Liu Yifang was sitting on a chair in the room, and Zijiang was sitting beside him, looking at the maid who came in: "Take a good look at this brocade bag, have you seen it in anyone's hands before, or do you know who embroidered it?"
The maid who came in was the old lady's maid. She looked at the brocade bag calmly. She really didn't recognize it, so she shook her head and said, "I don't recognize it, and I don't know who it belongs to."
After Liu Yifang let the person out, another person came in. Everyone could only see someone coming in and being questioned by Liu Yifang. The person with the problem became more and more anxious.
Soon it was the turn of the maid with a nervous look on her face to come in. Liu Yifang looked at the maid and said, "This brocade bag is yours, right?"
When the maid heard this, she knelt on the ground in fear: "Sir, this is my treasure bag, but I really don't know what happened? I lost this treasure bag a few days ago."
Zi Jiang and Liu Yifang had been looking at the maid. When they heard what she said, Liu Yifang nodded: "Oh, it was lost? When was it lost? How long has it been lost?"
The maid was stuck for a moment, and her answer was a little unsmooth, with a guilty look in her eyes: "It was lost five days ago. Yes, it was lost five days ago."
After stuttering out a time, Liu Yifang smiled and said, "Oh? You think I'm easy to fool, don't you? But just now a maid said that she saw this sachet on you three days ago. How do you explain it? Why are you lying?"
The maid was horrified when she heard this: "My lord, my lord, I am really wronged. It was my second aunt who asked me for the brocade bag. I gave it to her the day before yesterday. I don't know what she used it for."
Master Ling was stunned for a moment. Second Aunt? That's right, Second Aunt was pregnant and hoped that the child she gave birth to would be the only heir of the Ling family, so it was understandable that she attacked Ling Yuanbao.
When he thought of this, Mr. Ling's face turned very ugly. And Mrs. Ling also stabbed at Mr. Ling with her eyes, which really made him speechless.
"Go call the Second Aunt over, and you two can confront each other face to face."
Master Ling still had hope in his heart. What if this matter had nothing to do with the Second Aunt? It was this maid who acted on her own initiative.
Liu Yifang looked at the maid and said, "What else do you know? What you said just now means that the Second Aunt wants to harm your young master. If you don't have evidence, it's a false accusation. A servant who falsely accuses her master should be beaten to death."
This maidservant can be considered a house-born child in the Ling family. Her mother, brother and their whole family all work for the Ling family. Otherwise, they would not be able to afford such material to make brocade bags.
Liu Yifang knew that these house-born children knew much more information than they imagined. The maid was already panicked when she heard what Liu Yifang said, and looked at Master Ling. After all, the second concubine had a child, and Master Ling would definitely believe the second concubine.
Thinking of this, the maid was still a little flustered. Seeing the maid's behavior, Master Ling was a little suspicious: "Are you framing the Second Aunt? What is your purpose? Tell me?"
The maid was shocked: "Master, I am innocent, I really don't know anything."
Liu Yifang smiled: "Are you still unwilling to tell me at this time? The source of the beast attracting powder can be traced back to its source."
Hearing this, the maid's eyes widened. The second aunt also walked in at this time: "Master, why did you ask me to come in and sit?"
She wanted to come in just now, but Liu Yifang wouldn't let her. Now he asked her to come in again. She had a bad feeling in her heart, and as soon as she came in, she snuggled up to Master Ling.
The one kneeling on the ground, isn't it Xiao Cui, the personal maid sent to take care of him? He looked at Master Ling and said, "Master, why is Xiao Cui kneeling here?"
Liu Yifang had been paying attention to the Second Aunt since she came in, but she looked at Xiao Cui on the ground with a bit of viciousness, and then behaved normally. This shows that this person is not an ordinary person.
Maybe we can find something on Xiao Cui on the ground! Looking at Master Ling and Second Aunt, he suddenly said, "This maid is taking care of Second Aunt, so I want to ask Second Aunt to come over and ask, is there any hatred between you and this maid? Why is this maid biting Second Aunt like this?"
"They said that you, Second Aunt, put the beast-attracting powder in the brocade purse to murder Young Master Ling, and they also said that Second Aunt did this to build momentum for the child in your belly."
Xiao Cui looked at Liu Yifang. Isn't this just a lie? She didn't say these words at all. She looked at the Second Aunt: "Second Aunt, I didn't say these words. Please believe me. I didn't say these words."
Liu Yifang raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you just say that you gave the purse to the Second Aunt earlier? And that purse is the evidence that you want to harm Master Ling. You said the purse is with the Second Aunt, which is incriminating the Second Aunt."
