Chapter 48: Poking
The master is worthy of being the master, and in three or two sentences, he successfully characterized Hu San as a treacherous person who does not tell the truth!
The county magistrate was naturally extremely displeased, and with a startled shot, he began to scare Hu San again.
"This official will give you another chance, if you don't tell the truth, then you will be punished!"
Hu San was taken aback, why didn't he follow the routine!
Was it that it wasn't arranged, or was the person he offended too ruthless?
The master made a look, and there were officials on the left and right sides who pressed people to the ground, raising the shawei stick and being injured.
Hu San is not an uninformed person, he took advantage of this board, and it was not so easy to stop.
And obviously these people just don't like him, and after a while, he really hits, and he has to be seriously injured.
"The old man spares his life! The villain said, the villain said everything. It was a girl named Meilan who found the villain, and gave the villain ten taels of silver, and ordered the villain to go to Xie Jiazhuang to ruin the reputation of a woman named Liu Ruolan, and said that if it was done, he would give the villain ten taels of silver, and the villain would not dare to lie, please Mingjian! ”
The master squinted, it seems that Master Liu didn't lie to him, someone really had his eyes on Xie Xiucai's seat in the main room, thinking about driving his genuine lady out of the hall.
Hu San summoned Mei Lan out, and Xie Xiuran, who followed him all the way, was so frightened that his legs were weak.
Fortunately, he was standing outside the hall and raised his hand to hold on to the wall, otherwise it would have been possible to fall directly to the ground.
Hu San summoned Mei Lan out, and he didn't know if Mei Lan would pull out Miss Song in the lobby for a while.
Xie Xiuran's mind was racing fast, but there was no way at all.
Not long after, Mei Lan was escorted to the court by the officials, and not only that, but she was also followed by the butler of the Song family.
"Who is kneeling in the hall?"
Mei Lan's eyes were a little wooden, and she couldn't hear emotions in her voice: "Back to the adult, the villain Mei Lan is the maid of the Song family." ”
"Hu San said that you bought him and wanted to slander Mrs. Liu's reputation, yes or no?"
Mei Lan hesitated for a moment, and when she looked up again, her eyes were already much firmer.
"Back to the eldest master, the villain did have a relationship with Hu San."
"Why do you want to slander Mrs. Liu?"
Mei Lan took a deep breath, knowing that she had reached this point, and Miss's order had to be done, otherwise it would be her family who would die.
"Back to the adult, the villain has some old grudges with Mrs. Liu, and she is unwilling, so she thinks of making someone harm her. The villain pleaded guilty to this matter, but Mrs. Liu may not be a good person. ”
The county master squinted, this girl is not honest!
"Hmph, what do you answer when the official asks, Hugh has to be presumptuous!"
"Yes, villains don't dare to deceive adults, although the matter between Liu Niangzi and Hu San is fake, but she is narrow-minded, jealous, disrespectful to her mother-in-law, and mistreats young girls, how can such a person with bad conduct be compatible with Xie Xiulao?"
In and out of the words, it sounded like he was holding grievances for Xie Xiucai, but every word was nonsense.
"You talk nonsense!"
Xie Laosan couldn't hold back, and said angrily: "Where did you come from, you dare to slander my second sister-in-law like this." Who in our Xie Jiazhuang doesn't know that she has the most gentle personality, and she has always been respectful to my mother, and she hurts her beloved daughter to the bone. How did it come to your mouth, but it became another person's appearance! ”
The county magistrate frowned: "Don't make a noise!" ”
Xie Laosan closed his mouth, but he still couldn't help but glare at Mei Lan again.
Liu Shen didn't panic, after he learned about it last night, he discussed it with his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law overnight, and he already had a countermeasure in his heart.
"My lord, may you allow the student to ask a few words?"
The county magistrate nodded: "Allow!" ”
Liu Shen turned to look at Mei Lan and looked up and down, it can be seen that it is the maid ring of the rich family.
"Dare to ask Miss Meilan which Song family she works in?"
The housekeeper outside secretly shouted that it was not good, but he did not dare to enter the court directly to shout.
"I'm the maid of the Song family in the east of the city."
"Is your master Master Song or Mrs. Song?"
"I'm the maid next to our young lady, what are you asking for?"
Liu Shen smiled: "You just said that my daughter is uncharacterful, so let me ask you, where did you know about it?" Can there be witnesses or physical evidence? If not, you will be charged with slander. ”
Mei Lan chuckled in her heart, even if she took this matter, it would not be a capital crime, but if another crime was added, then the responsibility on her body would be heavier, and she would have to be punished.
"You, I, I've seen it with my own eyes!"
Liu Shen was not disappointed when he heard this, but beckoned to the young man on the side, at this time he was still dressed as a woman, obviously the Liu family had already prepared.
Even though they are bitter masters, if Liu Ruolan goes to court, she is still easy to be criticized.
"Did you hear what she just said? Can you recognize it? ”
The young man shook his head and hung his head silently, as if he was overly sad.
Although Mei Lan went to Xie's house a few times, it happened that Liu Ruolan returned to her parents' house, she naturally didn't know what Liu Ruolan looked like, but she heard that she was beautiful, and when she raised her eyes and saw that this woman was tall and her eyes were watery, she thought it was her.
"Hmph, what if you don't recognize it? Mrs. Liu, you were scolding your mother-in-law outside, I heard it with my own ears, don't think about cheating! ”
The young man's shoulders shook, and he half-turned, but did not speak.
Liu Shen asked again: "Mei Lan, are you sure you saw him disrespectful to his mother-in-law with your own eyes, and heard him insult her mother-in-law with your own ears?" ”
While Liu Shen asked, he pointed to the young man, which was to confirm with her.
Mei Lan gritted her teeth: "Naturally!" And I've seen her more than once, and I can't be wrong, it's her, and I will never admit it. ”
Liu Shen nodded, waved his hand at the upper seat, and said: "My lord, this Mei Lan's confession is not credible, students can point out the three points, and ask the adults to make a clear judgment." ”
"Speak!"
"Yes, first, Mei Lan claims to be the maid of the Song family in the east of the city, and she is the personal maid next to Miss Song, since she is a maid, how could she go to Xiejiazhuang for no reason, and more than once?"
Mei Lan's eyes also began to roll around, why didn't she think of this just now?
"Second, most of the people living in Xie Jiazhuang are from the Xie clan, and just now the nephew of the Xie family also said that the Xie family has a high opinion of the little girl, if the little girl really insults her mother-in-law, it must be in the inner room, so how did this foreign Mei Lan know? But if it's outside, could it be that Meilan is the only one in Xie Jiazhuang who has eyes and ears, and everyone else is blind and deaf? ”
The county magistrate nodded, this is true.
What Mei Lan said is indeed more like nonsense, just to climb Liu Ruolan.
"Thirdly, and most importantly, she keeps saying that she has seen it with her own eyes, and she will never recognize the wrong person."
When Liu Shen said this, he dragged the young man over, and then faced the county master: "But this one is clearly not a little girl." Then she just ruined the reputation of the little girl word by word, which shows the viciousness of her mind! ”
(End of chapter)