The rich and noble peasant daughter
Chapter 236 Framed, Xu Manzhen went to jail
Chapter 236 Framed, Xu Manzhen went to jail
"anything else?"
"When Mrs. Wang's grandson was full moon, Mrs. Wang only gave a silver-plated longevity lock casually, but she gave this widow's son a whole set of silver longevity locks."
One is silver-plated and the other is made of pure silver. The former can be bought for tens of pennies, while the latter is worth tens of taels of silver.
"People in Xiaoguan Village also said that Mrs. Wang often said that it would be great if she had a daughter like Widow Zhang."
Li Qiu followed Yun Xi's side all day long, and he had a lot of brains, so he immediately thought about stealing dragons and turning phoenixes.
"I wondered if this widow might be the real daughter of Mrs. Wang, so I asked some relatives of Mrs. Wang to come and see. They also said that this widow was somewhat similar to Mrs. Wang when she was young."
Li Qiu had almost investigated these matters before coming over to talk to Yun Shen about it.
Mo Yan added: "Originally, this Mrs. Wang treated her son well, caring and loving. It was not until last year that she suddenly changed her attitude and became indifferent. It can be seen that she only knew about this last year."
Apart from this reason, Mo Yan couldn't find any other reasonable reason to explain this matter.
Yun Shen pondered for a moment, "Bring Widow Zhang back."
Although Widow Zhang was taken away by Xu Manzhen, Xu Manzhen didn't have many useful people under him. If Yun Shen made a move, it would be as easy as picking something out of a bag.
Li Qiu said: "We have brought Widow Zhang back, and even pretended that Widow Zhang escaped by herself." To avoid Manzhen thinking of them immediately.
There was a faint appreciation on Yun Shen's face, "Very good."
Once you have mastered Widow Zhang and her son, you don't have to worry about prying Mrs. Wang's mouth.
Mrs. Wang usually looks calm and honest, with a timid temper. Even Yun Shen and the others did not expect that her mouth would be so tight.If it wasn't for Mrs. Wang who had harmed Yun Xi earlier, Qi Liqiu would have admired her patience and perseverance.
Li Qiu talked about this with Yun Xi who was still recuperating.
Yun Xi nodded to show that she understood, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she directly told Li Qiu something, Li Qiu lit up instantly, and said, "I'll go find Miss Yunyao."
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Mrs. Wang was lying in the dark cell with a gray face. She didn't seem to have any wounds all over her body, but the pain was so painful that she didn't even want to move her fingers.
The punishment she has encountered in the past few days is a hell that she has never experienced in her life—no, maybe hell is better than her current life.When the silver needle was inserted between her nails, the pain was so excruciating that she wished she could commit suicide directly.It's a pity that she couldn't even commit suicide. She once thought about telling all the truth directly, but thinking of her hard-fated daughter, Mrs. Wang finally endured it.
The lock of the cell was unlocked, and Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes numbly, and saw a girl in an apricot dress walking in front of her with a smile.
Her body shrank unconsciously, and her scalp felt numb.It was this woman who mercilessly inserted ten silver needles into her fingers.
The person who came in was Li Qiu. Li Qiu had a sweet smile on his face, but the temperature never reached his eyes.For her, the one who hurt her girl is her biggest enemy.
"No one instructed me, I wanted to do that myself." Mrs. Wang repeated what she had said countless times.
Li Qiu smiled, and threw a purse and a longevity lock in front of her.
The purse was embroidered by Mrs. Wang herself to Widow Zhang. Every stitch and thread contains her love and love for her daughter.The Longevity Lock was also made by the silver jewelry store in the city with the silver she had secretly accumulated by Mrs. Wang, and she even took it to consecrate it in front of Ci'an Temple.
When Mrs. Wang saw these two familiar objects, she sobbed.She didn't know where she got the strength, she jumped up from the ground, clutching these two things tightly, tears streaming down her face, "Where are they?"
No matter how pitiful Mrs. Wang looks, Li Qiu will not sympathize with her in the slightest.She said coldly, "Of course they are still alive."
"But you are really cruel. You have raised your son for decades. If you don't want it, you don't want it. You even want to use our hands to harm them." Mrs. Wang's nominal son and grandson are basically under the control of Yunfu. among.
When Mrs. Wang did such a thing, her son Wang Yongbo naturally did not please him.If the Yun family was a bit more vicious, Bao Buqi would have vented his anger on them.
Mrs. Wang tightly grasped the purse and longevity lock, and after hearing Li Qiu's words, sparks of hatred burst out in her eyes, "A bastard like Wang Yongbo dares to take my daughter's identity! If it weren't for him, where would my daughter be?" suffer those hardships."
Besides Wang Yongbo, what Mrs. Wang hated the most was her dead husband.
"At the beginning, I gave birth to Ya'er with difficulty, and I woke up after three days of coma. The dead ghost told me that I gave birth to a boy. But he took my Ya'er away in private, brought him and the bastards from outside, Replace my child's identity. All these years, I have raised that bitch as my own child. My poor woman was sold by that bitch as a prostitute."
"Why their son has been going smoothly for decades, but my daughter has to suffer all these hardships."
Thinking of how hard she raised the bastard as her own son, Mrs. Wang was so angry that her facial features became distorted.
Perhaps it was because her daughter and grandson fell into Li Qiu's hands, or perhaps it was because these words had been accumulated in her heart for a long time, this time Mrs. Wang knew everything and vented her long-standing resentment.
Looking at her expression, Li Qiu had no doubt that if her husband and the woman were still alive, she would stab them to death without hesitation.
"Why didn't you kill them?" She raised her head, her palm was even bleeding from the longevity lock.As if she didn't feel the pain, she still stared at Li Qiu with red eyes.
Li Qiu took a step back and said: "If you explain well, we will send your daughter and grandson far away so that they can live in another identity. No one will point fingers at your daughter anymore."
As for Mrs. Wang, she will be punished according to the punishment at that time.No matter how pitiful she is, it is not the reason why she was bribed to frame the princess.
After hearing this assurance, Mrs. Wang's originally ferocious expression suddenly eased, as if someone had gently erased the negative emotions at this time.She sat there directly, with tears in her eyes, "This is good, this is good."
……
One flower represents another branch.
A good living person disappeared, so Xu Manzhen was naturally alarmed.
She clenched her sleeves tightly, almost biting her teeth, her eyes were full of anger and uneasiness, "Why did such a fine living person disappear?"
Xiaowen bowed his head and said: "I just went over to look, and the widow probably used her own hairpin to open the door latch. It's also because they are not doing their job well, and no one is watching when they drink and gamble at night. room."
Xu Manzhen almost gasped out of anger, "Okay! It's really good! Deduct their three months' monthly payment and give them a hard blow of [-] boards."
Xiaowen said distressedly: "Miss, but we don't have many people, if we beat them, no one will go to find Widow Zhang and the others."
Although Xu Manzhen was reborn, but because she didn't have much money on hand, and she spent most of her time practicing the sleeve dance at the beginning, she had to make herself a blockbuster.So there are really not many people who can use it, and now the most trusted confidant is Xiaowen.
Xu Manzhen said bitterly: "Then wait until Widow Zhang and her son are found, and then teach them a lesson."
All her money has been invested in the salon, and the cash on hand does not exceed 100 taels of silver, so she can't buy anyone.
She frowned tightly, "Do you still have Widow Zhang's clothes? If you still have them, I'll tear up a few pieces, drip blood on them, and send them to Mrs. Wang. I hope she will know what to do after seeing it."
Xiaowen said: "We went to Widow Zhang's house and found that her clothes and money had been taken away."
