"I want to see who is the bold one."
On the 16th, rush with others.
"General's wife, young master, something indecent may appear later." Xiaoyaozi reminded.
Xiao Luolan and Xiao Qingxue followed Zhou Shiliu and heard the laughter coming from the back hall of the temple.
After a while, a Taoist priest appeared running wildly in the snow. He was wearing only a summer gown. His expression was crazy and his skin was red. When he saw the person coming, he continued running as if he hadn't seen him.
Zhou Shiliu roared angrily: "Throw them into the lake to wake up." The servant behind him dropped the running people into the lake like dumplings.
The further back you go, the more unsightly it becomes.
When they arrived at an open-air pavilion, they saw a disheveled Taoist priest refining elixirs.
"Qiu Shanzi, come here! What's going on here!" Zhou Shiliu said angrily, anger at being deceived ignited in his heart.
Xiaoyaozi looked at the Taoist priest and found that he had no impression of him, but the pill he made... Xiaoyaozi stepped forward, picked up a red pill and looked at it carefully, then smelled it, and his expression became serious.
Qiu Shanzi's hair was disheveled, his face was red, and his eyes were staring straight at the woman who suddenly came in. The strangeness of his body could be seen in the loose clothes.
Zhou Shiliu kicked the man to the ground with a livid face. The servants rushed forward and tied him up. Xiao Qingxue stepped forward and kicked him hard several times and spit several times.
Xiao Luolan frowned and pursed her lips tightly. This Immortal Taoist Temple is really a place where evil and evil people hide evil.
"Let's go find my cousin."
On Saturday, I took people to find my cousin.
In the clean living room, Xiao Luolan saw Zhou Xing, the third son of Zhou Sweden, a man who had been cultivating in the Changsheng Taoist Temple all year round. He was lying on the bed, with Five Stone Powder and some red pills on the small table next to him. The man's face His face was green and white, his lips were black, and his body was so weak that he seemed about to ascend to heaven.
"Sixteen, why are you here?" Zhou Xing sat up weakly, feeling frightened and angry. At the same time, his eyes couldn't help but stare at the beautiful girl who came in and the plump woman next to her, with a look of lewdness on her face.
Xiao Qingxue's face suddenly turned red with anger, and she really wanted to slap him.
Xiao Luolan's expression was slightly cold. Due to his health, Zhou Xing had never seen them before.
Zhou Shiliu emphasized: "Uncle, I came to visit you and saw Qiu Shanzi and a group of Taoist priests in the temple going crazy after eating five stones. They didn't even wear any clothes and ran around in the temple." Zhou Shi said How could Liu have the nerve to compete in a competition to see which Taoist could refine the elixir better? Today, his face had been completely humiliated by that Qiu Shanzi.
Zhou Xing said impatiently: "That's it after taking Wu Shi Powder. I'll be fine after running for a while."
"Is this how Qiu Shanzi healed you?" Zhou Shiliu said angrily, "I will tell my third uncle when she comes back."
Zhou Xing waved his hand weakly: "Okay, you go quickly, I want to rest."
Zhou Shiliu was about to say something, but Xiaoyaozi suddenly stepped forward and picked up a red pill on the plate.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Xing immediately grabbed the old Taoist's hand, panting heavily and looking even worse.
Xiaoyaozi waved away the man's bony hand, looked around his pale and lifeless face, and said slowly: "Isn't the red pill you take called Sanyuan Pill?"
Zhou Xing looked at the Taoist gloomily.
Xiaoyaozi crushed the red pill: "Sanyuan Pill, also known as Red Lead Golden Pill, is made from the menstrual blood of a pure virgin during menarche. This menstrual blood is called "congenital red lead", plus the first drop of dew in the middle of the night and ebony and other medicines, and is boiled After seven times, it becomes a medicinal syrup, which is made by adding ginseng, autumn stone, human milk, Chenzhou cinnabar, rosin and other medicines."
Xiao Luolan's eyes widened slightly, and Xiao Qingxue was even dumbfounded. She and her mother looked at each other, and finally knew what the beggars who were sent to the Taoist temple were being used for.
Everyone present was shocked, Zhou Shiliu looked at his uncle in shock.
"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Zhou Xing's cheekbones turned red, and he was as angry as a gossamer.
Xiao Luolan took a gentle breath and said to Dongxue: "Take someone to look inside the temple to see if there are any young children."
Zhou Xing looked at the woman, his eyes instantly turned sinister.
Xiao Qingxue whipped out her whip and threatened: "Try to look at my mother again!"
On the 16th, he looked at his aunt and then at Mrs. Xiao, then he asked in hindsight: "What child?"
