Peach concubine

Xiao Jingmo pulled Bai Qi: "Yuhe, you have to help me."

Bai Qi glanced at him indifferently, as if he didn't understand why Xiao Jingmo still interfered in the affairs of Jian's family: "You and him have already broken up, you must know that no matter what you do for him, he will not accept your favor. Even so, you still insist on intervening?" Bai Qi asked back, feeling a little unbelievable to himself: "When did the Xiao Jingmo I know become so reckless?"

"Don't make me happy just now." Xiao Jingmo stared at him dumbfounded, the worry between his brows turned into two frowning brows: "I know he doesn't want to accept my love, but I can't look at him , Just ruined like this." He looked at Bai Qi with an extremely serious expression: "Yuhe, do you know? I really don't want to part with it."

Bai Qi sighed lightly, and the handsome man who looked like a jade tree came to mind. He never thought it would be such a person, who tied Xiao Jingmo's wavering heart firmly.

"You also know that I don't dare to use my own strength. If there is a slight disturbance, the man in Jingli will know about it. Although I didn't do anything against him, I don't want him to know about my involvement with Ruolin. Now I can only count on you, there are only two trusted shadow guards around me, it is really limited."

It was finally the first time that Xiao Jingmo asked him for help, Bai Qi teased him fiercely, after all, he would not leave him alone.

"Okay, this matter seems absurd, but in fact, it is quite straightforward. It is almost inseparable. It is the frame-up of colleagues. As long as you check the servants in Liufang Pavilion one by one, you can probably find out some of them. The clues are coming." Bai Qi analyzed it clearly and said: "Don't be too impatient, nothing will happen to your heart."

Once Xiao Jingmo and Bai Qi stepped in, things became much easier.

The two went to Liufang Pavilion first, and then went straight to the workshop to have a look. Uncle Qi led the two of them and explained the process and steps of making incense powder while leading the way.Generally speaking, Jian Ruolin usually does all the preliminary preparations such as material selection and recipes. Of course, in the process, there are still special servants to perform tasks such as grinding pollen and extracting flower liquid.

Xiao Jingmo checked all the staff in the cabinet, thinking that he could always find some clues, but he didn't want to check hundreds of people, and none of them was suspicious.Whether it's an old man who has stayed in the pavilion for a long time, or a person with a honest temperament and a pure background, he can't find a reason to betray Liufang Pavilion and frame Jian Ruolin.

Although the Liufangge family is the only one in the incense powder shop in Suzhou City, its incense powder is expensive after all, it can be regarded as a top luxury, even the most common incense powder, ordinary people can barely afford it.Therefore, there must be other incense powder shops with lower prices than Liufang Pavilion, even if the business is in a downturn, they can still compete with Liufang Pavilion.It's just that these shops don't look like they would take action against Liufang Pavilion.

It doesn't work right or left, and can't find the source, Xiao Jingmo thinks that Jian Ruolin is still staying in the government prison, and he can't help but feel more and more headaches.

Talking about both sides, Jian Ruolin was locked up a few days ago, then shackled her hands and feet, and put her in a prison.

The shackles were made of fine steel, strong and heavy, shrunk on a pair of slender wrists, and the skin was worn out the first day.With shackles wrapped around her, Jian Ruolin couldn't move even a little.Although he was suspected of making poisonous incense powder and killed people, he has not yet been tried in court, and he has not yet been convicted. How can he be treated like a serious criminal?

However, Jian Ruolin has an extremely easy-going and indifferent temperament, even if she has doubts in her heart, she just hides it and doesn't ask.So he just endured it blindly, and didn't want to cause more troubles. Anyway, he was honest and clear in his heart, and he was not afraid of those crimes he wanted to commit.

The prison is dark and damp, not to mention the shabby environment, there are many mosquitoes, snakes and ants, Jian Ruolin loves cleaning since she was a child, how can she endure such suffering.In addition, the prison food is even more humble, after a few days, it can be described as miserable, and even faintly hope that the official will bring him to court earlier, so as to avoid this living crime.

After going through this for a few days, finally in the middle of the night, when Jian Ruolin curled up on the stone bed in a daze, she was pushed and dragged out of the cell. He was dragged to the torture room.