After hearing this, Xu Manzhen immediately vomited a mouthful of blood, which was smeared on the handkerchief, which was shocking.
"Girl, it's not good, the official came from home."
A maid rushed in recklessly, her face full of panic.
Xu Manzhen's first reaction was that the Dongchuang incident had happened. She forced herself to be calm and said, "What are you worried about? We are the uncle's family. As long as there is no rebellion, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Xu Manzhen didn't immediately think about Mrs. Wang. After all, Widow Zhang left only last night, and it was impossible for the Yun family to come to her so soon.
She couldn't help thinking: Could it be that the matter of Daddy accepting bribes some time ago was exposed?
The girl in pink shook her head and said in fear, "No, those officers and soldiers are here to find you, Miss."
As soon as the maid finished speaking, Xu Xuechang walked in with an angry face, and walked in directly.
"father……"
As soon as Xu Manzhen yelled this sentence, Xu Xuechang slapped her hard on the face, "You wicked girl, how dare you bribe Mrs. Wen and try to frame Princess Ming."
Xu Manzhen panicked, she didn't expect that just after Widow Zhang left last night, Yun Mansion would immediately find her today.How could it be so fast?
After her initial panic, the experience of her previous life played a role to some extent.She quickly calmed herself down, and covered her cheeks that were faintly aching, "Father, what are you talking about? Why can't my daughter understand? My daughter has no grievances with Mrs. Yun, why should she be hurt? I have always admired Madam Yun very much. Someone must have framed my daughter on purpose."
Her tone was very aggrieved, and her eyes were misty.But in his heart he secretly hated: If it wasn't for her, how could my sister be able to conceive a dragon and phoenix child smoothly, and how could their Xu family be able to flourish.She was a great contributor to the Xu family, but her father immediately forgot about her contributions and slapped her mercilessly just after being found by the officials.
Seeing her aggrieved expression, Xu Xuechang felt a little puzzled in his heart: Could it be that her daughter was really framed?
His tone softened, "Even so, since the officials are here, you'd better go to the court and explain it carefully. The Yunfu is powerful, and our Xu family can't afford to provoke them."
Then flicked his sleeves and left.
Xu Manzhen took a deep breath, and her eyes fell on Xiaowen who was beside her with an anxious face, "Xiaowen, you can go there with me." If it really doesn't work, she can only push Xiaowen out at that time.Xiaowen is loyal to her and must be willing to sacrifice for her.It's her honor too, isn't it?If Xiaowen really encounters misfortune, she will have people burn a large amount of paper money to her every year in the future, so that she can live well underground.
At this moment, Xu Manzhen had already made up her mind to treat Xiaowen as a scapegoat.
"Xiaowen, you said before that you are willing to do anything for me, right?"
Xiaowen raised her head, and said firmly: "Yes." She had already guessed what Xu Manzhen meant—if it was true, this was also a good opportunity for her to escape.
Xu Manzhen nodded in satisfaction.
Xu Manzhen was about to go to the front hall with Xiaowen. If she didn't go there, those officials might break into the backyard and arrest her.
She also met Xu Manfen on the way.
After Xu Manfen received the news, she ran over to add insult to injury.
She looked at Xu Manzhen, her eyes were full of complacency, "Hey, where is Second Sister going? She looks so hurried."
Xu Manzhen looked at the concubine's undisguised schadenfreude, hatred welled up in her heart, but she lightly wrote: "It's just that someone framed me, as long as I explain it clearly, I'll be fine."
Xu Manfen snorted, with a strange expression on her face, "Framed? I don't think it's framed, right? Some people have really vicious hearts, they talk about admiring and liking people, but in private they are full of schemes and want to murder people Life is truly a femme fatale."
Xu Manfen didn't care at all whether the empress in the palace was favored or not, she only cared that her current life was not as good as before.Before the empress entered the palace, she and her mother were not pleasing to the eye in every possible way, so she might not be able to rely on her in the future.
Xu Manzhen glanced at her coldly, and said, "Sister, I'd better keep some words of morality in mind, so as not to know when misfortune will come out of my mouth."
When she gets through this catastrophe, she must punish Xu Manfen properly.Thinking of Xu Manfen's marriage to someone even better than her in her previous life, Xu Manzhen was immediately aroused new and old grudges when she saw her claws and claws.
Xu Manfen herself is a person who is strong outside but capable in the middle. She was a little terrified by this look, she couldn't help but backed up a few steps, then tripped over a stone and fell to the ground.
Xu Manzhen glanced at her contemptuously, then turned and left, leaving Xu Manfen gnashing her teeth at her back.
Her maid quickly helped her up, Xu Manfen naturally blamed Xu Manzhen for her embarrassment, and said through gritted teeth, "I want to see how she escapes this time."
Xu Manfen's servant girl's eyes flashed, and she said in a low voice: "Miss, I heard that the second young lady has been burning incense and worshiping Buddha today, if she doesn't keep it all, she is cursing Mrs. Yun."
Xu Manfen's eyes lit up, and she said immediately, "But where did she get the hatred for Mrs. Yun?"
The maid said in a low voice; "I know one thing from the servants of the Yunfu, and I don't know if it's true or not. I heard that the second lady wanted that Mr. Nishang to transfer the spot to watch the solo dance to Master Wen, so that Mrs. Yun could say Mr. Nishang didn't want it, so the second lady put the account on Mrs. Yun."
Xu Manfen didn't think about how the maid beside her could find out the news about Yunfu, after hearing this, she sneered and said: "It's because she pretended to be educated and reasonable in front of me, but she also acted in front of those literati who praised her outside. With a dignified and reserved appearance, it turns out that he is also such a frivolous person behind his back. It is really disgusting to want to hurt people just because of this reason."
After Xu Manfen beat Xu Manzhen hard, her eyes suddenly lit up, "At this moment, we can go to her Buddhist hall to see the situation."
The servant girl said casually: "Yes, Second Miss must have cursed Mrs. Yun a lot."
He does not mean that.
Curse...
The light in Xu Manfen's eyes was even brighter: she seemed to have found a way to frame Xu Manzhen.
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Xu Manzhen was brought to the court but still maintained a calm expression, but the occasional flashes of guilt in her eyes still revealed a little of her true emotions.
Sun Hong stroked his beard, and said seriously: "This Mrs. Wang has already confessed that you bought her and let her soften her tendons in Mrs. Yun's soup, trying to kill her twice. How do you explain it?"
Li Qiu and the others did not leave traces on Mrs. Wang's body during the torture, and even tidied her up a little before going out.So Mrs. Wang doesn't look like she has suffered much.
Xu Manzhen knew that Mrs. Wang probably knew about her daughter's escape, so she confessed to her.
She had an innocent face, "My lord, I have never met this Mrs. Wang, and I don't understand why she framed me."
Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, she took out a golden hairpin and a jade pendant with Xu Manzhen's name engraved on it, kowtowed and said, "My lord, these are the things Miss Xu used to bribe me."
Xu Manzhen's face changed drastically. She obviously gave the money directly, and never gave jewelry and jade pendants that would reveal her identity.Especially the jade pendant, which was given to her by her mother not long after she was born, and she kept it well on weekdays, let alone give it to Mrs. Wang.
She said angrily: "where did you steal my things to frame me?"
Mrs. Wang wiped her tears, "I have never entered Xu's house, and I am just a stable woman with no power. If Ms. Xu hadn't given me these things myself, how would I have gotten them. I was bought by Ms. Xu at the time, and I was afraid that she would Not admitting it, and even more afraid of her crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, Miss Xu took out these things to win my trust."
