The Queen's Secret

The next day, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan went to Tianxiang Pavilion and found the shopkeeper there.

"It's two adults again? I don't know if there is anything else I can do to help you?"

Although the shopkeeper had a smile on his face, his impatience could already be seen in his brows. After all, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan came here a few times in the past three days, which really disturbed his business. He didn't do anything wrong, and he kept his arresting officer at a respectful distance.

"May I ask the shopkeeper, where is the proprietress of Tianxiang Pavilion?"

Qi Yu asked heartily, with a faint smile on her face, making it impossible to see her intentions. Even the shopkeeper, who is a human being, was also confused by this smile.

"The proprietress was in poor health three years ago. She has been staying at home and rarely comes out."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan's eyes flashed at the same time.

three years ago?

"Okay, thank you shopkeeper. I wonder if the shopkeeper can tell the proprietress where she lives?"

...

Meng Gan and Qi Yuxin left Tianxiang Pavilion and walked all the way to Xu Erniang's residence.

The proprietress of Tianxiang Pavilion, surnamed Xu, named Erniang, is from the capital city. She founded Tianxiang Pavilion five years ago, and her business was neither salty nor slow. Love, branch stores have only opened one after another, and she is still unmarried, but it was also three years ago that she fell ill and has been recuperating at home, rarely going out to the store.

"Sister Yuxin, you fell ill three years ago, is there something strange about it?"

Meng Gan asked excitedly, feeling that he was getting closer to the truth.

"Just ask and you'll know."

Qi Yu also felt unbearable excitement in her heart, but... After the investigation results of the two cases, she forcibly suppressed her mood. Sometimes many things are not as simple as they appear on the surface.

Meng Gan and Qi Yuxin stood in front of the Xu family's house. There was no servant in front of the door. The door opened. They looked at each other, walked in slowly, stood in the yard, and said, "At the next emperor's arresting gate to arrest Si Qi. Yuxin, please see Xu Erniang."

The sound was not loud, but it echoed in the yard, but it was exceptionally loud.

At this time, a cough came from the inner courtyard, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan looked at each other, and immediately walked over, only to see the door of the inner courtyard slowly opened, and a woman walked out from the door, she was no more than three years old. Ten, but her black hair is mixed with a lot of silver and white, her brows and eyes are full of sorrow, and there seems to be an indelible melancholy on her face.

"Xu Erniang?"

Qi Yuxin tentatively called her, and she raised her eyes to look at Qi Yuxin, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Well... I am."

Xu Erniang's voice was very gentle, with a bit of a low voice, which made people feel very close.

"Forgive us for being rude and trespassing on your house."

Qi Yu bowed his hands to apologize, and Meng Gan also bowed his hands and bowed his head to apologize.

"Cough cough..."

Xu Erniang coughed twice, her face was pale, she walked slowly step by step to the chair in the yard and sat down, saying: "Please sit down, both of you."

Qi Yuxin realized that Xu Erniang was not surprised that a police officer suddenly came to her home to look for her. If it was an ordinary person, she would be more or less in awe, but she looked calm and calm, as if she was not surprised by their arrival. , not much of a surprise.

This Xu Erniang... has a problem.

Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan sat down, straightened their backs, but before they could speak, Xu Erniang said, "I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Xu Erniang looked at Meng Gan, then her eyes fell on Qi Yuxin, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, extremely bitter.

When Qi Yu heard this sentence, like Meng Gan, he took back what he was going to say with a tacit understanding, held back his tongue, and clenched his teeth. Facing the woman's indifference, he suddenly couldn't say anything.

"Let me tell you a story!"

Xu Erniang smiled, coughed a few more times, and took a while to speak.

"Five years ago, there was a rebellious girl who refused to accept the family's marriage arrangement and left resolutely, and even severed the relationship with the family..."

Xu Erniang paused, her eyes were slightly red, she pursed her lips tightly, and finally turned into a wry smile, and continued: "With a little savings, she opened a shop, but the business is not good, and her life is difficult..."

Qi Yuxin looked at Xu Erniang's gentle but sad eyes, unconsciously tightened his hand, frowned slightly, and his heartbeat fluctuated with Xu Erniang's speaking speed.

"Later she met a man, whom she thought was a man who entrusted her life..."

Xu Erniang's hands on her lap couldn't help but tightly grasped her clothes. Her white fingertips and hateful eyes all showed how much she hated the 'man' she was talking about.

"It's a pity that he was not a good man... The man cheated the woman of her money and married the merchant's daughter."

There were tears in Xu Erniang's eyes, she tensed up for a moment, and then relaxed again, but the smile on the corner of her mouth could no longer be evoked.

"In order for a woman to survive, she researched and developed every day and night. Later, she succeeded and opened many branches...but she was sick, heartbroken..."

Xu Erniang shook her head, and continued: "She lost her body and heart, and she thought that the merchant's daughter was responsible for losing that man, so she used her skill of using incense and did a lot of wrong things...until That woman committed suicide, and she suddenly woke up... She has been sick since then, she has the courage to do wrong things, but not the courage to admit her mistakes, she has been waiting... has been waiting, today, finally let her wait."

