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Lu Zhiyuan gave her an appreciative look, and Bai Zhi pondered that if this was the case, then she would have to investigate who else in the Ziyi family knew how Lu Ning was used.

It's a lot easier to check it out when you have a clue, and the news comes back quickly.

Ziyi also has a younger brother in the family, who has suffered from 'wealth disease' since he was a child, and he can only rely on medicinal herbs to continue his life these years.

The so-called wealth disease is that ginseng needs to be added to the decoction taken every day, which is simply unaffordable for ordinary people. Over the years, everything that Ziyi's family can sell has been sold, but the silver is still far from enough to support the medical expenses.

Things took a turn for the better a few days ago, and someone picked up the younger brother in Ziyi. According to the neighbors, the person who picked up the purple-clothed brother should be a wealthy person.

There are joys and worries when this news comes back, the good thing is that her direction is not wrong, the reason why Ziyi is guilty is related to her sick brother, and the worry is that Lu Ning and Hongshang are both sent from the Lu family in the capital, how can she know those people who took Ziyi's younger brother.

The clue is broken again at this point, she can't find the younger brother in purple clothes, she will never change her words, Bai Zhi suddenly felt a little discouraged, obviously the person who framed her was by her side, but she didn't have anything to do with the other party.

In this way, a few days later, Lu Zhiyuan had an unexpected harvest, he seized a batch of illicit salt some time ago, and recently those illicit salt dealers have come out to move again, and I don't know where to transport a large amount of illicit salt, which is being sold in the market.

He followed the clues to investigate, and after a check, he found that the leader of the gang of smugglers was a man named Qiao Shi.

When he first heard this name, he just felt familiar, but after a quick glance, he suddenly remembered that this Qiao Shi was the eldest brother of his stepmother Qiao.

He had always suspected that Lu Ning had a helper outside, and he didn't expect that it would have anything to do with Qiao Shi, but this time he carefully recalled what had happened in these days, and connected things together little by little, only to find that someone had buried a trap for him from the beginning. Qiao's relationship with him has always been bad, especially after these years, how could he send him two women for no reason, it turned out that these two people had been arranged by her a long time ago, in order to be placed by his side to steal some important news.

Fortunately, he had never gone to the courtyard of the red clothes and the green condensation, so they had not been able to get close to him for so long after entering the mansion, otherwise he would have fallen for their tricks.

Lu Zhiyuan sent someone to follow Qiao Shi, and soon found out where he was hiding, and at the same time, he also found out the place where he had recently bought a large amount of ginseng from the city medicine hall.

At the same time, Bai Zhi also saw Ziyi again, she was locked in a cell, her expression was obviously much haggard compared to the last time she saw her, a pair of eyes looked ahead empty, and she only moved her eyes slightly when she saw someone coming.

"There are three days to be executed, I'll come to see you." Bai Zhi took advantage of Lord Lu's relationship to come in, and the cell bosses were polite to her and gave her a chair.

Ziyi's face still didn't change, his lips moved, and his voice was hoarse, "You don't have to bother talking, I killed people, and I am willing to pay for my life." ”

Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Who said that I came to persuade you, it just saw that you gave people a sinner, so let's take a look." ”

Purple clothes looked at her with her eyes, and lowered it again, she didn't regret it, as long as she died her brother's life, she would be saved, and their family would have her brother left alone, she promised her dead father and mother that she would take good care of her brother, and now it was worth exchanging her life for his life.

Bai Zhi looked at her face and smiled, and said, "The reason why you want to take the blame is actually to save your sick brother." ”

The purple-clothed empty eyes fluctuated significantly for a moment, and he looked up at her almost in disbelief, "How do you know?" ”

"Not only do I know that you have a brother who needs a lot of money to heal him, but I also know that someone is using your brother's life to blackmail you." Bai Zhi sighed softly, "The people you can rely on are no longer reliable, Lord Lu has already sent someone to arrest that gang of smuggler salt dealers, and no one will treat your brother in the future." ”

When her words fell, Ziyi's face was already as pale as paper, and her lips trembled and kept murmuring, "Impossible, impossible......"

"Originally, if you hadn't had an accident, you two brothers and sisters would have been able to support each other and survive in the future, but now that you kill someone, you will die soon, and when you die, your brother will probably live on the streets......"

The more she said that Ziyi's face became more ugly, and later the whole person was completely like ashes, she knelt down in front of Bai Zhi, knelt in front of her and kept kowtowing, "Aunt Bai, I beg you, you save my brother, she is still young, he is only seven years old, he shouldn't die like this." ”

Bai Zhi didn't agree to her, although she was very depressed in her heart, she still remembered the purpose of her trip, so her expression was still faint, "I can't save him, only you can save him." ”

"But, but ......" Ziyi was still hesitating, the reason why she helped Lu Ning to take the sin, in addition to her promise to heal her brother, part of the reason was that Lu Ning usually treated her very well.