Xu Manzhen didn't know that she had been tricked - it's just that she still didn't understand when her good things were stolen?The other party can be so surreptitious, even if she is being watched, she will not be aware of it.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Xu Manzhen's back.She remembered that she was a little outspoken in private, and she couldn't help being afraid that she had accidentally leaked traces earlier.
Seeing the panic on her face, Sun Hong was only afraid when she was caught out, so he tapped the Jingmutang in his hand, "Second Miss Xu, what excuse do you have?"
Originally, Sun Hong always felt that his daughter was not smart enough, but after trying several cases this year, he began to feel that it doesn't matter if the daughter is stupid, as long as she is upright and doesn't think about framing others like Ren Ziqing and Xu Manzhen all the time.
Xu Manzhen pursed her lips tightly, and she was about to cry and said: "There is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime. Someone must deliberately frame me and provoke the relationship between me and Mrs. Yun. Mrs. Yun is the person I admire and look forward to the most. She has no vengeance, how could she be hurt like this?"
Pointing to Xiaowen next to Xu Manzhen, Mrs. Wang said, "This maid has been to my house a few times before. My daughter-in-law and neighbors in the neighborhood have seen her. If you don't believe me, you can find them and ask them."
Sun Hong immediately brought up Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law and several neighbors' wives.
Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law didn't know that her "mother-in-law" wanted to kill her and her husband. She pointed to Xiaowen and said, "Yes, she came to our house and gave me a ring." Say love , and pulled the silver ring from his hand.Although the silver ring was valuable, it was nothing compared to my life.
These few people proved that Xu Manzhen's Xiaowen had been to Mrs. Wang's house several times, and Xiaowen was Xu Manzhen's confidant, which was different from Xu Manzhen's previous confession.
Xiao Wen looked at Xu Manzhen in a panic, Xu Manzhen gritted her teeth, and said directly: "My lord, I really don't know Mrs. Wang, and I don't know why Xiao Wen went to find Mrs. Wang."
Sun Hong looked at Xiaowen seriously. In this case, as long as Xiaowen confessed to Xu Manzhen, the case could be closed.
Xiaowen knelt on the ground and said: "This matter is my own opinion, and it has nothing to do with my young lady."
"It's because I think Mrs. Yun has been unwilling to help Miss, so I want to vent my anger on Miss." Xiaowen took all the mistakes on her own shoulders, which was what Sister Liqiu told her earlier.Although Xiaowen didn't understand why sister Liqiu didn't let her take this opportunity to confess to Xu Manzhen, she still obeyed obediently.
After Xu Manzhen heard that Xiaowen took the matter, she unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then made an expression of disbelief, "Why are you doing this?"
"I have been praying for Sister Yunxi in the Buddhist hall before, but I never thought that you made such a mistake in private."
She looked heartbroken, as if she was an innocent woman who was deceived by her servants.
It's just that other people didn't buy it very much, and they all whispered to each other.
"I think Second Miss Xu did it herself, and then pushed it on the maid."
"That is, without her instigation, how could a servant girl dare to make such a decision on her own."
"Yeah, to find out the news, to bribe Mrs. Wen... how can a little maid have such abilities."
No one believed that Xu Manzhen was innocent in this matter, and they all could see that Xiaowen was just a scapegoat who was pushed out.
Xu Manzhen didn't care, as long as she could escape this catastrophe, she would use that accident to turn herself into a goddess at the end of the year, and her reputation would be restored by then.She will also be admired by the world.
It's just that Xiaowen insisted that she did it, so Sun Hong could only order Xiaowen to be detained.
Xu Manzhen's mother, Mrs. Xu, also rushed over, and after she had heard enough, she stepped forward and slapped Xiaowen severely, "You lowly maidservant, how can you make up your own mind, and almost hurt Zhen'er by doing such a thing? .”
Xiaowen lowered his head and didn't say a word.
Mrs. Xu knew in her heart that this was probably done by her daughter in private.She slapped Xiaowen just because she wanted to help her daughter get rid of the relationship.It's just that her actions like this fall into everyone's eyes, which adds to the dislike.
"Tsk, someone took the blame for her daughter, but she beat people instead. What a white-eyed wolf."
"What kind of daughter is there, what kind of mother is there. Miss Xu Er said that she likes Mrs. Yun, but in private she wants to kill two lives. Her heart is too vicious."
Everyone just glanced at me and looked at the mother and daughter with disdain from time to time.
Mrs. Xu's veins twitched when she heard this, if it wasn't for the so-called self-restraint, she would have already quarreled with these "mud legs".
Xu Manzhen quickly grabbed her mother's hand.When that happens at the end of the year, these people will definitely change their faces.In the previous life, Du Yunxi won the hearts of the people after that incident. In this life, with her around, these prestige will only belong to her.
Thinking of the bright future, Xu Manzhen managed to calm down those bad thoughts.
After Xiaowen pleaded guilty, at most Xu Manzhen would bear the reputation of being unknown, and Mrs. Xu was about to take her daughter's hand and leave.
At this time, two government servants came over with a few paper figurines in their hands, and said respectfully: "My lord, earlier the maid in Miss Xu Er's yard secretly told us that Miss Xu Er was burning incense all day long before and after Mrs. Yun gave birth, chanting , and got a small Buddha table. We went to search, and it happened to be found in a Buddhist scripture.”
Then handed the paper figure to Sun Hong.
To be honest, it's really not good for the official to search the girl's boudoir without saying a word.But Xu Manzhen was originally a suspect, and they were looking for evidence, so no one else could say anything.Not to mention that Mrs. Yun Du Yunxi was also involved in this matter.
Yun Shen, a native of the capital, valued Du Yunxi for everyone. If he did a good job, it would be a good thing for the little officials like them if he caught the eyes of Shizi Yun.Therefore, those who can work in Shuntian Mansion are not fools, and they all want to use this matter to please Yun Shen.
Sun Hong took a closer look and found that these paper figurines were all about three inches in size. One of them was in the shape of a woman, and it was nailed together with five pieces of paper with green-faced ghosts. Nails, on the back of the paper figurine are written the birth date and Du Yunxi's name taboo, and it is obviously Xu Manzhen's handwriting.
The other is two paper figurines tightly bound together with red thread and wrapped in red gauze.After untying it, I found that one of them could be seen as a man, and Wen Yanhui's name and his birthday were written on the back.The other is Xu Manzhen's own birthday and name.
Obviously, unlike cursing Yun Xi before, this time it is to tie Wen Yanhui with her red thread.
The art of witchcraft has always been despised by the world, and when Sun Hong saw these dirty things, he immediately became furious, "Second Miss Xu, how dare you practice such an art of disgusting victory, curse Mrs. Yun, and curse Lord Wenhou."
When Xu Manzhen saw these things, she was stunned, and quickly shouted for grievances, "My lord, I don't know how these things came from? I didn't make them."
Sun Hong sneered and said, "This is your handwriting, so could it be written by someone else?"
Xu Manzhen really didn't use this so-called witchcraft, and she didn't want to admit the mistakes she made, let alone someone else planted them on her head.She cried bitterly, "Someone must have intentionally imitated my handwriting."
Sun Hong was really too lazy to talk nonsense with her, and said, "Put Miss Xu Er down together, and investigate this matter carefully."
Mrs. Xu subconsciously grabbed Xu Manzhen and said angrily, "My lord, my daughter didn't do this. How can I directly convict her?"
Witch Gu's distaste for victory has always been the most taboo of the world, if the daughter is involved in this, it will also implicate the empress in the palace.
Sun Hong said coldly: "The evidence is here. She didn't do it. Could it be that there are other people?"
Mrs. Xu said: "Then someone must have intentionally framed my Zhen'er."
Sun Hongdao: "In this case, then Mrs. Xu should investigate who framed Ling Ai."
