Chapter 256 is missing

What a coincidence.

Qi Niang was righteous and strict, and the expression on her face was also serious, Guo Minan took a closer look, and almost believed her in a trance.

But when he came back to his senses, Guo Minan pulled down his face: "A girl who swept in the yard, half a month passed as soon as she returned home, and she didn't even see a shadow, even if you took leave for her in front of the housekeeper's mother-in-law, Qi Niang——"

After he finished speaking, he lowered his tone: "Are you looking at people like you, I don't know what kind of rules are in the mansion?" ”

The sprinkled girls in the yard are even more insufficient than the sprinkler girls outside the masters' houses.

Those who serve outside the master's house, if they are clever for a while, and are liked by the master, they will get ahead in the future, and serve the master closely, it is not impossible, even if they can't, during the New Year's holidays, the girls in the house have rewards, and they have the same, so they are the people who serve in the master's house, walking everywhere in the mansion, people have to take a look high, if something happens at home, they can take a leave in front of the master, how long the master promised, that is how long, most of the time you can get the master to reward a sum of silver.

As for the girls who sweep the yard...... The masters in the house don't know that there is such a person in this mansion at all, whether he is dead or alive, and the masters will not take it to heart.

A girl like Hui Xian, it is not worth it to take a leave in front of the housekeeper for a while, but it will take half a month, and she will not even see a figure, people like the Wei family have never lacked girls to call, even if they are missing for a while, those outside who can't live a life, want to sell their children and daughters, they can't wait to sell their children to the Wei family, as long as they don't make mistakes in the future, they can eat and drink for a lifetime, and they can still support the family.

How many people have broken their heads, and they can't even compete for a sprinkler girl.

Qi Niang's face stiffened: "If you don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate, Qi Yu identified the slave and maid in this hall, and the slave and maid don't need to tell you this lie, if you lie, you have to find a way to round the lie, if you can't turn around, it will be to find trouble for yourself, and you will not be happy, and you will fall into the handle in front of the adult, so that you have something to say, so that you can take care of the slave and maid." ”

"Pinch you?" Guo Minan sneered, "Speaking of which, you also think too highly of yourself." What does this officer have to pinch you? Qi Niang, if it weren't for the Wei family's case, the official wouldn't even be interested in what you look like. ”

Qi Niang knew that the prefect who was high above was naturally not interested in a little person like her.

But at the moment, he was not interested, and he had to be interested in her.

Qi Niang sighed twice: "That's the slave maid said the wrong thing, my lord, you are interested, it is the Wei family, you didn't want to lose the face of the slave and maid, and the slave and maid don't have such a big face, so you can bother to rectify the slave and maid." Speaking of which, you are here to judge the case, to find the jade pendant back as soon as possible, and even more to return the Wei family to an innocence and justice, naturally, this innocence is not innocent, fair or unfair, isn't it the adults' decision? ”

What is this? Above the court, do you mess with him!

Guo Minan slapped the table: "You don't want to mess with this official!" Where did Hui Xian go, and what did you explain to her, and you didn't tell the official as it was! ”

He scolded sharply, and Honeysuckle and Ninja were silenced in fright, always lowering their heads, not even daring to look at Qi Niang, as if everything that happened in this hall had nothing to do with them.

Qi Niang was not afraid at all, but straightened her chest even more: "What the slave said is true, and I just said it, if you don't believe it, just send someone to investigate." Huixian, she is originally from Qizhou City, are you still afraid that you won't be able to find out? Why did the adults reprimand the slaves and maids for messing around as soon as they opened their mouths? In this court, who dares to mess around, is it difficult to die? ”

Cao Lu made his eyes pass, in fact, at this time, Qi Niang quibbled, and he could be punished.

It's just that Guo Min'an just didn't see it, and asked two more words about where Huixian's family lived, and then ordered the table again, and called Cao Lu in a loud voice: "You take someone and bring Huixian to the hall for questioning." I want to see if you really have a clear conscience as you say, and you really didn't mess around in the court—" he dragged out his last note, "Qi Niang, if you lied, don't blame this official for being ruthless." ”

Qi Niang seemed to be very at ease and did not flinch at all.

