When Meng Si saw Mr. Chu come back, he said: "Brother-in-law, mother-in-law, it's not that the daughter-in-law is reluctant to leave the couple for a few years, but this is just too sudden. The daughter-in-law wants to... ask her grandmother's meaning again."

"But Master Liu said just now, what if there are any changes..." Mrs. Chu actually hoped that her son could be released without guilt, but she was still worried.

Mr. Chu twisted his beard and pondered for a while before saying, "What his wife said makes sense. This matter can be like this now. I guess it is the result of the strong help from the in-laws and Prince Ding. If you don't inform them now, you will make a decision without permission, and it seems disrespectful. Let's ask first. If you fight for it, your son can be released without guilt, wouldn't it be better?"

Even her husband said this, and Mrs. Chu had nothing to say.

So he ordered the man to get off the car and prepare to go to Meng Mansion. Before getting on the car, Mr. Chu hesitated for a moment and decided to let Meng Si go first. After all, there are some words that may be inconvenient to say if there are too many people.

Meng Si met Mrs. Meng and reposted Master Liu's words.

After hearing this result, Mrs. Meng was surprised. What she was surprised was not that the Chu brothers were able to get a light sentence, but why did the Hong family change their minds so quickly? After all, they had their son dead. Even if the wind is not right now, the Hong family will surrender too quickly, right?

Xiaofu's methods are really too clever. Now that King Ding is not in the city, Xiaofu, a woman, can almost never leave her home, can actually have such methods. It is amazing.

But such methods made her feel a little disappointed. If Xiaofu pointed the finger at her that day, how could she be able to defeat her?

"Grandma, is there anything wrong with it?" Meng Si couldn't help but feel a little excited when she saw Mrs. Meng's heart was a little dazed.

"No..." Mrs. Meng came to her senses and said, "I was just thinking about how to deal with this matter and what did your parents-in-law think?"

Meng Si said: "My mother-in-law is a little scared. She thinks it is great to have such a result now. She is afraid that if she doesn't agree, there will be some twists and turns. As for my father-in-law, I see what he means, I actually hope that my husband and others can be acquitted. After all, with a reputation of exile, it will be difficult for her to stay in Yancheng in the future."

Mrs. Meng nodded and thought for a while and said, "If it were me, it would be difficult to decide. However, with my understanding of your little aunt, as long as she intervenes, the best results will be achieved. With her character, such a result is not good. In addition, I can tell you that last time your little aunt came, I also mentioned some things about this case to me. Some things were not confirmed at that time, so it was hard to tell you. Now I can reveal some of them. Your little aunt said that the government actually has the control.

There are some clues that are extremely beneficial to the Chu brothers. Now that Master Liu is so anxious, I think this clue is quite serious. The Hong family is unwilling to make things worse so as not to be unfavorable to them. If you can grit your teeth and hold on at this time, the chance of being acquitted is quite great. Take a step back and say that even if you cannot be acquitted, with the ability of the Dingwang Mansion, since you have taken action, the matter will not worsen. Unless your husband and others are really guilty, you will continue to investigate and be caught by someone. This is another matter."

"My husband is a good person, and his parents-in-law are also law-abiding people. It is impossible for people to catch them." Meng Si said this very firmly.

"Then what are you afraid of?" Mrs. Meng laughed, "This is good news, you should be happy. Master Liu should not answer anything. If they come and ask again, you will say that you believe that the prefect will handle it impartially."

Meng Si wrote down what Mrs. Meng said one by one and asked again: "Should the little aunt say thank you?"

"No, don't go." Mrs. Meng said immediately, "Your aunt is not happy with disturbing people. I really want to thank you. I will go there after nothing happened. The case has not been concluded. Now you have climbed the door of the Ding Palace and let people see it and say something."

When Meng Si heard Mrs. Meng say this, she naturally didn't dare to go again. In addition, she was also afraid of this princess and aunt from the bottom of her heart. She only felt that if this princess and aunt didn't like anyone, her method would definitely be better than her legitimate mother, Mi. Mi's strength was only on the surface, but she was just a few beats, and the princess and aunt couldn't say it.