Jian Ruolin looked at the instruments of torture hanging all over the walls, as well as the suspicious mottled marks of dark red and rust on the ground, the drowsiness had already gone away.Looking up again, there is a person sitting on the grand master's chair behind the criminal case, hidden in the shadows and can't see the description clearly, but next to him, there is a line of yamen servants, looking at the formation, it is a bit bluffing.

"Who is below? Report your name."

Jian Ruolin was escorted to kneel early in the morning, she frowned slightly, and replied: "Jian Ruolin, a grassroots man."

"Liufang Pavilion is in your charge?"

"Yes."

"Are you guilty?"

"The grassroots ask themselves that they have not violated the laws of the country, so they don't know what crime they have committed."

The firewood was beeping, beeping, and in the silence, the gavel tree took a heavy shot: "Bold and unreasonable, the incense powder you made has been proven to be poisonous. Now more innocent women are dying because of the incense powder you made , You still dare to make up excuses to make excuses, and you still don’t tell the truth!" After finishing speaking, he slapped the gavel again, and the heavy sound shook his eardrums.

"My lord, please be careful, the incense powder produced by Liufang Pavilion is absolutely impossible to be poisonous, there must be something strange about this..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by someone: "There is no need to quibble, you must have been careless for a while, and mixed poisonous substances into the incense powder. Although it was an unintentional mistake, it will eventually kill people. Do you dare to deny it?! "

With each sentence, Jian Ruolin gradually got some clues. It seemed that the man's interrogation was more about imposing charges and forcing him to confess.Thinking carefully in her heart, she couldn't grasp the source again. Why did he insist on pleading guilty, and why did he involve human life and fall to this point? Jian Ruolin was also puzzled at this moment.

After thinking about it, I wanted to defend myself again, but I swallowed the words again, and finally decided to keep silent.

The interrogator didn't respond, and his tone gradually became a little bit annoyed: "Do you think that if you don't speak, this officer will have nothing to do with you? If you don't confess, this officer will have to torture you!"

Jian Ruolin finally couldn't help it, and when she raised her head, her anger was a little aggressive, her eyes were like lightning, and she looked directly at the person in the dark above: "The trial of a life lawsuit should be held according to the law, and the people are allowed to watch outside the yamen. Now my lord is being interrogated at Kui Ye, and the punishment is severe, dare to ask my lord, which law of the dynasty is it based on?!"

The man was speechless at his words, and after a while he pointed at him angrily, gritted his teeth and said two words: "Slap! If you dare to offend me, give me a slap."

After receiving the order, the criminal officer took the bamboo board to Jian Ruolin, and hit it hard a few times, only to hear the crackling sound of the bamboo board hitting the flesh, and Jian Ruolin's delicate and handsome face was beaten red and swollen. A few bloodshots appeared from the corner of the mouth, and the cheeks were swollen, showing a miserable appearance for no reason.

Jian Ruolin gritted her teeth in pain, and waited for the executioner to twitch a few more times, the man was satisfied, and waved his hand to signal the executioner to back down.

"I don't want to embarrass you. What did you do? Hurry up and call it out. You and I can save some trouble, right?"

Jian Ruolin's lips were as pale as blood, but her eyes were still sharp, she just stared at the person above without saying a word.On the contrary, it was the man who was terrified by Jian Ruolin's frank and meaningless eyes, and reprimanded him sternly. Seeing that Jian Ruolin still refused to let go, he was annoyed, but suddenly had a flash of inspiration and smiled coldly.

The man was dressed in an official robe, and when he walked up to Jian Ruolin, he clings to his right hand, pinching it one finger at a time and kneading it repeatedly.Jian Ruolin wanted to pull it back, but was pinned down by the yamen servants on both sides, so she could only let those hands caress her fingers and palms inexplicably.

After a while, I heard the man say in a regretful tone: "What a pair of skillful hands for milling powder and grinding incense. It would be a pity if they are useless?" complexion.

The pen of a literati, the feet of a dancer; the sword of a knight, the throat of a singer... They are all the same in essence, they are things that transcend life.

As for Jian Ruolin, these hands are equivalent to his life, and even have a meaning beyond life.

He heard the man say two words coldly: "Finger." His body trembled involuntarily.

(Han Yue babbles: swipe fingers, swipe fingers again, how much I like swipe fingers... I'm embarrassed...)

