Mu Huagui

Chapter 112 The Seven Deadly Sins

Inside the Jinhua residence, the second master was saying to the old lady, "My son didn't see the memorial, and you also know that it involves the elder brother. My son has to take the initiative to avoid suspicion in the yamen... They are all very close friends, and they are afraid that my son will be implicated." , and that's a little airy."

"Hey, he did it on his own. If this kind of woman comes in, it will be a disaster. Look, the retribution is coming." The old lady supported her head and thought for a while, "It's better to teach him a lesson about these things, so that Yelang won't be arrogant. I really thought no one would dare to touch him."

"Yes, over there, big brother..." The second master was also very embarrassed about this matter. Let's not talk about it. If he said that he didn't know anything, his family would definitely not believe it.Let's talk, big brother Nade Xing, he really doesn't want to deal with it.

"I'll tell him to be careful tomorrow."

The eldest master taught the third young master a lesson, and was called to Jinhuaju by the old lady, thinking that the old lady was doing it for her grandson.After going there, I found out that it was another matter of impeachment, and said nonchalantly, "It's just two or three small things. I talked about it back and forth. I have participated in it countless times, and the king of Xianjun directly dismissed it, and the emperor didn't say much."

"Hmph, the Qi family governs the country and the world, and the affairs at home can't be managed well, but things can go well outside." Seeing that he didn't care about it, the old lady felt relieved.During this period of time, her energy has been getting worse and worse. No matter how unconvinced the old lady is, she also knows that she is indeed old.

The next day, the Deputy Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate took out a memorial and read

"8. During his tenure as Zuo Dailang of the Ministry of War, he embezzled [-] taels of silver from the army;"

"[-]. Accepting bribes from subordinate officials;"

"Third, taking a prostitute as a concubine is a disadvantage in virtue;"

"Fourth, the family was not strictly managed, and human life was ignored, and his son Chen Zi'an was secretly executed in the outer room;"

"[-]. The family is not strictly governed, and his son and his concubine have incest and adultery;"

"Six or ten years ago, the servant Lin Da was ordered to kill Lord Chen's daughter, Chen Jiao'er, in order to seize property."

"Seven or ten years ago, I disobeyed my elders and murdered the old man of the Chen family, causing his illness to pass away."

As soon as the last one was read out, there was an uproar in the court, and the first few sentences had been read by censors intermittently, and everyone was no stranger to them.It's just that the last one was so explosive that everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Chen Desheng.

"Please ask the emperor to appoint Dali Temple to investigate, so as to set the record straight." In addition to the memorial, there is a large pile of collected testimonies and evidence at the back.

Chen Desheng's face was livid, his fists were clenched, and suddenly he knelt down on the ground and shouted, "I am wronged, I beg the emperor to find out the truth, and give me justice."

Emperor Tianqi's expression remained unchanged, and he directly handed over all the evidence to Dali Temple Minister, asking Xia Dexing to "check it out."

Xia Dexing's complexion was no better than Chen Desheng's. He took the hot potato with a bitter face, received the emperor's vague wink, his eyes lit up, and he had an idea in his heart.

Seeing Master Xia's wrinkled old face, Zhou Mingyuan was embarrassed on the surface but happy in his heart, and he declined a few times before he was willing to take everything.

The death of Dong'er in Chen Zian's chamberlain was the clue provided by Chen Jiao'er, who said he hadn't seen him for many days.All the servants in the outer house were sold clean, and no one was left behind.Chen Daren sneaked in and found Dong'er's body buried under the flowerbed.

Starting from here, Zhou Mingyuan thought about it carefully, and sent people directly to the outer house to dig out Dong'er's body according to the clues provided by Chen Daren.The corpse was only wearing obscene clothes, and its eyes were wide open.

After the autopsy, it was proved that Dong'er was strangled to death with both hands.One of the slaves who had been sold was also found and brought to the hall together with Chen Zian for interrogation.Of course, Chen Zian was wronged one by one, and did not admit that Dong'er's death had anything to do with him.

Zhou Mingyuan was not in a hurry, and asked slowly, "Since she is your concubine, she wants to see people when she lives, and she wants to see corpses when she dies. If you keep quiet, sell all the servants and close the house, why don't you explain it yourself?" .”

"I, I thought she had eloped with someone, and felt ashamed so I didn't say anything." Chen Zian knelt down in the hall, thinking of his parents' orders, he didn't dare to be stubborn, and said honestly.

"Elope, how many things did you lose in your private house?" Zhou Mingyuan continued to ask.

"This..." Chen Zian's forehead began to sweat.

Zhou Mingyuan threw down a piece of paper and said, "After counting, the clothes and jewelry of the deceased in the outer house and a small amount of silver are all exactly the same. What do you mean, she doesn't want anything, not even a coat, and walks with people naked?" elopement?"

"How do I know, I never thought about this." Chen Zian still insisted.

Zhou Mingyuan turned around and asked the sold maid again. The little girl was trembling and didn't even dare to lift her head, and said, "The young master stayed with his aunt and grandma the first day, and the servant brought the washing water to go in early the next morning. I saw the young master, but I didn't see my aunt. We searched around, but we didn't see anyone. We were still wondering, and someone came to the door and sold us all. Up to now, the servants don't know what happened thing."

"Can you explain what happened between you and the deceased that night, what time did you leave, and who saw it when you left?" Zhou Mingyuan still took his time and took the trouble.

