Noble First Daughter-in-law

"I--?"

Song Yu was startled, and Ma Xu beside him also looked at him with a terrified expression.

But at this time, he also seemed to understand that too much talk would lead to loss, so he didn't say anything immediately, but quickly recalled what he had said, but he still couldn't remember what he said.

So, he said coldly: "I don't remember what 'testimony' I said."

Shang Ruyi said: "It seems that Mr. Song has done too many things and said too many things, and he has forgotten them all. But it doesn't matter, fortunately, Mrs. Ben remembered it."

"..."

"Just last night, when the tung oil in the twenty or so water tankers was released, what did you say?"

"..."

"You said——no wonder, you still can't find tung oil."

Song Yu's face suddenly changed.

He was about to say something, but Shang Ruyi smiled and said: "Master Song, don't deny it easily. After all, there were quite a few people standing beside you at that time, and they all heard this sentence."

Song Yu thought for a while, and immediately sneered, "What's there to deny?"

"..."

"We can't find tung oil, so what?"

"..."

"Who knows, you took so much tung oil to do those things. Is it a crime not to find tung oil?"

Shang Ruyi said, "It's not a crime that I can't find tung oil."

"..."

"But finding tung oil to set fire to is a sin!"

Song Yu frowned, and was about to say something when Shang Ruyi said coldly: "A few days ago, when the general just fell ill, I discussed with him on behalf of him. There are four words of digging deep ditches, obviously, he doesn't just want us to stick to Fufeng."

"..."

"So, Dai-sama and I made a plan for today, and for this plan, we collected all the tung oil in the city."

"good,"

Dai Junliang on the side nodded, and continued: "It's just that this plan is dangerous, and it must be kept secret. In order not to let everyone know, we have prepared in advance the oil used in the official office until the end of the month, and will not let people know." We know that the tung oil in the city has been collected by us."

"That is to say," Shang Ruyi continued: "If there is no other use, normally, you don't need to -'find' tung oil."

Speaking of this, she looked at Song Yu and Ma Xu coldly: "So, I would like to ask you two."

"..."

"What are you looking for for tung oil?"

Song Yu's eyes became more and more flustered.

But at this time, Ma Xu suddenly turned pale and poked his neck and said, "Madam General, do you want to take care of how many tung oil candles we use?"

"..."

"We, even if we burn it for fun, as long as you don't have evidence, you can't testify against us!"

Hearing his words, almost everyone present frowned.

This person, who was obviously forced to ask and didn't know what to do, had already started to break the pot, and his sanity was almost on the verge of collapse after saying such words.

Shang Ruyi sneered and said, "It's okay to burn it for fun."

"..."

"But if it burns to my husband's side, it will be the murder of the imperial court official, that is - rebellion!"

Ma Xu's face suddenly turned pale.

On the other hand, Song Yu gritted his teeth and glared at him, as if he was also annoyed that he couldn't think of what he had just said. After thinking about it, he immediately sneered and said, "Madam General, please don't make alarmist remarks about murdering court officials, rebelling, and even more. It's a crime of wanting to add!"

"..."

"I just want to ask you, since you have collected all the tung oil, and since what I said just now is that we can't find tung oil, then even if someone really set the fire, what does it have to do with us?"

Hearing this, the eyes of Ma Xu who was a little confused at the side immediately lit up.

He hurriedly said: "Not bad!"

Shang Ruyi looked at them, but she wasn't panicked, she just nodded lightly and said, "Master Song, you are still awake as expected."

"That--"

"However, as I just said, after collecting tung oil from all over the city, we also provided enough candle tung oil for the people in the government office to use until the end of the month. That is to say, as long as it is used normally, there should be There is still enough tung oil to last until the end of the month."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door.

Everyone looked back, but it was two of Mu Xian's personal soldiers who came over, and they whispered a few words to him. , I just asked them to search the rooms of Lord Song and Lord Ma, and there is not a single drop of tung oil left in their rooms."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes became more dignified, and they looked at Ma and Song one after another.

Song Yu's face froze, and he immediately said angrily: "You, you are so brave, how dare you—"

As he was talking, he was about to rush forward to do something, but at this moment, before the other soldiers on the side stepped forward, Dai Junliang and Yin Changyue had already said: "Master Song, please be safe and don't be impatient."

"My lord, please explain clearly, what are you and General Ma's tung oil used for?"

……

This time, both of them fell silent.

Ma Xu's eyes, which were originally more lively, were completely frozen at this time, as if he could no longer move, but kept trembling and sweating profusely.

