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Chapter 397 A Trap Within A Trap
Mu Jiaojiao glanced at the situation in the room, then stepped forward and pinched Cao Shu's neck.

Cao Shu only felt a sharp stabbing pain on her neck, and then noticed that the lost strength gradually recovered, and she could move her hands and feet.She quickly jumped up: "Cousin, I have nothing with my cousin's husband, really!"

"Well, I trust you." Mu Jiaojiao said lightly.

The stone in Cao Shu's heart fell to the ground immediately.

Seeing this, Mrs. Cao hurriedly yelled: "Thirteen Niang, it's already at this time, why are you holding back? You and Mr. Cui Liulang are in love with each other, and now you have given yourself to him Now, who else can you marry besides him? You should let him be responsible for you!"

"Great-grandmother, stop talking!" Cao Shu quickly wrapped her clothes tightly around her body.

The old lady Cao looked at Mu Jiaojiao triumphantly: "As you can see, the situation in the room is like this. The two of them hit it off. Just now after you left, they began to drink together. They couldn't help it, and they quietly accomplished something good. Now the reason why they That's all for the sake of your frailty and sickness, and I don't want to provoke you too much."

"No! Cousin, don't listen to my grandmother's nonsense!" Cao Shu shouted hastily.

"Miss Thirteen, why do you say you are doing this? Since you have already been discovered, you just admit it. You have been secretive for the past two years, haven't you worked hard?" The old lady Cao said quietly.

Tears rolled out again from the corners of Cao Shu's dry eyes.

"Great-grandmother, are you really going to force me to die? Well, I'll die now!"

After that, he slammed into the wall.

"Stop her quickly!" Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly ordered.

The old lady Cao immediately yelled again: "Look, my great-granddaughter was tortured to death by you! You must give me an explanation, and our Cao family an explanation! Otherwise, I will never end with you!"

Mu Jiaojiao glanced at her helplessly: "Come here, first arrest this old lady, and then tie up everyone in this yard!"

"What are you doing? You want to destroy the corpse?" The old lady Cao was frightened by these words, and yelled at the top of her voice.

"Don't worry, even if I kill you, I don't need to destroy your body, just throw it on the mass grave and let the wild dogs eat it. I'll leave you the whole body to destroy the body!" Mu Jiaojiaoqian He smiled, but his eyes sparkled brightly.

Mrs. Cao was terrified. "you dare!"

The corner of Mu Jiaojiao's mouth twitched lightly: "Do you dare to tell me yourself?"

she says?Of course this girl dares!She had already threatened her once before!

And looking at Mu Jiaojiao's performance now, it's clear that he has already given up!Cui Pu also stood beside her like a door god, intending to escort her.

Could it be that she failed at one plan, and now she has cheated herself?
The old lady Cao collapsed to the ground in despair.

So that's what she's capable of?
Mu Jiaojiao chuckled and shook her head: "Forget it, I won't scare you. I have something else to do, so I won't play with your old man for now. You just wait, let me interrogate this group of people first!"

Mung Dou and the others spread cushions on the floor, and Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu both sat down.

Immediately, all the people in the yard were tied up, and the ones walking in the front were the servant girls who were serving their meals today.

When these people saw the situation inside, their faces changed drastically.One of them quickly knelt down: "Ma'am, please forgive me! The servant girl just took the benefits of Mrs. Cao and helped her! Everything was planned by Mrs. Cao! The servant girl is willing to accept the punishment, and I just ask you to spare me the maidservant." Your son's life will be fine!"

Immediately, someone responded repeatedly.

The old lady Cao was half dead with anger: "Miaolian, are you ashamed to say that? I did the plan, but you came up with the idea of ​​prescribing the medicine!"

"The maidservant is also forced to help! Didn't you say, old lady, that if the maidservant doesn't give you advice, you will use the excuse that the maidservant can't serve you well, and drive the maidservant out of the mansion? Prefect, madam, you two Please be clear, this maid actually doesn't want to betray you two at all, but this old lady is too powerful, this maid can't beat her!" Miaolian cried loudly.

"You're talking nonsense! It was you who took the initiative to come here! You were also the one who gave Thirteen Niangs to Cui Liu as a concubine! You little bastard, see if I don't beat you to death!" Mrs. Cao yelled, As soon as you lift your shoes, you will come forward and beat people.

Mu Jiaojiao said impatiently: "Stop her mouth."

Mung Dou immediately stuffed the veil into Old Madam Cao's mouth, and held her down with his own hands to prevent her from yelling.

Mu Jiaojiao looked at the group of girls kneeling in front of her again, and lightly opened her lips: "Tell me, who sent you all?"

A group of maids were stunned, and hurriedly called for grievances, shouting their loyalty to Mu Jiaojiao.

When Cao Shu recovered from her grief and indignation, she heard this, and she was taken aback again. "Cousin, you mean..."

"Otherwise, why do you think they would do their best to help your great-grandmother to break up our husband and wife? Generally, as a servant, shouldn't everyone hope that the whole house will be harmonious and that everyone will have a comfortable life? We give them a monthly The monthly salary is not low, and there are often rewards for clothing, food and drink. This income is not low in Yangzhou Mansion. Even if you support an aunt, how much do you think their credit can bring you in exchange for substantial benefits? Just your stupid old great-grandmother would really think that they were bought by her money to help her!" Mu Jiaojiao squinted at the old lady Cao over there.

Cui Pu also cupped his hands at Mrs. Cao: "However, speaking of it, we also want to thank you very much, old man. If it weren't for your old man who has been jumping around here all the time, we still can't seize the opportunity to find out this group of people Woolen cloth!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Cao's complexion changed, and Cao Shu finally realized belatedly—it turned out that everyone had plans on this matter tonight.She was the only one who was tossed and tossed foolishly, exhausted physically and mentally from futile exhaustion.

