In June, the sun is shining brightly, almost shining directly on the top of people's heads, which can drive away all the haze and make the world no longer dark.

Watching the common people was an eye-opener. The court decided the case. I thought it would take a long time before I could get better. After all, the bureaucrats have to analyze the evidence, the superiors have to talk, and the suspects have to make excuses. In a word, the forced person is nervous and flustered!

You must know that the person standing in the courtroom is not someone else, but the famous Marquis of Fen'an's mansion. No one knows what kind of temper Marquis of Fen'an is in the capital. He has always been arrogant. Even the servants in the mansion seem to be superior to others. People, the wives and concubines in the family compete for favor even more on the bright side, why have you ever felt flustered and uncomfortable because others pressed you for a few words?

When these are ordinary people, thin-skinned and timid?

Everyone focused on Xiao Wu, expecting her next reaction.

After Chao Muyun sat in the case for a few days, his eyes were quiet and solemn: "After investigation, Chai Fang didn't have any other plans on the day of his death. He went back to the room after eating and hasn't come out since then. There is a description on the desk. He painted half a small painting and drank half a cup of tea. He should have been drinking tea at the table to make paintings and chat for entertainment, but the half cup of tea soup was a little light in color and tasteless. It must have been steeped several times. , he sat at the table for a long time."

"The tea set on the table is a set, with a pot of four cups. In addition to his own cup, there is another one that has been slightly moved and placed a little closer to the tea pot. He has guests this night and wanted to serve tea, but The guest doesn't need it, or he knows he doesn't need it."

"Why do guests not need to wait for tea, Madam Hou knows?"

Xiao Wu's eyes drooped slightly, and she shook her head lightly: "I don't know."

"Because the guest came here with murderous intentions," Chao Muyun looked at Xiao Wu, "cut to the point and stated his purpose directly, took out a poison pill, and wanted him to die."

Xiao Wu's eyes flickered slightly: "If so, why didn't he call for help? If someone gave him a poison pill, would he want to take it?"

"Naturally because his weakness is in the hands of others."

Chao Muyun's voice was unhurried, with a special sense of rhythm: "Dali Temple has found out that Chai Fang's family is not around, but they are being charged. He is a housekeeper of the Marquis. If he is not doing something dangerous Why can't his family be by his side, and who can control his family? In the Marquis of Fen'an, apart from Master Hou himself, you are Madam Hou."

Xiao Wu: "But I didn't..."

"Ma'am, what do you mean, Lord Hou did it?" Chao Muyun turned to Xiao Tang again, "Or someone else?"

Xiao Tang resigned, although there was still a decent smile on his face, his voice already carried a warning: "In the courtroom, it is different from bickering at home. You must pay attention to evidence in everything. Sister, you must be careful in what you say."

Looking towards Muyun towards the door, he nodded his head slightly. A soap official came over with a tray. On it was a delicate and small porcelain bottle with a belly no bigger than a thumb. There were two crimson, round pills on the side. Looking at the color is enough to make people alert, probably not a good thing.

"Madam Hou recognizes these things?"

Xiao Wu closed her eyes: "So what if it was found in the Hou's Mansion? The Hou's Mansion is so big and there are so many servants, it's not difficult to plant something."

Chao Muyun: "I've been thinking about a question before, the double-ringed jade pendant worn by Leng Nianwen and Zhang Chuqing, in the past so many years, the murderer didn't care too much about it, so it can be seen that this kind of thing is actually not critical, it's just a little subtle. For those who understand, it is a thorn in their hearts, but why did it suddenly become important? Did Leng Nianwen discover some clues after Huang's death, know some of the secrets of the year, and even come over to threaten—the past has resurfaced and exposed Possibly, then he must die."

"The murderer killed a man and took away the jade pendant from him, but since the jade pendant is at risk of being exposed, why didn't he destroy it and smash it into pieces, but accidentally threw it away in a seemingly random way, so that it had its own destiny and was Someone took it to the pawn shop?"

If the jade pendant is not important at all, the murderer will not spare no effort to take it away even if he kills. If the jade pendant is important, it is impossible to treat it casually...

"No matter what I think, there seems to be only one possibility."

