Chapter 26

Chen Bozong was born as a champion scholar. He stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three years, and then he has been working in Dali Temple. He usually deals with various criminal and prison cases.

This time, Chen Tingjian still asked the eldest son to preside over the case.

Considering the unspeakable secrets of the woman involved in this case, Sun, Hua Yang, Chen Jingzong and others did not follow, but chose to wait for the news in the front yard, while Chen Jizong's wife, Guo Shi, had long suffered from damage to her reputation and ran back to the East CourtCried.Mrs. Sun hastily sent her eldest daughter-in-law, Yu Xiu, to appease her, so that Mrs. Guo would not be too overwhelmed to do something stupid.

shrine.

Chen Tingjian asked his eldest son to sit on the throne, and he and his younger brother Chen Tingshi sat aside.

The Zhao couple and Chen Jizong both knelt on the ground.

Zhao's words are filled with tears.Ever since she was insulted by Chen Jizong, she suffered from nightmares every night, and later her husband broke her leg because of it. The life of the couple became worse, and they no longer had the sweet love they used to have.

They were afraid of the power of the Chen family, and they were ready to admit it. Fortunately, God has eyes, Pavilion Elder Chen is back!

Mrs. Zhao went shopping yesterday, and heard someone saying that Pavilion Elder Chen was secretly investigating whether Mrs. Qi had committed any other crimes.However, she would rather ruin her own reputation, and accept the advice from the neighbors behind her back, and come to the Chen family to avenge her grievances!

When she said something, Chen Jizong retorted and firmly denied it.

Because the incident happened last year, the so-called scratches and bites on his body cannot be used as evidence.

When Chen Bozong asked Zhao if he had any other evidence, Chen Jizong's eyes flashed a smugness. How could such a thing leave traces unless someone caught him at the scene?

Crying, Mrs. Zhao took out a bundle, which contained two pieces of broken jade pendants: "This is the first time he found my house, and he dropped it when I resisted!"

Chen Jizong sneered: "I lost this jade pendant a long time ago, so it was picked up by you, and you were greedy for it."

Mrs. Zhao: "You have a gray birthmark the size of a copper coin on your lower back!"

Chen Jizong: "I used to bathe in the river when I was a child, but your husband saw it and now uses it to slander me."

Mrs. Zhao was so angry that she was trembling all over!

Chen Tingshi looked at his son, then at Mrs. Zhao, his hands on his knees kept shaking.He didn't want to believe that his son did something that would be as harmful as a beast, but Zhao's tears and anger really didn't seem to be faked.

Just when Chen Jizong insisted on Zhao's slander, Zhao looked at her husband and suddenly lowered her head, tears rolling down silently, her voice sad and desperate: "Ge Lao, there is a young man named Liu Sheng beside Chen Jizong.When Xibian bullied me, Liu Sheng was his accomplice."

Her husband raised his head abruptly, and rushed towards Chen Jizong with tearful eyes!

Just as Chen Jizong was about to fight back, Chen Tingjian slammed the table down!

Chen Jizong was frightened, and was punched in the face by Zhao's husband. At this time, Chen Bozong rushed over, pulled Zhao's husband aside, and said to the outside: "Bring Liu Sheng here quickly!"

Hearing this, Chen Jizong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at Zhao with contempt, and joked, Liu Sheng has been with him for seven or eight years, how could he betray him?If he really testified, and he was convicted of rape, Liu Sheng, an accomplice, should not think about it.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Sheng was brought to him. He knelt behind Chen Jizong, and at first he was sophistrying. When Chen Bozong asked him sharply what he had done at noon on the ninth day of June last year, and the two answers did not match, Liu Sheng finallyLike a collapse, he kowtowed and admitted Chen Jizong's beastly behavior.

Chen Jizong still wanted to deny it, but Liu Sheng mentioned a servant who also followed Chen Jizong to the home of the Zhao family and was responsible for reporting the news outside.

Together, the two boys explained clearly how Chen Jizong insulted the Zhao family several times.

"Uncle, don't listen to them, they have wronged me!"

Chen Jizong couldn't speak more than three mouths by himself, so he knelt and crawled in front of Chen Tingjian, screaming for injustice until his throat broke.

Chen Tingjian just looked at him blankly: "According to the law, whoever rapes a woman shall be hanged. If you feel wronged, go and tell the magistrate."

"Come here, escort him to the magistrate's yamen!"

Chen Tingshi slumped on the chair.

When Chen Jizong saw that the people outside were really coming to tie him up, he was afraid and angry, so he threw away the two servants and ran out desperately.

