"At this hour, I think the trial is about to begin." The servant woman said: "I heard that today, in addition to the Criminal Department and the Imperial History Tower, the county lord has also been ordered by the saint to go to hear the case together. ”

The county lord in her mouth is naturally Mingluo.

"This is to be expected. In the end, the person who died belonged to the eldest grandson's family, and it happened on the occasion of praying for blessings in Dayun Temple, and the saint and everywhere must pay special attention to it......"

Chang said this, but his brows tightened more and more.

The more attention is paid everywhere, the more likely it is that mistakes will occur.

"Send more people to Dali Temple to keep an eye on today's court trial, and report everything to me." Chang confessed.

The motive of the physical evidence is all there, and now no one suspects it elsewhere, if the people of the eldest grandson's family put pressure on the Dali Temple under the grief and anger, it would be better, and it would be best to be able to convict the crime of Chang Sui An in the court today......

The servant woman should come down, and when she saw her wife's tired and tense appearance these days, she was relieved: "Madame, don't worry, Madame, this matter is handled by Madame in a timely manner, no one will be suspicious of Shizi, everything will be smooth." ”

Chang's "um" sounded, frowned, and said: "Now the biggest variable is on that stupid thing of the Feng family, I'm afraid that she can talk to the Xie family today, and she will be able to talk to others in the future." ”

"It shouldn't be, after all, she herself is also a murderer......"

Chang sneered: "Normal people can't imagine what kind of stupid things those stupid people can do. ”

"I have tried my best to plan for this, and I am cautious everywhere, and I must not depend on the success or failure of this matter on such a stupid thing, and let her be stupid outside." Chang endured his disgust and said, "It's better to carry people in the door as soon as possible." ”

"Then the lady is ready to agree to the conditions of the Jun Jun?"

"What if you don't agree." Chang got up: "She has a saying that is very right, my son's life is more precious than her entire Feng family combined. ”

It is not beneficial to push people into a hurry at such a juncture.

Her unruly son has caused such a disaster this time, how can he successfully calm everything down without paying a little more price.

When the meat bun in your hand should be thrown out, you should also be willing to throw it out, otherwise it is easy to lose a big one because of a small one.

Zuo is just a five-grade official, just feed the dogs.

But this five-grade official is not something she can easily say, she still has to find the real owner of this Guogong Mansion.

Since Ming Jin's injury, Ying Guogong rarely set foot in the Chang family's residence, either taking turns staying at the concubine's room, or simply resting in the study outside the front yard.

The Chang family is naturally dissatisfied with this, but compared to the troubles and disasters brought by her son, she can't care about taking care of those concubines who are about to move recently.

Chang went to the front yard and found Ying Guogong, who was playing chess with his second son.

The father and son sat and played chess against each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious, and the scene of the father's filial piety pierced Chang's eyes.

Ah Shen is the eldest son, people always have more preference and hope for their first child, and her husband is no exception, in the past, he couldn't see the existence of those two timid and cowardly concubines in his eyes, but now, ......

"Why are you here?" Ying Guogong frowned and asked.

Chang wanted to sneer when he heard this.

But now that he was sitting with the concubine, these words made her an uninvited outsider.

"I'm here to discuss a matter with the Lord." Chang swallowed his anger and looked at the young man who had stood up to salute her.

The boy's fear of his grandmother was deep-rooted, and even though he wanted to retreat, he heard his father say, "I haven't finished playing chess yet, so I'm waiting on the side." ”

The young man could only stand there, frightened - his father didn't care about his life or death, and compared him with his mother-in-law.

"There is something that my family can't hear." Ying Guogong looked at the Chang family: "Let's say it directly." ”

Chang clenched his fingers tightly, and said without squinting: "I want to carry a side room into the door for Ah Shen, and rush for him, just to break the disaster for him." ”

Ying Guogong was stunned when he heard it: "What did you say?" ”

Chang's anger froze: "I said that I would carry a side room for Ah Shen to pass through the door-"

“…… What did you do earlier! Ying Guogong was puzzled: "In the past, when you should have let him get married, you did everything you could to pick and choose, but now there is no mallet and no drum, and the abacus beads are out of the frame...... Do you think you're going to marry him to a side room? Isn't this buying a comb for the bald? ”

The young man standing on the side was shocked when he heard this: "......"

