Murong Zhao frowned and said, "What's going on?"

"Murong Sa knew that Liu Jian had a life-saving grace in me, so he wanted to coerce me, and after drugging King Qing, he also went to drug Liu Jian, he wanted to achieve Fan Datong's good deeds, and humiliated Liu Jian to his heart's content, and after the matter was completed, he asked Fan Datong to ask the queen to come forward and accept Liu Jian as a concubine, so that he could help Fan Datong, a good brother, to 'teach' Liu Jian to know how good they were!"

Pomegranate wiped her tears angrily and said, "You see, what kind of national law, there is no way to take these noble children at all, they harm people as a matter of course, whether it is one or ten or hundred, they never know what the word 'regret' is! They regard human life and women as playthings, and after committing a crime, throw a few dollars and give up, who is rare with their stinky money, death is already cheap for them!!"

Indeed, a garbage scum like Fan Datong Hong Chenrui Murong Sa doesn't need to be a pity at all if he dies, but not everything can be solved by lynching, Liu Ya sighed helplessly, "Do you know that if you fall into the hands of the queen, if you don't have the 'five horses splitting the corpse', the 'violent corpse wilderness' can be easily revealed?"

"I can slash them in this life and this life, and I will die without regrets!" Pomegranate glanced deeply at Aunt Mi, who was coughing repeatedly, and knelt down towards Liu Ya and said, "One person does things and one person is responsible, I killed all three of them, everything is related to-" She gritted her teeth and choked, "-Aunt Mi has nothing to do, I hope that Liu Jian will not involve Aunt Mi for the sake of my unintentional harm to the innocent!"

"No!" Aunt Mi pushed the pomegranate away with difficulty, protecting the pomegranate behind herself, "Anyway, I won't live long, I bear the sin, I bear it, the pomegranate is still so young, how can it be divided by five horses because of those scum, please, Liu Inspection, Da Shao, I beg you-" She kowtowed vigorously.

Watching their mother and daughter scramble back and forth, Liu Ya sighed: "Okay, Murong Zhao and I want to help you on this trip." ”

Aunt Mi and Pomegranate looked at Murong Zhao and Liu Ya in surprise, and listened to Murong Zhao say, "You have to thank Liu Jian for this matter, it is she who can't bear to see you 'eliminate harm for the people', but she has to end up in a miserable end, so she hides from everyone, quietly solves the case, and helps you 'turn the tide'." ”

Liu Ya stopped Aunt Mi and Pomegranate from kowtowing, "No need to be so polite. ”

"However, I still can't understand how Liu Jian knows that I killed all the people?" Pomegranate asked with tears in her eyes, "What I planned was seamless, even if I didn't consciously leave anything, it can't explain anything, after all, I have often helped to take over these jobs before this, and you haven't even found Fan Datong's corpse!"

"Indeed, even if we see through that the snake was frozen up by someone and then put in Hong Chenrui's quilt, it is not enough to prove that it was you who did it, and the suspicious wine bottle by the lake cannot provide effective evidence in the end, looking at the most suspicious thing about the confession, is the movement of Aunt Mi after you, the traces deliberately left by Aunt Mi make me suspicious, plus the investigation of your life experience, you have the most 'probable' motive for committing the crime. Liu Ya smiled lightly:

"You are also cautious to poison yourself with snakes, making people subconsciously think that you must be afraid of snakes, and it is impossible to poison others with snakes, and it is also this prejudice that made me not notice the depth of your poisoning at first, in fact, it was 'intentional', I think at that time, you should have noticed that I was going in that direction, and then you were there 'waiting' for me to 'save' you, right?"

"So I'm talking about Aunt Mi, who is nervous about you and wants to bear all the sins for you, instead of you who has reserved a lot of excuses and is waiting for others to ask. "The depth of the poisoning is still what she realized from the incident with Elder Murong Ge, is it because she looks easy to 'manipulate', or does she look very convenient? Everyone wants to 'use' her to complete their 'plan'.