Xu Erniang raised her eyes to look at Qi Yuxin, a tear rolled down her gentle eyes, Qi Yuxin looked at her, feeling hateful, but also pitiful...

"The one who should hate is that poor person, why do you implicate those women...?"

Qi Yu opened her mouth slowly. She felt that the root of her tongue was tingling. No matter the reason for the crime, what happened to Xu Erniang or what happened to these innocent women, she felt too bitter.

"Because that stupid woman didn't believe that it was the man's fault, it was the merchant's daughter's fault, and her thoughts turned into demons."

Xu Erniang sighed, her hands trembling slightly, thinking that her heart was not as calm as her face.

People are always like this, many times they will deny the facts they don't want to believe, and hate the people they shouldn't be, and finally become the most hateful person.

"Does she believe it now?"

Qi Yu asked heartily, seeing the two of them staring at each other, Meng Gan felt very uncomfortable.

"I believe it... But it's not that man who made the most mistakes, it's that crazy woman... She is the most hateful."

Xu Erniang put her hands on the stone table and said, "Thank you."

Qi Yu looked at Xu Erniang indifferently, and the pain in his heart spread little by little. Xu Erniang was not worthy of pity, because those innocent women were pitiful.

Just looking at Xu Erniang's gentle face, I thought...

She was supposed to be a gentle person, but unfortunately she chose the most unforgivable path and committed the most grievous mistake.

"Come back with us, Erniang Xu."

Qi Yu sighed inwardly, there is nothing extra to say, since Erniang Xu has confessed everything, there is no need for any promotion.

"Okay... please tell the public about this matter, I will wait for them in prison to criticize my sin."

After Xu Erniang finished speaking, she closed her eyes, sighed deeply, and showed a smile, which was relieved...

As if everything is over...

On that day, the capital city was heated up by an announcement, and this topic was the same for a while...

That was the case of the rape of a merchant's daughter three years ago. The perpetrator was actually a woman, and this woman was the proprietress of Tianxiang Pavilion, Xu Erniang!

This day, Tianxiang Pavilion received the news, and immediately there were crowds attacking them, and they dared not open the door to do business for several days. Tianxiang Pavilion finally fell into the hands of another merchant, and the matter was considered to have stopped. Of course, this It's all about later, so I won't repeat it here.

Qi Yuxin was writing the investigation report of this case at the gate of the imperial arrest. At this time, Meng Gan walked into the inner hall and said out of breath, "Sister Yuxin, I heard that people from the Huang family went to the prison to look for Xu Erniang!"

Qi Yu's heart twitched, her pen tip stopped, her hand trembled slightly, and she opened her mouth after a long time.

"Follow them!"

"But...! Are you not afraid of what they will do to Xu Erniang?"

Meng Gan was still worried that some prisoners had been lynched, and their arresting officers would turn a blind eye, such as this rape case, but the criminal was a woman, so Meng Gan felt compassion.

"Isn't this what Xu Erniang wants? If this can make her feel better, we don't have to intervene."

Take it as the fulfillment of Xu Erniang's wish!

Meng Gan understood Qi Yuxin's words, Xu Erniang asked Qi Yuxin to publicize the case, in order to let the victim and family members go to her to settle accounts, and give her a spiritual salvation and relief.

"Wait for me, it's almost finished."

Qi Yu began to write again, but only she knew how chaotic her thoughts were now.

"it is good."

Meng Gan responded, looked outside the door, worried about Xu Erniang in prison...

The gate of the emperor's arrest, the dungeon.

Four people stood outside the dungeon door, looking coldly at the people in the prison, the resentful eyes, like the hot flames, seemed to burn the people in front of them to death.

"You bastard!"

Master Huang scolded angrily, but Erniang Xu just smiled, beast?so apt...

Xu Erniang didn't say anything, but knelt down in the prison, and kowtowed heavily to Huang Lanzhi, and Huang Lanzhi seemed to smell Xu Erniang's body, her expression became flustered, and she murmured: "Don't... don't touch me ..."

Huang Lanzhi held Xiaocui tightly, fearing that if she let go, she would fall into the endless abyss and nightmare again.

Xu Erniang raised her eyes to look at Huang Lanzhi, with that terrified look, those delirious eyes, the pain in her heart was unbearable, she bowed her head and sobbed...

I am such a beast...

The prison door was opened, this was Qi Yuxin's order, if people from the Huang family and the Lin family come, let them in, as long as it doesn't hurt Xu Erniang's life, it doesn't matter if it's a small fight, so the jailer also did.

Snapped--

A fiery slap fell on Xu Erniang's face. The pain cleared her mind a lot...but it also made her heart find an outlet...

After waiting for so long... Finally, the victim's family members cursed and beat me up... This is all right... This is all right...

Xu Erniang didn't fight back, and silently accepted another slap from Master Huang.

Snapped--

The clear voice echoed in the cell, and the jailer's heart couldn't help but tremble.

Xu Erniang covered her face... and smiled...

Qi Yuxin, thank you for your fulfillment.