Chapter 329

After saying all she knew, ziyue summoned up the courage to look at Lord Ji.

With those cautious but sincere eyes, Ji Dong's confusion became deeper and deeper——

He has been an official for many years and thinks he is good at reading people's eyes, but what's the matter with the strong sense of desire in the other party's eyes of "I want to go to jail" and "adult, do you think I can do it?"?

The servant girl has such a clear plan for her next life - does the Xia family know?

In other words, when the Xia family sent such a person to the yamen, isn't it that they're not going to want the four girls who don't worry?

As for why he said that other people's girls didn't worry, there was nothing else - it was really the book that was popular in major teahouses for a while. In line with the principle of observing the hearts of the people, he also listened to it twice and ate two pots of tea and a plate of melon seeds at public expense.

If it weren't for the public expense, he would like to have two dishes of crispy food. After all, it sounds quite delicious.

Ji Dong took back his sight from the purple moon and looked down at the thin son in his hand.

This is the latest confession of Zhan yunjiao recorded by shiye.

Just now he carefully distinguished that what ziyue said was almost the same as Zhan yunjiao's confession, which was very consistent.

Lord Ji could tell that most of the people who saw the excitement from the beginning to the end also understood it.

The low voices of discussion in the crowd overlapped with each other.

At this time, Zhan yunjiao seemed to suddenly think of something again. She hesitated and said, "my Lord, Xia Xi used both soft and hard to keep the people's women's secrets... She also gave the people's women some property... Can it be used as material evidence?"

Ji Dong immediately asked, "what are they?"

"Some broken silver and silver notes, and a few kinds of jewelry..."

Ji Dong's eyes moved slightly.

Broken silver and silver notes are mostly not physical evidence, but jewelry is not good - for example, many of the jewelry stolen by the previous flower picker have indirectly exposed the identity of the victim.

"Where are these things now?"

"Lord Hui, I'm still in my house and have never moved..." Zhan yunjiao explained in detail the location of the hidden things: "it's in the innermost porcelain pot under my mother's bed."

"Someone."

Ji Dong immediately ordered, "go to Zhanjia in the south of the city and get this thing."

For fear of being late, the officer hurried all the way on horseback, and soon took the things in Zhan yunjiao's mouth back to the Yamen together with the porcelain pot.

"How dare you ask me if the messenger has seen my mother? Is she all right now?" Zhan yunjiao asked the officer holding the porcelain pot.

The officer took a look at Ji Dong.

Ji Dong nodded slightly.

Although it is inappropriate for the court to talk about matters unrelated to the case, there are human feelings outside the law.

The official replied, "your mother seems to be in good health, and another woman is taking care of her."

Zhan yunjiao put down her heart and couldn't help being surprised.

A woman is taking care of her mother?

Will it be... Xu Mingyi's arrangement?

——She remembered that night in the forest outside the city, Xu Mingyi said that he would ask someone to take care of his basic daily life before finding out that her mother was involved in the matter.

She didn't believe it at that time.

Of course, she doesn't believe it now!

Was that just a subconscious guess? On reflection, Xu Mingyi could not have been so kind - how could anyone who could have killed their mother and daughter without any grievances and hatred have been nearly killed by her? Really send someone to take care of her mother?

It must be my brother's arrangement

Think of the brother who "came back from the dead"? Feel and focus on everything in the brother's plan? Zhan yunjiao has more confidence.

Brother said, now he works under an adult, if she is sentenced to exile? My brother will try to change her on the way

At this time, the contents of the tank have been taken out? Ji Dong looked at those kinds of jewelry and finally locked his eyes on a hairpin.

He knows nothing about women's jewelry, but this hairpin looks very different? What's the difference - it looks expensive? Want to take it for yourself.

"Since you are Miss Xia Si's personal servant girl? Are these things hers? I think you can recognize them?" Ji Dong asked ziyue.

Normally? Shouldn't Xia's servants answer this question? But the little servant girl's sincerity to go to jail is really enough, and she has been trusted by him in a sense.

Purple moon nodded slightly: "maidservant can try to recognize..."

Ji Dong ordered someone to hold the jewelry in the tray in front of her.

"These... Are really my girl's things." ziyue said firmly.

Zhou Zhen on one side was at a loss.

Why is it... All?

