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Chapter 57

As soon as Bo Ruoyou said this, everyone's expressions changed.

Huo Weilou was thinking about something. When he heard this, he couldn't help but look up at her. Liu Huiniang, who was standing in the hall, looked calm and looked at Bo Ruoyou in surprise. However, soon, she raised her eyebrows and smiled calmly and said, "Miss, don't talk nonsense. The night girl has never been out in the house. Who can she sing if she is not a sing?"

Liu Huiniang smiled faintly on her face, but she still had no fear. Bo Ruoyou said, "Is the one who wrote last night? Did you burn it on the west side of the building?"

Liu Huiniang smiled slightly, and then she understood why they knew Chen Hanmo last night and knew that she could write stories. She smiled, "Story Book? What are the folk girls burning the slogan book?"

Liu Huiniang was obviously not in the air, and Bo Ruoyou said with a sigh: "Because the last story in the book is continued by you, you want to burn this thing, and you think it was Chen Hanmo's book, so you chose Li Yuchang to fall into the river to burn it. You are not worshiping Li Yuchang, you are trying to burn it to Chen Hanmo and tell him that you have avenged him."

Liu Huiniang blinked, "Can the girl tell stories like this? The folk girl really doesn't understand what you are talking about."

Bo Ruoyou was a little embarrassed, and he felt that he could not do anything to Liu Huiniang for a moment. Li Yuchang was dead and no evidence of the murderer was left on the body. Liu Huiniang and Song Meiniang were both determined and not easily recognized.

"The one in your room is Song Meiniang. She sings for you, so that everyone thinks it is you. Most of you have an appointment with Li Yuchang. He went to the west side platform by himself, and you followed him later. When Song Meiniang and Lu Qing made an appointment with Lu Qing, you made an appointment with Li Yuchang before Zishi. In this way, Lu Qing can also testify for Song Meiniang."

Bo Ruoyou hasn't spoken for a long time, so he is just a matter of this. Song Meiniang pretends to be sick to cover up her eyes, but she and Li Yuchang are not close now. On the evening, the two of them made an appointment to go to the tower, which is no more than the love affair with Liu Huiniang. Moreover, Liu Huiniang had already drunk and talked about opera with him first, which attracted Li Yuchang's interest. Therefore, the person who went to the tower should be the best person. Everyone knows that she had a bad relationship with Song Meiniang. Song Meiniang fell into the river and fell seriously ill. Who would have thought that Song Meiniang would be singing opera for her?

Liu Huiniang couldn't help laughing, "Miss, what a clever mind. If this is the case, it would be a perfect situation. But can Song Meiniang still sing it now? If she sings it, why would she be suppressed by me again and again?"

Liu Huiniang's face was gloomy, and Huo Weilou stroked the black jade ring on his knuckles and said, "Lu Qing has said that it is not true that Song Meiniang's throat is falling, but you were taught by Song Meiniang. There are similarities in your singing styles, and most of the operas are clear and bright. Not to mention outsiders, even those in your opera troupe will find it difficult to distinguish."

Liu Huiniang frowned, as if she didn't expect Lu Qing to reveal her flaws, but she was still in a stable manner. "These are just the imaginations of the Marquis and this girl, without any evidence. Even if they say these words to Song Meiniang, I'm afraid that Song Meiniang won't respond. She is ill and dying. She is playing for the folk girl? It's really incredible."

Huo Weilou's eyes were cold and stern, "This dynasty emphasizes the original conviction. Although there is no ironclad evidence, Li Yuchang is now eccentric. You two have many strange behaviors and are the most harmful possible. The government office has the right to arrest and interrogate. You are all weak women. Do you want to go to prison and get a taste of being tortured?"

This sentence made Liu Huiniang look stunned, and Huo Weilou said again: "You don't accept this matter, but Song Meiniang is not as ill as you. Why did she have a murderous intention towards Li Yuchang? Then you should know where her weakness lies."

Liu Huiniang could no longer laugh. She had a slight slightest weighing in her eyes. She lowered her eyes and said, "The young woman doesn't know if she wants to harm the master. The young woman only knows that the young woman has never done anything that harms others."

Huo Weilou stared at her for a moment. Liu Huiniang didn't dare to look at her, but she didn't show any timidity. Soon, Huo Weilou ordered her to retreat.

Seeing Liu Huiniang's back disappear, Bo Ruoyou sighed softly, "If she is thinking about avenging Chen Hanmo, now she is really worried and has no weaknesses to find such a person."

