However, Xue Pan returned to the Rongguo Mansion without leaving his soul. He walked a hundred steps towards Xue Pan's yard, and then suddenly remembered that his mother was still resting in the guest house.

So he hurriedly changed direction.

When he arrived at the guest house, he saw Xue Baoqin taking the stewardess beside his mother and asking about everything along the way. He pointed to the room and asked, "Has mother fallen asleep?"

"I just fell asleep not long ago."

Baoqin stood up and said, "After taking the doctor's medicine, my complexion is obviously much better at night."

After saying that, he asked again: "Brother, why did you come back at this time? Do you want someone to send you a bowl of sobering soup?"

Not wanting to disturb Mrs. Xue Er who was lying in bed, everyone simply kept Baoqin in the dark. Therefore, Baoqin thought that his brother had just come back from the Grand View Garden.

"No need."

Xue Biao waved his hand and glanced sideways at the woman in charge. The woman immediately understood and found a reason to leave.

After she left, Xue Biao sat down opposite his sister, and while pouring himself a drink, he told everything that happened that night.

When Xue Baoqin heard that the old lady of the Mei family was poisoned and killed by Mei Baosen, she couldn't help but be dumbfounded for a moment.

Later, I heard that Jiao Shun tricked Ma Baosen into writing a letter to his family, but took the opportunity to let his brother extract the words from the letter and forge a brief confession, which ultimately sealed the victory. I couldn't help but praise Jiao Shun.

But when Xue Biao heard his sister praise Jiao Shun, he was on pins and needles but hesitated to speak.

He deliberately wanted to tell his sister about Mrs. Mei, so that her sister would stop having those unwanted thoughts.

But after all, this matter is not 100% confirmed yet. Maybe Brother Jiao has come out a long time ago, or maybe he refused out of hand?

Besides, Brother Jiao has helped the Xue family so much. The reason why he went to the Mei family today was because he was busy with the Xue family's affairs.

Now that I am not completely sure, I can't wait to criticize his character in front of my sister. If I wrongly blame Brother Jiao, wouldn't it be...

"What's wrong, brother?"

Xue Baoqin also discovered his brother's weirdness at this time, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is there something hidden here?"

"No, no."

Xue Biao hesitated for a moment, but in the end he still did not reveal the truth. He just sighed and said: "Alas, the capital is the most kind place under the emperor's feet. I never thought that such a thing could happen!"

Xue Baoqin only thought that his brother was talking about Ma Baosen, and sighed: "Now it seems that I have to thank the Mei family for their support, otherwise if I marry such a beast, life will be worse than death!"

After a pause, he added: "But the one we should really be grateful to is Brother Jiao. If he hadn't come forward many times, how could it be possible... By the way, how was this matter resolved in the end?"

Hearing his sister mention Jiao Shun again, Xue Biao felt as if he was constipated. Fortunately, he changed the topic in the end so that he wouldn't spill the beans on impulse.

"Is this... Brother Jiao and I naturally hope that Mei Baosen can be punished, but Jia Yucun is worried that it will cause trouble and affect the opinions of the civil servants in the court, so we want to suppress this matter -

—If nothing else happens, the decision will probably be made tomorrow."

…………

Third watch, Mei Mansion.

Because they were sticky with sweat from inside to outside, the newly minted adulterous couple had to use the white cloth spread on the mat as a towel, and wipe all the traces on the floor, wall, and table of the altar.

Go and finally throw it into the brazier and burn it.

In addition, incense, candles, paper money and other items were already burning in the mourning hall, which could barely cover up the atmosphere left by this fierce battle.

As soon as she finished packing, before Mrs. Mei, who was exhausted physically and mentally, could take a breath, she was picked up by Jiao Shun and placed on his lap.

Mrs. Mei was shocked, thinking that Jiao Shun was going to return again, and was about to beg for mercy, but she heard Jiao Shun ask: "Have you thought about how to deal with Mei Guangyan when she comes back?"

"this……"

Mrs. Mei has lost her soul several times just now, how can she still think about this?

But now when I heard Jiao Shun mentioning her husband, I felt ashamed and ashamed and didn't know what to do.

Thinking of her husband repeatedly scolding Jiao Shun for being cunning, she simply kicked the ball back and asked weakly: "You, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Mr. Jiao really had the intention of returning to the show. After all, taboos make people restrained until they are broken, but once they are broken, they always make people want to stop.

But he didn't dare to stay at Mei's house for a long time, so he managed to calm down and shared the story he had just made up with Mrs. Mei.

After the explanation was complete, he asked Mrs. Mei to clear the way, and took advantage of the night to escape through the back door of Mei Mansion.

Let’s not mention where Jiao Shun went.