Then he motioned for someone to put Xu Manzhen in custody first.
One moment Xu Manzhen pushed the matter to Xiaowen, and the next moment she had to be with Xiaowen.After all, the entire Xu family knew that Xiaowen was illiterate, so it was impossible for her to imitate Xu Manzhen's handwriting.
Xu Manzhen was locked in the cell, gnashing her teeth, and she could only pray that her mother could find evidence to rescue her.
"If you let me know who framed me..." She looked at the narrow and dark cell with hatred in her heart.
Xiaowen looked at her distorted expression with anger, lowered his head and remained silent.
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"Hey, other people basically look very haggard after giving birth, why does your skin look better?" Lu Yiran went to the door to look at Yun Xi with great interest.Tonight is Zhuzhu's three baptisms, Lu Yiran just came here earlier than others.
After she came to the door, she brought a lot of presents, which she said she would leave for Zhuzhu as a dowry in the future.Yun Xi has also seen it, and each of them is indeed a rare good thing.
Yun Xi touched her face, showing a faint smile, "I don't know about that either."
After she gave birth to her child, she did feel that her skin seemed to have improved to a higher level.It can be broken by blowing bombs, without the need to apply rouge and water powder, it can also have a heart-stopping delicate and beautiful complexion.
"But where did your grievances with Xu Manzhen come from? Why did she hate you so much, and she bribed the midwife, and put a curse on you?"
Yun Xi told her about Xu Manzhen's begging for her earlier, "If she likes Wen Yanhui, I won't say anything if she pursues her generously. But if she chooses to focus on me and maintain her reserved image, I will I don't want to."
After hearing this, Lu Yiran sneered and said, "Thanks to Concubine Mei crying in the palace earlier that her sister was molested, and how Xu Manzhen was a pure, reserved and dignified woman, she could have said it out loud. If it wasn't Concubine Wen who molested her at that time Her nephew, but Wen Yanhui, I'm afraid she will push it halfway."
Yun Xi did not hide this matter from Lu Yiran. On the one hand, it was because Lu Yiran had a close relationship with her, and she was also Zhuzhu's godmother. On the other hand, she used Lu Yiran's mouth to let people in the capital know the so-called grievances between her and Xu Manzhen. , It also saves some people from arranging her.
Lu Yiran sneered and said, "Besides, it is her own choice whether Mr. Lian will give up that opportunity to others. Since Xu Manzhen made such a promise at the beginning, no matter who the dance partner is, she should be mentally prepared. .”
In the end, Xu Manzhen failed to take this opportunity to hook up with Wen Yanhui, so she transferred her anger to Yun Xi, feeling extremely shameless.
Seeing that Lu Yiran was even more angry than her, Yun Xi said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about these annoying things. It's fine for you to come, why did you bring so many gifts?"
Lu Yiran had plausible words: "Zhuzhu called me a godmother anyway, how could I not express her at all."
Yun Xi seriously suspected that when Zhuzhu was full moon, Lu Yiran would probably send a lot of gifts over again.
"By the way, Zhuzhu's name, have you two already thought about it?"
Yun Xi shook her head, and said: "I obviously thought of a lot of names before, but now Yun Shen is not satisfied. When I come back every day, apart from hugging my daughter, I just go to the study to study which name is good."
Lu Yiran nodded, and said seriously: "Well, the name is indeed not careless."
After the two chatted for a while, other people came to the door, and Lu Yiran went out to help Yun Xi entertain people in the name of Zhuzhu's godmother, without any intention of being polite.
After Lu Yiran left, Li Qiu entered the room and told her about Xu Manzhen.
"I didn't expect that Xu Manfen was so good at imitating Xu Manzhen's handwriting, and copied it perfectly. Even Mrs. Xu couldn't see anything wrong."
"Besides, she is a bit clever. She only uses the paper that Xu Manzhen usually uses to make paper figurines—and she also specially chooses relatively old paper. The silk thread and paint are all ready-made in Xu Manzhen's house, so Mrs. Xu is fine. If you suspect her, you can't find her."
The corner of Li Qiu's mouth twitched into a playful smile. As for how Xu Manfen was able to sneak into Xu Manzhen's room smoothly, it was her handwriting.The maid that Xu Manfen is using now was also trained by Li Qiu.
Because Xu Manzhen didn't come forward to buy Wenpo, Xu Manzhen can push it to others. If he really wants to punish him, there is really no way.That's why Li Qiu asked Xiaowen to act as a loyal servant, to take on this matter alone, and then he could use this opportunity to feign death and leave.Moreover, Xu Manzhen would never have thought that these had anything to do with Xiaowen, it could be said that it was settled.
What was really waiting for Xu Manzhen was the charge of witchcraft hating victory. After the charge was confirmed, Xu Manzhen would have to shed her skin even if she was not dead.
Yun Xi nodded and sighed, "I just don't know when Xu Manzhen was reborn. It would be great if I could dig out some more things from her."
Li Qiu wrinkled his nose and sighed: "I heard that there is such a hypnotic method in Jianghu, but it's a pity that we don't have such capable people, otherwise things would be much simpler."
Yun Xi was just talking, she smiled, "But I'm just talking. Even if I don't know the future, I still believe that I can live a good life."
It's not like Xu Manzhen, who after having the so-called rebirth experience, feels complacent and feels superior to others.
Li Qiu nodded, but he was thinking about how to pry Xu Manzhen's mouth open. If he could learn something bad for the girl from her mouth, he could prevent it in time.
"Xiaowen, how do you plan to make her leave by pretending to die?" Yun Xi didn't think that Xiaowen would be given that kind of medicine to fake death, which would be too harmful to her body.
Li Qiu smiled, "In the cell over there, only Xiao Wen and Xu Manzhen are being imprisoned, and the two are not in the same cell. At that time, we just need to light a fire." And then take a corpse at random Replace Xiaowen's existence.Li Qiu also planned to push this fire on Xu Manzhen. Afterwards, it can be said that Xu Manzhen deliberately killed people to silence him, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
As for Xu Manzhen, she can also use this opportunity to bring her out of the cell, and then she can also take the opportunity to interrogate her.
Seeing that they had considered everything, Yun Xi couldn't help but nodded appreciatively.Li Qiu even talked about using those tortures on Xu Manzhen with great interest.
Seeing her ecstatic look, Yun Xi couldn't help twitching the corner of her mouth: I don't know who led Li Qiu astray, she was a soft and cute girl before, but now she talks about the top ten tortures, but her expression doesn't change, her eyes widen Light.However, Yunxi would not have a bad impression of Li Qiu because of this. Li Qiu has a clear love and hate, which is how he treats his enemies.
Yun Xi's heart suddenly moved, and she couldn't help but said, "I have an idea, maybe I can get out some of Xu Manzhen's secrets."
Halfway through the discussion between the two, Yin Dan rushed in excitedly and said, "Miss, girls from the Wang family and Zhang family have all gone to the Xu family to beg for money."
"What money?"
Yin Dan's tone could not conceal the excitement, "Xu Manzhen borrowed money from these people to open her salon, but now she is in a cell, and she is charged with hating witchcraft. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that she has not turned over. The opportunity came up, and everyone was worried that their money would be wasted, so they came to ask for the money."
"Xu Manzhen borrowed at least 5000 taels of silver back and forth, and now these people are surrounding the Xu family, insisting on them paying it back."
"Xu Xuechang was reluctant to admit it at first, but he became speechless until those companies showed the IOU written by Xu Manzhen."
Yun Xi imagined the scene and couldn't help but be amused.This can be said to be a house leak coincident with continuous night rain, the Xu family is about to bleed a lot this time.
