After time travel, I ate glutinous rice bran in ancient times

"Very good, Jingyin, you can leave for now." After hearing this, County Magistrate Hai nodded.

After Jingyin signed her confession, she was taken away by the bailiffs.

"Bang!" Magistrate Hai slammed the gavel and said, "Call Ji Meiyun!"

Wang Yugui smiled slightly. The real name of this old procuress sounded quite youthful and pleasant.

Meiyun, if you don’t know her, you would think she is a young and beautiful girl.

Soon the madam was brought to the court. After all, the madam had seen the world, and when she arrived at the court, she looked around and was not panicked.

When he met County Magistrate Hai, he bowed calmly and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency the County Magistrate! I wonder why you sent me here?"

"You are Ji Meiyun," County Magistrate Hai asked

The madam nodded: "Yes, sir, my real name is Ji Meiyun, and I am the madam of Yihonglou in Wangtian County."

"Sir, you should know me. Last year, our Yihong Building was burned down, and it was you who investigated the case."

"What a pity! That case didn't end well. We still haven't found the arsonist, and no one has compensated us!"

The madam's eyes widened as she spoke, and she looked up at County Magistrate Hai and said, "Sir, you summoned me here. Did you catch the arsonist?"

"Ji Meiyun, answer whatever the county asks you," County Magistrate Hai shouted.

He added: "The Yihong Building fire case was concluded last year, don't talk nonsense!"

Wang Yugui smiled after hearing this. This old procuress didn't find anyone to compensate her, so it seemed like she was feeling unbalanced and was still brooding over it!

Yes, that fire burned down her Yihong Building, and even the top-ranked girl Shuiyuan disappeared. The loss was huge, how could she not feel sad.

The madam frowned when she heard this and asked, "Why did the master summon me to the court?"

"I have heard that you often dress up as a common woman and go to Shuijing Temple outside the city to stay overnight, fast, burn incense and worship Buddha. Is this true?" County Magistrate Hai asked loudly.

The madam was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes, that's true."

"Oh, I thought I dressed up so well that no one would know!"

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his head again and looked at County Magistrate Hai with doubtful eyes: "That's not right, sir. The nuns in the nunnery only know my last name Ji, and don't even know my first name. How did you know it?"

"You don't need to worry about how I know about this. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself!" County Magistrate Hai said coldly.

The madam heard this and said hurriedly, "Sir, I'm going to stay at a nunnery to fast, burn incense and worship Buddha. Isn't this against the law?"

"Humph, do you think you've broken the law?" County Magistrate Hai sneered and asked, "There is a magical flower that protects the Shuijing Temple. Do you know about it?"

"The guardian flower? Oh, you mean the flowers planted along the wall, right? I know!" The madam nodded after hearing this.

He added: "Oh, that flower is very special, and it blooms beautifully, as bright as peach blossoms, and it is festive to look at."

"Sir, to be honest with you, I just like this kind of festive flower!"

"Originally, I wanted to pick a few branches to bring back and put in a vase, but unexpectedly Master Jingyin came over and said to me..."

"That's the sacred flower in their nunnery. You can't touch it. The Bodhisattva will punish you if you do!"

"Seeing that I didn't quite believe him, he said that the magical flower was poisonous and couldn't be picked and taken away."

At this point, the madam sneered: "Humph, I knew it as soon as I heard it. It must be Master Nianshan who told her to say that."

"The nuns in this temple are so stingy! They only know how to collect alms."

"You can't even pluck a few flowers from them, and yet you still make up these lies to deceive me. Am I that easy to fool?"

Wang Yugui frowned after hearing this. From the tone of the madam, she didn't quite believe that the magical flower was poisonous.

"How many magical flowers did you pick and take back?" County Magistrate Hai asked hurriedly.

The madam sighed, "Hey, sir, there are still a few flowers left. I plucked a flower and Jingyin snatched it away and threw it away!"

"I've been so nice to her, but she doesn't give me any face at all. Every time she sees me, she never smiles. I don't know how Master Nianshan teaches her disciples."

"Jingyin is such a hard-to-tame little girl. She's like... Oh, no more, no more!"

When the madam said this, she seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped talking.

"I heard that the last time you went to the nunnery, you gave Nianshan and Jingyin a few bags of tea." County Magistrate Hai frowned slightly and asked again.

After hearing this, the madam looked at County Magistrate Hai and nodded, "Yes, how come the adults also know about this?"

"Oh, did Nianshan Master tell the adults?"

"How many bags of tea did you give them?" County Magistrate Hai ignored her question and continued to ask

The madam said, "I gave three bags of tea to Nianshan and two bags to Jingyin, a total of five bags of tea for them!"

Wang Yugui frowned after hearing this. Master Nianshan kept one packet for herself and left the other two packets with Jingyin.

Jingyin took one packet and gave it to Ruan Dongmei, leaving three packets, a total of exactly five packets.

The quantities match exactly, so where did that small bag of tea under the Buddha statue come from?

"Very good." After hearing this, County Magistrate Hai smiled slightly, and suddenly, he said loudly: "Ji Meiyun, the third son of Mr. Zhang's family was poisoned to death. Do you know about this?"

"Sir, are you talking about Mr. Zhang San? Oh, I heard about him the day before yesterday." The madam nodded hurriedly.

He sighed again: "Alas, what a pity! Our Yihonglou has lost another important customer!"

Then he looked up at County Magistrate Hai and said, "Sir, I heard rumors from outside that Mr. Zhang's concubine, Madam Dongmei, poisoned him. Is this true?"

"What do you think?" County Magistrate Hai listened, calmly asked back:

The madam laughed: "My lord, I don't think so!"

"That girl from the Ruan family is in favor. Is she crazy enough to poison her financial sponsor?"

"Her wealth and status were all given to her by Mr. Zhang San. Poisoning Mr. Zhang San will do her no good at all!"

"A woman like Ruan Dongmei who relies on men and climbs the rich ladder would never do such a stupid thing and ruin her own future."

Then he smiled again and said, "People outside also say that Ruan Dongmei has an adulterer outside. Humph, others believe it, but I don't!"

"Oh, why don't you believe it?" asked County Magistrate Hai.

The madam looked up at County Magistrate Hai, her eyes sparkling, "A woman like Ruan Dongmei, who was born in poverty, finally married into a wealthy family and was favored by them. It's only been a few months."

"Her seductive skills are not enough to be used on Mr. Zhang San, so how can she find an adulterer?"

The madam paused and said in a low voice, "Sir, in my opinion, Mr. Zhang San may not have been poisoned to death!"

"Oh, then how do you think Mr. Zhang San died?" asked County Magistrate Hai.