"Nothing happened to us, because I had to go to school early the next morning, and I left early. When I left, she was fine. Later, the housekeeper of the private house reported to me that Dong'er had disappeared. He ran away with someone. I ordered him to sell him and close the house."

"You didn't investigate anything, and you didn't look for it. Based on the housekeeper's words, you believe that the deceased eloped with someone." Zhou Mingyuan ordered someone to pass on the housekeeper.

The housekeeper and Zhou Mingyuan spoke the same words, Chen Zian proudly said, "See, I'm telling the truth, Mr. Zhou can let me go back." Rubbing his numb knees, Chen Zian stood up and asked with a smile road.

Zhou Mingyuan suppressed his smile and straightened his face. Immediately, a government servant stepped forward and pressed Chen Zian to the ground.

Chen Zian shouted, "I said I didn't kill the person, why don't you let me go?"

"You said you didn't kill it, so you didn't kill it. Evidence is needed in everything. Now you have serious suspicions, and you will be taken to the prison of Dali Temple." Regardless of Chen Zian's howls, the yamen servant took him away.

The last time Xia Zisu and Chen Jiao'er had a hasty meeting at Yi's house, afterward, Chen Jiao'er inquired a little bit, only to know that after the Xia family rejected the marriage of the Chen's family, they made another marriage.Unexpectedly, when they were about to get married, the man died of an emergency.

Although the man didn't say anything, this kind of incident had a great impact on Xia Zisu's subsequent marriage negotiations.Until now, no suitable marriage has been settled.

Chen Jiao'er sighed when she found out, Xia Zisu was a very rare woman among the official ladies she knew, she was intelligent and not too narrow-minded.But she didn't expect that fate would be so unfair to her.However, she seemed to be quite open-minded, otherwise she would not have attended Miss Yi Si's banquet.

Posted a post asking Xia Zisu to come to my house as a guest, Xia Zisu was not pretentious, and quickly set a time for the next day to visit.Chen Jiao'er specially arranged the Star Observation Tower, please often Zai Xian and Lu Huo'er sit by.

"You don't want me..." Chang Zaixian pointed at his nose, and said imposingly, "A good young man like me, handsome and unrestrained..."

Chen Jiao'er casually took a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, "I just want to accompany you during the meal, you talk a lot, and you are active."

"Of course, if there is a suitable candidate for Sister Xia, you can also pay attention to it." Chen Jiao'er thought for a while, and then said to the two of them.

Chang Zai Xian and Lu Huo'er looked at each other, and immediately felt a lot of pressure.

Seeing the two young talents sitting with her, Xia Zisu politely refrained from talking and joking when she was with Chen Jiaoer. The dignified and generous appearance made Chen Jiaoer suddenly think of someone, "I have been back to Beijing for a long time, why didn't Mr. Huang come to visit?" .”

Huang Haoning was the first man who sincerely proposed to her but was rejected. Seeing Xia Zisu's bookish air, Chen Jiaoer felt that the two had very similar temperaments.

Cherry was waiting on the side, seeing that the other three were silent, she interjected, "Young Master Huang came to Beijing to take part in the examination, maybe he won the number one scholar and rode a horse through the streets, and then went to work as an official."

Of course the number one scholar was joking, but what Cherry said was pretty much the same. Huang Haoning did take part in the examination, and finally made up for his lack with a background of a second-class Jinshi. When she returned to the capital, Huang Haoning had just taken office.

Thinking that such a suitable candidate was not in the capital, Chen Jiao'er felt a little regretful.Thinking about what happened to Xia Zisu, I always feel that I have to bear a little responsibility, if I didn't do it at that time.Maybe it's another situation.

Seeing her frowning slightly, Xia Zisu put down her chopsticks and said with a smile, "Sister, don't think so. If you hadn't helped my sister back then, maybe she would have been worse off than died today. I just sigh that even though Du Huiniang is not a famous lady , but he is also famous for being virtuous and virtuous. It is really a pity that the Chen family is treated so cheaply that people are not like people, and ghosts are not like ghosts."

Because of this incident, Xia Zisu paid more attention to Chen Zian's subsequent engagement and marriage.Especially recently, Chen Zian's foreign house gave birth to a son, who openly carried him to Chen's house and knocked on the door, and then had incest and adultery with his father's concubine.It was all spread in the capital, and it made Xia Zisu feel that Du Huiniang had suffered on her behalf, which made Xia Zisu feel very distressed.

He still thought that if it wasn't for Chen Jiao'er, she might be the one who endured all of this today, and felt even more that even though she had experienced such a terrible thing as the death of her fiancé, she was still grateful to Chen Jiao'er for not letting herself jump into the fire pit of the Chen family.

"I heard that Chen Zian may be the murderer who killed the outer room, and he has been imprisoned in Dali Temple." Chang Zaixian said.Of course, this is nothing new, the Chen family has been devastated by this matter.

Halfway through the meal, Licorice came over and whispered, "Miss, the old lady of the Chen residence sent a post and wanted to visit you."

Chen Jiao'er sighed, this person is old and sophisticated, it really is different.In terms of age, in terms of seniority, she is the elder of Princess Dongjun.In terms of favors, she once took her in. If she really let the old lady come to visit her, she would be drowned by saliva when she went out tomorrow.

"I returned to the sender. Tomorrow morning, Jiao'er will go to greet the old lady." Chen Jiao'er's helplessness was seen by everyone sitting here. After all, Xia Zisu didn't know each other for long and didn't know much about her past. Naturally, it is not easy to say something.

(End of this chapter)