Chapter 145: It's not over yet
Under the gaze of everyone, Song Wan was reluctantly sent back to the hut behind the county office, and the county magistrate was also physically and mentally exhausted after a day of interrogation.
Now, only the Song family and a few officials were left in the public court, and the county magistrate sat on a chair and glanced down coldly.
"Today's matter must not be leaked out half a word, otherwise this official will never be spared."
A few people in the hall understood and saluted one after another:
"Humble duty understands."
"The grass people know."
The county commander slowly got up, brushed his sleeves and said:
"Let's all go back. Quit."
After speaking, he walked into the inner hall alone, and his figure was gloomy.
The subordinates and the wife colluded together and betrayed him together, what a blow.
It takes him some time, and one comes to terms with digesting something so cruel.
Seeing that the county order did not cure them of the Song family's crimes, the Song family returned home with rejoicing, and this time, Ye Zhen returned to the Song family with Mrs. Wu.
Seeing Ye Zhen coming back with Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Song was a little strange.
She looked at Ye Zhen and asked Mrs. Wu inexplicably:
"When did Mrs. Xie come?"
Seeing this, Mrs. Wu did not intend to hide it anymore.
She pushed Ye Zhen in front of everyone in the Song family and said with a smile:
"Auntie, the noble person I'm talking about is Mrs. Xie."
"What?"
Mrs. Song looked surprised.
The last time I saw Ye Zhen, didn't Mrs. Wu just say that they were ordinary friends? How did he become a noble person in Mrs. Wu's mouth in the blink of an eye?..
Ye Zhen bowed and said humbly:
"A noble person is nothing, frankly speaking, I still have to make amends to Mrs. Song and Master Song."
Zhang Xuehai has now confessed, and Ye Zhen will not hide it.
"Where do you start with that?"
Mrs. Song didn't understand what Ye Zhen meant, and hurriedly asked.
Mrs. Wu covered her mouth and smiled, and hurriedly said:
"In order to punish Song Wan and Zhang Xuehai, the two female godmasters, Mrs. Xie has put a lot of thought into it! If it weren't for her, our Song family would probably be affected by those two people!"
What?
This made Mrs. Song take aback.
Seeing Song Wen like this, Ye Zhen smiled bitterly:
"Actually, I do this for some special reasons, but I always feel guilty that I have taken advantage of you."
"Nope. I don't ......."
Mrs. Song hurriedly said, "If it weren't for Mrs. Xie and Ru'er, my hard-working daughter would probably have to live in the shadow of Zhang Xuehai's beast for the rest of her life."
As she spoke, she lowered her eyes and patted Song Wen, quite lonely.
Hearing this, Song Wen was also a little depressed, after all, she suffered the most painful thing for a woman.
"It's just that when the child is born, I haven't figured out how to tell him."
Mrs. Wu stepped forward and grabbed Song Wen's hand.
"Cousin, you don't have to worry about this, this child will follow your surname Song, if you want to, then recruit a good son-in-law to come to the door, if you don't want to, your aunt and uncle will definitely help you raise this child."
Song Wen shook his head and raised his eyes with a smile:
"yes. The days to come will definitely get better and better. Anyway, Mrs. Xie helped our Song family this time, and I haven't figured out how to thank you yet."
Ye Zhen waved his hand and said solemnly:
"It's not over yet."
"How so?"
Mrs. Wu immediately asked:
"Zhang's family has been raided, Zhang Xuehai has been sentenced to beheading, and everyone in the Zhang family has been imprisoned for interrogation, is there any problem?"
At this time, Ye Zhen and Song Wen glanced at each other, and both sides were like mirrors.
It's Song Wan.
"Miss Song, can you find a clean place?"
"Okay."
Song Wen immediately instructed the maid to retreat the surrounding subordinates, leaving a clean and spacious hall, with only a few of them left.
Originally, the second elder of the Song family saw Zhang Xuehai and Song Wan being arrested, and the matter seemed to have settled, and their Song family was not affected, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
But when they heard that this matter was not over, their hearts hung again.
"Mrs. Xie, what do you mean by that?"
Mrs. Wu was impatient, where could she stand Ye Zhen and her betrayal, so she hurriedly asked.
Ye Zhen sighed lightly and said truthfully.
"Now the Zhang family has fallen, but Song Wan has not."
"How so! The jade pendant, the cabin in the forest, and those gambling debts, these are not all evidence, how did she deny it? Besides, how could the county magistrate forgive her?"
Mrs. Wu was puzzled, if the evidence was so conclusive, Song Wan could still get out, then they spent so much effort today, and the situation they set up was all in vain?
Ye Zhen then explained:
"Song Wan can insist that the jade pendant has been stolen a long time ago, and I don't know who stole it to frame her. And in that small mansion in the woods, there is no other evidence that can be used to determine that Song Wan and Zhang Xuehai are cheating, after all, we haven't caught it. She can be sure that it is a false accusation."
"That Song An's gambling debts, this ......"
At this point, Mrs. Wu has figured it out.
As for gambling debts, Song Wan can be said to be Zhang Xuehai who wanted to be reused by the county order and bribed Song Wan.
Suddenly, everyone's faces became solemn.
If Song Wan really pleaded not guilty, then this family lawsuit would be entangled, and the county magistrate would definitely not want to publicize her family scandal in a big way, and it might end up in the end.
"This, how should this be."
