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"It's you!" Pang Zi gritted his teeth and stared at Cui Jie, "You betrayed me!"

She and Gao Cheng do have an ulterior relationship, but Gao Cheng is very smart, the two of them have been together for several years without being discovered, and the only mistake was being seen by Cui Jie...

Cui Jie lost his biological mother when he was born. Even if Cui Luo looked at him differently, life would not be much better. Pang used to take care of him for a purpose, but it is a fact that she took good care of Cui Jie. She still trusts Cui Jie. Even if Cui Jie sees the scandal, she is not afraid. She thinks that Cui Jie will definitely not betray her.

But now her scandal is known by Mrs. Zhang.

A few days ago, I had a confrontation with Lu Lidu's mother, and I accidentally pushed this point, but she was smart and coped well, so that everyone forgot about this point, and no one took it seriously.But Mrs. Zhang's reaction just now...as if she already had some evidence, she was quite clear about this matter, and wanted to use it to threaten her.

Pang was very sure that she and Gao Cheng hadn't revealed anything. The only person who knew about this matter was Cui Jie. Now that Zhang would know, Cui Jie must have betrayed her!

She glared at Cui Jie in disbelief, "Why!" What good would he get by doing this!

"No... I didn't..." Cui Jie was questioned, and subconsciously shook his head. After shaking his head, he suddenly realized that he couldn't be distracted by Ponzi!This matter has already been known by Madam, no matter how Madam knew it, he can't admit that he knew about it before, otherwise, since he knew such a scandal, why didn't he report it to Madam, instead he helped Pang to cover it up!

With his hands behind his back, his back was straight, and his expression was solemn, "How can I tell the truth about something I don't know? My aunt has to think too much about it."

Aunt Pang almost spurted blood, "You—"

"As the saying goes, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door, my aunt is guilty..." Cui Jie stared at Aunt Pang closely, "Since you dare to do shameful things, now you should taste the bitter fruit yourself. I advise my aunt to stop messing around , at least think about Fen'er."

Cui Fen is Aunt Pang's only son...

Aunt Pang turned pale and fell to the ground.

Now that things have come to an end, she can't do it if she doesn't admit defeat. If she is not with me, no matter how tough she is, she won't get the ending she wants. In this case, she has to make good plans for her son.

She doesn't know much about the law, and the Hou Mansion has raised her temper for more than ten years, and she has long forgotten her status as a servant.She was called out by Du's mother before, and she suddenly remembered that it is a capital offense for a slave to sue the master.Regardless of whether the content of the complaint is true or false, whether the purpose is justice or other things, even if the master above him really murdered and set fire, as long as the person did not rebel, it would be a capital offense if the servant dared to sue.Perhaps when the government finds out the matter, the master who did the evil will be punished to some extent, and this action can indirectly save many people, but the servant who sued must die in the end.

Not only did Pang dare to sue Mrs. Hou Zhang, but she also made the matter so big that she asked the government to get involved, and even revealed the matter to King Ping... Even if she wins Zhang, she will be the same Die!

The idea of ​​suing was something that she and Cui Jie came up with...

She carelessly forgot that the slave sued the master for capital punishment for a while, Cui Jie has a lot of tricks, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp, would it be unexpected?

He knew it clearly, and said that the plan was great. After it was successful, Fen'er would have a safe future and would become a new heir... What is he planning?

Kill two birds with one stone, reap the benefits of the fisherman...

It's really beautiful!

Pang stared at Cui Jie, his eyes were about to burst into flames, this ungrateful thing!

She immediately turned around and kowtowed to Mrs. Zhang with an extremely respectful expression, "Ma'am, Cui Jie asked my concubine to do all this!"

Cui Jie narrowed his eyes immediately, "What did you say?"

Pangshi ignored him, tears streaming down her face, she spoke while crying, she spoke a little slowly, she cried twice and said something.

"Master Hou is going west. My concubine has done too many wrong things before. Cui Jie said that my wife will definitely not let my concubine go, and my son will not let Fen'er go. Why don't you think of an idea before your wife makes a move..."

