Noble First Daughter-in-law

Shang Ruyi looked at him for a while, then said, "You are stubborn."

"..."

"It's a pity that others speak hard because they are innocent, but you speak hard because of sophistry. Anyway, let you understand, after all, I have two kinds of evidence in my hand."

Hearing what she said, everyone present was shocked.

Aunt Hui hurriedly said, "Yes, what are the two?"

While they were talking, Yu Wenye calmly winked at Mu Xian who had already retreated aside, Mu Xian understood, and immediately retreated cautiously, while at the same time, Shang Ruyi had already said: "Actually, I am sure that He is the one who crossed the kiln cup because of the date on the list."

"date?"

When Aunt Hui saw it, she was startled suddenly, and Hu Hua's face suddenly changed.

Shang Ruyi said calmly: "On the day the Yue Kiln Cup was stolen, Chang Wan was imprisoned in the firewood room, so the pawnshop business has nothing to do with her; from that day on, only people from your tea room will go out; at the same time, I asked She My son went to order to close all the back doors and side doors of the Duke's Mansion, and only let you enter and exit through the side door, so I remember clearly who entered and exited."

"On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, you took the food box to listen to the crane tower to get refreshments; on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, you went too; on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, it was Chen He, and on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, it was Li Sande...Hu Hua, do you want me to explain more clearly?"

Hu Hua's face gradually lost its color, and it turned white almost from the neck inch by inch.

He looked at Shang Ruyi, then at Aunt Hui, and looked at the Duke who had been calm all the time. His legs were already trembling like lute strings, but he insisted on saying, "But, even if you go out that day when you are young, Why do you think it must be the little one who took things? There are so many guests coming and going, maybe it's someone from another family—someone from another family?"

Shang Ruyi said: "It's come to this point, you still want to accuse others?"

Hu Hua pouted his neck and said, "Small, the villain is innocent."

Shang Ruyi shook her head in disappointment: "When the word innocence comes out of your mouth, it's really dirty for no reason."

After finishing speaking, she sneered, and said: "Actually, I just need to send someone to invite Chao Feng from Dengfeng, and let him recognize the person, and the matter can be settled."

Hu Hua immediately showed a terrified expression.

Shang Ruyi looked up at the sky outside again, and said, "It's just that it's getting late and it's so cold now, so I don't want to look far away. Have you forgotten that even if you become a cup, you are a ticket to death. I'm afraid it will be destroyed by you too, but you won't destroy the money that came when it came."

Hu Hua's face suddenly turned pale.

Before he could argue, Mu Xian's heavy footsteps sounded outside again, this time more urgently.

I saw him striding in from the outside with a cloth bag in his hand, and put the things on the table directly: "Duke, Second Young Master, Young Madam, this is what my subordinates just found in Hu Hua's house." , a bag of 30 taels of silver, a penny and some change."

When Yu Wenyuan saw the 30 taels of silver, his expression immediately sank: "Hmph!"

This time, Hu Hua had no reason to quibble, he was so frightened that he plopped down on his knees, and kowtowed to them again and again: "Duke, please forgive me, please forgive the villain this time!"

Yu Wenyuan didn't care about him, only Shang Ruyi said coldly: "Hu Hua, you don't do the good work in the waiter, but you want to steal things. You stole at Madam's funeral, and the one you stole was the violin left by Madam." Kiln cup, you want to put the blame on Chang Wan, who serves the wife, are you too courageous, or are you too dark-hearted, and you want to disturb the peace of the lady's spirit in heaven?!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of some people in the dining hall changed drastically.

Yu Wenyuan said angrily: "Drag it!"

Seeing that Mu Xian was about to go around and arrest him, Hu Hua was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed like garlic, weeping and begging for mercy desperately: "Duke, please forgive me, young lady, please forgive me!"

Shang Ruyi winked at Mu Xian to make him slow down, and said coldly: "I made it clear just now, I recruited earlier, I just surrendered and kicked out of the house; but I didn't admit to stealing something. , that is to be determined to be a thief. Since you are a thief, you can't escape with these forty boards. When you are beaten, think clearly in your heart. From now on, will you dare to steal again!"

She deliberately emphasized the word "steal" and stared at Hu Hua with burning eyes.

At this moment, Hu Hua also panicked, and hurriedly said: "Young Madam, I, the villain, I just took out the things, I am not the one who stole things!"

As soon as he said this, one of the crowd immediately panicked.

The noble uncle stepped forward and said, "Well, you Hu Hua, do you still want to talk nonsense at this time?"

Seeing him standing up by himself, a sneer of disdain appeared on Shang Ruyi's face, Yu Wenyuan also frowned and looked at him, the noble uncle suddenly came back to his senses, but before he had time to react, Hu Hua had already Wiping the snot and tears off his face, he turned his head and pointed at him and said, "It's clear that you have left something ignorant, and you are afraid that the young lady will search for it, so let me take the opportunity of going to Helou to get some snacks to give the cup away." Throw it away."

