Chang Anqing

Chapter 118 Witchcraft
When Li Sui followed up steadily, he managed to catch up with Li Shi. Seeing Li Shi's angry side face, Li Sui's eyes were gentle, and the next moment he pulled her up with concern, and gently supported Li Shi's tense body Arm, comforted in the words: "If you don't speak, you will have strange powers. In the past, Ban Ji once said that the length of life, rich and poor, high and low are all determined by God, and cannot be changed by human power. It is impossible to be blessed by correction, let alone evil. Hope, if ghosts and gods have knowledge, how would you listen to prayers without faith? Aunt, you recite scriptures and ask questions every day. You are a bodhisattva with a heart, and Erlang is a noble character. Even if it is true that the matter can be heard by the heavens, how can the heavens drop evil spirits on him and go against the selfish and evil thoughts of others."

Hearing the little lady's reasonable and well-founded words of comfort, Li's heart reluctantly benefited a little. Although she never believed in the art of defeating witchcraft, when someone actually stretched out her hand to Erlang, she still couldn't help it. The anger in my heart.In any case, Erlang is her eldest son, her lifeblood, and a piece of flesh that fell from her body. Even if it is a stupid and ignorant curse, she must not just sit idly by and treat him as leniently as before Gain a virtuous reputation.

"Now that Erlang and Baoying's big wedding is coming, if these things spread out today, it will inevitably make people discuss a lot. Not only is this happy, but it also makes people think that the atmosphere in the Taiwei's mansion is not good, and it will damage the reputation and face of the family. How about just inviting Taiwei and Erlang involved in the interrogation together, the less the rest of the people know, the less rumors will be in the future—"

Hearing the calm and delicate analysis from the side, Li's footsteps gradually slowed down, and the flames that had sprung up gradually disappeared bit by bit. Yes, but she cared about it, and it would be chaotic. It is inevitable that it will be spread, it is nothing to ruin the reputation of Cui's mother and son, but if Erlang is called a casual chatter of others, and this marriage is ruined, it is really a small loss.

"Silver Lady—"

Thinking of this, Mrs. Li immediately stepped forward, and suddenly said: "Go and call the person who sent the message back, just invite the Taiwei and Erlang to come over—"

Taking advantage of this, he asked Erlang to see what kind of femme fatale this "sister" he cared about with all his heart and soul.

……

When Yang Yan received Li's summons, he took another look at the messenger's reticence and dared not answer, and knew in his heart that something serious must have happened, so he put down the matter in hand without asking any more questions, and hurried towards Linlang Courtyard .

When he came to the gate of the courtyard, Yang Yan happened to see Yang Chongyuan, who had a gloomy face and restrained eyes, gradually approaching with an unfriendly expression, so he stopped politely, stood in place to welcome Yang Chongyuan to the front, and then bowed his hands respectfully Next salute.

"Aye—"

Yang Chongyuan wasn't surprised to see Yang Yan in front of him, he just said "um", and then turned and walked in, leaving Yang Yan alone to look at his father's slightly angry figure, feeling more and more wrong in his heart.

His mother hastily sent someone to call him to Rong An's yard, and now he has invited his father over. Could it be that Rong An made another big mistake.

Thinking of this, Yang Yan's heart trembled, and he hurriedly followed.

Hearing the sound outside the curtain, Mrs. Li sat firmly on the Hu bed without moving her body. She was still meticulous and solemn. Sui saluted respectfully.

Yang Chongyuan's expression softened slightly, he just nodded, and then looked at Li Shi, who was motionless and did not look sideways, rather majestic and angry, his pupils sank slightly, but his face did not reveal anything.

"Captain—"

At this moment, a soft, choked voice trembled behind him, and when Yang Chongyuan turned sideways, he saw Mrs. Cui knelt there delicately and frailly, and was bowing to him. At this moment, there was no pride of being from a wealthy family. Rong, watching Cui slowly raised his head, the tearful eyes that caught his eyes, and the tears falling down, Yang Chongyuan frowned slightly, and finally pursed his lips without saying a word, only cold Then she turned around and lifted her robe and sat beside Li Shi.

"Auntie—"

Looking at Rong An, who was kneeling beside Cui, with his head lowered and never saying a word, Yang Yan's lips parted and he wanted to say something, but he felt the strange atmosphere in the room, was it a rash plea? Pressing it down, he only bowed respectfully to Mrs. Li as usual.

"Sit down."

Hearing Li Shi's short and emotionless words, Yang Yan glanced at elder Cui Shi and younger sister Rong An who were kneeling at his feet, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't go against Li Shi's words, and finally sat down.