Chao Muyun looked at Xiao Wu's family: "The jade pendant was made by the old lady for the son of the Hou family. Dali Temple specially asked the old craftsman of the year to ask, and said that the old lady attached great importance to these two jade pendants. Everything is particular, even the time is chosen by Huang Li, and the most glorious white tiger totem of the Hou Mansion is specially carved on it. Everything is the expectation and blessing for the grandson, so the most precious jade material is not used , because the two children are still young, and they are worried that their luck will be ruined—"

"This is extraordinary and has a special meaning of blessing. It is very different to the son of the Hou Mansion. If you have not had a son, you may not hesitate, but now you have a son, and it is also a son. Would you worry about it? not good?"

If the murderer was someone else, they would not care about the symbolic meaning of the jade pendant, and they would smash it if they smashed it, but Xiao Wu is different. There is only one son, so he can't afford the slightest accident.

"It's not me," Xiao Wu shook his head, "I didn't kill anyone!"

Chao Muyun: "The jade pendant on Leng Nianwen, has Mrs. Hou touched it?"

Xiao Wu: "No!"

"Then why is your nail color on the edge of the jade pendant?" Chao Muyun looked down and landed on Xiao Wu's nails, "As far as I know, Master Hou likes Mrs. Hou's hands very much, and Mrs. Hou also loves to maintain them. I have a lot of experience in the color matching of nails. Every time I dye my nails, I adjust it by myself. The color is unique. You have never touched the jade pendant around Leng Nianwen's neck. Why is your dyed nail color left in the gap of the jade pendant?"

Chao Muyun looked at her: "Madam Hou has any questions, you can question me here, but I suggest that Madam Hou should tell the truth, so as to reduce unnecessary suspicion."

There was no time to think too much, Xiao Wu looked up: "I didn't—"

Chao Muyun's next question was already thrown at him: "Are you the leader of Human Fangzi, Lady Spider?"

Xiao Wu was startled: "No, I'm not...you...what did you say? I don't understand what you mean."

Chao Muyun narrowed his eyes: "If you really don't understand, shouldn't the first reaction be to ask what is the spider lady, instead of subconsciously denying that I am not?"

After a long time, Xiao Wu's fingertips trembled slightly: "I really didn't do it. One of the two children who died that year was also born to me. I have no reason to kill him..."

"But you despise him. He is not a man enough to support the family. At that time, you already had a new child in your stomach. Why don't you take the opportunity to fight and kill birds with one stone?"

Wearing soap official clothes, Hou Jiuhong walked out from the side hall door, and showed the evidence on the tray to everyone: "This is the pulse case diagnosed by the doctor at that time, and the relationship between people back then, arranged by Mrs. Wen. Mrs. Wen is the Huang family. I found it for you, but this Mrs. Wen is related to Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Liu, who was later sold. Don’t think that if you deal with Mrs. Wen, the government will not be able to find out. She is a distant relative of your confidant! You just It's just that you borrowed Huang's hand and arranged for your own people to come in, and you can still pretend to be innocent if something happened, did you plan to murder the two children as early as when you were preparing to give birth!"

Xiao Wu couldn't help shaking her head, seemed angry and aggrieved, too sad to speak.

Seeing that the sick man in the hall did not stop Hou Jiuhong, he turned his head and continued, and snorted at Aunt Chen who was kneeling on her knees: "And you, don't think that as long as you keep your mouth shut, your family will be fine. Where is the temple, I can't find anything? You are not a poor man who was sold to Tiancun and gave birth to several sons who all died. I have found out where your real family is and where are your children. You are not a victim, you are the master of this spider lady!"

With a "pop", the thing he threw on the ground could not be recognized by others, but Mrs. Liu could distinguish the subtleties of the sound. It was her grandson's favorite toy.

She trembling hands: "Your government actually threatened..."

Hou Jiuhong picked out his ears with his little finger: "What kind of government, I am not from the government, but I was caught and influenced by the adults, and I am just learning from ordinary people who are happy to help others."

Aunt Liu sat on the ground blankly, unable to recover for a long time.

Her eyesight is bad, so she can't see the situation in the courtroom, but she can hear voices, different breathing sounds, different whispers, just different situations and different pressures.

She can't control what others think, but her children and grandchildren can't have any accidents...

"I didn't do it..." Aunt Liu murmured, "I was just following orders..."

Chao Muyun: "Who do you listen to?"

Aunt Liu 'looked' at Xiao Wu's direction: "...listen to Madam."

Xiao Wu closed her eyes, turned around suddenly, and knelt down at Fen Anhou.

