Although Mrs. Su's face was calm, Lan Ruo could still see the sadness in her eyes, no matter how well she disguised it, how could she be able to defeat the pain that penetrated into her heart.

Mrs. Su looked at everything in front of her, as if she was in a dream, is this true? Why? At noon, she was still dealing with the Su family's predicament, and just as she was about to solve it, all this happened. Is he really gone?

"Get everything down!" Mrs. Su suddenly said sharply.

This sound came suddenly, especially loud in the midst of the whimpering cry, and everyone was startled and stopped crying and looked at Mrs. Su. I immediately understood that the old lady had been in love for twenty years, and this was unacceptable for such a thing.

Although everyone stopped crying, this funeral could not be left undone, and no one got up.

"What? Didn't hear me? Mrs. Sue's voice was even louder, with anger.

The crowd was terrified, but no one stood up. The housekeeper was about to step forward to persuade him, but Mrs. Su continued: "Even if the people in the world don't know about it, and the people in Yangzhou don't know it, don't you know it either?" ”

Everyone raised their heads slightly, you look at me, I look at you. However, Mrs. Su did not mean to wait for everyone's answer.

"Don't say how the master treats you, how he treats the people of Yangzhou, that is, how he behaves on weekdays, how can you not know what kind of person he is? How could he, a person who is kind to others, a person who is dedicated to helping the poor, do such a thing as colluding with bandits! ”

At this point, tears flowed down the cheeks of the crowd that had not dried. Yes, how could someone like my lord do such a thing! This is definitely a great injustice!

Mrs. Su's body trembled, her steps staggered a little, and she turned her body to look at the people kneeling inside and out.

"This is someone maliciously framing! How can I be the one who is willing to be humiliated! I must sue and redress my lord's grievances! ”

"Yes, we sue! Redress the grievances of the lord! A little guy suddenly stood up and waved his fist and shouted.

Then a few more people stood up and waved their fists and shouted loudly, and for a while everyone was excited, and the shouts of redress for the old man shook the heavens and the earth, so that the hawkers on the street couldn't help but look this way.

The women and girls in the room were equally excited, shouting at the top of their voices, and all of them stood up, waving their fists as the men did.

Mrs. Su glanced at the empty coffin. Master, I won't let you go with your grievances, wait for me, you must wait for me, I will definitely find out that person!

Mrs. Su raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet, "Okay, take things down!" ”

When the words fell, there was a mess inside and outside the house, some jumped up to tear off the white silk cloth, some were busy removing all kinds of funeral utensils, and more than a dozen small servants carried away the empty coffin, and all the paper money, paper puppets and other objects were removed for a while, and even the filial piety clothes on the body were all changed, but everyone did not wear bright clothes, and the girls also consciously did not apply powder and grease. The people in the courtyard, with red and swollen eyes and plain clothes, all looked sad and solemn.

Mrs. Su was wearing black clothes at this time, and she didn't sit down for a moment to rest when everyone was busy, quietly watching the hall in front of her restore its original vitality.

The housekeeper moved a chair outside the door and invited Mrs. Su to sit down. Mrs. Su didn't sit down, but she didn't say anything. Looking at the people who were already standing, he asked, "Which one brought back the news?" ”

Someone from the back of the crowd came out and knelt in front, the dust on his face was especially uncleaned, although he didn't know his name and surname, but Mrs. Su still recognized it at a glance.

"Madam, villain Guo Xian, bring back the news."

Mrs. Su said in a deep voice: "Okay, then you can tell me how you found the person, how you found the news, how the master was convicted of such a crime, all the news you heard, you must tell it clearly." ”

Guo Xian cried so much in the afternoon, and his mood was much more stable at the moment. After listening to the question, he first kowtowed, and then knelt up straight and came one by one.

"The little ones went all the way to Yiyang, day and night, changing horses along the way, and several roads to Yiyang along the way were sent out to check, but there was no trace of the master along the way. Although the little ones separated the road, the time to Yiyang was only one day away at most, and after the last person arrived, everyone found that there was no news of the master. So we asked around in Yiyang, and there were so many people in Yiyang that no one noticed whether there was such a group of people as the master. We searched for a few days, but did not find any clues, everyone discussed, from Yangzhou to Yiyang, the road is far away, in case the old man has something is not good, so the big guy decided to go to the official office to report the case. Speaking of this, Guo Xian began to choke up a little, the situation at that time was probably unforgettable for him in this life.

"The little ones were about to go to the Yiyang prefect to beat the drums, but they were stopped by the messenger at the yamen and asked us what we were doing, and a few of us told us what was going on. The officer listened and said, 'Yangzhou——, I think I've heard of it when I've heard it." When we heard this, we hurriedly stuffed him with money and asked him about it, and the two servants began to talk to me with a glance. Guo Xian's tears fell again.

"What did they say?" Mrs. Su asked.

"They said that they seemed to have solved a case a few months ago, saying that it was related to a businessman in Yangzhou, and that the businessman arrived in Yiyang more than a month ago, and was arrested by their adults, along with the businessman and miscellaneous servants, etc., all went to prison, just half a month ago, the businessman had confessed, and was asked by their prefect to ask the court, and then beheaded and executed."

Mrs. Su frowned, "How can I be sure of the master?" ”

Guo Xian leaned down and cried bitterly, as if he didn't want to say this, "A few of us didn't think it was the master at the time, and thought that we had given the money by mistake, so we had the right to listen to the excitement, but because I heard that it was also from Yangzhou, we asked more, 'Do you know what the merchant's name is?' Who knows, the two of them thought about it, and then reported the name of the master. ”

Is it true?

Mrs. Su's feet were unstable, and she was about to fall to the ground when she stumbled, but Lan Ruo hurriedly supported her and helped her sit down on the chair behind her.

However, Guo Xian's words continued, "A few of us were shocked at the time, and hurriedly asked what kind of crime it was, and we were executed at that time, and the officer said that it was collusion with bandits and disturbing the people. Moreover, the prince personally sniped the group of bandits, but brought back the evidence of the crime, and these criminal documents all pointed to the businessman surnamed Su in Yangzhou. We can't do it, we can't be more clear about the master's personality, so we asked them, 'There are more people surnamed Su in Yangzhou, how can we be sure of that person?' Don't get me wrong. But the man suddenly pointed to a man who had passed by in the yamen, and said, 'No, if you don't believe him, just ask him.' ’”