People in the lobby had different expressions. Dingguo Gong Xie Heng was expressionless, sitting upright on the chair with a straight posture. Jiang Ningbao at the side poured him a cup of warm tea deftly, and took a sip from the cup himself.
His calm demeanor left everyone present dumbfounded.
Jiang Jin: "..."
Mrs. Dingguo, she... hasn't she eaten dishes with seedless flowers, and there is no anger or fear on her face. Could it be that she has the antidote for seedless flowers
The two old doctors were ecstatic. They knew that the seedless flower had an antidote, but they didn't know the antidote. They wished to ask Mrs. Ding Guogong immediately, but when they saw the indifferent Ding Guogong, the point that had just arisen in their hearts The mind was instantly extinguished.
Maybe wait until Duke Ding finds out the real culprit.
The maid Xiaotao was about to speak when a black-clothed bodyguard suddenly escorted a fat middle-aged man in with a beard on his face. When the fat man came in and saw the battle, his whole body trembled and his legs suddenly knelt down. down.
"Master, this man is Chef Zhao who is new to the kitchen of Changning Bo's Mansion. The few dishes Madam ate with seedless flower powder were made by this man."
The black-clothed personal guard bowed his head and respectfully reported.
Duke Ding's sharp and cold eyes shot directly at Chef Zhao, but his words were bloody and cruel: "If you dare to drug the Duke's wife, you will be punished for the crime. His family members will be arrested and beheaded together."
Zhang's pupils shrank, and she tightly grasped Yang Nanny's hand. When she thought of her natal Dongping uncle's house, the fear in her eyes was fully revealed, and her whole body trembled like a sieve.
She regretted it, really regretted it.
However, it was too late.
Jiang Ningbao: "..."
Now she finally sees that the Duke is doing it on purpose, and his every move has caused great psychological pressure on the people present, beheading people with a single disagreement, and the shadow of death hangs over everyone's heads, which is enough to make people collapse.
Maybe the so-called calling the Ministry of punishment to detain people is just a feint.
It doesn't mean to mobilize the crowd.
Grandpa is so scary!
Jiang Yue's face was pale, his legs were trembling, he didn't want to die, he didn't want to die... He was innocent, he had no idea that someone would plan to murder the fourth sister.
When Chef Zhao heard this, he was frightened out of his wits. He was just a servant who had just arrived at Changning Bo’s mansion as a chef. How could he know that he was about to die in just three days? Of course, Chef Zhao didn’t want to die. I know it all shakes out.
"I'm wronged, my lord, the slave didn't know that there was something wrong with the delicious seasoning powder that Qiu Ju gave the slave. Qiu Ju only said that it was a secret recipe of a certain imperial chef, so that the slave could show its talents."
"By the way, the slave has a little powder in his hand."
Trembling, Chef Zhao took out a small paper bag from his bosom, but he didn't expect that the powder turned out to be a death talisman. When Chef Zhao thought that he wanted to win the favor of his master with this powder, he wished to hit his head to death.
Chef Zhao's words changed the expressions of Changning Bo and the others.
If nothing happened, wouldn't they eat the top-quality delicacies prepared by Chef Zhao, and in this way, all of them would be sterilized.
terrible.
Jiang Ningbao: "..."
This Chef Zhao is also a disaster, if she hadn't exposed it, it is estimated that the entire Changning Bo Mansion's big house would be very likely to die.
No, if the eldest brother accidentally eats it... It is also possible that Mrs. Zhang will deliberately murder the eldest brother.
Jiang Ningbao immediately broke out in cold sweat, feeling terrified.
Seedless flowers are too hard to guard against. Fortunately, this kind of flower is rare and precious, otherwise... Jiang Ningbao couldn't imagine it.
One of the old doctors immediately took the small paper bag from Chef Zhao, opened it, smelled it, twisted it with his hand, put it in his mouth, and nodded.
"It is indeed seedless flower powder."
"Put Qiu Ju up."
Ding Guogong's eyes darkened, and he ordered indifferently, but did not deal with Chef Zhao.
