Chapter 117: Ascension II
Meixian Hall is above the main hall, Mi Yichao saw that everyone outside the hall was quiet, and then asked: "Zhou Bantou, you will tell me what happened one by one." β
Only then did Zhou Weiji speak: "On the ninth day of the seventh month, I will rest at home. I heard the people in the village shouting that the widow of Wang Linshan, Lan and his young son, were arrested, and they led people to search everywhere. It happened that the Lan family jumped out of the car and was kicked and beaten by them, so they saved the Lan family and the child, and caught the two thieves, and later learned that the two people believed that the Lan family was the runaway maid Chuntao of the Wang family in Mei County, and Wang Linshan's youngest son was Wang Wenxuan, the widow of Wang Mingzhe, the head of the Wang family in Mei County, so they were stunned with drugs and planned to be brought back to Mei County. The humble post sent the matter to Zhou Zhi County to send a document to Mei County to verify the matter, and then ordered the humble post to escort the Lan family's mother and son and the two thieves to this place. β
After Mi Yichao heard this, a row of shocked trees said: "Bring people to commit crimes!" β
The officials brought Wang Erjia and Wang Chunfa up, and the two knelt under the hall in a proper manner.
"But these two?"
Zhou Weiji nodded.
Mi Yichao lined up the shocked trees again, and shouted angrily: "You two report your names!" β
"The villain Wang is the shopkeeper of Wangjiadian pΓΉ in Meixian County."
"The villain Wang Chunfa is the domestic slave of the Wang family in Meixian County."
"You two used drugs to stun the Lan family and son, and beat the Lan family, can there be such a thing?"
Wang Chunfa kowtowed and said: "Adults, villains and Wang Er went to Beigou Village, Huangxian County to visit the peony garden, and met the Lan family. The villain recognized that the Lan family was the runaway maid Chuntao of the Wang family, so he caught her and sent her to the government, but the villain did not beat her. On the way to the government, we met the head of the Zhou squad in Huang County, and he couldn't help but say that he would arrest the two of us, and escorted us to the prison without listening to our explanation. β
Zhou Weiji frowned, Lan Yi secretly said in his heart that Wang Chunfa was so sharp that he wanted to reverse black and white in a few words.
Mi Yichao snorted coldly: "Okay, you're a splash!" You beat the Lan clan is what Zhou Bantou saw with his own eyes, this is still false! Zhou Bantou, did they want to say that they would send the Lan family's mother and son to the yamen? β
Zhou Weiji shook his head and said affirmatively: "No." When the lowly officials caught up with them, they did not rush to the direction of the Huangxian County Ya, but on the post road out of Huangxian. But when the thief saw that the matter was revealed, he wanted to run away with his child, and was taken down by his humble position. β
Wang Chunfa hurriedly kowtowed: "My lord, the villain is thinking that Chun Tao is the fugitive maid of the Wang family in Meixian County, and she should be brought back to Meixian County and handed over to the county government of Meixian County." It was dark at that time, and someone on horseback caught up with him and beat someone, and the villain beat someone when he saw someone catching up, so he was afraid to take the child and plan to flee to the mountains for temporary shelter. β
Lan Junzhi, the chief bookkeeper, nodded and said, "It's reasonable to say that. β
Mi Yichao's face did not change, and then asked: "Lan Clan, you will tell me everything about being arrested at that time. β
Lan Yi bent her knees and said slowly: "On the ninth day of the seventh month, the folk girl took her children to pick peppers on the hillside of her house at the edge of the village, and was directly stunned by the medicine. When the folk girl woke up, she secretly heard that the two of them were going to find the jade pendant for their master, the "second master", and then deal with the folk daughter's mother and son after finding it. The folk girl was scared, and later heard the sound of horses' hooves jumping down from the car, Wang Er jumped out of the carriage and kicked the folk girl with his foot, and Zhou Bantou rushed to subdue him before saving the folk girl. Poor my child was unconscious at the time, and he didn't wake up until he looked for Lang Zhong to pour medicine, Lang Zhong said that it was very dangerous at that time, if it was later, the children of the people would be "Lan Yi was a little speechless, angry and afraid with a little choked," Later, Zhou Bantou told the people that someone told the people that the people had abducted the young master and fled, and the people women came to Meixian with the child. β
The people who were watching the excitement outside the hall were very angry when they heard Lan Yi's words, and whispered that Wang Chunfa and Wang Er were black-hearted!