"He told my concubine about Xiao Nan, saying that he suspected that his wife had killed her husband... He ran into Xiao Nan on the street, came back and told my concubine her address, and asked her to find her... Then he bribed a few servants to kill her husband... To be honest..."

"You're lying!" Cui Jie immediately jumped out, "It's true that Xiao Nan and I didn't know each other back then, but I never met her again, and I don't know about the arsenic matter. I don't know how you got here as witnesses. !"

With a livid face, he bowed to Mrs. Zhang: "Madam, if you don't believe me, you can ask Xiao Nan again!"

"Of course Xiao Nan has never seen you!" Pang shouted sharply, "You saw Xiao Nan on the street, but you didn't show up. You just sent someone to follow Xiao Nan to find her residence and gave me all the information! Those witnesses, I found all of them, but you paid half of the money! I didn’t realize it before, but now that I think about it, you are so scheming enough to keep me in the dark. If it works, you will reap the benefits , if it fails, it has nothing to do with you!"

"It has nothing to do with me!"

"The concubine is bewitched by Cui Jie to do these things, Madam Mingjian!" Pang directly blocked Cui Jie's words, knelt in front of Zhang, raised his face and looked at Zhang sadly, "There is indeed no relationship between my concubine and Gao Cheng Forget it... Because he is from the same town, Gao Cheng did take care of his concubine, but my concubine was born as a man of Lord Hou, and died as a ghost of Lord Hou. Slander my concubine!"

Cui Jie pointed at Pang Zi angrily: "I don't admit what I have done. Do you think you can fool everyone with smooth words!"

"Then show the evidence!" Pang Zi glared at Cui Jie viciously.

Cui Jie frowned tightly, "The paper can't hold fire, someone must have seen your adultery!"

Seeing that he couldn't produce any evidence, Pang continued to kowtow in front of Zhang, "Because of the fellowship of my fellow countrymen, I sometimes feel panicked and will tell him some things, especially this time, because I am planning for Fen'er's future, I wanted to invite Master Yan to enlighten Fen'er, Gao Cheng agreed. In the entire Hou Mansion, Master Yan only taught the eldest son, and now Gao Cheng promises that this can be done, and the student of Master Yan will have an extra son. As a concubine, Cui Jie is still the eldest son of a concubine... He must be upset, thinking that my concubine and Fen'er wanted to block his way, so he killed Gao Cheng, a key person!"

"Ma'am... Cui Jie wants to be a prince, he dreams about it every day..." Pang's face was blurred from crying, "I don't even look at his virtue, can he support a Marquis mansion!"

……

The two people here were torn apart fiercely, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Pei sat on the wall and watched, no one made a sound, even Li Tuiguan seemed dumbfounded, watching the two quarrel in a daze, and didn't react for a long time.

Over there, Shen Wansha held Lu Li's sleeves and couldn't help laughing out loud: "This show is so lively hehe..."

Lu Li nodded, with a smile on his face, and his expression was very relaxed.Pang himself resorted to the process of slandering Zhang's husband-killing. No matter where this drama goes today, it has nothing to do with Zhang. Her reputation and status will not be damaged in the slightest.

Li Tuiguan also had the same thoughts as Lu Li. Anyway, the husband-killing case was fake, and the concubine deliberately slandered it. The facts are clear, and it would not be appropriate for him to keep it to watch other people's inner jokes.

It just so happens that the government has not formally filed a case, so how the concubine Pang's deal with it can also sell Zhang's favor.As for the deceased, Gao Cheng, he was just a servant of the Hou Mansion, how to resolve his case still depends on the will of the Hou Mansion.

Although this case was discovered by King Ping, it is different from ordinary murder cases and must be taken seriously, but Gao Cheng is a servant of the Cui family's death contract, so the prince can't care too much about what the main family wants.If Mrs. Hou or the eldest son insist on an investigation, then they will investigate; if the two are relaxed, then they can investigate slowly; if they don't want to cause any more trouble, it is okay to bring the corpse back.

