At dawn, a Yao was practicing cooking in the yard. The rude knock on the door attracted her attention.
"Open the door!"
"What''s going on? There should be no one at this time... "Ah Yao looked around, but she saw her face pale and hurried here, as if jackals, tigers and leopards were chasing after her. Seeing her was like finding a backbone.
The aunt grabbed ah Yao''s hands and panicked: "Miss Yao Zhu, the big thing is bad! There are many officers and soldiers outside. The roll call is to find the moon watching girl. I think they are vicious and bad... Ah, what should we do now? Should we inform the girl to leave and avoid the limelight? "
A Yao was frightened. The pain in her hand made her realize that aunt was obviously more flustered than her. She patted aunt''s hand and comforted her in turn: "don''t be nervous, aunt. Officers, soldiers and yamen have always been reckless. Maybe it''s not a bad thing. Go have a cup of tea and calm down. I''ll ask."
A Yao''s smile seemed calm. Looking at her smile, the aunt felt relieved. Compared with the little girl, she was really too flustered. She smiled and said, "OK, let me have a glass of water?"
She nodded with a smile. The aunt was terrified. As she walked, she talked to herself about what had just happened.
There was almost a sound of smashing the door outside. The neighborhood must have been awakened. No wonder aunt was distracted. Ah Yao''s heartbeat missed a few beats with the sound of smashing the door outside the door. She quickly opened the small window for dialogue with the door outside and asked, "brother Cha, what''s up?"
"Upon the order of the county magistrate, come and hold the murder suspect Wangyue pending trial. Don''t stop him." The constable glanced at ah Yao and saw that he had changed a child. His tone slowed down a little and came straight to the point to show his intention.
A Yao''s brain went blank for a moment.
What''s going on?
Back to her mind, her mind was full of confusion, filled the whole brain, and even she couldn''t make a sound.
The constable obviously began to be impatient and warned: "if you don''t open the door again, don''t blame us for smashing the door!"
A Yao pinched herself hard and found her voice: "brother Cha, please wait outside the door. I''ll invite Shifu here. After all, the family are women''s dependents, so it''s inconvenient to open the door."
"You''d better not lie to me, otherwise..."
As soon as a Yao closed the small window and turned around, she was startled. Wangyue stood behind her, dressed simply, with only two silver hairpins in her bun. A bean green jade bracelet could be seen under her sleeve. These jewelry would not appear on Wangyue at ordinary times.
"Master Wangyue..."
"You and the bird''s nest take good care of the house. I''ll be right back."
The master and apprentice spoke in unison.
But the dress of looking at the moon clearly anticipates that he may not come back. A Yao''s eyes turned red and she didn''t believe that Wangyue would be directly involved in the murder“ What the hell is going on? "
The moon shook her head: "I don''t know, darling. Maybe it''s the past to ask."
Wangyue followed the constable and the Yamen to leave.
"We can''t wait to die!" The bird''s nest stood in the back with red eyes. She was well dressed. "I''ll go to the Yamen to see if I can find out any news."
"I''ll go too!"
There were so many people in front of the Yamen that the deceased''s family sounded the drum of grievance early in the morning and cried every person. They asked the magistrate to find out the truth and severely punish the murderer.
Relying on their small size, a Yao and the bird''s nest went to the front of the crowd. They heard the "insider" describe it vividly with others, saying that the rich businessman surnamed Zhou died of horse wind, and another said that he died of food poisoning, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
The magistrate of the county hasn''t arrived yet. It should be a few weeks. The family members are crying in mourning. The stretcher is put aside and covered with white cloth. It is probably the dead.
The sky was bright, the mirror hung high in the hall, and the magistrate came late.
When the Yamen guards shouted silence and clapped with alarm, the onlookers gradually stopped talking.
The county magistrate routinely asked who was under the hall and what he was doing to beat the drum and complain about his grievance.
