She already knew that there was something in it, and said tremblingly: "The slave family is the one who went to find the jade pendant, what is the situation in the house, it is all Taoxiang who is watching, I don't know!" ”

The interrogator asked: "You said that you were not in the house at the time, who can testify?" ”

The woman's eyes widened, and she opened her mouth to speak, but after only a few breaths, she was so anxious that tears flowed in her eyes, and she shouted: "Official, where did you tell the slave family to find witnesses, only me and Momoka were guarding in the room that day, and the tea tray was stored in the back room, and there was no one in it......"

At the same time, he wiped his nose and rushed to the doctor: "There is a goddess in the east lane, and the slave family is willing to pay their own money, and invite the goddess to ask Taoxiang to get me from the ground, the official just asks her, the ghosts and gods will not deceive people, right?!" The slave family has not lied! ”

The officials who tried the case heard their heads wide, scolded her a few words, and ordered her to speak well and not to talk nonsense.

When the woman saw this, she felt more and more that her family was in danger, and cried: "If the official wants to ask, the slave family must have one saying two and two saying three, and if there is a false sentence, it will be called thunder and thunder!" ”

She didn't know where she heard the gossip before, saying that the yamen interrogated the prisoners, and if something was unsatisfactory, she would be punished immediately, and dozens of canes would go down, and you would be beaten with a bowl of red and white, and whether she could save her life or not, no matter how innocent she was, she could only confess and confess.

Because she scared herself here, before she could be asked a few words, she was already bursting with courage.

The pusher who handled the case on the side was a familiar hand, and when he saw this situation, he comforted him a few words, and said: "Don't panic, just tell me what happened that day, that person asked you to go to the back room to look for a jade pendant, did you find it?" ”

The woman said, "Yes, it fell into the tea-tray and happened to be covered by the lid of the teacup." ”

She swallowed, as if hesitant.

The official said: "Say whatever you want, and the clearer you say, the more it has nothing to do with you." ”

“…… It looks like a good piece of jade, the size of a walnut, but as soon as I pick it up, the jade will be broken in half......" Speaking of this, the woman hurriedly said, "Official, the slave family has never done anything about it, and I can see that the jade is broken!" ”

She drew a circle on the palm of her left hand with her right hand, compared the size, and pointed to the upper right corner of the circle that did not exist, and said: "The appearance is common, it is a small jade ring, but the upper right side is missing a horn with a big fingernail, I don't know when it was broken......"

It turned out that this woman's name was Mei Xiang, and it was the jade pendant she went to the back wing room to find that day. The man turned back, claiming that the jade pendant he lost was an heirloom, and it was very important.

Mei Xiang and Tao Xiang saw that they were the guests, and at this time they begged and pleaded in the room, turned over their bodies, and unloaded their purses and sachets, and said that they asked the two sisters to help, and if they found it, they would be rewarded. He also said that the jade pendant was very brittle, and it was his own house that fell unconscious, and his head was bumped around in the tray in front of him, and it was not strange if he accidentally bumped it, as long as he could find out the thing.

"When I saw that the jade pendant was broken in half, and that a corner was missing, I thought he was pitiful, and it was polite to talk to us, because he said that there was another heavy reward. At that time, my mother's family was very poor, and my mother had just given me a younger brother, and I was really greedy for his money, so I searched around the house a few times, and searched for it along the road, and helped to make up for the missing horns......"

The steward asked, "How long have you been looking in it?" ”

Mei Xiang said: "There is also half an hour to say less. ”

The magistrate asked, "Where is the purse he gave you that day?" Do you still have the copper coins? ”

It's been so many years, but it's only a hundred and ten dollars, and it's already been spent, how can there be any leftover?

"I didn't stay ......" Seeing the ugly face of the person opposite, Mei Xiang swallowed her saliva, for fear that she would say the wrong thing, and hurriedly said, "The purse is very ordinary, it is sold in ordinary shops, and it can be bought everywhere!" ”

Knowing that it was useless to entangle here, the pusher asked, "Do you remember how old the man is?" What is it? What are the characteristics of body size and clothing? ”

Mei Xiang wrung her hands and said: "Ten or twenty years old, I look very kind, dressed ordinarily, and my appearance is ...... He looks friendly and delicate, and his face is pale......"

This was followed by another round of nonsense.

The pusher looked at the officials on the side and wrote down the words of twenty and down, white, and beautiful, and hung a pen behind him, and he had nothing to write for half a day, and he was a little impatient, so he asked: "But what is different from ordinary people?" ”

Mei Xiang thought for a long time, but couldn't answer.