Li Tuiguan understood what he said, and stroked his beard to leave.

Mrs. Pei just came here today because Mrs. Zhang asked for help, and it didn't take long for the family to let things go, so she also offered to leave soon.

Mrs. Zhang sent them off one by one.

……

Pang and Cui Jie have been tearing up, but there is no result for a long time, so Zhang simply ordered them to be locked up separately, so that the anger can be cleared.

Now that the incident has subsided, Lu Li and Zhao Zhu exchanged glances and proposed to leave. Mrs. Zhang got up and saw them off in person.

When several people walked out of the main hall, Cui Zhi just ran over, "Mother!"

Sweat dripped from the tip of his nose, and his brows and eyes stretched, as if he was very happy, but also a little worried, "Are you okay?"

As soon as Mrs. Zhang saw him, she frowned, "Why are you here?"

"I'm worried about mother."

"What do I have to worry about? What's the matter with the man's ambitions in all directions, but his eyes are often stuck in the back house!" Zhang's voice was very severe, "You are the son of the Marquis Mansion, and the lives and futures of hundreds of people in the mansion depend on you , so impetuous and careless, who is I sorry for!"

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang was fine, Cui Zhi could still scold him, and he was not afraid of his mother being strict, so he responded with a smile, "Yeah, master has already told me, I will go to study to learn the etiquette, and the next year's performance will be correct, so I won't embarrass my mother! Mother, please stop scolding and dry your mouth carefully..."

Zhang's eyebrows twitched, she was angry again, and she didn't know what to do with this son.

It happened that Yan An came to look for Cui Zhi. Seeing the behavior of the mother and son, he sighed and bowed to Mrs. Zhang, "It's because I didn't do well, which made Madam worry."

Mrs. Zhang sideways avoided his salutation, but she didn't seem to be relieved much, her brows were slightly raised, and her expression was solemn, "I entrusted Zhi'er to Master because I believe in Master's ability."

Yan An lowered her eyes and held her hands, "Yes."

"I hope Master will take more care." Mrs. Zhang didn't say much, just said this sentence, passed him, and continued to walk outside.

After walking two steps and seeing that Lu Li and the others didn't keep up, she looked sideways, flicked up her sleeves with her left hand, and pointed the direction with her right hand, with a slight smile on her face: "This way please."

Only then did a few people move forward.

When passing by Yan'an, Shen Wansha rolled his eyes, and quietly tugged at Lu Li's sleeve: "This man..."

……

Two days have passed, and Wu'an Houli Pang and Cui Jie haven't figured out why. Everyone's words seem to be true, but as for the evidence... none of them can be produced.

The case seems to be at an impasse again.

Gao Cheng is not someone on the cards, but a servant of death contract, Zhao Zhu doesn't want Lu Li to bother him, he feels that this person is unworthy...

Lu Li is now in ancient times, and he is no longer used to the existence of class power in feudal society. Some people do not have human rights, so he has to force himself to adapt.From Zhao Zhu's point of view, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao Zhu, but he still had a problem: once he encountered a case, he had to solve it, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.

And he always had a hunch that the case had to be solved or something would be missed.He doesn't know why he thinks this way, and he also feels baffled, but no matter what the reason is, he thinks he should stick to it.

So he and Zhao Zhu said: "You can understand that I don't necessarily want to avenge Gao Cheng for finding out the dead, but just want to know the truth."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Zhu didn't stop him anymore.

Zhao Zhu himself has a special attachment. He has accompanied Lu Li to the present, and he also knows that Lu Li is a person, so he still agrees with this answer.Moreover, Mrs. Hou's Mrs. Zhang is very kind to Lu Li, so he should not be in danger when he goes to the Hou's mansion.

……

Zhao Zhu was very busy and couldn't stay with Lu Li all day, and He Lianyu was too busy to see anyone, so it was Lu Li and Shen Wansha who went to the Hou's mansion.

But the two went in and out diligently, and they couldn't get more details. They only knew——

With the consent of Mrs. Hou, the officials searched the whole Hou's mansion, but did not find the bloody clothes.

