The farce outside soon reached the ears of the ladies who were sitting in the side hall waiting for the opening of the hall.

Everyone looked at each other, and the water of the Song family was muddier than they imagined.

As soon as Lord Zhu came out, he was blocked by the Xu couple.

"My lord......" Xu Changwei was interrupted by Lord Zhu's wave of his hand as soon as he spoke.

"Brother Changweixian, I really can't help this matter, and you have seen the surging public opinion."

"My lord, I know that this matter is difficult, and I just hope that my lord can delay it for a few days."

Xu Yao cried: "My lord, my sister was wronged. ”

Lord Zhu frowned, the evidence is conclusive, and he still said that he was wronged?

Xu Changwei saw that Lord Zhu's face was not worried, gave Yao Shi a look, and motioned her to stop talking.

He said in a low voice: "My lord, we don't know the specific situation very well, but please look at Lord Song's face, forgive me for a few days, and don't make a decision in court." ”

"Don't worry, you can drag me as long as possible." Lord Zhu is also simply, this request is not too much, as long as it is not a death certificate, there is a way to slow it down.

Seeing Lord Zhu leave, Xu Yao complained: "How can you talk like that, don't you think my sister is guilty?" ”

Xu Changwei had a calm face: "Don't you know what kind of virtue Sister Ling has?" Didn't you know that she was going to regret her marriage at the beginning? didn't just focus on the rich dowry of the Jiang family, the wealth was moving, and she wanted to kill Jiang Niangzi, I wasn't surprised at all. ”

"If it weren't for the same qi, I would be guilty of begging Lord Zhu in such a low voice? I can't control this matter, it's the limit to let Lord Zhu delay for a few days, or wait for Song Qian to come back and solve it by himself, although Song Qian doesn't look down on your sister, but for the sake of his own official reputation, he will do his best. Otherwise, if a family is not strictly governed, his road to promotion will be broken. ”

"Don't say I didn't warn you, once you find out that something can't be violated, you have to withdraw in time, don't get too deep."

"Also, you take good care of Ayin, although she was not born by you, she also called you your mother for more than ten years, don't let her be confused again, lose her own face is small, don't affect the Xu family."

was counted down by her husband, Xu Yao's was bitter, and she didn't dare to refute, so she could only cry silently.

Everyone waited for most of the hour, and the prefect finally went to the court to ask about the case.

Song Yao couldn't stand anymore, so Master Zhu asked someone to move a chair and let her sit and listen to the trial.

After all, before she was convicted, she was still an official's wife, and there was no reason to kneel to hear the trial.

There was a "pop" sound.

The court was silent.

Lord Zhu read the complaint of Lu Fugui's father and son.

"Lu Fugui."

"The grass people are here."

"Cui died on the evening of September 19, why did you come to the Yamen to complain today? Is there anyone who has instructed it? ”

Master Zhu glanced at Master Li, who was sitting on the side, and Manager Qian, who was standing on the side.

After so many days, he came to report the case, and in one morning, the autopsy, the arrest of Dr. Wu, the interrogation, and finally locked Song Yao's family, all in one go, breaking the fastest case handling in the history of Jiangcheng Mansion. And from the head catcher, the manager to the general judgment, the concealment was not leaked, until Song Yao was arrested, and he, the prefect, did not know what happened.

Master Zhu felt that there were two hands behind this that were planning, promoting, and dominating all this.

Who will these hands belong to?

Song Qian's political enemies? Song Qianwai has served for many years, where did Jiangcheng get his political enemies?

The enemy of the Song Mansion? This is not very clear, I learned from the mouth of the lady that Song Yao's reputation in Jiangcheng is not very good, and he slammed the door.

Or is it ...... The Jiang family?

The lady of the Jiang family married Jiang Cheng from Ningchuan, saying that she was alone, but as far as he knew, the Jiang family sent someone to help take care of the dowry. After all, the dowry is too lucrative, and there are many industries involved.

