Chapter 701: Take a Big Shit Basin

When Lu Minglang saw her like this, he knew he was right. He immediately called for a doctor to check. After taking Li Meiniang's pulse, the doctor confirmed that she was pregnant, and she would be three months old soon.

Qiao Qiyu glared at Li Meiniang angrily and said, "Shameless woman, you even stained the bed with blood, saying it was your Yuan Hong. Do you have any sense of shame?"

Li Meiniang covered her face and cried.

Lu Minglang patted the alarm and asked: "Li Meiniang, tell me honestly why you framed Qiao Qiyu, and whose child is this? Was it your adulterous husband who ordered you to frame Qiao Qiyu?"

Li Meiniang secretly looked through her fingers and glanced at Lu Wenlin, but she didn't say anything, she just kept crying.

Finally, Lu Minglang lost his patience, but Li Meiniang was pregnant and could not use torture, so he had to send an officer to search Li's house to see if any useful evidence could be found.

Not long after, the official came back and presented some physical evidence to Lu Minglang.

The largest one was a picture scroll. Lu Minglang unfolded the picture scroll and saw a landscape painting with a poem beside it. The three words "Liu Zongze" were written below, and he also stamped his personal seal. There is also a jade pendant for men to hang around their waists, with the character "Liu" engraved on it. The rest are some hairpin jewelry, but the features on them are not as obvious as the previous two.

"Do you agree with Liu Zongze?" Lu Minglang muttered in a low voice.

In the country of Danliang, Tongpan is also called Governor Tongpan. It belongs to the deputy position next to the governor. There is also Zhijun Tongpan next to the military attache. This position is responsible for grain transportation and water conservancy matters. The official position is not high, only the eighth rank. However, it has some supervisory role and can directly report the situation of the governor to the emperor.

"Li Meiniang, you have a private relationship with Tongpan Liu Zongze, is the child his?" Lu Mingliang raised the jade pendant in his hand and asked loudly.

Li Meiniang looked at Lu Minglang with some confusion, "What, what is the general judgment? I don't know what you are talking about."

"You don't have to quibble, the physical evidence is already here, how can you hide it? Someone, go find the general judge Liu Zongze for questioning!" Lu Mingliang ordered.

When Mr. Qiao heard Liu Zongze's name, he suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "It's the Liu family, it's the Liu family who harmed me!" He hurriedly looked at Lu Minglang and said, "Please make the decision for the villain. The villain rented the shop before It was given to Hua Xiangrong's boss Bai Ruozhu, and the Liu family's shop next door was also rented to Bai Ruozhu. But I just learned today that the Liu family suddenly broke the contract and wanted to take back the shop, so Hua Xiangrong left and wanted to do the business on their own. And before they A while ago, my family was in urgent need of money to buy our shop, but my son was bullied by Li Meiniang and came to ask for an explanation, and the Liu family's wife happened to be there."

He quickly told Mrs. Liu to help Qiao Qiyu, and Qiao Qiyu was grateful to her and persuaded the family to sell the shop to the Liu family.

"This woman had an affair with Mr. Liu and came to frame my son. This must be a conspiracy of the Liu family to force me to sell the shop to them!" Mr. Qiao's hands were shaking with anger. If Qiao Qiyu hadn't helped him, , he almost couldn't breathe.

Lu Minglang digested what Qiao Baosheng said for a while and finally understood what was going on. In other words, Bai Ruozhu's knitting shop was doing so well that the Liu family was jealous and wanted to take back the shop. As a result, Bai Ruozhu rented the shop next to it, so the Liu family He designed the Qiao family so that he could buy a shop by himself and then completely drive away Hua Xiangrong.

"It's true that people are dying for money and birds are dying for food. I'm going to look into this matter today!" Lu Minglang said angrily.

Over at the Liu family, an official came to summon Mr. Liu. Mrs. Liu hurriedly asked about the situation, but she was so angry that she almost lost her temper. That Bai Ruozhu was too cruel. She wanted to disgrace the Liu family and her master. Liu Zongze was also very angry. When he left, he gave Mrs. Liu a hard look with his eyes, which meant that she failed to even handle this little thing, which disappointed him so much.

When Bai Ruozhu heard Jian Qi report the situation, she was sitting in the yard with Deng Deng basking in the sun, eating crispy green dates, taking a bite and making a pop sound, making Deng Deng giggle in her arms.

"Master, Liu Zongze has been brought to court, and Mr. Qiao also insisted that he was the one harming the Qiao family, but Li Meiniang kept saying it was not Liu Zongze," Jian Qi said.

"It's okay, no one believes what she says, and Master Lu has the final say whether it's right or not?" Bai Ruozhu said with a smile.

Jian Qi looked at the thin scar on Bai Ruozhu's neck, bowed and said, "My subordinate failed to protect his master today. Please punish him."

"There were only six of them present at the time, and there were about twenty people from the General Affairs Department. They were caught off guard, so no wonder they were there. Okay, let's talk about where Madam Liu went after that." Bai Ruozhu changed the topic directly.

"She went to Meng's Mansion and met Mrs. Meng. It's just that it's not convenient for us to enter the City Lord's Mansion, so we're not sure what they talked about." Jian Qi said.

Bai Ruozhu narrowed her eyes slightly, stood up with Deng Deng in her arms, and said, "You tell people to keep watching the court while I go to the Meng Mansion."

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Bai Ruozhu hugged Dengdeng and went to Youranju. She greeted Mrs. Meng and directly explained her purpose of coming.

"Old madam, I'm not here to complain, nor do I want to cause trouble for the eldest madam. In this situation, I have to remind the city lord's wife to take some shelter." Bai Ruozhu said at last.

Mrs. Meng's face became solemn, "I know that Liu Xian'er, but I didn't expect that she poisoned the county magistrate's wife. It is generally believed that Liu Zongze was a Jinshi of the late Emperor Nketi and had always been loyal to the late Emperor, so the Emperor sent He came here to serve as the governor and judge, but I didn’t expect that he would side with King Duan.”

Bai Ruozhu sneered, "Being loyal to the late emperor does not mean being loyal to the late emperor's son."

"There can't be any flaws in this matter about the Liu family. If we continue to investigate, they will have to peel off their skin even if they are fine. If the princess rushes to help at this time, the Meng family will be blamed in the future." The old lady sighed, "Ruozhu, please remind me That's right, I can only beat her."

Bai Ruozhu was originally very reluctant to get involved in the affairs of these big houses, but Mrs. Meng treated her very well, so she couldn't help but give her a few reminders.

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At the court, because Mr. Qiao mentioned Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu was eventually brought to court by an official.

"Mrs. Liu, why did you instigate Li Meiniang to frame Qiao Qiyu? Get the truth immediately!" Lu Minglang said with surprise.

"Your Excellency, I didn't know Li Meiniang at all before, how could I instigate her to harm others?" Mrs. Liu tried her best to calm down.

Lu Minglang picked up a gold hairpin that he found from Li Mei's family and shouted sternly: "How dare you lie? There is an emblem on this hairpin. I have sent people to the jewelry store to inquire. This hairpin is exactly You ordered it two months ago. Since you don't know Li Meiniang, why is your hairpin in her hands? You didn't use it to bribe her to harm others, right? "