"Bring something up."

Yang Chongyuan hadn't spoken yet, but Li Shi had already spoken in a cold voice. Just as the people in Li's yard were ordered to retreat, Li looked sideways at Yang Chongyuan, and unconsciously, there was a little more meaning on his lips.

"Although Erlang doesn't know what's going on, the person who just went to invite the Taiwei must have already told the matter, so I won't say more."

Just as Yang Yan was in the fog, a servant girl walked in cautiously, until she knelt down and put the tray on top of her head, she didn't even raise her head.

Noticing that the maid was trembling uncontrollably, Yang Yan looked at the four pottery bottles placed on the tray, and didn't notice anything unusual. They were just like the medicine bottles of ordinary drug sellers, but he could vaguely smell the slightest trace of it. The strange smell seemed to be bloody and mixed with something else.

"Please take a look, Lieutenant—"

Hearing Mrs. Li's order, Yinniang personally went forward to take the tray and brought it to Yang Chongyuan. At the same time, the doctor in the mansion was also ushered in, bowed carefully and stood in front of Yang Chongyuan and his wife.

Yang Chongyuan's gloomy eyes fell on those pottery vases, and then he stretched out his hand to unfold the cloth one by one. When he saw the familiar words and birthdays on them, his face became more and more ugly, and his eyes seemed to be full of a stormy night. The deep sea is full of stormy waves at any time.

"Doctor Ye, report what you found out to the Taiwei, and the Taiwei will screen and judge in person."

Hearing Mrs. Li's reminder, Dr. Ye nodded cautiously, but secretly thought that it was bad luck, how could he have bumped into these things.

"Back to Taiwei, ma'am, I checked one by one just now, and I can conclude that these pottery vases are the Gu worms that crawled out of the dark under Madam Cui's couch today and startled Madam—"

Hearing the doctor's words, Yang Yan, who was sitting there without knowing the reason, shrank his pupils silently, staring at the person in front of him almost in disbelief.

Seeing that Yang Chongyuan's face became more and more ugly, Dr. Ye felt like a dry well in his throat, and his dry hair stagnated and astringent, but seeing Li Shi raised his jaw and signaled him to continue, he could only carefully look at the above and forbear Yang Chongyuan, who was so cold that he couldn't ignore it, had no choice but to bite the bullet and continued: "People in Miaojiang are good at Gu, and they have been able to raise Gu insects since they were young. It is said in ancient books that all people in Miaojiang can use the secret technique of Gu. People use their own blood to feed the Gu worms, and then combine the skin blood of the person who has been tricked into it, and then it will have a curse effect—”

"No, I didn't curse, he was framing me, someone wanted to kill me—"

Before he could finish speaking, the county magistrate of Rong'an was extremely angry. He turned his head and suddenly pointed his finger at the doctor. The hatred in his eyes was as if he wanted to peel him off to defend himself.

Interrupted by the repeated denials, the doctor had no choice but to swallow the rest, but Li raised his eyebrows slightly, and said coldly: "No? Then what is the Gu worm under your bed for? Your fingertips And why are there so many needle holes? Why did the doctor see that your qi and blood are weak when he took your pulse just now? Why are you lingering on the sick bed for a long time these days?"

Hearing Li Shi's relentless questioning, the kneeling county magistrate Rong'an turned pale, biting his lower lip in a daze, but hid his hands firmly under his wide sleeves. Dare even more unwilling to meet Yang Yan's astonished eyes.

Seeing that the county magistrate of Rong'an had lost his momentum, Li snorted and sneered, then took a piece of cloth from the tray and threw it in front of Rong'an, saying: "And on it, there are clearly written the birthdays of Erlang, Ah Man, and Baoying. How do you want to deny it?"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Li gradually turned into an angry smile, and the coldness on her lips could not be more obvious: "People say that sheep have the grace to kneel and suckle, and crows have the righteousness to feed back. Don't tell me how I treat you all these years. How did Erlang treat you as the elder brother? You can ask yourself? But how did you curse him with ungratefulness? What have you learned from the ten years of filial piety teaching! "

"No, I didn't!"

Faced with Li Shi's pressing step by step, Rong'an County Mistress couldn't help but open his mouth to refute. At this moment, a clear voice resounded in his ears. Facing Cui Shi's slap, everyone was shocked. Even Yang Yan got up suddenly, and couldn't bear to speak, but he couldn't utter the words of intercession.

Seeing Cui's right hand trembling down, his eyes were indifferent and stern, Rong An caressed his face in a daze, his beautiful eyes were gradually filled with tears, but he stubbornly refused to show them.