Chef Zhao secretly heaved a sigh of relief, his whole body slumped on the ground, and he finally saved his life. After the matter was resolved, he decided to leave Changning Bo's mansion and return to the restaurant to be a cook, at least he didn't have to worry about the lives of his family.
The guards in black immediately acted.
Seeing Duke Ding's behavior, Uncle Changning and Mrs. Jiang secretly wiped away the cold sweat, as long as Duke Ding didn't implicate the innocent, they hated the culprit to death.
At this time, Mrs. Jiang had a faint guess in her heart.
If it was really made by Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang would have no choice but to abandon her eldest daughter-in-law.
"Xiao Tao, tell me what you know." Jiang Ningbao took a sip of tea, glanced at Xiao Tao who was kneeling below, and asked calmly.
The maid Xiaotao was afraid at first, but she was just forced to be an accomplice. It didn't matter if she died, she just hoped that her family would not be hurt. She took a deep breath and told everything she knew.
"My servant accidentally learned yesterday that my wife and Nanny Yang conspired to assassinate the fourth girl, and I was accidentally discovered. The servant's family has been controlled by my wife. My wife said that as long as this servant obeys orders, my wife will let the servant's family go."
After Xiaotao finished speaking, she kowtowed violently: "My lord, please check clearly that what I said is true, if there is anything wrong, I will let the whole family of my servant die without a place to bury her."
People in ancient times attached great importance to oaths, believed in karma, and would not casually make such oaths that bet on the whole family.
As soon as Xiaotao made this vow, everyone present basically believed her words.
Mrs. Jiang's eyes were bleeding, and she wished she could kill Zhang Shi, a troublemaker, let alone Chang Ningbo, who didn't like Zhang Shi's first wife, but now seeing her cause trouble.
Immediately and decisively decided to abandon the Zhang family and preserve the Changningbo Mansion.
Jiang Mingyao's body flickered, and she felt chills all over her body. Mother... mother... why did she do this... why did she treat her like this...
His eyes were full of disbelief.
Shocked and angry, Mrs. Zhang said angrily: "Bold and unreasonable, full of nonsense, Madam Yang, hurry up and kill this slutty servant girl!"
Duke Dingguo looked at Zhang's distorted face expressionlessly, and the strong murderous aura rushing toward his face made Zhang's head thump, his legs softened, and he knelt on the ground.
Nanny Yang remained motionless, as if frightened.
"Everything I said is true!" The maid Xiaotao repeated this sentence again.
Ding Guogong directly asked the black-clothed guards who are good at investigation to search the yard of Mrs. Zhang and Madam Yang. Jiang Ningbao felt that the gift she received when she returned home this time was unprecedented.
The black-clothed personal guards were full of action, and in less than half an hour, all the witnesses and material evidence were available.
Qiu Ju was also escorted over.
In Zhang's house, childless flower powder and several letters were found, together with the testimony of the maid Xiaotao and Xiaotao's family members who were imprisoned in the other courtyard.
It may be hastily acted and not acted carefully.
When Mrs. Zhang saw the letter, her pupils suddenly shrank. Unfortunately, everyone thought she was scared when she saw Wuzihua's powder was found.
Nanny Yang's house was clean, nothing was found.
Jiang Ningbao glanced at Nanny Yang, feeling strange in her heart.
From the beginning to the end, this Nanny Yang has been trying her best to reduce her sense of existence. As the confidant of Mrs. Zhang, she has no clue in her hands.
Whether it is Zhang's or her own, there is none, not at all.
clean.
It's just that I don't know if it will stand up to Duke Ding's thorough investigation.
Mrs. Jiang, Chang Ning Bo and others looked at Zhang Shi with extremely gloomy eyes. Chang Ning Bo thought that he was about to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice because of Zhang Shi, and his anger was soaring. Feet, swearing.
"Bitch, don't bring the uncle's family into trouble by looking for death yourself."
Mrs. Zhang was kicked by her furious husband, and with a scream, she fell to the ground with her hair in a disheveled bun, her pale face dripping with cold sweat.
At this time, Mrs. Zhang no longer wanted to remind Uncle about the letter.
