Wei Xiang went to the door and looked in, and sure enough, it was the lady who was sitting on the ground and crying.

Mrs. Wei has a stubborn personality, and in his memory, the last time Mrs. Wei cried was when she brought him home from the imperial prison. He walked over gently, knelt down in front of his wife, looked confused, and asked, "What is it?" ”

Mrs. Wei looked up at him, wiped her tears, and couldn't help but sobbed a few more times. She tried to calm down her emotions, and after a while, she said: "Zhao Guanghan came to our house to investigate the case and took away the maids and servants in the backyard. ”

"What's the case?"

"Brother drowning."

"My brother is drowning himself."

"Whether he drowned or was killed still needs to be verified."

"Ridiculous." Wei Xiang jumped up.

At this time, there was a voice outside the door: "Shi Gao asked his sister-in-law how he was okay." Wei Xiang then remembered that he came with Shi Gao, he was so anxious just now that he didn't even take Shi Gao into account, hurriedly walked over, and said, "Brother Shi is smiling." ”

Mrs. Wei also stood up at this time, and said politely: "Shi Shizhong is fine." There was an accident at home, and it was rude. ”

Shi Gao bowed back and asked suspiciously, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Wei Xiang invited him to sit down and said Fang Cai's words again, and Mrs. Wei recounted the situation when Zhao Guanghan came to investigate the case, and said with a wry smile: "The slaves and maids in the house have all been taken away by him, and the hospitality is not good, and I hope that Shi Shizhong will forgive me." ”

Only then did Shi Gao understand, and said indignantly: "Zhao Guanghan is too rude. ”

Wei Xiang lowered his head and pondered for a long time, sighed, and said: "It is also Jing Zhaoyin's duty to investigate the murder case in the capital, not to mention the investigation of the case by the edict. ”

Shi Gao said: "The charges have not been verified, and I dare to humiliate the minister's family, I will go to meet the king tomorrow to participate in him." ”

Wei Xiangdao: "Don't worry, since you are investigating the case, let him find out." ”

Mrs. Wei was quite dissatisfied, gave him a blank look, and said, "You are calm." ”

Wei Xiang shook his head helplessly and said, "There is indeed a murder in the house. ”

Shi Gao said: "Okay, wait for him to find out the facts of the case, and the one who clears himself will clear himself." If it is a personal attack and an unjust case, then there will be no good results. ”

Wei Xiang stood up respectfully and respectfully: "Brother Xie Shi." Shi Gao also stood up and returned the salute, and said with a smile: "You owe me another table of wine." ”

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Zhao Guanghan brought more than ten slaves and maids from the inner court of the Prime Minister's Mansion back to Jingzhao Mansion, and interrogated until dark, but there was no result, and the Prime Minister's Mansion came to ask for someone again, so he had to let them go first.

When he returned home, he was depressed, lay down for a while, took the dossier and read it again. Mrs. Zhao waited beside her, and when she saw that he was sullen, she didn't dare to ask.

He actually didn't look at it, and he had already come to a conclusion about this case. He believed that the death of his younger brother must have been caused by the persecution of Mrs. Wei, and the slaves and maids of the Prime Minister's Mansion were afraid of his authority and did not dare to tell the truth. "Madame Wei is fierce and no one knows", he sneered. Mrs. Zhao kept paying attention to his expression, and then said cautiously: "That maid's aunt should know the truth. ”

Zhao Guanghan suddenly woke up when he heard this, the mother of the younger brother died of her daughter, and she must be resentful, and the younger brother drowned after arguing with his mother that day, why the dispute, there must be a hidden secret.

He suddenly became excited, and he didn't care that it was too late, so he decided to interrogate his mother overnight. So he summoned Man Tian and instructed him to bring a few arresters and summon his younger brother's mother to Jingzhao Mansion. I dressed myself and went straight to the government.

The mother died and the daughter was not very sad, and regretted not asking for more money from the Prime Minister's Mansion. Suddenly, he was taken to Jingzhao Mansion by the detainees, and he didn't know whether it was evil or lucky, and he knelt under the hall and couldn't stop trembling.

Zhao Guanghan looked at the trembling woman, and asked in a kind tone, "Are you the grandmother of the maid of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

The mother didn't dare to raise her head, and replied tremblingly: "It's the old body." ”

Zhao Guanghan said: "I sent you over to ask why your daughter drowned?" You don't have to be afraid, for in fact, your own house is in charge, and even the prime minister cannot be outside the law. ”

This mother is not a good person, greedy by nature, accustomed to telling right and wrong, the neighbors gave her the nickname "Lala Cricket", which is called born in the dung soil of the burrow, and the noise is endless. Yesterday, her daughter drowned herself, but she had actually made it clear in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Prime Minister's wife gave some money, and the matter was over.

