Shang Ruyi looked at him for a while and said, "You are quite stubborn."
"..."
"It's a pity that others are so stubborn because they are innocent, but you are so stubborn because you are trying to quibble. Anyway, let you understand clearly. After all, I have two pieces of evidence in my hands."
Hearing what she said, everyone present was shocked.
Aunt Hui said hurriedly: "Yes, which two?"
While they were talking, Yu Wenye calmly winked at Mu Xian who had stepped aside. Mu Xian understood and immediately stepped back carefully. At the same time, Shang Ruyi had already said: "Actually, I am sure that... He was the one who crossed the kiln cup because of the date on the list."
"date?"
Aunt Hui was shocked when she saw it, and Hu Hua's face suddenly changed.
Shang Ruyi said calmly: "On the day the Yue Kiln Cup was stolen, Chang Wan was imprisoned in the woodshed, so the pawnshop matter naturally had nothing to do with her; and from that day on, only the people from your waiter would go out; at the same time, I asked She I ordered all the back doors and side doors of the Duke's Mansion to be closed, and only allowed you to enter and exit through the side door, so I clearly remember all the people who come in and out."
"On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, you took your food box and went to Tinghe Tower to get refreshments; on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, it was you who went; on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was Chen He; on the twenty-ninth lunar month, it was Li Sande... Hu Hua, but also Can I make it clearer?"
Hu Hua's face gradually lost color, almost starting from his neck and turning white inch by inch.
He looked at Shang Ruyi, then at Aunt Hui, and then at the Duke, who had remained calm all this time. His legs were already shaking like a pipa string, but he still insisted on saying: "But, even if I go out that day, Why do you think the young one must have taken something? There are so many guests coming and going, maybe it’s someone from another family—someone else brought here?”
Shang Ruyi said: "We have reached this point, and you still want to accuse others falsely?"
Hu Hua frowned and said, "Little, little man is innocent."
Shang Ruyi shook his head in disappointment: "When the word "innocent" came out of your mouth, I was really tainted."
After saying that, she sneered and said, "Actually, I just need to send someone to invite the Dengfeng's court official and ask him to recognize him and the matter can be settled."
Hu Hua immediately showed a look of horror.
However, Shang Ruyi raised his head and glanced at the sky outside and said, "It's just that it's getting late now and it's so cold, so I don't want to abandon the near and seek the far away. Have you forgotten that even if you are pawned as a cup, you will definitely be pawned as a ticket I'm afraid it will be ruined by you, but you won't ruin the money you've earned."
Hu Hua's face suddenly turned pale.
Before he could argue, Mu Xian's heavy footsteps were heard outside again, this time more urgently.
I saw him striding in from the outside with a cloth bag in his hand, and put the things directly on the table: "The Duke, the Second Young Master, the Young Madam, these are the things that my subordinates just found in Hu Hua's house. , a bag of thirty taels of silver, a sling of money and some loose money."
As soon as Yu Wenyuan saw the thirty taels of silver, his face immediately darkened: "Humph!"
At this time, Hu Hua had no excuse. He was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed to them repeatedly: "My lord, please forgive me, please spare this villain this time!"...
How could Yu Wenyuan pay attention to him? Only Shang Ruyi said coldly: "Hu Hua, you don't do the good work of the waiter, but you want to steal things, and you stole them at the madam's funeral. What you stole was the leopard left by the madam." Yao Bei, you want to put the blame on Chang Wan, who serves the madam, are you too courageous or too dark-hearted, do you intend to make the madam’s soul in heaven uneasy?!”
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of some people in the dining room changed drastically.
Yu Wenyuan said angrily: "Pull it down!"
Seeing that Mu Xian was about to come around and catch him, Hu Hua was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed like garlic. He burst into tears and begged desperately for mercy: "My lord, spare your life. Madam, please spare me!"
Shang Ruyi winked at Mu Xian to tell him to slow down, and said coldly: "I made it clear just now. I had done this earlier. I just surrendered and kicked him out of the house; but I still don't admit that I stole something." , that means being determined to be a thief. Since he is a thief, these forty boards
But you can't run away. When I was being beaten, I thought clearly in my mind whether I would dare to steal again in the future! "
She deliberately emphasized the word "steal" and stared at Hu Hua with burning eyes.
At this time, Hu Hua also panicked and hurriedly said: "Young Madam, I, I, the little man, just took out the things, I am not the one who stole them!"
As soon as he said this, someone in the crowd immediately panicked.
The noble uncle took a step forward and said, "Well, Hu Hua, do you still want to talk nonsense at this time?"
Seeing him standing up on his own, Shang Ruyi showed a disdainful sneer on his face. Yu Wenyuan also frowned and looked at him. Uncle Gui suddenly came to his senses, but before he had time to react, Hu Hua had already Wiping away the snot and tears on his face, he turned to point at him and said, "It was obvious that you had secreted something, and you were afraid that the young lady would come to search for it, so you asked me to take the opportunity of going to Tinghe Tower to get snacks to give the cup away. Throw it away."
