Mrs. Hongling woke up in the afternoon, the maid Xiaohe served Hongling with medicine, Jian Xuan, Cangze, Congxi, Lan Chu, Qu Zaichen, Yun Xian, Congran, Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Wu, Wu Yong, Bibo all came to Hongling's room, Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Wu, and Yun Xian sat at the table, and everyone else was standing, Hongling lay on the bed, glanced at everyone, lowered her head slightly, and was a little timid, as if she had done something wrong, not like a victim who was murdered and urgently begged the government to chase the murderer, Everyone knew at a glance that there must be some mystery.

Jian Xuan stared at Hongling's face and said, "Mrs. Hongling, what happened last night, the murderer stabbed you in the chest, can you see the murderer's face?" ”

Mrs. Hongling hesitated and didn't speak, but Mrs. Wu was anxious: "Hongling, you speak, what's going on, is it the same person who wants to kill your murderer and poison Wu Jiang, who is he, tell me quickly?" ”

Hongling continued to hesitate, as if weighing her options.

Jian Xuan said again: "Mrs. Hongling, the murderer can kill you once, he can kill you a second or third time, I can send someone to protect you now, but there are many affairs in the government, and the government can't protect you forever, when the government arrests you and leaves, the murderer has not yet been arrested, how long can Mrs. live?" People whose hearts grow on the right chest, there are few people in the world, Mrs. is lucky, she escaped, but the next time the murderer stabs Mrs. in the right chest with a sword or sprinkles some arsenic in Mrs. tea, can Mrs. be as lucky as this time? ”

Hongling raised her head and hesitated for a moment: "Okay, I said, I didn't see the murderer yesterday, I only remember that I fell asleep, and I woke up just now, or Xiaohe told me what happened in the morning, I don't know when the dagger was inserted in my chest, but I know who the murderer is, and she killed Wu Jiang." ”

Mrs. Wu felt that her chest was about to suffocate, and her body was completely lost, so she didn't faint because she was sitting on a stool and her body was close to the edge of the table.

Everyone stared at Hongling with bated breath, and Old Madam Wu stood up in shock, stared at Hongling and said, "Who, tell me quickly, who killed Wu Jiang?" ”

Hongling stretched out her hand and pointed: "It's her." ”

Everyone turned their heads along Hongling's fingers, and the person Hongling was pointing to turned out to be Congxi, everyone was surprised, staring at Congxi, Congxi's face was also extremely surprised, staring at Hongling, twisting his eyebrows and thinking, as if he was guessing Hongling's intentions to wronged him.

Old Madam Wu immediately pounced on Congxi and said: "Sure enough, it was you, a slut, who killed Wu Jiang, even if Wu Jiang should die, it will not be your turn to kill him, and you will return my son's life." ”

As soon as Mrs. Wu approached, Lan Chu grabbed Mrs. Wu's arm and threw Mrs. Wu two steps away, Mrs. Wu glared at Lan Chu and said, "What are you doing, she is a murderer?" ”

Lan Chu said calmly: "If Wu Jiang is really killed, it means that he deserves to die." ”

Old Madam Wu was very angry: "You.. You.."

Hongling saw that Old Madam Wu blamed Congxi, and was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said: "It's not Wu Jiang who killed Cong Girl, I mean Hongluan, she just happened to be standing next to Cong Girl, Mother, you misunderstood." ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at Hongling again, and Old Madam Wu was stunned for a moment and said, "Who is Hongluan, standing beside Congxi, she?" Old Madam Wu glanced at Lan Chudao.

Hongling shook her head and said: "It's not Lan Chu girl, it's Bibo, her real name is Hongluan, and later changed her name to Bibo." ”

When everyone heard this, they were surprised, turned their heads to look at Bibo, and even more puzzled why Bibo wanted to kill Wu Jiang, and what grievances could she have with Wu Jiang? Mrs. Wu felt even more incredible, Hongling knew that I killed Wu Jiang, and she must have guessed that I also stabbed her in the chest, but why didn't she testify against me, but instead wanted to slander Bibo, could it be that Hongling concealed it for me, and wanted to continue to threaten me with money, let's see what she does first, and then make plans for other things, right?

Old Madam Wu glanced at Bibo, and then turned her head to look at Hongling: "You are not mistaken, Wu Jiang and this Bibo girl don't know each other, why did Bibo girl kill Wu Jiang?" ”

Hongling hesitated and said: "They met, they knew each other three years ago, Wu Jiang threatened Hongluan the night before, oh, threatened Bibo, let Bibo take Bibo Chi to marry Wu Jiang as a concubine, Bibo was unwilling, it must have been Bibo who had murderous intentions and poisoned Wu Jiang." ”

Old Madam Wu: "What, Wu Jiang asked Miss Bibo to marry him as a concubine?" The night before, the night he confessed to me that he had bullied a woman from a good family? He also said that he knew that he was wrong, this son of evil, what did Wu Jiang use to threaten Bibo, and why did Bibo kill you? ”

Hongling hesitated.