Cao Lu squinted, obviously dissatisfied with Guo Min'an's decision, but because there were still so many people kneeling in the hall, he didn't have much to say for a while, so he could only reluctantly accept Guo Min'an's orders, go out to order a group of officials, and go to the west of the city with him to go back to Anfang's house without mentioning it.

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Qi Niang didn't know whether Guo Min'an was deliberately making things difficult for them, or just to wear down their patience, in the small half hour that Cao Lu left, he didn't retreat, but he didn't say a word more.

After all, this is the hall of the government office, so they can't be presumptuous, and they have no freedom at all.

Guo Min'an leaned on the back of the chair, not sitting upright, and even glanced at them very rarely, but what about them?

Several of them, kneeling side by side at the bottom of the hall, their legs were really numb, as if they had long lost consciousness.

Qi Niang raised her head and swept up from time to time, Guo Min'an's face was indifferent, it really made people itch at the root of their teeth, and they couldn't wait to pounce on this person and bite this person to death.

Qiyu's mind is different from hers.

She didn't bother to look at anyone's expression, and it had nothing to do with her.

She always remembered that the girl told her that day, don't tell anyone about it, Qi Niang had secretly seen a little girl with a face, what the girl said at that time, this matter is a trouble, if you really take Qi Niang, forget it, but after the second girl returns home, there will still be a trouble, this trouble, the spearhead is their girl, but Qi Niang herself is confused, and the second girl will not make too much trouble.

But if you poke things out, and in the end you find out that Qi Niang is innocent, it is really just an accident, not to mention that you will not see anyone in the house in the future, so you will say that the second girl is back, and she will never give up, but she is afraid that she will make a mistake on her back, and they are the unlucky.

They weren't sure what Qi Niang had done, and they felt that Qi Niang had no reason to harm the second girl and the Wei family, so many things were better than less, so they simply shut up and just treated it as if nothing had happened.

Qi Yu really always remembered, but Guo Min'an threatened her with the eldest girl, she couldn't keep her mouth shut, keep silent, in the end, blame herself for not being scared, Guo Min'an said a few words, she subconsciously went to see Qi Niang, a look couldn't escape, and betrayed the thoughts in her heart.

Guo Minan has been the prefect for so many years, even before she was promoted to the prefect of Qizhou, she was also a person who was a criminal name, she was just a little girl in a deep house, where could she hide it from Guo Minan, and where was she the opponent of this prefect?

Looking at it like this now, Guo Minan is biting this matter to death, and he doesn't plan to let go of Qi Niang easily, and Qi Niang's attitude is also very obvious, that is, she will not admit it to death, and she will never admit what Guo Minan wants to hear.

Qiyu didn't know if Qi Niang was denying it, or if she really hadn't done it, and because of this, she was depressed and entangled in her heart.

Time passed little by little, and when Cao Lu came back from outside, half an hour had passed.

Guo Min'an's eyes fell behind him, but he didn't see anyone follow him into the door, and his heart sank: "What's the matter?" ”

Cao Lu's face was also good, and he couldn't see anywhere.

Take people to run hard, from the government to the west of the city Huixian's house, originally had to walk a good road, this back and forth, delay things and cost a long journey, he was impatient, people who don't do anything on weekdays, today run this trip in vain, the heart is naturally very dissatisfied, besides, the brother in the Huixian family, is simply a rag, and the words are ugly, although he is said to be the sixth grade of the official errand, but people have not killed people and set fires, and have not been traitors, can not be caught for no reason and thrown into prison, He didn't have that much ability, let alone that ability, so he signaled even more fire, and returned to the mansion with a stomach full of anger.

At this time, I heard Guo Min'an ask, and he didn't even have a full salute, so he hurriedly took a salute, and stood up straight in a hurry: "Huixian is not at home at all, the lower official asked a few more words, her brother was like a cannonball, and no one provoked him, he was on his own, and then there was a big noise at the door of his house, which alarmed his father and mother, and the two elders supported each other, trembling and came out of the house, saying that Huixian did bring five taels of silver home half a month ago, but only stayed at home for three or four days, and said that he wanted to hurry back to the Wei family on an errand. After that, I never went home again. ”

