Chapter X: Questioning

Firecrackers roared in front of the gate of the Ming Tower, and endless smoke rose in the crackling sound. The guests who came to pay their respects were also surprised and unbelievable.

"Oops! There is such a miracle in the world! I'll go in and see Niece Helu!" "You can slow down! The eldest girl in my family is still weak and can't see outsiders. ”

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The noise, laughter, and firecrackers are intertwined. Even in the lobby of this atrium with closed doors and windows, it can be faintly heard.

Unlike the bustle outside, the atrium has a depressing and dreary atmosphere. Mo Yunxiao sat on the chair at the top, and Zhang Yun'er and Li Xian'e sat on either side of her. Mo Yunxiang, Mo Yunze and Mo Yunxi stood at the bottom with their respective personal envoys and servants.

Zhang Yun'er had a straight face, holding a tea bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other. The spoon stirred slowly in the tea bowl. The bowl is steaming hot, giving off a strange and rich rose scent.

Look at Li Xian'e on the other side. Her eyes were full of tears, and she held Mo Yunxiao's hand tightly with one hand, looking extremely amiable.

Mo Yunxiao beat a drum in her heart: "Who are these two women?" Whether the relationship with me, or with the owner of this body, is good or bad, close or sparse. Seeing their different expressions, I am afraid that they all have unspeakable thoughts hidden in their hearts. The two of them, who is surnamed Jiang and who is surnamed Wang? ”

Mo Yunxiao was thinking in her heart, only to hear the sound of "bang", Zhang Yun'er dropped the tea bowl heavily on the coffee table, and everyone was shocked.

She put down the tea bowl, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said lukewarmly: "Big girl, there are no others in this house, and fortunately you are safe and sound after falling into the water, so we can talk." ”

She glanced at everyone and continued: "When you were unconscious, your female envoy Huan'er broke off her iron mouth, saying that Xiang'er caused you to fall into the water. Now I will ask on behalf of Xiang'er, did you fall into the water or were you pushed down? If you push down, have you ever seen who is pushing you? ”

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Mo Yunxiao. She timidly looked around before swallowing and saying, "I don't remember." ”

"Don't remember?" Zhang Yun'er glared and smiled coldly: "Then when will my Xiang'er's suspicion be cleared?" ”

"Well, if you want me to say, let's call Huan'er." Li Xian'e said: "Huan'er always follows the big girl, let's talk about the big girl's affairs and can't leave her aside." ”

"Humph! That ring is crazy. Zhang Yun'er was still indignant: "Call her here, and then tell her to sprinkle here?" I'm trying to find someone to sell her. ”

Hearing this, Li Xian'e became excited and shouted: "Never! Everyone was astonished, and their strange eyes were cast at her.

Zhang Yun'er was even more puzzled, so she asked: "I sell Huan'er, why are you anxious sister?" ”

Li Xian'e smiled awkwardly and said, "The matter hasn't been clarified yet, so I sold her out for no reason, I'm afraid that going out to talk nonsense will make the reputation of the Yu Mo family not good." ”

Zhang Yun'er also nodded, and instructed the little man in front of her: "Since this is the case, you go and bring people up." If she does anything more than half a cent, she will be given twenty lashes at once. ”

"Yes." The little guy answered and withdrew.

After a while, a woman was lifted up by two servants and placed on the floor in the atrium. Mo Yunxiao stretched her neck to take a look, only to see that the woman's hands and feet were tied, and a ball of rags was stuffed in her mouth. She lay on the ground and struggled constantly, and her mouth was also screaming "hmm".

When Zhang Yun'er saw it, she sneered again, squinted her eyes and scolded: "What a stubborn hoof, I don't know how to restrain it when it's all tied up like this." ”

"Take the stuff out of her mouth." Li Xian'e commanded, and the first little guy leaned down to remove the strip of cloth from Huan'er's mouth.

At the moment when the strip of cloth was removed, Huan'er shouted loudly: "Second grandmother, you are a thief!" If you can't assassinate my girl, you're going to kill me again? Do you still have a royal law in your eyes? ”

Huan'er roared angrily, like a rushing flood with ten thousand powers. Everyone present was awe-struck when they heard this.

Only Zhang Yun'er was so angry that her face turned blue. She slammed the table and roared in the same loud voice: "You are a bold talent, you know that framing the elder is a felony!" You...... Don't you want to live? ”

Huan'er smiled stupidly and said: "According to the law of my Great Song Dynasty, you are a concubine, I am a maid, we are the same, we are all slaves and maids of the Mo family, how can we talk about framing or not framing?" ”

"Presumptuous! Licentious! Zhang Yun'er jumped up, gritted her teeth and said, "Come on, drag this guy out to fight!" Hit hard! ”

Li Xian'e also stood up, pinched her handkerchief and said, "Let's ask first." Look at her as ......"

