection? I'm calling it impartiality! If I hadn't answered the uncle, I would have sent you to the yamen with Qiu Wen! ”

Li Xiangui was really angry.

Mrs. Pan was busy and made amends, so she asked her daughter to kneel down and apologize. The spring goose had a ghost in her heart, and she was forced to kneel, and her eyes were still staring at the autumn pattern.

The two little maids who went to the old aunt's house turned back.

Li Xiangui called them over and asked a few words in a low voice.

One of the servants took out a veil from his bosom and unfolded it. Li Xiangui looked down and saw that the handkerchief was not clean, and there was something black in it.

"What is this?"

The little guy replied: "Boss, after the little ones went in, they found that the floor was dirty." Nine times out of ten, it's charcoal ash. ”

When Li Xiangui heard this, he rolled his eyes and asked Qiu Wen: "Sure enough, it's still you!" If you hadn't been in your aunt's house, how did you find all this charcoal in it? ”

This girl is hateful. It looks like he has been wronged. I didn't expect it to be a traitor. Li Xiangui still broke out in a cold sweat in his heart, he really almost wronged the mother and daughter of the Pan family.

The more Li Xiangui thought about it, the more angry he became, and he looked at Qiu Wen again: "Now what do you have to say?" ”

Autumn Pattern was also surprised.

It's the same charcoal ash? Same as the one in the stove?

Is this a coincidence, or is someone deliberately planting it again? For a while, she had no idea, but she was still unconvinced, and argued loudly: "Boss, I was wronged, I was really wronged!" Please also ask the manager to check it carefully! ”

Li Xiangui flicked his sleeves and rolled his eyes: "No need to quibble!" Come! ”

A few mothers-in-law came over quickly with ropes.

"Tie her up, put her in the firewood room, and wait for the uncle to come back and send her down!"

Li Xiangui can pick up people on his own. But in order to respect the uncle, I still waited for him to come back and make a report. When Chun Yan heard this, she patted her chest fiercely and couldn't stop panting.

God saved her. She almost knelt down and looked at a tree beside her, trying to bow down. Pan Niangzi watched her daughter's strange actions, and her heart was even lowered, worried that she would show something wrong, so she hurriedly grabbed her.