Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 141

[Chapter 106: Adultery]

The people at the banquet bowed their heads one after another.

The prince attended to greet the grandmother.

Lu Zhaoan was prostrate on the ground, already like gold paper.

The saint said “flat body”, striding to help Qing Xuanzi to the top, after sitting down, gently asked Lin Chengyou: “I heard that there is a thief, what happened?”

Qing Xuanzi looked at Lu Zhao’an meaningfully, and Lin Chengyou smiled: “This matter is a long story, and Rong Nephew carefully replied.” The

saint and the queen smiled and looked at each other: “It is rare that tonight is so lively, I never thought there would be a story to listen to.” Very good, after listening to this story, it is not too late to listen to your young people fighting poems.

Lin Chengyou then opened his mouth: “This story also begins with the Dragon Boat Festival.” On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Du Gong of the GuoziJian went to Dali Temple to report the case, claiming that his daughter Du Niangzi had lost something in the academy the night before, and entrusted Dali Temple to investigate the matter in detail. It was my boss, Yan Wanchun, who was in charge of taking over the case. As

he spoke, he said to an inconspicuous corner of the banquet, “Yan Jizhi, please tell me about the situation at that time.”

Someone stood up in response, and it was Yan Jizhi.

On this trip today, there were many young officials accompanying the driver, and Yan Sizhi was only one of them, mixed in the crowd and did not bat an eye.

“Exactly.” Yan Si said straightly, “Yesterday Du Gong reported that his daughter lost two poetry manuscripts in the academy, and it was Yan Who was responsible for writing the case.

Lin Chengyou then said, “When Du communiquéed the case, it can be said that Du Niangzi lost which two poems?” Yan

Sizhi replied meticulously: “One is the Shao Feng in the Book of Poetry. Male Pheasant”, one is “Wing Cicada”. There was

a faint commotion in the table, because everyone could see clearly, and among the pile of poetry manuscripts that fell out of Lu Zhaoan’s arms, the top one was the “Wing Cicada” signed with Du Niangzi’s name.

In order to make everyone see it more clearly, Lin Chengyou deliberately let the palace people hold the poem high, and waited until everyone saw it almost, which made people present it to the empress.

He laughed and said, “Thieves who steal things are very cautious. She does not steal gold and silver jewelry, nor does she steal her belongings, because she also knows that this kind of thing du niangzi uses every day, and if she loses it, she will immediately notice it. According to Du Gong, Du Niangzi would transcribe Buddhist scriptures and poems every day, and after writing, she would put them in the book case, and she might not remember how many articles she had written, and even if she remembered, she would not check the number day by day. By the time Du Niangzi noticed that the poetry manuscript was missing, the bureau here had been arranged, and at that time, Du Niangzi knew that she was secretly calculated, and she was also indefensible.

“Tonight, this thief felt that the time was ripe, so he deliberately picked a place with many people and bright lights, and pretended to accidentally throw the poem out in public, and as long as the people present saw the two poems, they would think that it was sent by Du Niangzi, so that it would be logical to slander Du Niangzi for having an affair with him.” Lin Chengyou smiled, “Lu Dacaizi, am I right?” The

students of Xiangxiang Academy figured out the twists and turns, and they all stared angrily at Lu Zhao’an, who was so vicious that he dared to use such a dirty method to conspire against their classmates.

Lu Zhaoan was surprised at first, and then lost his voice: “Shizi is afraid that he has misunderstood, Lu Mou has never seen these two poems.” By the way, when I came over just now, Lu Mou was once bumped by someone, will it be that time when he was secretly calculated. As soon as the air was

silent, everyone shifted their eyes to Peng Erniang and the lady beside her. Coincidentally, if it were not for Peng Erniang’s side bumping into Lu Zhao’an, the pile of manuscripts would not have been exposed to people.

Lu Zhaoan seemed to be very indignant, and knelt in front of the imperial court with a white face: “Ming Jun is on top, lu mou dared to defend himself.” ”

Tong Dong Dong” prostrated his head a few times, and said with both hands: “Although Lu Mou was born in a humble background, he was fortunate to catch up with Renjun and Sheng Shi.” When the saints were selected, they always ‘visited the wise and did not use them as inferior’, and once they were cited, Lu mou was lucky to become a disciple of Tianzi. Since winning the Kuiyuan, Lu Mou is deeply afraid of negative heavenly grace, diligently, and does not dare to make a mistake, but somehow, this time there are often people who slander Lu Mou’s character behind his back, tonight this out, but also trapped Lu in a despicable situation, Lu dare to say that he has never seen these two poetry manuscripts before, this matter has another mystery, and also asked the saint to look into the situation. He threw

a loud voice, those who originally looked at him angrily, after hearing these words, could not help but hesitate, Lu Zhaoan Wencai crowned Chang’an, and was the first place in this year’s Jinshike, if there is no accident, this person is likely to stand out in the next imperial court’s system.