In the hall of the front yard, Mrs. Sun was passing the letters that Chen Tingshi had sent to Hua Yang to read, and said helplessly: "Capital City and Ling Zhou are separated by 2,500 miles, except for sending people to the ancestral house to give gifts during the festivals., We really have no way of knowing what happened here, even so, if what Mrs. Zhao said is true, then your father and I can hardly shirk the crime of negligence, and we are really ashamed of the people of the same town and the emperor."

Hua Yang: "Mother, don't blame yourself. According to historical records, many virtuous ministers and generals were implicated because of their relatives' crimes. Because of limited energy, some relatives who are close at hand are difficult to restrain, let alone thousands of miles away.Promptly picket and deal with it impartially, so that the people are not wronged and the evil relatives are rampant, and the name of the father and the Chen family will not be damaged."

Chen Xiaozong showed admiration, thankful that the princess was reasonable and did not look down on them because of the East Court.

Chen Jingzong looked at Hua Yang's moist and delicate lips, but what he thought was that this man coaxed the old man to look like he had smeared honey on his lips, but he was always picky about him.

Suddenly, there was noise outside.

Chen Jingzong was the first to rush out of the hall, and seeing Chen Jizong fleeing like a beast out of a cage, guessing that the case had come to an end, he sneered and chased after him.

Not long after, under Sun's worried eyes, Chen Jingzong twisted Chen Jizong's arm and escorted him back.

Chen Jizong's hair is in a messy bun, and the left half of his face has obvious traces of being rubbed on the ground.

Chen Bozong brought the Zhao couple over, and he will personally accompany them to the magistrate's yamen.

shrine.

Chen Tingshi knelt in front of his elder brother, holding his brother's clothes with both hands, crying more miserably than ever before: "Brother, although the Qi family is hateful, Jizong is my son, the flesh and blood of our Chen family, how can youJust watch him die!"

Chen Tingjian looked at the yard coldly: "There is no family affection before the law, not to mention, the blood flowing in his bones may not be the blood of the Chen family."

Chen Tingshi cried and raised his head in disbelief.

Chen Tingjian pulled out the hem of his clothes and sat on the chair, feeling angry and unwilling to say anything.

But Chen Tingshi still looked at him tearfully, looking stupid and stupid.

Chen Tingjian paused, and said to the tears on the hem of his clothes: "When something happened to the Qi family, I asked Bo Zong to interrogate all the servants of the East Court. You also know that Bo Zong is working in Dali Temple, and it is difficult for those evil spirits outside to hide from him.What, what's more, two of the servants in the family looked wrong, after Bo Zong's careful interrogation, they confessed that the Qi family and Guanshi Yang had an affair for a long time, and they often get along alone on the grounds of settling accounts."

Mrs. Qi and Guanshi Yang are not only cousins, but also the housewife and accountant steward. It seems okay to be alone for a while, but if there are too many times, there will always be one or two leaks, which make people guess that they are messing around.

In addition, Chen Bozong had already tried Chen Jizong's evil deeds from Liu Sheng and his two populations, and he could only deal with it after the imperial decree punished the Qi family, so it has been delayed until now.

Of course, there is no need to tell my brother about this.

Chen Tingshi opened his mouth in shock, first he didn't believe that Qi Shi dared to do that, but then he remembered some scenes, Qi Shi gave Guanshi Yang a lot more smiling faces than he gave him.

But, he has slept with Qi so many times, is Jizong really his son?

When he rolled his eyes, Chen Tingjian knew what he was thinking, and his face became more serious: "Jizong looks like Qi's family alone, so it's hard to tell them apart, but look at Brother Hu, with a pointed nose and fat earlobes, who is similar to the Qi family."Guanshi Yang is almost exactly the same!"

Chen Tingshi had tears in his eyes, but he said: "Guan Shi Yang is Qi's cousin, and Brother Hu's uncle, is it normal to have similarities?"

In the final analysis, he couldn't accept the green hat his wife had worn on him for more than 20 years, and he couldn't accept that none of his children and grandchildren belonged to him!

Chen Tingjian: "No matter how much you and I argue about this kind of thing, it is difficult to reach a conclusion. Don't worry, I have told Bo Zong to ask the magistrate to lock Ji Zong and Yang Guanshi together, and he will observe secretly. If Ji Zong is Yang GuanshiGuanshi’s son, Guanshi Yang must know about it, he will definitely be anxious because of his son’s imprisonment, if Jizong is your seed, Guanshi hates you and me, and will only gloat over Jizong’s imprisonment.”

This is indeed a good way, Chen Tingshi couldn't deny it, and asked with the last hope: "If it proves that Jizong is my son, can elder brother rescue him?"