Xiao Qingxue was very disgusted with Zhou Xing now, and said angrily: "You will know later."
A quarter of an hour later, Dongxue and her guards found five or six good-looking girls and boys and brought them to the mistress.
Xiao Luolan looked at the group of skinny children and saw that they were hiding together in fear and said softly: "Don't be afraid, you are safe."
"Are you sick? You don't even want to eat." Xiao Qingxue angrily wanted to catch this man and beat him severely.
"Young master, you are wrong. They give you food." Xiaoyaozi said after checking the group of children: "But in order to maintain purity, these children must first be good-looking. They do not eat whole grains and drink dew every day. Eat flowers and occasionally drink goat and cow milk, especially for girls. They should be carefully and intensively raised, and when the red pills are ready, use medicine to encourage them."
"Is there anyone else?" Xiao Luolan counted the number of children and found that the number of children was wrong. According to the Beggar Clan, it was at least ten.
"Others are starving to death." One of the girls said weakly.
After hearing this, Xiao Luolan felt dizzy and felt like she was starving to death.
"Sixteen! Kill them!" Zhou Xing suddenly roared, coughing non-stop.
Zhou Sixteen was terrified, what the hell is my uncle going crazy about? Is your brain damaged if you don’t go out all year round? Yes, he had never met his aunt at all, and he had never told his cousin their identities. Of course, he didn't know how terrifying this sentence was.
"Sixteen, hurry up!" Zhou Xing knew that once these people went out, his death would come, so he put his only hope in Sixteen.
Zhou Shiliu looked pale, took a step back, and saw Dongxue staring at him coldly behind him.
Zhou Shiliu shook his head vigorously: "No, uncle, you, please plead guilty quickly."
"Sixteen!" Zhou Xing was so angry that he vomited out a mouthful of blood. He lay on the edge of the bed and kept vomiting blood.
Xiao Qingxue frowned and looked at him.
Xiaoyaozi shook his head: "His body is already at the end of its strength, and he is only a hair away from death."
Xiao Qingxue said coldly: "If this kind of person dies, he will die. I will inform Judge Xu and Dou Tuiguan to deal with it."
Just when she turned around, no one expected that Zhou Xinghui, who was seriously ill, would suddenly pounce on Xiao Qingxue. Unfortunately, people who have been sick for a long time are slow to move. Xiao Qingxue practiced archery and martial arts with Master Lei Ge. Although her skills were not as good as her brother's, she still It is also much more sensitive than ordinary people.
She turned sideways, but Zhou Xing didn't hit anyone and fell heavily to the ground. Xiao Qingxue's eyes sharpened and she kicked Zhou Xing's hand away with her long legs. Zhou Xing's eyeballs protruded and he gasped. The dagger clattered to the ground and gradually stopped moving.
"Qingxue, are you okay?" Xiao Luolan ran to her daughter and nervously touched her, her heart pounding in fear.
"Ah!" A scream sounded at the door.
Dongxue restrained the woman standing at the door, and the guards of the Zhou Mansion had already surrounded the mistress and the young master.
"Okay! Okay!" Mrs. Gan looked at her son who fell on the ground in disbelief, and burst into tears. This well-maintained woman suddenly seemed to have aged dozens of years, and screamed: "You guys Kill me!"
"Third uncle." Zhou Shiliu called out, then looked at his uncle on the ground who had a ferocious expression but his eyes were frozen. He was frightened by this turn of events.
"Ms. Xiao, as the mother of a clan, you actually allowed your daughter to kill my son. I won't let you go. Your daughter must pay for my son's life! Pay her life!" Mrs. Gan yelled like a madman, baring her teeth and claws, losing her son. The heart-pounding pain made her lose her mind.
Xiao Luolan turned to look at her and said in a cold voice: "Shut up."
"Your daughter is a murderer, fierce...!" Mrs. Gan's mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth and she couldn't make a sound. She frantically wanted to run to her son. The son she had raised carefully for more than 20 years was actually dead? Gan couldn't accept this fact.
Xiao Luolan held her daughter's hand and found her staring blankly at Zhou Xing on the ground.
Xiao Qingxue really didn't expect Zhou Xing to die. She just kicked his hand because he had a dagger in his hand, but he died just after she kicked him...
"Sixteen, you go and send someone to inform Judge Xu and Dou Tuiguan that they are coming, and then you stay here to seal off the Changsheng Taoist Temple. No one is allowed to run away. Uncle Sun from my house will come with another witness. Then you Just give the witness to Judge Xu and the others." Xiao Luolan looked at Zhou Shiliu.
