Concubine's true colors

Chapter 44 The county head is imprisoned (2)

Lan Zhi trembled when she heard the words, she was already at a loss, no matter what happened today, her previous words would have been self-defeating.

Now she no longer wants to seek revenge from Xiao Jinxuan, she just hopes to save her life.

"Miss, this servant is wrong, this servant was talking nonsense just now, in fact, it was the county lord who asked me to do this, and you also know that you disgraced her in the Song Mansion that day, so she has always hated you, please miss Forgive me."

Just now Qian Yingluo saw something bad, so she turned around and left, pushing everything on her body. Lan Zhi saw that the other party couldn't keep her, so she naturally refused to grit her teeth and hold on to it, which was the reason why Qian Yingluo would do this , I found out for the other party, and it was quite reasonable.

This is good, before the body is checked, Lan Zhi is here to recruit first, everything is right and wrong, and now the truth has come to light.

But Xiao Jinxuan's plan today is not just about innocence, if she is Qian Yingluo, she will have no chance to turn around!

Seeing that she was ignoring Lan Zhi, she turned around and looked at the crowd, a person who was embarrassed, a cold light flashed in her eyes.

"Speaking of severed fingers, I remember that the reason for today's minced meat was that someone found a finger in it. Coincidentally, I heard that a gold ring was also worn on that finger. The lame man over there , I was right."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone remembered that there was another incident. Thinking of Butcher Wang's words, everyone's eyes turned to the crippled man, who was quietly retreating outside the door. Well, this time I was caught right away.

The lame man saw that something was wrong, looking at Xiao Jinxuan's cold gaze, he hesitated for a moment, but immediately knelt down on the ground.

"Miss Si, please forgive me. The little one is willing to pay off the crime to prove that what Wang Butcher said is true. The severed finger was indeed given to me by Miss Yazhi. She asked me to come here today to make things bigger. Those words of human flesh , She also taught me that there are still 20 taels of silver hidden in my stove now, the villain is poor, if it is not given by others, how can there be so many taels of silver, this is the proof."

It's not that he is willing to confess, it's just that there is indeed a word of blessing engraved on his ring. Even if he resists now, it will be revealed after a while. Opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.

First Lan Zhi, now a lame man, plus Wang Butcher's words, even if the body is not checked, Yazhi will be hard to deny.

Seeing Zhou Xianrui lower his head, looking at Yazhi who was limp on the ground, he raised his sword eyebrows.

"Aren't you willing to recruit Yazhi? If you don't tell the truth, I can only torture you."

Closing her eyes in despair, Yazhi bit her lips, but she didn't say a word.

She is a servant of the Marquis of Huai'an, her parents, siblings are all working in the Marquis, although today's matter was planned by the masters later, but now she can only grit her teeth and carry it. If she says anything nonsense, I am afraid that the lives of relatives will be lost.

And Yazhi's attitude was also expected by Zhou Xianrui, seeing him wave his hand, the guards on both sides dragged Yazhi down, as for what to do, needless to say.

Qian Yingluo let go of her heart a little bit, after all Yazhi carried it to death, so what if she knew that it was her order in the end, as long as she resolutely refused to admit it, even Prince Rui would not dare to question her guilt under such circumstances.

But obviously, Qian Yingluo only thought about Zhou Xianrui, but forgot that besides this fierce tiger, there is another fox who is not a vegetarian, and is watching her prey closely.

I saw Xiao Jinxuan lowered her head, with cunning eyes like a fox, playing with the white jade bracelet on her wrist, and said softly: "Actually, I don't believe that today's incident will be done by the county magistrate, but Yazhi is involved, even if she has nothing to do with it." Said, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the county owner to get rid of the responsibility, I have a way to prove the county owner's innocence, but I am afraid that the county owner will not do it."

Qian Yingluo gave Xiao Jinxuan a squinting look, and wanted to say no, but if she did that, it would inevitably appear that she was guilty.

Moreover, she was intimidated by Xiao Jinxuan's few words, she couldn't afford to lose him, anyway, as long as she didn't admit it, no matter what method the other party used, she couldn't help her.

Thinking of this, Qian Yingluo immediately snorted coldly, and said arrogantly: "The county lord is not afraid of the shadow, Xiao Jinxuan, tell me what to do, if I do it, today's matter will be over, and Yazhi will be up to you However, if I dare to spread any rumors that are unfavorable to the county lord afterwards, I will definitely not give up."

Xiao Jinxuan looked at the other party's domineering appearance with cold eyes, and kept sneering in her heart.

She failed to frame others, but she was caught showing her face, and now she still dares to bargain here, and let the county magistrate be arrogant. Xiao Jinxuan will have to see later, she is still not arrogant.

