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Chapter 5 Confrontation
The front hall was brightly lit, and all the servants were kneeling here, with a large pair of torture instruments on the side, and the battle was very serious.

When Nanny Zhang led Meng Heyin to the front hall, Mrs. Meng was sitting on a chair, and Jin Se was rubbing her head for her.

"Ma'am, people have brought it."

Nanny Zhang stepped forward to answer.

Madam Meng sat up very tiredly, and immediately saw Meng Heyin who stood out from the crowd.

"Heyin, why are you here? Didn't the doctor tell you to rest?"

Hearing this, Meng Xiyin immediately stuffed the things in her hands into her sleeves, and looked at Meng Heyin fiercely, like a kitten whose hair has exploded.

Meng, who had forgotten that he was "recovering from a serious illness and weak in body", was a little embarrassed.

"I'll be fine after I rest..." After a pause, "I don't know why one of the maids in my yard is missing. I'm worried about it. Fortunately, I have found it."

Mrs. Meng raised her eyebrows.

Noticing Mrs. Meng's unhappy expression, Nanny Zhang stood up.

"Ma'am, when this servant went to the firewood room, he saw the eldest lady. The eldest lady said that this is someone from her yard and they want to interrogate together."

Mrs. Meng sighed quite tiredly, and took a cool look at Meng Heyin.

"Then let's interrogate together."

Bai Miao knelt on the ground, his whole body bent, looking very weak.

"Sin slave Bai Miao, do you know your crime?" Nanny Zhang asked sharply.

"The servant does not know what crime he has committed?"

"Of course it's the crime of adultery with a foreigner and murdering the Lord!"

The whole hall was shocked, and the servants kneeling outside all started whispering, and the voices were noisy for a while.

Meng Heyin looked at Bai Miao for the first time, his thin body just closed his eyes, his face flushed a little.

Lu Wei beside her trembled all over. Seeing Meng Heyin looking at her, she shook her head anxiously: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Meng Heyin blinked, and from the corner of her eye glanced at Mrs. Meng, who was sitting in the main seat with her right hand resting on her forehead. She didn't have any other reaction, obviously she knew this kind of rhetoric.

Amidst the din of the crowd, a thin but firm voice slowly came out.

"I do not have."

I must say no, it’s fine to have an affair with a foreigner, but murdering the Lord is a serious crime, who dares to admit it.

"Hugh's sophistry, you said no, but is there any evidence to prove that you didn't?"

Madam Zhang's tone became more and more severe.

Bai Miao gritted her teeth, she unconsciously glanced at Meng Heyin from the corner of her eye, and in the next moment, her gaze steadily collided with Meng Heyin's, her heart trembled.

Bai Miao still said firmly: "I haven't."

"You cheap slave! If you're sensible, confess yourself, or you'll suffer a lot!"

The instruments of torture were lifted up under the direction of Nanny Zhang, a bench the size of an adult, and two boards as thick as thighs.

The instrument of torture was placed next to Bai Miao, the kneeling Bai Miao was not even half as big as the instrument of torture, everyone took a deep breath.

Lu Wei quietly pulled Meng Heyin's sleeve at the place where the person was being treated, Meng Heyin felt it, but pretended not to know.

Nanny Zhang said darkly: "Think about it, this is the last chance. There are solid evidences about your affair with a foreigner, do you really have to keep your mouth shut and suffer?"

Bai Miao was startled by the torture tool, she thought of something, closed her eyes, and gritted her teeth: "This slave has never done it."

Nanny Zhang curled her mouth, turned around and replied, "Ma'am, if the slave refuses to plead guilty, should he be tortured?"

Mrs. Meng was expressionless, and nodded impatiently.

"Punishment!"

The two servants stepped forward and dragged Bai Miao onto the bench like a wild dog.

Meng Heyin felt his sleeve being tugged again, it was still Luwei.

"Miss, save her, save her..."

Meng Heyin grabbed Luwei's hand and let it go.

Naturally, Meng Heyin would not tell Lu Wei, but she herself had doubts about Bai Miao.But when she was about to watch the board hit Bai Miao with cold eyes, Bai Miao suddenly raised her head and looked at her with tears in her eyes.

thump--

thump--

The heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and an indescribable sourness filled Meng Heyin's heart, as if all the viscera had been taken out and crushed, Meng Heyin looked at Bai Miao uneasily.

Bai Miao closed her eyes, gritting her teeth as if she would rather die than admit it.The longboard was raised high, and it was about to hit Bai Miao.

"Wait a minute!"

Bai Miao looked at Meng Heyin in disbelief, but Meng Heyin didn't give her a look.

"Although she did not prove her innocence, there is no evidence to prove that she is indeed guilty, right?"

Meng Heyin took a breath, trying to calm down his beating heart just now, and said to Mrs. Meng.

Mrs. Meng's eyes finally gained focus, and she slowly looked at Meng Heyin with an expression that she had expected a long time ago.

"Heyin, that's why she must be punished." Mrs. Meng's tone was flat, but her expression was very high-minded, "We did find evidence that she had an affair with a foreign man, and we also found that she was dating someone else. The note that murdered you. You are still young, so you don't know that this person has a sinister heart, and I'm afraid you were deceived by her."

Meng Heyin was slightly startled, and then looked at Bai Miao who was also shocked.From her observation just now, Bai Miao really doesn't look like a liar.

Meng Heyin was heartbroken, "How do we know whether the evidence is true or not? If we want justice, we should show the evidence for everyone to judge."

Mrs. Meng didn't expect her to be so determined, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and she said coldly, "Then show the evidence and let the young miss see."

Sure enough, Jin Se went to the back hall to bring out a box, Zhang Nanny took out a bamboo-colored sachet from the box, seeing that she was about to open the sachet, Bai Miao over there suddenly shouted.

"Don't look at it, I plead guilty!"

Everyone was taken aback, looked at Bai Miao in bewilderment, and shouted again.

Lu Wei was puzzled, subconsciously looked at the so-called sachet of evidence, and was secretly surprised when she saw it, looked at Bai Miao complicatedly, then at Meng Heyin, bowed her head and said nothing.

Meng Heyin had a rare feeling of being treated like a donkey with good intentions, but looking at Bai Miao's drooping head, he felt that it was not that simple, and there must be something wrong with it.

When everyone was shocked by Bai Miao's sudden confession of crimes, Nanny Zhang reacted very quickly.

"Since you have confessed to the crime, such a serious crime should be executed immediately, but the madam is kind-hearted and cannot bear to commit murder. Today, you will be fined [-] boards, expelled from the good registration, and expelled from the mansion!"

"Use punishment."

"Wait!" Meng Heyin stopped.

Nanny Zhang twisted her body and looked sideways at Meng Heyin, "What can Missy say?"

"If I remember correctly, Bai Miao should be my servant girl. Even if she makes a mistake and needs to be punished, it should be punished by me. Why do you need Madam to do it for you?"

Mrs. Meng was displeased, "What she committed was a serious crime of murdering her master. If all the servants in the mansion are like this, what is the family tradition?!"

"How do you know that she murdered me, and not because I locked the door on purpose while playing with her?"

Mrs. Meng didn't expect that Meng Heyin could even make up such a lie, and she was a little angry for a while, not knowing what to say.

Only Bai Miao and Lu Wei looked at Meng Heyin unexpectedly, with tears in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)