The pusher didn't urge her, and asked again, "Is there a black mole on your face?" ”

Mei Xiang thought for a while, shook her head and said, "There are no black moles, it's very clean." ”

"Do you have any scars on your hands? Are there any moles? Is there any defect? ”

"Not at all."

"But hunchback?"

Mei Xiang opened her mouth and said, "It's like...... It shouldn't be a hunchback. ”

"Can there be differences in the teeth, are there black teeth, canine teeth?"

"Didn't you notice, but didn't you have canine teeth?"

Seeing that her brain was not very good, the pusher patiently asked one by one, "Is there anything wrong with your eyes?" For example, residual eyes, vertical pupils, and missing eyebrows? ”

Mei Xiang shook her head.

The steward asked, "Is there a difference between the nose and the mouth?" ”

Mei Xiang thought about it, but still shook her head.

Again, "Is there a difference between the ears and the hair?" Is the beard yellow or black? Can there be red or black moles on the ears? ”

Mei Xiang said: "When there is nothing special ......"

Before she could say the last two words, she suddenly paused in her throat, glared and said, "There's something wrong with his ears!" ”

For a moment, everyone who cooperated with the interrogation sat up straight, and everyone stared at her, and none of them dared to say anything.

"He's missing a piece of his ear! It's as if it was cut with a knife, and it was cut evenly. As she spoke, she swung her body again, as if recalling the day.

"The old lady's room faces south, and there are two rows of chairs outside...... Window...... Yes, he was sitting in the window seat, facing the back room, and I came out of the back room, just in time to see him take off the hat and the whole seat...... He sat alone in the outer room, facing the window...... It's the right ear! Mei Xiangden became excited, "I didn't pay attention to it, but when I saw that ear was strange and scary, I thought to myself why I hadn't seen it before, and then I realized that the hat he was wearing on his head was not the same as ordinary people, it seemed to be bigger, and he blocked half of both ears......"

"When the man is gone, I told Momoka about it, and she wants to chase it out to see what the head looks like......" Mei Xiang said, and suddenly her speech slowed down, and her face was a little more uncertain.

The pusher got the clue and was excited, but fortunately he remembered that he couldn't scare people, so he reluctantly asked in a hurry: "It doesn't matter, remember what to say, don't worry if you can't remember or say something wrong." ”

Mei Xiang turned her head, as if she was trying to recall, and then said after a while: "It's really a little uncertain...... It seems that when I took the jade pendant and went back, I was talking to that person, and the peach fragrance suddenly came in from outside...... She was supposed to be guarding the old lady's ...... inside."

***

The head is the Jin people all over the world, up to the emperor, down to the pawns, all men must wear it, one can be dust-proof and sand-proof, and the other is to avoid indecency. This object has different shapes and materials, but they are all covered with cloth, and the shape is as many as a hat, covering the ears and fingers, and it is rare to see someone wear it to cover half of the ears.

The defective upper ear is already considered a symptom, and it is impossible to heal, and the ear is exposed, there is no other way than to cover it, and it is easier to find, and the visitor who introduced the person who claimed to be Sun Li was now about fifty years later, Xiangfu County quickly issued a sea fishing document, and Zhang Bang was arrested.

Ji Qingling got the news, and while breathing a sigh of relief, she felt a little strange, just when she saw Qiu Yue packing up her things at this time, she called her and asked, "You said that the person who went to visit Chen Siqu that day, called Sun Li, where would he be hiding?" ”

Qiu Yue's hand didn't stop, but she replied: "In my opinion, most of this person was found by Li Chengwei, he likes to use Yingzhou people, and he only goes to Yingzhou once, and nine times out of ten he is hiding there." ”

He also said: "There is no doubt that this person must be the murderer, and I don't know what method he used to take away the little girl, but it's a pity that the person left early, otherwise he would be questioned, and maybe he could get more clues." ”

Qiu Shuang interjected: "Then Sun Li claims to be from Zhuxian County, then he is definitely not a person from Zuo Jin, so he can't lack ears for no reason?" How can such a person have no name at all, besides, he comes and goes, and he doesn't have any acquaintances, so he thinks he lives far away. ”

Hearing the two of them say this, Ji Qingling shook his head and said: "Something like murder, if you accidentally make a mistake, you will be fighting with your life, and once your family is pulled out, it is impossible to get rid of it." According to Li Chengwei's temperament, unless he is extremely relieved of that person, he will never use it. ”

Yingzhou is too far away, people's hearts are changeable, put people in that place, who knows if there will be any accidents one day, and finally leak the news, and finally drag him into the water.