In the past, every time Hongshang used her to get angry and beat her all over her body, it was Tong Er in the green house who secretly gave her medicine, which made her survive again and again.

If you want to get away with the crime, you have to identify the real murderer, and she is unwilling to betray Lu Ning in her heart.

"Aunt Bai, I know you have a good heart, please help my brother, I will repay you as a cow and a horse in my next life." Ziyi knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, her appearance was sad to look at, and the vial standing behind her wiped her tears uncomfortably, almost couldn't help but help intercede.

Bai Zhi shook her head, "I've already said that there is only one way to treat your brother, depending on how you choose, I can't do anything." ”

She stood up, and the face of the woman in the dimly lit cell was not very clear, and her voice was cold, "You only have three days to think about it." ”

Ziyi looked at her back, her face was bloodless a little, and she fell directly to the ground.

Bai Zhi went out of the cell, and the cell boss personally sent her to the door, originally wanting to come often in the future with a polite word, but thinking that the cell was not a good place, this was a little inappropriate, so she just kept laughing.

The vial took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the cell boss, and smiled at him, "I've bothered you for so long, but my aunt gave you a drink." ”

The cell boss saw that the silver was sufficient, and the smile on his face became even more genuine, and he said a few polite words, and then tucked them into his sleeve, and finally sent them away respectfully.

Bai Zhi sat in the carriage on the way back, closed her eyes and didn't speak, but the vial on the side kept talking.

"Do you have anything to say to me?"

Xiao Bottle'er was a little hesitant, she felt that Bai Zhi, who was in the cell just now, looked very unfamiliar, but she didn't know where to start, and finally shook her head, "If Ziyi finally insists that she killed the person, will you help her brother?" ”

Bai Zhi also thought about this question, she didn't know if it would be, Ziyi had no relationship with her, and the person she wanted to save was the person who wanted to kill her, so she had no reason to want to help.

"I don't know." She shook her head.

Xiao Vial lowered her head, her voice obviously a little low, "If it were me, if I begged you in the future, would you help me?" ”

Bai Zhi couldn't help but smile, "What kind of stupid thing to say, I treat you as a sister, how can you be the same as a stranger." ”

Ziyi has no affection for her, if she is only kind to help, it is understandable not to help, after all, it is Ziyi herself who makes the choice in the end.

Xiao Vial's heart warmed when she heard her say this, and then lowered her eyes again, and there were struggles and guilt in the hidden emotions.

This time the waiting time was not long, Ziyi finally recruited someone on the last day, she was to apologize for Lu Ning, so she took the charge of murder on her body, not only that, but she also took out evidence, some letters from Hongshang.

Hongshang has always had the intention of recording what happened during the day, and her booklet detailed her and Lu Ning's assassination plan for Lu Zhiyuan at that time, and even the booklet also remembered that Qiao ordered the two of them to come to Jinling at that time, to be Lu Zhiyuan's concubine, and secretly collect information to pass on to Qiao Shi outside.

The matter is over here, Lu Ning was convicted, and the rest of the matter is the government's, Bai Zhi didn't ask, but later I happened to hear that Lu Ning seemed to have committed suicide in prison.

When she heard the news, she still talked about it, thinking that the two fresh girls who came a few months ago were now dead in just a few months, and she couldn't help but sigh when she thought about it.

Lin Suer was picked up by her mother's family more than a month ago, and it is said that Lin's father was critically ill, and she left in a hurry overnight.

Now the house is much more deserted than before, and the people walk with their heads down, and they don't look energetic at all.

Two people died in a row in the house, no matter what, it was not a good thing, so Bai Zhi was ready to start replacing a group of people, replacing those who were not needed and did not do things well. And she also realized a problem after this incident, that is, she should cultivate some of her own manpower, otherwise she will be blind when she encounters something.

She told Lord Lu about her thoughts, and Lord Lu agreed with her doing so, and took the time to point her out a few ways to manage her subordinates.

In fact, Bai Zhi has always had a question, she always felt that Lord Lu had changed a lot after coming back this time, he seemed to want her to grow up quickly, but why she couldn't figure it out.

The foundation of the Lu family is in the capital, she is now in charge of the family in Jinling, and she will return to the mansion in the future, there is a housemother at home, how can it not be her turn to have a concubine room there to point fingers, she has no use in learning these things at all, and a concubine should not do her duty, is it really good to be too public.

She wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask, so she could only put her questions in her heart.

......

The evening breeze blew through the window into the study, and the man sat at the table, with a letter on the table in front of him, and he looked at the dense handwriting on it, and after a long time put the envelope into the box and put it away.

The letter was sent from the capital, and the person who wrote the letter was his second uncle Lu Nianzheng, who ordered him not to continue to hold on to Qiao Shi, because the person behind Qiao Shi's sale of illicit salt over the years was the Lu family, and Qiao Shi still had the account books of these years of transactions hidden on his body, and if it came out, the Lu family would inevitably be implicated.