On this day, Wei Xiang went home and talked to his wife, ate some food, and went out. Mrs. Wei was idle, squinting and dozing off, when a personal maid hurriedly ran over and whispered in her ear, "Cover up." ”

"Covered? What does it mean, what is covered up. ”

"It's not covered, it's covered, it's coming"

"Cover? Just to do it - the one who makes the cook? ”。

The maid nodded. Mrs. Wei was puzzled in her heart, and she became nervous again, thinking that she was in such a hurry to run over to report the news, something big must have happened, and hurriedly ordered the maid to bring her in.

Gai Qi ran out of breath, and before he could untie his apron, he crawled on the ground as soon as he entered the door. When Mrs. Wei saw him like this, her heart pounded: "If there is anything, say it quickly." ”

Gai raised his head and said anxiously: "Madam, something is wrong. Zhao Guanghan came to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the arrest of Jingzhao Mansion. ”

Mrs. Wei was shocked and asked, "What happened?" ”

Gai said: "I heard from the people over there that there was a maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion who drowned, and it was forced by his wife. Zhao Guanghan wrote the matter to the emperor, and the emperor approved it to Jing Zhaoyin for investigation, and he was rushing over with people. ”

Mrs. Wei had long known that Zhao Guanghan and Wei were at odds, so she was always on guard and sent a detailed work. But when it came to the end, I was still a little flustered. She forced herself to compose, "I see." "Take care of the handmaiden, take it up, and take the reward. When everyone in the house was gone, she calmed down and thought about how to deal with it.

Last night, the maid in the house came to the younger brother to sink into the pool, and was seen by the husband, and called someone to rescue, but the night was dark and the water was deep, and she was busy for a night, but she couldn't save it, and she didn't get anything from salvaging today. The pond in the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion is connected to the moat, and it is estimated that it has floated out.

Mrs. Wei didn't know why the younger brother committed suicide by throwing himself into the water, and asked the fifth sister of the maid who was good with the younger brother, only to know that the younger brother's mother was looking for her yesterday, and then there was a dispute. The younger brother was scolded by his mother, cried for half the night, and threw himself into the water. It is said that the mother has been asking her daughter for money, and she also came to ask for money this day.

She felt that her brother's drowning in the water was entirely caused by their own family disputes and had nothing to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she asked the housekeeper to give her brother's mother some money as a sign of comfort and comfort.

The fifth sister also told her that a domestic servant chewed his tongue indiscriminately, saying that the master was molesting the younger brother, and was scolded by the master's mother after knowing about it, and he committed suicide by throwing himself into the water when he couldn't think about it for a while.

Mrs. Wei was very angry and ordered the steward to find out who was spreading rumors, but before the results were found, news came that Zhao Guanghan had come to the door. At first she prepared to gather together the maids and the servants and take care of them not to talk nonsense. Later, I thought about it, and in this way, I was afraid that Zhao Guanghan would say that it was a collusion, so I would give up.

After she picked up and left, she was still hesitating whether to send someone to find Wei Xiang back, when a servant stumbled over, panting heavily, his face was pale, and he said intermittently: "Zhao Guanghan, Zhao Guanghan led a group of arresters, rushed in, rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the doorman couldn't stop him." ”

She already knew that Zhao Guanghan was coming, so she didn't panic, stood up and said, "Let them in." As soon as the words fell, Zhao Guanghan had already entered the middle hall with the arrester, and when he saw Mrs. Wei, he did not give a courtesy, sat down in the hall with a big grin, and said: "Someone reported that the Prime Minister's Mansion forced the maid to death, I will be ordered to investigate and deal with it, no one shall obstruct it, and those who dare to resist will take it immediately." Glancing at Mrs. Wei, he said, "Mrs. Cheng Cheng listens to the trial." ”

The captors have been lined up in two columns on the left and right, shouting in unison: "The prime minister's wife will be tried." Mrs. Wei was standing in the middle of the two columns of arrests, as if she was on trial. She is the wife of the prime minister, how could she have been humiliated like this, she couldn't help but be angry and annoyed, and her face turned red.