Huo Weilou was not in a hurry, "She has no weaknesses, but Song Meiniang is not."

When Lu Ke heard this, he came forward, "Marty, do you need to use some means?"

Bo Ruoyou hurriedly looked at Huo Weilou when he heard this. Even the people heard about the embroidered clothes. If Huo Weilou was willing, let alone Song Meiniang, even Liu Huiniang could not withstand the sorrow.

Huo Weilou shook his head lightly, "No need." He tapped his knuckles on the arm of the chair twice, "What Song Meiniang wants is actually very simple. Wait for a day. Tonight, I will see her in person. You can send someone to the Chuzhou Prefecture Office to get in and settle the case tomorrow morning."

Changfeng Ferry is located in the territory of Chuzhou. If this case is elsewhere, Huo Weilou may not have any questions. Naturally, it will be handed over to the local government to make a case. When Lu Ke heard this, he felt that Huo Weilou was in control and left immediately.

Bo Ruoyou looked at Huo Weilou, but didn't know what he was going to do. When she noticed her gaze, Huo Weilou stood up and walked out and said, "Song Meiniang has not resisted for many years and said she wanted to redeem herself, but Lu Qing knew that she would not leave the theater. In order to protect her daughter, she wanted to be safe for her daughter."

After Bo Ruoyou followed Huo Weilou to the railing, the ship had stopped not far from the ferry. Jiang Feng raised his robes. Although the two were one step away, Huo Weilou's robe was tied to the same place as her skirt. Bo Ruoyou thought about it and understood the meaning of Huo Weilou.

Eunuch Fu once said, "What kind of death contract is not a dead contract? As long as Huo Weilou opens his mouth, everyone can be free."

She felt that it was quite painful to find evidence in this case, and she had to be severely questioned, and she was also a little bit of arguing. However, if Song Meiniang or Liu Huiniang could admit it herself, it would be very different.

Song Meiniang paved back and forth in the cabin all day long. The food she brought was already cold, but she had no appetite. She was under the care of the embroidered clothes on the second floor. Yueniang was taken away in the morning and was not brought back until sunset. What did Yueniang experience?

The way to harm people on the tower ship is to harm people and not leave evidence is foolproof, but no one expected that there was a noble man like Wu Zhaohou on the Shen family's tower ship. Even if Song Meiniang had a humble status, she knew Wu Zhaohou's reputation. What would her daughter, who was less than twelve years old, experience in the hands of the embroidered clothes that killed people without blinking?

Song Meiniang lived like a year.

The night fell, and the only lamp in her cabin was left with a faint fire. She stood in the room and went to the door several times to inquire, but the embroidered clothes she was guarding made her look cold and could not answer her word. Seeing this, Song Meiniang became more and more afraid. She was bold enough to kill people, just to protect her daughter, but now she has been hindered by her daughter?

Just as Song Meiniang was anxious, Lu Ke arrived.

"Song Meiniang, the Marquis is summoned."

Song Meiniang's eyes were bright. She should have been afraid to see Wu Zhaohou, but at this time she finally met the person in charge, which made her hope. As soon as she went out, she couldn't help but catch Lu Ke, "Sir, how dare you ask, where is Yue Niang?"

She was very anxious, and her voice was not as sluggish as last night. Instead, it seemed as if she had recovered from a serious illness in one day. Lu Ke broke away from her hand, her eyes were cold and cold, and she still didn't say a word. Song Meiniang's heart suddenly sank into the valley. When she went downstairs, she fell twice because her legs and feet were weak.

When he stumbled into the hall on the first floor, he saw Huo Weilou sitting in an ink robe on the main seat. Everyone around him treated him coldly. Although he was not an official court, he was even more nervous and fearful than in the court.

Song Meiniang stepped forward and saluted respectfully, but she couldn't help but sweep her eyes. However, when she looked at it, the hall and the wings were closed, and she had no idea where Yueniang was.

Huo Weilou was not slow, "Are you looking for Yue Niang?"

Song Meiniang was very restrained, but her anxiety still showed from her eyebrows and eyes. Although she was pretending to be sick, she didn't know what method she had used to treat herself. At this moment, her lips were chapped and pale. She really looked seriously ill. She spoke hesitantly and cautiously, and her voice pretended to be hoarse, "Yue Niang is young, and no matter what happens, it has nothing to do with her."

