"Not yet, but ......" Xie Han didn't finish speaking, and was robbed by the princess of the county.

"Then you might as well listen to what this maid can say, right? Maybe it's a serious clue. She raised her eyebrows and looked at the pale maid below.

"Our house has always had clear rewards and punishments, chewing the root of the tongue behind the back, slandering the master, and committing the following crimes, it is not too much to beat him to death with a cane. But if what you say is true, and someone really harms the king of the county, and you expose it, then you are a loyal servant of the Lord. Not only will I not punish you, but I will also recognize you as a righteous daughter, and from now on you will be the master of this house and not a subordinate. ”

Hui'er licked her bloodless lips, a trace of greed flashed in her eyes, kowtowed to her and said, "What the slave said is true. ”

The princess beckoned the princess to help her up and let her speak slowly.

"The slave's mother, when the slave was eight years old, her throat was damaged by smoke, and she couldn't speak, she could only open her mouth but couldn't make a sound. Therefore, just by looking at the shape of the person's mouth, the slave can also tell what is roughly said. Yesterday, when the king of the county left, the slave maid stood behind the eldest young master, and the king pointed to the eldest lady before he died, saying ......"

Hui'er trembled and raised an arm, learning from the old county king before he died, and pointed at Li Yirong.

"She is the one who harmed me."

"Are you sure?" The princess slammed the table, glanced at Li Yirong, and slowed down her voice again: "But this is just a one-sided statement, and it is not evidence." ”

"The slave maid and Xiao Lan next to the eldest lady are fellow villagers, she told me that the eldest lady was frightened by the county king last night, and the hem of her dress was all wet when she went back, and she was scared out of order at the county king."

When Li Yirong heard the maid's words, she still held her head high, as if the eldest lady in her words was not herself, but the flush on her cheeks betrayed her.

The princess of the county said indifferently: "The eldest lady may not be able to stand the sudden death of her father, and she is also emotional for a while. Anything else? ”

Hui'er hurriedly nodded twice and continued.

Xiao Lan was afraid that the eldest lady would not be able to sleep well at night, so she stewed a soothing soup. When I sent it in, I found that there was no one in the house. Half an hour later, the eldest lady secretly came back from the back door with a bag wrapped in red cloth, and the petals of poppies were sticky to the outside of the baggage, and only Qiyun Pavilion planted poppies in the house. The fourth young master had been to Qiyun Pavilion on the day of his illness and the death of the county king, which made people have to think about it more. ”

Hui'er gritted her teeth, she couldn't manage so much now, and her heart was crossed, and she pulled her fellow villagers into the water.

"What I said, Xiaolan can testify, she also said that the things in the baggage, the eldest lady is very nervous, and she won't let her touch it."

The maid behind Li Yirong fell to her knees with a thud, lowered her head desperately, and didn't say a word. The princess did not continue to ask Hui'er, but turned her head to look at Li Yirong.

"What's in the baggage?"

"Mother didn't ask whether it was true or not, she came up and asked what was in the baggage, it seems that she believed what this girl said, and wanted to put a father-killer hat on my head." Li Yirong said coldly.

"It's about your father's death, I have to ask about it." The princess of the county said with a long sigh, and said helplessly: "It's not difficult to distinguish between true and false at the moment, go and look for it in your house, if not, the misunderstanding can be solved, don't you want to say it?" ”

Li Yirong pointed at the princess of the county, and said angrily: "You still want someone to search my house?" My father's bones are not cold, how dare you? ”

"Sister, don't worry. Now the rumors are spreading fiercely, and your mother also wants to prove your innocence. If there is any misunderstanding, it is good to solve it. Yi Huan stepped forward to play the round.

"What do you know? I turned over her old things, she hated me, and she wished to send me directly to the government, and she would be kind to my innocence. Li Yirong pushed his sister away and said, "That's right, I came back with a burden." It's just something I left at home before I got married, can't I take it away? ”

Mother Zhang, who was behind the princess of the county, stood up and said: "The old slave has a lot of words, the eldest lady's things, it is naturally no problem to take them away, but it is best to ask the princess of the county to look at them first, so as not to leave any handles, and it is not good to be said to be harmful." ”

"Okay, you old slave, if you know that you are too talkative, then don't open your mouth. Where do you have to speak here? If Mother Song, who is next to my mother-in-law, were a fool like you who only knows right and wrong, the Xiao family would have been ruined a long time ago. Li Yirong pointed to Sang and scolded Huaidao.

In the past few years, the county king's mansion has not been as good as before, and the people in the palace can also be reduced, only the effort to save face is still there, and several palaces that are not often visited are very deserted.

The princess was poked in pain, clutching the handkerchief in her hand, her nails sinking deep into her palms. In the past two years, the king of the county has held banquets every day, the money has been spent very much, the world is not peaceful, and Zhuangzi has little money, she even has a dowry, and she has to be humiliated by her stepdaughter.

"Mother Zhang, slap your mouth." The princess of the county suppressed her anger and said. Mother Zhang slapped herself more than a dozen times with a bow left and right, until her left and right cheeks turned red, and the princess of the county shouted to stop.