"Rong An has been spoiled since she was a child, and she doesn't know how to be polite. It's fine for the Taiwei and Madam to punish her, but please save her life and preserve her reputation. I wish to eat fast and chant scriptures in this life to make atonement for her, and for the Taiwei. , madam, Erlang, princess and Miss Bao pray for blessings—"

At this moment, Cui Shi knew that, needless to say about Li Shi sitting on the seat, even the Taiwei could see the irresistible anger. Now that Rong An had made a big mistake, she could no longer just watch Rong An go on endlessly. Li's rebuttal made things even more out of hand.

She must let all of this end quickly, whether she is imprisoned or moved to another farm, as long as Rong An survives, as long as these things are not spread and her reputation is preserved, she will not be implicated in Shiro, a compatriot of the same mother. If she kept Shiro, her lifeline was saved, and she still had room for it. If the quarrel continued and the Taiwei turned his anger on Shiro, they would have no chance to turn around.

In the past, she was only blamed for seeing Rong An being liked by the Taiwei, so she spoiled her more and more, and spoiled her like this. Now that it's a foregone conclusion, she has no choice but to let go, she can't For such a rebellious daughter, she killed her only son again.

Never.

Hearing Cui Shi's seemingly begging but in fact ruthless words, Rong An was the first to sneer when Li Shi was indifferent. Just as Cui Shi frowned, the soft curtain was opened, and a maid walked in quickly, and saw that the atmosphere in the room was gloomy. , Without daring to delay, he hurriedly said: "Taiwei, madam, Lingxi from Linlangyuan just recruited, saying that the Gu worms in those pottery vases are not—"

Speaking of this, the servant girl lowered her head and carefully glanced at Yang Yan who was aside, saying: "It's not to curse Mr. Erlang."

Hearing the maidservant's words, Li's face changed, but Cui's eyes moved. She immediately felt that things had turned around. She knew that as far as the Taiwei was concerned, as long as Rong An didn't curse Yang Yan, the eldest son, he would not have committed a heinous crime.

She still has some hope.

"Taiwei, Lingxi is Rong An's personal servant. Since she said so, it can be seen that Rong An has absolutely nothing to do with it—"

While talking, Cui hurriedly kowtowed and bowed in the rain, then looked at Yang Yan beside him and said, "Rong An and Erlang have been deeply in love with each other since they were young, how could Rong An curse Erlang? There must be a misunderstanding, Mrs. Wei Mingjian—”

Realizing that Cui's vain attempt to win Yang Chongyuan's sympathy, and Yang Yan's old love in exchange for a glimmer of life, Li's eyes froze immediately and he wanted to say something, but he never thought that Yang Chongyuan who was at the side would suddenly say: "Bring Lingxi in."

Li frowned when she heard the words, and immediately said: "Since Lingxi is someone close to Rong An, it is inevitable to excuse her master, how can you believe what she says?"

Aware of Li Shi's refusal to give in, Yang Chongyuan looked sideways, and it seemed that the sky was calm, but Li Shi couldn't see the alienation in it.

"Rong An is also the magistrate of the county. If there is no witness testimony to convict easily, it will only make people say that my majestic Taiwei's mansion is biased and unfair. If this is the case, it doesn't matter if you and I listen to it before making a decision."

Hearing the deep meaning in Yang Chongyuan's words, although Li Shi was not worried, she still forcibly endured it, and did not want to tear her face so openly.

When the soft curtain is lifted again, you can see that the hair is scattered, the face is extremely swollen, and the blood-stained consonance is brought in. Seeing this scene, Yang Chongyuan's face darkened, and he looked at the man who was sitting upright, without blinking his eyes. Mrs. Li, there is already a lot of unhappiness in my heart.

On the other hand, Li Sui looked at him and saw that Yang Yan, who had always been kind, couldn't bear to turn his eyes away, and looked at his mother with a strange and complicated look.

"Consonance—"

Hearing Yang Chongyuan's cold call, Lingxi trembled, and hurriedly choked up and said: "The servant is——"

Yang Chongyuan glanced at Lingxi, then turned to look at the tray on the table at hand and said: "What exactly do you know, explain it clearly, if you conceal anything, you are clear about the rules in the house."

Yang Chongyuan's tepid tone seemed calm, but he killed people like hemp on the battlefield, and made decisive decisions in the court. points, let alone a small consonance.

So at the next moment, Lingxi buried her head in fear and trembled and cried: "I dare not, I say, I can say anything—"

(End of this chapter)