Yao Yi looked at the master and servant of the Xie clan: "Dare to ask Mrs. Xie if there is anything you want to explain?" ”

The servant woman was secretly annoyed in her heart, those Xuan Ce troops actually saw such a trivial matter in their eyes!

At that time, it was clear that nothing had happened in the building, and they had no reason to even stare at when their palanquin man had left, whether there was a lamp in his hand or not?

Xie Shi's face was cold and arrogant: "I have never left since I entered the building, how can I know where the sedan chair man went and what he did, I don't know what Yao Tingwei wants to hear me explain?" ”

Yao Yi did not have a verbal dispute with her: "Since Mrs. Xie doesn't know, then you can only let the sedan chair man talk back and forth, so as not to cause misunderstanding and misunderstanding of Mrs. ”

Xie sneered in his heart: "Yao Tingwei, please." ”

And Cui Jing nodded, a Xuan Ce army walked downstairs quickly, and quickly brought the sedan chair man up.

The palanquin man beat a drum in his heart, and when he entered the building, he felt quite helpless under the gaze of Yao Yi and others, and frequently looked at Mrs. Xie and the servant.

Mrs. Ranjie did not look at him.

"This official asks you, do you know about the servant woman next to Mrs. Xie who went downstairs to return to the sedan chair to get tea?"

Hearing this "official", the palanquin man was so frightened that his calves and stomach trembled, and he subconsciously looked at the servant woman: "Mama Qiao, what's the matter...... What's wrong with this? ”

Yao Yi frowned, and his voice was two points higher: "This official asked you something, what did you ask others to do?" ”

The palanquin man turned pale with fright when he heard the sound, and immediately knelt down.

Although he is also Mrs. Xie's person, compared with Mama Qiao, he is just a sedan chair man who sells coolies and no one even knows his name, and his courage and identity are not worth mentioning.

The servant woman said sharply: "How Yao Tingwei asks, you just answer truthfully!" ”

The face of the palanquin man kneeling there changed and changed, although he was timid, but he still had a brain, he thought about it quickly at the moment, nodded and said, "Yes...... Mama Qiao once went downstairs to get tea. ”

Yao Yi: "Then what did she say to you when she took the tea?" ”

"Say ......" the sedan chair man knotted his tongue: "I explained to the villain a few people to guard the sedan chair!" ”

"Then why did you leave alone after she went upstairs?"

The palanquin man's face changed, and he could only say: "I, I'm going to Xiaojie!" ”

"Then why did you go with a lamp in your hand, but when you came back, the lamp in your hand was gone?"

The sweat on the door of the sedan man's head suddenly felt cold.

How...... Even this knows!

The words that Mama Qiao whispered to him sounded in his mind - hang this lamp in Fenggu Lane, don't talk to people, don't stay, go back quickly, someone asked you afterwards, and said to go to Xiaojie.

That's all he knows!

Although he felt that this order was a bit strange, he could only do it as a palanquin driver, and he didn't dare to ask any more reasons.

But now he was suddenly brought up for questioning......

The man quietly raised his eyes and looked in horror at the serious faces of everyone in the building...... Looking at this posture, it shouldn't be a big deal!

Seeing that he didn't answer, Yao Yi asked coldly, "Did you leave that lamp in Fenggu Lane?" ”

There was a "boom" in the sedan chair man's head, and he subconsciously said: "No...... I haven't been to any Fenggu Lane! ”

Mama Qiao didn't let him talk nonsense, the more things happened, the more he couldn't recognize it!

Yao Yi: "Where's the lamp?" ”

"The lamp ......" the palanquin man said in a trembling voice: "When I lifted my pants, the lamp accidentally fell into the urine...... I didn't pick it up again! ”

Some of the ladies frowned lightly when they heard this.

Yao Yi asked again: "Where did you solve it?" ”

"It's at the end of the back street...... Under that old willow tree! The palanquin man replied without hesitation this time, "If you don't believe it, you can ask someone to take a look!" It's just the lantern...... Most of them have already blown the wind away! ”

Yao Yi thought for a moment.

Not to mention that more than an hour has passed, and there are really urine marks and dried up, even if you really see it, it doesn't mean anything - it's normal to have a small relief on the way back from Fenggu Lane.

This palanquin man is timid and timid, but his mouth is strict......

At this time, the entourage that he had just sent to Fenggu Lane to check also returned: "My lord, I didn't find any lanterns near Fenggu Lane. ”

Mrs. Xie raised her eyebrows slightly, and said lightly: "A new group of palace people have recently come to the East Palace, and tomorrow the old body will go to the East Palace to check the palace rules. ”

In her words, she used the palace to suppress people, and Yao Yi heard it clearly.

