Concubine's true colors

Chapter 85
Seeing that the old lady finally compromised, Mrs. Zhao hurriedly said to Xiao Jinxuan: "Just tell me what you have, if you are really wronged, we will give you justice."

Xiao Jinxuan nodded gratefully, and then said: "I just said that I can't explain this old-fashioned method, but the haunting in the courtyard yesterday must be man-made."

As soon as she finished speaking, she looked at Bai Zhu who was beside her. The latter understood in a hurry, took out a piece of transparent tissue paper from his cuff, and handed it to her.

After Jinxuan received it, she handed the paper to Mrs. Zhao:
"Look, Auntie, what is this?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao lowered her head and took a closer look, and saw that the paper in her hand was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the hand resting on it could clearly print through the paper.

"This is glazed window paper. It has an excellent wind-shielding effect and is highly transparent. Through this window paper, you can see the scenery outside the house clearly. This is the window paper used by the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Jinxuan, where are you from?" Made it."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan laughed.

"Auntie has good eyesight. This is indeed glass window paper. That day my courtyard was haunted by ghosts. There was a female ghost lying in front of my window with a very clear outline. Afterwards, when I threw the cup at the other party, it flew directly from the window. I hit the female ghost, and I wondered why my window didn’t have window paper, but I found out afterwards that it wasn’t that there was no window paper, but that the original white pulp paper had been replaced with glazed paper.”

Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, Xiao Jinxuan continued:
"As my aunt said, this glazed window paper is used by the royal family, and when I went to my grandmother's yard today, I found that what my grandmother used was just wax window paper. The glazed window paper that my grandmother didn't even use appeared on my door According to my guess, this happens because someone wants me to clearly see the ghost outside the window in order to scare me."

Zhao Shi nodded when she heard the words, and felt that what Xiao Jinxuan said made sense.

The old lady also frowned, hearing the strangeness in it.

As for Xiao Jinyu, now that her elders are here, she is no longer suitable for talking, but seeing that Xiao Jinxuan is about to escape another catastrophe, she still couldn't help interjecting:
"Although the glazed window paper is expensive, my Xiao Mansion also rewards some, maybe the servant girl made a mistake."

Xiao Jinxuan looked at her coldly upon hearing this.

"Yeah, maybe I made a mistake for a while. It just so happened that the windows inside and outside my house were all made of white pulp paper, and only the one where the female ghost was lying down turned into glazed paper, and that window was exposed during the day. It's still white pulp window paper, now my sister understands."

Mrs. Shen coughed a few times at the side, and then said softly: "It seems that someone did it after nightfall. I remember that there are maids guarding every lady's room at night, as long as the night watchman is called Come, if you ask carefully, you will be able to find out the clues."

After hearing this, Mrs. Qian who was on the side suddenly said: "Oh, this is not easy to deal with. The second sister-in-law was very kind, but the maid who kept watch at the Forsythia Garden last night was very frightened afterward. Reporting leave with me, going home to rest for a few days, now she has already left the house, what should I do."

Qian's face was anxious, but her eyes flashed with complacency. Xiaoling was originally arranged by her, and she would not stay in the mansion to prevent the accident from happening afterwards. , In the end, nothing can be changed, the other party still has to obediently get out of the handsome mansion.

But as soon as Qian's words fell, Xiao Jinxuan said in a cold voice:
"Yeah, Xiaoling was so frightened that I couldn't understand why I was the master, so I had someone invite her back to the Forsythia Courtyard early in the morning. It is estimated that Xiaoling is now resting at ease. As long as Summon, she will be here later."

Qian Shi, who was originally smiling, froze, and looked at Xiao Jinxuan with eyes full of astonishment.

Because she couldn't figure it out, she personally sent someone to send Xiaoling out of the mansion today, and she arranged for the people in Xiao Jinxuan's yard to come in, and they couldn't be transferred, so who stopped Xiaoling.

And at this moment, Jin Chuan came out from behind the old lady and said:
"When the fourth lady came to the old lady's yard today, she really asked the servant girl. If she saw that Xiaoling left the mansion, she would definitely stop her and say that she was directly related to the haunting yesterday. The servant girl knew that the matter was very important and did not tell the old man. I went to arrange it, but because I haven't figured it out yet, I haven't told the old lady, please don't blame me."

Jin Chuan has a very high status in the commander-in-chief's mansion, if she intervenes, it's really easy to stop a servant.

The old lady was not angry after hearing Jin Chuan's words. After all, the other party had always helped her take care of the family's affairs. Before such a trivial matter was clarified, it was reasonable for the other party not to say it, and he did nothing wrong.

And this Xiao Ling, who will leave the house if something happens, such behavior can be seen as problematic, so Xiao Jinxuan didn't need to say anything, and soon Xiao Ling was summoned.

After entering the room, Xiaoling raised her eyes and looked around, and found that all the masters of the Shuai Mansion were sitting here. Before anyone could ask her a question, her legs softened and she knelt on the ground.

Seeing Xiao Ling's appearance, the old lady saw that the other party was intimidating, and immediately her tone sank, pretending to be stern and reprimanded:

"Bold maidservant, what good thing did you do last night? You can't do it all the time. You're still waiting for the old man to ask you if you can't do it."

Xiao Ling immediately cried when she heard this. Today she was stopped by four women when she left the mansion. At that time, she knew that something was wrong, and now she felt that a catastrophe was imminent.

"Old madam, masters, please forgive me. Xiao Ling didn't know anything. I was so frightened that I fainted when I saw that ghost. What happened later has nothing to do with me. Please forgive me, old madam."