If someone is jealous of Lu Zhao’an, or if someone does not want the imperial court to choose such a handsome talent, then it is really possible to deliberately frame him, and the Peng family maid who bumped into Lu Zhao’an is very suspicious.

Peng Erniang felt the gaze coming from all directions, her face turned red with anger, her hand was raised, and she angrily pointed at Lu Zhaoan: “You nonsense! This pile of poems obviously fell out of your sleeve, and you don’t want to blame others.

Lu Zhaoan spoke loudly: “Lu Mou did not dare to speak in vain, but before he came just now, Lu Mou did not have these two additional poems on his body.”

Peng Erniang’s blood rushed straight into her brain, but she was too young to jump out of a word in front of the empress dowager and her ministers.

Peng Da Niang sat on the seat, already shocked and angry, seeing that her sister was pulled into the trap by Lu Zhao’an in the blink of an eye, and was about to get up to defend her sister, someone on the table took a step ahead of her and said, “Your Highness the Empress Mingjian, Peng Erniang was on the table, and somehow suddenly left the table, thinking that there were some reasons for it.” It was

the white female official, one of the four female officials of the academy.

Peng Da Niang was also busy kneeling before the empress and saluting: “Lady Qi Yu.” The courtesan’s little sister was forced to leave the table because she was suddenly wet with the corner of the skirt, before the incident, I didn’t know who I would meet, and it was unexpected to be bumped into, which was clearly someone moving east in the water, if the courtesan daughter remembered correctly, it was someone who touched her sister’s elbow that caused her to spill wine. The

maid was already slumped on the ground like mud, and she whispered, “The maid didn’t mean it–”

Suddenly remembered something, and looked sharply at the banquet: “The slave maid remembered, is… It was a lady who accidentally bumped into her, and the maid failed to stand firm, so she accidentally bumped into the elbow of the second lady. As

the maid said this, she swept her eyes wildly, and when she swept to a person, her eyes froze suddenly.

“It’s her.” The maid swallowed her spit in amazement, “The slave maid remembered that it was Wu Erniang who met the maid.” Wu Qi was

more shocked than the maid’s expression, and opened her mouth in shock: “Me? The

maid nodded nervously, “The slave maid remembers correctly, it is you Wu Erniang.” The

eyes of the same window brushed together to look at the past.

The maid trembled and said, “At that time, you were playing with someone throwing paper balls, and suddenly you hit the maid hard.” The

same window began to communicate with each other with their eyes.

Everyone remembered this, after everyone entered the table, because the empress did not appear for a long time, the dean only cared to talk to a few of the commandmented ladies on the top, and those few lively people could not help but secretly play underneath. Wu Qi played the fiercest, and happened to be sitting next to Peng Erniang.

Wu Qi was confused for a while, and said with a smile, “This, this is really wrong.” I have teased Lady Deng with a piece of paper, but I really don’t remember bumping into you.

Deng Weili froze for a moment and wanted to defend herself, but this was the truth, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and when she looked at Wu Qi again, her eyes were a lot more complicated.

The maid’s eyes were so red that she looked up at Peng Erniang and said, “Mother, others don’t believe in, you have to believe in,,,

Wu Qi’s eyes widened suddenly, “Is there really such a thing?” Me, how I amThere is no impression at all, and there is no such thing as peng erniang between me and you, even if you touch it, how can you make Peng Erniang sprinkle the wine glass? Why don’t you think about it again? The

implication is that what the Peng family did, Hugh had to rely on her.

The more the crowd listened, the more confused they became.

Peng Da Niang and Peng Er Niang stared at Wu Qi with hatred, the more they climbed down, the more people involved would only be involved, and in the end, this matter would inevitably become a confused account, and the fatal thing was that the testimony of their own maid alone could not prove that the wine glass was sincerely touched.

It was at the moment of the chaos that someone clapped: “Be well, no wonder you can lay down so many seamless innings.” Just by opening his eyes and speaking nonsense, it is enough to deceive many people. It was

Lin Chengyou who spoke.

Everyone was confused.

Lin Chengyou smiled: “Let’s not say when these two poems appeared in Lu Zhao’an’s hands, let’s just say that the scene just now, yes, the seat is quite noisy, and it is precisely because of this that that person dares to reverse black and white.” Unfortunately, because Dali Temple already had objects of suspicion, some people’s every move was all watched by people. Yan Jizhi, please tell me what happened at that time.