Just thinking like this, Mu Jiaojiao held her hand and patted the back of her hand: "In the future, are you sure you will be filial to this great-grandmother and give her all your heart and soul to take care of her until the end of her life?"

Cao Shu shivered.

Mu Jiaojiao's words hit the depths of her heart, and she couldn't help but feel a chill running down her back.

It is true that when she first saw Mrs. Cao appearing in front of her, she was angry, but what followed was endless joy—fortunately, the Cao family is not dead, and she still has someone to keep her company!Even though Mrs. Cao was a little noisy, she was still a living relative who depended on her for life!Moreover, this great-grandmother is so old, she wouldn't live for a few more years, even if something happened, she would just bear it and let it go.

With this in mind, she has always been tolerant towards Mrs. Cao in her heart.I would rather chase after her ass to apologize to others than to tear myself apart from her completely.The only time it happened was because of Qiu Shan.

Afterwards, she secretly regretted it for a long time, feeling that she was really unfilial for not showing face to her elders in public.So in the end, I tried my best to make up for the old man. Even if she knew that Mrs. Cao's banquet was a Hongmen banquet, she gritted her teeth and followed her to attend.As a result, no one would have thought that this banquet would expose Old Madam Cao's sinister thoughts clearly, and her heart would be hit hard one after another!

Mu Jiaojiao is the person she relies on most now, Cui Pu is the person he respects the most, and Qiu Shan is the person she has devoted her heart to and intends to stay with her for the rest of her life.But these three people were killed by the great-grandmother she wanted to continue to respect at the same time!
Once this matter is done today, these three will be hurt!
She is forcing her to betray her relatives!

Now, the guilt she felt towards Mrs. Cao has long since been washed away by her hatred.

"I...don't want to." She said coldly.

When Mrs. Cao heard this, her eyes widened and she struggled to speak.But Mung Dou covered her mouth: "Lady, Mrs. Cao drank too much, and she seems to be unable to hold on anymore. The servant girl will take her down to rest."

After getting Mu Jiaojiao's approval, she beckoned someone to drag Mrs. Cao down.

Mu Jiaojiao patted the back of Cao Shu's hand again: "We will ask someone to send her to a Zhuangzi to raise her. She will not be missing for food, clothing, housing, but she will not be so free in movement, and the people around her will not be so I have pampered her unconditionally. Every month, I will ask someone to report her situation and let you know."

"I see. This is very good. Cousin, your arrangement will not be wrong, and everything should be done according to your orders!" Cao Shu nodded numbly, her heart still in a mess.

However, no matter how chaotic it was, it was a fact that the last trace of her affection for Mrs. Cao had already been cut off by Mrs. Cao herself.

While talking, Xiao Si'er came in again.

"Lang Jun, lady, I asked people to block the doorways, and I caught a few suspicious-looking servant girls. By the way, the people who have been wandering around our mansion for the past two days have also been controlled. Lock them up in the woodshed at the back now, do you want to interrogate them now?"

Hearing this, the girls kneeling here immediately turned pale.

Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao took this scene into their eyes, and Cui Pu got up immediately: "Of course! Strike while the iron is hot, the effect is the best! My lady, now these girls are handed over to you, and I will go to interrogate those people for my husband. Turn back Let's give their confession again!"

"Okay." Mu Jiaojiao nodded.

Cui Pu walked briskly, while Mu Jiaojiao continued to sit peacefully, but slowly pulled out the golden hairpin on his head, and pulled out the golden needles inside bit by bit, as if unintentionally playing with it, mouth Shang still spoke softly: "Now, are you going to explain yourself, or let me help you?"

A group of maidservants were all trembling, feeling cold all over.

The trial went well.Two hours later, Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu sat together to inspect the results of their labor.

"Oh, I really can't see it. I am a small magistrate, but I can be favored by so many people, and I have so many eyes and ears installed around me! Lady, do you think I should be happy? After all, I can enjoy There are very few people who are treated like me!" Looking at Mu Jiaojiao's signed statements page by page, Cui Pu couldn't help sighing.

"You should really be happy." Mu Jiaojiao nodded happily.

In this operation, they actually uncovered more than 20 hidden piles hidden in the government office in one go!After all, these people came from all over the world!

There was Li Linfu, the secretary of the court, Dai Ziang, the observer, the crown prince, the Shouwang's mansion, and even Yuan Mubai, the governor of Jiangnan Dongdao, also came to intervene.The bulk comes from these people, and there are also a few from other parties.

This result is undoubtedly a very high praise for Cui Pu.

However, anyone who is an official in the court will inevitably have eyeliners placed by others around him.The more important your status is, the more other people will have more eyeliner and the deeper you will be placed. This is something everyone knows very well.After all, the more important a person is, the more influence he has on the court situation. Of course, others want to see his every move, so that they can make judgments as soon as possible and take action at critical moments.

Cui Pu, the magistrate of Yangzhou, does not have a high official position, but his position is more important.But it is still too small compared to those high-ranking officials in Chang'an City who scolded Fang Qiu.But looking at it now, people from all walks of life have already begun to pay attention to his actions. Doesn't that mean that everyone has begun to regard him as an opponent and start to pay attention to him?
This is an affirmation of his achievements over the years, which is a great thing!

"What are you going to do with these people?" Mu Jiaojiao asked.

"Send it back to their rightful master!" Cui Pu smiled, "By the way, since Yuan Jiedu envoy pays so much attention to us, why don't we go visit him together!"

(End of this chapter)