Thinking this way in her heart, Xiao Jinxuan stretched out her finger and pointed at the broken mat over there without showing any signs of expression.

"County Lord, what is wrapped in this mat is the body that has been deboned. I have heard people say that the body is also sensitive after death. If it is tortured, it will be deboned and deboned after death. According to superstition, there must be a lot of resentment, and the soul hovers around the corpse, unwilling to reincarnate."

After Xiao Jinxuan finished speaking, she noticed that Qian Yingluo's face was extremely bad, and her eyes were extremely flustered, obviously she had listened to her words.

So she paused, and then said: "It is rumored that this kind of deceased whose soul is unwilling to leave the body, if he sees the person who killed her, there will definitely be a vision, which is extremely miraculous."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Butcher Wang said with horror on his face: "Miss Si is right, originally I was going to carry this corpse here today, but no matter how I move it, the corpse looks like it is growing on the ground." Yes, it’s just that I can’t move it, but as soon as I change someone else, I move it immediately, it’s really evil.”

Xiao Jinxuan sighed and said: "This is a vision. The deceased must have blamed you for picking her flesh, so you are not allowed to touch her. Therefore, the county lord, as long as you open this mat yourself and take a look at the deceased, if Without any vision, I believe that you are innocent, and my Xiao family will never mention this matter again, you see, my request is not too much."

When Qian Yingluo heard this, she subconsciously took a few steps back, glanced unnaturally at the rolled mat, and suddenly felt the surroundings were chilly, and she couldn't help shivering shiveringly.

At this time Zhou Xianrui also looked at her, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect Miss Fourth to be so reverent of ghosts and gods, County Master Yuanning, I, Da Zhou, advocate Taoism. Although this method is mysterious, it is also fair. You should go forward and try it. "

Qian Yingluo's lips were trembling with fright, but she couldn't refute it. If she was scared at this moment, then she wouldn't blame herself.

But in the past, Wang Tuhu's words made her panic again. She didn't care about the dead, but she was terrified of the ghosts after death.

But seeing everyone staring at her, Qian Yingluo gritted her teeth and had no choice but to bite the bullet.

And she didn't fully believe it, the saying that the deceased could recognize the enemy, maybe it was Xiao Jinxuan's intention to scare her, so that she would get confused.

Thinking of this, she gained a lot of confidence, squatted down, untied the hemp rope outside the mat with trembling hands, and in an instant, the corpse inside was presented in front of her eyes at a glance.

Although she was prepared in her heart, when Qian Yingluo really saw the corpse clearly, she still screamed and immediately stood up to stay away from the corpse.

It's not that she has never seen a dead person before, and there are not a few who died in her hands, but the female corpse in front of her is too terrifying. She saw that the corpse below the abdomen was chopped into bones, and sporadic pieces of meat were hung on the bones. A gust of cold wind blew by, and it still shook a few times. Qian Yingluo retched, turned around and was about to run away.

But the moment she stood up, a strong sense of powerlessness hit her whole body, Qian Yingluo felt her whole body go limp, and rushed towards the corpse.

Although she was physically weak, her mind was abnormally clear. Her eyes widened and she screamed loudly, but she was still powerless to change the trend of falling.

Just hearing a "plop", Qian Yingluo's whole body was pressed on the body of the female corpse, and her face was directly facing the female corpse's face, and she was only half an inch away from being pressed together.

This accident happened so fast, who would have thought that the county head, who was fine one moment, fell to the ground the next moment.

Before everyone could react, an even more frightening incident happened again.

Seeing that Qian Yingluo had just jumped on the female corpse, before she screamed and got up, the eyes of the female corpse opened instantly, looking straight at Qian Yingluo above.

And this was not over yet, two lines of blood and tears flowed straight down from the eyes of the female corpse, staining the mat below red in a short while, and it couldn't stop.

This weird scene stunned the people watching. It was the first time many people saw such a mysterious thing in their life.

At this time, everyone remembered Xiao Jinxuan's words before, and someone immediately shouted: "The resentful soul has confessed to the murder, this county lord is the one who killed her, she has recognized the murderer."

"Yeah, look at her wide-open eyes, it's a shame she's dead, she's wronged."

"Isn't it? The blood and tears can't be stopped. If you don't give her justice, I'm afraid you won't give up."

Zhou Xianrui frowned at this moment, and said to the followers around him: "I haven't helped the Yuanning county master up yet."

Hearing this, the attendant immediately came to Qian Yingluo's side, grabbed her by the shoulders, and pulled her up.