Zhao Guanghan was secretly proud, and his tone was contemptuous: "The hall is the prime minister's wife." ”

Mrs. Wei was furious, crossed her waist with one hand, pointed at him with the other, and reprimanded: "What are you, you are also worthy of talking to me." ”

The captors on both sides shouted, "Kneel." ”

Mrs. Wei was even more angry, turned around and pointed at the trappers on both sides one by one, and reprimanded: "I am the Prime Minister's wife, kneeling to the heavens and kneeling to the heavens, who dares to be rude." ”

Zhao Guanghan was not angry, and said casually: "I am investigating the case by edict." Turning sideways, he said to the reporter Peng Shi on the side: "The suspect insults the chief judge, write it down." He asked again: "Last night, a maid drowned in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but is there such a thing?" ”

Mrs. Wei said: "If you have this matter, you will call my brother." ”

Zhao Guanghan grinned: "Who drowned him?" ”

Mrs. Wei said: "Yesterday I had an argument with my grandmother and drowned myself in the middle of the night. ”

Zhao Guanghan snorted: "How did I hear that Wei Xiang teased her, and you scolded her out of jealousy, and then the woman drowned." Then he continued: "Whether the maid drowned herself or was drowned by others must also be verified." ”

Mrs. Wei was extremely angry, pointed at Zhao Guanghan and shouted, "Nonsense. She is a rough servant in the house, I don't even know her, I'm jealous? Who said that. Falsely accusing the prime minister of the dynasty is not punishable. "Spit Xingzi flew straight to the front of the case.

Zhao Guanghan hurriedly raised his sleeves to cover his face and said, "You, don't point your hands indiscriminately." You don't have to ask who reported the crime, and I won't say that we want to protect the reporter. ”

Mrs. Wei crossed her hands on her waist and reprimanded: "Not only are you innocent of blaming me, but you also want to frame the prime minister of the dynasty, what is your intention." ”

Zhao Guanghan sneered: "The maid of the Prime Minister's Mansion drowned, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict ordering me to investigate the case. I also have to interrogate everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion to find out that if you kill slaves and maids without permission, the court will not tolerate it. ”

Mrs. Wei shook her head and said disdainfully: "If you want to be tried, you will be tried, and you are not afraid of crooked shadows." ”

"What a shrew." Zhao Guanghan muttered.

"What did you say?" Madame Wei glared angrily. Zhao Guanghan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and quickly looked away

At this time, the Jingzhao Mansion arrester had driven the maids and domestic servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion to the middle hall, and a large group of people were suppressed, and the prisoners were scolded and knelt down. The slaves and maids of the Prime Minister's Mansion had never seen such a formation, and they were so frightened that several timid maids couldn't help crying.

Zhao Guanghan said that he was investigating the case by edict, summoned many slaves and maids, and did not let Mrs. Wei leave, Mrs. Wei had no choice but to stand aside.

After interrogating for a long time, the maids and servants who knew about it were the same as Mrs. Wei, and the maid came to argue with her aunt and drowned herself in the middle of the night; The maids and servants who did not know said they did not know.

Zhao Guanghan couldn't ask why, held back his grievances, and ordered the arrester to bring more than ten slaves and maids from the inner court of the Prime Minister's Mansion back to Jingzhao Mansion for interrogation and confession. The huge backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion was empty for a while, and only Mrs. Wei stood alone.

On the same day, Wei Xiang and Shi Gao made an appointment and went to the royal temple to prepare for the winter solstice festival of the Son of Heaven. On the way back, the two of them talked happily in a Xuan car, and when they arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wei Xiang invited Shi Gao to go back to the mansion for a drink.

Shi Gao pretended to be frightened and said: "I really don't dare to disturb my sister-in-law." ”

Wei Xiang also knew that he was ridiculing and said, "How dare you do it." ”

Shi Gao smiled and said, "Then it's bothering." The two entered the Prime Minister's Mansion together.

Entering the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shi Gao felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, and he couldn't tell what was going on.

Wei Xiang also felt a little unusual. When they arrived at the front hall, several officials came forward to greet them. He noticed that these people looked panicked, and he wanted to ask what was going on, but after thinking about it, he still saw his wife, so he went directly through the middle hall to the backyard.

When he entered the backyard, no one greeted him, and Wei Xiang shouted a few times: "But someone is there." There was no answer, and the two couldn't help but have palpitations.

Wei Xiang stood in the courtyard and calmed down, looked around, didn't hear the bloody breath, felt a little calmer, and shouted a few more times: "Madam." He faintly heard crying in the inner room, so he hurried to the inner room.