The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 512 Aftermath [[-]]

But Xue Biao returned to the Rongguo Mansion in dismay, walked a hundred steps towards Xue Pan's courtyard, and suddenly remembered that his mother was still resting in the guest courtyard.

So he hurriedly changed direction.

When he arrived at the guest house, he saw Xue Baoqin pulling the woman in charge beside his mother and asking about various things along the way, so he pointed to the room and asked, "Mother has already fallen asleep?"

"Just fell asleep not long ago."

Baoqin stood up and said, "After taking the doctor's medicine, my complexion is much better at night."

As he said that, he asked again: "Why did brother come back at this time? Do you want someone to send you a bowl of hangover soup?"

Because they didn't want to disturb Mrs. Xue who was sick in bed, everyone simply kept Bao Qin in the dark, so Bao Qin thought that her brother had just returned from the Grand View Garden.

"No need."

Xue Biao waved his hand, and gave the woman in charge a sideways glance, and the woman immediately found a reason to leave and leave.

After she left, Xue Biao sat down opposite his sister, poured himself a drink, and told everything that happened that night.

When Xue Baoqin heard that the old lady of the Mei family had been poisoned to death by Mei Baosen, she couldn't help being dumbfounded for a moment.

Later, when he heard that Jiao Shun tricked Mabelson into writing a letter to his family, he took the opportunity to ask his brother to extract the words from the letter and forged a short confession, which eventually sealed the victory.

But Xue Biao heard his sister praise Jiao Shun, but he hesitated to speak.

He deliberately wanted to tell his sister about Mrs. Mei, so that her sister would stop thinking about what she shouldn't have.

But after all, this matter is not 100% confirmed, maybe Brother Jiao has come out a long time ago, or maybe he refused out of ten?
Besides, Brother Jiao has helped Xue's family so much, the reason why he went to Mei's house today is also because he is running around for the Xue family's affairs.

Now that I don't have full confidence, I can't wait to criticize his character in front of my sister. If I blame Brother Jiao by mistake, wouldn't it be...

"What happened to brother?"

Xue Baoqin also noticed her brother's weirdness at this time, and couldn't help wondering: "Could it be that there is something hidden in it?"

"No, no."

Xue Biao hesitated for a while, but in the end he still didn't reveal the truth, he just sighed and said, "Oh~ it's the best place under the feet of the emperor, I never thought that such a thing would exist!"

Xue Baoqin only thought that her elder brother was talking about Mei Baosen, and sighed: "Looking at it now, I would like to thank the Mei family for their noble hand, otherwise, if you marry such a beast, life will be worse than death!"

After a pause, he continued: "However, Brother Jiao is what we should really be grateful for. If he hadn't shown up many times, how could it be possible... By the way, how did we deal with this matter in the end?"

Hearing his sister mention Jiao Shun again, Xue Biao felt uncomfortable as if he was constipated. Fortunately, he changed the subject at the end so that he would not slip up on the spur of the moment.

"This...Brother Jiao and I naturally hope that Mei Baosen can be punished, but Jia Yucun is worried that it will cause extra problems and affect the court officials' opinion of him, so we want to suppress this matter— —If there are no accidents, there will probably be a conclusion tomorrow.”

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Third watch, Meifu.

Because it was sweaty and sticky inside and out, the newly-baked adulterer and his wife had to use the white cloth on the mat as a towel, and wiped all the traces on the ground, wall, and table of the altar. Go, and finally throw it into the brazier and burn it.

In addition, incense candles, paper money and other things were already burning in the mourning hall, which could barely cover up the breath left by this fierce battle.

As soon as the tidying up was finished, before the physically and mentally exhausted Mrs. Mei could take a breath, she was picked up by Jiao Shun and placed on her lap.

Mrs. Mei turned pale in shock, thinking that Jiao Shun would continue to return and was about to beg for mercy, but she heard Jiao Shun ask, "Have you ever thought about how to deal with Mei Guangyan when she comes back?"

"This……"

Mrs. Mei lost her soul a few times just now, how could she care about these things?
But now when Jiao Shun mentions her husband, she feels ashamed and ashamed and doesn't know what to do.

Thinking of her husband repeatedly scolding Jiao Shun for being cunning, she simply kicked the ball back and asked weakly, "You, what do you think should be done?"

Jiao really had the intention of returning to the scene, after all, taboo is something that makes people restrained before it is broken, but once it is broken, it always makes people want to stop.

It's just that he didn't dare to stay in Mei's house for a long time, so he tried his best to calm down and shared the story he just made up with Mrs. Mei.

When the confession was completed, he asked Mrs. Mei to open the way, and slipped away through the back door of Mei Mansion under the cover of night.

