Chapter 202 (1/2)
”Jiang Shangshu,” Sun Xu said with a straight face, ”the court is not a place where you come at random. You'd better listen to the witness first.”
Before Jiang Quan had time to speak, butterfly kowtowed to sun Xu and said, ”Lord Hui, I'm here to account for my wife's crimes.” She lowered her head, but her voice was clear and clear, which could be heard by the people watching the crowd: ”at that time, my wife was only an aunt. Although the master loved his aunt and miss, she was the master's mother. My aunt has always been arrogant and comes from the family of high-ranking officials and nobles. Naturally, she is not willing to be subordinated to others. Although she does not eat badly in Shangshu mansion, sometimes she even has a higher status than her first wife, she is still dissatisfied. ”
Although butterfly's words are just a statement of facts, they are very different when they are heard by others. Who doesn't know how Xia Cheng's title came from. If it wasn't for brother Zao's early death, he would never have been a concubine. Even after Xia Yan entered the Shangshu mansion, she was just the daughter of a little official and a concubine. She was not a noble in the official family, and preferred to have the face to say so. How could Jiang Quan marry Zhao Mei instead of Xia Yan? The daughter of a common son is so vain. According to butterfly, Xia Yan's position in Shangshu mansion is even higher than Zhao Mei's. This is not to spoil his concubine and destroy his wife. What is it?
Although people had heard the rumor that Jiang Quan favored Xia Yan, they thought it was after Zhao Mei's death. It was not long after Zhao Mei married into Shangshu mansion that Jiang Quan went so far. Is it that you have a fancy to the power in other people's house? Once you find that you can't bring any benefits to your official career, you will show your true face.
Butterfly continued: ”later, later, my aunt thought, as the official of the imperial court, the master couldn't find a way to divorce his wife for no reason, so he had to live under others all his life. If he didn't want to, he wanted to poison his wife. On that day, my aunt bought a lot of exotic poisons and mixed them in her daily meals. The first lady was poisoned bit by bit. Later, the toxin accumulated more and more, and she died. And all this, the master also knows, once my aunt's poison was found by the master, the master also said to my aunt to be careful, don't leave any handle Butterfly then kowtowed two heads to sun Xu: ”my Lord, what the daughter of the people said is true, and she never dares to cheat.”
”Nonsense! What nonsense Pointing at the butterfly, Jiang Quan angrily scolded: ”who gives you the courage to talk nonsense here to disturb people's hearts, butterfly, don't forget who you are! You are my servant of Chiang's house
Butterfly shook his head: ”master probably forgot that butterfly's deed of sale is no longer there, and butterfly is not a member of Shangshu mansion.” When she said this, although she tried to suppress something, there was still a trace of hatred in her eyes.
Jiang Quan's words stopped, and sun Xu was shocked by another beat: ”silence!”
Butterfly knelt on the ground, language out of surprise: ”back to adult words, women still have evidence to say!”
When Jiang Quan was stunned, sun Xu said in a deep voice, ”where is the evidence?”
Butterfly looks at Jiang Ruan, who is sitting on one side of the seat safely. The smile on her lips seems to have not been shaken from the beginning to now. Butterfly is calm in her heart and says frankly: ”it was in the house where the wife lived. Because the medicine was so precious at the beginning, the husband didn't know when the wife would be the first to be terminally ill. She thought that the medicine would be useful in the future Then he ordered the women to keep it. On the same day, the woman buried the medicine package under the tree in the lady's yard. But the prescription was still there. Later the master said it was useful, so he received it in the study box. Coincidentally, later, somehow, the master forgot about the box. Once the lady asked the maid to clean up the study, and the maid sent the box to the innermost wooden box. That wooden box won't be touched for many years, because it's full of old things. ”
Zhao Guangchong, sun Xu arched his hand, and the voice was already unquestionable: ”Mr. Sun, since the evidence has been put out, do you want to ask someone to search it?”
”Naturally.” Sun Xu looked serious and said, ”I have ordered officers and soldiers to search Shangshu mansion.”
Jiang Quan sneered: ”it's ridiculous. Do you think you can convict me with a few words of nonsense? Butterfly, I think you are not afraid of death! ” He felt that he had a plan in mind. The officers and soldiers would not find anything in the room. Not to mention when Xia Yan poisoned at the beginning, he didn't directly intervene, even Xia Yan himself would not be stupid enough to leave evidence. Xia Yan is careful and thorough in his work. He will clean up any handle. Although he didn't know what advantage butterfly had received from Jiang Ruan to make a false evidence, Jiang Quan also admitted that not everyone in Shangshu mansion could come in. Especially the most important study, he had to check several times a day. He had never heard of wooden cases or boxes.
