Zhang Li's purpose in coming here was naturally for Zhang Baizhao's life, but she didn't want Ding Yu and others to kill his husband, on the contrary, she begged Ding Yu and the others to bring Zhang Baizhao back to the yamen alive. is only because she is convinced that Zhang Baizhao's death was definitely not Zhang Baizhao's doing, and once Zhang Baizhao comes back alive, she will be able to rehabilitate him.

Listening to her intentions, Wu Daoming said: "Second Mrs. Zhang, please rest assured, we will be ordered to bring Zhang Baizhao back, as long as he does not resist, we will naturally not disregard people's lives." ”

However, Zhang Li was obviously not satisfied with this high-sounding statement, and she wept and said: "The three adults are generous, the reason why the concubine firmly believes that the husband is not the murderer is not only because we belong to husband and wife, but also because the concubine knows that my husband and wife will never be the one who killed the uncle. ”

Wu Shuang asked, "Why are you so sure?"

Zhang Li said: "The long room of the uncle's family has always been close to the second room of our family, and as long as the uncle and my husband are at home, the two rooms will have dinner together. But on the night of my uncle's death, he called my husband and said that he had something to discuss, and let the two families have their own meals, and then the two of them went into the small hall alone, and after letting the food be served, he dismissed the servants and closed the hall door.

"And shortly after dinner, my husband came back and told me that he was going to go on a long trip, and he did not say the location, but said that he would be back in about ten days. After that, he spent nearly an hour packing his luggage and belongings, and set off with the Xiong brothers. ”

When the lights went out that night, the sister-in-law of the long room saw that the uncle had not returned to the room, so she sent the maid to look for him in the small hall, but found that the uncle had been poisoned and died. ”

"According to Zhang San, the subordinate of the long house, my husband came out of the small hall early, and specially instructed him, saying that the uncle was drunk and wanted to take a nap, so that the subordinates should not go in and disturb. The people in the long room speculated that my husband quietly poisoned the uncle by taking the opportunity of the meal, and then broke up with the subordinates in order to buy time for himself to escape. ”

"But I distinctly remember that my husband not only looked as usual when he came back after dinner, but also packed his belongings in an orderly manner, and set off after more than an hour. If he really poisoned his uncle, how could it take him so long to escape? Isn't he worried that someone will enter the small hall and find the body in the meantime?"

In all fairness, what Zhang Li said is indeed contrary to common sense, but it is not ironclad evidence, at least what she said cannot be confirmed for the time being. However, perhaps it was her pitiful and touching face, or perhaps her convinced and desperate eyes, that made the two brothers and sisters who were still unconscionable were moved after all.

Wu Shuang asked: "According to what you said, the relationship between your family and the long room has always been close, so why do the people in the long room want to ......?"

She wanted to say, "Why did Changfang want us to kill Zhang Bozhao", but when the words came to her lips, she finally reacted, so she changed her words: "Why do the people in Changfang insist that Zhang Million was killed by Zhang Baizhao?"

Zhang Li gritted his teeth and said: "Originally, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but since the long house is ruthless, I don't need to have many scruples." The reason why Changfang wants to plant the crime of killing the uncle on Bai Zhao's head is nothing more than to seek to seize the family business of a million-dollar commercial bank. ”

Wu Shuangqi said: "Wasn't the Million Dollar Commercial Bank originally founded by Zhang Million? Although Zhang Million is dead, but he has a successor, the family business should naturally be inherited by the long house, so how can he say that he wants to seize it?"

Zhang Li sighed and said, "The three adults don't know that my so-called family ugliness is exactly this thing. Although Uncle Changfang has a son, his son Zhang Deyan is stubborn and dissolute. On weekdays, he doesn't do his job, he specializes in drinking and gambling with a group of gangs, and he learned to linger in the Washe Qinglou at a young age, and the uncle admonished him many times, but he just didn't change. Some time ago, I had an affair with an aunt's personal maid and was broken by my uncle. ”

Although he was persuaded by everyone, the uncle said in front of all the family members that although the million-dollar business was big, if it was handed over to such unscrupulous descendants, I am afraid that it would be lost in a few years. Rather than this, it is better to hand over the business bank to Baizhao, so that this family business will not flow into the hands of people with foreign surnames. ”

He also said that although the million-dollar trading house was founded by him, if it weren't for the concerted efforts of the two brothers, they wouldn't have reached the point where they are today. So it is perfect to put it in the hands of 100 megabytes. ”

"To be honest, I was quite surprised when I heard my uncle's words, but if I think about it carefully, this is mostly because the uncle is very angry and wants to scare his nephew, but in fact, he can't do it accurately, so he doesn't care too much. ”

But I didn't expect that after a few days, there was news that the uncle wanted to ask the elders of the clan to witness and hand over the firm to Baizhao, but because there were several old people in the family who lived far away and would not be able to come in a few days, it would take a while to hand over the firm. ”

As soon as the news came out, everyone in the clan reacted differently, some supported it, some opposed it, and the Changfang branch was even more panicked. And that night, the uncle was poisoned to death, and he also planted the charge on Bo Zhao's head one or three adults, how could my husband have the reason to kill his brother at this juncture? This is clearly Changfang's plan to kill two birds with one stone, kill the uncle before the handover of the firm, and then frame Bai Zhao, then the great family business will naturally fall back into the hands of Changfang steadily!"

Wu Daoming's brother and sister glanced at each other, if what Zhang Li said was true, it meant that Zhang's long house either killed his father with his son, or killed his husband with his wife, which was a felony of Ling Chi and beheaded by his waist! Wu Daoming frowned and said: "What you said, is there real evidence?"

Zhang Li said categorically: "When the uncle spoke, many relatives and servants were present, and the three of them knew the truth after a little inquiry, and the little woman would never dare to lie to each other!"

The only servant of the Zhang family that Ding Yu and the others can contact at present is Zhang Changshun, but Zhang Changshun is obviously a confidant of the Changfang family, but he can't ask him for verification. However, they recalled that Zhang Deyan they saw in the afternoon, although he was slightly fat, his eyes were blue, his steps were vain, and he did look like he was overly drunk.

Zhang Li is also a person with a clear mind, as soon as she saw the expressions of Wu Daoming and the others, she knew that they had believed a little, and immediately struck while the iron was hot, took out three thousand taels of silver tickets and put them in front of the three people, and said: "The concubine does not dare to ask the three adults to bend the law for personal gain, but only ask for mercy when arresting Baizhao, if he can be brought back alive to be tried, the women will have a retribution!"

For Ding Yu, he is not the chief judge of the Yamen, he doesn't care who killed Zhang Wan, and he doesn't care about the troubles of Zhang's mansion, anyway, the task he received is to bring back Zhang Baizhao, it doesn't matter if he is captured alive or dead, so he didn't hesitate to take the silver ticket in front of him, and if Zhang Baizhao cooperates at that time, he doesn't mind bringing a living person back; Otherwise, he would not have shrunk because of a thousand taels of silver.

But Wu Daoming's brother and sister seemed to have misunderstood the meaning of Ding Yu's move, they glanced at each other, also took the silver ticket, and said firmly: "Mrs. Zhang, don't worry, we will bring the venerable husband back intact!" (To be continued.) )