"I am the wife of Zhou Qing, the head of the Zhou family in Taoli lane. My surname is Yu. The deceased is my husband Zhou Qing. I want to sue the cook for poisoning the moon and intentional murder! " Zhou Yu spoke with certainty.
There was an uproar under the hall.
Who is Wangyue? What big families are concerned about is that the daughter of the imperial chef of the former dynasty has a great reputation. Her beauty, the high price of inviting her to dinner, and her matching cooking skills. Nanxun is almost a legend. There are talks everywhere.
Such a person poisoned and murdered a man?
Of course, there are many people who don''t know who the moon watcher is. When they hear someone explain, they also shout - they have to save a long time for her to cook a meal. It''s dowry money, bride price money, or coffin book. A cook can get so much money!
The magistrate of the county suddenly patted a startled tree and scared the melon eating people into silence. He was very satisfied with the effect and then asked, "Zhou Yu, what evidence do you have for this? A cook was poisoned by his reputation. "
Zhou Yu pondered, then gnashed his teeth and resented. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, "of course I have evidence. My husband has been coveting Wangyue and wants to marry her home to be his ninth aunt. This time Wangyue was invited to a banquet. At the banquet, the husband was unfaithful to her, so there was such a disaster. "
A Yao was stunned.
The bird''s nest clenched its fists, clenched its teeth and roared in a low voice, suppressing its anger: "she''s nonsense! And slander the girl''s innocence! "
A Yao then reacted. Zhou Yu''s last words were misleading and gave others a preconceived impression: Zhou Qing was lustful and cheated on the moon and poisoned the moon to revenge him; If they say that moon watching is innocent, they may get another argument. Because moon watching doesn''t follow, they are likely to give him some color, but unexpectedly, Zhou Qing lost his life.
This poisonous woman!
When she didn''t understand, ah Yao only felt that Zhou Yu dared to talk about his family''s ugliness in court. When she learned that there was another meaning, she was as angry as the bird''s nest.
The magistrate took his time: "well... What you said is reasonable, but it''s just one side of your story. What evidence do you have is that you poisoned the moon?"
Zhou Yu opened the white cloth and said, "look, my Lord! My husband''s lips are black. It seems that he is poisoned. Yesterday he had a banquet and came back well. He couldn''t do it in the middle of the night. He vomited all over the ground and had abdominal pain. Finally, he went in a hurry before the doctor came... "
The more he said, the more sad he became. He wiped his tears and cried silently.
The magistrate of the county could not see a woman crying, especially Zhou Yu''s appearance was correct, probably because his mother had some information and spoke in an orderly manner. When he cried, he saw clear tears and didn''t shout, which made people pity.
"Don''t cry, come on, spread it!"
He came up to do a simple examination of the body and said, "Lord Hui, the body of the deceased was not damaged. There was wine in his mouth. He died of poisoning. As for what poison he was poisoned, further detailed examination is needed."
Zhou Yu was excited: "look, sir, what I said is not wrong? It''s the poison under the moon! "
"Be quiet!" The magistrate photographed a startling tree and said, "look at the moon."
Under the heads of the people, Wangyue was brought in.
"She''s so beautiful. No wonder Zhou Qing wants to marry her as his ninth aunt. If it''s me, I want to!"
"You? Take a pee and see what you look like. You can''t dream of you. According to me, it''s romantic to be a ghost under the peony flower, ha ha ha. "
"Hahaha, yes... Ouch, daughter-in-law, light my ears! I didn''t, I swear I didn''t! "
Ah Yao trembled with anger: "shut up! Don''t talk about my master! "
"Oh, little girl, she looks very smart. She has a good eye for looking at the moon. My mouth is long on me. I can say whatever I like. What can you do, learn to watch the moon and poison it? "
They were like Zhou Yu, who had long condemned Wangyue.
"My master is devoted to food and cooking. She worships the kitchen god, and the food worshipped by the kitchen god is never vague. She will never poison the food! There are gods in the first three feet. If you talk nonsense, sooner or later misfortune will come out of your mouth and there will be retribution! "