With that said, he turned to Shang Ruyi: "Young Madam, I can swear to God that I really didn't steal anything. It was your uncle who stole it!"
Uncle Gui pointed at him with a ferocious look and yelled: "You are so slanderous!"
Hu Hua didn't bother with him anymore and just said to Shang Ruyi: "Young madam, I really didn't steal the things. The villain is just greedy for money. Your uncle took the cup and asked me to take the opportunity to send it out of the house and throw it away. Don't Let the people in the house see it, and give the villain a small amount of money. The villain, the villain is really confused..."
Shang Ruyi glanced at the sling of money and other loose money in the cloth bag, sneered and shook his head.
She looked up at Uncle Gui, who was obviously in a panic, and said, "This cup has only passed through the hands of three people - you, Hu Hua, and Chang Wan. Now that Chang Wan has been proven innocent, what about her It’s just believable. Do you remember what Chang Wan said that day?”
"...!?"
The noble uncle was stunned.
Shang Ruyi sneered and said: "Chang Wan made it very clear. The cup was taken back and handed over to your hands for you to enter into the book. But you insisted on saying that there was no such thing. This is obviously false. Compare it to Hu Hua If so, it will be obvious.”
"..."
"You decided to slander Chang Wan from the beginning, so when the things were handed over to you, you were not included in the register. When the incident came to light, you heard that I was going to raid the house for this cup. In order to protect yourself, you had no choice but to destroy the cup. We can’t leave traces in the mansion, so we asked Hu Hua to take the opportunity of listening to Helou to send the cup out of the mansion, so that you can sit back and relax.”….
At this point, her words suddenly stopped.
Everyone in the dining hall felt their breath stagnate. Shang Ruyi turned to Yu Wenyuan and said, "Dad, let me decide how to handle this matter."
Yu Wenyuan's face was serious. He only glanced at the noble uncle coldly and said, "Drive him out of the mansion. Pay off his salary. From now on, he is not allowed to come even half a step closer to the Duke's mansion!"
Uncle Gui knelt on the ground with a thud: "My lord."
Yu Wenyuan seemed to not want to see him again, so he stood up and walked out. Shang Ruyi also said calmly to Aunt Hui: "Aunt Hui, I will trouble you for your uncle's wages. And Hu Hua That’s right, no need to fight again.”
There was no emotion or anger on Aunt Hui's face, and she said respectfully, "It's my duty."
After saying that, he walked up to Uncle Gui and said, "Follow me."
The noble uncle shrank, got up and left with her, and the rest of the people in the waiter also dispersed.
Shang Ruyi pointed to the silver in the cloth bag on the table and said to Mu Xian: "Take this money and go to Dengfeng again to redeem the cup. Be careful not to break it."
Mu Xian put away the cloth bag and said, "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
There were only three people at the dining room left in the dining room, as well as Tusheer and the others, and the atmosphere suddenly became eerily quiet.
Yu Wenye, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "How can you be sure that he will take the cup to pawn it? What if he is determined to throw it away?"
Shang Ruyi looked back at him and said with a wry smile, "I'm betting too."
"bet?"
"If there are enough people around that day, I will naturally send someone out to follow him.
Grab the bag and get it now. But there are not enough people, so we can only gamble. In fact, if the thing was missing, it might have been stolen by him. But if the thing was stolen, it depends on whether it was recorded in the account, so the problem could only be between Chang Wan and Gui Shu. I deliberately closed the back door and the side door, allowing only the waiter to go out. I only let them use the side door, which gave them a way to force them to handle the cups. "
"Then what?"
"Then, Uncle Gui was afraid and would definitely deal with the cup through this line as soon as possible."
Yu Wenye said: "I still say the same thing, what if Hu Hua must throw away the things?"
Shang Ruyi said: "He didn't steal the thing, but he went to do the finishing work. Obviously someone promised a huge profit. It is conceivable that this person is a greedy person. How could a greedy person leave a huge profit?" Not tempted."
Yu Wenye said: "You mean, that cup?"
Shang Ruyi nodded: "I deliberately brought the cup and I could pawn it for dozens of taels of silver at any pawn shop. How could he not be tempted after hearing this? Even if it wasn't Hu Hua who handled the cup, but once I said it, the cup was there Whoever has it in his hands must be able to understand it.”
"……Um."
"Then I rewarded him with an extra fortune."
"What does this mean?"
"If a person has not tasted good things, good things will not tempt him. He will not be willing to destroy valuable things unless he tastes the sweetness. He got so much money from me and from the people who asked him to do things. , not only will it not satisfy you, it will only make you more unsatisfied - this is the nature of greedy people."
"..."
"In this case, I am sure that he will find a place to pawn the Yue Kiln Cup."
"..."
Yu Wenye looked at her and remained silent.
However, I don't know if it was because of the flickering candlelight opposite, but the light in his eyes flickered. .
Leng Qingshan
