Rebirth of the concubine's scheming

Chapter 95

Master Lan looked at Mrs. Qi who arrived later, and hurriedly offered a seat. There were Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu from the Gu family directly opposite.

Suddenly a yamen servant came to him and whispered a few words, Lord Lan's expression changed immediately, the desire to escape just now dissipated completely, he put on an extremely fair face, and asked loudly, " Qi Sulan, half a month ago, did you conspire with these five bandits, pay 1000 taels of silver, and ask them to kidnap Miss Gu Jiaqi and kill her?"

"I didn't, I didn't, you're talking nonsense!" Qi Sulan murmured and suddenly said loudly, "I'll wait for my father to come over." After speaking, she got up and walked towards Mrs. Qi.

"Bold, how can the court allow you to mess around, take it down!" Master Lan shot the board very readily, and the two yamen servants came up and suppressed Qi Sulan. Mrs. Qi glanced at Mrs. Gu, and saw her expression faintly Looking at it, she didn't show any other expressions, and her heart sank a little.

"Chen Hu, was it this young lady who met you half a month ago?" Master Lan turned his head and asked the only bandit who survived. Chen Hu glanced at Qi Sulan, "My lord, that young lady was masked that day, but I remember Her voice was indeed her, and she promised us a reward of 1000 taels at the time, and she also promised me to find a way to release the two brothers who were imprisoned half a year ago after the matter is completed."

"You're talking nonsense. I've been at home every day for the past two months, and I haven't gone out at all. How could I meet you." Qi Sulan flatly denied, and Master Lan looked down at what Gu Yixin had written, "The witness, Mrs. Xu, Li Tiesan, Madam Yan."

"Grandma Xu, half a month ago, that is, on the second day of October, did you see a carriage coming and going in front of your house, and was it this young lady who came down from it?" Master Lan asked.

"I don't know. I did see it. My family lives in a small street across from the back gate of Qi Mansion. I was burning coal balls at the door. I saw a carriage arrive at the back gate of Qi Mansion, and I saw a lady wearing a white gauze hat. After walking down, the servant girl is still following behind, it will be very windy, so it looks quite similar."

"Xu Po, do you think so?" Gu Yixin took a white hat and put it on Qi Sulan's head, then Xu Po nodded.

"Wearing a gauze hat, how can we be sure that it's our Lan'er." Mrs. Qi who arrived later said, Gu Yixin glanced at Mrs. Lan, and then at Mrs. Qi, "Then bring the people from all over the Qi family over to ask. Whoever brought this gauze hat into the back gate of Qi Mansion and went there again, such a big living person, it is unlikely that no one will see it, Mrs. Qi."

"Nurse Yan, you taught Ms. Qi that day, but you stayed by her side all the time." Gu Yixin asked the nurturing nun again, and the nun shook her head and said, "We weren't there when we took a nap in the afternoon. Wait for us to call after the hour. The maid at the door said that Ms. Qi was unwell and her head was hurting, and she was still lying down, so I went in and took a look, and there was indeed someone lying down in the tent, so I came out with the other nuns."

Gu Yixin looked at Mrs. Qi, "If Mrs. Qi doesn't believe it, you can call everyone in the Qi family to ask, and see if they all say that the second young lady has never gone out."

Mrs. Qi was speechless, Master Lan then passed on to the guards of the city gate, and indeed saw a carriage leaving the city gate early in the morning, and later saw the second young master of the Gu family follow them out, and then the eldest young master of the Gu family led people to drive there, compared Qi Sulan's handwriting was exactly the same as one of the letters, including the steward of the Qi family recognized by Chen Hu, and the name of the bank on the 1000 taels of bank note all proved that this matter was inseparable from the Qi family.

Mr. Qi arrived soon, but Qi Suru didn't come over. Hearing Master Lan calling witnesses one by one, Qi Sulan was found guilty after a while. She said that she was at home, and Nurse Yan only saw her back from the tent. Said he didn't go out, but a neighbor saw the carriage coming back. The steward of the Qi family did go out to the north of the city early in the morning to deliver a letter written by Qi Sulan himself telling Chen Hu that they wanted to be killed cleanly and not leave any bones behind. The important thing is that, except for Qi Sulan, no one in the Qi family has this motive for committing the crime.