Then he was pressed, and his hands were forced to spread out and put into the torture tool.It doesn't feel good to have your fingers pinched by hard wood, Jian Ruolin was a little helpless and frightened, she raised her head to look at the condescending person.

"You know you're afraid? Hurry up and admit it, and you won't have to suffer this flesh and blood."

How can I not be afraid, persistence and integrity are one thing, but the pain from hitting the body is another.

"Well, do you recognize it or not?"

Jian Ruolin clenched her lower lip.

"Execution!"

"Don't..." The word with a trembling sound just blurted out.

The man seemed confident, and continued to press: "Then let's recruit?"

Jian Ruolin said, "No. I didn't do it."

The man's face darkened, and he refused to pester him any more: "Hmph, I won't cry if I don't see the coffin. I don't need torture!"

With an order, the tendon ropes on both sides were tightened, and the wooden stick was tightened, and it was clamped on the flesh and blood.In the severe pain, Jian Ruolin seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking, screamed several times, and finally couldn't hold on and passed out.

Xiao Jingmo's right eyelid suddenly twitched violently, without warning.

Bai Qi on the side only said to himself: "I have already checked, and there is an extra flavor of 'Qi Luo Xiang' in the poisonous incense powder, which is also non-toxic in the first place, but it is mixed with the spices in the formula, and it is not poisonous. It will change the properties of the medicine, ranging from erythema on the face to redness, swelling and ulceration. This 'Qi Luo Xiang' is a rare spice, and the number of people who can buy it is limited. There are no more than three shops in Suzhou City that supply it. Touch this Check the source and find out who bought this spice recently, and you should be able to find out who is behind the scenes." Bai Qi analyzed earlier and asserted that someone must have bought people in the cabinet and mixed poisonous substances into the raw materials of the spice powder with the intention of Framed.Although the purpose has not been clarified, it cannot escape the planning of someone behind the scenes.

It's just that the two of them were a little restrained because of their privacy, so after this action, it would take a few more days to say the least.However, the anxiety in Xiao Jingmo's heart was getting stronger day by day. When he thought of Jian Ruolin's unknown situation in prison, he couldn't calm down. In addition, the results of the investigation were slow, and the anxiety became more and more unbearable.

Bai Qi continued: "As for the Liufang Pavilion, there must be an inner ghost, otherwise there is no reason, where did the extra 'Qiluoxiang' come from in the incense powder? Although the newly recruited servants had been checked once, But in terms of suspicion, they are still the biggest. Let me think about it... Those who can do this don't need to have much power and seniority in the cabinet, the less conspicuous the better... That's right, those little boys who offer incense! Before Didn’t you check them out? It’s time to figure out who’s the ghost…”

He was babbling with Xiao Jingmo, when he heard the sound of objects falling to the ground outside the door, he rushed out without thinking: "Who is outside?"

Xiao Jingmo was vigilant, and followed him out, but saw a little servant boy who dropped a jar and was busy picking up the pieces, his face was pale and pale from fright or something.

As soon as he saw two people approaching, he turned around and ran as if he was frightened, but unexpectedly bumped into them.

That person was a leader of the Liufang Pavilion. He looked at the little boy and scolded him, "Why are you still so frizzy? You bumped into the second master last time. This time, you look like a ghost again. Turn your head carefully. Skinned you!"

The little boy didn't know if he listened to Guan Ling's words, he just kept his head down and ran away.

Guan Ling cursed and cursed, turned around and saw Bai Qi and Xiao Jingmo who were standing there, smiled embarrassedly, and said: "Xiao Ding is too shy of strangers, he has been like this since he was a child, the two masters laughed at him."

Bai Qi smiled and said, "It's okay." Looking at the debris on the ground that hadn't been cleared up in time: "That child, is his name Xiao Ding?"

"Well, it's the child of my distant relative's family. The family is not good. He came out to work at a young age. I looked pitiful, so I brought him in and gave him some work."

Bai Qi listened quietly, a little light flashed in her long and narrow eyes.

After the accident in Liufang Pavilion, there were not many things to be busy with.Before the sun sank, Xiao Ding finished the odd jobs at hand and returned to his room.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a man sitting in the middle of the room──Bai Qi.

He didn't listen to his feet, and was about to run away, but he held back. He subconsciously took a few steps back and called out timidly, "Master Bai? Why are you here?"