"It's hard for your kind mother to be kind." At this time, Huo Weilou was confident and even cheated of offering sacrifices.

Song Meiniang raised her head in shock, but Huo Weilou did not give her a chance to speak, "You and Yue Niang are both afraid of eating chestnuts. You were injured in singing opera back then and after a year or two, Yue Niang was born at that time. Later, Yue Niang was sent to the theater. You treated her as if you were your own child. Li Yuchang also agreed that this was true. If you and Yue Niang were just masters and apprentices, who would believe it?"

There were many people in Yuchun's class on the building. Song Meiniang knew that those old things could not be hidden, but she didn't want to simply recognize them.

Seeing her pursed her lips and said, Huo Weilou said again: "You conspired with Liu Huiniang, and Liu Huiniang continued "Resurrection" and lured Li Yuchang to sing the last part with her. If Li Yuchang died in the theater, it would definitely cause an uproar. You knew that you were heading north in the morning and thought about committing an offensive on the boat. The boat was fast and temporarily isolated from the shore. If you were lucky, you would be determined to die unexpectedly. Unfortunately, you were a little bit lucky and met this marquis."

Song Meiniang's hands fell in front of her were clenched into fists. She was just worried about Yue Niang, but now that Huo Weilou was exposed, she was even more frightened, but Huo Weilou continued: "That night, you were the one who tempted Li Yuchang to fall down the stairs boat. It was Liu Huiniang."

Song Meiniang shook her body and looked up at Huo Weilou in disbelief. This was the most exquisite trick in their conspiracy. She could never think of how Huo Weilou discovered it.

Huo Weilou looked at her calmly, "You have an affair with Lu Qing and are concerned about Yue Niang. You will never die, but you jumped into the river in front of everyone. The boat was slow that night, and the boatmen were watching the show outside. You know, if you jump down, someone will rescue you immediately, so you took a risk and then became seriously ill, which was expected by everyone, but in fact you were just pretending to be sick."

Song Meiniang looked at Huo Weilou blankly. The calmness in her eyes had already grown into cracks like a broken mirror. Huo Weilou simply said: "The medicine Miss Bo prescribes you is for clearing heat and clearing the orifices, but several of them are toxic. If you are sick, it is a good prescription for curing the disease. If you pretend to be sick, the medicine will make you vomit continuously."

Song Meiniang suddenly understood where she showed her flaws. She clenched her cuffs anxiously, her eyes swaying slightly, as if she was planning something very quickly. At this moment, Huo Weilou said again: "You have a delicate layout and witness each other. If you have to delay, it is not impossible. However, now this situation has been broken, and you will cover it up, it will be futile. This marquis disdain to impose severe punishment measures with you weak women. There are many things in this. When it comes to the three words "sense, reason and law", you have also taken some reason. Therefore, this marquis will give you a little mercy."

He paused slightly, and even Bo Ruoyou looked at him, then saw Huo Weilou, "If you confess truthfully, I will be considered as your own surrender. If I give up, I will be exempted from death sentence and second-class sentence reduction. Yue Niang is still young and is not the main culprit. I will be exempted from her crime and get rid of her slavery. If everything goes well, you will still have the opportunity to reunite in the future."

Song Meiniang's dark eyes lit up suddenly.

Huo Weilou said again, "I only give you a cup of tea to think about it. If I don't know, I will——"

Before Huo Weilou finished speaking, Song Meiniang had already kneeled down with a "thump".

Huo Weilou stopped talking and looked at her leisurely. Song Meiniang breathed rapidly, and her eyes were moved with a little hesitation. Before she could speak, tears had already fallen. Soon, she kowtowed heavily as if she had given up.

"Marty, the young lady is willing to admit it."

The hearts hanging in the room fell to the ground at this time.

Huo Weilou said indifferently: "Say."

Song Meiniang raised her head, her face was wet with tears. When she opened her mouth, her voice also returned to an ordinary and graceful voice.

"A civilian girl entered the theater at the age of seven. At that time, the master saw that the civilian girl was a good seedling, so he gave her all the gifts to the civilian girl. When she was young, her parents died. She was born in a humble family and was originally a maid. Although she was also a slave, she could learn to perform body movements in the Southern Opera. It was really a blessing in my previous life. At that time, the civilian girl was grateful to the master, so the master later asked the civilian girl to commit herself, and the civilian girl had no resentment. And thinking that the master also loved the civilian girl a lot, and the civilian girl would be with her in this life."