"Master Lan, there are a lot of doubts about whether it can be remanded for retrial." Master Qi looked at his daughter kneeling on the ground, saw himself crying sadly, looked up at Master Lan, and Gu Yixin walked up to him, "May I ask what else Master Qi has? I don't understand, Gu is willing to answer one by one, so there is no need to postpone it, and with so much evidence, is it possible that Mr. Qi still wants to get rid of the relationship?"

"Then why is Mrs. Xu so clear about what happened half a month ago?" The Gu family in front of them can't be offended. The eldest daughter didn't come and didn't send someone to say anything. The meaning of the Six Princes' Mansion is very clear, and they won't stand behind the Qi family. .

"September 1000nd is the anniversary of our old man's death. Of course I remember it clearly." Mrs. Xu said, Mr. Qi was a little frustrated. A letter, the [-] taels of silver, and the steward of the Qi family pointed directly at the Qi family. The housekeeper has such a large sum of money, why is he the owner of the Qi family, besides his second daughter, who else would do such an outrageous thing.

"Qi Sulan, do you plead guilty?" Master Lan looked at Qi Sulan, who couldn't break free from the shackles of the yamen servant, crying and shouting to Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Qi, "Father, I don't, I don't know them, they wronged me."

"Pass Gu Yinhuan and Xi Nuan to the court." Master Lan sighed slightly, if it were an ordinary family, there is still a possibility of suppressing it, not to mention that there is no head of the Gu family who is higher than Master Qi, but His background is strong enough. If there is even a little bit of partiality, he doesn't have to think about being an official. Just now the Prince's Mansion sent someone to say that it's a fair trial, so even if you give me a hint, Mr. Qi, I will There will be no retrial.

Qing Ya supported Yin Huan and walked up, the knife wound on her neck had been treated, her pale and haggard appearance made the onlookers feel distressed when they saw it, what is it all about, a young lady with such a cruel heart To murder!
"Because there was a heavy rain last night, the weather this morning was exceptionally clear. Early in the morning, Yin Huan made an appointment with his brother and sister-in-law to go out for fun. When they arrived near Nanshi, my brother and sister-in-law got off the car to buy some things. I waited for them in the carriage. The second elder brother said that we should buy some good wine and went down. Suddenly, the carriage moved by itself. Xi Nuan and I were sitting in the carriage. Bring another carriage..."

"...Then they asked us to get out of the car. The second brother quickly found out that I was gone, so he chased after me first. Later, the eldest brother and the others came. They fought, and several of them were shot to death by arrows. He held me with a knife When I got to the edge of the cliff, I was rescued by hurting his hand. At first I didn’t know who was going to kill me, but in the carriage I heard those people say that someone bought my life and wanted to put me to death. He also promised to release the bandits' brothers as a reward. Yin Huanshen did not have any grudges with anyone in her boudoir. Later, the brothers said that they followed the housekeeper of the Qi residence. I remembered after thinking about it. Miss Qi and I There may be some misunderstandings between them, just half a month ago the empress invited us to the summer resort, I had some disputes with my cousin and Ms. Qi, and Ms. Qi accidentally pushed me to the rockery and got injured."

As Yin Huan spoke, tears fell, and she looked at Qi Sulan with a sad expression, "Miss Qi, I really didn't know that you would be so angry about my cousin, but I have never had any enmity with you, why did you put me in the wrong place?" Death?"

"You are talking nonsense, you obviously disappeared last night!" Qi Sulan watched her blurt out, and it was too late for her to react, she looked at Master Qi eagerly, this time even Madam Qi didn't know what to say .

"Miss Qi, what kind of hatred do I have with you? You wanted to kill me first, and now that I'm still alive, you're going to ruin my reputation and say I've been missing all night!" Yin Huan stared at her, and suddenly fell down with a trembling.

