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

When Wang Yugui heard this, he frowned. So, did this bag of tea come from Zhang's house?

Unexpectedly, the madam said, "Master Nianshan of Shuijing Temple also often drinks Xu's tea!"

"Oh, Master Nianshan is a Buddhist nun, but you are willing to spend money on tea," said County Magistrate Hai, frowning.

The madam laughed when she heard this: "Oh, sir, you are so honest!"

"Master Nianshan doesn't need to spend her own money on tea. The big donors know that she likes to drink tea, so they always give her some good tea leaves."

"Humph, this Buddhist sect is actually not much better than our prostitution sect. They just have their own ways!"

Wang Yugui laughed after hearing this and thought to himself: This old procuress really sees through things. Then why do you still go to Shuijing Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha?

"Ji Meiyun, stop talking nonsense!" County Magistrate Hai shouted, and then said loudly: "Since you have such a clear understanding of Buddhism, why do you still go to Shuijing Temple to stay overnight, fast, burn incense and worship Buddha?"

"Well, sir, the old woman went to Shuijing Temple to worship Buddha, not those greedy nuns." The old procuress reacted quickly.

County Magistrate Hai looked at the madam and sneered, "Huh, is that so?"

"Then why do you always talk to the little nun Jingyin? And why do you always give her things? Why do you do that?"

When Wang Yugui heard County Magistrate Hai asking about Jingyin, he quickly sat up straight. He also wanted to know what the relationship between the madam and Jingyin was!

"Hey, sir, who should I talk to at Shuijing Temple? What's going on in the government office?" The madam was no naive person. She was very experienced and immediately asked County Magistrate Hai.

County Magistrate Hai slammed the gavel and shouted, "How dare you! Just answer whatever I ask you. Don't be so presumptuous!"

Then he said, "Ji Meiyun, do you think that just because you recognized this tea bag as Xu's, you can clear yourself of the suspicion of poisoning?"

"Although this packet of tea was not given by you, the packet of tea that Jingyin gave to Ruan Dongmei was also given by you, and that packet of tea was also poisonous!"

"If Ruan Dongmei hadn't been sent away, it might have been Jingyin or Nianshan who died."

"Tell me quickly, what is the grudge between you and Master Jingyin and Master Nianshan?"

"Oh, sir, I am innocent!" The madam slapped her chest anxiously and said angrily, "It seems that all I have said for so long is in vain!"

"Hey, sir, what hatred can there be between me and Nianshan nun? She is an old nun and I am an old brothel owner. We should not interfere with each other and do our own business."

"We have nothing in common, how can there be any grudge between us?"

"Very good, you have no grudge against Nianshan, but you have a grudge against Jingyin, right?" County Magistrate Hai said coldly.

The madam frowned slightly, and hesitated to speak. Her eyes flickered, and after a pause, she whispered, "Jingyin and I have no grudges against each other!"

"I, I just thought she was pretty and dignified, and she was likable, so I got closer to her."

"When I go to the nunnery to burn incense, I like to talk to her because she is well-behaved, and I often give her some gifts!"

"Oh, is Master Jingyin well behaved? You just said that she didn't even smile at you!" County Magistrate Hai sneered and said loudly

The madam looked up at County Magistrate Hai and said, "Did I just say that? Oh, why don't I remember it?"

"Bang!" Magistrate Hai slammed the gavel and shouted, "Ji Meiyun, this is the county court. Everything said in court is recorded. Do you still want to deny it in court?"

"This, the old woman dare not, it's just that my memory is not good and I forgot for a moment," the old procuress said hurriedly.

Then he said, "Hey, I said Jingyin didn't look happy because that girl never smiles!"

"I gave her so many things and talked to her so much, but she never smiled."

"Alas, her good looks are wasted! However, there are all kinds of men in this world."

"The more cold beauties like Jingyin are, the more men like them!"

The madam talked more and more, sighed, and said: "Men just like to be cheap, especially lustful men."

"The less you treat them well, the more they will rush to do it. This is what they call "what you can't get is always good", haha!"

The madam spoke with great pride and couldn't help laughing. However, she came to her senses after just two laughs because she saw that County Magistrate Hai was looking at her coldly!

Wang Yugui felt both angry and amused when listening from behind. This old brothel owner's occupational disease had struck again. Once she talked about matters between men and women, she couldn't help but go off topic.

County Magistrate Hai said coldly: "Well, no wonder Jingyin accused you in court, saying that you had bad intentions towards her, and it turned out to be true!"

"Pah!" Magistrate Hai slammed the gavel and said angrily, "Ji Meiyun, you have been scheming and trying to get close to Jingyin under the pretext of going to the nunnery to burn incense and worship Buddha. You are looking for an opportunity to force her into prostitution!"

When the madam heard this, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a plop and shouted, "Sir, it's unfair! I didn't do that!"

Wang Yugui could understand the madam’s panic, because forcing women of good character into prostitution was a serious crime in the Dalong Kingdom.

The punishment could be light, such as beatings, imprisonment and fines, or serious, such as loss of head and confiscation of property.

"Humph, you are a brothel owner of Yihonglou, and you went to Shuijing Temple to show your affection to a young nun for no reason. Do you dare to say that you have no other intentions?"

"You still dare to cry out that you are innocent. Could it be that you really have an illegitimate daughter who looks like Jingyin?" County Magistrate Hai shouted.

The madam's face darkened when she heard this: "Illegitimate daughter? I, I don't have any illegitimate daughter!"

"Sir, this, this is what that little girl Jingyin told you?"

"Oh, this little bastard is just like her mother, a debt collector who is always trying to trick me!"

Wang Yugui was shocked when he heard this. Same as her mother? Could it be that the madam knew Jingyin's mother?

When the madam said this, she looked up at County Magistrate Hai and said loudly, "Sir, to tell you the truth, I went to Shuijing Temple to see Jingyin because she is the daughter of an old friend of mine!"

"I know her mother!"

"Oh, what do you mean? Tell me the details as soon as possible," County Magistrate Hai said hurriedly.

The madam sighed and said, "Oh, what a sin! Sir, this is what happened."

"Eighteen years ago, our Yihonglou bought a girl named Guihua from a trafficker."

"That sweet-scented osmanthus girl is 28 years old, very beautiful, especially her eyes, which are so pitiful that any man will be attracted to her."

"I spent twenty taels of silver to buy her from a human trafficker."

"I originally wanted to train her and make her the top performer in our Yihonglou."

At this point, the madam sighed deeply: "Oh, I didn't expect that I miscalculated!"