boudoir

Chapter 138 Her Counterattack
Aunt Su's skirt was already drenched with tears, and Heng Wei was already weeping uncontrollably as she supported her.

Yu couldn't help sneering, and suddenly rushed up and kicked Cheng's mother in the chest: "You witch, how dare you betray me! Am I not good enough for you? How dare you stab me at this juncture, Su What kind of benefit did this bastard Meiyin give you, it deserves you to treat me like this!"

Cheng's mother clutched her chest and said, "You are good to me, how can you treat me well? My daughter worked for you, and you will give 20 taels of silver when she dies! After buying a coffin and burying it, there is not much money left. If you Treat me well, and you will be reluctant to give me more if you are greedy for so much money?"

Mrs. Yu pointed at her and didn't regain her breath for half a day. Finally, she laughed out of anger, gritted her teeth and said, "20 taels of silver, you actually betrayed me for 20 taels of silver! Look, this is a mercenary." Villain! A bastard like her can speak for anyone who gives her money, can she believe her words? Can she also be used as evidence?!"

But no matter how much she argued, everyone was indifferent.He Cunli stared at her coldly, as if staring at a stranger.

In the silence, He Xiuyuan suddenly stood up and said, "If Mama Cheng's words are not credible, then I will come. I can testify for what happened back then."

"you?!"

Now, whether it was the Liang family, the Qi family, the Nie family, Aunt Liuli Su, the Yu family, and the old man, they all looked over in amazement.He Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Sister-in-law just said that I have always been afraid of you, do you know why I am so afraid of you? That is because, that night 17 years ago, I happened to witness you hugging Sister Mei's child and handing it over to you." Your nanny next to you, let her be thrown into the well."

Yu Shi was inexplicably terrified, and tremblingly said: "You?"

He Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes, "I was 17 years old that year, and it happened to be the time when my parents arranged for me to marry Mrs. Nie. Because I was annoyed that my elder brother left this mess to me to clean up, so the first time I returned home that day, I directly I came to the long room, intending to go to the long room to talk to my sister-in-law when he was not at the mansion that day. Unexpectedly, it was the time when sister Mei gave birth, so I entered the door and either retreated or retreated, so I just stood under the back porch for the time being. , thinking of waiting for no one to slip away. But at that time, I heard the sound of a baby crying from the window behind me, and then the midwife said, "It's a boy." I was happy for sister Mei, but then I heard my sister-in-law leave Come in, give the midwife a bill, and hand the crying baby boy to her own nurse to be thrown into the well!

"I was very frightened when I heard it, and wanted to rush out to stop it, but suddenly I heard that someone was carrying a baby in from the other side. I thought my sister-in-law had changed her mind again, so I was relieved. When no one was around, I slipped to the back door Suddenly, I heard a baby crying weakly from the direction of Cuiyuyuan. I remembered that there was a well there, and then realized that sister Mei’s child was really thrown into the well by my sister-in-law! I hurried to the well to have a look , it was pitch black inside, and the crying of the child had disappeared.”

"Then why didn't you ask someone to rescue him! Why?!"

Aunt Su rushed over like crazy and grabbed his lapel and cried bitterly.He Xiuyuan also burst into tears: "I dare not...I saw the expression on the sister-in-law's face when she said she was going to drown this child, through the window paper. I never thought that a woman who looks gentle and virtuous would be so vicious. In this way, like a man-eating demon, I'm afraid she will retaliate against me——Brother, sister Mei, I'm sorry!"

He Xiuyuan knelt down towards He Cunli, wiping his tears and weeping.

Aunt Su collapsed on the ground, heartbroken.

Liuli stepped forward, put her hand on her shoulder, and said in an extremely low voice, "The so-called lady of the family, the so-called daughter of the prime minister's mansion, can do such a cruel thing to a newly born child. As a parent, the old man should not Is there any justice for that innocent child?"

The old man was already in tears, and he couldn't help closing his eyes in pain when he heard this. "This is the misfortune of my family in Hefu, and it's my fault!"

"Drag this poisonous woman!"

He Cistanli's eyes were red, he pointed at Yu Shi and roared.

"Wait!" Shi Yu stared at Liuli, pointing at Liuli: "If you want to drag me away, you have to send her to the government first!"

Liuli stood up.Yu Shi gritted her teeth and rushed to her, saying: "You shameless concubines and concubines have all conspired to harm me, don't you think about it! Today is my bad luck, and now you have convincing evidence of murdering the old lady , I will never let you escape! Qian Changsheng, why don't you tell your kid to come and get her!"

Qian Changsheng and his wife were holding their hearts in their throats because of the account book, and when they heard her call, how dare they move?Seeing this, Mrs. Yu dragged Liuli out desperately.Liuli grabs the old lady's arm with one hand and struggles with her. Seeing this, He Yuli stepped forward and yelled: "Stop!" By this time, Mrs. Yu was already like a desperado, all she wanted was to take Liuli out and let the government take him away. Because the poison was indeed found in Yishou Garden earlier, everyone didn't know who to speak for at this meeting, so they didn't move.