A hint of annoyance appeared on Chang's face: "Lang Zhong has already said that Ah Shen is not without the possibility of recovery...... That's why I want to give him joy and dispel disasters. ”

Ying Guogong's brows tightened: "What kind of Langzhong are you looking for?" How do you still work as a feng shui gentleman? ”

Chang tried his best to suppress his anger: "...... Chong Xizhi said that he didn't say it in Langzhong, but I asked the master to calculate it for Ah Shen. ”

Ying Guogong let out an "oh" in surprise.

Chang: "? ”

Oh what does that mean!

Seeing that she seemed to be about to quarrel with herself, Ying Guogong took into account her recent mental state, waved his hand in time, and said in a tone that was too lazy to break with her: "If you want to toss, then let it be." ”

It's just a side room, anyway.

Chang then informed: "It's Feng Junjun's granddaughter." ”

"Feng Junjun?" Ying Guogong frowned when he thought of the ugly incident that Xie had caused before, but he didn't say much.

After all, what normal high-ranking family would agree to let their granddaughter do the side room of Chongxi, and some Chong is good.

"But before people enter the door, there is something that has to be bothered by the national prince."

The Chang clan said the conditions of the Xie clan in a different way.

Ying Guogong sneered when he heard this: "Wupin official, her tone is not small, I'm afraid she's not selling her granddaughter, right?" ”

"With such a face, it doesn't matter if you don't get married." Ying Guogong didn't plan to get used to the other party: "Since it's just Chongxi, then just change it!" ”

Ying Guogong had this reaction, and Chang was not surprised.

It is indeed not a trivial matter to promote a person to a fifth-grade official, and it takes a lot of effort and effort to work up and down, and the reason why she agreed to Xie is because she knows the pros and cons of it, and she can't do it if she doesn't agree. But the husband didn't know anything about the inside story, so naturally it was impossible to let go easily.

"But the fortune teller said that only the eight characters of the Feng family girl can help Ah Shen eliminate the disaster." Chang took out the words he had prepared on the way.

Ying Guogong scoffed: "What kind of master is this, I'm afraid he didn't accept the benefits of the Feng family, right?" ”

"How could I be so stupid and ask the people of the Feng family to do things right under my nose?" Chang: "The master said that it is not only Ah Shen's disaster that will be eliminated this time - if this disaster is not expelled in time, the entire Yingguo Mansion may be affected in the future, and I am afraid that the Guogong and I will also be implicated." ”

Ying Guogong's face was stunned.

After a moment, he said, "...... It's better to believe it. ”

Chang sounded sarcastic, and this trick really worked the most.

Ying Guogong looked at her, wrinkled his eyebrows and said: "It's okay to eliminate disasters when you are happy, but disasters come from people, you should discipline and restrain him, let him share his injuries in peace, don't make trouble again!" ”

also blamed him for being confused in the past, but he felt that the eldest son followed his manly demeanor, but the two concubines were too cowardly and timid, so that he could not look down on him.

Until these years, as the eldest son has become more and more troubled, and the man's demeanor is clearly only used to make trouble, and nothing can be done......

Only then did he realize that although the eldest son followed some of his essence, he took his essence to form dross.

So, he gradually tasted the goodness of the concubine, he was really young and didn't know how good to be a good child, and mistakenly regarded the rebel son as a treasure.

Now he feels bad at the mention of his eldest son.

If it weren't for the fact that the saint had just reminded him not long ago, asking him to take care of the affairs of the family and not to make trouble and talk about it again, he really wanted to abolish the position of the rebel son immediately.

The sage said first, so now he only avoids the limelight of this eventful autumn, and after three or two years, he will change to a good son to be the son of the world on the grounds that the eldest son has no way out.

But only if the rebel never causes trouble again!

Ying Guogong wrote this final bottom line on his face.

Chang smiled bitterly in his heart.

As for the bottom line, as everyone knows, this bottom line has long been secretly trampled through, and there is no scum left.

It's just that she's secretly struggling to clean up this mess.

"Although it's just a side room, it's better to arrange it earlier, so you can get busy."

Ying Guogong impatiently sent his wife away and asked the second son to continue playing chess with him.

After Chang left, Ying Guogong chatted with his second son and casually taught: "...... Now the situation is not as stable as in previous years, and it is precisely because you are the descendants of the Ming family that you must be more cautious in your words and deeds, and never learn from your eldest brother's bad mistakes. ”

The young man respectfully responded.