Since she was here, Meng Si talked to Mrs. Meng, she went to the inner courtyard to see Meng Nian. Since Meng Nian returned from Meng Yan last time, she has been living in Mrs. Meng’s house. The Chu family was in trouble. Meng Nian was afraid of scaring her. These things were kept hidden from her and even the servants did not dare to talk too much. Therefore, she didn’t know that such a thing happened to her sister’s house, so she kept thinking about going back to see her sister.

...

On the other side of the government office, when Zhu Yinggang heard Master Liu’s retelling, his head hurt again.

Before, the Chu family came to beg for every possible reason, but he avoided it. Judging from the attitude of the Chu family, he only wanted to save his life. However, unexpectedly, after just a few days this time, the wind direction changed slightly, and the Chu family became tough and was not satisfied with the sentence for several years of exile. It seemed that he had to be acquitted.

This is really difficult for him. To be honest, the clues dug by Captain Zhang are not enough to acquit the Chu brothers. Even if it can be proved that Hong Zhihao's death was caused by taking medicine, the Chu family was not at all wrong.

How did he answer the Hong family?

Master Liu next to him, seeing the adults so upset, couldn't help but remind him: "Sir, the Hong family is so eager to close the case. Is it because Mr. Hong took some medicine?"

The young masters of aristocratic families have some hobbies, which is not a novelty in the city. If there are too many young masters who eat this kind of food, they will spread it out, but they will be laughed at by others. The Hong family is not the kind of scholarly family that has to be famous. How could the enemy who kills his son pay for his life because of this?

Zhu Ying also felt strange when he woke up the dreamer.

Yes, just a few testimony from the pharmacy shop's shop is not enough to conclude that Mr. Hong was killed by taking medicine. What is the Hong family afraid of? Is there anything else?

Just as I was thinking about it, the drum in the government office was ringed.

Someone beats the drum and shouts for justice. The drums in this government office are not something that anyone can beat if they want. Unless the case is serious, they cannot beat the drums for neighborhood conflicts and stealing small matters. They can only submit complaints first. If the case is urgent and serious, they can beat the drums, otherwise they can despise the court and beat dozens of big boards.

Now this is so urgent that the yamen runners have not stopped it. Obviously, the case is serious, so Zhu Ying, as the parent official, immediately put down the matter and changed into an official uniform and went to the hall.

The one who kneeled down at the hall was a girl dressed in green clothes and combed with a bun, obviously dressed as a little maid from a wealthy family. She had a beautiful face and was about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Zhu Ying slapped the gavel and shouted according to the procedure: "Who is kneeling in the hall?"

The girl heard a hawk sound. The yamen runners standing on both sides shouted in unison again. They were so scared that they trembled all over, their lips trembled, and they couldn't speak for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhu Ying didn't feel good about shouting anymore. He eased his tone a little and asked again: "Who are you and who are you going to sue?"

"I, I, Xiaoxia... no... no, it's not a lawsuit." Xiaoxia shivered for a long time, but still couldn't say a single word.

Zhu Ying frowned and said, "If you don't complain, why do you hit the drum? This drum must have a major grievance to hit. You were going to hit the board when you hit it randomly. It depends on you, a little girl, who is still young. Forget it this time, you go back."

"No..." Xiaoxia shouted.

Master Liu stepped forward and advised, "Girl, this complaint is not a trivial matter. If you are bullied by someone, you should contact the Lizheng to mediate. Don't go to court at any time. You can handle all kinds of troubles every day, so don't bother him with small matters."

"I, I want to help you." Xiaoxia finally said a complete sentence.

Master Liu first glanced at Zhu Ying, who was above him, and then asked kindly: "Help, who will save?"

Xiaoxia said, "I'm asking you to save my servant and my servant's grandmother."

Hearing that it was a life lawsuit, Zhu Ying didn't dare to be careless. He wanted to take a photo of the gavel and asked, but he was afraid that he would scare the girl. She shivered for a long time and couldn't speak, so she suppressed her temper and signaled Master Liu to continue asking.

Master Liu asked again: "Who are you, who is your grandmother?"

Xiaoxia said: "I, Xiaoxia, and my grandmother, are the servants of the Hong family."

When the Hong family heard that the surname was Hong, Zhu Ying's eyelids jumped again.

Could it be that Hong Daotai’s family that he has caused him the most headache recently?

Master Liu saw that Zhu Ying's face was very bad in the hall, and he thought of the crux of the problem and asked hurriedly: "Well, let me explain it clearly?"

