The concubine Jiaojiao has high means, but the sick prince does not flirt

Chapter 363 The secret of insoles

With a surprised expression on Bai Zhi's face, she said in a low voice, "How could it be? How could the hairpin be on my belt? I never hide anything here. Could it be a trick, framed?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lin immediately walked to the old lady, carefully handed the hairpin to the old lady, and then blew her hair.

"Your servant is just an old lady who doesn't know magic. How could she use tricks to frame her? Besides, how could the old lady's hairpin be moved by my servant? Even if she was framed, can you find me? A rough old lady, please county magistrate Don't frame it."

Tao Zi echoed from the side: "We found it all, but you still deny it, which shows that you are extremely cunning. I understand, you didn't come here to investigate the lantern explosion incident, but took the opportunity to steal my grandma's hairpin. This hairpin is from the late emperor. Even if the current emperor would pay homage to the sacred object, it would be equivalent to a gold medal for avoiding death, and even the magistrate of Xianghe County would not have this, no matter how honorable and highly valued he is?"

When the servants heard this, all their anger was instantly ignited, and they began to accuse and insult Bai Zhi without any scruples about her identity.

The old lady coughed, and everyone fell silent for a moment.

Tao Zi took a step forward and said to the old lady: "Grandma, what happened in Qingcheng Taoist Temple last night is very likely that this woman was a demon in order to come down the mountain to search our house. She dared to blow up Qingcheng Taoist Temple for a hairpin. Aren’t Immortal Master Enlightenment and his senior brother very dangerous? If Qingcheng Taoist Temple falls into the wrong hands, the consequences will be even more disastrous.”

The old lady nodded with a sullen face, staring at Bai Zhi for a while without saying a word.

Bai Zhi looked at him calmly, with a clear conscience.

After a long time, the old lady sighed: "Master Xianghe County, what else do you have to say?"

Bai Zhi shook her head and smiled wryly: "If the old lady doesn't believe me, then she has nothing to say."

"Then report it to the government and let the government handle it. I'm offended."

After the old lady finished speaking, she raised her voice and said: "Old housekeeper, go to the yamen quickly and ask the county magistrate to bring someone to settle the case."

The old butler agreed and left.

Bai Zhi was still not worried, she folded her arms and waited leisurely for the official messenger to arrive.

The old lady closed her eyes and meditated, and never said a word to Bai Zhi again.

Taozi was beaming with joy, clapping her hands and laughing: "It's so satisfying, this is called lifting a rock to shoot yourself in the foot. If you want to destroy Qingcheng Taoist Temple and the two old immortal masters to frame our family, how can you make your wish come true? My grandma doesn't eat dry rice..."

"Taozi, if you don't speak, no one will sell you as dumb."

Before she could finish speaking, the old lady did not open her eyes, and accused softly.

Tao Zi stopped talking, but looked at Bai Zhi provocatively and proudly.

Bai Zhi pretended not to see it, and was at ease.

In order to please the eldest lady, the servants insulted and accused Bai Zhi in various ways.

Bai Zhi doesn't have the same experience as them. They are all slaves under the master's roof, just for food.

Half an hour later, the county magistrate finally arrived with an official messenger.

In the meantime, the old lady lay on the couch and took a short nap, and even snored.

The old housekeeper explained the whole story in public, and the county magistrate didn't dare to do anything to Bai Zhi, after all, her identity was there.

The old lady made an idea from the side: "Master County Magistrate, you can't just listen to our one-sided opinion on this matter, you should go to Qingcheng Taoist Temple to find out the truth, after all, where the incident happened. The two lanterns hid explosives , causing the courtyard of the Taoist temple to be blown up, the old man thought it was impossible. At the beginning, when the lantern was handed over to the Qingcheng Taoist temple and the people who came down, they had already checked it, and there was nothing unusual.",

At this time, the old housekeeper had already called Li Gousheng and Shen Changyan.

Li Gousheng also confirmed that he did check it at the time, and it was an ordinary wind lamp, which could put lighted candles inside instead of oil lamps.

The county magistrate felt that it was reasonable, so he ordered to accompany Shen Shizi, the magistrate of Xianghe County, and others to Qingcheng Taoist temple, and return it to a place of pure cultivation outside the mountain.

Bai Zhi smiled slightly, and stopped it: "Master County Magistrate, wait a minute, I still have something to do."

The magistrate bowed respectfully and asked, "May I ask what else the magistrate needs to do?"

Bai Zhi played tricks: "Anyway, I will find out in a while. Right now, I just want to ask the county magistrate to order your servants casually. Please help me if I have something to do."

Upon hearing this, the magistrate let go of his mouth and responded quickly: "I will obey your orders."

He then pointed to an officer and said: "Everything is under the arrangement of Xianghe County Lord."

The officer came out and saluted and said: "I have to order."

Bai Zhi smiled and said: "Actually, it's not a difficult task. May I ask how is this little servant Gui Geng?"

The guard froze for a moment, then replied, "Eighteen."

Bai Zhi nodded and smiled, "That's very good, considering your age, you might be older than Mama Lin's children."

After speaking, she turned to Mrs. Lin and said, "Mama Lin, please sit on the round stool."

Mrs. Lin didn't know what she meant, but there was a nervous expression on her face. She looked to the old lady for help.

The old lady nodded slightly at her, indicating that she would do as she was told.

Only then did Mrs. Lin sit on the round stool.

Only then did Bai Zhi say to the guard: "Please take off Mama Lin's shoes."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lin screamed and subconsciously wanted to stand up.

Unexpectedly, an invisible force made her unable to move, and she was so frightened that her face turned pale and her whole body trembled.

"Mr. Lin, you are not new to the world. Why are you so unstable?" The old lady scolded in a deep voice.

Mrs. Lin tried hard to control her trembling, but she hugged her arms tightly.

"Please take off Mama Lin's shoes." Bai Zhi urged the guard again.

After the officer looked at the county magistrate and received permission from his eyes, he knelt down and carefully took off Mrs. Lin's cloth shoes.

"Please take out the insoles again." Bai Zhi continued to order.

The guard froze for a moment, then followed suit.

After taking out the insole, Bai Zhi said again: "Cut off the insole."

The servant did as he was told.

Taozi sneered at the side: "Is there something hidden in this?"

Bai Zhi nodded seriously: "Everything is possible."

She took out a white silk handkerchief from her pocket, put it on her hand, held the insole that had been cut at the waist, and shook it gently, and yellow powder suddenly spilled out.

The guard had sharp eyes and hurriedly asked, "What is this?"

"Open your hands." Bai Zhi ordered.

The guard stretched out his hand to pick up the yellow powder, looked at it carefully, put it next to his nose to smell it, and said in surprise, "This is sulfur."

Bai Zhi nodded slightly, and replied: "You are right, this is sulfur, and today we went down the mountain to find this thing, but I don't understand why it is in Mama Lin's insole."

Mrs. Lin was so frightened that she fell from her stool and kowtowed to beg for mercy: "I don't know, I am not from the eldest lady's room..."

Before she could finish her words, Taozi grabbed a teacup from the table and hit her on the head, causing her to bleed immediately.

"You bastard, what does it matter to me that you hide the sulfur? Why are you hiding the sulfur? Take it from the truth!"

(End of this chapter)