Father is really worried, the temperament of the eldest brother was raised by his father and mother-in-law, how can they learn this kind of thing if they have lived in the shadow of their mother-in-law since childhood.

His father probably felt that the big one was wasted, and he had to pay more attention to raising a small one, so he continued to preach.

"It is even more undesirable to fight fiercely and act recklessly, and looking at the current fate of that Chang Jialangjun, it is the best lesson from the past!"

In this comparison, the rebel son of his family is still safe.

If you really want to put up a crazy son like Chang Jia Langjun, who is impulsive and brainless, and even the girls of the eldest grandson's family dare to kill indiscriminately, he is really going to have no way to live, so he just packed up and died in front of his sister!

Ying Guogong was inexplicably happy, and felt that it was imperative to discipline the children in the family, so he continued to teach the second son.

……

In the front office of Dali Temple, the young man who was still wearing the robe he was in when he was arrested knelt in the hall at this moment, compared to the high spirits when he left home that day, he was only embarrassed and uneasy at this moment.

"You refuse to admit to killing the eldest grandson Qiniang, what explanation do you make for the matter of the jade pendant?"

The person who questioned him was the waiter of the Criminal Department, and the case was tried by the three divisions together.

At this moment, in addition to the three chiefs in the hall, there are also Mingluo, who came by order, and Changsun Yan, the son of Changsun Yuan.

As the eldest grandson of the bitter lord, he sat there at this moment, staring fixedly at the young man who denied it.

"I accidentally lost that jade pendant a month ago!" Chang Suian explained.

"Where was it lost?"

"I ...... I'm not sure. Chang Sui An said: "But it should be around the Mid-Autumn Festival flower banquet in Furong Garden!" ”

If he could clearly determine where he lost it, he would not be unable to find it.

"This official will send people to Furong Garden to verify this matter." Yao Yi said: "But after a long time, it is not easy to find out, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, and you can't make evidence to prove your innocence for the time being." ”

What he said was very tactful, he had handled countless cases, and he knew very well that if someone really had done something to set up a false act, he would not have left such obvious clues, and most of the traces had been erased, and it was difficult to find anything again.

Yao Yi's inference has been confirmed by Chang Suining, who was listening outside the hall with everyone at the moment.

She had lost the jade pendant from Chang Sui'an yesterday, and thought of the hibiscus flower banquet, so she immediately sent people to the hibiscus garden to try to find clues.

With Yu Zeng's help, the inquiry went smoothly. But there was no gain, and there was no clue about the whereabouts of her brother's jade pendant.

However, there is a suspicious thing hidden in the list of people in various places in Furong Garden - on the second day of the disappearance of Changsun Xuan, an attendant who worked in the Furong Garden Racecourse "accidentally stumbled" and fell into the water and died.

Racecourse......

Of course, her brother had been competing with Ming Jin at the horse farm, and it was very likely that the jade pendant was lost at that time.

It could not be a coincidence that the chamberlain fell into the water and died at such a juncture.

But man is dead, and now there is no proof of death.

However, in Chang Suining's opinion, this trip is not for nothing, and being able to cook these things in such a short period of time shows that the identity of the person behind it is extraordinary......

Second, if it was really the waiter who had picked up the jade pendant, but it fell into the hands of someone else, it would be equivalent to the other party taking it, but since the identity is unusual, it can't be for such a small bargain-

is not greedy for the jade pendant itself, then it is mostly for the owner of the jade pendant.

Even if the other party framed the crime of killing the eldest grandson Qi Niangzi to her brother, it may be just a temporary intention, but the other party's motives when he left the jade pendant privately must be impure.

Those who would have this mind, and pay such attention to her eldest brother's personal belongings, think that most of them are acquaintances who have had a holiday.

There is a festival, an unusual identity, and at the same time participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival hibiscus flower banquet and the Dayun Temple to pray for blessings - this is the range of clues that Chang Suining temporarily derived.

And if you are more bold to speculate, it is very likely that "this person" also has a holiday with the eldest grandson Qi Niangzi, or there is an irreconcilable conflict of interest between the two parties, otherwise it should not be such a killer under the nose of the Son of Heaven.