Tears, I will definitely update it on time tomorrow morning!Now back home...finally have time to codeword
(End of this chapter)
"anything else?"
"When Mrs. Wang's grandson was full moon, Mrs. Wang only gave a silver-plated longevity lock casually, but she gave this widow's son a whole set of silver longevity locks."
One is silver-plated and the other is made of pure silver. The former can be bought for tens of pennies, while the latter is worth tens of taels of silver.
"People in Xiaoguan Village also said that Mrs. Wang often said that it would be great if she had a daughter like Widow Zhang."
Li Qiu followed Yun Xi's side all day long, and he had a lot of brains, so he immediately thought about stealing dragons and turning phoenixes.
"I wondered if this widow might be the real daughter of Mrs. Wang, so I asked some relatives of Mrs. Wang to come and see. They also said that this widow was somewhat similar to Mrs. Wang when she was young."
Li Qiu had almost investigated these matters before coming over to talk to Yun Shen about it.
Mo Yan added: "Originally, this Mrs. Wang treated her son well, caring and loving. It was not until last year that she suddenly changed her attitude and became indifferent. It can be seen that she only knew about this last year."
Apart from this reason, Mo Yan couldn't find any other reasonable reason to explain this matter.
Yun Shen pondered for a moment, "Bring Widow Zhang back."
Although Widow Zhang was taken away by Xu Manzhen, Xu Manzhen didn't have many useful people under him. If Yun Shen made a move, it would be as easy as picking something out of a bag.
Li Qiu said: "We have brought Widow Zhang back, and even pretended that Widow Zhang escaped by herself." To avoid Manzhen thinking of them immediately.
There was a faint appreciation on Yun Shen's face, "Very good."
Once you have mastered Widow Zhang and her son, you don't have to worry about prying Mrs. Wang's mouth.
Mrs. Wang usually looks calm and honest, with a timid temper. Even Yun Shen and the others did not expect that her mouth would be so tight.If it wasn't for Mrs. Wang who had harmed Yun Xi earlier, Qi Liqiu would have admired her patience and perseverance.
Li Qiu talked about this with Yun Xi who was still recuperating.
Yun Xi nodded to show that she understood, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she directly told Li Qiu something, Li Qiu lit up instantly, and said, "I'll go find Miss Yunyao."
……
Mrs. Wang was lying in the dark cell with a gray face. She didn't seem to have any wounds all over her body, but the pain was so painful that she didn't even want to move her fingers.
The punishment she has encountered in the past few days is a hell that she has never experienced in her life—no, maybe hell is better than her current life.When the silver needle was inserted between her nails, the pain was so excruciating that she wished she could commit suicide directly.It's a pity that she couldn't even commit suicide. She once thought about telling all the truth directly, but thinking of her hard-fated daughter, Mrs. Wang finally endured it.
The lock of the cell was unlocked, and Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes numbly, and saw a girl in an apricot dress walking in front of her with a smile.
Her body shrank unconsciously, and her scalp felt numb.It was this woman who mercilessly inserted ten silver needles into her fingers.
The person who came in was Li Qiu. Li Qiu had a sweet smile on his face, but the temperature never reached his eyes.For her, the one who hurt her girl is her biggest enemy.
"No one instructed me, I wanted to do that myself." Mrs. Wang repeated what she had said countless times.
Li Qiu smiled, and threw a purse and a longevity lock in front of her.
The purse was embroidered by Mrs. Wang herself to Widow Zhang. Every stitch and thread contains her love and love for her daughter.The Longevity Lock was also made by the silver jewelry store in the city with the silver she had secretly accumulated by Mrs. Wang, and she even took it to consecrate it in front of Ci'an Temple.
When Mrs. Wang saw these two familiar objects, she sobbed.She didn't know where she got the strength, she jumped up from the ground, clutching these two things tightly, tears streaming down her face, "Where are they?"
No matter how pitiful Mrs. Wang looks, Li Qiu will not sympathize with her in the slightest.She said coldly, "Of course they are still alive."
"But you are really cruel. You have raised your son for decades. If you don't want it, you don't want it. You even want to use our hands to harm them." Mrs. Wang's nominal son and grandson are basically under the control of Yunfu. among.
When Mrs. Wang did such a thing, her son Wang Yongbo naturally did not please him.If the Yun family was a bit more vicious, Bao Buqi would have vented his anger on them.
Mrs. Wang tightly grasped the purse and longevity lock, and after hearing Li Qiu's words, sparks of hatred burst out in her eyes, "A bastard like Wang Yongbo dares to take my daughter's identity! If it weren't for him, where would my daughter be?" suffer those hardships."
Besides Wang Yongbo, what Mrs. Wang hated the most was her dead husband.
"At the beginning, I gave birth to Ya'er with difficulty, and I woke up after three days of coma. The dead ghost told me that I gave birth to a boy. But he took my Ya'er away in private, brought him and the bastards from outside, Replace my child's identity. All these years, I have raised that bitch as my own child. My poor woman was sold by that bitch as a prostitute."
"Why their son has been going smoothly for decades, but my daughter has to suffer all these hardships."
Thinking of how hard she raised the bastard as her own son, Mrs. Wang was so angry that her facial features became distorted.
Perhaps it was because her daughter and grandson fell into Li Qiu's hands, or perhaps it was because these words had been accumulated in her heart for a long time, this time Mrs. Wang knew everything and vented her long-standing resentment.
Looking at her expression, Li Qiu had no doubt that if her husband and the woman were still alive, she would stab them to death without hesitation.
"Why didn't you kill them?" She raised her head, her palm was even bleeding from the longevity lock.As if she didn't feel the pain, she still stared at Li Qiu with red eyes.
Li Qiu took a step back and said: "If you explain well, we will send your daughter and grandson far away so that they can live in another identity. No one will point fingers at your daughter anymore."
As for Mrs. Wang, she will be punished according to the punishment at that time.No matter how pitiful she is, it is not the reason why she was bribed to frame the princess.
After hearing this assurance, Mrs. Wang's originally ferocious expression suddenly eased, as if someone had gently erased the negative emotions at this time.She sat there directly, with tears in her eyes, "This is good, this is good."
……
One flower represents another branch.
A good living person disappeared, so Xu Manzhen was naturally alarmed.
She clenched her sleeves tightly, almost biting her teeth, her eyes were full of anger and uneasiness, "Why did such a fine living person disappear?"
Xiaowen bowed his head and said: "I just went over to look, and the widow probably used her own hairpin to open the door latch. It's also because they are not doing their job well, and no one is watching when they drink and gamble at night. room."
Xu Manzhen almost gasped out of anger, "Okay! It's really good! Deduct their three months' monthly payment and give them a hard blow of [-] boards."
Xiaowen said distressedly: "Miss, but we don't have many people, if we beat them, no one will go to find Widow Zhang and the others."
Although Xu Manzhen was reborn, but because she didn't have much money on hand, and she spent most of her time practicing the sleeve dance at the beginning, she had to make herself a blockbuster.So there are really not many people who can use it, and now the most trusted confidant is Xiaowen.
Xu Manzhen said bitterly: "Then wait until Widow Zhang and her son are found, and then teach them a lesson."
All her money has been invested in the salon, and the cash on hand does not exceed 100 taels of silver, so she can't buy anyone.
She frowned tightly, "Do you still have Widow Zhang's clothes? If you still have them, I'll tear up a few pieces, drip blood on them, and send them to Mrs. Wang. I hope she will know what to do after seeing it."
Xiaowen said: "We went to Widow Zhang's house and found that her clothes and money had been taken away."
After hearing this, Xu Manzhen immediately vomited a mouthful of blood, which was smeared on the handkerchief, which was shocking.
