Concubine's true colors

Chapter 43 The county head is imprisoned (1)

When Prince Rui came, everyone saluted one after another, he waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and then looked at Qian Yingluo.

"County Master Yuanning was there too. It's the first time I've seen you since this disaster relief work. Why did I think of this today? It's really rare."

Qian Yingluo smiled awkwardly, she could naturally hear that Prince Rui was saying that she didn't care about the people's feelings and did not contribute to the snow disaster.

She was already afraid of Zhou Xianrui, so she hurriedly said: "The sixth prince's cousin has thought about it recently, Yingluo is deeply afraid that her words and deeds will be wrong, and she is also introspecting behind closed doors, but she never dares to look forward to the snow disaster, so today she specially brought food supplies, Contribute to the people of Yangzhou."

Zhou Xianrui nodded when he heard the words, and then asked suspiciously: "The county lord is interested, but since he came to donate things, why did he make trouble in the backyard? I heard that you want to uphold justice here, but this king doesn't know that he is It's useless to do this, under my nose, I have to work so hard for the county magistrate."

Qian Yingluo's face paled when she heard this, she didn't expect that Zhou Xianrui would be so dissatisfied with her both openly and secretly when Zhou Xianrui came.

She was nervous and didn't know how to reply, but seeing that Xiao Jinxuan was going to be unlucky, and she was being beaten by her, how could she be willing to let him go like this.

That's why Qian Yingluo forced herself to be calm, instead of answering Zhou Xianrui's words, she pointed at Lan Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Your Highness Prince Rui, Yingluo is too angry. I know you trust Fourth Miss Xiao very much, but in front of everyone, why don't you listen to what Lan Zhi has to say, otherwise, if you interfere more, I'm afraid it will be unfair."

She is now willing to go all out, anyway, the evidence is solid, even if Prince Rui is annoyed, he can't do anything to her, Qian Yingluo plotted against Xiao Jinxuan several times and failed, now she is going to be dazed, even if she offends the prince, she can't care less.

But contrary to Qian Yingluo's expectation, Zhou Xianrui was not angry, but followed her words, and asked Lan Zhi who was beside her.

"Since the county magistrate said that it was the fourth lady you corrected, then you can tell me that there is evidence, and you can't just flatten your mouth and say what you say."

Lan Zhi was already prepared in her heart, so she saw that she was not in a hurry, so she stretched out her hand and pointed to the dry well in the corner of the courtyard.

"The servant has evidence. The well is empty. The servant was afraid just now, so he put the flesh-picked corpse into a sack and threw it into the well. As long as you send someone down, you can find it."

Then she said: "The corpses that are used up on weekdays are all quietly transported away at night. Today's incident happened suddenly, and the servants threw them into the well. Just imagine how the corpses were transported in if the young lady did not instruct them. The servants would not have done so." The reason for doing it, I also ask the prince to learn from it."

After Zhou Xianrui listened, he nodded in agreement, and then said: "Since that's the case, why not send someone down to the well to make it clear. Come on, come down now and see what you can fish out."

The guard went down to the well immediately after receiving the order, and after a while, he came up again under people's expectations, and the guard who went down the well was really carrying a burlap bag at this time, and the bag was still dripping with blood from time to time.

When Qian Yingluo saw it, she immediately flashed a look of joy, and immediately said: "Huh, the witnesses and physical evidence are all here, Xiao Jinxuan, what else can you say, come and take this vicious person down for me."

But she shouted very imposingly, but now that Zhou Xianrui is here, no one dares to move without his orders, Qian Yingluo was too anxious, and when she came over anyway, she coughed awkwardly, and quickly stopped talking with a bad complexion. .

But she was silent, but Xiao Jinxuan stood up with a smile.

"The county lord is too impatient. If you want to take me down, you should at least open the sack first, see what's inside, and then it's not too late to convict me. Wen Xin, go and help the county lord, and get that open the bag"

Wen Xin responded, and immediately stepped forward to untie the sack, and when the blood-stained sack was opened, the contents inside were completely exposed to the eyes of everyone.

But when everyone saw what was inside, the originally angry people were stunned. They saw that there was no corpse in the sack. There was only half of pork lying in it, and the blood that stained the sack was nothing more than It's just the blood oozing from the pork.

Lan Zhi was the one who couldn't accept this change the most, because she knew better than anyone else that the corpse should be in the well.

Because she threw it in with her own hands last night, but now it has turned into half a pig's body.

Xiao Jinxuan had a panoramic view of everyone's reactions, and when the discussion became quieter, she looked at Lan Zhi playfully.

"This is the corpse you mentioned, but you are right, but it is a half-dead pork. I am afraid that human flesh will not be found in this well."

At this time, if you still don't realize that Xiao Jinxuan is inviting you into the urn, then you will be too stupid.

At least Qian Yingluo felt that something was wrong. Seeing the slight smile on Xiao Jinxuan's face, she felt anxious, knowing that not only would she not be able to defeat the other party today, but if she stayed, she might even get involved, so immediately, She was ready to run away.

Seeing Qian Yingluo forced a smile, she said awkwardly: "It seems that it is all a misunderstanding, it must be that after Lan Zhi was driven away by the fourth lady, she felt resentful and talked nonsense. This is the family of the Xiao family. It's inconvenient for the Lord to intervene, so I'll go back now, and His Highness Yingluo said goodbye."

