The prefect of Qin did not recognize Lianniang and did not know her identity. When Shen Xiu came to see him, he only said that Lianniang was the auxiliary of shopkeeper Fan. He was worried about shopkeeper Fan's safety, so he followed him.
When Lien Niang fell to the ground, and the person closest to her was Mrs. Gu, it was hard for the Qin magistrate not to suspect that Lien Niang's fall had nothing to do with Mrs. Gu.
Although Mrs. Gu said that she was not the one who pushed down Lianniang, the Qin magistrate had already become suspicious.
But before he could ask, Mrs. Gu told Lianniang about her false pregnancy.
Magistrate Qin immediately frowned: "Madam, what are you talking about?"
Mrs. Gu looked at Lianniang who was lying on the ground. She knew that if she didn't tell the truth, she might not be able to clear away the suspicion, so she bit the bullet and said: "Her pregnancy is indeed false. Sir, please ask a doctor to take a pulse."
Just know."
The prefect of Qin glanced at Lianniang and saw that her eyes were evasive, as if there was something hidden about her pregnancy, so he ordered someone to call a doctor quickly.
The doctor came very quickly. He first looked at the blood stains under Lianniang's body, then checked her pulse and said, "It's strange, this lady's pulse is very good. It doesn't look like she lost too much blood."
Shen Xiu pretended not to know anything and asked from the sidelines: "Doctor, may I ask Lianniang whether she is pregnant?"
The doctor shook his head and said, "No."
Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said: "Sir, I told you that she had a false pregnancy. She fell down in front of me on purpose just now."
Shen Xiu did not speak. After the doctor left, she looked at Mrs. Gu and said, "Mrs. Gu, even I don't know about Lianniang's false pregnancy. How did you know about it?"
Mrs. Gu was speechless when she was asked. She wanted to deny that she didn't know, but she couldn't lie in front of the Qin magistrate. After much deliberation, she could only tell the truth: "I once heard about Lianniang's false pregnancy.
Uncle, they said it."
Lien Niang once told Shen Xiu that Lord Gu and the others had come up with the idea of giving her a fake pregnancy long after they placed her with Fan Guangzu. But Fan Guangzu showed great trust in Lien Niang, so the fake pregnancy was not necessary.
At that time, Mrs. Gu and Master Gu had not yet fallen out, so they knew about the secret medicine.
This also explains why Mrs. Gu knew that Lianniang was falsely pregnant, because she had already guessed that this was the conspiracy of Master Gu and others.
"The cousin Mrs. Gu is talking about should be Mr. Gu, the original owner of Nishang Embroidery Workshop!" Shen Xiudao: "Master Gu has always had a grudge against me. Did he let Lianniang have a false pregnancy to frame me? Mrs. Gu, you know
I knew they were going to deal with me, but they didn't say anything to me. What Shi Xiu Niang said is indeed right, you really don't want to see me."
Mrs. Gu vaguely felt something was wrong and guessed that Shen Xiu was plotting against her. However, Shen Xiu's words were reasonable and well-founded. Even if she wanted to refute the other party, she didn't know where to start.
She subconsciously wanted to ask Magistrate Qin for help, but she saw that he was facing Shen Xiu, obviously he had listened to Shen Xiu's words.
"Sir." Mrs. Gu called out delicately.
Normally, as long as she acted coquettishly, Zhifu Qin would be dissipated no matter how angry he was. But today, Zhifu Qin just looked back at her indifferently.
That indifferent look frightened Mrs. Gu. She had been married to Magistrate Qin for several years and had never been looked at like this before.
She was shocked and angry, but she also knew that the key to the problem lay with Shen Xiu, so she put down her arrogance and said: "Ms. Shen, I know that at this time, it is useless for me to say anything. But my cousin only mentioned the holiday to me.
Regarding the pregnancy, I didn’t say who I was going to deal with at all.”
Mrs. Gu knew that she could not admit that she was not dealing with Shen Xiu, otherwise the Shi Xiu Niang incident would be even more unclear.
Shen Xiudao: "Since Madam said, you don't know what the old man has done. Then let me ask you something. In order to deal with Jinxinxiufang, the old man had people sell us inferior silk.
Do you know this?"
Mrs. Gu did not expect that Shen Xiu would ask about this matter. She was so guilty that she did not dare to look at her. She only said softly: "How could I know? I never ask about my cousin's business matters."