There was no clue about the strangely shaped murder weapon, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.

Every day at You hour, the main gate of the Hou Mansion, the two gates are keyed at the same time, and the small gates are also closed and locked. No one is allowed to enter or leave at will, except for the night guards. Because there is a monitoring team, it is very difficult to take advantage of loopholes... This rule has lasted for many years At present, people in the mansion are used to it, and few people will take huge risks to commit crimes against the wind.

In the morning, he got up very early, and there was movement in the kitchen at Yinshi, and then the servants got up to do things one after another, even Mrs. Hou got up early, knelt down and chanted sutras.

……

Lu Li felt that he had to do something.

So he invited Yu Zhi to come over and show the dissection again.Of course, Gao Cheng's corpse was dissected. He wanted to carefully observe the cut surface of the wound and draw the shape of the murder weapon, which might help in the search.

As for inviting Yu Zhi... This is an on-site teaching. Lu Li wants to promote anatomical techniques and needs the help of many talented people.

He said that Yu Zhi could bring his disciples over to have a look, so on the day of the autopsy, the room was full of people.

Lu Li: ... Mr. Yu, you are real.

Yu Zhi rubbed his nose in embarrassment: "These little bastards insist on coming—"

"It's okay," Lu Li smiled and shook his head, "Just look at it if you want."

He put on his white blouse, gloves and a mask, and with a silver light on the scalpel in his hand, he began the precise dissection that he did not know how many times.

Steady, accurate, ruthless... The movements are like textbooks, as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water. For him to dissect the corpse, it is full of indescribable beauty...

So this day became a day recorded in the annals of history by Daxia, and how many wonderful people later remembered it. It was the day when their new world opened, it was full of colors, and it was worth remembering as an old day.

Of course, no matter how proud and respectful they were later, at this moment, their faces were green and their feet were trembling, and many of them ran out and vomited...

Lu Li drew the murder weapon through the cut section of the wound, making it even more confusing. Is there such a strange-shaped murder weapon in the world?

The front end is very narrow and sharp, and the back suddenly widens. There are irregular large and small protrusions in the middle... It is three-thirds thick, thicker than a sword or something, but the sharpness is not bad at all.

Not only did Lu Li fail to recognize it, he showed the painting to everyone around him, and everyone couldn't recognize it, even Zhao Zhu felt very strange: "I've never seen such a weapon before."

……

In such a fog, no one could find out the murderer, Shen Wansha was in a hurry, his mouth was dry, and he was a little angry.

Lu Li's expression gradually changed from initial confusion to restrained.

Zhao Zhu gently hugged him: "Any ideas?"

Lu Li nodded slightly: "There is not enough evidence yet."

"Evidence will always come out..." Zhao Zhu comforted Lu Li not to worry, while kissing him delicately, pressing him down.

……

Early this morning, two more explosive news came from the Hou Mansion.

One: Pang Zi and Gao Cheng were both poisoned last night before the results were revealed!Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and both of them were fine.

Two: Another new deceased appeared in the mansion.

When Lu Li heard the news, he put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and called Shen Wansha: "Let's go over there!"

As soon as the young master heard about the accident, he didn't need Lu Li's reminder, he jumped over and said, "Hurry up!"

……

The two walked to the Hou's Mansion, and when they were led to the main hall by the servants, Mrs. Zhang sat in the first place, with Pang and Cui Jie standing below.

Pang and Cui Jie were supported by the personal servant girl, their faces were pale and weak, their legs and feet couldn't stand still, they were weak and weak.The two of them stopped tearing up now, and turned their heads to the outside world: "That's right, it's Mei Xiang's poison!"

"She has a crush on Gao Cheng, so she wants to avenge him!" This is what Pang Zi said.

"I didn't kill Gao Cheng, but Pang's slander, this maid will believe it!" There was anger in the voice, and it seemed to contain grievances, this is what Cui Jie said.

"Even if she commits suicide in fear of crime, I will never forgive her!"

……

Shen Wansha was dumbfounded, he pulled Lu Li's sleeve: "If I heard correctly, the deceased...is Mei Xiang."

