Chapter 330: Use her as bait

Chapter 330: Use her as bait

  Chapter 330 Use her as bait

  After having said everything she knew, Ziyue mustered up the courage to look at Master Ji.

  Facing those careful but sincere eyes, Ji Dong’s confusion deepened—

  He has been an official for many years, and he thinks he is good at reading people’s eyes, but what’s wrong with the deep desire of "I want to go to jail" and "My lord, do you think I can do it?"

  This maid has such a clear plan for her next life-does the Xia family know?

  In other words, if the Xia family sent such a person to the yamen, could it be that he didn’t plan to ask the four girls who were worried?

As for why the girls are not worried, there is nothing else-it is really that the book that is popular in major teahouses is too high in discussion. Based on the principle of understanding the people's sentiment, he also went to listen to it twice and ate it at public expense. Served two pots of tea and a plate of sunflower seeds.

  If it were not for public expense, he would still like to have a couple of crispy dishes, after all, it sounded pretty good.

  Ji Dong retracted his gaze from Ziyue, and then looked down at Bo Zi in his hand.

  The above is Zhan Yunjiao’s latest confession as recorded by the master.

  He just distinguished it carefully. What Ziyue said was almost the same as Zhan Yunjiao's confession. It can be said to be very consistent.

  Master Ji can tell, and many people who have seen the excitement from beginning to end can also understand.

  The low voices in the crowd overlap and noisy.

At this moment, Zhan Yunjiao seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and hesitated to say: "My lord, in order to let the people’s women keep a secret, Xia Xi had done both hard and soft things to the people’s girls before... and gave them some property... I don’t know. Can it be used as physical evidence?"

  Ji Dong immediately asked: "What are they?"

  "Some broken silver and silver tickets, and some jewelry..."

  Ji Dong's eyes moved slightly.

  Broken silver and silver bills are mostly useless as physical evidence, but jewelry is not good enough—for example, many of the jewelry stolen by the flower picker indirectly reveal the identity of the victim.

   "Where are these things now?"

   "Going back to the adults, still in my home, never moved..." Zhan Yunjiao explained in detail where the things are hidden: "It's in the innermost porcelain jar under my mother's bed."

   "Come here."

   Ji Dong immediately ordered: "Go to Chengnan Zhan's house and get this thing."

  Because of being afraid of late, the officials rushed all the way on horseback, and quickly retrieved what Zhan Yunjiao's mouth had along with the porcelain jar.

   "Dare to ask this poor master can see my mother? Is she okay now?" Zhan Yunjiao asked the officer holding the porcelain jar.

  The officer glanced at Ji Dong.

  Ji Dong nodded slightly.

  Although it is not appropriate to talk about matters that have nothing to do with the case without going to court, there is still human affection outside the law.

  The officer replied: "Lingtang looks healthy, and there is another woman taking care of her."

  Zhan Yunjiao let go of her heart, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

  A wife looking after her mother?

  Will it be... Xu Mingyi’s arrangement?

  —She remembers that in the forest outside the city that night, Xu Mingyi once said that before she found out that her mother was involved in this matter, she would order someone to take care of her basic daily life.

  She didn't believe it at the time.

  Of course, she doesn’t believe it now!

It was just a subconscious guess. After thinking about it for a little while, Xu Mingyi could not be so kind at all—the people who could never save their mothers and daughters before without grievances and no grudges, how could they be nearly caught by her? After being injured, really send someone to take care of her mother?

  It must be arranged by brother...

  Thinking of the brother who "resurrected from the dead", and feeling all the situation in the brother's plan right now, Zhan Yunjiao's confidence is more sufficient.

Brother    said, now he is working under an adult, if she is convicted of exile, the brother will try to replace her on the way...

  At this time, the contents of the jar have been taken out. After reading the pieces of jewelry, Ji Dong finally fixed his eyes on a hairpin.

  He doesn’t know anything about women’s jewelry, but this hairpin looks very different. How can it be different? It’s very expensive to look at, so I want to use it as my own.

   "You are the maid of Xia Si, are these things hers, you should be able to recognize them if you want to come?" Ji Dong asked Ziyue, looking at her.

  Ordinarily, this kind of question shouldn't be answered by the servants of the Xia family, but the sincerity of this little maid to go to jail is really sufficient, and he has already gained his trust in a certain sense.

   Ziyue nodded slightly: "The maidservant can try to recognize..."

   Ji Dong ordered someone to hold the jewelry in the tray to her.

   "These... are indeed my girl's things." Ziyue said confidently.

   Zhou Wei on the side was at a loss.

   Why is it all...?

  It's clearly just a hairpin and it's Xia Xi's thing.