"Girl, it's not good, the official came from home."
A maid rushed in recklessly, her face full of panic.
Xu Manzhen's first reaction was that the Dongchuang incident had happened. She forced herself to be calm and said, "What are you worried about? We are the uncle's family. As long as there is no rebellion, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Xu Manzhen didn't immediately think about Mrs. Wang. After all, Widow Zhang left only last night, and it was impossible for the Yun family to come to her so soon.
She couldn't help thinking: Could it be that the matter of Daddy accepting bribes some time ago was exposed?
The girl in pink shook her head and said in fear, "No, those officers and soldiers are here to find you, Miss."
As soon as the maid finished speaking, Xu Xuechang walked in with an angry face, and walked in directly.
"father……"
As soon as Xu Manzhen yelled this sentence, Xu Xuechang slapped her hard on the face, "You wicked girl, how dare you bribe Mrs. Wen and try to frame Princess Ming."
Xu Manzhen panicked, she didn't expect that just after Widow Zhang left last night, Yun Mansion would immediately find her today.How could it be so fast?
After her initial panic, the experience of her previous life played a role to some extent.She quickly calmed herself down, and covered her cheeks that were faintly aching, "Father, what are you talking about? Why can't my daughter understand? My daughter has no grievances with Mrs. Yun, why should she be hurt? I have always admired Madam Yun very much. Someone must have framed my daughter on purpose."
Her tone was very aggrieved, and her eyes were misty.But in his heart he secretly hated: If it wasn't for her, how could my sister be able to conceive a dragon and phoenix child smoothly, and how could their Xu family be able to flourish.She was a great contributor to the Xu family, but her father immediately forgot about her contributions and slapped her mercilessly just after being found by the officials.
Seeing her aggrieved expression, Xu Xuechang felt a little puzzled in his heart: Could it be that her daughter was really framed?
His tone softened, "Even so, since the officials are here, you'd better go to the court and explain it carefully. The Yunfu is powerful, and our Xu family can't afford to provoke them."
Then flicked his sleeves and left.
Xu Manzhen took a deep breath, and her eyes fell on Xiaowen who was beside her with an anxious face, "Xiaowen, you can go there with me." If it really doesn't work, she can only push Xiaowen out at that time.Xiaowen is loyal to her and must be willing to sacrifice for her.It's her honor too, isn't it?If Xiaowen really encounters misfortune, she will have people burn a large amount of paper money to her every year in the future, so that she can live well underground.
At this moment, Xu Manzhen had already made up her mind to treat Xiaowen as a scapegoat.
"Xiaowen, you said before that you are willing to do anything for me, right?"
Xiaowen raised her head, and said firmly: "Yes." She had already guessed what Xu Manzhen meant—if it was true, this was also a good opportunity for her to escape.
Xu Manzhen nodded in satisfaction.
Xu Manzhen was about to go to the front hall with Xiaowen. If she didn't go there, those officials might break into the backyard and arrest her.
She also met Xu Manfen on the way.
After Xu Manfen received the news, she ran over to add insult to injury.
She looked at Xu Manzhen, her eyes were full of complacency, "Hey, where is Second Sister going? She looks so hurried."
Xu Manzhen looked at the concubine's undisguised schadenfreude, hatred welled up in her heart, but she lightly wrote: "It's just that someone framed me, as long as I explain it clearly, I'll be fine."
Xu Manfen snorted, with a strange expression on her face, "Framed? I don't think it's framed, right? Some people have really vicious hearts, they talk about admiring and liking people, but in private they are full of schemes and want to murder people Life is truly a femme fatale."
Xu Manfen didn't care at all whether the empress in the palace was favored or not, she only cared that her current life was not as good as before.Before the empress entered the palace, she and her mother were not pleasing to the eye in every possible way, so she might not be able to rely on her in the future.
Xu Manzhen glanced at her coldly, and said, "Sister, I'd better keep some words of morality in mind, so as not to know when misfortune will come out of my mouth."
When she gets through this catastrophe, she must punish Xu Manfen properly.Thinking of Xu Manfen's marriage to someone even better than her in her previous life, Xu Manzhen was immediately aroused new and old grudges when she saw her claws and claws.
Xu Manfen herself is a person who is strong outside but capable in the middle. She was a little terrified by this look, she couldn't help but backed up a few steps, then tripped over a stone and fell to the ground.
Xu Manzhen glanced at her contemptuously, then turned and left, leaving Xu Manfen gnashing her teeth at her back.
Her maid quickly helped her up, Xu Manfen naturally blamed Xu Manzhen for her embarrassment, and said through gritted teeth, "I want to see how she escapes this time."
Xu Manfen's servant girl's eyes flashed, and she said in a low voice: "Miss, I heard that the second young lady has been burning incense and worshiping Buddha today, if she doesn't keep it all, she is cursing Mrs. Yun."
Xu Manfen's eyes lit up, and she said immediately, "But where did she get the hatred for Mrs. Yun?"
The maid said in a low voice; "I know one thing from the servants of the Yunfu, and I don't know if it's true or not. I heard that the second lady wanted that Mr. Nishang to transfer the spot to watch the solo dance to Master Wen, so that Mrs. Yun could say Mr. Nishang didn't want it, so the second lady put the account on Mrs. Yun."
Xu Manfen didn't think about how the maid beside her could find out the news about Yunfu, after hearing this, she sneered and said: "It's because she pretended to be educated and reasonable in front of me, but she also acted in front of those literati who praised her outside. With a dignified and reserved appearance, it turns out that he is also such a frivolous person behind his back. It is really disgusting to want to hurt people just because of this reason."
After Xu Manfen beat Xu Manzhen hard, her eyes suddenly lit up, "At this moment, we can go to her Buddhist hall to see the situation."
The servant girl said casually: "Yes, Second Miss must have cursed Mrs. Yun a lot."
He does not mean that.
Curse...
The light in Xu Manfen's eyes was even brighter: she seemed to have found a way to frame Xu Manzhen.
……
Xu Manzhen was brought to the court but still maintained a calm expression, but the occasional flashes of guilt in her eyes still revealed a little of her true emotions.
Sun Hong stroked his beard, and said seriously: "This Mrs. Wang has already confessed that you bought her and let her soften her tendons in Mrs. Yun's soup, trying to kill her twice. How do you explain it?"
Li Qiu and the others did not leave traces on Mrs. Wang's body during the torture, and even tidied her up a little before going out.So Mrs. Wang doesn't look like she has suffered much.
Xu Manzhen knew that Mrs. Wang probably knew about her daughter's escape, so she confessed to her.
She had an innocent face, "My lord, I have never met this Mrs. Wang, and I don't understand why she framed me."
Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, she took out a golden hairpin and a jade pendant with Xu Manzhen's name engraved on it, kowtowed and said, "My lord, these are the things Miss Xu used to bribe me."
Xu Manzhen's face changed drastically. She obviously gave the money directly, and never gave jewelry and jade pendants that would reveal her identity.Especially the jade pendant, which was given to her by her mother not long after she was born, and she kept it well on weekdays, let alone give it to Mrs. Wang.
She said angrily: "where did you steal my things to frame me?"
Mrs. Wang wiped her tears, "I have never entered Xu's house, and I am just a stable woman with no power. If Ms. Xu hadn't given me these things myself, how would I have gotten them. I was bought by Ms. Xu at the time, and I was afraid that she would Not admitting it, and even more afraid of her crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, Miss Xu took out these things to win my trust."
Xu Manzhen didn't know that she had been tricked - it's just that she still didn't understand when her good things were stolen?The other party can be so surreptitious, even if she is being watched, she will not be aware of it.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Xu Manzhen's back.She remembered that she was a little outspoken in private, and she couldn't help being afraid that she had accidentally leaked traces earlier.