"Back to my lord, no one has ever instructed me, the more the grass people think about it, the more angry they become, my lady entered the Yao Mansion at the age of twelve, and she served by Mrs. Song's side, and she has been doing her best to be loyal, because the rebel son is good at gambling and owes a lot of debts, my lady has no choice but to accept Aunt Zheng's benefits, but my lady has never really betrayed Mrs. Song and done things that are unfavorable to Mrs. Song."

"And Mrs. Song ruthlessly killed my lady just because my lady accepted some benefits from Aunt Zheng, this breath the grass people can't swallow, and the grass people are upset for my lady."

Lu Fugui burst into tears, it was sad to hear it, and it was sad for those who listened to it.

Master Zhu sorted out his thoughts and said: "Lu Fugui, you must know that the Cui family is a slave, according to the law of Daqi, the slave is the private property of the owner's family, and the master's family can be disposed of at will. ”

"My lord, five years ago, Mrs. Song had returned the deed of my lady, and my lady was no longer a slave."

Lu Fugui took out a deed of interpretation and presented it with both hands.

Xing Zhutou forwarded the deed of release to Lord Zhu.

Lord Zhu sighed secretly, with this deed, it would not work to exonerate the Song Yao family on the grounds that the main family could dispose of private property at will.

So Lord Zhu asked Song Yao: "Mrs. Song, what Lu Fugui said, can you admit it?" ”

Song Yao said: "I don't admit it, Cui's poisoning death is true, but this poison was taken by herself, she felt ashamed of me, committed suicide, and there were Zhong Steward and Mama Liu to testify." ”

Lu Fugui said angrily: "It sounds good, she committed suicide, my lady was imprisoned by you in the firewood room, where did she get arsenic?" It's not like you sent arsenic to her and forced her to die. ”

"Papapa......" Lord Zhu knocked on the startled wood repeatedly.

"Lu Fugui, there is a lot of noise in the court."

Lu Fugui studied.

"Steward Chuan Zhong and Mama Liu."

Steward Zhong and Mama Liu were summoned to the hall.

The two had already confessed, claiming that Mrs. Cui was just testing Mama Cui, and did not want Mama Cui's life, who knew that Mama Cui was stubborn, and drank arsenic with her, to prove herself with death, although she accepted Aunt Zheng's money, she did not really betray Madame. Mrs. also regretted it, so she gave the Lu family father and son fifty taels of silver, so that they could bury Grandma Cui alive.

Lord Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and if he said this, Mrs. Song's crime of killing Cui's family would not be established.

Who knows, someone in the hall shouted: "My lord, the slave can testify that Cui Mama was killed by them." ”

Lord Zhu's brain twitched, and he said in his heart: Where did a nosy person come out.

I saw a woman walking out of the crowd with her head held high.

"Pass her to church." Lord Zhu didn't have a good airway.

With so many people watching, it was difficult for him to ignore it, put aside the past, and hit it directly.

The mother-in-law strode up to the hall and knelt on the ground.

"Who are you?"

"Lord Hui, the grass people are the stewards of the Song Mansion, Mama Wang."

"You said that you can prove that Cui was killed, you have to think about it, if you commit perjury, you will be punished."

"My lord, everything the grass people say is the truth, and there is no half-truth."

Mama Wang's eyes were blazing, and her confident appearance made Song Yao's and the perjury Zhong Steward and Mama Liu all tremble.

"Come, how do you testify?"

"Back to my lord, on the night of the 19th, the slave maid wanted to go to the firewood room to see if Mama Cui was okay, the slave and maid were not less taken care of by Mama Cui on weekdays, but as a result, the slave and maid walked halfway and saw that Mrs. Zhong and Mama Liu went to the firewood room where Mama Cui was held, and the slave and maid were curious and followed behind."

The slave saw from the crack in the door that the steward Zhong was holding Cui Mama, and Liu Mama buckled Cui Mama's chin and poured soup into Cui Mama's mouth, and soon saw Cui Mama falling to the ground and convulsing, foaming at the mouth. The slave was frightened and quickly ran away, and it didn't take long to hear that Mama Cui was dead. ”

There was an uproar in the hall.

It's really murderous.

(End of chapter)