Like Chang Suining, he already had a discernment in his heart about whether this Mrs. Xie had anything to do with this matter - he had handled so many cases, and the answer was almost obvious.

But speculation alone can't convince the public, and evidence is needed to speak, and without evidence, everything can be said to be a "coincidence" by the other party.

If he was given some more time, he would definitely be able to find out other clues, but the identity of the other party was here, and he really didn't have a good reason to hold him away at the moment.

Once the other party leaves, there will be a secret move to erase the clues.

And the most important clue at the moment is obviously ......

When Yao Yi subconsciously looked at the sedan chair man, he only heard Chang Suining, who was sitting in the chair, say: "Mrs. Xie can go, but this sedan chair man needs to stay." ”

Just now, she exchanged a look with Cui Jing.

As early as when she had just agreed to paint to prove herself, the two had a eye contact.

At that time, Cui Jing and Chang Kuo said a few words, and then Yuan Xiang left Dengtai Tower under Cui Jing's orders.

At that time, Chang Suining knew that Cui Jing sent someone to investigate.

So, whether she deliberately painted a complicated and time-consuming painting, or the words of "confrontation" that rushed to Xie Shi, they all had another purpose: delaying time.

At this time, it is the same to let the sedan chair man stay.

Xie was angered by her request, and asked with a sneer: "How long will Chang Niangzi still mess around?" ”

"What's the matter?" Chang Suining looked at the palanquin man: "Who can prove that what he just said is true?" Could it be that a few words from him can remove all suspicions? ”

"That's right." Wei Shuyi walked over and said, "Unless he can prove that he has never been to Fenggu Lane-"

The word "self-proof" made Xie's face sink: "Wei Shilang is an important minister of the imperial court, and it is said that he is very familiar with the laws of our court, so dare to ask which law was violated in this farce tonight, was it a human life, or was it stolen?" And on what basis should he detain and interrogate the slaves of the old family? ”

Farce?

It's almost ruined the name festival, but it's a farce to say something flutteringly!

Wei Miaoqing couldn't help but stand up: "Is that woman's so-called innocence damaged or not, and which law has she violated?" Was it a human death, or was it stolen? Why should anyone come to interrogate and discuss? It was Mrs. Xie who let Chang Niangzi testify in public, and now it is the turn of her own slave who is clearly suspected of being an accomplice to testify herself, but she has to ask why?! ”

She finished speaking in one breath, and she was taken aback first.

This...... She said it?

Sure enough, tonight is talented, otherwise this mouth can be so smooth on this Mrs. Xie?!

Xie Shi heard that there was a layer of frost on his face, and he looked at Wei Miaoqing steadily.

She recognized at a glance that this was Zheng Guogong's daughter-in-law.

In other words, she remembers very well those who behave inappropriately but do not obey discipline.

She didn't seem to care about Wei Miaoqing at all, and only said coldly: "The matter of nothing, the old body was interrogated by Yao Tingwei, to give Yao Tingwei a face, but also to give you an explanation." But the answer has already been answered, if you insist on being brutal, you will inevitably be suspicious of ill-intentioned! ”

She usually likes to treat people solemnly, but at this time, her face is completely cold, and her voice is cold and powerful, so it is very easy for everyone, especially the women, not to have the slightest idea of refutation.

"Is Mrs. Xie too early-" It was Cui Jing who spoke.

His gaze went beyond Xie Shi to Yuan Xiang, who was walking upstairs quickly.

Mingluo, who had never spoken, also looked over, and when she saw Yuan Xiang coming, she already had the answer in her heart.

Yuan Xiang didn't come back by himself, with a big and a small two people by his side.

The big one was a young man dressed as a peddler, and the small one was an eight or nine-year-old boy.

"That's him! He is Zhou Laoer! As soon as the boy came over, he pointed to the man surnamed Zhou who was kneeling on the ground and said.

The man was stunned: "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to testify!" The boy glared at him: "I saw you sneaky in the afternoon, and I was afraid that I wanted to run away with a burden in my arms...... I followed you all the way to the Fenggu Lane, and when I saw someone coming to hang a lamp and you left, I knew that you must have done something bad! ”

The man also glared at him: "You...... Didn't you just borrow ten cents from your sister, why did you follow me like this! ”

The boy snorted: "What to borrow, it was deceived by you pretending to be sick, who knows if you refused to pay back the money and ran away secretly!" Your uncles and nephews are not good people! ”

So he picked up the lamp and waited for Zhou Lao Er to come out near Dengtai Tower, until he was stopped by Yuan Xiang, who was leading people to explore around, and asked questions.