Butterfly is about to lie, but the real evidence is not out. If you can't get it out, you can't be convicted. What about butterfly? He thought so and went to see Jiang Ruan's look. But seeing Jiang and Ruan sitting upright, he seemed to notice his eyes and turned to smile at him. Jiang Ruan's smile was even more calm than Jiang Quan's, and there seemed to be some subtle sarcasm. The sight made Jiang Quan's heart wake up immediately, and he could not help being afraid. Jiang Quan didn't know how evil her daughter was. For so many years, neither the Xia family nor she had been able to get any advantage from her. Jiang's house is a copper wall and iron wall, and she can't keep it. What strange way can she come up with to harm others.Just at this time, the officers and men in charge of the search have come back. With a report, the officers and men in charge of the search stride into the court. They bend over and whisper a few words with sun Xu. Sun Xu listens and takes a look at Jiang Quan. Jiang Quan ”clatters” in his heart. Before he could think about it, sun Xu clapped his head in amazement and said, ”bold Jiang Quan! As an official of the imperial court, you are not strict in governing your family. You let your concubine harm others, or even collude with others, to murder your wife. What's your crime? The officers and soldiers have found evidence in the wooden boxes and boxes in your house. What else do you have to say? ”After that, the official around him presented an iron box, which everyone could see clearly. A piece of shallow paper floated out of the box opened by sun Xu himself, and he could not do it in full view of the public.
Zhao Yuanping got up and went to sun Xu. Please take it and watch it. After reading it at a glance, Zhao Yuanping returned the paper to sun Xu. When he looked at Jiang Quan again, his smile was full of Indifference: ”Jiang Shangshu is really good at planning and scheming. If he didn't see it with his own eyes, I didn't know there would be such a wolf in the world.”
Zhao Yuanping has always been used to silent sarcasm. When Jiang Quan heard this, he was very angry, but he couldn't believe it. He came out today to accept the case, but before he left, he had a good inspection of his study. He didn't see any wooden cases or boxes. How could they suddenly come out. What the hell is going on? He cried out: ”this is not what I did, sun Xu. As the case department, you must pay attention to finding out the truth. That is, with a small prescription, how dare you bring me to justice? This is clearly someone deliberately framed me? Don't you know? ”
”I always look at evidence.” Sun Xu is not tight and slow. He didn't receive the threat in Jiang Quan's words, but what kind of case was this? It was Xiao Shao's wife, now Princess Jinying, and the former Princess Hong'an who complained in person. What kind of power is Jinying palace behind her? No one knows the officialdom of Jin Dynasty. Xiao Shao has said hello in person. How dare he neglect it. Moreover, the woman who was killed in this case is still the apple of the eye of the general's mansion. If she doesn't give an explanation, with the character of Zhao Guang's family, I'm afraid she will tear down this case, not to mention the one in the palace.
Although the case division is in charge of the cases that ordinary people do not dare to deal with, even if it involves many bureaucrats in Beijing, it is because sun Xu himself relies on the emperor for his official career and does not need to rely on anyone's face. But if the emperor's confidants, water to clear, then no fish, sun Xu knows this truth. After so many years of sitting in such an offending official position, sun Xu still stands firm in the court. He is also very good at being a man. Now xuanpei's position in the palace is rising, and the emperor has a green eye on him. The fifth Prince and the eighth prince are only fighting openly and secretly, but who can tell exactly who will take the throne. Maybe the future Prince of Dajin Dynasty is the newly emerged thirteen highness. Xuan Pei specially asked people to come and say hello. Although he didn't know why, sun Xu felt a lot of pressure. It is precisely because of his colleagues' many years that sun Xu can see clearly that it is very difficult for Jiang Quan to do good this time, because everyone he offends has the ability to kill him.
Zhao Yuanfeng said leisurely: ”Jiang Shangshu, that Shangshu mansion is your mansion. Naturally, only your people can go in. You don't know when the box was put in. You can't ask us outsiders for answers. You know, since the founding of your Shangshu mansion, except for my little sister, the Zhao family has never set foot in it. ”
What Zhao Yuanfeng said is not without irony. At the beginning, Zhao Mei broke off contact with the Zhao family. Later, after Zhao Mei died, the Jiang family also banned all contact with the general's house. Even secretly regard the general's house as a strong enemy. The Zhao and Jiang families never deal with it. It's impossible for the Zhao family to enter the Jiang's house.
Jiang Quan met a nail, but he didn't want to fight with Zhao Yuanfeng. Now he is aware of the importance of the matter. With all the human and material evidence, sun Xu's attitude is very difficult to get rid of the crime. By this time, Jiang Quan, who was always full of confidence, was already in a panic. He desperately thought about how the box would appear in the study, and his eyes swept around the crowd without focus, and suddenly stopped.