"The things that happened back then, and what happened today were all done by me. Now the court officials are asking the case, and the evidence is on the list. I have nothing to refute, and I have the right to bear all the responsibilities. It's just that I did everything by myself. Please be kind to Lord Hou, don't affect our son."

Marquis Fen'an looked at her with a serious expression, as if he had a sense of strangeness that he only knew her today, and he didn't help her up, nor did he sharply reprimand her.

"Little Wu," Chao Muyun looked at the person kneeling on the ground, "16 years ago, the second son of the Hou family was killed, and now I am coldly thinking about the death of Wen Chaifang. Can you admit the fact of the murder?"

"Yes."

At this moment, Xiao Wu's face no longer had the grievance and panic before, and she was calm and scary: "Back then, my sister was Mrs. Hou, and she got a good home. Naturally, I had a bright face, but I am different from my sister, I am just a concubine. , the future can be seen at a glance, but Hou's mansion entered a childhood sweetheart, the Tang family. No matter how powerful my sister is, I still follow her way. I seem to have an opportunity that I dare not even think about..."

"When I married into the Hou's Mansion, I was conscientious and conscientious, walking on thin ice. I was always worried about what I did not do well. The elder sister who had passed away grew up little by little. The little prince who looked close but showed a distance, and there were more and more beloved ones. Big Tang, like the three big mountains on my head, makes me breathless. I have worked so hard to raise the little son, but he would rather listen to others' bewitching than to listen to my own aunt. I have tried my best, Under the heavy tactics of the Tang family, the son who was finally saved was a fool, useless... In those few years, my life was not easy."

"Da Tang's methods made me afraid. I didn't want to admit that she was better than me, but I was still young at that time, and I had too little experience, so I was indeed not as good as her. After finally getting through that difficult period, I finally became pregnant again. Big Tang is also not idle, she has added a new method, to take Xiao Tang into the mansion. I have asked people in private, they are sisters, they are not fuel-efficient lamps, I have some shortcomings for the time being, how about Just make a bigger sacrifice..."

Xiao Wu's face was calm, and she seemed to say another thing that had nothing to do with her, without any emotional fluctuations: "The plan is on the day of my delivery, and I asked Huang to hire Wen Po for me. My person, I didn’t do any bad things with her, it’s just to control my labor process and make my birth a little harder. After all, the harder it is for me, the more innocent I look, right? Calculator?"

"Ms. Huang is an outsider and was not in the Hou's mansion that day, but we had discussed it early. She was helping me outside. She helped find my silly son's clothes. The place to go was also after Mama Liu helped open the small door. , led by her, let my son go to the dangerous wall..."

"Little Shizi's poison was poisoned by Liu's mother, but for all the plans, I have single-line contact with Liu's confidant, but Liu's mother can't do so many things by herself, she should have found a helper in private..."

"After everything is done, I just need to lead the evidence to Da Tang's side. For example, the clothes and accessories on my silly son are related to her, such as the poison bottle in her yard. As long as I can't do these things, Hou The Lord will definitely punish her and give me an explanation, and sure enough, everything is as I expected."

After talking about what happened back then, Mrs. Wu paused, and looked at Chao Muyun: "You guessed right, the jade pendant with double rings was made by the old lady to pray for the son of the Hou family, I can't destroy it, it's a sign No, that Leng Nianwen, he didn't have to die originally, just like before, wouldn't it be nice to live life without heart? But since Mrs. Huang's accident, he has changed."

"Huang's death was not what I wanted. I know she has a lot of small thoughts, but I never thought of killing her, because she is very useful, and the things she has mastered are not hurt to me." If she is really rebellious, I have my own way to make the world believe me. She knows my skills, and she will not sell me out casually. The two of us have indeed had a lot of private contacts over the years, and some are not known to outsiders, but She is more useful to me alive than dead."

"It's a pity that the child Leng Nianwen was raised and abandoned by her. He has grown old and has no brains. He thinks wildly and is deceived by others. He insists on accusing me of killing his mother. I don't know where to find some Huang's last words. , discovered the secret of the double-ring jade pendant—he threatened me with what happened 16 years ago."

Xiao Wu's expression was indifferent: "I hate other people's provocation the most. The other party is still such an ignorant child. If he dares to find me, then he won't have to live."

Chao Muyun: "How did you kill him?"

"Poison, it's the same as back then," Xiao Wu said, "He said let me give him an explanation. I made an appointment with the time and place, and he will definitely go. The young man's thoughts are shallow, and his thoughts are written on his face. I can't believe it." It's not difficult for him, and it's not difficult for him to drink the hangover tea mixed with poison."