Seeing the panic on her face, Sun Hong was only afraid when she was caught out, so he tapped the Jingmutang in his hand, "Second Miss Xu, what excuse do you have?"
Originally, Sun Hong always felt that his daughter was not smart enough, but after trying several cases this year, he began to feel that it doesn't matter if the daughter is stupid, as long as she is upright and doesn't think about framing others like Ren Ziqing and Xu Manzhen all the time.
Xu Manzhen pursed her lips tightly, and she was about to cry and said: "There is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime. Someone must deliberately frame me and provoke the relationship between me and Mrs. Yun. Mrs. Yun is the person I admire and look forward to the most. She has no vengeance, how could she be hurt like this?"
Pointing to Xiaowen next to Xu Manzhen, Mrs. Wang said, "This maid has been to my house a few times before. My daughter-in-law and neighbors in the neighborhood have seen her. If you don't believe me, you can find them and ask them."
Sun Hong immediately brought up Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law and several neighbors' wives.
Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law didn't know that her "mother-in-law" wanted to kill her and her husband. She pointed to Xiaowen and said, "Yes, she came to our house and gave me a ring." Say love , and pulled the silver ring from his hand.Although the silver ring was valuable, it was nothing compared to my life.
These few people proved that Xu Manzhen's Xiaowen had been to Mrs. Wang's house several times, and Xiaowen was Xu Manzhen's confidant, which was different from Xu Manzhen's previous confession.
Xiao Wen looked at Xu Manzhen in a panic, Xu Manzhen gritted her teeth, and said directly: "My lord, I really don't know Mrs. Wang, and I don't know why Xiao Wen went to find Mrs. Wang."
Sun Hong looked at Xiaowen seriously. In this case, as long as Xiaowen confessed to Xu Manzhen, the case could be closed.
Xiaowen knelt on the ground and said: "This matter is my own opinion, and it has nothing to do with my young lady."
"It's because I think Mrs. Yun has been unwilling to help Miss, so I want to vent my anger on Miss." Xiaowen took all the mistakes on her own shoulders, which was what Sister Liqiu told her earlier.Although Xiaowen didn't understand why sister Liqiu didn't let her take this opportunity to confess to Xu Manzhen, she still obeyed obediently.
After Xu Manzhen heard that Xiaowen took the matter, she unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then made an expression of disbelief, "Why are you doing this?"
"I have been praying for Sister Yunxi in the Buddhist hall before, but I never thought that you made such a mistake in private."
She looked heartbroken, as if she was an innocent woman who was deceived by her servants.
It's just that other people didn't buy it very much, and they all whispered to each other.
"I think Second Miss Xu did it herself, and then pushed it on the maid."
"That is, without her instigation, how could a servant girl dare to make such a decision on her own."
"Yeah, to find out the news, to bribe Mrs. Wen... how can a little maid have such abilities."
No one believed that Xu Manzhen was innocent in this matter, and they all could see that Xiaowen was just a scapegoat who was pushed out.
Xu Manzhen didn't care, as long as she could escape this catastrophe, she would use that accident to turn herself into a goddess at the end of the year, and her reputation would be restored by then.She will also be admired by the world.
It's just that Xiaowen insisted that she did it, so Sun Hong could only order Xiaowen to be detained.
Xu Manzhen's mother, Mrs. Xu, also rushed over, and after she had heard enough, she stepped forward and slapped Xiaowen severely, "You lowly maidservant, how can you make up your own mind, and almost hurt Zhen'er by doing such a thing? .”
Xiaowen lowered his head and didn't say a word.
Mrs. Xu knew in her heart that this was probably done by her daughter in private.She slapped Xiaowen just because she wanted to help her daughter get rid of the relationship.It's just that her actions like this fall into everyone's eyes, which adds to the dislike.
"Tsk, someone took the blame for her daughter, but she beat people instead. What a white-eyed wolf."
"What kind of daughter is there, what kind of mother is there. Miss Xu Er said that she likes Mrs. Yun, but in private she wants to kill two lives. Her heart is too vicious."
Everyone just glanced at me and looked at the mother and daughter with disdain from time to time.
Mrs. Xu's veins twitched when she heard this, if it wasn't for the so-called self-restraint, she would have already quarreled with these "mud legs".
Xu Manzhen quickly grabbed her mother's hand.When that happens at the end of the year, these people will definitely change their faces.In the previous life, Du Yunxi won the hearts of the people after that incident. In this life, with her around, these prestige will only belong to her.
Thinking of the bright future, Xu Manzhen managed to calm down those bad thoughts.
After Xiaowen pleaded guilty, at most Xu Manzhen would bear the reputation of being unknown, and Mrs. Xu was about to take her daughter's hand and leave.
At this time, two government servants came over with a few paper figurines in their hands, and said respectfully: "My lord, earlier the maid in Miss Xu Er's yard secretly told us that Miss Xu Er was burning incense all day long before and after Mrs. Yun gave birth, chanting , and got a small Buddha table. We went to search, and it happened to be found in a Buddhist scripture.”
Then handed the paper figure to Sun Hong.
To be honest, it's really not good for the official to search the girl's boudoir without saying a word.But Xu Manzhen was originally a suspect, and they were looking for evidence, so no one else could say anything.Not to mention that Mrs. Yun Du Yunxi was also involved in this matter.
Yun Shen, a native of the capital, valued Du Yunxi for everyone. If he did a good job, it would be a good thing for the little officials like them if he caught the eyes of Shizi Yun.Therefore, those who can work in Shuntian Mansion are not fools, and they all want to use this matter to please Yun Shen.
Sun Hong took a closer look and found that these paper figurines were all about three inches in size. One of them was in the shape of a woman, and it was nailed together with five pieces of paper with green-faced ghosts. Nails, on the back of the paper figurine are written the birth date and Du Yunxi's name taboo, and it is obviously Xu Manzhen's handwriting.
The other is two paper figurines tightly bound together with red thread and wrapped in red gauze.After untying it, I found that one of them could be seen as a man, and Wen Yanhui's name and his birthday were written on the back.The other is Xu Manzhen's own birthday and name.
Obviously, unlike cursing Yun Xi before, this time it is to tie Wen Yanhui with her red thread.
The art of witchcraft has always been despised by the world, and when Sun Hong saw these dirty things, he immediately became furious, "Second Miss Xu, how dare you practice such an art of disgusting victory, curse Mrs. Yun, and curse Lord Wenhou."
When Xu Manzhen saw these things, she was stunned, and quickly shouted for grievances, "My lord, I don't know how these things came from? I didn't make them."
Sun Hong sneered and said, "This is your handwriting, so could it be written by someone else?"
Xu Manzhen really didn't use this so-called witchcraft, and she didn't want to admit the mistakes she made, let alone someone else planted them on her head.She cried bitterly, "Someone must have intentionally imitated my handwriting."
Sun Hong was really too lazy to talk nonsense with her, and said, "Put Miss Xu Er down together, and investigate this matter carefully."
Mrs. Xu subconsciously grabbed Xu Manzhen and said angrily, "My lord, my daughter didn't do this. How can I directly convict her?"
Witch Gu's distaste for victory has always been the most taboo of the world, if the daughter is involved in this, it will also implicate the empress in the palace.
Sun Hong said coldly: "The evidence is here. She didn't do it. Could it be that there are other people?"
Mrs. Xu said: "Then someone must have intentionally framed my Zhen'er."
Sun Hongdao: "In this case, then Mrs. Xu should investigate who framed Ling Ai."
Then he motioned for someone to put Xu Manzhen in custody first.