However, Mrs. Mei returned to the mourning hall and tried her best to fill in the gaps again. After confirming that there were no traces left, she couldn't bear the sleepiness, so she leaned against the wall and fell asleep.

Since she had been given the order long ago, the servants at home did not dare to disturb her, so she slept until three o'clock in the morning - if not for the sudden heartbreaking cry outside the mourning hall, she might have been able to sleep all the time.

to noon.

"Mother, mother, mother!"

Awakened by the heartbreaking sound, Mrs. Mei immediately recognized that it was her husband's voice. She was so excited that she quickly stood up holding the wall.

Before they could go out to welcome him, Mei Guangyan stumbled in, fell to his knees and cried bitterly.

Mrs. Mei was extremely flustered at this moment.

Who would have thought that the husband would be released so soon?

Although she has reconciled her confession with Jiao Shun, the problem is that Mei Baosen, who is imprisoned in Shuntian Mansion, still doesn't know this part. If her son's side is completely inconsistent, won't it make her husband suspicious?

Fortunately, Mei Guangyan almost fainted from crying, but he didn't notice anything strange about her, and gave her time to calm down.

Mrs. Mei finally suppressed the panic in her heart, stepped forward to help her husband, and comforted her softly: "My condolences, sir, please take care of yourself."

Mei Guangyan struggled and kowtowed twice more, then staggered up and motioned to his wife to help him go to the coffin to admire his mother's appearance.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Mei's feet were two beats slower than his. In the end, Mei Guangyan

He simply threw away Mrs. Mei, rushed to the coffin, looked at her mother lying inside, and burst into tears again.

Seeing that she no longer had to go to the coffin, Mrs. Mei felt a little relieved. Her mother-in-law's body was still cold, and she did such a thing in front of her body. Although the purpose was to preserve the only flesh and blood of the Mei family, she still had no shame or courage.

Let’s go see my mother-in-law’s appearance again.

Mei Guangyan cried so hard that her voice became hoarse, and then she suddenly remembered to ask about the cause of her mother's death, so she turned around and gritted her teeth and said, "When I left in the afternoon, my mother was clearly fine, so why did she suddenly pass away at night?!"

Even though Mrs. Mei had been prepared, her heart was still beating wildly.

So he subconsciously asked instead of answering: "Why was the master released so quickly?"

Mei Guangyan raised her chin slightly: "Master, I was originally called for questioning. I heard about my mother early this morning. Mother... I was forced to die in Zhao Prison, so I was naturally released!"

Although it was inappropriate for the time, he was still quite proud when he said that he was facing death.

After saying that, he kept asking about the cause of his mother's death.

After this respite, Mrs. Mei finally adjusted her mentality. According to the words Jiao Shun taught her last night, she said sadly: "Old lady, the old lady actually committed suicide by taking poison."

"how come?!"

"After the master was taken away yesterday, I don't know who told the old lady about it. As a result, the old lady heard that he had gone to Zhao Prison and thought that the master must be unjust, so..."

Hearing this, Mei Guangyan felt as if she had been struck by lightning, staggered half a step back, threw herself on the coffin and cried loudly: "Mother, mother, it was I who harmed you, it was I who harmed you!"

After crying for a few times, he suddenly stood up and pointed at his wife and cursed: "How did you, a cheap servant, get a job? How could you let people come and gossip in front of the old lady!"

Mrs. Mei quickly knelt down and said, "Thousands of mistakes are all my fault. If I hadn't been so confused because of the master's affairs, the old lady would not have committed suicide by taking poison, and Baosen would not have fallen into the hands of Shuntian Mansion!"

"Baosen fell into the hands of Shuntian Mansion?"

Mei Guangyan's brows were almost twisted into a Sichuan shape. It was only then that he realized that his son was not at home, and he immediately wondered: "What does this have to do with Baosen?"

"After all, the old lady died of poisoning, so I didn't dare to say anything. Unexpectedly, Baosen secretly went to sue the Xue family, saying that the old lady died of fright, but somehow he was alarmed.

Xue family, they came to Yin Jiayu Village of Shuntian Prefecture to investigate the case."

"Because it was found that the old lady died of poisoning, the son of the Xue family insisted that someone deliberately poisoned her to kill her, and deliberately framed the Xue family. I can't defend myself..."

"Idiot, idiot, what an idiot!"

When Mei Guangyan first heard that his son had framed the Xue family, he was secretly happy that his son had obtained three parts of his true heritage and was so quick-witted.

Later, I heard that the Xue family took the handle and beat him up, and I immediately started to think that the father of a tiger would have a son of a dog, and I hated the fact that iron cannot become steel.