After Wang Chunfa heard what Lan Yi said, he was just about to open his mouth to speak, when Mi Yichao was shocked and asked, "Zhou Bantou, is Lan's words true?" β
Zhou Weiji nodded: "Tell my lord, the child was indeed very dangerous at that time. The drug used by the two thieves was not an ordinary sweat drug, but a strong drug used by the Jurchens of the outer domain, and the child died half an hour later. The humble position has fought many battles with the Jurchens in the army, and this kind of drug has been seen many times, and at this time it was searched from the two thieves, please check it. β
As a result of the official service, Zhou Weiji handed the medicine bag in his hand, stepped forward and handed it to Mi Yichao with both hands. Mi Yichao said angrily: "Okay, you two thieves! If you dare to fornicate with the Jurchens, this alone can correct you on the spot! You use this medicine to stun your young son, you obviously want to harm his life, and you will be punished for both crimes, and you will not be able to forgive! β
Fornicating with a foreigner is a serious crime, and if you want to kill your head and even your family, Wang Chunfa and Wang Er's bodies collapsed to the ground. Wang Chunfa looked at Wang Er complainingly, where did he find the Jurchen Sex Drug?
Wang Er's face was as pale as dirt, like chaff, knowing that he was finished this time, he looked at Wang Mingli for help, but saw that he was still standing with his head hanging with an angry face, and seemed to be very angry at how dare they do this.
Seeing them like this, Mi Yichao then asked: "You captured the Lan family, because you think she is a fugitive, why did you even arrest the children together, Wang Er, you say!" β
Wang Er's brain was already messed up at this time, his head was full of his own various ways to die, and after listening to Mi Yichao's name, he subconsciously replied: "Wang Chunfa said that the child's age and appearance are very similar to Wang Wenxuan, the sister-in-law of the royal family's house, so they were arrested together." β
Mi Yichao was shocked again: "Wang Chunfa, you think that this child is your own young master, and you dare to use such a vicious drug to stun him and almost kill him!" His heart can be punished! Who instructed you? β
Wang Chunfa replied with a calm mind: "My lord, the villain only thought that he was using ordinary sweat medicine, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful. No one instructed the villain to harm the young master, even if he lent the villain a hundred guts, the villain would not dare, please be aware of the adults. β
Mi Yichao didn't dwell on this question anymore, Ren Erthief knelt on the ground, turned his head and began to interrogate Lan Yi.
"Lan family, Wang Chunfa and Wang Er said that you are Wang Chuntao, the runaway maid of the Wang family, who are you?"
Lan Yi saluted and replied, "Tell your lordship." Last year, that is, on March 15 of the sixth year of Puhe, the folk girl fell from the mountain south of Qingshan Town, Meixian County for some reason, and lost her memory with a bruised head. When the girl woke up, the child was crying beside me, and there was a woman next to me who was out of breath. The folk girl couldn't remember who she was at that time, and how she got there, she was very scared, and later found a household registration and a few taels of silver on her body, and the folk girl thought that this must be her own household registration, so after burying the dead woman, she took the child back to Beigou Village in Huang County according to the household registration, and has been settling in Beigou Village for more than a year. β
After speaking, she handed over the household registration, and a servant took it and presented it to Mi Yichao, and everyone outside the hall began to whisper again when they heard Lan Yi say this.
Wang Mingli, Wang Tiangui, and Zhou Pozi heard that the baby's mother, that is, Wang Mingzhe's wife, had different expressions, which was very exciting.