Looking at the back of Qian Yingluo who was running away in a hurry, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flashed coldly, since the person who came here and beat her, now he can leave as soon as he wants, how could it be such a cheap thing.

"The county magistrate stays, your doubts have disappeared now, but Jinxuan still has something to ask you for advice, why did you leave in such a hurry."

Qian Yingluo stopped in her tracks, turned around with an unfriendly expression, and said, "The county magistrate has important things to do, so I don't have time to waste my words with you, a concubine."

But Xiao Jinxuan smiled, turned around and bowed to Zhou Xianrui in public, and said solemnly: "His Royal Highness, please help me stop Yuanning County Lord, because Jinxuan also has witnesses for today's incident, proving that this matter is the county owner deliberately framed , so no one can leave until things are clear."

"Xiao Jinxuan, you're spitting blood. It's clear that you blamed the servants yourself and provoked Lan Zhi to take revenge. What's the matter with the county lord here? The county lord is leaving soon. Who dares to stop me."

Qian Yingluo really panicked now. Xiao Jinxuan was always eloquent, so she wondered why the other party was so easy to talk to. It turned out that she and Ben had set up a trap and waited for her to get into it. She stayed at this time, afraid that she wanted to leave It is difficult.

But she was thinking very well, but how could Zhou Xianrui make her happy.

"Master, I feel that since you are involved in it now, it's better to stay for a while, and it's not too late to leave after you figure it out."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hands, and the guards on both sides immediately stopped Qian Yingluo, even though the other party jumped angrily, it was still difficult to get out of the yard.

The corners of Xiao Jinxuan's mouth curled up, and she clapped her hands suddenly and said, "Deng Jiu, bring him up, and bring the evidence that Lan Zhi is looking for, too."

As soon as her words fell, Deng Jiu came with three people. Behind him was a fat middle-aged man, and behind him were two servants carrying mats.

When these people approached, Deng Jiu ordered the two of them to put down the rolled mat, and the strange fat man also knelt down towards Zhou Xianrui.

Then Xiao Jinxuan pointed at this person, looked around at the audience, and said calmly: "Wang Butcher, tell the prince what you said to me yesterday, remember not to add embellishments, but don't miss a word."

The man named Wang Butcher nodded repeatedly, and then said in a low voice: "My lord, I am a butcher who sells pork on North Street. Someone came to me with a corpse two days ago and asked me to take the meat from that corpse." Picking it off, the younger one refused at first, but the other party was generous and offered 50 taels of silver, so the younger one agreed to do it."

Zhou Xianrui's expression didn't change when he heard the words, he just glanced at Qian Yingluo, and said calmly: "You continue to talk, what happens after that."

Hearing the words, the butcher hurriedly continued, "The young ones are greedy for money, but such a thing as cutting human flesh to death is unheard of, so I couldn't help being surprised, so I waited for this group of people to leave, and I followed after them, only to find out that they had taken the man to death." The corpse was brought to this shop, and the young one was hiding in a dark place, and I heard them say that tomorrow will be carried out according to the plan, and the Xiao family must be unable to argue with it, so I knew something was wrong."

Speaking of this, Wang Butcher straightened up on his knees, and shouted to everyone: "Old and young masters, although my surname is Wang, I am a pork seller, but I still have a conscience. The fourth lady has done so much for us, how can I help the evildoers?" , So after much deliberation, I told Fourth Miss all this yesterday, and only then did I expose the conspiracy of these people one step ahead of time, and we must not let the thieves get away with it."

Now the people who came in to find out the truth couldn't calm down anymore. Thinking that they were being used indirectly by others, they almost wronged the good people, and they all spoke out to let the culprit be brought to justice and return the Xiao family's innocence. .

Zhou Xianrui saw that the timing was too late, so he asked: "Wang Butcher, you have said so much, do you still remember who was the one who asked you to pick up the corpse that day, but now he is at the scene."

When Wang Tuhu heard this, he immediately stood up, walked towards Qian Yingluo without hesitation, then stretched out his hand, and pulled out Yazhi who was hiding behind her with a pale face.

"My lord is this woman. She brought a few people and carried the dead body to find me that night."

Qian Yingluo couldn't stand anymore, stepped forward and yelled, "You butcher is talking nonsense, you have evidence for your words, someone must have told you to say that on purpose."

Yazhi is her personal servant girl, and if something happens to the other party, she will not be able to get rid of it, so this time, she can't help but not be nervous.

Hearing this, Wang Butcher was not afraid at all, and yelled loudly: "Of course I have evidence. That girl not only asked me to pick the flesh, but also asked me to chop off an index finger of the corpse. I clearly remember that. There is also a gold ring engraved with the word "blessing" on the index finger. You only need to compare it with the corpse to know if what I said is true or not."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan suddenly chuckled and said: "The Minced Meat case has been going on until now, and the corpse that you are most concerned about has not been seen. Lan Zhi, since you insisted that the corpse was just thrown into the well by you just now, but Now what was fished out was pork, this missing corpse, you open the mat and see if it's inside."

(End of this chapter)