Pomegranate smiled bitterly in acknowledgment, "I'm sorry, Liu Inspection." ”

"Okay, hurry up, and go with Murong Zhao to surrender to Governor Fang's mansion. Liu Ya said.

**

Liu Ya held the umbrella, around and around feeling the freshness of the peach blossom source soaked in water, the person who followed her from halfway did not seem to show her face, she turned the umbrella, jumped over the bluestone slab road placed on the grass at will, hummed the tune of the tune that was not a song, walked into a pavilion surrounded by azaleas, put away the umbrella and sat down:

"If you follow me again, I will suspect that you are trying to do me wrong. ”

Hearing this, a clear green-gray figure walked out from behind the pillars of the corridor, and smiled at her through the bluestone slab grass: "Ji is just a little curious about today's Liu Test, and there is no King Ye by his side." ”

"Is Ji Gongzi happy to see it or not?"

Ji Huan said, "Since Liu Jian guessed Ji's intention, then Ji doesn't want to beat around the bush anymore——"

"I can't do anything about it. Liu Ya continued his words and said softly and firmly, "I'm just a small test at best, you think Yuwen Qiuye, who is willing to support me unconditionally, is just a prince who is not favored and has no help from his relatives, even if he is in charge of the six doors, there is still no trace of anyone who regards him as a 'pillar' in the court."

If I interfere in King Jie's affairs and don't talk about him, the prince and brother will not be human inside and out, and I don't want to live in the Liufu Mansion just now, and the bed is not used to sleeping, so I have to be busy every night to clean up the 'snakes, insects, rats and ants'. ”

"King Kejie is indeed innocent, does Liu Jian really bear to be such a virtuous king, and he was falsely accused to death?!"

"I don't deny that many of King Jie's actions have improved the lives of the poor people, but you and I know his purpose very well, everything is just to compete for high positions, so don't use these to stir up my emotions——"

"That's not the case!" Ji Huansheng interrupted anxiously and angrily, "King Jie really wants to make the people good, otherwise, how could Concubine Niangniang's family, as the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, be in short supply of money? In order to solve the urgent need, King Jie did not hesitate to commit the crime of defrauding the monarch and moved the grain depot of the imperial court to appease tens of thousands of victims! I have witnessed him busy for days and nights sleepless for the sake of the disaster!"

"He personally went down to the river, carried sandbags and bricks, he ate what the victims ate, the victims had nothing to eat, and he wouldn't eat, how have you ever seen such a prince who really went to sell his reputation and reputation? !

The still suspicious murder of blood relatives and nobles, coupled with the conclusive evidence of the crime of bullying the king, has made King Jie still trapped in the prison.

Liu Ya hooked his lips and said, "If he is dedicated to goodness, why should he participate in those open and secret battles?"

Ji Huansheng looked at her in amazement, only to see her take out a delicate charcoal pen and a piece of rice paper from her arms, write something to herself, and said: "In this world, there has always been a sacrifice to gain, if he is willing to leave this Vanity Fair with 'sincerity', I believe that even if there are countless people who can't wait for him to die, that person will also look at his past 'hard work' to give a way to live." ”

"Look—" Willow Bud raised the rice paper, "the freshly blooming azalea I drew is pretty, but if you look at it upside down," she laughed, "it will wither." Then the drizzle stopped as if she had had enough of crying, and she briskly put down her paper, plucked a delicate rhododendron, and walked gracefully to another place.

Ji Huansheng watched her figure walking away to the pavilion, staring at the rice paper on the stone table with only a cuckoo painted on it, and suddenly smiled.

**

The afterglow of the setting sun stained the clouds wandering in the sky red, and they were sparkling with lace to turn into a magnificent sunset.

Before Liu Ya returned to the Trade Wind Garden, Lychee hurriedly came to her, panting and said, "Liu Yao, Pomegranate her, she has become a murderer!

Lychee hurriedly walked in the direction of the hunting ground with Liu Ya, and saw from a distance that the pastoral bungalow was full of people, and at a glance, except for Mo Nongxian, who had fallen asleep due to drunkenness, all the guests, including Yuwen Qiuye, and Murong Zhao and Murong Jiang's brothers and sisters, were all present, at this time, King Qing and Fang Zhifu led the yacha carrying Fan Datong's corpse, and came out of the bungalow, and then the pomegranate whose hands were tied behind him with hemp rope.