Let's not mention where Jiao Shun went.

But Mrs. Mei went back to the mourning hall and tried her best to fill in the gaps again. After confirming that there were no traces left, because she couldn't bear the sleepiness, she leaned against the wall and fell asleep in a daze.

Because she had been ordered earlier, the servants in the family did not dare to disturb her, so she slept until the sun was up. If it weren't for the heart-piercing cries suddenly heard from outside the mourning hall, she might have been able to sleep forever to noon.

"Mother, mother, mother!"

Awakened by the gut-wrenching sound, Mrs. Mei immediately recognized that it was her husband's voice, she jumped up and leaned against the wall in a jerk.

Before he could go out to meet him, Mei Guangyan stumbled in, knelt down and cried bitterly.

Mrs. Mei was extremely flustered at this moment.

Who would have thought that her husband would be released so soon?

Although she and Jiao Shun had already checked the confession, the problem was that Mei Baosen, who was imprisoned in Shuntian Mansion, didn't know about this episode. If her son's lips were wrong, wouldn't it make her husband suspicious?

Fortunately, Mei Guangyan cried so much that she almost fainted, but she didn't notice her abnormal state, and gave her time to calm down.

Mrs. Mei managed to suppress the panic in her heart, stepped forward to support her husband, and comforted her softly: "Master's condolences, please take care of yourself."

Mei Guangyan struggled and kowtowed twice again, then staggered to her feet, motioning for his wife to help her to go to the coffin to see her mother's appearance.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Mei was two beats slower than him. In the end, Mei Guangyan
He simply shook off Mrs. Mei, rushed to the coffin, looked at his mother lying inside, and burst into tears again.

Seeing that there was no need to go to the coffin again, Mrs. Mei was slightly relieved. Her mother-in-law's bones were not cold, and she did such a thing in front of her spirit. Although the purpose was to preserve the only flesh and blood of the Mei family, she still had no face or courage. Let's go to see my mother-in-law's appearance again.

Mei Guangyan's voice became hoarse from crying, and it was only then that she suddenly thought of asking her mother's cause of death, so she turned her head and gritted her teeth, "When I left this afternoon, my mother was clearly fine, why did she suddenly pass away at night?!"

Even though Mrs. Mei had already prepared, her heart was still beating wildly.

So he subconsciously asked without answering, "Why was the master released so quickly?"

Mei Guangyan raised her chin slightly: "My lord, I was originally called in for questioning. I heard about my mother, my mother... I was forced to die in Zhao Prison, so I was released naturally!"

Although it was inappropriate, when he said that he was forcing himself to die, he still brought a little pride.

After finishing speaking, he repeatedly asked about the cause of his mother's death.

Mrs. Mei finally adjusted her mentality after this respite, following the words Jiao Shun taught her last night, she said sadly: "Old lady, old lady actually committed suicide by taking poison."

"how come?!"

"After the master was taken away yesterday, I don't know who told the old lady about it, but the old lady heard that she went to Zhao Prison, and thought that the master must be unlucky, so..."

Hearing this, Mei Guangyan staggered half a step back as if struck by lightning, then threw herself on the coffin and cried loudly: "Mother, mother, I killed you, I killed you!"

After crying a few times, he suddenly got up and pointed at his wife and scolded: "How did you become a home, you lowly maid? How could you let people go and gossip in front of the old lady!"

Mrs. Mei quickly knelt down: "Thousands of mistakes are all my fault. If I hadn't lost my mind because of the master's affairs, the old lady would not have committed suicide by taking poison, and Baosen would not have fallen into the hands of the Shuntian Mansion!"

"Bao Sen fell into the hands of Shuntian Mansion?"

Mei Guangyan's brows were almost twisted into a Sichuan shape, and it was only then that he realized that his son was not at home, so he wondered, "What does this have to do with Baosen?"

"After all, the old lady died of taking poison, so I didn't dare to say anything - who knows that Baosen went in without knowing it, and secretly went to sue Xue's family, saying that the old lady died of fright, but somehow it was alarmed. The Xue family, they called Yin Jiayu Village of Shuntian Prefecture to investigate the case."

"Because it was found out that the old lady died of poisoning, the Xue family child insisted that someone intentionally poisoned her and killed her, and then deliberately planted the blame on the Xue family. I can't argue with it..."

"Idiot, idiot, really idiot!"

When Mei Guangyan heard that her son had framed Xue's family, she secretly rejoiced that her son had obtained three points of his true inheritance, and that he was so quick-witted.

Later, when I heard that Xue's family took advantage of it and beat him up, he suddenly thought of father Hu giving birth to dogs and hating iron for being weak.

