After the housekeeper left the room, he breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his face with his sleeve, and when the evening breeze blew, he felt that his entire back was soaked with sweat.

Under his hands, such a big mistake happened, and he dared to delay it again and was busy arranging.

……

The moon is on the willows, and the Jingzhao Mansion is still brightly lit.

After bringing Cao Er's family back, Jing Zhaoyin interrogated Cao Er overnight.

"Who's in the hall?"

Jing Zhaoyin lightly patted the startled wood, and the huge sound suddenly pulled back Cao Er, who was kneeling on the ground, in a trance.

"Cao Er, the grass people."

Although Cao Er was just a small servant in the Dingguo Mansion before, he was not an ordinary servant, his parents were in charge, and he grew up with the young master since he was a child, and he lived better than the young master of ordinary people.

The short two-day prison life did make him suffer a lot, although the people of Jingzhao Mansion did not punish him.

But the bad environment, the hard biting nest, and the swarms of rats in the prison all tortured him deeply.

Jing Zhaoyin looked at Cao Er, who was kneeling in the hall, his hair was messy, his clothes were stained, and his expression was very depressed.

"Cao Er, I have already read your previous confession, this official is asking once, is the person behind the kidnapping of Miss Pingyang Houfu in Dingguo Mansion that day really you, not someone else?" Jing Zhaoyin's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze was firmly fixed on him.

Cao Er lifted his eyes tiredly and glanced up at him, and then weakly half-closed his eyes, his voice dry and hoarse, "My lord, the grass people have already said it."

Everything is done by the grass people in a day, you don't have to ask, adult. ”

Looking at Cao Er's appearance, Jing Zhaoyin sighed in his heart, Cao Er.

At first, he didn't look down on Cao Er when he saw him, a soft bone, and later he was pushed out by the Dingguo Mansion to be a scapegoat, and he saw clearly in his heart that he couldn't do such a thing with his temperament.

The follow-up investigation turned out to be so, the reason why he was like this was because the Dingguo Mansion threatened him with his family, and in this respect, he was also a man.

People, sure enough, they are two-faced.

"Cao Er, this official knows what you are worried about, who do you think this is?"

What are the concerns?

Listening to the footsteps behind him, he stiffened, turned his head stiffly, and then saw his parents and sister.

Cao Er's eyes turned red the moment he saw them.

"Son, my son—" Cao Shi howled in pain and threw himself at Cao Er, who was kneeling on the ground, crying profusely.

Behind him, Cao Er's father's eyes were also red, and the tears in Cao Er's sister's eyes couldn't stop flowing out.

This picture of relatives getting together made the people present feel close to each other.

Cao Er looked at Cao's appearance, and couldn't help but redden.

His mother had been working as a housekeeper in the kitchen of the Dingguo Mansion before, and the place was full of oil and water, so her body was also very rich, because there were a lot of things to do, so her temperament has always been more spicy.

But Cao Er found that in just a few days, his mother had changed a lot, her body was emaciated, her hair was gray, and she was still full of black silk a few days ago.

There are also fathers and sisters, who have also lost weight.

"Alright, silence." Jing Zhaoyin slapped the shocking wood again.

Cao Shi didn't care about crying anymore when he heard this, wiped the tears on his face and knelt beside Cao Er, and Cao's father and Cao Xiu also knelt down.

After looking at the family of four kneeling in a row, Jing Zhaoyin looked at Cao Er again.

"Cao Er, now that your parents and relatives are by your side, this official will ask you again, is it really you who kidnapped the Pingyang Hou Mansion that day

Cao Er, this official reminds you that kidnapping the young lady of the Pingyang Hou Mansion is not a trivial matter, and it will be exiled at least or beheaded at worst, and this official advises you to think clearly. ”

"My lord, grass people......" Cao Er opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he lowered his head and was silent.

Seeing this, Cao Shi on the side pushed him angrily, and looked at him crying, "Son, you are confused, my mother knows that you are worried about me, your father and your sister."

But you can't do this, your life is your life, if you don't have it, how can you let me and your father live-"

The more Cao Shi spoke, the more angry he became, and he raised his hand to hammer him a few times, but he didn't use any force, each time it was lighter than the other, and finally he fell on him even more weakly.

"Mother!" Cao Er was worried when he saw this, and just wanted to help her, but was pushed away by Cao's family.

"If you still think of me as your mother, you can tell the truth to adults." Cao Shi stared at Jing Zhaoyin with tears on his face, and explained, "My lord, the kidnapping must not have been done by my son, I am his mother, I know him, he doesn't have that guts!" ”

"It's all Ding Guogong who forced him to admit it, this thing must have been done by the eldest young master, it was the grandfather of Guo who threatened him with the name of our family, my son is the most filial, he is also forced to be helpless, please be aware of it."

Jing Zhaoyin looked at the Cao family with a miserable face in the hall, sure enough, how could a person who could be a steward in the Dingguo Mansion or a female steward be an ordinary person.

Although Cao's words just now were reversed, she explained everything clearly, and they are all human spirits.

But he didn't care about it, he didn't pay attention to Cao, but looked at Cao Er beside her, Cao's words just now obviously made his heart shake.

"Cao Er, do you still have something to say?"

Listening to Cao's words, Cao Er's heart was quite touched, his eyes became firm, and Jing Zhaoyin knew that it was done when he looked at him now.

"Adults, grass people are ......"

Cao Er's words were interrupted before he could finish speaking, because a servant walked in and looked at Jing Zhaoyin with an embarrassed face, "My lord." ”

"Something's wrong."

Cao Er was about to loosen his mouth just now, but suddenly someone came in to stir up the situation, if Jing Zhaoyin could be happy, there would be a ghost.

The master on the side also glared at the officer, "Do you have the eyesight to see, don't you see that the lord is trying the case now, what is the matter, tell me quickly." ”

"My lord, the county lord of Changle is here, and she said she wants to come in and observe." The official gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Lord Changle?!" The master exclaimed in surprise and looked at the adult beside him, why did this ancestor come here at this time?

Not to mention the master, Jing Zhaoyin is also confused now, the thoughts in his heart are difficult to agree with the master, why did this ancestor come at this time?

He glanced at it and noticed that Cao Er under the hall subconsciously trembled when he heard the name of the county lord of Changle, and couldn't help but jump his eyebrows.

"Go please." The ancestors are here, where can they still be hung there, "Wait, forget it, I'll go in person." ”

Jing Zhaoyin got up and walked out, saying as he walked, "Everyone else stays here and looks after them." ”

(End of chapter)