But she knew too little about Changsun Xuan's affairs, so she couldn't make more guesses for a while.

Regarding the people behind it, now Chang Suining has delineated the general range, just to exclude them one by one and dig deeper, she came to the court today to watch the trial, one is to pay attention to the reactions of all parties, and try to see if she can get new clues-

Second, I want to see my brother.

At this time, seeing that Chang Sui was safe and sound, and there was no sign of being tortured to extract a confession for the time being, Chang Sui Ning was relieved.

Fortunately, Dali Siqing is Yao Yi, otherwise I am afraid that under the pressure of the eldest grandson alone, her brother will not be unscathed so far.

Sometimes under power, there are not so many legal processes and principles to talk about, which Chang Suining knows very well.

The young man, who had not suffered much skin trauma but had never experienced such a thing, had barely eaten or slept in prison for several days in the face of such a sudden charge, and had lost a lot of weight visibly with the naked eye.

At this time, in the face of this trial, the young man tried his best to prove his innocence, but everything he said was rejected.

"But when I went to Dayun Temple to pray for blessings that day, I didn't wear this long-lost jade pendant, and anyone who has seen me in the temple should be able to testify!"

"Even if someone can prove that you didn't wear that jade pendant around your waist that day, it doesn't mean that you didn't carry it with you—"

The jade pendant is not on the waist, it may also be in the sleeve, in the bosom, under the cloak.

It is not that the adjudicators are tricky, but that the case should be rigorous.

Anything that is not rigorous enough cannot be used as evidence.

The squire of the criminal department then asked solemnly: "And many people have mentioned that you disappeared in front of people for a long time in the back mountain that day, when you were away from everyone, where did you go and what did you do?" Can anyone prove it? ”

This questioning one after another is full of oppression, and Chang Suian always reminds himself to be calm and not to panic.

Calmness is good, it keeps him from subconsciously denying that he hasn't been far from the crowd out of fear.

Since he is innocent, he only needs to answer truthfully, and he does not need to lie to cover anything.

"I did leave the crowd that day......" Chang Sui An thought about these questions and replied, "But I have been with the prince of Rong Wang at that time!" We talk by the river! ”

"Prince Rong?"

"That's right!" Chang Suian suddenly realized that this might be a turning point: "At this point, the prince of King Rong can testify for me!" ”

The officials and Ming Luo sitting in the hall all changed their faces when they heard this.

Although the jade pendant is the decisive evidence, if the prince of Rong Wang can prove that he stayed with Chang Sui'an when others couldn't see Chang Sui'an that day, the case will need to be investigated further. Then, until new evidence is found, or it is proved that the prince of Rong Wang is guilty of perjury, he cannot be convicted of Chang Sui'an.

Yao Yi immediately said: "Come on, please come to Dali Temple!" ”

Looking at the errand officer who was ordered to go, there was a lot of discussion in the crowd of onlookers.

Qiao Yubai and Cui Lang were relieved that they were not at ease, and they both escaped from Guozijian's class today and ran over, at this time they subconsciously had a lot of hope for the arrival of King Rong's son.

In the crowd, there was a young man's voice and said coldly: "Who doesn't know that the prince of Rong Wang admired and even asked to marry the Chang family girl, who knows if he will commit perjury for the murderer?" ”

Chang Suining and the others looked over when they heard this.

The boy was no more than twelve or thirteen years old, and he was dressed in extraordinary clothes but too plain, and he wore a piece of white silk tied around his wrist.

His eyes were extremely red, and he was staring at Chang Sui'an in the hall at the moment.

Cui Lang wanted to step forward to reason with him, but Chang Suining stretched out his hand to stop him.

This young man should seem to be from the eldest grandson's family, and a verbal conflict with him in full view of everyone at this time will only bring more trouble and criticism.

Moreover, arguing about whether the prince of Rong Wang will commit perjury is of little significance in Chang Suining's view.

Perhaps the more worrying thing now is ...... Will King Rong testify?

I hope she is narrow-minded and treats people with the heart of a villain.

Perennial tranquility waits.

until the servant who had gone to ask for someone returned.

"Lord Qiqi, according to the people of King Rong's mansion, the prince of King Rong was infected by the cold because of the trip to worship his ancestors, and then he was frightened and triggered the old disease, and he had a high fever last night, and he is still unconscious, and he can't come to answer for the time being!"