   Could it be that Ziyue was also secretly bought by Miss Ji?

  Impossible. For such important details, it is said that Miss Ji will inform her in advance. How can we add people temporarily?

  So, what happened to Ziyue?

   "And this hairpin... the maidservant remembers... it seems to be a reward from the palace!" Ziyue picked up the ruby ​​double butterfly hairpin and said.

  Although she didn't know when her girl gave Zhan Yunjiao these things, and some of them were not hers at all, she would never admit wrong with this hairpin.

Even she really didn’t understand why her girl gave Zhan Yunjiao such a special thing. It’s not an exaggeration to say that she was so stupid that she was ascended to the sky—but after another thought, the girl was so stupid and she came from the world, maybe not at all. I remember that this is a reward from the palace.

  When he heard the words "Reward in the Palace", Ji Dong's expression changed slightly.

  He thought of someone.

In Huaihua Hutong on the back street of Yamen, there lived an old **** who had served as a supervisor in the palace for many years. He was just out of the palace for retirement due to old age and illness last year.

It is said to be sick to provide for the elderly, but in fact it is to go to the palace and wait for death, but since the old **** was out of the palace, his body and bones became healthy, but he did not die, and he could never go back to the palace again, so he stayed like this for a long time. Finished.

  But people are not idle.

  Because it was produced by the jewellery supervisor, he stood at the forefront of jewelry aesthetics. Jewellery masters often came to ask for advice, but also attracted a large number of officials and female relatives, so they had to start the class directly.

  Because of this, it is inevitable that Master Ji will become one of the objects of jealousy.

  Jealousy goes to jealousy. Now that you need advice on business matters, you still have to have a good attitude.

  Yes, Ji Dong ordered the officials to invite people over, and he did not forget to tell him to be nice.

  As for the appearance fee...

   is to do things for the people. Doesn’t it humiliate the elderly to mention this?

  The old **** also showed face, and came here without delay.

   and the court concluded: "This thing is indeed made by the decoration supervisor... But everything that comes from the decoration supervisor has a special mark on it, and the craftsmanship is here, so it can’t be faked."

After speaking, he groaned for a moment, then took a closer look, and then said: "This hairpin is like the set of ruby ​​jewelry I handled before leaving the palace... I remember that it was sent to the empress's palace. "

   "That's right..." Ziyue hurriedly answered: "The maid remembered that this chai had a pair of children, and it was the empress empress who rewarded my four girls last year!"

Ji Dong nodded solemnly.

  That's it—

   "Come here, go to Xia Mansion again, please come to the Fourth Miss Xia as soon as possible to solve your doubts."

  Under such a mountain of iron proof, if he keeps pretending to be counseled, it is really unreasonable.

  Today’s case, if there is no outcome in the trial, it is destined to not leave the court.

When the official ambassador went to Xia's house again to invite people, the atmosphere in the crowd outside the hall was completely agitated.

   "This is the evidence of the person and the evidence... I'm afraid it won't work if I don't admit it!"

   "It's actually the fourth girl from the Xia family..."

  "It’s not surprising to think about it carefully...It's not a matter of two days that Xia Si is not in harmony with Xu."

  "Can that be called inconsistent? Anyone with a discerning eye can see it, and it is clear that the four girls of Xia have repeatedly taken the initiative to pick things first..."

   "Here is the excitement..."

   "I just said, why just call a maid over, co-authoring is a guilty conscience and dare not show up."

  "Zhen Guo Gong Mansion is not a good bully... Even if Xia Shoufu wants to protect her daughter, I am afraid it will be difficult!"

   Let’s go back ten thousand steps, can this be protected?

  If the government doesn't give a ruling on this matter, it is very likely that Old General Xu will directly go to the Xia family to ask for advice and advice on how to be a man!

   "... Is Xia Shoufu the one who can't wait for things? Have you forgotten what happened last year?"

  When it comes to the big case that caused a sensation in the capital last year, many people have changed their faces.

  In that case, the second son of the Xia family was sentenced to Ling Chi in the end, and Xia Shoufu did not protect him from the beginning to the end. Therefore, even if this happened, Xia Shoufu's reputation was not affected. On the contrary, it became an example of righteousness in the people's minds.

 It’s a pity that such a loyal and strict Shoufu adult has such a pair of debt-collecting children...

  Some people couldn’t help but think—it was accidental that a second son was born, and now that a fourth girl was born, could it be accidental?

   But these conjectures cannot be talked about in front of others.

"grown ups…"

In the    hall, Zhou Yan, who stood by, said with a pale face at this time: "I have already stated everything I know, and I am a little sick now...I wonder if I can go back first?"

  She did not dare to see Xia Xi.