Zhou Liu was all excited: "Okay, aunt." He secretly looked at his aunt, and found that this aunt, who was always known for her gentleness, seemed to have a layer of broken ice hidden in her spring-like eyes, although she still spoke like that. The words were gentle, but they made Zhou Shiliu feel a little cold.
Xiao Luolan held her daughter's hand and led her away from here. When she passed Gan's family, she paused.
"My daughter is not a murderer."
She paused and looked directly at Mrs. Gan.
"Your son is."
After saying that, Mrs. Gan ignored the anger and left here.
Inside the carriage.
Xiao Luolan touched her daughter's hair and hugged her gently: "Don't be afraid, mom is here."
Xiao Qingxue looked up at her mother-in-law, her eyes a little red, with great grievance and panic: "I just saw that he had a dagger in his hand, so I kicked his hand."
"I know." Xiao Luolan kissed her daughter: "I know, you don't have to be afraid."
After returning home, Xiao Luolan asked Uncle Sun to take Xiaoqi to the Changsheng Taoist Temple, and by the way, he told what happened in the Changsheng Taoist Temple.
After Uncle Sun retired, Xiao Luolan stayed with his daughter.
It was already late at night when Zhou Shenzhi heard the news that his sister was a murderer.
Most of the Zhou family also knew what happened in Changsheng Taoist Temple.
Zhou Wenwei's third son, who was suffering from illness, died.
Lian Shiqing arrived at Zhou's residence immediately. Along with him were Judge Xu, Tuiguan Dou and their superiors. Judge Zhou Sweden and his wife Gan, as well as the children of Zhou Sweden's ex-wife. His eldest son and some people from the Zhou family.
Zhou Shenzhi sat below his mother, with his sister next to him.
Xiao Qingxue was no longer so scared after being comforted by her mother all afternoon.
Xiao Luolan looked at the Zhou family: "I wonder what's the reason for you guys coming here late at night?"
On the other side, in the dark night, Langge's city gate was illuminated by the distant fire dragon, and the twelve city gates were opened one after another.
Zhou Xu and his party returned to Langge covered in wind and snow.
Zhou Bin and Zhou Luo glanced at their third uncle. Zhou Suiwei lowered the corners of his lips and said in a deep voice: "As the legal official of Langge Mansion, I failed to notice the illegal things happening in the family house, which caused Xing'er to go astray. It’s my fault.”
"Qiu Shanzi and others in the temple have all confessed their guilt and will be punished today."
"Xing'er is dead." Zhou Sweden finished speaking tremblingly, and then added: "But before Xing'er was sentenced to death, someone secretly took action to let Xing'er die. After inspection, it was found that there was a bruise on the right wrist of Xing'er's body. , it was Miss Xiao who did it. Xing'er's body has always been weak and he couldn't be surprised, frightened or hurt. This behavior of Miss Xiao was a major cause of Xing'er's death from heart palpitations. I dare to ask Miss Xiao if she is guilty."
There was silence in the hall.
Xiao Luolan sat upright at the head of the table and said softly: "Of course my son is not guilty. My son intended to kill us, mother and daughter, so that he could keep his mouth shut. He first encouraged Shiliu to fail, and then he did it himself and fell out of bed. During this period, no one touched him. .”
"My son hid the dagger in his sleeve and wanted to kill me. My son had no choice but to hurt me in order to protect me. What crime could she have committed?"
"Okay! Miss Xiao's filial piety is really touching." Lian Shiqing was the first to stand up: "I remember the laws of Da Chu. The humble man kills the noble man for no reason and beheads him! That week, he tried to assassinate him three times and four times. General’s wife, this is very bad. I think not only the Taoist gang should be punished, but also those who slandered Mrs. Xiao, insulted the general’s wife, and the Gan family who bought and sold beggars, as well as the official of the court who neglected their duties, should also be severely punished. Punishment, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public."
Judge Xu and Tuiguan Dou looked at each other. Tuiguan Dou stood up and said, "I think Lord Lian is right."
No one in the Zhou family said anything.
Zhou Bin said: "The case just came out today, and there may be some things that haven't been clarified yet. It's better to wait until everything is clarified in a few days, and then we can discuss it."
Mrs. Gan looked at their and Xini's attitude, stood up, and said angrily: "Don't you think Mrs. Xiao needs no punishment at all for killing my son?"
"Third uncle, please be careful what you say. The matter has not been fully investigated yet. Maybe my cousin accidentally fell off the bed and died," Zhou Shenzhi said.
Zhou Xu looked at the large number of Zhou family carriages at the door and raised his eyebrows.
