"Girl, look." Chunling held the gold and silver in front of Qiao Xiya.

Qiao Xiya stretched out her hand and looked at it, her face became more and more solemn, her heartbeat became faster and faster, she forced her panic, and lowered her voice: "Bi Tao, let me ask you, where did these things come from?"

"Yes...... It was Zheng Xiaoniang who rewarded the slave maid ......" Bi Tao's eyes dodged and dodged, and she didn't dare to look up at all.

"This fine jade carving, Zheng Xiaoniang rewarded you?" Qiao Xiya was holding a palm-sized jade carved lion in her hand, and the blood in her whole body was cold.

Just looking at the color, you know that this piece of jade is expensive, plus the carving, even his father Qiao Sinan has never had such a thing, how can a concubine have it, and she is willing to use it as a reward.

Qiao Xiya walked down the steps, stood in front of Bi Tao, and stared condescendingly at Bi Tao, who was like a sifting chaff: "You'd better tell where these things come from."

The cold voice made Bi Tao feel as if she had fallen into the river for three or nine days, and a mouthful of silver teeth clicked uncontrollably.

Zheng ...... Zheng Xiaoniang's ...... of rewarding the slave maid" Bi Tao's voice trembled, and she could hardly hear it clearly.

Qiao Xiya squatted down, pinched Bi Tao's chin, and stared at Bi Tao's flustered eyes with a pair of almond eyes: "If you tell the truth, I can consider making the decision and let go of your death contract." Qiao Xiya paused, "If you don't want to tell the truth, I can also call the shots and beat you to death immediately." A hint of fierceness flashed in Qiao Xiya's eyes.

"Girl, spare your life!" Bi Tao finally couldn't hold it back, holding Qiao Xiya's feet and kowtowing again and again, she knew that a subordinate like her who had signed a death contract was holding her life in the hands of the housewife, "Girl, the slave maid is a temporary wealth obsessed with her heart, the lard is blindfolded, the slave and the maid tell the truth, and beg the girl to spare the slave maid's life." Bi Tao's forehead quickly became red and swollen with the naked eye.

"This burden was really given to the slave by Zheng Xiaoniang, but what is inside, the slave really doesn't know ......"

"What did she give you this baggage for?" Qiao Xiya frowned.

She ...... She ......" Bi Tao's gaze became evasive again.

"Qiao San'er!" Qiao Xiya's face turned cold, and she called the head of the courtyard, "The subordinate Bi Tao, stealing the owner's private property, deceiving the master's mother, and killing him immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Qiao San carried a five-foot-long, three-finger-wide wooden stick and walked towards Bi Tao.

"I say! I say! Bi Tao didn't dare to hesitate any longer.

Qiao Xiya raised her hand slightly, and Qiao San stopped.

Seeing that Qiao San didn't continue to get closer, Bi Tao swallowed her saliva: "She...... She asked the slave maid to carry the burden and go around the street. ”

"Take a walk?" Qiao Xiya glanced at Bi Tao suspiciously, and the startled Bi Tao kowtowed again and again: "The slave maid is true, don't dare to deceive the girl!"

"Qiao San, put her in the firewood room, find someone to take care of her, and no one is allowed to approach. Keep an eye on it, don't let her die! ”

"Rest assured, girl." Qiao San bowed his hand, stretched out his hand, picked up Bi Tao, and walked towards the firewood room like a little chicken.

Chunling put away the burden and looked at Qiao Xiya: "Girl, what should I do with these things?"

"Sink into the house and close the door." Qiao Xiya turned around and walked into the house.

"Second brother, we've all walked for the fourth time, let's find a place to rest." There was a whining in the night accompanied by footsteps.

"Well, okay." Four or five people slowly walked out of the shadows that could not be illuminated by the moonlight, and the second brother shook his head, "What is this called, people are not allowed to sleep in the middle of the night, not to mention that the thief who stole the jade lion of Mrs. can be caught, and the master really believes her words." I see, it's a thief shouting to catch a thief. ”

"Second brother," a person next to him pulled the second brother's sleeve, looked around again, and lowered his voice, "Disaster comes from the mouth, disaster comes from the mouth." ”

"Come, come, sit here and rest for a while." The second brother walked to the stone steps on the side and sat down, "Wait a while, turn around again, if you don't meet anyone again, let's go back and rest." Wait any longer, I'm afraid the sky will be bright. ”

"Knock-knock! Boom! Boom! "Not far away, there was a sound of beating the watch.