When her daughter came to her younger brother, she was sold to a rich family as a maidservant when she was young, and she never cared about it, and later learned that her daughter was a maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she went to ask for money every once in a while. The younger brother has a cowardly temperament, and he can't stand her crookedness, and she has asked for all the hard-earned monthly money before it is hot. Yesterday, she went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask her daughter for money, but her daughter said that she had no money, and she contradicted a few words, and was scolded by her and cried. This morning, someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion told him that he threw himself into the water and drowned, thinking that he was scolded yesterday, and he couldn't think of committing suicide by throwing himself into the water for a while. She had planned to threaten her daughter's death for no reason and defraud some money, but she was afraid of the majesty of the Prime Minister's Mansion and did not dare to use it very hard, so the Prime Minister's wife gave some money and gave up.

The mother was arrested and hastily brought to Jingzhao Mansion, thinking that she was going to investigate the death of her daughter, and she panicked, and when she heard Zhao Guanghan say this, she seemed to intend to investigate the fault of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she was immediately relieved. However, she was still not sure, thinking to herself, the Prime Minister's Mansion could not afford to offend, so she said vaguely first, and when she understood what he meant, she replied to him and said: "When the envoy asks, the old man does not dare to hide it." ”

Zhao Guanghan said: "Let me ask you, did you go to see your daughter and brother yesterday?" ”

Lai's mother said: "Yes, I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday to visit my daughter Laidi. ”

Zhao Guanghan said: "According to the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion, when you saw Brother Lai yesterday, Brother Lai cried bitterly, but why. ”

Of course, Lai's mother knew that her brother was scolded and cried by her, and she was hesitating how to say it, and heard Zhao Guanghan say: "You don't have to be afraid. Have the prime minister and his wife ever bullied your daughter? ”

She hesitated for a moment, and then said, "My daughter once said that her master had bullied her. ”

Zhao Guanghan said: "What did your daughter say?" ”

At this time, the mother completely understood that Jing Zhaoyin was going to have trouble with the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she took the opportunity to say: "She told me that every time she sent something over, when Mrs. Fan was not there, the master would hug and kiss her, and once she had to persecute her, but fortunately she was clever and ran out."

"Did she ever tell anyone?"

Laimu said: "How dare she." Later, I couldn't avoid him, so I told my wife. As he spoke, he pretended to cry.

Zhao Guanghan asked again: "What does Madame say?" ”

Lai's mother choked up and said, "She told me that the prime minister's wife scolded her for being a fox and seducing the master, and punished her for doing heavy work from time to time. My daughter is twenty-eight years old, and she has average flowers and bones, so how can she stand it. Yesterday she cried to me that someone was trying to harm her. Who knew it was gone. He beat his chest and wept.

Zhao Guanghan frowned: "People cannot be resurrected after death, so you mourn." While thinking about it, he said: "In this way, it is Wei Xiang who is molesting your daughter, and when Mrs. Wei finds out, she scolds her, or someone pushes her into the water, or she is humiliated and drowns." ”

Lai's mother wiped her tears, patted her thighs with both hands and said, "If this is the case, it will make the case clear." She talked nonsense, and she was always stunned, and she didn't dare to talk more.

Zhao Guanghan was a little regretful: "It's a pity that the body hasn't been salvaged yet, otherwise-" Then he straightened his face again, and asked a serious record of the history: "It's all written down." ”

Recorded the history of Peng Shi and said: "It's all recorded." "Handed the confession to the mother, and the mother did not hesitate to draw a charge on it, and secretly laughed in her heart: Draw a charge, draw a charge, I understand it, I heard what my daughter said, if you investigate it, I can't help it, I will always find a dead person to testify.

Zhao Guanghan picked up the confession and read it again, and couldn't help but look happy, and said, "You will take 500 Wen from the treasury of the Ya Gong Dao." In the future, you will have to testify in court. ”

The mother made a grateful appearance, kowtowed and bowed, thanked Wanwan for her kindness, and said: "But the king is the master." "But in my heart, I said, "If you officials go to fight by yourself, I just want money."

Zhao Guanghan was also in a good mood, pondering that the recital presented to the emperor tomorrow could be written: "Wei Xiang is extravagant and misleading, and his wife is jealous of killing his maid." I couldn't help but smile smugly.