Yan Sizhi stood up again: “After Yan Mou entered the table, he kept staring at the suspect. When the Peng family lady was holding a wine cup in her hand, and the maid was waiting by the side, just when Peng Niangzi took the wine cup to drink, a person’s back hit the maid hard, and the maid bumped into Peng Niangzi, so the wine was spilled, but because His Highness the King of the County just came, the people at the table were busy getting up and performing the ceremony, and there was a chaos on the table, and Peng Niangzi and the maid could not care about asking about this matter. After that, Peng Niangzi was busy leaving the table to sort out her makeup, and the maid helped Peng Niangzi to hurry away. Because the timing was just right, even if the question was asked afterwards, it was also a confused account, fortunately, Yan Mou saw it clearly, and the person who bumped into the Maid of the Peng Family at that time——”

Yan Si looked at Wu Qi solemnly: “It is the Lady of the Wu Family.” Wu Qi’s

face was dazed.

Yan Sizhi: “Because of your collision, Peng Erniang and the maid had to leave the table, and when the maid left, she bumped into Lu Zhao’an, who rushed to the table, but it was so coincidental, Lu Zhao’an just dropped the poetry manuscript in front of everyone…”

Peng Da Niang and Peng Er Niang never expected that someone actually testified at the time of the incident, and this person was still an official of Dali Temple. I froze for a moment.

Lin Chengyou looked at Wu Qi and smiled, “Can’t imagine? You hit it, not someone else, and this matter cannot be relied on by others.

Wu Qi was stunned for half a moment, and helplessly smiled bitterly: “Sorry, they all blame me for not remembering well, maybe I played too much, and I didn’t realize that I had hit someone.” Second mother, just now I was also confused, I did not pay attention in a hurry, I will compensate you for it.

Peng Erniang coldly did not answer the call, but most of the others believed Wu Qi’s words, after all, Yan Sizhi’s testimony could only prove that Wu Qi had bumped into the Peng family maid, but it was impossible to determine whether Wu Qi was intentional or unintentional.

Besides, when the game was rising, who would notice that he had bumped into someone, so he once again turned his angry eyes to Lu Zhaoan, if this person did not have the intention of denying it, how could he have involved Peng Jinxiu and Wu Qi in this matter.

Lin Chengyou nodded thoughtfully, “Lady Wu’s memory is not very good, and this is not to blame.” However, with Yan Sizhi’s testimony, it can at least show that Peng Erniang did not intend to leave the table, and how could a person who was defenseless in advance put the poetry manuscript into the hands of Lu Dacaizi. Lu Dacaizi, do you still insist that the Peng family maid stuffed the poem into your arms? Lu Zhaoan straightened

his spine and said calmly: “Lu Never said from the beginning to the end that it was the maid who did it, but Lu never saw these two poems is a fact, maybe someone took advantage of the chaos to stuff it into Lu’s arms, and asked the saint to look into it.” Lin Chengyou seemed

to have expected Lu Zhao’an to say this: “Okay, you haven’t seen these two poems, you should have seen her.” He

beckoned, “Bring it on.” The

Jinwu guards pressed an old woman in a coarse cloth dress over, and the old woman was tied up with five flowers and had a strip of cloth stuffed in her mouth.

Behind the old woman, there were many clothed people.

Behind him, there was the servant of The Dali Temple, who carried a number of cages in his hands, and did not know what was in it.

Lin Chengyou pointed at the old woman and said to Lu Zhaoan, “Do you recognize her?”

Lu Zhaoan shook his head indifferently: “I don’t know.”

Lin Chengyou looked at the few ordinary people on the left: “He said that he did not know this mother-in-law.” You are Lu Gongzi’s neighbors, do you want to remind Lu Gongzi?

Several ordinary people fell on the ground and did not dare to look up, but in their mouths they said, “Lu Gongzi, how come you don’t know her?” This is the Wang Mi who sells porridge, often to our alley to sell porridge, every time Wang Mi comes, you have to come out to buy a bowl of porridge, remember the day before you also bought.

Lu Zhaoan suddenly realized: “Oh, it turned out to be Wang Mi, forgive a certain eye clumsy, see her was tied up by five flowers, I didn’t recognize her for a while, Shizi, what is wrong with her -”

Lin Chengyou said: “Well, Lu Gongzi’s side is finished.” It’s time to recognize the other. Looking

at the people on the right, he saw that they were frightened, and crouched down and said softly, “Don’t be afraid.” You will need to recognize someone later, and you will raise your head and speak well.

Several people wiped away the cold sweat and slowly raised their heads.

“You live near Yong’an Avenue in Liquanfang?”

Several of them nodded.

“Have you ever seen this mother-in-law?”

“Seen. She came to our alley every three to five minutes to sell porridge. “Look

up and take a closer look, are there anyone you know over there?”

Several people looked forward along Lin Chengyou’s guidance, and after a while they recognized someone: “Recognize, her name is Jiao’er.”

