Chapter VII: Trial of Cases
Tang You followed an embroidery girl into the inner hall, and saw Aunt Ruzhen, Su Yu and Su Yun sitting inside. When Su Yu saw her, his face showed surprise, "This orchid picture was actually embroidered by you?" ā
Tang You replied calmly, "Yes." ā
Aunt Ruzhen saw Tang You with a displeased face, "Shen Qiao, what are you embroidering?" ā
Tang You said without hurrying, "This is three-dimensional embroidery, it is different from ordinary embroidery, it can make the embroidered pattern more lifelike, and it feels like a real thing." Tang You once in the work, because to design a Chinese dress, the use of three-dimensional embroidery, at that time for a long time to study for this, and later bought the Japanese embroidery master Otsuka Ayako's three-dimensional embroidery books, she remembered that she got the book tutorial at that time, began to forget to sleep and forget to practice, because she herself is a workaholic, embroidered for a whole week, only six hours a day, the rest of the time was spent on three-dimensional embroidery, until the final made a satisfactory work.
"Three-dimensional embroidery? Sounds like a lot of fun! Su Yu asked with interest when he heard this.
"What three-dimensional embroidery? I've been doing embroidery for so many years and I've never heard of it, and in my opinion, it's just a grandstanding, a little trick that doesn't go into the flow. Aunt Ruzhen said coldly.
"What my aunt said is that this is indeed a small trick, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance. But this is not what I wanted, because the orchid I embroidered last night was destroyed, and the orchid was burned with a hole, so I had to do it. ā
"Oh? How could such a thing happen? Hearing this, Su Yu looked at Aunt Ruzhen, and her voice became a little more stern, "Auntie, it seems that this embroidery room should also be taken care of." ā
Aunt Ruzhen was also a little surprised, and when she heard Su Yu say this, she responded, "What the second master said is that I am not strict in discipline. ā
Su Yu then smiled again, "Auntie is serious, you have been in the Su Family Embroidery Village for so many years, we are naturally relieved of you." It's just that this black sheep must not stay, and if he can frame his companions for a little benefit today, he will be able to cause even greater disasters in the future, and he must be strictly investigated to the end. ā
"What the second master said is, I understand." Aunt Ruzhen answered.
At this time, Su Yun, who had not spoken on the side, looked at Tang You with a calm gaze, and said lightly, "Who gave you this three-dimensional embroidery?" ā
"It's... My mother taught me. Tang You replied, she was really embarrassed to take the credit on herself every time, so she simply made up a reason to fool the past.
Su Yu didn't say anything when she heard this, she just looked at her quietly, her eyes as deep as the sea seemed to be scrutinizing, which made Tang You feel an inexplicable pressure, so much so that she felt a little weak, did the person in front of her see through her lies. But she knew that she naturally couldn't show her timidity at this time, so she calmly met his gaze and looked straight at him.
At this time, Su Yu on the side saw this and said with a smile, "Big brother, if you stare at a girl's house like this, she will blush." ā
Hearing this, Su Yun turned his head and glanced at Su Yu, and then said to Tang You again, "Okay, you go out first." ā
Tang You breathed a sigh of relief, answered yes, and hurriedly walked out.
When Tang You returned to the embroidery room, he saw Yuxiu walking forward quickly and asked, "Qiao'er, are you okay?" ā
Tang You smiled slightly, "It's okay." ā
Yuxiu breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "Then why did they let you in, did your embroidery sample be selected?" ā
The surrounding embroidery girls also gathered around and said, "Yes, is your embroidery sample selected?" ā
"I think it's eighty percent, and she was the first to go in last time."
"Well, it looks like we're hopeless again."
Seeing this, Tang You said, "Not necessarily, they didn't mention this." ā
"And what the hell did they let you in?" Crescent Moon asked curiously.
"It's about the destruction of my embroidery."
"The destruction of the embroidery? So what do they say? ā
Tang You glanced at the direction of Ruxiang, and saw that she was sitting alone in front of the embroidery frame, and her eyes were not looking this way, so he said in an accentuated voice, "The second master of the Su family said that this matter is very serious, and it must be strictly investigated to the end, as long as that person is caught, she will be driven out of the embroidery village." ā
"Huh? Want to get out of the embroidery village? ā
"But that's how it should be, who called that man so bad."
"That's right, destroying other people's embroidery patterns is too bad, and you deserve to be kicked out." Everyone discussed for a while, and then saw Aunt Ruzhen walking in from outside, followed by Su Yu.
Everyone hurriedly returned to their embroidery frame, Su Yu sat on the main seat, Aunt Ruzhen sat down on the seat next to her, and the maid on the side poured tea for them.
As soon as Su Yu sat down, his gaze fell on Tang You, Tang You felt his gaze, ignored it directly, lowered his head and didn't look at him. He chuckled and picked up the teacup on the table, blew lightly, and took a sip.
Aunt Ruzhen looked at everyone with a solemn expression and said coldly, "I heard that someone deliberately destroyed Shen Qiao's embroidery last night?" Who the hell is it? It's better to recruit yourself now. ā
For a while, there was silence in the embroidery room, and no one answered.