Only Mrs. Nie stood up and said, "Don't drag this crazy woman down?!" But no old lady spoke, and none of the servants dared to move.

"Ninth girl can't go to the government."

When he was in a state of stagnation, a faint voice suddenly came from outside the door, and then the light and shadow at the door dimmed, and a faint figure walked in.

"gentlemen?!"

Liuli was surprised, she never thought that Guo Xia would come at this time, what is she doing here?
The old man and He Yuli both stood up, but their eyes were piercing, and neither spoke, their eyes were so complex that it was difficult to guess.

Guo Xia arrived in the hall, saluted the old man, and said: "Miss Jiu can't leave, there is a letter here, please read it first." She took a letter from her sleeve and handed it to the old man.

The old man hurriedly reached out to pick it up, and after taking it to look at it, his expression immediately became astonished.After looking at Liuli for a few times, he slowly put away the letter.

Liuli didn't know who wrote the letter, who wrote it, but felt that the old man's expression seemed to be that some great event had happened.She looked towards Aunt Su, thinking that she had secretly invited her here, but Aunt Su was also stunned in grief, as if she was surprised by all this.

He Yuli and the others were also very surprised. They wanted to receive the letter and read it, but the old man stuffed the letter into his arms, pondered for a while and said: "It seems that it is indeed inconvenient for Jiu girl to go to the government. Just to tell you the truth, Mr. The case of internal poisoning always requires a truth, and now the evidence is convincing, Jiu Yatou can't escape a punishment."

Guo Xia said: "It's easy. As long as the old lady promises not to send Nine Girls to the government, everything else will be easy. Since this matter is about her, she is my disciple, and now I'm here in the name of a teacher to hear what else she has. Talk."

"How did this happen?! She committed a crime and must be severely punished by the government!"

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and he came here to protect Liuli, so he became angry immediately.

The old man frowned and said: "Put the eldest lady in custody and make a decision later."

"Wait!" Liuli stood up suddenly, "Since the old man agreed to let me speak for himself, then today's matter will only be settled when the truth comes to light. Da Furen is the one who testified against me, how can she leave?"

The old man pondered and waved his hands: "Let her stay."

Yu stood still with a snort, before Liuli flicked her sleeves and said, "Although the lady found arsenic and poisonous swallows from Yishou Garden just now, so she decided that I was the murderer, can it be said that, everything that touches hands The person who passed the bird's nest and found the poisonous bird's nest in the room is the murderer?"

The old man looked at each other with He Yuli and the others, and said, "What else can I do?"

Liuli nodded, and said: "Okay, since that's the case, I won't say anything else, and I'll ask the old man to ask someone to go to the house of the eldest wife to check if there is any poisonous bird's nest or not."

Yu shivered suddenly, and reprimanded: "How do I know if you have someone secretly put something in my room to frame me?!"

Liuli sneered and said, "The madam's reaction is really quick. I only said to search, but didn't say to release it. How could you think so quickly that I would send someone to poison you? Could it be that you happened to do this, so you said You don’t even type a draft when you export it?”

Yu Shi gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Liuli said again: "Anyone with a discerning eye knows that you are the mistress in charge of Zhongfu in the mansion, and all the people below will listen to you, and whoever you ask to put something in my room or take some from my room Isn’t it easy to get out? But what about me? I’m just a granddaughter who waits on my grandmother in the main courtyard. Since yesterday’s incident, I’ve been imprisoned in the Buddhist hall. So far, there’s not a single drop of water or grain of rice. I’m starving to death so that I can show my merits to you. Where did I come from with such supernatural powers that I could set a trap in your room, madam? Could it be that I had the foresight to know that I would be doomed today, so I set it up long ago? To harm you?"

Yu's words are poor, but the old master has already sent Nie's Aunt Su and He Yuli to the long room.

Liuli continued to look at Mrs Yu, and said, "As you said, I have been in charge of this bird's nest since I entered the long room. I admit it. If people ask you when I committed the crime, you can't tell. But the bird's nest What about before entering the main courtyard? Every batch of bird’s nest from Yuyan Village is handed over by you when it arrives at the mansion. Therefore, you are also one of the people who touch each batch of bird’s nest. Dr. Wu said that the bird’s nest was soaked in water containing arsenic However, it will naturally take a certain amount of time to seep into the bird's nest, and then dry it before sending it. There is a time for you to sign for each batch of bird's nest and to register when it is transferred to the main courtyard. Take out the time of the bird's nest and compare it to see if you can connect in the middle, then you can first determine whether you have the time to commit the crime. Da Furen, what do you think?"

Yu's face suddenly turned from red to white, and the hands holding the silk were trembling like sifting chaff.

The old man jumped up, pointed at the door and shouted: "Pass my order, go to the long house and bring over the registration book for signing for the bird's nest from Yuyan Village! There is also the book for receiving the supply from the mansion in the main courtyard, and bring it here!"

(End of this chapter)