One moment Xu Manzhen pushed the matter to Xiaowen, and the next moment she had to be with Xiaowen.After all, the entire Xu family knew that Xiaowen was illiterate, so it was impossible for her to imitate Xu Manzhen's handwriting.
Xu Manzhen was locked in the cell, gnashing her teeth, and she could only pray that her mother could find evidence to rescue her.
"If you let me know who framed me..." She looked at the narrow and dark cell with hatred in her heart.
Xiaowen looked at her distorted expression with anger, lowered his head and remained silent.
……
"Hey, other people basically look very haggard after giving birth, why does your skin look better?" Lu Yiran went to the door to look at Yun Xi with great interest.Tonight is Zhuzhu's three baptisms, Lu Yiran just came here earlier than others.
After she came to the door, she brought a lot of presents, which she said she would leave for Zhuzhu as a dowry in the future.Yun Xi has also seen it, and each of them is indeed a rare good thing.
Yun Xi touched her face, showing a faint smile, "I don't know about that either."
After she gave birth to her child, she did feel that her skin seemed to have improved to a higher level.It can be broken by blowing bombs, without the need to apply rouge and water powder, it can also have a heart-stopping delicate and beautiful complexion.
"But where did your grievances with Xu Manzhen come from? Why did she hate you so much, and she bribed the midwife, and put a curse on you?"
Yun Xi told her about Xu Manzhen's begging for her earlier, "If she likes Wen Yanhui, I won't say anything if she pursues her generously. But if she chooses to focus on me and maintain her reserved image, I will I don't want to."
After hearing this, Lu Yiran sneered and said, "Thanks to Concubine Mei crying in the palace earlier that her sister was molested, and how Xu Manzhen was a pure, reserved and dignified woman, she could have said it out loud. If it wasn't Concubine Wen who molested her at that time Her nephew, but Wen Yanhui, I'm afraid she will push it halfway."
Yun Xi did not hide this matter from Lu Yiran. On the one hand, it was because Lu Yiran had a close relationship with her, and she was also Zhuzhu's godmother. On the other hand, she used Lu Yiran's mouth to let people in the capital know the so-called grievances between her and Xu Manzhen. , It also saves some people from arranging her.
Lu Yiran sneered and said, "Besides, it is her own choice whether Mr. Lian will give up that opportunity to others. Since Xu Manzhen made such a promise at the beginning, no matter who the dance partner is, she should be mentally prepared. .”
In the end, Xu Manzhen failed to take this opportunity to hook up with Wen Yanhui, so she transferred her anger to Yun Xi, feeling extremely shameless.
Seeing that Lu Yiran was even more angry than her, Yun Xi said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about these annoying things. It's fine for you to come, why did you bring so many gifts?"
Lu Yiran had plausible words: "Zhuzhu called me a godmother anyway, how could I not express her at all."
Yun Xi seriously suspected that when Zhuzhu was full moon, Lu Yiran would probably send a lot of gifts over again.
"By the way, Zhuzhu's name, have you two already thought about it?"
Yun Xi shook her head, and said: "I obviously thought of a lot of names before, but now Yun Shen is not satisfied. When I come back every day, apart from hugging my daughter, I just go to the study to study which name is good."
Lu Yiran nodded, and said seriously: "Well, the name is indeed not careless."
After the two chatted for a while, other people came to the door, and Lu Yiran went out to help Yun Xi entertain people in the name of Zhuzhu's godmother, without any intention of being polite.
After Lu Yiran left, Li Qiu entered the room and told her about Xu Manzhen.
"I didn't expect that Xu Manfen was so good at imitating Xu Manzhen's handwriting, and copied it perfectly. Even Mrs. Xu couldn't see anything wrong."
"Besides, she is a bit clever. She only uses the paper that Xu Manzhen usually uses to make paper figurines—and she also specially chooses relatively old paper. The silk thread and paint are all ready-made in Xu Manzhen's house, so Mrs. Xu is fine. If you suspect her, you can't find her."
The corner of Li Qiu's mouth twitched into a playful smile. As for how Xu Manfen was able to sneak into Xu Manzhen's room smoothly, it was her handwriting.The maid that Xu Manfen is using now was also trained by Li Qiu.
Because Xu Manzhen didn't come forward to buy Wenpo, Xu Manzhen can push it to others. If he really wants to punish him, there is really no way.That's why Li Qiu asked Xiaowen to act as a loyal servant, to take on this matter alone, and then he could use this opportunity to feign death and leave.Moreover, Xu Manzhen would never have thought that these had anything to do with Xiaowen, it could be said that it was settled.
What was really waiting for Xu Manzhen was the charge of witchcraft hating victory. After the charge was confirmed, Xu Manzhen would have to shed her skin even if she was not dead.
Yun Xi nodded and sighed, "I just don't know when Xu Manzhen was reborn. It would be great if I could dig out some more things from her."
Li Qiu wrinkled his nose and sighed: "I heard that there is such a hypnotic method in Jianghu, but it's a pity that we don't have such capable people, otherwise things would be much simpler."
Yun Xi was just talking, she smiled, "But I'm just talking. Even if I don't know the future, I still believe that I can live a good life."
It's not like Xu Manzhen, who after having the so-called rebirth experience, feels complacent and feels superior to others.
Li Qiu nodded, but he was thinking about how to pry Xu Manzhen's mouth open. If he could learn something bad for the girl from her mouth, he could prevent it in time.
"Xiaowen, how do you plan to make her leave by pretending to die?" Yun Xi didn't think that Xiaowen would be given that kind of medicine to fake death, which would be too harmful to her body.
Li Qiu smiled, "In the cell over there, only Xiao Wen and Xu Manzhen are being imprisoned, and the two are not in the same cell. At that time, we just need to light a fire." And then take a corpse at random Replace Xiaowen's existence.Li Qiu also planned to push this fire on Xu Manzhen. Afterwards, it can be said that Xu Manzhen deliberately killed people to silence him, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
As for Xu Manzhen, she can also use this opportunity to bring her out of the cell, and then she can also take the opportunity to interrogate her.
Seeing that they had considered everything, Yun Xi couldn't help but nodded appreciatively.Li Qiu even talked about using those tortures on Xu Manzhen with great interest.
Seeing her ecstatic look, Yun Xi couldn't help twitching the corner of her mouth: I don't know who led Li Qiu astray, she was a soft and cute girl before, but now she talks about the top ten tortures, but her expression doesn't change, her eyes widen Light.However, Yunxi would not have a bad impression of Li Qiu because of this. Li Qiu has a clear love and hate, which is how he treats his enemies.
Yun Xi's heart suddenly moved, and she couldn't help but said, "I have an idea, maybe I can get out some of Xu Manzhen's secrets."
Halfway through the discussion between the two, Yin Dan rushed in excitedly and said, "Miss, girls from the Wang family and Zhang family have all gone to the Xu family to beg for money."
"What money?"
Yin Dan's tone could not conceal the excitement, "Xu Manzhen borrowed money from these people to open her salon, but now she is in a cell, and she is charged with hating witchcraft. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that she has not turned over. The opportunity came up, and everyone was worried that their money would be wasted, so they came to ask for the money."
"Xu Manzhen borrowed at least 5000 taels of silver back and forth, and now these people are surrounding the Xu family, insisting on them paying it back."
"Xu Xuechang was reluctant to admit it at first, but he became speechless until those companies showed the IOU written by Xu Manzhen."
Yun Xi imagined the scene and couldn't help but be amused.This can be said to be a house leak coincident with continuous night rain, the Xu family is about to bleed a lot this time.
Tears, I will definitely update it on time tomorrow morning!Now back home...finally have time to codeword
(End of this chapter)
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