It's clearly just a hairpin. It's Xia Xi's thing.

Can it be said that ziyue was secretly bought by Miss Ji?

It's impossible. It's supposed that Miss Ji will inform her of such important details in advance. How can someone be added temporarily?

So? What is the situation of the purple moon?

"And this hairpin... Maidservant remembers... It seems to be a reward from the palace!" ziyue picked up the ruby double butterfly hairpin and said.

Although she doesn't know when her girl gave Zhan yunjiao these things? Even some are not her girls at all? But this hairpin she will never admit her mistake.

Even if she didn't understand why her girl took such a special thing to Zhan yunjiao? It's not too stupid to go to heaven - but on second thought, is the girl so stupid and arrogant? Maybe I don't remember it was a reward from the palace.

Hearing the words "reward in the palace", Ji Dong's face changed slightly.

He thought of a man.

In Huaihua Hutong, yamen back street, there lived an old eunuch who had worked as a decoration supervisor in the palace for many years and had just left the palace to provide for the elderly because of his old age and illness last year.

It is said that the old eunuch was sick to provide for the elderly. In fact, he was out of the palace waiting for death. However, the old eunuch became healthy after he left the palace, but he could not go back to the palace until he died. So he lived for a long time.

But people are not idle.

Because it was from the decoration supervisor, it naturally stood at the forefront of jewelry aesthetics. Jewelry masters often came to ask for advice. It also attracted the favor of a large number of women's families of officials, so it was almost in place to start the class directly.

Therefore, it is inevitable to become one of the objects of adult Ji's jealousy.

Jealousy belongs to jealousy. Now there is something important to ask for advice, and the attitude should be taken care of.

Therefore, Ji Dong ordered the officers to invite people to come, and didn't forget to tell Haoyan to invite them.

As for the appearance fee

They all work for the people. Wouldn't it humiliate the old man to mention this?

The old eunuch also gave face and came without delay.

And the court concluded: "this thing was indeed made by the decoration supervisor... But everything from the decoration supervisor has a special mark, and the craft is here. It can't be fake."

Then he pondered for a moment, looked carefully, and then said, "this hairpin is like the set of ruby jewelry I handled before I left the palace... I remember it was sent to the empress's palace at that time."

"That's right..." ziyue hurriedly answered, "my maid remembered that there was a pair of hairpins, which the queen gave to my four girls last year!"

Ji Dong looked grave and nodded his head.

Both so——

"Come on, go to Xia's house again. Please come to solve your doubts as soon as possible."

Under such iron evidence, if he pretends to counsel again, it really doesn't make sense.

Today's case is doomed to stay in court if it can't come to an end.

When the official went to Xia's house to invite people again, the atmosphere in the crowd outside the hall was completely agitated.

"This is the witness and material evidence... I'm afraid I can't even admit it!"

"It's really the fourth girl of the Xia family..."

"It's not surprising to think about it carefully... It's not a day or two for Xia Si to disagree with Xu."

"Can that be called disagreement? Everyone with a clear eye can see that it is Miss Xia Si who has repeatedly taken the initiative to pick things first..."

"There's a lot of excitement now..."

"I said, why do you just call a servant girl to come here? It's a guilty heart and don't dare to show up."

"The town government is not easy to bully... Even if Xia Shoufu wants to protect his daughter, I'm afraid it's difficult!"

Let's go back ten thousand steps. Can it be protected?

If the government doesn't put an end to this matter, General Xu is likely to directly raise his knife and go to the Xia family to discuss and teach him how to be a man!

"... is Xia Shoufu such an unreasonable person? Have you forgotten what happened last year?"

Many people turned pale at the mention of the big case that caused a sensation in the capital last year.

In that case, the second childe of the Xia family was finally sentenced to lingchi, and Xia Shoufu did not cover up more than half from beginning to end. Therefore, even if such a thing happened, Xia Shoufu's reputation was not involved. On the contrary, it became an example of killing relatives in righteousness in the eyes of the people.

It's a pity that such a loyal and strict chief assistant has such a pair of children like collecting debts

Some people can't help thinking - it's an accident to have a second childe, and now there's a fourth girl. Can it be an accident?

But these speculations must not be told in front of others.

"My lord..."

