Meng Shi immediately ordered that the people who were in charge of the treasury and the people in charge of purchasing should be brought in.

The old lady and the Qi family naturally have some confidants, but not all of them are their cronies, At this time, seeing that Mrs. Hou can leave and take charge of the family again, naturally there are many people who see the wind and are ready to take refuge in the Meng family. In addition, there were also patriarchs and clan elders watching, so no one resisted Meng's order, and soon, several people were brought over.

The crime of murdering Mrs. Hou is not light, several people have tried to prove their innocence, the things in and out of the warehouse are recorded, and no one has taken the Qingqi incense and those problematic bird's nests since they were put into the warehouse, and these two things are not simply sprinkled with poisonous powder, especially the Qingqi incense, and it has to be made, and it cannot be completed directly in the warehouse, indicating that these two things have been manipulated when they were put into the warehouse.

The person who takes care of the storehouse is fine, and that is the person who buys it.

The purchaser insisted that he had not done anything to buy the things, and that they were all inspected by the Qi clan and then directly put them into the warehouse.

Meng Shi sneered, "So people outside the mansion are going to poison me?" The people in the store knew that I was going to use these two things, and I would get rid of the poison in advance, and then sell the poisonous things to our Hou Mansion, which was repaid, this was aimed at our Hou Mansion, but we must let the people of Dali Temple find out! ”

The old lady frowned, Meng Shi suddenly attacked today, caught them off guard, did not give them the slightest time to prepare, did not string together the confession, and did not discuss in advance who would be the scapegoat, but she knew that she must not stab the matter to Dali Temple.

The old lady gave the big girl standing behind Qi Shi a look, and nodded Qi Shi with her chin.

The big girl was startled, and reacted for a while before she quietly pointed at Qi with her finger in disbelief, and asked the old lady with her eyes.

The old lady nodded slightly. There are people arranged by her in every yard, and when Meng Shi was in charge of the feed, he changed all the people around him, so only one rough maid in Meng's yard was her person, and Sister Qian'er's original housekeeper and the big girl around Qi's side were all heads and faces.

The big girl gritted her teeth, she was an old lady

The person who arranged it, the poison was also under her instructions according to the old lady's instructions, and when the Qi family sent her to check it before buying it back and putting it into storage, she replaced the one she had just bought back with the poisoned pestle incense and bird's nest, and the replaced one was quietly brought back to her house, and the poison was slowly put into it, so as to replace the one that she bought back next time.

offended the old lady, his family would definitely have no way to live, and offended the Qi family...... The big girl looked at the Qi family, anyway, the Qi family was about to be unlucky, and it was nothing to offend her.

After thinking about it and making up her mind, the big girl's body obviously trembled deliberately.

The old lady reprimanded at the right time: "What are you shaking?!" Could it be you-"

Meng Shi looked at it and knew in his heart, sure enough, the old lady was ready to let Qi Shi carry the black cauldron. In fact, when she wanted to return to the middle feedback right just now, she still thought that if the Qi family took the blame, this middle feed would naturally return to her hands even if she didn't want to, but she was not very sure at that time.

The big girl knelt down in a panic, "No, I, I just—" She looked at Qi in distress.

"You, why are you kneeling?" Qi Shi is inexplicable, what's going on today, one or two look at themselves.

"Madam, you, save the slaves." The big girl burst into tears, grabbed the corner of Qi's skirt, and begged: "Can you ignore the slave maid, the slave maid is only poisoned in the incense and bird's nest according to your instructions." ”

"What?" Qi Shi was shocked, "You gave the poison?" She hadn't reacted for a while, how could the person who poisoned her become her big girl?

"Although it is said that it is poisoned by the slave maid, the slave maid also did it after listening to your orders." The eldest girl pulled the corner of Qi's skirt and cried, "Madam, you can't pretend that there is no such thing." ”

Only then did Qi Shi react, his face was flushed with anger, and he kicked the big girl away, "Nonsense! When did I order you to be poisoned? ”

The big maid screamed and fell to the side, fell to the ground and cried: "Madam, how can you be like this, didn't you say that as long as you are in charge of the feed, you promise to let the slave and the slave's father and mother live a good life, and now that the incident has happened, you must save the slave and the maid." She also said this to the old lady, if she really can't escape this fate, at least the old lady will treat her father and mother well.

Qi Shi was so angry that her brain was buzzing, she couldn't think about what was going on, her trembling hand was raised, and she pointed at the big girl, "Come on, drag her down for me, beat, beat, kill directly!" ”

She has already handed over the right to feed, naturally no one listens to her, even if there are a few cronies, seeing that she is now suspected of poisoning Mrs. Hou, they can't wait to stay away from her and completely dissociate themselves from her.

