"I didn't run away. I was deeply favored by Madam. Now that Madam died in vain, I just want to seek justice for Madam." At this time, the worried person suddenly became righteous when he spoke.
Jiang Nianjiao didn't know that You Ling had such a deep master-servant affection for Se.
The onlookers in the hall even praised the sad girl as a loyal servant, but said that she was actually a femme fatale.
However, if this You Ling was really a loyal servant, when Yu Se was in custody, this You Ling would not have treated him harshly because he could not leave his mind in the later period.
Jiang Nianjiao was not to be outdone and said, "I didn't see you in the house yesterday. If you really wanted to do this, you should have reported the case when you left the house yesterday, instead of getting up today. I would like to know where you were yesterday?" "
You Ling didn't expect Jiang Nianjiao to ask about this matter. She only glanced at Lu Zhizhang who was standing above her.
Jiang Nianjiao naturally saw all this.
She said that You Lingjuan didn't have the guts to come here to complain. Now that the matter was brought to the government office, it was probably because of Lu Zhizhang's instruction.
Then she quickly thought about what happened yesterday when Lu Zhizhang asked to see her but was rejected by her.
For a time these things only connected into a complete route.
This matter must be related to Lu Zhizhang, but there is no evidence at the moment, and it is difficult for her to accuse.
It was in the lobby at this time. You Ling didn't get any useful words from Lu Zhizhang. She could only grit her teeth and said, "Is this related to the case? You are obviously changing the subject."
Then the worried girl didn't give Jiang Nianjiao a chance to speak. She just pointed at Jiang Nianjiao and said loudly, "Sir, she plotted to kill the mistress. If you don't believe it, you can go find the slave girl and the Hu family doctor who were in Sixin Garden that day. It was the doctor who personally tested the poison."
After receiving such instructions from You Ling, the governor naturally signaled to the people below to invite witnesses from the Jiang family to come over.
Doing this is obviously not good for Jiang Nianjiao.
Soon, the servants who You Ling said about Jiang Jiasi's heart were also interrogated.
As soon as You Ling saw these people appearing, she quickly encouraged everyone to tell the truth and give her justice.
However, these maids and women are still under the contract of selling themselves in Jiang Mansion. Now that Yu Se died, the eldest lady did not drive them out of Jiang Mansion. Instead, she only promised to arrange another place to go. .
They must be crazy to accompany You Ling.
Therefore, when the worried people are agitating, those people just say nothing.
However, in the eyes of the onlookers, it seemed that they were afraid of the powerful and did not dare to tell the truth. For a time, this image of a worried and loyal servant became increasingly rare.
Jiang Nianjiao knew that she could no longer be nice if they got into trouble at this time, so she just said to the women, "It doesn't matter, you can tell the adults what happened the day before yesterday in detail. I am not the murderer, and I also believe that the adults will Know everything clearly."
With Jiang Nianjiao's words, the women dared to tell what happened that day.
Their rhetoric is obviously no different from that of Youling.
The audience was in an uproar for a moment, and they became more and more certain that Jiang Nianjiao was the murderer.
Moreover, in this dynasty where filial piety governs the world, it is so shocking that a woman kills her mother, and it goes beyond the bottom line of people's anger.
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Since ancient times, filial piety has governed the world, and we have never heard of a woman killing her mother! Such snakes and scorpions should be punished with death as a warning to others!"
Then this man's words only instantly ignited the common anger of others, and everyone shouted loudly at the same time, "Death penalty! Capital punishment!"
Cui Qiao, who had already followed, couldn't help but said angrily, "Fuck you!"
Lingying also said loudly, "My lady is not a murderer!"
However, their little voice could not cover up the surging public opinion.
Someone in the audience even threw a pebble-sized pebble at Jiang Nianjiao's back.
Jiang Nianjiao felt a pain in her back. She did not expect that people's anger would be ignited at this moment.
At the same time, the governor in the hall only slapped the alarm again, but still failed to stop the surging public opinion.
Seeing that the order was in chaos, Fu Yin had to retreat and deal with it first.
However, Jiang Nianjiao refused to go down. She struggled to get away from the detained yamen servant. She only whispered, "Brother yamen servant, before you go down, please let me say two things."
sentence. "
Considering this person's identity, the government officials did not forcefully drag her down.
But she only stood up holding on to her beaten back, and then faced the people who were hitting her with things and said loudly, "I have some quarrels with my stepmother, and there are indeed some frictions between us on weekdays, but these frictions are not as big as for me." You want to kill her to vent your anger! The facts are not yet clear! You are calling me a murderer and demanding that I be sentenced to death! Don't I even have a chance to prove myself? Aren't you afraid of being wronged? Or is it your justice? Are you so blind? Or do you mean that your justice is to disregard human life?"
"If that's the case! Just smash me to death today!"
As soon as Jiang Nianjiao finished speaking, another stone hit Jiang Nianjiao's forehead, and her forehead was bleeding profusely.
However, she didn't cover the wound, let alone avoid it. She just stared directly at the people below.