It's strange to say that Qian Yingluo, who was still weak just now, recovered her strength as soon as she left the female corpse's side, and she was able to stand without anyone's support.

Now, the people around her said that it was a ghost, and she was not allowed to get up just now.

Qian Yingluo is also frightened out of her wits now. She will never forget the look that female corpse looked at her just now. That lifeless, cold, gloomy eyes are the scariest thing she has ever seen. .

Facing the people all around pointing at her, Qian Yingluo hastily stretched out her hand, posing in denial.

He even said with a crying voice: "I don't have one, I've never seen this corpse before, if you want to look for it, go to Yazhi, look for my sixth prince's cousin, don't come to me."

But it doesn't matter if she waved her hand, sharp-eyed people immediately noticed the abnormality on her palm.

"Look quickly, the palm of Yuanning county lord's hand is covered with blood. This must be the vision of the female corpse. It reminds us that the county lord whose hands are stained with blood is the murderer of her."

Qian Yingluo looked at her hands in horror, and sure enough, she saw that her palms were red, no matter how she rubbed them, she couldn't get them off.

Qian Yingluo wailed, and knelt down on the ground, her eyes fixed on the female corpse, not daring to blink at all, as if if she was distracted, the female corpse would rush over immediately.

Zhou Xianrui saw her like this, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. If Qian Yingluo couldn't be convicted in the case of slandering meat mince, it would anger the gods and ghosts and arouse public anger, and she would be doomed.

After all, when the ghosts and gods said it, even the royal family would keep it secret. If he killed Qian Yingluo on the spot today and reported it to the court afterwards, no one would hold him accountable.

Even if the other party is the daughter of the princess, the daughter of Lord Hou, how could they dare to offend the gods and ghosts and disregard the grievances of the people?

At this moment, Zhou Xianrui was indeed murderous. If Qian Yingluo died in Yangzhou, the sixth prince would definitely return to the capital and tell his uncle Huai Anhou face to face, because he could not bear the responsibility.

As soon as the other party left, Zhou Xianrui would be free to investigate the officialdom in Yangzhou, and he might not be able to catch those moths in the officialdom.As long as the corrupt officials can be wiped out and Qian Yingluo's life is taken away, in his opinion there is nothing wrong with it.

But just as Zhou Xianrui slightly unsheathed the golden dragon sword at his waist, a cold and white hand grabbed his wrist.

Surprise flashed in his eyes, and when he looked up, the person who stopped him was actually Xiao Jinxuan.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan, tiptoeing close to his ear, she said in a very soft voice: "Leaving Qian Yingluo alive, I still have great use. If Your Highness believes in me, I will be able to use her to completely abolish the Sixth Prince."

Zhou Xianrui narrowed his eyes, his murderous aura subsided in an instant, and the sword was returned to its sheath.He didn't hesitate at all, he believed from the bottom of his heart that what Xiao Jinxuan said was definitely not a lie.

Because the woman in front of him really has the ability to manipulate the life and death of others and play tricks on the enemy, he couldn't help but believe it.

"Come here, take Yuanning county master into prison for the time being, and no one will visit the prison without my words. Yazhi doesn't need to be re-tried, and she will be immediately executed with a stick to comfort the dead."

Then he glanced at Lan Zhi again, and said in a deep voice: "She is Miss Fourth's servant, how to deal with it is entirely up to Miss."

Xiao Jinxuan nodded slightly when she heard the words, and then looked at Lan Zhi with an indifferent expression.

"On the day I drove you out of the hospital, I told you that I didn't like your lying mouth. It didn't take long before you told an even bigger lie. Since you can't control this mouth, then cut off the mouth that caused trouble." tongue, and save me from causing any trouble."

Zhou Xianrui heard the words, without further ado, he asked the guards to drag Lan Zhi down, and did as Xiao Jinxuan said.

Until Lan Zhi was dragged out of the yard, the other party's begging for mercy still came sternly, but it was appropriate to shout a few more times, after all, after a while, she would never even think about making any noise in her life.

At this time, Qian Yingluo was also lifted up from the ground, but she insisted that she had a noble status, so she would not be willing to go to jail obediently at this time.

"His Royal Highness Prince Rui, my mother is Princess Huayang. Although she is not the Holy One's own sister, she is your aunt after all, and I can be considered your cousin. You can't treat me like this, Prince Rui, otherwise my mother will never Will agree."

Zhou Xianrui didn't even answer her words, he waved his hand to signal the guards, and immediately pushed her down.

It is common for the children of the royal family to fight each other, so cousins ​​are nothing.

As for Princess Nanyang, if he is really taboo, then he is not Zhou Xianrui.

(End of this chapter)