Wang Mingli couldn't hang up the mask of indifference and gentleness anymore after hearing this, he clenched his fists and involuntarily took a step closer to Lan Yi: "Sister-in-law is dead?" How could my sister-in-law die?! β
Zhou Weiji dodged between Lan Yi and Wang Mingli, and looked at him coldly.
Wang Mingli came back to his senses, his eyes were clear, and he said with a sad face: "If what I expected is right, this one should be my sister-in-law, that is, Wen Xuan's mother, the master of Chun Tao. β
When Mrs. Zhou heard that her wife was dead, she showed a relieved expression, she looked at Lan Yi's eyes more kindly, she opened her mouth and was about to speak, but she heard Mi Yichao shouting: "Presumptuous! How can you wait for the noise above the lobby! β
After speaking, he looked through the household registration and then said: "Seeing that you are only fifteen or sixteen years old, why do you think that this is your household registration and not that lady's?" β
Lan Yi replied directly: "My lord, the folk girl was combing the woman's head at the time, and this child called the folk girl "mother", and the household registration was on the folk girl, so the folk girl thought that she was Wang Linshan's widow and the mother of the child. β
"Nonsense, this is obviously the child of my eldest brother and sister-in-law, how can I call you a little girl a mother!" Wang Tiangui pursed his lips and sneered when he heard this, there were too many loopholes.
Lan Yi was very uncomfortable listening to his sharp voice, and only lowered her eyes to look at the baby. The baby didn't care what everyone said, and lowered his head to play with the small wooden knife in his hand.
Lan Junzhi listened to Wang Tiangui's words, thought deeply, and echoed: "Master Mi, there is some truth in this guy's words. β
Mi Yichao had to nod, this was indeed less convincing.
Mrs. Zhou took the initiative to step forward and said: "My lord, my young master was only ten months old when he disappeared, and he just started to learn to speak, he could only call his mother, and no one else could say it. Chun Tao is Madame's personal maid, the young master is very familiar with her, and often calls her 'mother', and many people in the house know about it. β
"I see." Mi Yichao nodded.
Lan Junzhi opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer, how did he know what the situation of the ten-month-old child was, so he had to work Lan Yi's identity again: "Lan Clan, you haven't remembered the past until now?" Don't know who you really are? β
Lan Yi nodded.
Mi Yichao then asked, "Are you sure that the Lan family is Chun Tao?" β
Wang Chengde stepped forward and bowed: "My lord, the villain is Chuntao's father, and this daughter is indeed my daughter Wang Chuntao." β
Mi Yichao nodded, a father would not mistake his daughter.
Lan Junzhi snorted coldly when he heard this: "Then how to explain the household registration on her body?" Could it be that you made a fake household registration and secretly helped your daughter abduct the young son of the head of the family? β
Mi Yichao listened to Lan Junzhi's words and his face did not change, and he understood in his heart that Lan Junzhi was so tight because he got Tian Zhixian's orders and wanted to take down Wang Chengde's father and daughter.
Wang Chengde listened to the words of the master bookkeeper, and still replied unhurriedly: "Tell your lordship, this Wang Linshan is a down-and-out scholar in the Wang family inn, and after he died of illness, no one collected his body, and the villain ordered him to be buried in a mass grave, and this household registration was carried by him. At that time, the villain received the household registration and planned to hand it over to the yamen, but later the uncle of the Wang family, Wang Mingzhe, fell into the water and died, and Mrs. Tai also went in grief. Later, Chun Tao came home, and the villain remembered this, and planned to let her bring the household registration to the villain's son Wang Chunrong so that he could hand it over to the yamen, but the little girl had no time to hand over the household registration to her brother, so the household registration was on her. β
Mi Yichao nodded, which can be regarded as barely reasonable. When Lan Junzhi saw Wang Chengde's calm appearance, he knew that he was well prepared, and even if he sent someone to investigate, he would not be able to find anything. R1152