This explanation is acceptable. Mrs. Ling knew that the second aunt was not innocent at all and was likely to harm her son. Regardless of whether it was her or not, she had already made up her mind how to deal with this woman.
Second Aunt's face was a little ugly, she looked at Xiao Cui and said, "Xiao Cui, how could you frame me like this? I have never done anything wrong to you, I have never taken your sachet, Master, you have to believe me. How could I possibly harm the eldest young master?"
"Master, you must investigate this matter thoroughly. This Xiao Cui has evil intentions. She wants to harm the young master but fails, and now she wants to harm me and frame me. If something happens to me, the baby in my belly will not survive. If they can't kill the young master, they will harm the baby in my belly. Master, you have to make the decision for me."
Master Ling looked at his charming concubine and was a little bit unconvinced that such a kind concubine would do such a thing. In addition, the concubine's words made her believe that someone wanted to harm the descendants of his Ling family: "Xiao Cui, tell me honestly, who wants to harm my son? Otherwise, what will happen to your family? Think about it yourself."
Xiao Cui still cares about her family very much. When she heard that Master Ling wanted to harm her family, her eyes widened instantly: "Master, my family is unaware of this. Master, you can't do this."
Master Ling was also angry: "Oh, you are all slaves I bought, even if I beat you to death, it is also justified. Not to mention that you are a family of traitors. Come, bring Xiao Cui's family up."
Soon Xiao Cui's family was brought up, and the people outside didn't need to continue embroidering the brocade bag, after all, the owner of the brocade bag had been found.
As soon as Xiao Cui's family came up, they knelt down and looked at Master Ling: "Greetings, Master."
Master Ling snorted coldly: "I don't deserve it. You, a daughter, dared to murder the master."
Hearing the words "murdering the master", the whole family was shocked, and some even couldn't believe it: "It's impossible, how dare Xiao Cui do that? There is no need for her to do that, there must be a misunderstanding."
"Master, you are very clear-sighted. How dare Xiao Cui do such a thing?"
"Xiao Cui, please tell me, what is going on?"
The whole family was terrified and began to question Xiao Cui, protesting their injustice. Master Ling frowned, while Liu Yifang and the others just stood aside without saying anything.
"Xiao Cui, say something, are you going to kill the whole family?"
Seeing that Xiao Cui still didn't say anything, Xiao Cui's mother couldn't help but question her. Hearing the words "killing the whole family", Xiao Cui looked up at the second aunt. The second aunt was still nestled in Master Ling's arms, looking at Xiao Cui fearlessly.
Xiao Cui gritted her teeth and looked at Master Ling: "Master Ling, I dare not hide it. The brocade bag is indeed mine. But two days ago, the brocade bag was indeed taken away by the Second Aunt. What I said is absolutely true. If I lie, I will die miserably."
"If you don't believe me, Master, I am willing to die to prove my innocence. Please let my family go."
Xiao Cui was about to hit the pillar beside her, obviously intending to die to prove her innocence. Unfortunately, before she hit the pillar, she was caught by Liu Yifang.
In the end, it was just this sentence, proving that Xiao Cui really didn't know what use the Second Aunt had for it. But the Second Aunt was quite good at dealing with servants.
Master Ling's face looked very ugly. Xiao Cui would rather die than say that the silk bag was given to the second concubine, which proved that the silk bag was really given to the second concubine.
Liu Yifang spoke up at this time: "Well, it's just a lucky bag, you don't have to rush to death. In addition to the lucky bag, you can also start with the beast-attracting powder. I have asked someone to find out who has bought the beast-attracting powder during this period."
Xianyou Town is not a big place, with only two or three medicine shops in total. The people from the government office could find out who had bought the beast-attracting powder by asking in the medicine shops. Surprisingly, they actually found out.
After all, animal-attracting powder is still very common in Xianyou Town. It is the favorite of hunters, but the quantity is pitifully small. Only one person bought a lot and went to two pharmacies to buy it.
How much was he afraid that Ling Yuanbao would not die, that he filled a brocade bag with beast attracting powder? However, the result of the investigation was somewhat surprising. The person who bought the beast attracting powder was not a servant of the Ling family.
It was bought by the servant of Ling Yuanbao's uncle. In other words, this matter has something to do with the deceased second uncle of the Ling family.
The servants were also interrogated separately. Xiao Cui's eldest brother suddenly spoke up: "Master, I have something to say to you alone. I hope you can let my father, mother and sister go if you know it."
This is to negotiate with Master Ling. Master Ling was very angry: "Oh? Are you threatening me? You are so brave."