  Because of my testimony, but also because of that hairpin...

That’s right, she hates and even despises Xia Xi to ten, but it is the one who calculated the other side behind her back, and since she was a child, the other side’s temperament is arrogant and the identity is much higher than her. Into the bones.

  Especially her current confidence is really not enough, and she is really afraid that Xia Xi will speak in the court regardless of embarrassing words.

  The little girl with round cheeks was pale, her forehead was wet with cold sweat, and she looked weak and pitiful.

Ji Dong considered it and said, "This case has not yet been closed. Miss Zhou is a very important witness. She is a little out of compliance when she leaves at this time. But if she is seriously ill, she won't be able to delay it-it's better. The officer first sent me to take a look at it for Miss Zhou."

   Zhou Yan couldn't help shaking.

  It’s not like...you won’t just ask for it, right?

  Master Ji realized that it was wrong after speaking, so he coughed lightly, and changed his mouth: "...come, please ask Miss Zhou to rest in the cubicle, and ask the doctor to show Miss Zhou."

  The officials responded and took Zhou Wei to the cubicle on the left side of the court.

  Zhou Wei sat there, holding a cup of hot tea tightly, the tension in my heart did not disappear.

  She has never felt that time is so difficult, now she just wants to end it all and go home quickly.

  At the same moment, in the private room on the second floor of the champion building, Xiao Qi was telling his son and Miss Xu about the progress in the yamen.

  Half an hour ago, seeing that the case could not be settled for a while, Xu Mingyi took Wu Chao to the Zhuangyuan Building for dinner.

   "According to this, it went smoothly." Xu Mingyi thoughtfully said: "Witnesses and physical evidence are above the critical point. This time, Xia Xi is destined to be unable to escape cleanly."

  Wu Chao looked at her.

  The girl’s face did not see the joy that the enemy was about to be punished.

Obviously, from the beginning to the end, what she valued was not the surface of the matter and the fate of Xia Xi—or rather, she didn't put Xia Xi in her eyes from the beginning. If the government doesn't give justice, she will do it herself. Personally ask for this justice.

  What she values ​​has always been hidden behind the matter.

  Wu Chao guessed and asked: "Do you think someone is manipulating this matter?"

  Xu Mingyi nodded without hesitation.

   Seeing Zhan Yunjiao suddenly changed her words, she had doubts.

   Then Zhou Wei came forward to testify—

   Immediately afterwards, the reward from the Queen Empress became physical evidence, which can be described as blocking Xia Xi's final retreat.

  Before that, Zhan Yunjiao's performance that day was not like someone who had any evidence.

  Xia Xi must also be quite sure that she has never left any handles. Otherwise, I am afraid she would not do nothing. Today, I can still have a leisurely mind to go incense—

  So, all this happened today can be described as sudden and extreme, and there is no room for Xia Xi to react at all.

  The opponent's purpose is clear, and the action is very accurate.

  But she didn't think it was someone "helping" her out of anger.

  Xia Xi’s identity is destined to be special in this case. Before the real overall situation, the disagreement between the girl’s family is not worth mentioning, and the family history behind both sides is the most important.

  So, she can almost conclude that someone is taking the opportunity to deal with the Xia family.

  No, or rather, not taking the opportunity—

  It is very likely that it was premeditated from the beginning!

  Xu Mingyi thought of the figure of Cao Zhuangyuan that he had seen outside the teahouse opposite when Xia Xi was injured by the Third Eye on that day.

  At the time, she had guessed whether someone deliberately guided Xia Xi to come over, deliberately trying to make her gaffe in front of Cao Zhuangyuan.

  And the person most suspicious, of course, was the Zhou family girl who was with Xia Xi that day and also came forward to testify today—

  At the moment, this Zhou family girl is obviously just a **** for other people.

  Otherwise, they will not fall to the point where they have to personally testify for self-harm.

  Thinking about this, Xu Mingyi couldn't help but stunned, his eyes flashed, and he whispered in a low voice: "It turns out that I was used as a bait to lure Xia Xi into the bait..."

  Just, who would this person be?

  At this time, Wu Chao, who had been thinking about this, raised his eyes to look at her and said sternly: "Bingbu Shangshufu—"

  Perhaps he sees it more straightforwardly, without her known complicated processes. At this time, his thinking is obviously a step faster than hers.

  Xu Mingyi subconsciously looked at the determined teenager with an unexpected look.

  After he reminded her like this, she also realized that it was indeed the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War that was the most suspicious...

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   "Why are you so sure?"

  　 Thank you Lu Qinghan for your reward, thank you everyone for your monthly pass and messages.

Good night.

  　　

  　

  (End of this chapter)