Jiang Mingyao wanted to get up to help her mother, but when she saw her father and grandmother's faces full of anger, even her elder brother and second brother were watching with angry cold eyes. Thinking of her mother's actions, she felt a chill in her heart, she turned her face away, and stopped seeing her mother in pain.
Jiang Ningbao raised her eyebrows.
Fifth Sister does not seem to be the Holy Mother either.
"Uncle, I was wronged, have you forgotten, I just ate a bowl of dishes with seedless flowers, and I didn't murder the fourth girl, I didn't hurt the fourth girl."
The strong desire to survive made Zhang cling to the only 'proof' - she had eaten dishes with seedless flowers.
By this time, Mrs. Zhang was still arguing.
Changningbo Jiang Dongming was furious, and kicked Mrs. Zhang fiercely again in full view of everyone. Mrs. Zhang screamed again, spouting a big mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
Jiang Mingyao trembled all over, bit her lower lip tightly, closed her eyes, not daring to look at her mother's miserable state.
Jiang Ningbao and her eldest brother Jiang Jin watched their uncle kicking Mrs. Zhang coldly, and they were indifferent. With all the witnesses and material evidence, no one would sympathize with Mrs. Zhang. The maids and women in the lobby were trembling, and they had only one thought in their minds.
Ma'am is over.
The two brothers Jiang Zhuo and Jiang Yue were egoists in the first place, and they wished they could break up with Mrs. Zhang immediately.
With Xiaotao's revelation and the investigation by the black-clothed guards, Chef Zhao's suspicion was cleared. Qiu Ju, who was escorted over, turned pale with fright, snot and tears flowed out, and confessed in a trembling voice. Shi and Nanny Yang.
"Forgive me, the Duke, but the slaves are forced."
Whether Qiu Ju was forced or not can be found out at once. This Qiu Ju is Zhang's confidant in the dark, and she even got human life on her hands. It can be seen that she is cruel and merciless. The so-called forced is just a joke.
In the end, Qiu Ju was taken away, and when the black-clothed guards came back, her body was smelled of blood.
Obviously Qiu Ju was dead.
Mrs. Jiang was silent.
This day was the darkest day in Changningbo Mansion.
Qiu Ju was gone, and Nanny Yang, one of the culprits, knelt on the ground with her head bowed, her eyes were peaceful. The crime of murdering Mrs. Ding Guogong's wife has been convicted, and there is no hope of turning over.
Fortunately, she had expected such a day.
Her family should have left the capital with the large amount of money she gave, changed their names and changed their surnames to live in other places.
It's a pity that the fourth girl was discovered after eating the dishes with seedless flowers, and the third young master is still fine.
Before Madam Yang died, she only felt regretful, and now she could only help Madam for the last time.
"Old slave pleads guilty!"
"What Xiaotao and Qiuju said is true, but all this was done by this old slave and has nothing to do with Madam."
Nanny Yang's sudden confession stunned everyone present.
Mrs. Zhang, who was kicked to the point of vomiting blood by Uncle Chang Ning, couldn't wait to speak when she heard Madam Yang's voice of pleading guilty, and even blamed herself for all the crimes.
"Did you all hear that, it was all made by Grandma Yang, and the childless flower powder was also obtained by Grandma Yang, it has nothing to do with me, how could I have the idea of murdering the fourth girl."
It's a pity that Nanny Yang was an accomplice, so she wouldn't believe her.
All of Zhang's defenses were pale and powerless in the face of the ironclad evidence. Seeing that everyone just looked at her indifferently and disgustedly, even her children, Zhang knew that she was really doomed, and sat on the ground blankly.
Everyone is waiting for Duke Ding to deal with it.
But Ding Guogong was flipping through the letters found in Zhang's house. The more he looked at the handsome face, the heavier his face became, and he unconsciously released a strong killing intent.
"Ningbao, brother, take a look at these letters."
Mrs. Zhang raised her head abruptly. When she saw the letter in Duke Dingguo's hand, she glanced at the furious uncle again. She disgusted Mrs. Jiang who was looking at her. Weird smile.
Uncle, your days are over.