"Yes, it's the fourth watch." The second brother stood up and moved his legs and feet, and sat for a while, the coolness on the stone steps soaked his body with uncomfortable relish, "Brother, let's go around again." ”

"Well," the rest of the group got up, "it's early, go home and sleep...... Who! Before he could stretch his waist, a figure appeared on the corner of the street.

Suddenly I heard a loud shout, and the figure on the street was obviously agitated, and I was stunned in place.

Before he could come to his senses, the night watchman rushed into the street and surrounded the trembling people in the middle.

"Second brother, it's caught!"

The second brother looked up and down the people who were surrounded by the moonlight, his eyes were panicked, his body was slender, and there were faint beads of sweat on the tip of his nose, and he was actually a woman with a beautiful face. The second brother thought for a while, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Take it back!"

"Who's in the hall?" The night patrol officials took the woman back to the Jin'an City Mansion, and the prefect Zhao Mingchen yawned and looked at the woman standing under the hall.

"The little woman Chunling visits the prefect." The women in the hall bowed down.

"Chunling." Zhao Mingchen nodded, "You look flustered and hug a burden, where are you going?" Zhao Mingchen's eyes never left the burden in Chunling's hands from beginning to end.

"Back to my lord, the little girl is the maid of the Dali Temple Qiao Qinglin's family, my lord made people framed, and was unjustly imprisoned, my girl ordered me to rush to Longquan Temple outside the city before dawn, grab the incense of the head pillar, and pray for the lord."

"What a clever girl." Zhao Mingchen sneered, "The official got a tip-off that the thief who stole the jade lion of the prefect's wife was going to go out of the city overnight tonight, and the official sent someone to patrol the night, but you were caught, you didn't go out of the city to burn incense, you went out of the city to sell the stolen goods!" Zhao Mingchen said, his face changed, "Someone!" Search! ”

With an order, the official on the side snatched the burden from Chunling's arms and put it on the ground and opened it carefully. But when he laid out everything and spread it on the ground, he didn't see any jade lions.

"Your Excellency!" Chunling's eyes turned red sharply, and she sobbed, "My lord, theft is a felony in this dynasty, and slaves and maids will never dare!" ”

Looking at the pastries and fresh fruity candles in the place, Zhao Mingchen was a little relieved for a while, he thought that he could successfully search for the jade lion so as to complete the task given to him above, but now it seems that this task is not so easy to complete.

"Burn incense and worship the Buddha, why did you set off on the fourth watch? Do you know that the city gate was opened on the fifth watch? Zhao Mingchen frowned and changed to a comfortable sitting position, he wanted to ask a few more questions to find flaws.

"Back to the adult, the little girl has slow legs and feet, and she is afraid that she will not be able to reach Longquan Temple before dawn, so she wants to guard at the city gate, and when the city gate is opened, the little girl will be the first to go out and rush to Longquan Temple."

"Since you said that you are the maidservant of Lord Qiao's family, and you are doing things for your girl, why don't you take the carriage even though you know that your feet are slow?" Faced with Chunling's rhetoric, Zhao Mingchen was already a little impatient.

"Back to my lord, the girl said, only by going can you appear sincere."

Qiao Qinglin was taken away, he knew that Qiao Qinglin was framed by a man, he guessed this matter, he didn't want to get too involved in the fight between the gods, if it wasn't for his wife who received the benefits privately, he wouldn't have come to this troubled water.

"Take it down! Take it down! Zhao Mingchen waved his hand impatiently, "What should I do, what should I do!" ”

"My lord......" The second brother arched his hand, "Is this woman taking in custody or letting ...... go"

"Kong Lao Er, Kong Lao Er, did you let the donkey kick in your brain?" Zhao Mingchen looked like he hated iron but not steel, "People are in a hurry to burn incense and worship Buddha, what are you doing with her!" Aren't you tired of patrolling at night? Go back to sleep! ”

"A bunch of rubbish! It's not a trivial thing to do! What do you want? The suppressed roar startled the candle flame under the window.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates still have a plan."