Seeing her, Yuwen Qiuye smiled, "My bud is here." ”

"Next, I'm going to trouble Liu to test again!" Governor Fang hurriedly said.

Yacha put Fan Datong, who was frozen like a popsicle, on the ground covered with straw mats, and Liu Ya leaned over with gloves to check his eyes, ears, nose and nose that seemed to be in pain, and his ten fingers were covered with injuries, as well as his torso and head, "Fan Shizi's hands and feet have struggled desperately, and there are traces of different degrees of damage, but other than that, there are no other scars, he was frozen to death." ”

Governor Fang sternly pointed at the expressionless pomegranate, "You poisonous woman! You dare to murder the emperor's relatives and relatives! Who instructed you!"

"Scum like them!Why should anyone instruct me!I'm just doing harm for the people!" Pomegranate sneered coldly and glared at the prefect of Fang and said, "If they don't die, sooner or later they will kill your daughter!"

"You-" How could Governor Fang not know about Fan Datong's inferior nature, he suffocated coldly, and said with a change of breath, "How did you plot to kill them?

Pomegranate looked at King Qing with disdain, "King Qing lost face in Murong's house, thanks to Murong Sa, a beast, it was he who used my young lady to blackmail me, who happened to help replace the guest room quilt, and prepared such a scene for you, originally he wanted to plot Murong Tian, trying to become Princess Qing, but if he got his wish, my young lady's life in the mansion would definitely be even more difficult!"

"So, I secretly pulled Murong Fu out, anyway, she is just a concubine, and it is easy to pass the time when she sleeps!" she sneered, "From beginning to end, Murong Sa sent him to the door by himself without knowing whether he was alive or dead, doesn't he like to spoil the little girl the most? I asked him to go to Qixing Lake in the name of Hong Chenrui to play with the new maid, and put liquor and mucus made from crushed mountain snails on the edge of the lake, and when he was drunk, he seduced him on the other side of the lake, causing him to fall into the water and drown!"

Hatred flowed on her face, "As for Hong Chenrui, it couldn't be simpler, I took advantage of the quilt to change the quilt and put the frozen poisonous snake on the inside of the quilt, so that he fell asleep and was bitten to death by the poisonous snake!

"It just suited my wishes, I trapped him here, threw his jade pendant into the lake, and pretended that he killed Murong Sa and Hong Chenrui, I don't know whether to say that Liu Datong is smart, or Liu Jian doesn't put Fan Datong in his eyes at all, and he never suspects Fan Datong of plotting against him, and he is still looking for the real murderer, when I am injured, I don't forget to test me!"

"I finally waited for such a good opportunity to kill the three of them in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect to meet such a powerful woman as Liu Jian, rather than worrying that she would expose and worry about sleeping and eating, it would be better for me to admit it myself, anyway, I don't regret killing them!" Pomegranate looked at Liu Ya sadly, and suddenly laughed out loud in despair and sadness.

"Not good!" Willow Bud, screaming at Pomegranate, "She's going to kill herself—"

When everyone reacted, they saw that Pomegranate's face was black, and she fell to the ground with bloody convulsions, and her round apricot eyes looked straight in their direction, and Liu Ya, who was squatting beside her to probe her pulse and wanted to turn the tide, shook her head helplessly and said: "The poison should have been taken before she turned herself in, and it has entered the internal organs." ”

It took a long time for Governor Fang to come back to his senses, and looked at King Qing, whose face was thousands of times darker than the bottom of the pot, "This, King Qing, look-"

King Qing stared at the pomegranate with a fierce expression that he almost wanted to whip the corpse, but he hated and wanted to whip even more, it was Murong Sa who planned the beginning of all this, whether it was Murong Fu or Murong Tian, it was no difference to him, it was not what he wanted, his cold gaze moved to Liu Ya, who stood up slowly, and heard her sigh and say:

"According to the information provided by King Qing before, I sent someone out to investigate carefully, and learned that the maid of the troupe was Pomegranate's sister, so I tried her intentionally or unintentionally, but I didn't expect to startle the snake and make her commit suicide in fear of crime, I will mark this fault when writing the case record——"

"No, I don't. King Qing interrupted gloomily, "Verbal temptation is a normal means of investigating the case, and she is only to blame for committing suicide in fear of crime, and the responsibility is not in the Liu test, now that the case has been solved, everything will be handled according to the rules of the prefect's yamen." After finishing his words, he brushed his sleeves away.