"Okay, you won't admit it, will you? Who was the last to leave the embroidery room last night? ā
"It's... I...", an embroidery girl in her twenties with a thin face opened her mouth.
"Is that you?" Aunt Ruzhen looked at her sharply.
The embroidery lady hurriedly said, "But I really didn't do anything, although I was the last to leave, but I really didn't get close to Shen Qiao's embroidery frame all night, auntie, you must believe me!" ā
Aunt Ruzhen said coldly, "Then when you left the embroidery room, did you lock the door?" ā
"I've locked the door." The embroidery lady said busily.
"Are you sure?"
The embroidery girl thought seriously for a while, and said affirmatively, "I'm sure, because I saw that there was really no one in the embroidery room at that time, so I locked the door directly." ā
"Then it can't be that someone went into the embroidery room after you left and destroyed it. Who else could it be if it wasn't you? ā
"Auntie, it's really not me, and if it's really me, how can I be so stupid, the last to go, and I won't be found the next day."
"That's not necessarily, if you deliberately go last, know that everyone will think like this, so that you can avoid suspicion and let everyone not suspect you." Aunt Ruzhen analyzed.
"Auntie, it's really not me." The embroidery girl was also anxious, and hurriedly knelt down, "I have no grievances with Shen Qiao, why should I harm her, and my embroidery is not the best, even if Shen Qiao can't be selected, it won't be my turn, so it won't do me any good to say this!" ā
Aunt Ruzhen didn't speak again when she heard this. At this time, Su Yu on the side slowly put down the teacup and asked, "You said that you were the last to leave, so have you ever left?" ā
The embroidery girl thought for a while, as if she remembered something, and hurriedly said, "By the way, I went to the thatched house once." ā
"Then when you go to the hut, are there any other people in the embroidery room?"
The embroidery lady thought about it for a moment and replied, "No." ā
"Then when you go to the hut, do you lock the door?"
"No, because of course I've only been there for less than a cup of tea, so I didn't lock the door."
Su Yu heard this, "In this way, except for Shen Qiao, everyone here is suspicious, and secretly entered the embroidery room during this tea time." When he said this, he asked, "When did you go to the hut?" ā
"About three o'clock."
When Aunt Ruzhen heard this, she hurriedly asked everyone, "Where are you all at the third hour?" Does anyone have proof it? ā
As soon as Aunt Ruzhen asked, all the embroidery girls opened their mouths.
"Last night, at three o'clock, I was in the bathhouse, with Ah Cai, and she could testify."
"Yes, Meng Chun and I are together."
"I slept at two o'clock last night, and everyone in our dormitory can testify."
"Yes, we can all testify that we all slept at about the same time."
Yuxiu also said, "Me too, Qiao'er and I probably went back to the bedroom to sleep at a moment's notice." She said this, as if she remembered something, and added, "I remember that when we went back to the dormitory, Yueya was already asleep, and Ruexiang's bed was empty, and she hadn't come back yet. ā
Aunt Ruzhen looked at Ruxiang when she heard this, "Ruxiang, when did you leave the embroidery room?" ā
Hearing this, Rue Xiang immediately said, "I left around two o'clock." ā
"And where did you go after you left?"
"Went to the bathhouse."
"Is there a witness?" Aunt Ruzhen continued to ask.
"No, when I went, there was no one in the bathhouse."
"In that case, there is no one to prove it."
"Auntie, it's not me. I went to the bathroom last night and went back to sleep in the bedroom, and I never went to the embroidery room again. Rue Xiang said, "If this is the case, even if there is suspicion, then the embroidery girls sleeping in the bedroom are suspicious, they can get up secretly in the middle of the night, when everyone is asleep, no one will find out." ā
Aunt Ruzhen fell silent again when she heard this. At this time, I saw Tang You look at Rue Xiang and said, "What you said is very reasonable, but it's a pity that you missed one thing, I didn't fall asleep last night." ā
Rue Xiang was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?" ā
Tang You didn't answer her, but looked at Meng Chun and Ah Cai again and asked, "You two went to the bath room at three o'clock last night, did you see Rue Xiang when you went?" ā
Meng Chun and Ah Cai both shook their heads, "When we went last night, the bath room was empty. ā
Tang You looked at Aunt Ruzhen again and said, "Auntie, I had some insomnia last night, and I couldn't sleep while lying on the bed, and I happened to see Rue Xiang didn't go back to the bedroom until the end of the day. Meng Chun and Ah Cai went to the bath room at three o'clock, but they didn't touch Ruxiang, and Rue Xiang only returned to the bedroom at the same time. When she said this, her eyes looked sharply at Ruxiang, "May I ask where you have been for such a long time?" ā
Rue Xiang's eyes dodged, and she said a little slurkingly, "I... I was..."