Xiaoxia said: "Our master is the Taoist platform in Yongchun Lane, west of the city."

Zhu Ying's face turned completely dark, and he was really afraid of anything he wanted.

This matter cannot be interrogated in court, so as not to ask for any difficult safety. So he ordered someone to take Xiaoxia to the inner room, and he and Master Zhu interrogated together.

The results of the interrogation shocked Zhu Ying.

Previous questions were completely answered.

No wonder the Hong family is so anxious to close the case, it turns out that the inside story is actually like this.

Although Xiaoxia only knows a little bit, since Zhu Ying is a veteran in case-breaking and has been investigating this case for a long time, there are only a few questions that have not been cleared. Now Xiaoxia knows just answers his questions and makes him string together the matter.

According to Xiaoxia, her grandmother, Ma Ma, heard Mrs. Hong tell Mrs. Hong that Mrs. Hong used a medicine called Gujing Bolan, and said that Mrs. Hong was related to the death of Miss Hu Qi.

Zhu Ying also heard a little about the death of Miss Seven of the Hu family. Although the Hu family did not report the case, some rumors still came to his ears. However, he did not want to be troublesome. Judging from his years of experience in handling the case, Miss Seven was indeed a secret child. As for whether he committed suicide with shyness or the Hu family wanted Miss Seven to die in order to cover up the ugliness, he could not judge for a while.

What Xiaoxia said now is exactly what it is.

He could infer that Miss Hu Qi's belly was made bigger by the playboy Hong Zhihao, and her brother-in-law and sister-in-law were always easier to succeed than ordinary people.

There is no need to investigate the details in the middle. Anyway, one is a girl who is not married, and whether she is drugged or not, Hong Zhihao cannot escape the crime of seduction.

This is not the most serious now. According to Xiaoxia, Mrs. Hong Ershen first whispered a few words in Mrs. Hong's ear, and Mrs. Hong fainted immediately. It can be seen that there is something more serious about the later part than seducing Miss Hu Qi.

As for what it is, there is no need to investigate now. Xiaoxia's grandmother and Ma Ma were suspicious because she heard what Mrs. Hong said in her ear.

Xiaoxia escaped overnight, worried that her grandmother could only come to the yamen to beat the drum and complain.

The case is not complicated. The servant knew the owner's secret and was silenced, and then escaped. If it were ordinary people, their lives were at stake. Even if the servant who sold his body could not help but kill him at will, warn him to not be too ugly in his work.

But what happened later was too terrifying.

Zhu Ying didn't know what to do for a moment.

When he was struggling, the yamen runners came to report that it was Hong's mansion who sent someone to come, saying that the government wanted to help arrest a fugitive slave.

Zhu Ying looked at Xiaoxia who was trembling with fear on the ground. It would definitely be inappropriate to hand over the Hong family like this, but what should we do to stay? Should we continue to investigate the case in this case?

I am afraid that if I continue to investigate, the matters that will be even more terrifying. It cannot be solved by him, a little Yancheng Prefecture.

"Master, why not let the students go out and explore the Hong family's to see what they want?" Master Liu asked tentatively.

"I have to do this." Zhu Ying sighed and told Master Liu, "I warn the people of the Hong family first, and tell them not to do anything randomly. At the foot of the emperor, human life is not so easy to say, and it is impossible to lose it."

"Yes, Master." Master Liu said and retreated.

Zhu Ying ordered a female yamen runner to take Xiaoxia down first, take strict supervision, and deal with this matter later.

After that, he waited for news from Master Liu.

It took a long time before Master Liu came back.

As soon as he came back, he handed Zhu Ying a thick red envelope and whispered: "Master, this is what the Hong family says is filial to the master."

When Zhu Ying opened it, he couldn't help but be shocked again. It was a large stack of silver notes, which was as large as 10,000 taels. For a maid, it was too big.

With such a large amount of silver notes, Zhu Ying felt even more like he was holding a hot potato, but he couldn't just throw it away.

But if he can firmly sit in the position of Yancheng Prefecture, he naturally knows what money can be collected and what money can not be collected. Now this matter is too difficult and he can't make a decision easily.

The Chu brothers' life lawsuit has not been resolved yet, and something happened to the Hong family, which really made him a headache. This incident was even bigger than another incident.
Chapter completed!