"Mother Zhang is at fault, I have already punished her." The princess of the county looked at Li Yirong, and her voice rose an octave, "Mother Wang, please take Xiao Lan to the eldest lady's house for a walk, and call a few more people, so as not to find things and be suspected of doing something secretly by you." “

"Yes." Mrs. Wang replied. Li Yirong had no choice but to watch Xiaolan being taken away by her two mothers, but she couldn't find an excuse to stop her.

After the time of a pillar of incense passed, Mrs. Wang walked in with a red burden, and the housekeeper followed behind, carrying a tray, and secretly gestured under the tray in the direction of the table of the eight immortals.

The princess of the county, who was sitting on the chair, was closing her eyes and recuperating, and Bao'er, who was holding the pipa next to her, reminded softly: "Sister, Mother Wang is back, and it looks like she has gained a lot." ”

The burden was opened, and a statue of a fox lady came into view.

"This is just a statue of the god I offered at home before, and it happened that a few days ago, the fox fairy Niangniang asked me to take her to her husband's house and continue to worship, so as to help me get pregnant and give birth. Is there anything wrong with this? Li Yirong pretended to be calm and said.

"I have been in the capital for sixteen years, and I have heard a lot of Buddhas and immortals from all walks of life, but I have never heard that this fox fairy can still send children." Bao'er burst out laughing out loud after speaking, "It seems that I am still shallow in knowledge, and I don't know as much as the eldest lady." ”

The princess looked at the statue of the god, her brows wrung into one place, and she felt that the fox statue in front of her had evil eyes, and she was staring at herself with a smile, and she had goosebumps.

"Miss, I, as a stepmother, have to say a few words about you. If there is a Bodhisattva, Buddha, and Yuan Shi Tianzun at home, it is just a matter of keeping the family home peaceful and the relatives safe. You are everyone's best girl, how can you still believe in this wild fox Zen, what is it like? The princess preached.

"Got it, it's me who is wrong. Now that I've seen it, I can give it back. Li Yirong suppressed his anger, stepped forward and walked in front of Mrs. Wang, stretched out his hand to take the statue back, but he didn't expect Mrs. Wang to dodge, took two steps back, and said: "Princess Jun, there is something in this statue, do you want to open it and take a look?" ”

"What's that? Open it up and take a look! The princess asked.

"Yes. Seems to be some herbal leaves. The old slave had never seen it, nor did he understand medical science, so he did not recognize it. ”

As she spoke, she put the statue head down, and the inside of the statue was hollow, and a white cloth bag was stuffed. She half-knelt on the ground and unfurled the cloth bag, revealing a cluster of withered, yellowish leaves shaped like a fox's tail.

"It's just some foxtail grass, it's not poisonous, I stuffed it into the idol according to the master's request, and it's worth all the fuss you make? If you are not at ease, you can call Dr. Li to test. Li Yirong said impatiently.

The princess of the county gave Zhang's mother a look and asked her to invite. So, Dr. Li came again with his tired body, his clothes were crumpled, and he was also caught from the bed this time.

Dr. Li walked into the mourning hall, looked at these people sitting together, gasped, and thought that if he would find an excuse tomorrow and quit this errand, he would not be able to withstand the tossing and turning again and again at his age.

"Princess Qiyu County, it's sage, it's right, but there is a porcelain bottle wrapped in the grass, whether it needs to be opened and checked." Dr. Li asked in a dumb voice holding the things in the white cloth in his hand.

"If you want to see it, you can see it quickly, but it is just some sesame oil mixed with incense ash. I've had enough of this county palace. Tonight is also regarded as keeping a soul for my father, and after a while, I will go back to Xiao's house, my father is gone, and there is no place for me here. Li Yirong said while looking at his brother who had never spoken, and he couldn't imagine that he was so ruthless to his own sister, and he refused to say a word for her.

The doctor poured the liquid from the bottle into a porcelain bowl filled with water, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then took a silver needle from the box and inserted it, and the silver needle immediately turned black when it touched the water.

Li Yirong's eyes widened and shouted: "Impossible, this is impossible, it is obviously sesame oil in it." ”

She took two steps forward, grabbed his arm holding the silver needle, and asked, "Is there something wrong with your needle?" Try again! Dr. Li answered, took out a needle and inserted it into the bowl again, but it turned black immediately.

"Silver needle drug test, the things stolen here are poisonous, and they will still turn black if you try a hundred times. Miss, you learn to be rich and have five cars, you won't understand this truth, right? Bao'er put the lute aside, her tone full of mockery.

"Hold the eldest lady." The princess of the county was afraid that Li Yirong would go crazy and tear the doctor, so she commanded the princess.

After she was stopped, the princess took the porcelain vase and asked, "Doctor, what is in this porcelain vase?" Is the illness of the fourth young master and the death of the king of the county related to the things inside? ”

Dr. Li stroked his beard twice.

"This thing smells pungent, like the juice of lacquered wood, which is born in the bitter cold of the north, and is not common in our country. But looking at this color, there should be some other herbs mixed with it, and I can't make it out for a while. ”