AWB Chapter 105: There are multiple witnesses to prove it
Chapter 105: There are multiple witnesses to prove it
"Madam, the young lady has invited Li Leyou from the City Patrol to come to the mansion for questioning this afternoon." Madam Xu, who had accompanied Liu to inspect the shops in Jingbao County during the day and returned home in the evening, learned about this from the third daughter, Liu Nanen, and quickly reported the news to Liu who was looking at the account book.
"Well, do you know what Weiwei talked to him about?" Liu put down the account book. She didn't know why her beloved daughter wanted to find someone from the City Patrol Office, so it was necessary to ask clearly.
"I don't know. How about calling Hongling to come and report to the Madam?" Seeing that Liu didn't say anything, Madam Xu agreed to her suggestion and hurriedly went to call Hongling over.
Hongling is young, so it should be easy to get information out of her as they talk about this and that.
"Your servant Hongling greets Madam!" Hongling knelt on the ground and paid her respects to Liu.
"Well, get up." Seeing that she was so young and had learned the rules well, Liu smiled and waved at her, "Come closer. Are you used to being around the young lady?"
"In reply to Madam, the young lady is gentle and kind, and she treats me very well. I am willing to serve her all my life." The word "habit" cannot be used to describe servants. After all, it is not the servants' turn to choose their masters. The tutor had taught them this, and now that Liu had said it, Hongling couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when she heard this.
"Well, I heard that the young lady asked people from the City Patrol to come to the mansion. Do you know what they said?" Liu was very satisfied when she heard her answer. This Hongling was smart.
"Madam, I don't know!" Xia Weiwei and Li Leyou were talking. Hong Ling was there and of course she heard everything they were saying clearly, but she couldn't tell anyone.
"Are you sure you don't know?" Liu's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if she was going to kill someone if she didn't tell her.
"Madam, I really know nothing." This was no joke. If she told Madam the content of the conversation, all her family members, young and old, would be beaten to death by Madam and thrown into a mass grave to feed the dogs.
"Well, you are the young lady's personal maid, how could you not know everything? You must be lazy and not serving the young lady wholeheartedly. Come on, drag you away and give me twenty lashes of the board!" Liu said angrily, but she was still very happy in her heart that her daughter did not have a traitorous servant around her.
"Ah, Madam, please spare me..." Hongling was carried out, and soon, screams of Hongling being beaten were heard from outside.
"Miss, Hongling was called in for questioning by Madam Xu last night." Jinrong helped Xia Weiwei, who had just gotten up, to wash and dress. She lived with Hongling, and although she had not spent as much time with Rongzhuang, she still had some feelings for her.
"Oh, what did she ask?" Xia Weiwei raised her eyebrows. She didn't have to think too much, she knew that Liu must have known about her visit to Li Leyou. Hongling had not been serving her for a long time, and it was probably the first time she was beaten with a stick last night.
Since they had a daughter in middle age, Xia Zhaofeng and Liu held the child in their mouths for fear that she would melt, and held her in their hands for fear that she would fall. Even if the child did something wrong, they were reluctant to beat or scold her, but instead found excuses to punish the maids and servants who served the child, using this method to make them realize that they had done something wrong and would not do it again.
"Madam wants to know the content of the conversation between the young lady and Deputy City Commandant Li." Jin Rong combed Xia Weiwei's hair while observing her expression in the mirror.
"I understand!" Xia Weiwei nodded. When she asked Li Leyou to come to the house for questioning, she decided to take advantage of his natural greed to deal with Ji Fang, and she would no longer care about Yang Biao.
"Anhetang has another batch of medicinal materials delivered today. We need to make time to check them. There are also some scarce medicines that need to be processed. Tell the kitchen that I will not eat at home at noon." Xia Weiwei instructed the maid who brought water for washing her face. She did not want Liu to send someone to investigate Yang Biao. This move was nothing more than telling Liu that she had a lot of things to do and had no time to care about others.
"Yang Biao, are you feeling unwell?" It was said that anyone who entered the prison would be beaten half to death. Qin Xiaoran was so frightened by this rumor that she couldn't sleep all night, so she asked Jiang Sheng to pay the jailer early in the morning and went to the prison to visit Yang Biao with panda eyes.
Seeing him sitting in a corner of the cell in a daze with no blood on his body, I felt a little relieved.
"Xiao Ran," Yang Biao heard Qin Xiao Ran's voice, and hurriedly stood up and ran to the prison door, looking at her through the bars. Was her eye so swollen from not sleeping and crying all night? "Little thing, are you scared?"
"Yeah," Qin Xiaoran didn't want to cry, but her tears had their own thoughts and flowed out.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Yang Biao apologized to her repeatedly for frightening her, and held her in his arms to comfort her as usual, but the difference was that there was a cell door between them.
"Pan Cao, this matter depends on you!" Li Leyou invited Pan Cao to Tianranju Teahouse for tea. He was the acting city lieutenant, and when the prefect was away, the trial of the case was usually presided over by Pan Cao.
"You mean Ji Fang wanted to kill two birds with one stone and capture Zhang Shixian and Yang Biao because his nephew died, one for money, the other to avenge his nephew?" Judge Cao was stunned. Is Ji Fang stupid or does he think his life is too long? So many people are going to die in Guangping Prefecture at once. As the city lieutenant, can he escape?
"That's true!" Li Leyou nodded to indicate that what he said was true. At the beginning, he was also blinded by the huge benefits described by Ji Fang and actually thought that his method was good. Fortunately, he was awakened by Xia Weiwei's words. Of course, this matter must never be known to others.
"Let's go. The palace guards have been dispatched. The people in the capital will know about it sooner or later. We have to finish this matter before the prefect returns." Judge Cao drank the tea in the cup in one breath, put it down and left. He had to return to the government office as soon as possible to attend court.
"Sir, Ji Runze died of heart palpitations, a disease he brought from his mother's womb." Ji Runze's body and his immediate family members were taken to the government office by the palace guards, and three coroners were invited to perform an autopsy on the spot. The three coroners came to the same conclusion.
"Sir, it's unjust. My son was clearly killed by that Yang Biao. I have many witnesses to prove it." Ji Xin knelt on the ground and pleaded for his son. He didn't know that his brother, the city lieutenant, had been thrown into jail.
"Whether he was murdered or had a pre-existing illness, you can ask the doctor from the Ji residence to come over and we'll know the answer." Pan Zhiting stepped forward to retort. He had long been fed up with Ji Runze, who relied on his uncle being the city lieutenant to bully men and women in Guangping Prefecture.
"Oh, why do we need to ask his family's doctor about this heart palpitation?" Although Judge Cao did not understand the disease, he slammed the gavel in his hand and said, "Go and ask the doctor of Ji's house to come to the hall to question him."
"Ah," when Ji Xin heard that Judge Cao was going to ask the doctor from his mansion to come over, he was so scared that beads of sweat dripped down his face. He was extremely anxious. What should he do?