"Yin Huan!" Mrs. Mu got up and hugged her in his arms, watching her trembling all over, hugging her tightly, "Master Lan, although the old Duke of my Gu family is gone, my husband has already died in battle , but the women and children in my family are not bullied by others. I am just such a child, and I treat it as my own. The child came home late in the heavy rain last night. When I went out this morning, I was still a little uncomfortable, but I didn’t want to sweep My brother and sister-in-law were interested, so I went with them. Now that she finally came back, this Miss Qi wants to ruin her reputation, Mrs. Qi, I want to ask you, what is the meaning of this Qi Mansion!"

"Madam Gu, this is not what the Qi Mansion means." Mrs. Qi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, Madam Qi looked at her and shouted incredulously, "Mother!"

"If it wasn't for the connivance of you and Ziwen, how could this child get so much money to buy a murderer? If it wasn't for the multiple mistakes you didn't punish severely, how could she not recognize her mistakes, and now she has made a big mistake? , then she has to bear it by herself."

Mrs. Qi finished speaking and looked at Lord Lan, "Since my children of the Qi family have made such a big mistake, it is up to the Lord to make a fair decision." After saying this, Qi Sulan's face turned pale. What does grandma mean by saying that she has given up on her?

Mrs. Qi glanced at Mrs. Gu, "I am ashamed of the old woman for not being strict with my daughter-in-law." After speaking, she left the court.

This sudden change made everyone stunned. Even Mrs. Lan didn't know what to do next. The son of the official made a mistake, and he had to submit it to the Ministry of Punishment for a decision after the trial. Mrs. Qi Did the words speak on behalf of the Qi family? Master Lan looked at Master Qi who was still sitting.

Gu Yixin said again, "Master Lan, Miss Qi usually stays at home, how can she recognize bandits? Someone must have pointed out behind this."

Qi Sulan looked up at him abruptly, Gu Yixin and Yan lowered their heads, "Miss Qi, who told you to go find these bandits, and who is the broker?"

Looking at the look on Qi Sulan's face, Yin Huan knew that she had guessed right. It was much easier to ruin her reputation than to die herself. Why did she need to spend so much trouble, unless there were others who didn't want her to live.

"Lan'er, tell me quickly, who tricked you to harm Miss Gu's family? You were instigated, right? Tell me quickly." Mrs. Qi urged her, no matter how lawless this daughter is, she will not do harm. In matters of human life, he is usually unruly and capricious, but this person is not very smart and is easily irritated. Otherwise, how could he have such an argument with a ten-year-old girl from the Mu family? Someone must want to use her hand to harm him. people.

"I heard it from others, but no one told me." After a long time, Qi Sulan looked at Mrs. Qi wrongedly and said.

"Who did Miss Qi hear from?"

"I went to the Lu family, and I heard the second young master of the Lu family chatting with his wife. He said that Longdong is not peaceful recently, and there are often incidents of buying and killing people. I asked him how to find those people." Gu The faces of the old lady and the Mu family changed, the second young master of Lu's mansion, isn't that Yinshuang's husband.

Mr. Qi gave Mr. Lan a meaningful look. The back of the latter was already soaked. Now that it was done, he pulled out the Lu Mansion again. He still hurriedly handed over the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. This hot potato is about to die. All his black hats were on fire.

Qi Sulan conspired with others to murder Ms. Gu's family, the evidence was conclusive, and she was put in a big prison to be sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. After returning home, Yin Huan started to have a high fever because of being frightened.

Gu Yixin was busy concealing the time of Yin Huan's disappearance perfectly, as long as the only surviving bandit said that he was kidnapped early in the morning, and after the heavy rain covered up the footprints and car marks that left the city overnight, they couldn't find it. It was raining heavily No one noticed at all that someone was hijacked and left the city gate.

As for the words of Ms. Qi and the housekeeper, there is no other evidence that is convincing. The matter was indeed done by Ms. Qi. As for why the murder was so brutal, whether the second young master of the Lu family made a point intentionally or unintentionally. The Ministry of Sentencing is going to investigate, as long as he can protect the reputation of the master's sister...

(End of this chapter)