Pastoral affairs

Sure enough, when the case was heard again, the third division could not find any evidence that Nie Qiuran and his son killed He Yuannian. After all, Nie Qiuran has now become an official, and there are many servants at home, and there are witnesses wherever he travels every day What's more, although he is He Yuannian's brother-in-law, in fact, he and He Yuannian are not very close, and naturally they don't have much hatred. On the contrary, He Yuannian molested Cui Wei in front of everyone that day, but Cui Wei Mei said it, but Cui Wei stayed in the inner courtyard all day long and didn't go out. The two of them had a quarrel at most that day, and it would be unreasonable to kill someone because of this.

On the contrary, the people in Dali Temple seem to be suspicious of Nie Qing and Chen Xiaojun. Many people in the inn have noticed Chen Xiaojun's affection for Nie Qing. There is a lot of shouting and scolding, but she is very gentle and considerate to Nie Qing.

And some people said that they heard that He Yuannian said that Nie Qing had an unclean relationship with Chen Xiaojun before his death. It is not impossible.After all, she herself said that He Yuannian often beat and scolded her, and wanted to sell her into a brothel for money. In her anger, it is possible to kill He Yuannian.

Nie Qing was also obedient, when she heard that several people doubted her, she immediately cried out for injustice, and at this moment when everyone suspected that she was the murderer of He Yuannian, unexpectedly, it was Cui Mei who did the trick!

She recruited herself to be the one who killed He Yuannian!Lu Jin still had some doubts in his heart. He always thought that this matter was done by Nie Qiuran, and it was something he did to kill people and protect his reputation.Now that Cui Mei actually admitted that He Yuannian was killed by her, Lu Jin couldn't believe it. He hurriedly asked someone to drag Cui Mei, who had been beaten like a puddle of mud, closer, and asked, "You really did this?" What did you do?"

The Minister of Dali Temple and the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice exchanged glances. They were very happy that the case was settled because Cui Mei pleaded guilty, but who would have expected that Lu Jin would now intervene again. How long will it be flat.Wouldn't he be seen as a joke by the world and considered ineffective by the emperor?Thinking this way in their hearts, the two were very dissatisfied with Lu Jin, and quickly said: "Since Mrs. Cui has already pleaded guilty, why should Mr. Lu ask more questions?"

"I think there must be something wrong with this matter!" Lu Jin was really skeptical.A few days ago, Cui Mei was full of nonsense, saying that it was He Yuannian who was killed by Nie Qiuran, and then saying that she had made a mistake in her memory, and now she even said that she herself was the real murderer. What she said was really unbelievable Naturally, Lu Jin was unwilling to believe that Cui Mei was the murderer.He even doubted it.Cui Mei did this to take the blame for whoever actually killed He Yuannian.

"What's so strange about this matter? If Mrs. Cui hadn't killed someone herself, would she still be willing to confess the crime of beheading? She's not crazy!" Dali Siqing glanced at Lu Jin very dissatisfied, but Lu Jin He didn't want to believe Cui Mei's words, but thought she was helping someone to take the blame, so he quickly asked Cui Mei: "You and He Yuannian are neither enemies nor grudges, so why did you kill him? Could it be that you are a foolish official, so you can't do anything wrong?" Want to talk nonsense to trick me?"

"I dare not. Congratulations, congratulations on the first year. At the beginning, it was said that the husband of the slave family had an affair with Miss Nie. Say, say, that since the husband slept with his wife, he must... must defile the slave family. The slave family was excited for a while. Then, she was very angry and hated, took the knife, and killed him, taking advantage of his unpreparedness..." Cui Mei's face was pale, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of a bean, and she opened her mouth with difficulty while trembling.It's not impossible for her to say this. Lu Jin heard He Yuannian's despicable deeds from Nie Qing and others these days, but he also knew that he could not do such a thing, so he fell silent.Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhu on the other end became furious, crying and yelling to jump up and beat Cui Mei, and make her pay for her son's life. This case, which has been entangled for a month, was finally closed because of Cui Mei's plea.

After the joint trial of the three divisions, Cui Mei's murder crime was naturally established, because this case was jointly tried by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Lu Jin, the imperial envoy in Taichung, and there was no need to report the case. In the palace, within two days, Cui Mei was sentenced to beheaded, because it was only a few days before Qiuhou executed the prisoner, so her death was also at that time.

On the other side, someone went to arrest Pan Shiquan's family. At the beginning, Pan Shiquan hooked up with a woman from a good family, and his wife, He Shi, thought of such a vicious method to mutilate the woman's life, so he was naturally guilty.Nie Qing and the others were acquitted. He Yuannian had a bad mind and was so daring that he dared to blackmail the court officials. Since they were dead, the crime was naturally placed on his parents, the Zhu family. They should have been convicted, but because they were old and had no one to rely on, and had lost their children, they were given a lighter punishment, and they were only beaten ten times each, and kicked out of Beijing.

