Seeing Ye Sili coming, Zhou Jiuer rushed towards him as if seeing a life-saving straw, reaching out to grab Ye Sili tightly.
Fortunately, Gu Liyou had quick eyesight and quick hands, and protected Ye Sili in his arms, so that Zhou Jiuer didn't get touched at all.
"Miss Zhou, please calm down!" Gu Liyou scolded.
Zhou Jiuer, however, seemed unable to listen to the advice of others and only called Ye Sili like crazy.
"Ye Sili...why do you want to harm me..."
"Why!!!"
"I didn't kill it... I didn't kill it..."
"Ye Sili...Ye Sili...you have made me so miserable!!!"
Harm her?
Ye Sili looked at Gu Liyou in confusion, she clearly didn't understand what Zhou Jiu'er was talking about.
"Zhou Jiu'er, don't talk nonsense."
Ye Sili looked at Zhou Jiu'er's appearance and felt very pitiful, but there must be something hateful about a pitiful person.
Although Zhou Jiuer came from a famous family, he did such a cruel thing to Zhongliang, and he really deserved it.
"Master Liang's matter has all the witnesses and material evidence. How else do you want to make excuses?"
Hearing this, Zhou Jiuer burst into laughter. Her hair was disheveled and she had no way to take care of her appearance. Her prison clothes were torn and stained with blood. Her whole body exuded a sour smell and the smell of blood and corruption. She laughed like crazy.
, but there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
"Ye Sili, I didn't kill Liang Hai, I didn't kill him..."
"They don't believe me, so I have to look for you. You will help me, right?" After saying that, Zhou Jiuer suddenly reached out and grabbed Ye Sili through the prison.
Ye Sili dodged away in time and stood beside Gu Liyou. Listening to Zhou Jiuer's words, both of them were surprised.
Gu Liyou asked calmly: "Miss Zhou, now the entire Zhou family is affected by you. If you cause trouble again, I'm afraid that the lives of the entire Zhou family will not be able to escape your involvement."
"Why don't you believe me!" Zhou Jiuer roared hysterically.
Immediately, his eyes fell on Ye Sili, and Zhou Jiuer suddenly burst into tears as if in a trance.
"I beg you, please help me... I don't want to stay here anymore..."
Zhou Jiu'er was kneeling on the ground, and Ye Sili even saw insects crawling up Zhou Jiu'er's legs.
"You get up first."
The cell was cold and damp, and Zhou Jiuer had been opening his mouth and arms since he was a child. Staying in this place for a moment longer would be worse than death.
"Princess, are you willing to believe me?" Zhou Jiuer knelt on the ground, unwilling to get up, waiting expectantly for Ye Sili's answer.
Ye Sili stepped forward and looked down at Zhou Jiu'er, his words showing obvious alienation.
"You should know that you are not worthy of my trust."
As soon as these words came out, the expectation in Zhou Jiuer's eyes disappeared instantly, but he still promised without giving up:
"Princess, please believe me again. I can't find anyone else except you."
Everyone in the Zhou family is now behind bars, being avoided by others. Although they have the support of Zhou De's disciples and the literati who Zhou Zixu has befriended, they are no match for the cold-blooded ruthlessness of Liang Yi from the Ministry of Punishment. No matter who comes to plead for mercy, Liang Yi will not see him.
He also threatened that anyone who knowingly commits a crime will be guilty of the same crime.
Now that Zhou Mansion's connections are no longer available, and other outsiders are afraid of getting into trouble, Zhou Jiuer thought about it, and there might be a glimmer of hope if Ye Sili stepped forward.
Ye Sili squatted down and looked directly at Zhou Jiu'er. The distance between the two instantly shortened, and only then did Ye Sili see Zhou Jiu'er's face clearly.
Zhou Jiu'er's eyes were bloodshot, and she must have never had a good night's sleep while being locked up here. Her lips were so dry that they turned white, and her complexion lost its rosiness and became dry.
The Zhou Jiu'er in front of her was completely different from the arrogant and domineering Zhou Jiu'er that Ye Sili knew before, the red-clad horse galloping in the hunting ground.
"Why do you think this princess trusts you?"
Zhou Jiuer understood the implication of Ye Sili's words and immediately seized this opportunity and said:
"Liang Hai's murder is of great importance. If something else is discovered after the case is closed, Liang Yi and those involved in the investigation will be charged with deceiving the emperor."
"Besides, Princess, you understand the righteousness very well, and you certainly don't want an important minister of the Zhou Dynasty to suffer unknown grievances, right?"
Ye Sili observed Zhou Jiuer's expression and couldn't see any flaws.
This case has been reported to the Holy Emperor. If after the case is concluded, it is discovered that there is something fishy about the matter, Liang Yi and others will definitely be charged with deceiving the emperor if there is someone who stirs up trouble.
And the whole Zhou family was really wronged. By then, the grass on Zhou Jiuer's grave would probably be half as tall as a man.
But the key point is that the punishment for this matter has to be punished by the Holy One. If the Zhou family is really wronged, by that time, I am afraid that the Holy One will only choose to make a mistake and make a mistake.
If the truth about this matter is found out, and someone comes forward to take the blame for the previous misjudgment, and hands the ladder directly to the feet of the Holy One, all of this will be easy to talk about.
"What grievances do you have?" Ye Sili couldn't sit idly by after all.
Gu Liyou stood behind Ye Sili and looked at her in surprise.
This matter had nothing to do with her, so she didn't need to pay attention to it. If she agreed now, she probably didn't want an innocent person to suffer injustice.