"What else do you ask?" Zhang Yun'er turned her head abruptly and yelled at Li Xian'e. Her face was red, her ears were red, and the veins on her forehead were violent, obviously angry.

Mo Yunxiang and Mo Yunze hurriedly came up to comfort: "Mother, don't be angry, be careful of hurting your body." ”

The brother and sister comforted one and poured tea, Zhang Yuner took a sip of the tea soup handed by her son, and her anger calmed down slightly.

Zhang Yun'er's hand holding the tea bowl was still shaking violently. She suppressed the anger in her heart and said, "This servant is so rude, if she is not severely punished, will it not be a joke?" How will my Mo family discipline their subordinates in the future? When someone came, he forked out and beat him, first with fifty lashes. ”

"Yes!" The two little guys were about to fork the ring out, but Mo Yunxiao, who had been silent for a long time, stood up again and said, "Wait a minute!" ”

The two little guys were stunned for a moment, and their eyes fell on Zhang Yun'er. Zhang Yun'er's blood surged, turned her head to look at Mo Yunxiao, and asked, "What's the matter?" The eldest girl wants to protect this servant? ”

Mo Yunxiao's eyes rolled, and then she smiled: "No matter what, she is also my person, even if she wants to ask for family law if she is disrespectful, then I will invite her." Second grandma, you are too much to substitute, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

Zhang Yun'er was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What does the eldest girl mean?" ”

Mo Yunxiao looked at the angry Zhang Yun'er, and then turned her head to look at the anxious Li Xian'e, and had already judged that the two sisters were inseparable, so she smiled and said, "Didn't you ask her to ask?" If you want to kill or fight, you have to talk about it after you finish asking. ”

She sat back down. Seeing this, Zhang Yuner and Li Xian'e had no choice but to sit down again.

"Big girl! It turns out that you really aren't dead! Huan'er was overjoyed, and then burst into tears: "Big girl, the little one will never believe that you are the one who fell into the water, someone must have harmed you, right?" ”

Mo Yunxiao grimaced and said, "Tell me, who is the person who harmed me?" ”

Huan'er set her eyes on Mo Yunxiang behind Zhang Yun'er. Mo Yunxiang's heart was in a hurry, he was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "You chew your tongue, I didn't hurt my brother!" ”

Mo Yunxiao slowly turned her head and looked at Mo Yunxiang with an awe-inspiring gaze. Mo Yunxiang made eye contact with her, and couldn't help but have sweat standing on end, hurriedly lowered his head, and stopped talking.

"Big girl! That day, the second girl said that she would throw you into the Jinming Pond and drown, which was what you and I heard with our own ears. Huan'er said: "If the eldest girl encounters an accident, and the second grandmother has a son, she has a great chance to become the main mother." It is not surprising that the second girl did this. ”

"Ridiculous!" Zhang Yun'er scolded angrily: "You are pure speculation, do you have any real evidence!" ”

"Humph! Killing people and destroying mouths, destroying corpses and destroying traces, how can there be any evidence. Huan'er shook her head disdainfully and looked to the other side.

Zhang Yun'er laughed coldly and said, "If you have neither evidence nor witnesses, then you are slandering!" Walk! Let's go to Kaifeng Mansion to reason! ”

"Second grandma, don't be impatient." Mo Yunxiao turned sideways and lightly pressed her hand on Zhang Yun'er's hand.

She said to Zhang Yuner with a smile: "As the saying goes, Taoist ugliness should not be publicized. Kaifeng Mansion doesn't have to go. The person who killed me was not Xiang'er, I had already guessed who he was. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked. "What?" Everyone's eyes widened, and their eyes shot towards Mo Yunxiao like sharp arrows.