Everyone in the Song family lost their minds, and Ye Zhen had to comfort them.
"It's okay, Song Wan shouldn't have such hard bones, let's wait and see."
At the same time, there was a death depression in the prefectural government.
As soon as the county commander returned home, he locked himself in the study, and no one was seen, and then he heard the sound of ping-pong things breaking inside, and the county magistrate roared in annoyance.
After a long time, when the county order came out, he ordered his subordinates to pack up all Song Wan's things and throw them all into the desolate backyard.
This order made many subordinates of the county government a little confused.
And Song Wan's most powerful maid Cui'er was even more frightened when she heard this order.
Song Wan and Zhang Xuehai cheated on each other, as Song Wan's most confidant maid, she still knows a little better. Now the county order is so angry, and the master has never come back after receiving Zhang Xuehai's letter in the morning.
Could it be that something is going on?
After keenly perceiving that there was something very wrong in the mansion, Cui'er decided to inquire.
If Song Wan is really caught by the county order, I'm afraid she will have to think about her future way out. Otherwise, if the county magistrate knows that these people don't report it, a few lives will not be enough.
After dinner, the prefectural magistrate went back to rest.
As Song Wan's right-hand man, Cui'er was also assigned to pack Song Wan's underwear.
In addition, the county magistrate also sent a trusted servant to monitor their work and prevent them from secretly hiding valuable things.
"Eh, why did the prefectural order make such a big fire today?"
When moving things to the backyard, Cui'er asked the people in the other courtyards.
"Who knows."
"I'm afraid that there is some conflict between the lady and the prefectural order, right?"
"You're not Madame's personal maid, we still want to ask you."
However, after inquiring about the news, most of what Cui'er heard were the complaints and complaints of the subordinates.
So, after putting down this batch of clothes, Cui'er secretly ran to monitor their work
next to the little guy.
The little guy soon spotted her, and snorted coldly:
"You're not doing things well, and you want to sneak away? Come back to me."
In the face of a master who has lost power, those who are subordinates will step on their heads, not to mention the slaves of that master, and they are several notches lower than them.
"Brother Yuan, you also know that I followed my wife, here, the county commander wants to throw out his wife's clothes in a good manner, what happened?"
"Don't you know better than I know what's going on?"
The little guy raised his chin and stared at Cui'er mockingly:
"If you don't know, then I advise you, there are some things that you shouldn't ask."
Hearing the little guy say this, Cui'er immediately felt bad.
I'm afraid what she feared has indeed happened.
"Brother Yuan, don't scare me. I don't know what's going on."
As she spoke, Cui'er took out some broken silver from her cuffs, stuffed it into the little girl's hand, and said with a smile:
"I've got these with me, can you wait for me for a while?"
After speaking, she ran back to Song Wan's house, took out a few silver tickets in a few hidden places that ordinary people didn't know, and returned to the backyard.
"Brother Yuan, you take it, you take it."
Cui'er rolled the silver ticket into a roll and stuffed it into the palm of the little girl's hand.
The little guy squinted silently, nodded contentedly, put the silver ticket into his arms, and hooked his hand at Cui'er:
"It's not convenient to talk here, you pull me to the side."
The two of them walked one after the other to a secluded place.
Seeing that there was no one around, the little guy leaned into Cui'er's ear and whispered:
"Today, the county magistrate was in Wangyue Tower, and bumped into Song Wan and Zhang Xuehai having a tryst, and then found out the tokens of their private love and evidence of corruption and perversion of the law."
"What?"
Cui'er was terrified when she heard this, and she felt that her life was about to be scared away.
Such a big thing, such a big crime, if the county order is really investigated, wouldn't she be ......
Why don't you pack up your things and run away tonight?
"Little brother, then, that lady now?"
"Now it's locked up in the yamen."
"Is the county order going to divorce the lady? Will she be convicted?"
Cui'er didn't dare to say anything more, so she could only stare at the little girl.
"Not yet. However, Zhang Xuehai has been sentenced to beheading by adults, and the Zhang family is no longer good, but the lady does not admit to cheating, and the county order will say that it will be tried again at a later date."
After the little girl finished speaking, he waved his hand to her impatiently.
"Okay, okay, that's probably it, don't spread the word, don't ask any more, go back."
Looking at the back of the little guy walking away, Cui'er froze in place for a while, not knowing what to do.
She didn't have the heart to move those clothes, so she hurried out of this backyard in a hurry.
It took about an hour before the noise outside slowly subsided.
"Cui'er, why are you lazy here! We're all exhausted!"
Suddenly, a maid in the same room came back, which scared Cui'er to the point of trembling.
"I, I'm not feeling well......
Cui'er pretended to have a stomachache and bent down holding her stomach.
"Then do you want to go to the housekeeper and ask for medicine?"
"No, I may have a bad stomach at night, I'll just go to the hut."
Cui'er trotted out of the house.
Looking at the bright moonlight outside, her heart became more and more chaotic.
Do you want to run away, or do you want to go and see Madame?
Cui'er didn't know what to do.
If she runs, how far can she run as a weak woman, this place is already wild, and when the time comes, she will encounter some bandits, she will be killed and robbed, where will she go to seek justice.
But if you don't run, husband
People are unlucky, where can they live a good life?
After thinking about it, Cui'er felt that Madame treated her well, even if she wanted to run, she should go to see Song Wan.
Moreover, the county order has not yet convicted the lady.
Maybe things can turn around?