All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

As soon as Shen Lingxi said the words, everyone in the hall looked different.

When Xie's mother and Lian Qiao were interrogated last time, only Chu Yan, Su Xian, Shen Lingxi and Chun Jun were present.

But this time, all the masters of the Su family were present.

Wu'an Bo Su Wei and his wife Zeng Shi sat upright with dignified expressions.

Uncle Su Chengye had thick black eyebrows furrowed on his solemn face, and his eyes were fixed on Lianqiao, unable to distinguish between happiness and anger.

Grandma Zheng Yurong sat next to him, her head resting sickly on the arm of the chair, her face was still pale, and there was a smear on her forehead, which looked as if it would fall down when the wind blows.

The second master Su Chengming didn't pay much attention to everything in the hall, he just glanced at the second grandmother Xie Wanyan sitting beside him from time to time.

Seeing her uneasy expression, he hurriedly poured tea with his own hands, put it in her hands, and even fanned her with his sleeves, which can be called greetings.

The second grandmother, Xie Wanyan, took her husband's tea, sipped it slowly, and looked at Lianqiao and Zhao Chunlan who were kneeling on the ground.

As if he felt that he had the chance to win, his beautiful eyes showed a condescending look.

In front of so many people, Su Xian was naturally shackled again.

He sat with his eyes closed, looking like an old monk in meditation, and he was still reciting scriptures silently, as if he didn't care much about all the accusations he faced.

The old ancestor looked at him with serious eyes, full of disgust, and faintly anxious.

And Mother Xie, this time, instead of hiding in the corner, she followed Lian Qiao with concern in her eyes.

Shen Lingxi glanced across the faces of the crowd, and finally unexpectedly saw, beside the window, there was a shadow of a ghost wearing a gray cloth straight gown.

That was Yang Shuangwen, who was blown away by Chu Yan yesterday.

At this moment, Yang Shuangwen's eyes were staring at her sullenly, as if he was about to jump over and kill her at any time.

Shen Lingxi's eyes lightly moved away from him, completely ignoring him.

At the same time, Lianqiao in the hall was lying down, not daring to lift her head, repeating the testimony she gave last time.

What's more, she carefully repaired the loopholes in the last speech that Shen Lingxi had publicly questioned.

"...The servant saw Xiao An beside the second grandma, cutting flower branches behind the rockery. The servant also greeted her. She said that the skirt of the second grandma was accidentally torn by the flower branches, and she went back to Xiyue Pavilion first, and asked her to stay and cut a few Branch begonias to take back."

In this confession, Lian Qiao did not ambiguously say that she did not see Xie Wanyan go up the rockery.

Instead, it proves from the side that when the accident happened to the ancestor, Xie Wanyan was already on the way back to Xiyue Pavilion, and did not show up at the rockery at all.

In this way, it means that Xie Wanyan kept saying that she saw Su Xian push her ancestor down the mountain with her own eyes, which was a lie.

If it is verified to be true, not only is the testimony of Xie Wanyan, an eyewitness, invalid, but she will also be questioned as an accomplice for her act of false testimony for no reason!

"You bullshit!"

Xie Wanyan was so angry that she placed the teacup in her hand heavily on the table, her thin willow-leaf eyebrows were tightly twisted, and said angrily: "Everyone in Xiyue Pavilion can testify that after the accident happened to my ancestor, I never went back. How can you allow you to turn black and white in front of His Highness and tell truths!"

Seeing that she was so angry, Su Chengming quickly grabbed her little hand into his palm and patted it comfortingly, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, she's just a slave, how can you be angry with her, what can I do if I get angry. "

When these words reached Lianqiao's ears, Lianqiao lowered her body even lower.

He choked up and raised his voice a bit, "I really don't know anything, I didn't see anything... I just saw Xiao An, that's what Xiao An told me, I just told the truth, what she said was true False, the maidservant can't verify it, if Second Mistress doesn't believe it, just call Xiao An to confront the maidservant."

At the mention of calling Xiao An, Xie Wanyan's expression froze instantly.

But immediately, she came to her senses, her cheeks flushed with anger, "You scumbag! Knowing that Xiao An's whereabouts are unknown, you still want her to confront you, what are you thinking?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on everyone's faces became a little subtle.

Judging from Lianqiao's testimony, the second grandmother was on her way back to Xiyue Pavilion when the ancestor had an accident.

The servants of Xiyue Pavilion can only prove that she did not go back, but they cannot prove whether she is on the way back or on the rockery.

The only one who could prove that she was on the rockery was Xiao An.

But this key witness happened to be "unaccounted for".

This has to be suspicious.

Shen Lingxi kindly reminded: "If Xiaoan can't testify for the second grandma, proving that you were on the rockery at that time, then the testimony of the second grandma that she saw the ninth master pushing the ancestor down the mountain with her own eyes will be invalid."

Xie Wanyan was so angry that her eyes turned red, "How can her testimony overthrow me? She is just a lowly maid who is full of lies, and her grandmother is also a fool who sells her for glory. She is not a good thing. Why do you believe her? Do you not believe her?" I said?"

She stared at Lianqiao viciously with her beautiful eyes, which looked as if they were going to tear her away.

Originally, Su Xian was hammered to death.

It's really abominable for this cheap hoof to jump out and stab her horizontally to spoil her good deeds.

Listening to her scolding, Lian Qiao shivered like an autumn leaf in the cold wind.

I don't know whether to be scared or angry.

Shen Lingxi thought she would endure this, and was about to speak, but she heard Lian Qiao sobbing and crying suddenly.

She wept and said: "Second Mistress is right. Grandmother and slaves are indeed contemptible people. Even if they come out to testify, they can't win people's trust. But Second Mistress, you used your power for personal gain. Last year you stole the money from the middle class. Putting tiger-skin money outside, and even going so short that your ancestors used their private houses to balance the accounts for you, can your testimony be trusted by others?"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Anbo and his wife, Su Chengye and Zheng Shi all looked at Xie Wanyan in surprise.

Even her husband, Su Chengming, had disbelief on his face.

Xie Wanyan did not expect that Lian Qiao would dare to reveal such things to her in public, her face changed.

Of course she would not admit it, and she laughed instead, "You lowly maidservant, how dare you make arrangements with me like this, I was the one who underestimated you earlier."

"Second Grandma's golden branches and jade leaves, how dare this servant make up arrangements." Lianqiao plucked up her courage, and said in a trembling voice: "What this servant said is all the truth, who carved that private seal for my grandmother, I believe Second Mistress knows very well. Grandma, this is the end of the matter, you should admit it..."

"admit?"

At this point, Xie Wanyan finally understood what Lian Qiao, this lowly servant girl, was up to.

The co-author wanted her to take the blame for the real culprit!

She was furious, and when she suddenly saw Zhao Chunlan kneeling beside Lianqiao, she finally had some clarity in her heart.

Xie Wanyan walked up to Lianqiao and Zhao Chunlan, "What do you want me to admit? To admit that I asked Mama Xie to engrave a private seal and steal Jiu Shu's money? Or to admit that I am the murderer of the ancestor?"