Standing beside Congxi, Bi Bo, who had a calm face and a calm expression, slowly spoke: "Let's talk about it, Hongling is right, I did kill Wu Jiang and Hongling." As for the cause and effect, we have to start from the beginning, Bibo's real name is Hongluan.." Bibo suddenly stopped, smiled bitterly and continued: "Actually, it's not my real name, the name given by my parents has long been forgotten, Hongluan is the name I was sold to Yuzhou Qinglou, my mother in the building gave me the name, I was sold to the Qinglou at the age of three, and was forced by my mother to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing, dancing and singing and other skills to please the guests, at the age of fourteen, my mother forced me to pick up guests, I did not agree to run away several times, were caught by my mother, beaten half to death, and then helpless as my mother's wish, I ushered in every day, countless benefactors, Wujiang is one of my benefactors, Three years ago, Wu Jiang went to Yuzhou to talk about business, met me in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, after a night of joy, he said to help me redeem myself, I saw that Wu Jiang's heart was not right, strongly opposed, unwilling to marry Wu Jiang, Wu Jiang paid a high price to seduce his mother, forced his mother to agree, I found another familiar benefactor to help, that benefactor has some power in Yuzhou, Wu Jiang did not dare to provoke the powerful, so he died to me, but he turned his head and fell in love with Hongling, helped Hongling redeem himself, and married Hongling as a concubine. ”

Old Madam Wu looked at Hongling and interjected: "You are also a Qinglou woman, didn't you say that your father was a merchant who made porcelain, you moved your family, and were robbed of property by robbers on the road, and your family was all killed by bandits, Wu Jiang saw that you were lonely and helpless, so he married you as a concubine?" ”

Hongling: "That's Wu Jiang lied to you, mother, you still don't understand, what kind of person Wu Jiang is?" ”

Old Madam Wu was speechless and sighed helplessly.

Bibo continued: "Later, I used the money I had accumulated a few years ago to try to entrust someone to redeem myself, Qinglou for many years, I have seen countless men, and there are few people who can really rely on me, and my identity, a reliable man will not marry me, so I am thinking about finding a living by myself and living a dull life, this life is enough."

I walked around with the rest of the money for more than half a year, came to Jinzhou, after several twists and turns, pawned this piece of water land, and ran this Bibo Pool, I thought everything could start again, but I didn't expect to meet Wu Jiang again, the moment Wu Jiang walked into Bibo Pool, I knew that he would definitely find me trouble, at the peach blossom banquet, from the girl to expose Wu Jiang's evil deeds, I thought he had a bad reputation, should be reined in, I didn't think that he came to me that night, said something disgusting, threatened me that if I don't marry him as a concubine, He spread the word that I was a woman in the Qinglou, so that everyone knew that the owner of Bibochi was a lowly prostitute, and he would also find someone to paint a color painting for me, a naked color painting, and clearly depict the birthmark characteristics on my body, brush and print many copies, and sprinkle them all over Jinzhou, so that I will never see anyone in the future. Wu Jiang even said that he couldn't stay in Jinzhou anyway, and after I married him, he stayed and ran Bibo Pond with me to be a fairy couple. ”

Bibo sighed and said: "Even if I am a prostitute, I feel disgusted when I see him, I can't marry him, but if I don't marry him, if he does what he says, I will become the joke of the entire Jinzhou, even if Bibo Pool can still be operated, I'm afraid it can only be used as a green building, Bibo Pool is my hard work for several years, I don't want to give up." And.. Even if Bibo can't match, I don't want Lord Jian to know Bibo's past, I only want Lord Jian to know only the Bibo of Bibo Pool, but it's a pity..."

Jian Xuan didn't speak, turned his eyes away, and didn't look at Bibo.

Bi Bo sighed deeply and continued: "Wu Jiang has forced me to a dead end, if he doesn't die, how can I live?" Therefore, in order to protect himself, Bi fluctuated and killed. ”

Old Madam Wu wanted to speak and stopped for a moment and said, "You can tell me about this, I can stop Wu Jiang, and you don't have to kill him?" ”

Bi Bo smiled disdainfully: "Old Madam Wu, how many things did Wu Jiang do behind your back, did he give you a chance to stop it?" If I tell you, won't he do anything else behind your back and threaten me? If you stop him, he will be angry and cut first and then play, ruin my reputation in Jinzhou, and ruin my Bibo Pool, can Mrs. Wu help me kill him? ”

Mrs. Wu was speechless, she couldn't hold her breath of revenge for her son, and she couldn't support her on the table, and Mrs. Qu next to her was busy supporting her.

Jian Xuan said calmly: "Why did you kill Mrs. Hongling? ”

Bibo: "The night when Wu Jiang came to my room to look for me, Hongling saw it, after Wu Jiang died, Hongling came to me, saying that she knew that Wu Jiang was killed by me, and asked me to give her 20,000 taels of silver, and she would help me keep it secret, otherwise she would tell you everything she knew, my silver was invested in Bibo Pool, and the return was less than 20,000 taels, I couldn't take out the silver, I could only kill people, but unfortunately people are not as good as the sky." ”

Jian Xuan: "Although you are helpless, but you killed someone after all, Bibo girl, I can only arrest you according to the law." ”

Bi Bo said calmly: "I know. ”

Jian Xuan looked at Cang Ze and said: "Let's take Miss Bibo down first, Miss Hongling is the witness of this case, after two days, Miss Hongling's injuries will be better, and we will go back to Jinzhou together." ”

Cang Ze nodded and led Bibo down.