Tang You didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and said, "I see that you are clearly deliberately framing me, because I scolded you in public the day before yesterday, and you have always held a grudge!" I deliberately ruined my embroidery only last night. She said with a sneer, "It's a pity that you didn't expect that even if you destroyed my embroidery, I would be able to repair it, and I was also appreciated by Aunt Ruzhen and the second master." And you've done so much to end up being just a clown with inferior skills, which is ridiculous! ā
Rue Xiang said loudly with hideous eyes when she heard this, "That's right, I did it, I just see what is wrong with you, I hate your coy appearance, pretending to be a good person in front of everyone, how great you are, I just don't get convinced, everyone came in together, why do you get so much preferential treatment, why can you attract so many people's attention." ā
Tang You only looked at her lightly when he heard this, and said, "Actually, I fell asleep early last night, and I didn't see when you went back to the bedroom." ā
Seeing this, Aunt Ruzhen on the side said coldly, "It turned out to be you!" ā
"You! You lied to me! The whole body of the rue aroma trembled. When she reacted, she quickly knelt down and cried and looked at Aunt Ruzhen, "Auntie, I was wrong, I won't dare next time, please don't drive me out of the embroidery village." ā
Aunt Ruzhen didn't look at her, but only instructed the family outside the door, "Take her down, let her quickly pack her baggage, and drive out of the Su family embroidery village immediately!" Two housekeepers came in from outside and dragged them out, who were kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly.
After a while, the embroidery room was quiet again, Su Yu stood up and glanced at Tang You with a smile, then walked up to Aunt Ruzhen's ear, said a few words to her, and turned around and left the embroidery room. After Su Yu left, Aunt Ruzhen said to everyone, "Okay, you can continue to work, as for the embroidery of Concubine Xian's new clothes, we will not know the results until tomorrow." ā
Su Yu walked out of the embroidery room, and strode towards the inner hall, Su Yun was still sitting at the table, but there were only two embroidery samples on the table, one was Tang You's orchid picture, and the other was a beautifully embroidered plum picture. At this time, he was holding the orchid picture embroidered by Tang You in his hand and looking at it carefully, and when he saw that Su Yu was back, he put down the embroidery sample and asked, "How is the matter checked?" Can you find out who did it? ā
"Found out." Su Yu sat next to Su Yun with a smile, picked up a cup of tea on the table, took a sip, and said, "Big brother, who do you guess solved this case today?" ā
Seeing this, Su Yun asked lightly, "Not you?" ā
Su Yu pointed to the orchid picture on the table, and said excitedly, "You don't know that this Shen Qiao is very powerful." ā
"Oh?" Su Yun was a little surprised, and looked at Su Yu in confusion.
"This girl is not a good stubble, first came to make a false testimony, and then came to a trick to provoke the law, and then deceived the embroidery girl. Big brother, didn't you see that girl telling lies, it's just like the real thing. Su Yu's expression was as if he had seen a treasure.
Su Yun's eyes sank slightly when he saw this, but he didn't say anything, only said lightly, "Okay, now that the matter is settled, I still have something to do, and I have to leave." He stood up and glanced at the embroidery patterns on the table again, "These two embroidery patterns, you can take them to Yee On Hall later, and let your mother decide." ā
On the second day, Tang You was embroidering in the embroidery room, when he saw Aunt Ruzhen walk in, gathered everyone, and said to everyone, "The embroidery sample of Concubine Xian's new dress has been selected!" ā
When all the embroidery girls heard this, they became nervous, and their faces were full of expectation, so they saw Aunt Ruzhen holding the beautifully embroidered Lamei picture, looking at everyone and asking, "Who embroidered this Lamei picture?" ā
"It's... Iā" Yuxiu raised her head in disbelief, her voice trembling a little.
"Congratulations, Yuxiu, this Lamei picture of yours has been appreciated by the old lady and selected by the old lady herself." Aunt Ruzhen said with a smile.
"Really? Is it really me? Yuxiu still couldn't believe it and asked again.
Tang You smiled and said, "Of course it's you." ā
Yuxiu smiled and grabbed Tang You's hand excitedly, "Qiao'er, it's really me, it's really me." ā
After Aunt Ruzhen left, all the embroidery girls also stepped forward to congratulate her, Yuxiu blushed and thanked her one by one, and when she sat in front of her embroidery frame, she was stunned for a long time before she said to Tang You excitedly, "Qiao'er, I feel that I feel like I am stepping on the clouds now, which is a little unreal." ā
Tang You smiled and said, "Your Lamei picture is so well embroidered, this first place also deserves it." ā
"Really? But I think your orchid picture is better than mine. ā
"Of course your Lametu is better. Don't forget, you were chosen by the old lady herself. ā
Yuxiu blushed when she heard this, and looked at Tang You cautiously and asked, "Then Qiao'er, you won't be angry, right?" ā
Tang You snorted and laughed, "What are you angry about, am I so stingy in your eyes?" I'm happy for you. ā
"That's good." Yuxiu also laughed, "Qiao'er, I'm really happy!" The old lady personally selected it, and she also praised me. When I get home in two days, I want me to tell my mother, and my mother will be very happy. ā
Tang You heard this, "Yes, it will be Laba in two days." ā