"That's a coincidence." Shen Xiudao: "Sooner or later, when the old master wanted to deal with us, you ordered an embroidery from our Jinxin Embroidery Workshop. After the embroidery is completed, you will come to pick up the goods.
That day happened to be the day when Master Gu sent people to make a big fuss."
Shen Xiudao: "If I hadn't seen through Master Gu's concealment in advance and replaced the inferior silk with the superior silk, otherwise our embroidery workshop would have been successfully framed. Mrs. Gu, aren't you going to explain what happened?
How could it be such a coincidence?"
Magistrate Qin kept listening to what Shen Xiu said. After Shen Xiu finished speaking, he asked Mrs. Gu: "Is this the case?"
Mrs. Gu looked pale and said, "There is such a thing. But it's really a coincidence."
One time may be a coincidence, but two things added together cannot be explained by coincidence.
By now, Magistrate Qin had believed what Shen Xiu said. Mrs. Gu did not want to see her, and even participated in the embarrassment of Jinxin Embroidery Workshop.
As for the reason, Magistrate Qin didn't want to know it. It must be that the old man had previously promised Mrs. Gu a lot of property, so she helped them deal with Mrs. Shen and Jinxin Embroidery Fang.
When he thought of this, Magistrate Qin was extremely disappointed with Mrs. Gu.
He had mentioned Wei Yan so many times in front of Mrs. Gu, and everyone should know how much he valued Wei Yan. But Mrs. Gu actually made things difficult for Wei Yan's wife for a mere piece of property. Isn't this a clear slap in his face?
Qin Zhifu's face became more and more gloomy, but Shi Xiu Niang's delay in coming made him even more angry. He was about to send someone to look for her again, but Shi Xiu Niang was finally brought by the servants of the government office.
Shi Xiuniang has been to the government office several times, but she has never seen Magistrate Qin. Now when she saw Magistrate Qin looking at her with a sinking face, she couldn't help but tremble and stammered: "A commoner's wife has met the magistrate."
Qin Zhifu said coldly: "Li San has already done all the tricks. It was you who ordered him to destroy the Zhongyi, right?"
Under the thunderous wrath of the prefect, Shi Xiu Niang was so frightened that she could not utter a single word. She stammered for a long time: "A civilian woman has been wronged!"
Seeing that Shi Xiu Niang was not recruiting, Magistrate Qin immediately said: "Come here, take it down and hit thirty big boards first."
If you go down thirty boards, half your life will be lost.
Shi Xiu Niang no longer dared to show off her strength and said hurriedly: "Sir, the common woman is wrong."
Qin Zhifu said coldly: "Since you are afraid, then let's recruit you from the truth. If you make a false statement, I will expose your skin."
Shi Xiu Niang was already frightened, so she told the truth, "The damage to the middle coat was caused by a democratic woman."
"Shi Xiu Niang, you let someone destroy your middle coat and then put the blame on me. How did you know that Mrs. Gu would definitely cause trouble for me?" Shen Xiu waited for Shi Xiu Niang to admit that she was the mastermind behind it, then she interjected and asked.
Shi Xiuniang glanced at Mrs. Gu, who gave her a warning look.
Shen Xiu saw Shi Xiu Niang's hesitation and asked, "Did Mrs. Gu tell you something? You have to tell the truth. If you are willing to tell the truth, I can ignore the villain's fault and let you go." "
Seeing Shi Xiu Niang's hesitation, she added one more sentence: "I will not lie in front of the prefect. I know that you have planned to leave the city. As long as you are willing to tell the truth, I will let the prefect tell the truth." Just be patient and let you leave."
Shi Xiu Niang lowered her head and thought for a while, and finally said: "Mrs. Gu once took the initiative to come to me and said that like me, she also disliked Mrs. Shen, but it was because the prefect valued her husband, so she couldn't express it. What? She later invited me to the government office and mentioned several times during the conversation that she wanted me to deal with Mrs. Shen for her."
"You're talking nonsense." Mrs. Gu said with panic on her face: "Sir, don't believe her. She has wronged me."
However, Magistrate Qin just looked at her indifferently. If Shen Xiu had said it for the first time, Magistrate Qin might have believed her. However, as Mrs. Gu's actions were revealed one by one, Magistrate Qin I no longer believe her at all.
What Shi Xiu Niang said was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, giving Qin Zhifu no more reason to disbelieve.
"Come here, take Madam down." Now that Magistrate Qin knew the truth of the matter, he naturally wanted to give Shen Xiu an explanation.