Zhang Yun'er couldn't help but glance at Mo Yunxiang, and then asked softly, "Who is the murderer?" ”

Mo Yunxiao looked around again and said with a smile: "I know this person in my heart, but it is not appropriate to say it here." In short, I will take care of this matter myself, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Oops! That's not going to work! Li Xian'e said with concern: "In this month when the cold wind is tight, pushing people into the lake is to save the intention of killing, and it is necessary to prevent it." Helu, if you want to know who it is, let's go to Kaifeng Mansion to complain, and the government will always be more stable for us to make decisions. ”

"No!" It was Mo Yunze who spoke. He flashed out from behind Zhang Yun'er, walked in front of the three of them and saluted Li Xian'e and Mo Yunxiao respectively, saying, "It is inconvenient for the female brother to say the identity of the murderer, and she must not have conclusive evidence. No wonder, yesterday was Shangyuan, and Jinmingchi was overcrowded. Even if the female brother does know the thief, let's sue Kaifeng Mansion, and there is room for exculpation. The big deal is that it is crowded with people, and there will be no death sentence. ”

Huan'er nodded again and again when she heard this, and hurriedly added: "Young Master Yunze is reasonable. It seems that the matter will have to be investigated in secret. 'I'd rather touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao'. Our girl has a lot of ways to deal with people, so she doesn't need to have extraneous branches in Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Zhang Yun'er glared at Huan'er fiercely and reprimanded: "Unruly pickled goods, how can there be a place for you to speak!" ”

Li Xian'e was a little dumbfounded, and took over the conversation and said: "However, this is a human life lawsuit after all. Although our eldest girl has God's blessing and has come back to life. But for such a big thing, let's hide it like this, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

"When someone from outside asked, I said that I had stumbled and fallen into the lake." After Mo Yunxiao answered Li Xian'e's doubts, she turned her head to look at Zhang Yun'er again, and said with a smile: "Second grandma, Huan'er, this maid doesn't understand the rules, and she has bumped into you several times, because I am not strict in discipline." When I go back this time, I will reprimand her and prevent her from causing trouble again. So, let's ask the second grandmother to let her go. ”

"Let her go? How can it be so easy! Zhang Yun'er said angrily: "Our Mo family is also a clean and upright family, how can there be such a vicious and rude female envoy?" If he is not severely punished today, others will follow suit in the future, and how will he be restrained in the future! ”

Mo Yunxiao smiled faintly and said, "Huan'er has been with me for many years. If she is punished for her gaffe, I am afraid that it will not be convincing. ”

Zhang Yun'er's eyes widened and asked, "How do you disagree?" ”

"She insisted that the second girl harmed me, whether it was true or not, if she was punished for this, it would inevitably make people think that the second grandmother had favoritism." Mo Yunxiao said unhurriedly: "Now that the second grandmother let her go, she seems to be open-minded, and she is not afraid of people with broken mouths chewing their tongues." Hehe, the so-called 'Zhou Gong spit and feed, the world returns to the heart'. I also hope that the second grandmother will sell me a thin favor. ”

Zhang Yun'er was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "The old man has never read, but he doesn't understand what 'Zhou Gong spit feeds'." Huan'er is right, I am a concubine and she is a maid, to put it bluntly, we are all slaves and maids of the Mo family, and the eldest girl, you are the master, and I have to sell this favor if I don't sell it. ”

"The second grandmother is serious." Mo Yunxiao bowed slightly to show respect as she spoke, and continued: "It's just that Huan'er has been with me for a long time, and I am recovering from a serious illness, so I have to have someone in front of me who can make it easy." If not, I will hand over Huan'er to the second grandmother for disposal. ”

"Haha!" Zhang Yun'er looked up to the sky and snorted and said, "It depends on the owner to beat the dog." I know. ”

At this point, her face sank, and when she was about to refute it, the door of the atrium was slammed open by a small guy with a "bang".

The little guy stumbled on the threshold, screamed "oops", and fell heavily to the ground. Seeing his embarrassed appearance, some of the maidservants in the hall couldn't help but laugh twice.

Zhang Yun'er blushed and scolded sharply: "Where did the turtle grandson come from, so unorthodox!" ”

The little guy hurriedly got up from the ground, still looking embarrassed: "The little one just got the letter." Official ...... The official family collapsed. ”

"What?" Everyone was taken aback. Li Xian'e covered her mouth with a handkerchief, looking panicked; Zhang Yun'er was also stunned on the spot, her eyes straight.

Mo Yunxiao couldn't help but stand up from the chair and asked, "Which official is it?" ”

Mo Yunxiang glanced at her, and said to himself: "I still have a few official families in the Great Song Dynasty, so I am naturally the son of Yuanfu Heaven." ”

"Yuan Fu?" Mo Yunxiao secretly thought: "Yuan Fu Heavenly Son? Oh! Isn't that Song Zhezong? The next person to ascend the throne is the famous Song Huizong Zhao Ji in the history books! ”

Thinking of this, the handkerchief she was holding in her hand also slipped from between her fingers and slowly fell to the ground.