After scolding his son several times, he asked again: "It was obvious that my mother committed suicide by taking poison, so why can't you defend yourself?"

"Because I really can't tell where the old lady got the poison."

Mrs. Mei wiped away her tears and cried: "But the Xue boy grabbed this one and wouldn't let go, so I..."

When Mei Guangyan heard this, he also wondered where the poison the old lady used to commit suicide came from, but his wife had already told her in advance that she was unclear about this matter, so he was naturally unable to ask further due to his preconceptions.

Finally, he just gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and said: "Check, we must check clearly!"

With that said, he would call the housekeeper to come in and assign tasks.

"Sir, wait a minute!"

Mrs. Mei quickly stopped him: "If Master Yin Jia of Shuntian Prefecture hadn't wanted to make things worse last night and had a fight with the Xue family boy, Bao Sen and I would have been taken to Shuntian Prefecture for detention.

——Baosen is still being held in Shuntian Mansion now. If the master makes a grand inquiry as soon as he comes back, Mr. Jia’s side..."

With that said, he repeated what Jia Yucun said yesterday, and slightly changed Xue Biao's attitude, saying that he strongly demanded a strict investigation of the case. Because the two had different opinions, they chose to put it on hold last night.

As for Jiao's existence, she completely concealed it.

After Mei Guangyan listened, it took him a long time to figure out why Jia Yucun was unwilling to dig deeper into the matter, so he hurriedly said: "In that case, I will go visit Jia Yucun and explain my interests face to face, so as not to

He was bewitched by the son of the Xue family and blamed your mother and son for his mother's death!"

Obviously, he had no doubts about his mother's theory that she committed suicide. After all, Mrs. Mei had always been filial to her parents-in-law and had never been disobedient.

And he never expected that after his son was stimulated by the ups and downs, he would actually have the idea of ​​killing his parents!

When she heard that Mei Guangyan was going to Shuntian Prefecture to meet Jia Yucun, Mrs. Mei's heart, which had finally calmed down, suddenly became agitated. She blurted out without thinking, "I'm going too!"

"what are you going to do?"

Mei Guangyan glared at his wife, then pointed at his mother's coffin and said, "There must be someone to host your mother's funeral. You stay at home..."

"master!"

If he had not confessed to his son in advance, once Jia Yucun released him, the matter would have been unstoppable - depending on the husband's obsessive filial piety towards his mother-in-law, it was possible that he might have killed the traitor on the spot!

So Mrs. Mei had no choice but to bite the bullet and said first: "I really can't worry about Baosen, not to mention that the old lady always loves him the most. If we can take him back as soon as possible to keep him at the funeral, the old lady knows what's going on, so I can probably go more safely."

"this……"

Although Mei Guangyan still felt that his wife should stay and watch the funeral, seeing her restless look, he finally nodded and said, "That's alright, then you can come with me."

After the two agreed, Mei Guangyan first put on mourning at home, and then rushed to Shuntian Mansion with his wife.

When he arrived at the entrance of Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Mei Guangyan announced his name in front of the door, and soon someone took him in.

Mrs. Mei, who had been spying on the carriage, saw this and hurriedly got out of the carriage. She stepped forward to introduce herself and expressed her hope to see her son.

Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper didn't know who Ma Baosen was, and he refused to agree no matter how much Mrs. Mei begged.

After a long time, Mrs. Mei became anxious and finally realized that the other party wanted to extort some money. However, she was in a hurry when she came, and she didn't know much about the rules at the yamen door, so she didn't have any money with her.

.

After asking several servants and women accompanying him, I could only collect a few taels of silver.

As a result, the doorman looked contemptuous and didn't even bother to look at the broken silver.

What to do about this?!

If you can't see your son before your husband does, then everything will be...

As they were wandering around anxiously, they suddenly saw a guard coming out, pointing at Mrs. Mei and whispering to the gatekeeper.

After hearing this, the gatekeeper immediately turned sideways and said, "Then just lead her in."

Although Mrs. Mei didn't know the reason, she didn't want to think too much at this time and hurriedly followed the new Yamen servant into the Yamen.

After entering the door, she asked nervously: "What does my master mean by letting me in?"

The yamen servant didn't answer, and just said that he would know when he got to the place.

Mrs. Mei had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow him.

Unexpectedly, because I was in a trance, after turning around a moon gate, the government servant was nowhere to be seen!

Mrs. Mei was so anxious that she took a few steps forward and looked around. She wanted to call out but didn't dare. She wanted to go back but was unwilling to do so.

When I was in a dilemma, I was suddenly hugged from behind.

Mrs. Mei was surprised and was about to struggle when she heard a familiar voice from behind: "Are you looking for me, madam?"

But if it’s not Jiao, who else could it be?

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