The old lady sighed bitterly, "Qi Clan, how could you do such a thing? You and the Meng family are concubines, I often say that you should get along in harmony, just like your own sisters, the Meng family is the wife of our Hou Mansion, and it is a matter of course to be in charge of the middle feed, how can you poison her for the middle feed? ”

"No, it's not me," Qi shook his head vigorously, "I didn't poison her, I didn't poison her, I haven't even heard the names of those two poisons." She suddenly saw the second master Ye Chengxun, as if she had seen a savior, and rushed to Ye Chengxun's side, "Master, you help me, it's really not my poison!" ”

Ye Chenghun flicked his sleeves suddenly, "Poisonous woman!" Your big girl has said it's you, what else do you have to say! ”

Meng Shi looked at this scene with a smile, Qi Shi estimated that he hadn't reacted to what was going on yet, this Ye Chengxun and the old lady had a very tacit understanding, and they could unanimously think of letting Qi Shi take the blame without discussing it beforehand, but Ye Chengxun left a line, at least he didn't say anything like divorce.

The patriarch is not a fool, he has already seen the clues, but he is the same as Meng, as long as someone is guilty, he looked at Meng's expression, it is estimated that this result should be satisfactory to her, and the old lady and the second master must have no objections, so he said: "Okay, Qi family, you don't have to quibble, your eldest girl has already confessed, even if you refuse to admit it, what's the use?" Old lady, Meng's family, you see, what should this Qi family do? "It stands to reason that he is the patriarch, and he should propose how to deal with it, but obviously, today depends on what kind of result the Meng clan wants.

The old lady looked at the Meng family, "The Qi family did such a thing, it is not too much to say how to deal with it, but she is also a first-time offender, and she is just confused for a while and wants to take charge of the middle feed, otherwise, give her a chance to reform herself, right?" She thought the same as the second master, let the Qi family take the blame and get through the current crisis first, but she didn't plan to give up the Qi family, after this limelight, the Qi family is still the second wife.

Meng nodded, "The second brother and sister are just too utilitarian, so they did something wrong, I think, copy a few more volumes of Buddhist scriptures, maybe it will be of some use." ”

The old lady was happy for a while, copying the Buddhist scriptures, it was too simple.

I heard Meng Shi say again: "But this copying of Buddhist scriptures also has to be calm, stay in this house, every day flowers are red and willow green, big fish and meat, how can it be effective?" ”

The old lady's heart was cold, did she want to send the Qi family to the nunnery? If you want to take her back again, it will be difficult, although the Qi family is not smart, but she is very obedient, and she has never gone against her will for so many years, so she was abandoned, and the old lady was still reluctant. Besides, the second room is going to attack the lord in the future, how can there be a lady who has been punished to the nunnery?

Can't refuse the Meng family, and she doesn't want to send the Qi family to the nunnery, the old lady can only compromise, "In this way, pick an empty courtyard in our mansion and let the Qi family meditate and worship the Buddha inside, it will be regarded as a family temple, how about it?" ”

Meng nodded, "The old lady's idea is naturally good. "She didn't want to send the Qi family to the nunnery, there were some things that she had to put people under her nose to do.

Despite Qi's repeated shouts that she was innocent, her guilt was unanimously convicted by everyone. She was sent directly to a very small empty yard, because there was no one to live, the yard was in a mess, the rotten leaves on the ground were thickly piled up, and the tables and chairs in the house were covered with a layer of dust, and she had to clean it herself. Fortunately, she is the second wife after all, and Meng still arranged a little maid to serve her.

The third master, Ye Chengshu and Mei's went back to the courtyard of the third room, and Mei's face was incredible, "Master, you said, is this really done by the second sister-in-law?" Is it really her poisoning? Why didn't she believe it, she hadn't heard of this fire worm flower and ice slush, and she was also at a loss when she saw Qi's expression.

"It should be, didn't you see her big girl admit it? If she hadn't done it, then why would the maid take the blame on herself. Ye Chengshu naturally understood what was going on, the sister-in-law suddenly became difficult, and the mother and second brother were not prepared, so they had to temporarily decide to let the second sister-in-law take the blame, and the sister-in-law also accepted the result of this compromise. But he wasn't going to tell Mei the truth, she didn't need to know so much.

Mei thought about it, the maid kept saying that she was forced by the second wife, but after all, she poisoned Mrs. Hou, so Meng ordered thirty boards to be beaten and then sold. Although it is said that he did not directly ask for the maid's life, it is not certain whether he can survive the thirty boards, even if he survives and sells it, there is no medical treatment and no medicine, and he may not be able to survive. Or even if he survives, this kind of being beaten and sold by the master's family is a big mistake at first glance, how can it be sold to a good person.

This maid is a dead end, if it really has nothing to do with her, she is crazy to take such a terrible charge. It seems that this thing was really done by the Qi family. Mei shook her head, people can't look good, she usually thinks that Qi is a little greedy, but on the whole she is an honest person, she didn't expect that she was so bold and poisoned her sister-in-law for seven years, if she hadn't been broken by someone by chance, it is estimated that her sister-in-law would not have remembered it in her life.