As he spoke, he moved his hands to the side, swept Qi Niang with cold eyes, turned his gaze to Guo Min'an, and continued to reply to him with the words ahead: "According to Huixian's father, half a month ago, something did happen at home, he and Huixian's mother both fell ill, and Huixian's sister-in-law went back to her parents' house to live, and was not at home, her brother couldn't find it alone, so he asked someone to go to Wei Mansion to talk, wanting her to take a leave, and go home to serve for a few days, just wait for her sister-in-law to return home, and then go back to work. Huixian this girl is a very filial person, she got the letter that day, and went home that day, and brought five taels of silver——"

Cao Lu's face was always tight, and he paused again: "But Huixian's brother said that three days ago should be the day to issue the monthly silver, they know that something happened to the Wei family, and there are people from the government around them, but her brother has been half a year old and can't earn silver, and the family lives on Huixian's little silver, so they can't wait for a day." Her brother used to walk outside, and he also knew some of the people who taught the three religions and the nine streams, and naturally there were acquaintances in the yamen, so he asked someone to deliver a message to the head of the house, wanting to ask Huixian to send the silver out first, so as to take care of the life of the family, but I don't know why, but the people in the house just pushed, neither sent the silver out, nor did they ask Huixian's brothers and sisters to meet, and then asked more, so he said that Huixian refused to give the silver to her brother. ”

That's weird.

If it is said that in the past half a year, the whole family has lived on Huixian's monthly silver, and Huixian has always been a very filial girl, then there is no reason why she is suddenly unwilling to send silver to her family, how can it be like this?

If there is any contradiction and what gap there is, then it should be made clear in person.

Her brother also has some skills, and he can ask the errand to deliver a message to the house for him, so it is probably not difficult to meet quietly.

Although Guo Min'an heard that he was dissatisfied, the matter was always prioritized, and now was not the time to pursue this.

He was silent for a long time: "Have you sent someone to the Wei family to mention Hui Xian again?" ”

Cao Lu's face sank more and more: "My lord, the government is far away from the west of the city, but it won't take half an hour to come and go." ”

He didn't say it directly, but Guo Min'an already understood, and his complexion changed dramatically at the moment, and he almost got up, but the moment he got up slightly, he noticed that he was too out of shape, so he sat down again: "No one is there?" ”

Cao Lu nodded and said: "The lower official went to ask Wang Chuan, and asked Wang Chuan to ask the housekeeper's mother-in-law, according to the housekeeper's mother-in-law, Hui Xian has never gone back since she left the house half a month ago, but on weekdays, Hui Xian is honest, and diligent and willing to work, just do more, and never complain, so the housekeeper treats her, although she has been away from the house for a long time, but in addition to the fact that Qi Niang took leave for Hui Xian in front of her that day, she did not pursue it, and this time when the house sent monthly silver, she also specially received that share for Hui Xian, Originally, I wanted to wait for Huixian to come back, talk about her well, and tell her to have a long memory, and she would never dare to be so willful in the future, so it was over. ”

After leaving the Wei family, he did go home, and the five taels of silver that Qi Niang said also existed, and Hui Xian's father and mother also confirmed that the family was indeed in trouble for a while, and Hui Xian needed to help her go home, that is to say, Qi Niang may not have lied.

If you want to say that Qi Niang and Hui Xian colluded to steal the jade pendant first, and then Qi Niang arranged people outside the house to kill Hui Xian, what about Hui Xian's father and sister-in-law? It's not like buying off someone's family.

Guo Minan rubbed his chin with his backhand, no matter how he thought about it, he didn't make sense.

If you buy a family, it will be a little difficult to kill Huixian and extinguish her mouth, it is the "cash cow" of other people's families, just point to this girl to live and kill people, is this family's old and young mouth hanging, not eating or drinking?

Guo Minan took a deep breath: "Qi Niang, what else do you have to say?" ”

In fact, when Cao Lu finished speaking, Qi Niang was also stunned.

At this time, Guo Min'an raised her voice to call her, and she came back to her senses in a daze: "My lord, the slave maid doesn't know - the slave maid said, when she saw Hui Xian that day, she met by chance, she cried and cried, talking about the difficulties at home, but she didn't know how to take leave in front of the housekeeper, the slave saw her crying pitifully, and was kind for a while, so she gave her silver and let her go, but after that, the slave didn't know anything. "I want to talk to more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~