After scolding his son a few times, he asked again: "It's obvious that mother committed suicide by taking poison, so why can't you justify it?"

"Because I really don't know where the old lady got the poison."

Mrs. Mei wiped her tears and cried: "As a result, the Xue family child insisted on this one, so I..."

When Mei Guangyan heard this, she also wondered how the poison the old lady used to commit suicide came from, but his wife had already made it clear in advance, so he had no way of asking because of preconceived ideas.

In the end, he just gritted his teeth and said, "Check it out, you must check it out!"

As he said that, he was about to call the butler to come in and assign tasks.

"Wait a minute, sir!"

Mrs. Mei hurriedly stopped him: "If Mr. Yin Jia of Shuntian Mansion didn't want to make a big deal last night and had a confrontation with the Xue family boy, I am afraid that Bao Sen and I would be taken to Shuntian Mansion for custody. ——Now Baosen is still locked up in Shuntian Mansion, if the master will question him with great fanfare as soon as he comes back, Master Jia..."

As he said that, he repeated what Jia Yucun said yesterday, and slightly changed Xue Biao's attitude, saying that he strongly demanded a strict investigation of the case, and because the two disagreed, they chose to temporarily shelve it last night.

As for Jiao's existence, it was completely concealed by her.

After Mei Guangyan listened to it, it took her a long time to figure out why Jia Yucun was unwilling to dig deeper into this matter, so she hurriedly said, "In that case, I'll go to visit Jia Yucun right now, and tell my interests face to face, so as not to He was bewitched by that Xue family kid, and he planted his mother's death on your mother and son!"

Obviously, he has no doubts about the claim that his mother committed suicide. After all, Mrs. Mei has always been filial to her parents-in-law and has never been against her in the slightest.

And he never expected that after his son was stimulated by ups and downs, he would have the idea of ​​killing his parents!

Hearing that Mei Guangyan was going to meet Jia Yucun in Shuntian Mansion, Mrs. Mei's sympathy, which had finally calmed down, suddenly became flustered, and without thinking about it, she blurted out: "I'll go too!"

"what are you going to do?"

Mei Guangyan stared at his wife, then pointed to his mother's coffin and said, "Mother's funeral must be presided over, you stay at home..."

"master!"

If you don't collude with your son in advance, once Jia Yucun releases him, the matter will be unstoppable-according to the husband's filial piety to his mother-in-law, maybe he would kill the rebellious son on the spot!
So Mrs. Mei could only bite the bullet and said first: "I really can't worry about Baosen, besides, the old lady has always loved him the most. If I can bring him back to watch the spirit as soon as possible, the old lady will know, and I think he can go away more safely."

"This……"

Although Mei Guangyan still felt that his wife should stay and watch the spirit, seeing her restless expression, she finally nodded and said, "Forget it, then you can go with me."

After the two agreed, Mei Guangyan first put on sackcloth and filial piety at home, and then rushed to Shuntian Mansion with his wife.

When he arrived at the gate of Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Mei Guangyan announced his name in front of the gate, and after a while, someone led him in.

Mrs. Mei, who had been spying on the carriage, also hurriedly got out of the carriage when she saw this, and stepped forward to declare her identity, expressing that she hoped to see her son.

Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper didn't even know who Mabelson was, and no matter how much Mrs. May begged, he would not agree.

After a long time, while Madam Mei was anxious, she finally realized that the other party wanted to extort some money, but when she came, she was too hasty, and she didn't know much about the rules of the yamen, so she didn't have any money. .

After asking several accompanying servants and servants, they only collected a few taels of broken silver.

As a result, the doorman looked contemptuous, and didn't even bother to look at the broken silver.

How can this be good? !
If you can't see your son before your husband, then everything will be...

Just as he was running around in a hurry, he suddenly saw an officer coming out, pointing at Mrs. Mei and whispering to the gatekeeper.

After hearing that, the gatekeeper immediately turned sideways and said, "Then you can lead her in."

Although Mrs. Mei didn't know why, she didn't care about it at this time, and hurriedly followed the new yamen servant into the yamen.

After entering the door, she asked anxiously: "Is it my master's intention to let me in?"

The yamen servant didn't answer, he just said that he would know when he got to the place.

Mrs. Mei had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow behind him.

Unexpectedly, because of a trance, after turning around a moon gate, the yamen servant disappeared!

Mrs. Mei was in a hurry, she took a few steps forward and looked around, wanted to shout but didn't dare, wanted to retreat but was unwilling.

In the midst of a dilemma, he was suddenly hugged lazily from behind.

Mrs. Mei was about to struggle in surprise, when she heard a new and familiar voice behind her: "Is Madam looking for me?"

But it's not Jiao, who else could it be?

(End of this chapter)