But at this time, Song Yu looked at him again, as if he had caught a straw in his panicked eyes.

He suddenly sneered and said, "It's down."

"what?!"

Dai Junliang was stunned, and looked at him with wide eyes, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Song Yu grinned and said, "I said, those tung oil accidentally fell over."

"..."

"Why, Mrs. General, my lords, even if we accidentally poured tung oil, do you want to care about us?"

Dai Junliang gritted his teeth hard, and even the always good-tempered Yin Changyue couldn't help letting out a heavy breath through his nose.

Just when everyone was furious because of his cheeky behavior, Shang Ruyi looked at him calmly, and his eyes were even a little more relaxed.

After all, if a person has already started cheating, it proves that he has not many cards left.

So, Shang Ruyi smiled lightly: "Indeed, I can't care about this."

"..."

"Since you say you're down, then you're down."

Dai Junliang on the side was taken aback, and looked at her: "Madam?"

Shang Ruyi shook his head lightly at him.

And Song Yu probably understood that what he just did was already very dangerous. At this time, he could only end the "farce" in front of him as soon as possible, so he said, "So, Madam General, do you still have your so-called testimony? If not, then we can I will not accompany you."

Shang Ruyi shook her head: "The testimony is gone."

"..."

"However, you two should remember that I just said that if you want to make a conclusion about something, besides testimony, you also need evidence and witnesses."

"..."

"Don't you two want to see the rest?"

Song Yu didn't want to look at the remaining two things at all at this time. After all, he had already talked about this point just now, and he knew that he could hardly gain a foothold here. , this matter becomes difficult.

However, just after they returned to the official office in a hurry, they were accompanied by only two guards, and these two people were novices and ignorant, so they were still standing aside at this time. The surrounding area of ​​the lobby was airtight, and they were not given a chance to leave.

Song Yu gritted his teeth, and could only look back at Shang Ruyi.

He said coldly: "I don't know where the general's wife can find any evidence or witnesses. Didn't Master Yin just say that you didn't find anything?"

Shang Ruyi smiled lightly.

Said: "But I also said just now, if there is really nothing, I will take revenge myself."

"..."

"Since you are still alive and standing here—"

She was obviously smiling when she said this, but the coldness and cruelty in it made everyone around her shudder.Yin Changyue looked at her for a while, and seemed to recognize the general's wife for the first time.

He thought for a while, then took a step forward and said, "Madam, if you have witnesses, please just bring them up."

"..."

"As the supervisor of the army, if there is something in the army that murders the official of the imperial court during the confrontation with the two armies, I will not forgive you lightly!"

"it is good,"

Shang Ruyi nodded, then looked at him and said, "Lord Yin, do you still remember that outside the fire scene that day, my maid once said that the medicinal materials we used for burning smoke that day were added with Uncaria vine, which can cause people to lose consciousness? The people who started the fire wanted to stun us first and then set fire outside the house so that we could die."

"This, I remember." Yin Changyue said: "However, didn't we send someone to look for it later, and the medicinal materials were all burned?"

"Yes."

"That--"

"In order not to leave evidence, the people who played tricks in the medicinal materials did burn the other medicines used for smoldering, as well as the boxes where we put the medicines, but they forgot one thing."

"Forgot what?"

"That is, the tissue paper tube that was half burned that day and was extinguished by us."

"Half burnt?"

"That's right. At that time, the tissue paper tube used for smoking was only half burned, and we smelled something wrong, so we immediately extinguished it. However, the people who cleared the evidence obviously didn't expect this, so they only burned the box. , but forgot the half tissue paper tube we dropped on the ground."

Hearing this, Song Yu and Ma Xu looked at each other, and their faces turned pale.

And Shang Ruyi has already raised her head: "Nie Chong, you go and call me—"

Before she could finish speaking, she heard Lyu Xue's voice from outside the gate, saying softly: "Young Madam, this slave has brought the evidence."

Shang Ruyi looked up and saw Wo Xue walking in from the outside.

She was holding a handkerchief in her hand. The handkerchief was placed on it. It was after Shang Ruyi found that all the evidence had been annihilated that day, and Shang Ruyi asked her to return to the ruins of the fire scene in the dark. Step on the extinguished tissue paper tube.

But when he saw her, Shang Ruyi frowned.

She said softly, "Why are you here by yourself?"

Wo Xue raised her head and said softly: "Young Madam, it was the Eldest Young Master who sent the servant over here."

"……what?"