In this way, the case of He Yuannian, which had been going on for so long, came to an end amidst all the discussions.When Master Nie came out of the yamen, he suddenly felt as if he had been reborn from another life, and started crying to his son.

After going through this catastrophe, he also figured it out. Wealth and glory are not so easy to get along with. If he hadn't blindly pursued fame and wealth and valued fame, he wouldn't have led to today's catastrophe.Although he didn't know how to kill someone and turned into Cui Mei in the end, but he was able to pick up a life, so he was naturally very grateful. He is not a selfless person. For Cui Mei's voluntary confession, he was grateful, but only grateful In the future, when I go back, I will often burn incense for Cui Mei, hoping that she will be reincarnated in the next life, and be a lucky person again. I owe her in this life, so I will burn more paper money for her in the past as a gift.

Cui Wei didn't quite believe that Cui Mei had admitted to killing He Yuannian.A person like Cui Mei is really too soft. If she dares to kill someone, Chen Xiaojun should be the first one to kill. Besides, Cui Mei's appearance is not because Cui Wei looks down on her. The woman, who was skinny and thin, had a fetus in her womb forcibly removed by Chen Xiaojun that day, and her body has been hurt since then. Not to mention she looks bad, and she looks like a woman in her thirties. He is very skinny and not attractive. He Yuannian just feels that he has suffered a disadvantage. At most, he can ask Chen Xiaojun to blackmail him for money. It is impossible for him to like Cui Mei, not to mention that he often takes money to go to Baihualou. There is no shortage of women in this place, why bother to really force Cui Mei?

Cui Wei didn't believe it, but now that Nie Qiuran has been cleared of suspicion, she also breathed a sigh of relief.Although she doesn't believe that the person next to her pillow will come forward to kill He Yuannian in person, she is afraid that someone he offended will be calculated, so once the case is revealed, she is naturally relieved, and at night, she will be with Nie Qiuran Gossiping: "Cui Mei is timid, I don't think she has the guts to kill He Yuannian."

A scoundrel like He Yuannian would be enough to scare her even if she stared at him, how dare she risk her life to kill him, and if she killed He Yuannian alone, a weak woman would definitely not be an opponent of a scoundrel.Nie Qiuran saw that she had just come out of the shower, and her hair was still dripping with water, so she picked up the handkerchief and wiped it for her twice, then said with a smile: "She is doing it for someone else. sin, but she is willing to die, and no one can stop her." After a pause, Nie Qiuran said again: "My father is going to return to his hometown in a few days, and the emperor has not issued an order to reinstate me, why not use this Timing, let's go back so we can send my father and the others back to settle down."

Cui Wei would of course be happy if she could go out to relax, so she agreed.

On the day Cui Mei was beheaded, she was not the only one who was going to be beheaded, so before the time came, she was taken out by the prison car along the way. There were many spectators along the way, and Cui Wei also sat in a car. On the carriage, mixed in the crowd, surrounded by a passage separated by several sturdy guards.Cui Mei's expression was sluggish, her head was still looking around, as if she was looking at something, Cui Wei's carriage followed the prison cart all the way to the north to the execution ground, Cui Mei looked around anxiously, when the prison cart was opened at the execution ground, When she was pushed down, there was still no familiar figure in the crowd around her, and she couldn't help showing disappointment on her face. Cui Wei got off the carriage and was supported by Bi Liu, and headed towards the execution platform not far away. walked over.

A few guards separated the crowd and guarded her towards the execution platform. Today Nie Qiuran was summoned into the palace by a servant and did not come out with her. Cui Wei wanted to come out to give Cui Mei a ride. say something.

Seeing Cui Wei who was approaching, Cui Mei's eyes lit up immediately, she knelt down and moved forward a few steps, but the official who looked at her from behind was like an eagle catching a chick, and brought her back to the original place, Cui Mei struggled and said something, but the beheaded people in the arena were like a sea of ​​people, and the scene was extremely noisy, what she said was drowned in the voices of the people, and she couldn't hear it at all.Cui Wei twisted up her skirt and went on stage, Bi Liu took the silver to the official, and revealed her family's identity, the two officials backed away with a knife in hand, Cui Wei squatted down, Cui Mei looked at her There was anxiety and joy in his eyes: "Fourth sister, are you here to save me?"

"Save you?" Cui Wei didn't expect that the first sentence she spoke would be this, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Sister, now that you have reached this point, you have already arrived at the execution ground, who else can do it?" save you?"

"Go and beg Nie Zhuangyuan, let him go to Beijing to ask for an imperial decree. My husband said so, and it is always performed like this in other dramas. You save my life, and I will work for you in the future..." Cui Mei's hands were tied upside down, and she couldn't reach out to hold Cui Wei, but she still couldn't help but leaned over, trying to get closer to Cui Wei: "Nie Zhuangyuan is the number one scholar, he is Wenquxing descended to earth, he If there is a way, he must have a way, Fourth Sister, hurry up and save my life, we also have the same surname Cui, we are all a family, we are relatives..." (To be continued. If you like this movie Works, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: The third update~