At this time, the sword boy also recognized the boy.

When he followed Zhou Ding that day, Zhou Ding came out of the gambling house and was broken by the boy, and he impulsively wanted to be bad for the boy, so he picked up a stone and woke up the black dog in the alley, so he saved the boy's life.

I didn't expect this child to become a witness today.

"I'm not a good person, I've been bought, and I haven't denied it......" Zhou Lao Er knelt on the ground and sighed.

"This little brother just said that he saw someone hanging a lamp in Fenggu Lane?" Yao Yi spoke at the right time.

The boy nodded hurriedly: "Hmm! I've been staring at it, and I can see it clearly! ”

Yao Yi nodded in relief.

Children are full of spirit, and these children can only do this kind of thing on such a hot day.

"Then you see if the man is in the building?"

The boy saw the palanquin man at a glance and stretched out his finger: "It's him!" ”

The palanquin man's face was shocked: "You are talking nonsense!" ”

"I can see it clearly, it's you who secretly hung this lamp at the entrance of the alley!" The boy didn't give him a chance to quibble, and said to Yao Yi: "He was holding his sleeves at the time, and I saw a big black mole on his arm!" It seems to be on the right! ”

The weather is hot, and it is common for men who do rough work to wear a belly and beat shirtless, but the rules of the Xie family are heavy, and people are not allowed to wear clothes that do not cover their limbs.

At this time, his sleeves were down, and when the boy heard this, he shook his head again and again.

At Chang Kuo's signal, two servants stepped forward to restrain him, and one rolled up his right sleeve, and sure enough, there was a striking black mole.

The servant woman beside Xie gritted her teeth and said, "Where did you find the hairy child...... I don't know who I colluded with to slander my wife! ”

It's good that she didn't speak, but this voice provoked a remark-

"That's her...... Find a lantern that the villain bought. ”

The peddler said to Yuan Xiang.

Only then did the servant woman recognize that this was the lantern seller, and her face turned pale.

Although she didn't think anything would go wrong, she was still very careful not to use the lantern in her house, but bought a plain lamp with no tricks on the way here......

But who knew that these people would be able to touch this peddler!

Cold sweat broke out on the servant's face, but she still said, "You ...... You may not have colluded a long time ago! ”

But there was discernment in the hearts of the people.

Today's victim is Chang Niangzi, how can the victims collude?

Countless eyes looked at Mrs. Xie.

The palanquin man fell to his knees and trembled.

Zhou Lao Er moved towards him, and said in the tone of the person who came over: "I said big brother, you can also learn from me, so you should admit it quickly...... If you think about it, if you just go back, will you still be able to live? ”

He had been crying and howling all night, his mouth was dry, his strength was gone, his knees were hurting, and he wanted to end it quickly.

This empathetic and slightly concerned advice made the sedan chair driver who had already collapsed almost cry, and the last string also collapsed.

"Yes...... It was Mama Qiao who asked me to hang the lanterns! I don't know the rest of the things I didn't do! The villain's lie is also the confession of Mama Qiao, the villain is a lowly slave, and life and death are a matter of the master's words...... I really don't dare not listen to it! ”

As he spoke, the palanquin man suddenly jumped up and hugged Yao Yi's legs, crying and begging: "Lord Yao, I heard that you are a good official, you can show mercy to help the villain redeem himself from this sea of fire!" The villain is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay your kindness for a lifetime! ”

"......" Yao Yi was silent for a moment and nodded: "This official can help you redeem it." ”

The sedan chair man was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed.

Zhou Lao Er was stunned when he heard it.

That's all he did...... Why did this big brother fly up the branches and become a phoenix!

At this point, there is no objection to the truth, and there is an uproar all around.

The eyes of those ladies looking at Xie also changed completely.

Xie Shi only felt that these subversive gazes were like a pair of hands, these hands that had held her high in the past, but at this moment they were about to pull her off the unattainable altar.

"To deal with an innocent little girl with such shady means, is this the way that Mrs. Xie prides herself as a teacher!" Chang Kuo asked angrily.

This is also what the ladies want to ask.

They shuddered with anger.

Such a prestigious person, who can praise or destroy people in a word, if he has no prestige and no matching morality, is it also a disaster for them?

"I have never offended Mrs. Xie before." Chang Suining looked at the stiff Xie family: "Mrs. Xie's move seems to be entrusted by someone. ”

Xie Shi's heart was shocked.

When she met the girl's eyes, her ten fingers trembled in her palms, and a sneer squeezed out from her teeth.

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