"Yue Niang was pregnant for more than a year when the young girl first appeared on stage. Although the young girl got a lot of money on the stage, she was quite happy to know that she was pregnant. But the master was furious. Because once the young girl was pregnant, she could not appear on stage for a year. This really ruined his plan. He liked Southern Opera and even more liked to make his opera troupe dominate the Jiangnan. The young girl was his pillar, but suddenly disappeared for a year. How could he bear it?"

"It was at that time that the young woman was so sad that she had prepared a pill for the young woman. She saved her child because she refused to follow her life. Maybe it was because the young woman did perform very well, so it was also accurate. Later, Yue Niang was born and the young woman was raised for two months and waited for the stage again. Since then, the young woman has made a fortune for him..."

"Later, more young children came to the theater. The folk girls were already desperate at that time. They knew that they would not give the folk girls a title, so they only focused on raising Yue Niang and accepted many apprentices. The folk girls first learned opera only for a living, but later, they realized the beauty of the Southern Opera. All those with some talent in the opera troupe were taught to them. They only hoped that more and more people would sing the Southern Opera, and more and more people listened to the Southern Opera. In recent years, all the female opera actors who appeared on stage were occupied by him, but they were all without names, and some were given to him by him."

"The people are humble and the people they see are poor, and these are nothing, but in the middle of the autumn of last year, Yue Niang tried to sing a "Magpie Bridge Meeting", the people actually saw that he showed such a look at Yue Niang..."

Tears fell like rain, and Song Meiniang's face was filled with sorrow and resentment, which made the bystanders vivid.

"That is his biological daughter. He doesn't like the daughter born to the opera singer. He never wants to recognize Yue Niang. The girl dares not think that the girl can only be Yue Niang's sister and master for the rest of her life. The girl is also willing to let Yue Niang have no father for the rest of her life. So what if we have no father or mother? We poor and humble people have tried our best to survive. What else can we ask for? "

"But no matter what, the girl, you can't look at the beast and touch Yue Niang!" Song Meiniang's eyes were red, and her voice became shrill. "Everyone in the world said that tigers were poisonous and did not eat their children. He knew that Yue Niang was his daughter, but he actually coveted Yue Niang so much..."

"The folk girl will not read it wrong. It was the man's desire to look at him. The folk girl knew at that time that the beast would take Yue Niang sooner or later." Song Meiniang seemed to remember the scene at that time, and her anger and despair were mixed, and her crying became more and more sad.

But suddenly, her crying stopped, her teeth clenched, and a bit of ruthlessness appeared in her eyes, "But Yue Niang is not without her mother. Her mother is with her every day, but she doesn't know it. Her mother's love for her is like any mother in this world, and she can sacrifice her life for her - and only when Li Yuchang dies, can I and her be truly at ease forever."

After saying this, Song Meiniang seemed to think that Li Yuchang was dead. A little pleasure appeared in her eyes. She raised her hand and wiped away the tears from her face. "Hui Niang is the best apprentice I have ever taught. She did not disrespect her teacher. It was me, and I didn't want to sing anymore, so she said that her voice was overturned. Later I found that if I had a feud with her, Li Yuchang would praise her even more, so we simply did something incompatible."

"She was like me. At first, she thought Li Yuchang really loved her, but after seeing her too much, she gave up. Later, she met Chen Hanmo. Chen Hanmo had delayed for a few years. It was Li Yuchang who was angry that he had thought about Hui Niang and asked the doctor to prescribe medicine was just a gesture. After Chen Hanmo moved out of the theater, he cut off his medicine and food. Chen Hanmo almost starved to death during a serious illness..."

"We started planning before the Chinese New Year. Hui Niang and Chen Hanmo learned good handwriting. She continued to write the play and handed it to Li Yuchang. Li Yuchang felt like he was a treasure. When we rehearsed the play, we could sing a play thousands of times. Every hand and eye, every body move will eventually become a habit engraved in our bones. In the early years, I can play the whole show with my eyes closed. There were a few times when I had an accident because I didn't look at the place and I could have such an accident, and Li Yuchang could do it."

"He was happy because the show was not on stage, but he was very happy. But we dared not let him die in our own theater. The park was his confidant, and the local government office was also familiar with his mansion. We were afraid, so when we knew we were going north to take the water route a few years ago, we wanted to kill him on the boat."

