Pastoral affairs

Hearing this, everyone was startled, even Mrs. Zhu was startled, and hurriedly scolded: "You are talking nonsense!"

"Your Excellency!" Nie Qing shouted, and then began to cry: "My family was originally from Xiaowan Village in Huai'an. Back then, the husband of the Nu family, He Yuannian, and the eldest wife of the Pan family, Mrs. He, were cousins. Mr. Pan Dalang There are many collusions with the slave family, but the slave family refuses to follow. In order to please Mr. Pan Dalang, the He family proposed this marriage. I beat the Nu family to death, and said that this matter was a conspiracy between him and the He family, and wanted to make my Nie family serve as the servant of his Pan family in the future, so that the husband of the Nu family could get money, saying that this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. The father of the Nu family Forced and helpless, she had to sell the house to satisfy her husband's wish, and her mother-in-law also forced her a lot. After entering Beijing this time, her husband beat and scolded and forced her many times, talking nonsense, and even saying... that she would sell the slave's house into Baihualou... ..." Nie Qing started to cry when she said this, she really thought of the nightmare days when she started to cry, so it seemed very real, when the old bustard of Baihualou heard this, she subconsciously glanced at Nie Qing, Then he shook his head disdainfully: "You look like this, and you're not a gentleman, I'll give you five taels of silver at most!"

As soon as the words were finished, Nie Qing was so angry that she gave her a hard look, but the old bustard didn't take it seriously, instead she laughed twice and turned her head away.

Whether what Nie Qing said is true or not, one only needs to ask. The whole inn saw her being beaten. Everyone knows what kind of virtue He Yuannian is.Nie Qiuran naturally pretended not to know, and told about Master Nie lending him 500 taels of silver.Mrs. Nie still has the pawn tickets for pawning things.Now that they were brought up one by one, Zhu's eyes were a little dodgy at that moment, obviously he also understood what kind of virtue his son was, but in this way, the suspicion of Nie Qiuran's murder was naturally a little bigger, after all, He Yuannian Threatening him for money, he might be forced to kill someone.

For this matter, Nie Qiuran is not afraid, first of all, he has no real time to kill.What's more, everyone is just skeptical, there is no definite evidence, not to mention that he has a reputation, as long as there is no evidence to prove that he killed someone, it is impossible for the imperial court to revoke his reputation or not.Naturally, it is impossible to torture him. As long as he refuses to admit it, others will have nothing to do with him.

Because someone mentioned that Nie Qing had something to do with Chen Xiaojun, Chen Xiaojun and his wife were naturally brought to the court. Unexpectedly, Cui Mei cried loudly at Nie Qiuran as soon as she came up: "You are the one who killed me!" .You killed someone, I saw it with my own eyes!"

Her lips quivered as she said this.Now everyone was taken aback, they didn't expect Cui Mei to say such words.Lu Jin's expression brightened, he quickly glanced at Nie Qiuran, and then shouted at Cui Mei: "You saw him murder, why didn't you report to the police earlier, and tell me the details!"

Cui Mei showed panic on her face.He hurriedly said: "One day in July. I saw him murder with my own eyes, but I was afraid of the power of the Nie family, so I didn't dare to report to the police..." She said this vaguely, and everyone was suspicious, but Lu Jin I had already decided in my heart that Nie Qiuran killed people to silence her, so I believed it, and quickly asked her to explain in more detail.Cui Mei was always talking nonsense, how could she stand up to other people's questioning at the moment, and after a while, her words did not match her words, and there were loopholes in her words. In this way, it was Lu who most believed in Nie Qiuran's murder. Jin also began to suspect that Cui Mei was talking nonsense, and a look of disappointment suddenly appeared on his face.

Nie Qing secretly resented that Cui Mei did not accomplish enough and failed. Since she can't even do such a thing well, she deserves her death now.Cui Mei talked for a long time, the whole person was a little dazed, and Nie Qiuran looked at her and sneered: "This tricky woman is full of nonsense, I think all the adults know it in their hearts. She secretly hugged a pair of children from the Nie family, but now she still wants to bite her." It's really unreasonable for one person!" Cui Mei naturally said that she was wronged, but her face was flustered.Lu Jin on the other end just thought that the woman's nonsense words made him lose face, and he was furious. He hated the woman's long hair and short-sightedness, so he simply ordered her to be tortured. Once the sentence was executed, Cui Mei would suffer However, he started talking nonsense, and after a lot of tossing, Cui Mei's face was ashen, Chen Xiaojun didn't even dare to look at her, his body was trembling with fright.

Soon, after the punishment, Dali Temple Minister looked at Cui Mei and shouted sharply: "My lady, have you seen clearly who killed He Yuannian? If you haven't seen clearly, you can talk nonsense. The official punishes you for the crime of disturbing the court!"