In the hall, Zhou Zhen, standing on the side, turned pale and said, "I've made it clear what I know. Now I'm not feeling well... Can I go back first?"

She dared not see Xia Xi.

Because of his testimony, but also because of the hairpin

Yes, she hated and even despised Xia Xi to ten, but she was the one who calculated each other behind her back. Because the other was arrogant and her identity was much higher than her since she was a child, that kind of fear over time was engraved into her bones.

In particular, her confidence is really not enough now. She is really afraid that Xia Xi will say something that embarrasses her regardless in court.

The little girl with round cheeks was pale and her forehead was wet with cold sweat. She looked weak and pathetic.

Ji Dong considered it for a moment and said, "the case has not been closed yet. Miss Zhou is a very important witness. It's more or less against the rules to leave at this time. But if you really have a physical illness, it's not easy to delay - let's go. I'll send you to take a look for Miss Zhou first."

Zhou Zhen could not help trembling.

I don't think I'll just ask you to do it?

After talking, Mr. Ji also realized that something was wrong, so he coughed gently and changed his way: "... Somebody, please go to the compartment to have a rest and ask the doctor to show Miss Zhou."

At the request of the official, Zhou Zhen was taken to the compartment on the left side of the court.

Zhou Zhen sat there, holding a hot tea tightly, and the tension at the bottom of his heart did not abate.

She had never felt time so hard. Now she just wanted to finish it and go home.

At the same moment, in the champion building and the private room on the second floor, Xiao Qi was telling his son and Miss Xu about the progress in the Yamen.

Half an hour ago, seeing that the case could not be settled for a moment, Xu Mingyi took Wu Tsui to the champion building for dinner.

"According to this, it was very smooth." Xu Mingyi said thoughtfully: "the witness and material evidence are above the key. Xia Xi is doomed to be unable to escape this time."

Wu Tsung looked at her.

The girl's face did not see the joy that her enemy was about to be punished.

Obviously, from the beginning to the end, she didn't pay attention to the surface of things and the end of Xia Xi - in other words, she didn't pay attention to Xia Xi from the beginning. The government didn't give justice, and she would ask for justice herself.

What she valued was always what was hidden behind it.

Wu Chiu guessed and asked, "do you think someone is manipulating this?"

Xu Mingyi nodded without hesitation.

Zhan yunjiao suddenly changed her tongue, and she became suspicious.

Then Zhou Zhen came forward to testify——

Then, the empress's reward became material evidence, which blocked Xia Xi's last retreat.

Before that, Zhan yunjiao's performance that day was not like a person with any evidence.

Xia Xi must also be very sure that she has not left any handle. Otherwise, I'm afraid she won't do nothing. She can still have leisure to incense today——

Therefore, the occurrence of all this today is extremely sudden, leaving Xia Xi no room for any reaction.

The other party's purpose is very clear and accurate.

But she didn't think someone was "helping" her out.

Xia Xi's identity doomed the particularity of this case. Before the real overall situation, the disagreement between the girl's family is not worth mentioning. The family background behind both sides is the most important.

Therefore, she can almost conclude that someone is taking the opportunity to deal with the Xia family.

No, or rather, not by chance——

It is very likely that it was premeditated from the beginning!

Xu Mingyi thought of the figure of Cao Zhuangyuan he saw outside the opposite teahouse when Xia Xi was hurt by Tianmu that day.

At that time, she guessed whether someone would deliberately guide Xia Xi to make a fool of herself in front of Cao Zhuangyuan.

The most suspect, of course, was the Zhou girl who accompanied Xia Xi that day and testified today——

But at first glance, the girl of the Zhou family is obviously just a chess piece for others.

Otherwise, it will not fall to the point of testifying in person.

Thinking of these, Xu Mingyi couldn't help but suddenly, his eyes flashed and whispered, "it turns out that he took me as a bait to lure Xia Xi into the hook..."

Just, who will this person be?

At this time, Wu Tsui, who had been thinking about it, looked up at her and said, "Shangshu house of the Ministry of war --"

Perhaps he saw it more simply and directly without her known complicated processes. At this time, his thinking was obviously one step faster than her.

Xu Mingyi subconsciously looked at the boy with an unexpected look.

After he reminded, she also realized that it was the Shangshu house of the Ministry of war that was the most suspected

Just——

"Why are you so sure?"