The trembling Governor Fang hurriedly responded, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and looked at Liu Ya and said, "The written record has been inspected by Lao Liu." ”

"I still need to go into the ice cellar to see the traces of the environment, and when all the records are sorted out, I can give them to Lord Fang. Liu Ya said.

"Good. The prefect motioned to the yacha to lead Liu Ya into the bungalow.

**

The light rain that finally stopped, and a hazy thin net was cast for the night sky, Liu Ya was eating slowly and methodically, while writing a record of the case, while Yuwen Qiuye watched her eat and write a record, while picking up vegetables for her, seeing that she finished sorting out the file in a compact manner, and said, "Where did Ya'er go today?"

"Walk around. ”

Yuwen Qiuye swept the azalea in a small vase on the low table of the couch next to the bed, "Why don't you let me accompany you?"

"Didn't the master of the door 'help' King Qing with Hu Shizi to go to the back mountain to find Fan Shizi?"

"That's why you deliberately asked Hu Shizi to 'transfer' me. He listened to the rambling for most of the day.

"Why did I deliberately transfer you?" Liu Ya said innocently.

"Yes. Yuwen Qiuye pinched her chin with a smile, held it to her domineeringly, looked at the calm in her eyes and said, "What bad thing did Ya'er do to hide from me?" he leaned down and licked the rice from her lips into his mouth.

Liu Ya pushed him away in disgust, "If you do bad things, how can you say it anywhere." ”

"Did Ya'er really do something bad?"

"I won't tell you. As soon as Liu Ya's words fell, a guard outside the door hurriedly shouted:

"King Ye, Liu Inspection! The firewood room where the pomegranate corpse is in the water has gone away! The fire is extremely strong, it seems to be man-made!!"

Everyone who heard the news put down their meals and rushed over, but when the fire was extinguished by the guards and servants, the firewood room was already in ruins, and the yacha finally pulled out a charred corpse from the wet ruins, and the face of the prefect Fang was even darker than the charred corpse, pointing to the yacha in charge of guarding and saying: "How did you guard?!

"The little one didn't know, and after eating the food brought by the maid, it was as if he didn't know anything. Yacha explained in distress.

Another yacha suddenly said, "Before the little one fainted, he seemed to hear a girl's voice screaming viciously, to avenge his brother!"

"Speaking of which, when the slave maid was passing by the small courtyard nearby, she saw the third lady carrying a jar of things!" exclaimed a maid.

Murong Zhao instructed the guard, "Please come to the third young lady." ”

Everyone knew that in the case of light rain, if the fire did not pour oil, the fire would definitely not be able to spread so quickly, and Murong Tian did have the motive to 'commit the crime', after the escort took the order and left, Murong Zhao bowed his hand to the prefect Fang and said: "Lord Fang, if it is confirmed that it was my sister's doing, please spare her for the sake of her overstimulation without her father and brother in just a few days." ”

Even the hard-nosed Murong family was tired in the face of all kinds of changes in the family, and the anger of the Fang Governor's Mansion was cooled down, and he sighed helplessly, "This official understands the difficulties of the Murong family, and he deeply regrets it, but this crime of insulting the corpse is less serious, and ten boards are indispensable, please——"

"That's it. King Qing coldly interrupted Governor Fang's embarrassment, "People are dead, what difference does it make if they are anxious or not?" Although Murong Sa calculated him and did not have the slightest good impression of Murong Tian, Murong Zhao, he was still willing to sell favors, and looked at Liu Ya again, "Please make a record of the case as soon as possible, this king will take Fan Shizi back to Beijing tonight." ”

"The case record has already been written, and I was going to give it to Master Fang after dinner. Liu Ya took out a stack of rice paper from her arms and said.