Now, Xiao Jinxuan had already sat back in her seat, upon hearing this, she asked with a smile:
"Xiao Ling, you didn't do anything wrong, why do you keep asking your grandmother to spare your life? Since you said you fainted, why did you step forward and hug me as soon as I went out? Don't you think that what you said is too serious?" Doesn't make sense?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling trembled in fright, opened her mouth but couldn't refute, faltering for a while, unable to explain why.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao frowned and said coldly: "You lowly maidservant, it seems that you won't tell the truth if you don't make you suffer, look at it, old madam."

Nodding, it is rare for the old lady to approve of Mrs. Zhao. Although she doesn't like Xiao Jinxuan, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the young lady of Yifu was really planted by a servant. Wouldn't it be a joke if it spread, and others would say that she is incompetent in housekeeping , ruined her reputation.

He gestured to Jin Chuan, who immediately understood, and then went out. For a while, everyone in the room was thinking about their own affairs, and the only sound in the room was Xiaoling's desperate cry.

Not long after, Jin Chuan came in with two women, and under her signal, one of them grabbed Xiaoling, and the other took out a small cloth bag. After opening it, they saw a row of Silver needles of varying thickness.

Then, under Xiaoling's horrified gaze, the woman picked up the second thinnest silver needle in the needle bag, grabbed Xiaoling's right index finger, grinned grinningly, and then followed the other's fingers without any hesitation. Hesitantly stuck the needle in.

"what!"

Xiaoling screamed, and struggled with all her might because of the severe pain from her fingertips, but her body was firmly grasped, and she couldn't escape at all, so she could only be forced to continue to endure the torture brought to her by the needle. torture.

And the woman holding the needle had already pierced nearly half of Xiaoling's finger with a three-inch needle, and this needle punishment was indeed severe. You can't even see the blood drops, it really hurts people invisible, but it can make life worse than death.

Pushing the needle a little further between the fingers, the needle encountered resistance and couldn't penetrate anymore, and Xiaoling also had a rare chance to breathe for a moment.

Just when Xiaoling thought that the excruciating pain was over, she saw the woman who was doing the acupuncture, suddenly picked up the needle handle, and used a special technique to avoid the phalanx, and the whole phalanx was cut in an instant. The silver needle, Qi Gen, got into Xiaoling's index finger.

Xiao Ling, who had only recovered a little bit of strength, was unprepared, and felt the pain a hundred times worse than before, and was stimulated by another heart-piercing scream, and her face was instantly pale as paper. Beads of sweat flowed all over his face.

At this time, Jin Chuan on the side spoke: "Xiao Ling, you should recruit it, the silver needle is embedded in the finger, but it is difficult to get it out, and the needle has been specially soaked in advance, any flesh and blood that gets close to it will be slowed down. It slowly festers and decays, and in the end the whole finger has no other choice but to chop it off. If you want to pierce all ten fingers into one and chop off one by one in the future, then you will continue to hold on. Auntie, I will help you .”

Xiao Ling, whose consciousness was already a little blurred by the pain, immediately opened her half-closed eyes in horror after hearing this.

You must know that the fingers are connected to the heart, and the pain at the fingertips has always been the most sensitive.

When she was a female celebrity, if she was stabbed by an embroidery needle, the feeling would be unbearable, let alone inserting the needle into her fingertips. This kind of torture made Xiaoling even feel that it would be a relief to die directly.

So without any hesitation, Xiaoling quickly knelt down on the ground, holding her right index finger and crying out:
"Old madam, please let the servant girl go. The servant girl is willing to recruit. There really weren't any female ghosts that day. It was I who secretly let the person pretending to be a ghost into the yard. The window paper was also changed by the servant girl, in order to frighten Miss Fourth. The person who commands the slaves is, that is..."

At the end, Xiao Ling hesitated for a moment, and looked at Qian Shi with some fear, and saw that the other party was staring at her, she was so frightened that she hurriedly lowered her head, but the name of the person behind the scene was full of fear, not knowing whether it should be or not. Speak up.

Qian Shi was startled and frightened at this moment, seeing that Xiao Ling couldn't survive the needle torture and was about to call her out, Qian Shi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he got up suddenly and walked towards Xiao Ling.

And Xiao Ling, who lowered her head and was hesitant to continue talking, suddenly slapped her on the face fiercely before she could react. The person was slapped and fell to the ground.

Then Qian's furious voice came into Xiaoling's ears clearly.

"You little lowly maidservant, how dare you do something that endangers your master, why don't you tell me who instigated you, if you don't recruit, let alone your life is in danger, even your family, my wife will never let you go , We must investigate today’s matter to the end.”

Xiao Ling, who fell on the ground, looked at Qian's face, feeling very regretful in her heart, and felt that she should not have helped the other party to frame innocent people for a few taels of silver, otherwise she would not have ended up in the current situation.

Knowing that Qian Shi is only crossing the river, Xiao Ling is naturally unwilling to be used as a scapegoat if she wants to push the whole thing to her. over her family.

Thinking that she was doomed no matter what today, Xiaoling was desperate, but she didn't want to drag her family down.

Looking desperately at the woman holding the needle, Xiaoling knew that if she didn't confess to the person behind the scenes, the needle torture just now might fall on her again.

Then she looked at Qian Shi with resentment, and secretly scolded him for being vicious and threatening her with the lives of her family members.

Forced into a dilemma, Xiaoling's eyes were reddened, she glanced at the snow-white wall from the corner of her eye, she suddenly gritted her teeth, let out a shrill cry, and slammed straight into it.

(End of this chapter)