“Why do you recognize her?”

“She often comes out to buy things, and the most she buys is porridge.”

“Whose maid is she?”

“Wu, Wu Erniang.”

“On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Kyauk Er could come out and buy porridge.”

Several people nodded again: “Bought it.”

Lin Chengyou sighed, “Remember so clearly?”

“Because this porridge is not very tasty.” Moreover, this is the lady next to the prime minister Qianjin, and some of the Dragon Boat Festival houses are delicious, and the theory is not worthy of a bowl of porridge.
After
asking this, Lin Chengyou said to the crowd: “Lu Zhaoan has rarely gone out in the past few days to prepare for the exam, and the Dragon Boat Festival is no exception, this whole day, he only went out to buy two bowls of porridge when this Wang Miao came over, and not long after Lu Zhaoan finished buying porridge, Wang Zhao’an pushed the cart away.” This old woman did not stay all the way, straight to the vicinity of Wu Erniang’s house before stopping to continue selling porridge, after a while, Wu Erniang’s maid Jiao’er came out to buy porridge, and the old woman also immediately pushed the cart away. Neighbors on both sides can testify to this.

Interestingly, according to the report of the servants who monitored Lu Zhao’an, this seemingly poor Wang Mi only sold three times a daySeventeen bowls of porridge, and from the yiningfang where Lu Zhao’an lived to the middle of Yong’an Avenue where Wu Erniang lived, there were at least five lively street entrances, and Wang Miao was shouting and drinking, but he never stopped at his feet. The starting point is Lu Zhao’an’s residence, and the end point is Wu Erniang’s residence.

“Du Niangzi lost the poem manuscript on the front foot, and the poem manuscript appeared in Lu Zhao’an’s hands on the back foot, plus this Wang Mi who pushed the cart through the whole two squares, but in fact only sold ‘thirty-seven bowls of porridge’, I have reason to believe that this matter is related to Wu Erniang, who is responsible for stealing the poem manuscript, and Wang Mi is responsible for passing it on to Lu Zhao’an.”

Lu Zhaoan said indignantly: “Absurd, really absurd, although Lu has bought porridge several times, he has never spoken to this Wang Miao, and this alone insists that Lu is related to this matter, and Lu does not dare to admit it.”

Wu Qi was also very inexplicable: “I have never heard of this, Kyauk Er, have you ever bought porridge outside?” The

maid said busily, “The maid has bought it several times, but the maid has not even seen the appearance of this old woman, which is really out of nothing–no, the maid means that someone has deliberately married us.” ”

Blame?” Lin Chengyou sneered, “On the Yining Fang side, it is Lu Zhaoan himself who buys porridge every time, and on this side of Yong’an Avenue, it is the maid next to Wu Erniang who buys porridge every time.” No one is escorting you to buy porridge, everything is voluntary, not once or twice, not for a day or two. After I figured out that this kind of thing could never be blamed, I stared at Wang Mi that night, while the other side sent someone to wait near the martial family. By this morning, before dawn, Jiao’er, who was beside Wu Erniang, secretly went out, went to the plane tree outside the east wall of the nearby temple, and stuffed a bag of things into the wormhole of the trunk.

“Today, Lu Zhao’an and Wu Erniang were going to drive out of the city with their cars, and in order not to fight the grass and startle the snake, I did not let anyone catch Jiao’er, but ordered that Wang Miao be arrested on the spot, and Wang Miao did not have time to hide the bag of things, which was a piece of gold.” Lin Chengyou, “You said that you didn’t know Wang Mi, but you asked your lady to send gold to Wang Mi early in the morning, and now that people have stolen and obtained it, I would like to hear how you can still argue.” Wu Qi was

stunned: “I don’t know anything.”

She turned her head to look at Jiao’er, “You, what the hell is going on?”

Jiao’er’s face was like dead ash, and he knelt down without a word.

Lin Chengyou ordered Ya Gong to bring Jiao’er over, and Yan Yuese said, “See what kind of goods your master is?” The next step is to claim that the gold ingot was stolen by you without her knowledge. Instructing you to do so many dirty things, turning your head and pushing you out, don’t you feel cold, are you sure you still have to fight for her?

Kyauk Er bit his lip deadly.

“According to my Imperial Code, if an accessory can voluntarily confess the details of the crime, he can be sent down lightly. You also know how vicious her heart is, and when she pushes everything on your head, you will die. If you think about the magic she learned, how devious it is, it will make people feel incomplete at every turn, and you are not afraid that you will end up like Wu Da Niang-”

Jiao’er was a fierce spirit: “I say, I say.” The gold ingots and the gold ingots were given to Wang Mi by the second lady. There was

an uproar at the table.

[End of This Chapter]