7. The dilemma of life and death

The board is about to fall head-onβ€”

"Stop," I heard in despair the only warm voice I had heard since the crossing: "Stop, my lord, the woman has something to say." Wang Ma rushed in, she was full of tears, her expression and body were all embarrassed, but her eyes were indeed solemn, as if she had made a very important decision, and she was solemn and dared not force her eyes.

The sound of shock sounded again, "Who dares to be so bold and trespass on the forbidden land of the public court!" ”

I saw that Wang Ma was not frightened, and walked forward slowly, "If you go back to the adult, the woman is surrendering." The bracelet was stolen by a woman and had nothing to do with Liu Yun. ”

"Bold, Liu Yun has obtained both stolen goods, you dare to take the blame for her! It's not really coming. ”

"Back to the adult's words, the woman did not blame Liu Yunding. In fact, she was taking the blame for the people's women. The day before yesterday, the woman saw that her wife put the bracelet in front of the dresser, and she was greedy for a while, so she ......"

"Nonsense, you have been in the Wang family for many years, and you can't be greedy early or late, but you were greedy the day before yesterday. It's clearly taking the blame for her! Someone's coming......"

I was stunned on the spot by this series of changes - Wang Ma, even if I am Liu Yun himself, is this really worth it, is it worth taking such a big risk? Tears fell from my face, and although I had encountered a series of accidents when I first came to this world, this was the first time I had cried. It turned out that the feeling of being saved by someone was not as happy as I imagined, and countless sourness accompanied by the pain of a knife spread from my heart. After all, I am not related to you, even if I was raised by you, it is not worth it, it is not worth it for you to do this for me!

"Your Excellency, please slow down, since the women are here, they are not afraid of punishment, please listen to me. The slave maid and Mrs. have a suspicion, the day before yesterday, Mrs. and I have no face because of a broken vase, I stole the bracelet to see the money, but also because I want to take revenge on Mrs., after all, this bracelet was given by Prince An back then, and even Mrs. is not easy to explain if I lose it. Everyone in the house can testify to this, and as for this child, I didn't expect it to affect her. Imagine that she doesn't go out when she has a child, what is the use of asking for that bracelet? What's more, it is well known that she is disgusted by Madame, how can the people let her get close to Madame's upper room, I hope that the Lord will see it! ”

Wang Ma's voice was calm and calm, completely devoid of her cowardly and humble appearance earlier. And the words she said were even more unhurried and methodical, she must have thought about it for a long time to be able to speak so fluently. Could it be that she was planning to take my place a long time ago? I remembered what Liu's mother said last night: "Don't worry, there is Wang Ma, it's really not good, and my old life......" It seems that she has already planned to take this step - Wang Ma, Wang Ma, what is the secret between you and Liu Yun, and you have imagined it for her to such a point?

"However, Liu Yun has confessed to the crime, and the official has not used the punishment, what is your explanation?"

"Adult, she is a child, she has never seen anything in the world, she is afraid, what else can not be said nonsense, please forgive me."

Of course, the adults are not willing to cheapen me like this, and they want to refute Wang Ma again (it is estimated that I can get a lot of benefits from my wife by killing me). But the onlookers outside the yamen have begun to whisper, basically thinking that what Wang Ma said is very reasonable. And this county master is the kind of person who sells his reputation and reputation, although he is insatiable, he still hopes that others will praise him as "Lord Qingtian", so naturally it is not good to frame a child in front of so many people. After thinking about it, I decided to leave this problem to my own choice:

"Then, Liu Yun, come on, is what Wang Ma said true or false? You can give me a closer look! ”

I scolded the despicable in my heart, and actually left my life and death to my own choice. This makes me choose, admit it, and immediately be beaten to death; Don't admit it, didn't I push Mother Liu to death with my own hands? How can I live in peace in the future? My heart is in a fierce struggle: what to do, what to do, is there no way to have the best of both worlds, can't we live together, can't there be no way to live?

"Liu Yun, don't you want to say it soon?" The county magistrate urged.

Do you choose Wang Ma or me, I'm still young and don't want to die? But ......, Wang Ma is innocent, although I am unscrupulous in handling the case, I have never thought of killing others? How can I watch her die for me, I can't choose!

"Liu Yun" The voice of the county official and the loud sound of the startling wood hitting the table, it can be seen that he is very enjoying my situation at this time: "Don't force this official to do it. ”

Do you want to live miserably, or do you want to die a miserable death immediately......

In fact, I was already a dead man, but an accident gave me one more day to live, so why bother to take someone else's life. Also, I have indirectly killed poor Miss Li, should I go back to ancient times and kill others again? Besides, even if I get away with this time, what about next time, next time? Madame will not let me go after all, I'm afraid it will be worse next time!

Now that I've made up my mind, I'm not as scared as I was just now, but I'm relaxed. Ignoring the desperate look in the eyes of Wang Ma, I said calmly word by word:

"My lord, Mother Wang and I are like mother and daughter, so they naturally protect me. But it was true that she did not steal the bracelet. ”