As he said that, he turned to Shang Ruyi again: "Young Madam, you can swear to God that the little one really didn't steal, it was Uncle Gui who stole things!"

Uncle Gui pointed at him with a ferocious face and scolded, "You spout blood!"

Then Hu Hua didn't bother with him too much, and just said to Shang Ruyi: "Young Madam, I really didn't steal the thing. The villain is just greedy for money. Uncle Gui took the cup and asked me to take the opportunity to send it out of the house to throw it away. Just don't Let the people in the house see, and gave the villain a penny. Villain, villain is really confused..."

Shang Ruyi glanced at the hanging money and other loose change in the cloth bag, sneered and shook her head.

She looked up at Uncle Gui, who was clearly in a panic, and said, "This cup has only passed into the hands of three people—you, Hu Hua, and Chang Wan. Now that Chang Wan has been proven innocent, what should she say? It is believable, do you remember what Chang Wan said that day?"

"...!?"

The uncle was taken aback.

Shang Ruyi sneered and said: "Chang Wan made it very clear that the cup was taken back and handed over to you for you to put in the booklet, but you insisted that there was no such thing, which is obviously false. Then compare Hu Hua If so, it becomes obvious."

"..."

"You decided from the very beginning to slander Chang Wan, so the thing was handed over to you, but you were not included in the register; when the incident happened, you heard that I was going to search the house for this cup, and in order to protect myself, I had no choice but to destroy the cup. You can't leave traces in the mansion, so let Hu Hua take the opportunity of listening to the Crane Tower to send the cup out of the mansion, so that you can sit back and relax."

At this point, her words suddenly stopped.

Everyone in the dining hall felt their breath stagnate, and Shang Ruyi turned to Yu Wenyuan and said, "Father, please decide how to deal with this matter."

Seeing Yu Wenyuan's face was serious, he only gave the noble uncle a cold look, and said: "Get out of the mansion. Settle his wages. From now on, he is not allowed to go near the Duke's mansion!"

Uncle Gui fell to his knees with a thud: "Duke."

Yu Wenyuan didn't want to see him at all, so he got up and walked out, and Shang Ruyi said to Aunt Hui calmly: "Aunt Hui, I will trouble you for your uncle's salary. And Hu Hua That’s right, there’s no need to fight again.”

Aunt Hui didn't have any expression of joy or anger on her face, she said respectfully: "It's my duty."

After finishing speaking, he walked up to Uncle Gui and said, "Come with me."

The noble uncle flinched, got up and left with her, and the rest of the waiters also dispersed.

Shang Ruyi pointed to the silver in the cloth bag on the table and said to Mu Xian: "Take the money and go to Dengfeng to redeem the cup. Be careful not to damage it."

Mu Xian put away the cloth bag: "Yes."

After speaking, he turned and walked out.

There were only three people at the dining table left in the dining room, as well as Tusheer and the others, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little scary.

Yu Wenye, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "How can you be sure that he will take the cup and go out to pawn it? What if he is determined to throw the thing away?"

Shang Ruyi looked back at him, smiled wryly and said, "I'm also betting."

"bet?"

"If there are enough people around that day, I will naturally send people out to follow him, and grab the bag on the spot. But if there are not enough people, we can only gamble. In fact, if the things are missing for nothing, it may be that he stole them. But the theft of things depends on whether they are in the account, so the matter can only be on Chang Wan and Uncle Gui. I deliberately closed the back door and the side door, and only let the people in the waiter go out, and only let them go through the side door. made a way to force them to dispose of the cup."

"and then?"

"Then, Uncle Gui is afraid, and will definitely pass through this line to dispose of the cup as soon as possible."

Yu Wenye said: "I still say the same thing, what if Hu Hua must throw away things?"

Shang Ruyi said: "He didn't steal the things, but he went to finish the finishing work. It is obvious that someone promised us a lot of money. It is conceivable that this person is a greedy person. How could a greedy person put a huge amount of money away?" Instead of being tempted."

Yu Wenye said: "You mean, that cup?"

Shang Ruyi nodded: "I deliberately picked up the cup and can pawn dozens of taels of silver at any pawn shop. He listened, so he wouldn't be tempted. Even if Hu Hua is not the one who handles the cup, but if I say that, the cup is in Whoever has it, he must be able to understand it."

"……Um."

"Then, I rewarded him with an extra penny."

"What does this mean?"

"If a person has never tasted good things, good things can't tempt him. He has to let him taste the sweetness, so he is reluctant to destroy valuable things. He got so much money from me and from the people who entrusted him to do things. , not only will it not be satisfied, it will only make it more difficult to satisfy - this is the nature of greedy people."

"..."

"In this way, I am sure that he will find a place to pawn the Yueyao Cup."

"..."

Yu Wenye looked at her and remained silent.

However, I don't know if it's because of the flickering candles on the opposite side, but the light flickered in his eyes.