Zhou Jiuer was overjoyed when he saw that Ye Sili agreed, and explained in a blurred manner:
"It's not... a waist card... I don't know..."
Gu Liyou stepped forward and helped Ye Sili up, and said to Zhou Jiu'er:
"You better think it through before speaking."
Zhou Jiu'er looked at Gu Liyou and felt a little scared for no reason. He reluctantly calmed down and said seriously:
"The unmarked waistband is not mine. I had never seen it before Liang Yi led people to search it."
"Wang San is not the killer I am looking for. He is just a slave I bought from the market in the west of the city. I accidentally knew that he was very skilled, so I asked him to follow me on weekdays and be my bodyguard. I didn't know he went to assassinate Liang Hai.
, including his confession, I know nothing about it.”
Is the enslaver in Chengxi Market good enough to assassinate Liang Hai, the Minister of Punishment?
Wang San is Zhou Jiu'er's follower, and everything she does is obeys her orders. How come she doesn't know about such a big thing?
"Do you know that everything you say is full of flaws?" Ye Sili revealed mercilessly:
"Liang Yi made a temporary decision to go to the Zhou Mansion, and the unmarked waistband was found under your pillow. If you say you have never seen it before, what is your explanation?"
The Zhou family is a scholarly family, and most of the servants in the family are polite and courteous. Except for Wang San, whom Zhou Jiuer bought back halfway, who has the ability to do this?
Seeing that Ye Sili didn't believe her, Zhou Jiuer was a little anxious:
"There is no need for me to lie to you. Now I am already guilty of death. If I lie to you again, what good will it do to me?"
Ye Sili turned to look at Gu Liyou beside him, and called softly: "Ayou."
Gu Liyou nodded to reassure her.
If Zhou Jiuer is not sure about the current situation, there is really no need to go through such trouble.
Xiao Ling was sitting on the swing in Yusheng Courtyard, dozing off boredly.
When she woke up, Si Li and Li You had already gone out without taking her with them...
She spent most of the time lying in bed to recuperate in the past few days. She felt really bored and her back hurt from lying down. Seeing that the weather seemed to be good today, she sat in the yard for a while.
Yun An got up very early to practice every day. When Xiao Ling got up today, he had already finished practicing. Xiao Ling was bored and wanted to watch for a while, so Yun An started practicing seriously in the courtyard with his sword.
"Xiao Ling." Ye Sili and Gu Liyou entered the courtyard.
Seeing that the two of them were back, Xiao Ling stood up happily and said, "How is it? What was Zhou Jiu'er's idea then?"
In late spring, when he heard that Ye Sili was back, he quickly poured her a cup of hot tea to go away the cold.
"I'm afraid there is something fishy about Mr. Liang's case." Ye Sili told Xiao Ling what happened in the cell in detail.
"She has no evidence, how can she be believed?" Xiao Ling questioned.
Gu Liyou said: "Evidence can be forged. Even if it is true, how can we ensure that it will not be used by someone with ulterior motives?"
Ye Sili said calmly: "Whether it is true or not, we will find out if we go to Zhou Mansion and Liang Mansion to check again?"
"I'll go with you."
"No." Yun An suddenly stopped him and said, "The princess' foot injury has not healed yet and she needs a good rest."
Ye Sili also agreed, so Xiao Ling was left in the house again to watch Yun An practice his sword.
This time, Qingluo took the initiative to ask to go to Zhou Mansion with them.
"No matter how Miss Zhou treats me, at least Master Zhou and Master Ziyu treat me very well, and now I will repay this kindness."
The Xu Mansion back then was not the Zhou Mansion today. After going round and round, it returned to its original place.
Fortunately, Qingluo was taken in by Zhou Jiu'er when she was desperate, and now Zhou Jiu'er comes to beg Ye Sili again.
"Ziyu."
As soon as Gu Liyou and the others entered the Zhou Mansion, they saw Zhou Ziyu standing in the courtyard.
"Princess Princess, Liyou, why are you here?" Zhou Ziyu saw the two of them slightly surprised, and then saw Qing Luo following Ye Sili, and thought, "Could it be that things about my sister have turned around?"
"Zi Yu is really smart." Ye Sili joked.
Zhou Zixuan has a slender figure, and his behavior is all polite, and he has the appearance of a gentle young man.
But now he looks very haggard, and his figure looks extremely thin.
"Princess, don't make fun of me."
Seeing that the two of them were chatting, Gu Liyou returned to the topic and said, "We came here to ask about Wang San."
Zhou Ziyu invited the two of them into the room and sat down.
After tea was served, the three of them chatted at length.
"I really don't know much about Wang San. It's just that he was a man in trouble who was rescued from the outside by my sister. He seems to have some boxing and kicking skills, so my sister appointed him as a bodyguard. Otherwise, I will
I don’t know anymore.”
Zhou Ziyu replied seriously.
"The rescued victim?" Ye Sili said softly. It turned out that this was how Zhou Jiuer explained the ridiculous things she did to her family.
"Does Ziyu know about the market for selling slaves in the west of the city?" Gu Liyou asked straightforwardly without any ambiguity.
"I have heard a little bit that there is a lot of human trafficking in the market in the west of the city. The buyer only needs to pay a full amount of silver to take the selected slave away." Zhou Ziyu felt uneasy in his heart.
"You mean Wang San was bought by my sister from the market in the west of the city?"
Ye Sili nodded.
Zhou Zixuan's face changed slightly.
No wonder Jiu'er often brought some people back. At that time, he thought, they were in Kyoto, and the poor were protected by the imperial court, so how could they appear so frequently?