Governor Fang hurriedly took it over, looked at it several times, and said, "The words are clear, the order is clear, and there is really a Lao Liu test!"

"This is what my family Ya'er wrote while eating, when Lord Fang submits it for review, don't forget the credit of my family's Ya'er. Yuwen Qiuye smiled proudly.

"Of course!" Governor Fang had never encountered someone who said so plainly, and took the case record.

At this time, the guards escorted Murong Tian with a large number of maids and maids, she didn't seem to have herself who was about to be tried, she was dressed exquisitely and gorgeously, her waist was straight, and before the prefect could speak, she looked at the burned firewood house with disdain, and smiled coldly, "Everyone has food that is not delicious, what are you doing here?" I just burned my own firewood house, it's not worth your onlookers, right?"

"In the future, when a pavilion or pavilion is built in this place, it will not be too late to come back and see it. ”

It was really a good preemptive move, and Governor Fang's face was crooked, "Doesn't the third lady know that there are important prisoners in the firewood room?"

Murong Tian said with a smile, "If I knew, how could I still set fire to this unsightly firewood room, Lord Fang didn't think I deliberately set it on fire, right? I heard that the cheap maid who killed my brother had already committed suicide by taking poison, if I wanted to take revenge, I should whip the corpse, wouldn't it be too cheap for her to burn it, and even if she committed suicide, she would still have to be punished by dividing the corpse of five horses, I will wait and see!"

Governor Fang was almost persuaded by this seemingly reasonable remark, and he wanted to speak dissatisfied, so he heard King Qing snort impatiently, "This king reads that there are many changes in the Murong family today, and you may have emotional instability, and accept your words, but if Miss Murong San is so reckless in the future, he will not blame this king for being unkind!" After speaking, he left coldly.

Murong Tian stared hatefully at the charred corpse of the pomegranate that was carried away by the prefect Fang's instructions, it was this cheap maid who caused her to have nothing, fortunately, she heard an ancient legend in the Western Regions, as long as the face of the deceased is covered and then burned, so that the three souls and seven spirits cannot recognize the master, and when they are reincarnated, they will be reduced to the way of animals, and she wants the pomegranate, the cheap maid, to make cows, horses, pigs, and dogs for her mother and her brother in the next life!

**

Finally, the dust has settled.

Liu Ya relaxed next to the edge of the pool, immersed her whole body in the sulfur pool, enjoying a rare moment of peace for several days, without having to keep thinking about her brain, and without bothering to think about her surroundings, when she was struggling to be sleepy, Murong Jiang came.

She soaked beside Liu Ya in her wide clothes, "Although I have said this sentence many times, but before parting, I still have to say it again, thank you Liu Inspection, in many senses, it was you who persuaded Pomegranate to turn himself in, and after confessing, he committed suicide, which is better than being sent to Beijing for trial, so as to avoid the torture of those 'jackals, tigers and leopards'." ”

"If the law is not settled, the victim will become the next perpetrator, and the cycle will continue. Liu Ya looked up at the curling smoke, "When the victim becomes the perpetrator, is the mercy derived from it another kind of cover-up?"

"Liu examines this little cover-up, how can it be able to resist the crimes they have committed and covered up in the past, rarely out of the valley like me, and I have not heard of the tyranny of these nobles, the people who have been mutilated by them, ten fingers and dozens of times can not be counted, and it is the most hateful accomplice in the world who has repeatedly shielded them. ”

Liu Ya smiled, "Just call me Liu Ya." ”

"Then you can call me Jiang'er too. ”

**

Liu Ya and Murong Jiang came out of the sulfur spring after soaking, and a little maid hurriedly came and reported to Murong Jiang: "Miss, fifth miss, she and Aunt Qiu knelt and cried and threatened death, and followed King Qing away!"

Murong Jiang said disappointedly, "Does my brother know?"

"Someone has been sent to inform Da Shao. ”