Qiu Shuang said: "No matter how cautious you are, it's just step by step?" Where did he compare to today, Mrs. Don't think too much about people, when he was young, there were always things that he couldn't think through. ”

Ji Qingling didn't agree with this, but before she could refute it, Qiu Lu next to her was the first to refute: "This is not necessarily, you see that when there are few officials in our house, how can there be anything inconsiderate?" ”

Qiu Shuang was stunned for a moment, but he reacted very quickly and replied: "How many like this can there be in the world?" If you live an extra life, you may not be able to find another one! ”

"This is ......" It is rare that Qiu Lu was so concerned by her.

Ji Qingling looked at the girls in front of her getting farther and farther away, it was really funny, but there was a vague feeling in her heart that she couldn't speak.

She always felt that although Li Chengwei was young at that time, he had always been suspicious, and since Li's father had passed away, he had already taken care of his own affairs, so he should not find someone who was not sure to kill him.

can see that Sun Li's actions are indeed very delicate, and I don't know how long it has been calculated, revealing a "Li" smell.

She was in a trance, when she heard a knock on the door.

The person who came was the little servant of the Du family - he had received Du Tanzhi's order and came to deliver the letter.

Ji Qingling took the letter, waited for the people to leave before opening it, glanced at it, and saw that it was full of words of thanks, which were useless, so he put it aside casually and ordered Qiu Lu to take it and burn it.

Qiu Yue whispered: "Madam, at this time, we may not be able to find someone, do we still have to wait here?" ”

Ji Qingling thought about it, and only felt that the case had come to an end, just waiting for the person with the broken ear to find out and there would be a result, Du Tanzhi and Cui Chengde were both reliable, and he was not in Xiangfu County, so it didn't matter. So he said: "Don't wait, take advantage of the fact that it doesn't snow for a few days, pack your luggage and go home." ”

***

Not to mention that a few girls in this room were busy picking up things, and in the capital on the other side, at noon, Yang Yifu did not eat in the office, nor did he gather with friends outside, but stood in the corner of an alley to talk to people.

The academy was originally a little more off-the-beaten, and this alley was only half a street away from it, so there were few people in and out.

On a cold day, he was suddenly called out, and he was still extremely bored, how could he not make Yang Yifu irritable, he said impatiently: "What is so urgent?" What's the matter with him looking for me?! ”

The person on the other side said respectfully: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the main family thinks that the moon lady is about to give birth, and he is afraid that Yang Guanren will be worried, so he will report to the villain." ”

While speaking, he took out a sachet from his arms, held it with both hands, and said: "Yue Niangzi also thinks about Yang Guanren, but her body is heavy at the moment, and she can't come to see it, so she has to make a sachet for you." ”

Yang Yifu heard the word "sachet", and saw the familiar pattern on the sachet opposite, Mo said that he didn't dare to pick it up, he was so frightened that he took two steps back, and it was so dangerous that he stood on his feet, and shouted: "What do you want to do!" Don't put it away yet! ”

The person on the other side was also as good as a stream, and immediately took the sachet back into his arms, he didn't follow, only smiled, and said: "Is it his own blood and bones, Yang Guanren really doesn't want to take a look?" ”

Yang Yifu had already dropped his face, and snorted coldly: "Yin and Yang are weird! Don't think that any woman can hold me, your master is still sitting in prison, it's really annoying, I just talk to the lady in the house, at most a few words are not, is there anything else that can't be done? ”

The person on the other side didn't care, just smiled and said, "What Yang Guanren said is right, our master is just a little bit of a help, helping to take care of the moon lady, and he didn't think about any results...... It's just that the situation in the DPRK is unclear now, because I know that Fan Dashen has always valued you the most, that is, the sons of several relatives in the family are not as good as half, so I asked the little one. ”

He said it nicely, and said: "The little one has come many times, and I know that Yang Guanren is the most straightforward, and there are many things in the yamen, so it is not good to delay, and please accept it, and I will come again tomorrow at this time." ”

The man took out a letter from his sleeve and sent it to Yang Yifu, and without waiting for him to open it, he saluted and strode out.

When he walked far away and saw that there was no one left and right, Yang Yifu walked a few steps into the alley, leaned against the corner of the wall behind him, opened the letter and quickly scanned it.

When he finished reading the letter, his palms were already sweating, and he was busy clutching the letter into a ball, and he didn't dare to tear it, so he had to put it in his sleeve and walk back to the government office.

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