Lu Li nodded: "That's right, it's Mei Xiang."

"I don't see much in love between men and women, but this Mei Xiang... He Lianyu said that she is interested in Mrs. Yan An, why is she secretly in love with Gao Cheng again?"

Lu Li didn't understand either, so he could only shake his head at him, and wait and see.

Seeing them coming, Mrs. Zhang waved to his subordinates to help Pang and Cui Jie go back, and beckoned them to sit down.

Seeing that Pang's Cui Jie was fine except for his weak body, Shen Wansha rubbed his chin, "It seems that these two people are not deeply poisoned."

"Yes," Mrs. Zhang sighed slightly, "The two of them have been arguing fiercely for the past two days, and I asked my servants to keep an eye on them at all times, so if there is something wrong with them, the servants will immediately find out."

"Madam is kind."

"It's just my duty."

After the conversation, Lu Li asked Zhang: "How did Pang and Cui Jie get poisoned? How did Mei Xiang die? Why did Pang and Cui Jie believe that she committed suicide in fear of crime? Can we go to the scene to see?"

This series of questions was asked very quickly, and Lu Li felt a little embarrassed after asking. It seemed a bit questioning... But he really didn't mean any harm, it just automatically became like this when he encountered a case.

"If you don't mention it, I will also tell you." Zhang's eyebrows stretched, and he looked at Lu Li with a slight smile.

Lu Li saw teasing in those Huiling beautiful eyes, as if he was laughing at his impatience.Mrs. Zhang was not dissatisfied with his attitude, nor was she angry with his tone of voice. On the contrary, he was affectionate and doting, as if he was her child, and he was cute in everything...

Lu Li's skin is a little hot, and the love of female elders will always make him embarrassed.He subconsciously looked around - luckily Cui Zhi wasn't there, otherwise he would definitely be jealous.

He is so strict and fierce to his own son, but he is as warm as spring to others...

Lu Li lit a root of wax for Cui Zhi.

"Cui Jie and Ponzi were poisoned at dinner time. They screamed suddenly during the meal, and the bowls and chopsticks fell to the ground. The sound of porcelain breaking was especially loud. When the servants heard it, they immediately opened the door and found them lying on the ground. Struggling and making hoo hoo noises, it was very painful."

Mrs. Zhang said that the experienced servants saw that it was a poisoning reaction, and immediately helped induce vomiting and fed egg whites... Because the poisoning amount was small, or the poisoning time was short, the person was rescued.

"Mei Xiang...Mei Xiang died in the ice cellar." Mrs. Zhang sighed, seemingly unable to bear it. "She seemed to have frozen to death. No one knows when she went to the ice cellar. Mother Du went to fetch ice early this morning and found Her body. There is a key beside her, and there is a pinch of arsenic in the lotus gas. The housekeeper checked the key, and it belongs to Gao Cheng's room, so Ponzi Cui Jie had such a guess."

Mrs. Zhang stood up as she said, "I thought you would come to see me. I didn't let others move Mei Xiang's body. Let's go, I'll take you there."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang."

Lu Li stood up and walked behind Zhang with Shen Wansha.

After walking for a while, Lu Li asked Mrs. Zhang, "Does Aunt Zhang know whether Meixiang lives by herself or with others?"

"Only by being in charge can I be qualified to live alone. Although I don't know where Mei Xiang lives, but according to her current situation, she should have someone living with her." After Zhang finished speaking, she ordered the maid behind her, "Go and see where Mei Xiang lives. If there is someone living with me, come to see me, the guest has something to ask."

The little maid bowed her knees and bowed, "Yes." Then she hurried away.

Shen Wansha bumped Lu Li's waist, and winked: "Little Lizi is smart, what is the girl thinking, asking her roommate is the most credible!"

Lu Li just smiled at him and didn't speak.

Because they have already reached the ice cellar...

Lu Li could see clearly that the deceased was indeed Mei Xiang.

And this time, he also found something extraordinary: a delicate and small red wine cup.