Everyone sighed and was uneasy, but Mrs. Wu felt unbelievable and surprised, she felt like she was in a dream, what was going on, it was obvious that she killed Wu Jiang, and the person threatened by Hongling was also herself, why did Bibo admit that she killed Wu Jiang and murdered Hongling? Is it a dream at the moment, or is it a dream to kill people before? Pinch yourself hard, it hurts, it shouldn't be a dream now, could it be that you have been dreaming all the time before, and you didn't kill Wu Jiang? Not threatened by Hongling? Didn't you stab Hongling in the chest? But the previous dream is too real, if you have been dreaming now, how can you just dream that Wu Jiang was killed and Hongling was stabbed, and it is too coincidental now? Or is it that I am in a dream now, and I am in a dream, is it that I have been asleep, and everything I am experiencing now is also a dream? What the hell is going on?

In the middle of the night, Mrs. Wu tossed and turned for half a night, just a little sleepy, suddenly heard a soft knock on the door, Mrs. Wu carefully walked to the door and asked timidly, "Who?" ”

"It's me, sister, our business is not over, my sister must have a lot of doubts, I will answer my sister's questions, sister open the door quickly, it will be bad for people to see me." It's Hongling's voice.

Mrs. Wu: "I don't want to know anything, it's okay between us." ”

Hongling: "Sister, I still have that stool, I'm still alive, I can still convict you of murder, do you want to let me stand outside and talk all the time?" ”

Mrs. Wu hesitated for a moment to open the door, Hongling walked into the house with a hat, walked to the table and sat down, Mrs. Wu closed the door and returned to the table to do it, Hongling did not take off the hat, looked at Mrs. Wu through the curtain and said, "Sister has been thinking about it for a long time, can you figure out the reason?" ”

Mrs. Wu: "To understand it, you didn't confess to me, you want to continue to threaten me and ask for money, right?" ”

Hongling smiled: "Sister is so smart, what my sister didn't understand is Hongluan, oh no, it's Bibo even if he kills him, but you obviously killed it, it was you who poisoned Wu Jiang, and it was you who stabbed me with a dagger, but why would Bibo admit that she killed the person, right?" ”

Mrs. Wu stared at Hongling in surprise and asked, "Why?" ”

Hongling: "Because she did kill people, after you left Wu Jiang's room, she also sneaked into Wu Jiang's room and sprinkled arsenic on the pineapple again, so she thought Wu Jiang was poisoned by her alone." And me, you stabbed me yesterday, but I didn't react at all, don't you think it's strange? That's because I was in a coma, and Bibo covered my mouth and nose with a cotton pillow to kill me and make me unconscious, but she was a little panicked at that time, and when she saw me in a coma, she thought I was dead, so she left in a hurry. Later, my sister came into my room and stabbed me again in order to kill me, right? I woke up when you left, and I saw you walk to the door and come back, blow out the candle on the table, and then leave. Bibo probably thought that she really wanted to suffocate me, so she admitted that she wanted to kill me too, and it didn't matter who made up the knife, I didn't die anyway. Sister, do you understand? ”

Mrs. Wu didn't answer and asked, "You are really fateful, why did you denounce her and hide it for me?" ”

Hongling: "I understand Bibo's temperament, since she has decided not to give me the money, the jade will not be threatened by me again." But I think my sister spares her life, after all, you still have a son, doesn't my sister want to watch Wu Yong become her own son and start a family? Moreover, you don't want Wu Yong to know that you killed his father, right? ”

Mrs. Wu hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't take out 50,000 taels of silver." ”

Hongling: "I also understand the matter of passing through the blue waves during the day, I don't leave a way to live, that is, I don't leave a way to live for myself, this catastrophe is thanks to God's kindness, I also want to accumulate some virtue for myself, so I don't need 50,000 taels, just 10,000 taels, this sister will definitely take it." ”

Mrs. Wu gritted her teeth: "Do things that threaten and blackmail yourself?" ”

Hongling: "Sister, you have a son to rely on, who will care about me in a hundred years?" Hongluan is right, most men are unreliable, I want to use the silver to find a way to live for myself, and only when I have a life can I accumulate virtue. ”

Mrs. Wu: "Or write the note first?" ”

Hongling: "Sister is really smart, this time not only write clearly about your killing of Wu Jiang, but also write about the process of you killing me." ”

Mrs. Wu stared at the Hongling hat and thought for nothing.

Hongling said: "Sister, I'm not so stupid this time, I also wrote a letter before I came, if my sister kills me again, the letter and the stool will be delivered to Lord Jian tomorrow morning, whether this ten thousand taels of silver is enough to buy my sister's life, my sister chooses by herself." ”

Hongling stood up with her left chest covered and said, "I've only been sitting for a while, my chest is starting to hurt, I'll go back and lie down, and my sister will write a note and send it to me." ”