"The small banquet garden belongs to my family, and everything inside and out is taken care of by me, the mistress. I can create any convenient environment I want, and it's very convenient to handle whatever I want—"

She looked straight at Chao Muyun: "It's not me who is confident. If your lord just stares at Yuanzi and investigates, he will definitely not find conclusive evidence. You can force me to do this."

It is true that the officials did not find anything more, but there is not only one link in solving the case, only the place of death, the logical connection of other places, the motive of the murderer, and the presentation of the trajectory are the key points to restore the whole truth.

Looking down at Muyun: "Where's the butler, Chai Fang?"

Xiao Wu: "He betrayed me."

Chao Muyun: "Betrayal?"

"I am the mistress of the Hou Mansion. He is loyal to me, obeys my orders, and does things for me, shouldn't he? But he is disobedient."

The corner of Xiao Wu's lips satirized: "He knew earlier that the moment he betrayed me was the beginning of death. I knocked on his door that night and showed the poison pill, and he understood everything by himself. He wouldn't Screaming, not asking for help, not even needing me to specifically name his wife and daughter..."

Chao Muyun: "You are Mrs. Hou, why don't you let your servants do things like murder? This is not like your style 16 years ago."

Xiao Wu sneered, and glanced over her side: "If you are human, you will betray, just like Chai Fang a month ago, and now Mother Chen."

Mother Chen trembled.

Xiao Wu: "It's just killing someone. It's not troublesome for me. I don't even need to do it too carefully. I didn't need to be more vigilant at all when Lord Hou was drunk that night. If it wasn't for the fact that Dali Temple happened to be handling the case this time, If it falls into the hands of your lord Chao, there will be no trial, this kind of case handling process."

"Okay, I'm done recruiting, my lord, let's convict."

Chao Muyun was not in a hurry: "You said that Chai Fang betrayed you? Then who did he take refuge in?"

Xiao Wu immediately threw the knife at Xiao Tang.

Xiao Tang sighed: "Chai Fang is the housekeeper, and my concubine is always in the back house, and I will bump into him occasionally, and I haven't had much contact with her, just said a few words, never..."

"But you made him fancy you, didn't you?"

Xiao Wu sneered: "You are really good. Stealing a man in your own mansion, is it dead to be a Marquis? Chai Fang was supposed to do something for me that day, but he couldn't even find you. Did you go looking for you? The two secret associations are plotting, and they are menacing, so what if I don't act, wait to die?"

There was pity in Xiao Tang's eyes, and when he wanted to say something, he suddenly sighed——

"Forget it, the one who cleans himself will clear himself, believe it or not."

The courtroom was quiet again.

Chao Muyun looked at Xiao Tangshi: "Why do you know that Leng Nianwen likes jujube cake?"

"This...is probably a coincidence?" Xiao Tang said, "I just saw that child was pitiful and wanted to comfort him. I didn't have anything else in my hand at the time, only a piece of jujube cake, so I gave it to him. Who knew it was him. I have a good heart."

Chao Muyun: "Chai Fang and you haven't seen each other often?"

Xiao Tang paused for a moment: "This...that's not what I said, they are all in the mansion, and they will always meet."

Hou Jiuhong snorted: "It's up to you? You are in the inner house, and he is the head of the outer courtyard. He will always meet you frequently. Do you think this is normal?"

He didn't believe it, there must be something more exciting!

Xiao Tang didn't dare to stand any longer, and knelt down towards Marquis Fen'an, "If you want to commit a crime, why don't you have any words to say, this concubine will never dare to offend Lord Hou, please trust me!"

Marquis Fen'an didn't speak, Hou Jiuhong scoffed: "You didn't feel sorry for Marquis, so what are you doing with Chai Fang so many times?"

Xiao Tang: "There are so many things in the Hou's mansion. Master Hou is often busy outside and is not around most of the time. Sometimes my sister can't take care of her at home. I can't do anything when I see you. Sometimes I have to ask for help. Words, ordinary things, is there any use..."

This kind of matter involving men and women is indeed a bit difficult to say, and it is difficult to kill it without evidence. The court looks a bit messy.

In the chaos, Chao Muyun's voice was incomparably clear, like breaking through the clouds and mist, illuminating the dusty path——

"The Marquis of Fen'an is good at teaching and teaching people."

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