"I grew up in a fishing village by the river. I am familiar with water. With my agility and agile body and bones I have learned for many years, I am not afraid of falling into the river at all. Li Yuchang is old and falls into the river after drinking. This is very common. But we didn't expect that there was a marquis on this boat, with so many officials, and this doctor who can check the body..."

Song Meiniang smiled bitterly, "I taught Huiniang. Our singing styles are exactly the same, but now I am a few years older and have less clear colors. But I am familiar with the techniques and I want to learn from her for a moment and I can hardly cover her. I cover her up, and Yueniang covers me up, and we are foolproof..."

At this point, Song Meiniang suddenly changed her expression: "But Yueniang doesn't know so much inside story. Yueniang saw that Li Yuchang was not pure in her. She was just afraid. She treated me as her own sister. She would do whatever I told her to do. She was young and dared not have the intention to kill. Everything was my fault. It was my teaching her."

Song Meiniang kowtowed to the ground, "Everything that the young lady said is true, and I would like to ask the marquis not to deceive the young lady. As long as she can get rid of the slavery for Yue Niang, she will have hope for the rest of her life, even if she does not exempt the criminal punishment for the young lady, she will have no regrets."

Huo Weilou looked at Song Meiniang without saying anything for a moment. His eyes were dark, as if he thought of someone else through Song Meiniang. When Eunuch Fu saw this, he couldn't help calling: "Mr. Marquis—"

Huo Weilou then came back to his senses, "Write down what you said just now, and how you conspired and discussed, and how you acted that night, the more meticulous the better." After saying that, seeing Song Meiniang looking at him begging, Huo Weilou said again: "I will do my word."

Song Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed again to thank her. Seeing her like this, Huo Weilou said again: "Liu Huiniang is not willing to admit it. I will let you persuade her, are you willing?"

Song Meiniang first showed shame, then nodded. Huo Weilou ordered Lu Ke to act. Lu Ke first took Song Meiniang to write down his confession, and then signed the seal, and then went to see Liu Huiniang.

The two met and talked for half an hour. When Song Meiniang came out, Liu Huiniang had changed her previous attitude and was willing to admit it. Huo Weilou did not interrogate her and only asked her to write a confession. It was not until around the hour that the testimony of the two were sent to Huo Weilou's case.

Lu Ke said: "The confession of Song Meiniang and the two of them both wrote that Song Meiniang was the main culprit, while the other two were accomplices. Yue Niang's guilt was minimal."

Huo Weilou glanced at him for a moment and put down his testimony, "No need to investigate it carefully. It is difficult to judge who is more responsible and who is less responsible. They think they have a consensus. They will hand them over to the Chuzhou government tomorrow, and then use this evidence to prove the case."

Lu Ke responded and saw that it was too late, so he stepped down with his confession. Huo Weilou raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. He was about to get up, but he heard a slight sound of footsteps outside the door. The footsteps were walking past his door, but he went to the next door without stopping. Huo Weilou immediately focused his mind and said, "Bo Ruoyou--"

Bo Ruoyou, who was carrying a teapot outside the door, suddenly stamped his feet and looked at the closed door of Huo Weilou. She thought she was hallucinating for a moment. She hesitated for a moment and went forward and knocked on the door, "Is the Marquis calling a resident girl?"

The door was opened soon, and Huo Weilou stood inside the door and asked condescendingly: "Can the verification certificate be written?"

Bo Ruoyou was stunned, "Ah, test the situation..."

Her eyes rolled, as if she wanted to find a remark, but she didn't think about what to say, so she felt guilty, "The marquis had not given instructions, but the girl still... hadn't written yet..."

The autopsy was found in the early morning, and no traces of human murder were found. Later, it was not treated as a murder case. Moreover, these cases were handled in ordinary cases, and they were only written when the case was concluded. After today's interrogation, Huo Weilou only asked Song Meiniang and the other two to write their confessions, and she really forgot.

However, since it was a murder case, she wrote a test certificate and was responsible for her.

Seeing Huo Weilou narrowing his eyes, Bo Ruoyou felt something was wrong, and he moved his cherry lips and wanted to accuse him. However, before she could speak, she heard Huo Weilou say coolly: "Then come in and write, I will watch you write."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Weilou had turned around and entered. Bo Ruoyou looked at his high back and felt that he was worried about being tested by the Master in the school. And now he was not the Master, but Wu Zhaohou, who controlled her future and destiny.
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