"I see it clearly... No, no, I didn't see it clearly." Cui Mei's lower body was beaten to a bloody mess, her body was trembling, and she said she saw it clearly, and then said no. Gradually, everyone became a little impatient. Nie Qiuran did not kill He Yuannian, and he did not know when Master Nie was blackmailed by He Yuannian. Although Lu Jin still suspected that the murderer was him, he could not produce evidence. Instead, Zhu sued Nie Qing and Chen Xiaojun had an affair, and the circumstances of the case were complicated. After some questioning, today's trial will naturally come to an end.

The suspect was taken back to the prison again. When Nie Qiuran got up and was about to leave, Lu Jin ran up to him unconvinced, pointed at his nose and said sharply: "Just wait and see, one day, I will take you into prison. Prison!"

"Please!" Nie Qiuran gave him a cold look, with disgust on his face: "If you want to accuse me, please show me real evidence, otherwise I will say that you hurt people!" After finishing speaking, he ignored it. Lu Jin turned around and went back into Dali Temple. Lu Jin looked at Nie Qiuran's leaving back angrily, convinced that Nie Qiuran was the perpetrator, and decided to find evidence in private.The eunuch who was watching looked at Lu Jin coldly, and went back to the palace with a sinister smile.

The emperor was naturally dissatisfied when he heard what Lu Jin said in the court that day, but just after he ordered Lu Jin to do something, he uttered wild words, and he was inevitably unhappy, but it was not good for him to attack him at this time, otherwise It was said that the emperor had no guts, but he became more and more disgusted with Lu Jin in his heart, and when the servant came back and said that Lu Jinqiang robbed other people's wives, he felt a little interest in his heart, but he suppressed the matter and said no more mentioned.

The emperor investigated He Yuannian's case more closely. The people in Dali Temple tried their best to start working this time. After a period of time, they found some clues. It seems that the whole person is as thin as skin and bones, and the time for another interrogation will be a few days later. This time, the emperor is going to let Mrs. Nie go to court. Nie Qiuran has been sitting in Mrs. Nie's room for half a day, but still He didn't say a word, which made Master Nie, who was already uneasy, feel that he had no idea. After holding back for a long time, he finally couldn't hold back, and said, "Why are you here today? "

"Father has been talking about He Yuannian recently, and now He Yuannian's body has been found, and Dali Temple is investigating the matter thoroughly. I wonder what father thinks about this matter?"

When Mrs. Nie heard Nie Qiuran ask him this, he trembled all over with fright, his eyes showed panic, and after struggling for a while, he suddenly shook his head and said, "I don't know what you mean by that."

"What do you mean, dad is very clear in his heart. If dad has something to say to me, I will prepare early. Otherwise, if someone asks it out on the day of coming out, or if he misses it, I'm afraid the emperor will tell you something." I can't save you either!" Mrs. Nie's face became even more ashamed, his lips trembled, as if he remembered something that frightened him, his eyes showed a look of panic, and there was a loud noise in his throat, even half a beat. Can't say a word.

"Father borrowed 500 taels of silver from me before, and never said what he was going to do. Nie Qing said in the hall today that it was Daddy who went to celebrate the first year, didn't you?" Seeing that Master Nie did not speak, Nie Qiuran also He didn't take it seriously, said something, and asked Mrs. Nie again, seeing that he nodded stiffly, and then continued: "I think Nie Qing should have found father here, saying that He Yuannian was born in our Nie family. Is reputation a threat?" Master Nie nodded again, his eyes gleamed, and he let out a sob, and buried his face in his hands.Seeing him like this, Nie Qiuran didn't ask any more questions. He turned his face out of the window and looked out for a while. The sunlight came in from the window and shone on him. It was hidden in the shadows: "When I went to the court, my father only said that I borrowed money, and nothing else. After this matter was over, I still took Qiuwen, mother and son, and went back to Xiaowan Village together. Be a farm rich man!"

This is to tell Master Nie to stop being ambitious and to live a comfortable and ordinary life for the rest of his life.If it had been changed before, Master Nie would definitely have disagreed, but now that he killed someone, he was always in fear, fearing that one day he would be taken to be beheaded by the police. Instead of living in such fear, it would be better to go back to his hometown Be an ordinary farmer.

Mrs. Nie nodded happily, hoping that he could really get out of danger this time. From then on, he stayed in Xiaowan Village obediently, not taking a step out.

Seeing that he still knows how powerful he is, Nie Qiuran didn't say much, but told him that if he gave Nie Qing 1000 taels of silver, he would not admit anything else, and if no one asked about going out, he would not He said, if someone asked, he would say that he was going to see his daughter, and Master Nie would naturally respond one by one. Now that he has gone through all this, he knows how to be afraid. Of course, it is all in accordance with what Nie Qiuran said, and he only hopes that this trip will be safe escape.

Master Nie did not do the killing of He Yuannian alone. Naturally, Nie Qing and Chen Xiaojun did not want this to be revealed more than Master Nie. enough.But Nie Qing was not willing to die. If she had seen through life and death, she would not have to hide it when she killed He Yuannian. She was more afraid of death than Master Nie, and even more afraid that Master Nie would speak out, so she would definitely find other ways. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Chapter 2～