Perhaps they were intimidated by Jiang Nianjiao's momentum, or perhaps Fu Yin finally took control of the situation, and everyone finally fell silent after that.
The governor asked for a later trial, but Jiang Nianjiao refused. She held her breath and said in her heart, "Your Excellency, please wait for a later trial. People here don't know what I will be known for. My reputation is important, not to mention such a bad reputation. I can't do it." I can't afford it! Please at least listen to my defense."
After that, she only said, "You Ling said that I killed my mother, and the reason was simply because of the bowl of bird's nests that I was said to have sent. But I never ordered anyone to send bird's nests. If you don't believe it, you can ask my cook to see. See if I have sent someone to issue such an order?"
At this time, Cui Qiao down there naturally only asked the cook in the back kitchen to come forward to testify.
It was the first time for the cook to go to the Yamen, and she was so nervous that she didn't even dare to raise her head.
She spoke like a mosquito, "That day, the kitchen staff prepared three cups of bird's nests. One cup was sent to Si Xin Yuan in the morning and returned after the meal that day. Madam did not touch a single bite. The other two cups were delivered in the evening. They were sent to the guests in the Qinglan Courtyard and the West Wing respectively. The eldest lady’s bird’s nest was taken back together with the food after the meal, but the bird’s nest of the visitor was not sent back. The bird’s nest that the lady used that night was the same bird’s nest that the lady used that night. It was brought here by a visitor.”
The cook only told the truth about the situation that day, and she seemed to be an honest and tolerant person, so what she said did not arouse people's doubts.
Rather than discussing the truth or falsehood of what the cook said, everyone was obviously more concerned about the guests the cook said.
After all, this visitor is obviously more suspicious than Jiang Nianjiao.
Jiang Nianjiao knew in her heart that if she asked about the guest at this time, the topic would definitely come back to her.
After all, she took the person in, so who can prove that he did not collude with that visitor.
Therefore, after the cook finished speaking, she only took the initiative to explain, "Your Excellency, the visitor is a friend I made in Zhuangzi. Her name is Tsodrup, and she is the girl from Prince Nada's tavern. The day before yesterday, she said that she had met Nada. The prince had a falling out and only asked me to take her in for one night. I took her in out of good intentions, but I didn't expect that after my stepmother's accident, she disappeared in the middle of the night."
"What's missing? Who knows if you might have colluded with them? After all, if your friend hadn't come to deliver bird's nests, nothing would have happened to Madam." You Ling was snatched away by Jiang Nianjiao, but she didn't Ken gave up and continued to slander.
Jiang Nianjiao didn't even look at You Ling. She only reported to the boss, "Although I took her in, I never colluded with her. Everyone around me can testify to this!"
But You Ling followed closely and said, "The people around you depend on you for their livelihood, how credible can what they say be?"
Jiang Nianjiao said, "What they said has no credibility. Is that what you said? You Ling, now that Cuozhu has not been caught and the truth has not come out, why are you so aggressive? Could it be that you don't care about the truth at all, just Want to force me to death?"
Jiang Nianjiao's reversed hat obviously exposed You Ling's true intention. She said emotionally, "I forced you to death? Didn't you force Madam to death first? The truth is so clear, but you still say that the case has not been revealed. I Seeing that you are delaying like this, I am afraid you just want to escape the charges! It is true that you are a young lady from a wealthy family and the daughter of Jiang Xiang. Who dares to offend you? I am just a poor and weak woman, so naturally I can only rely on you. Flatten and round it, but the poor lady can't be punished for her injustice!"
It contains some connotations of Jiang Nianjiao’s life experience, worrying about Ling
Then he started to cry.
Her current performance of such affection and righteousness naturally only made more people fight for her.
The public opinion below only became restless again following this melancholy performance.
The governor was afraid that the same farce would happen again. At Na Lu Zhizhang's reminder, he only said loudly, "The evidence for this matter is not enough yet and needs further confirmation. We will leave the trial here for now and wait for the next day." Once there is definite evidence, we will conduct a second trial.”
After saying this, the governor took Jiang Nianjiao and You Ling into custody without waiting for the other parties to refute.
Jiang Nianjiao has never been to prison. There was a dark atmosphere in the prison. Because there were few windows everywhere, the prison was very dark, and a torch almost had to be set up every other way to illuminate the way forward.
As soon as a person steps into the prison, he seems to be completely isolated from the blue sky and daylight outside.
After handing over to the cell leader, Jiang Nianjiao was pushed into a single cell.
From time to time, people poked their heads into the cage separated by wooden bars, and from time to time, there was a faint sound like a ghost crying or a wolf howling.
Occasionally meeting the eyes of these people, Jiang Nianjiao would have the illusion that she was being stared at by a man-eating jackal.
Their eyes only wandered greedily on Jiang Nianjiao.
Even after the cell leader locked the cell door and left.
One of the men, wearing a gray prison uniform with tangled hair and shackled hands and feet, immediately rushed to the wooden fence facing Jiang Nianjiao with a malicious smile on his face. .