"I have nothing to do, just look around. In the morning, I didn't know that you were outside the door. It might have scared you, and you left before I could say sorry. Now come to see you, is it okay? "

Xiao Ding didn't know what he could say, so he could only respond: "I, no, nothing."

Bai Qi smiled like a wind: "Of course you're fine. If there's something else, it's your son, isn't it?"

After all, he was still a child, unable to hide his emotions, his face turned pale in an instant, and he looked extremely guilty.

"Isn't your son a very good person to treat servants? You don't have the slightest airs, you give a lot of salary, and even the place of residence is so detailed. How many people have sharpened their heads and want to work in Liufang Pavilion..." Bai Qi said There are a bunch of them, all of which are Jian Ruolin's various benefits and generous attitude. After she finished speaking, she paused and fixed her eyes on Xiao Ding, but said: "Why do you have the heart to sell your son? "

Xiao Ding was told the secret in his heart. In shock, his legs trembled and he staggered a few steps. The whole person seemed to be extremely frightened, even his lips were trembling, and he could only say over and over again: "No, it's not me... …not me……"

Bai Qi's words reminded Xiao Ding of the day when he bumped into Jian Ruolin recklessly and was reprimanded by the supervisor, but his young master was not angry at all, he pulled him silently with a smile and asked if he was hurt.He could still remember that kind and gentle tone of voice.Thinking about it, I couldn't help but covered my face and burst into tears.

"Xiao Ding doesn't want to harm the young master, I don't want to... woo..."

From behind him, Xiao Jingmo and the leader who were hiding in the dark came out, and Bai Qi also pushed the door out, looking at Xiao Ding who was sobbing.

That Guan Ling couldn't help it first, and he stepped forward to comfort and blamed: "Master, you are very kind to us, how can you...you are really ignorant! You are so confused!"

After finally waiting for him to stop crying, he heard him say in his sobbing voice: "Father lost a lot of money in gambling, mother is sick, and debt collectors keep coming to the house to make trouble. Our family really has no money. There is no way..."

It turned out that Xiaoding's biological father was a gambler, and after he owed debts, his family felt restless.

When Xiaoding's family was desperate, someone suddenly appeared and gave him a large sum of money, which was not only enough to pay off the debt, but even more than enough.Of course, the condition is that Xiao Ding is in Liufang Pavilion, looking for an opportunity to mix the contents of the small medicine bag into the raw materials of the incense powder.That day, Xiao Ding finally made up his mind to sprinkle the medicine, but in a panic, he bumped into Jian Ruolin who happened to be in a trance.I have never met the young master before, and I never knew that he was such a kind and gentle person. After Xiaoding escaped, he also hesitated and struggled, wondering whether he should do such a thing.But the family's situation is really difficult. Without that money, how can they survive.In the end, he gritted his teeth and did the thing of no return.

"Why didn't you tell me what happened to your family?!" Guan Ling became anxious immediately after hearing this.

Xiao Ding knew he was wrong, lowered his head and his eyes were red, and said softly: "Mother said that you have helped our family too much, so I can't, I can't trouble you anymore."

"Then you do such unconscionable things? How did your mother teach you!"

In a word, Xiao Ding's eyes filled with tears again and again.

"Who is the person who gave you the money, do you know?" It was Xiao Jingmo who asked.

Xiao Ding shook his head: "I don't know, but I don't seem to be a local from the accent." After answering, as if thinking of something, he went to the back room to search for a while, and came out with a cloth bag: "He gave this to me."

Both Bai Qi and Xiao Jingmo are people who know the goods, and they can tell that the bag is made of fine and expensive materials. Ordinary people would not use such a bag to store things.Open it again, there are still a few ingots of broken silver inside, but the amount is not much.

Xiao Ding blushed at this time and said: "Most of the money was used to pay off the debts of my father, and some was used by my mother when she saw a doctor. Now there is only this little left." The child was exposed. From now on, she has been ashamed all the time, clenching her teeth with her head down, showing a bit of annoyance and grievance, which is quite pitiful.

Xiao Jingmo and Bai Qi also understood Xiao Ding's difficulties, and did not add any censure.

On the contrary, it is the person who gave Xiaoding the money, what purpose did he really have to care about carefully.

It's just that there is neither a feud nor a business dispute, so why that person behaved like this is really puzzling.