Chen Tingjian lowered his eyes: "Death crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped."

In fact, the death penalty is inevitable, but just said this first, so that brother will not have to feel too uncomfortable for the time being.

Not to mention fake nephews kissing nephews, even if sons dare to rape women and women, he will send them to prison with his own hands!

Lingzhou City, the magistrate's yamen.

Li Zhifu heard that the eldest son of Chen Ge's hometown was coming, and came out to greet him enthusiastically.

Chen Bozong didn't show politeness to him. He couldn't possibly be in that mood when something happened in his family. He just told the whole story and asked Li Zhifu to re-examine it impartially and return justice to the Zhao couple.

Li Zhifu's mind has turned several times. Is the Chen family really wanting to kill relatives righteously, or is it just a show?

Chen Bozong glanced at him and said: "According to the law, what Zhao said and the oral evidence of Liu Sheng can be matched, which is enough for a judgment. If Your Excellency feels that the evidence is insufficient, I will find other witnesses to assist Your Excellency."

Li Zhifu immediately understood that the Chen family really wanted to kill another family member!

He hurriedly said: "Enough is enough, the Eldest Young Master is on duty in Dali Temple, I have heard that the case is like a god, and the Eldest Young Master has said so, it must not be worse."

Chen Bozong didn't like his flattering attitude, but he didn't need to lose his temper, so he proposed to lock Chen Jizong and Guanshi Yang together.

That night, Chen Bozong came to the magistrate prison.

He hid in the dark and observed Guanshi Yang and Chen Jizong in the cell.

Chen Jizong came in at noon, and he had already scolded Chen Tingjian's family with Yang Guanshi. He, a villain, naturally didn't think it was a big mistake to force a woman.I don't want to keep it to embarrass him.

Steward Yang didn't dare to underestimate Chen Tingjian. He guessed that Chen Tingjian had already discovered that he had an affair with the Qi family.

In addition, Brother Hu actually inherited some of his features...

He and the Qi family are capital offences, and his son's rape is also a capital offence. Since they are about to die, it is better for father and son to recognize each other before death.

Steward Yang hugged his son and whispered something.

Chen Jizong was stunned. After a while, he suddenly grabbed Guanshi Yang by the collar and punched him down!

He hates it, if he is a genuine heir of the Chen family, how could Chen Tingjian want to kill him so cruelly?

Steward Yang didn't resist, but bore his son's anger with loving and distressed eyes.

Chen Bozong left quietly just like when he came.

Early the next morning, Chen Bozong rode out of Fucheng, and arrived at Chen's house half an hour later.

Chen Tingjian called his younger brother to listen to the eldest son's report together.

In order to make his uncle completely give up, Chen Bozong described the scene of Yang Guanshi and Chen Jizong's father and son recognizing each other as "embracing and weeping".

Chen Tingshi lowered his head deeply, his exposed side face was as white as paper.

Chen Tingjian motioned for the eldest son to step down. He held his younger brother's shoulders and said, "Ms. Guo did nothing wrong. It was our Chen family who wronged her. If she is willing, I will write a letter and leave the letter, and send her home with a generous gift. As for the successorZong, he violated the ancestral precepts and violated the law, so he is no longer worthy of being the heir of the Chen family. You write a letter of enunciation to drive him out of the house. In this way, you can not only break his relationship with the family, but also cover up what the Qi family has done.Your face is intact."

Chen Tingshi didn't think that far at all, but his elder brother thought of everything for him.

The care from his elder brother made Chen Tingshi feel alive again, tears came out again, and he knelt down in pain.

Chen Tingjian: ...

He looked out the door anxiously.

Chen Tingshi cried enough, sobbed: "I listened to the big brother, and I have nothing to do with the life or death of that bastard. Mrs. Guo is still young, so it's fine to go home and remarry. What about brother Hu? I don't want to raiseHe, but you can't throw him away casually, and he doesn't understand anything."

Chen Tingjian: "The Yang family lives in the city. I will send someone to send Brother Hu there quietly. They will naturally understand, and they will say to the outside world that the crimes of the successor family are too serious. You send Brother Hu to the temple to practice and recite scriptures every day to alleviate the crime for your father., and report his death in two years."

Chen Tingshi nodded repeatedly, the eldest brother is so smart, he is born to be an official.

He left with red eyes, and Chen Tingjian sat down on the chair wearily, holding his forehead with one hand.

Mrs. Sun came out from the side room and silently poured him a bowl of tea.

Chen Tingjian let out a long sigh.

Mrs. Sun didn't feel distressed at all, and was still very sly: "Now you find out, our fourth son is so good, he doesn't commit crimes, and he doesn't need you to help wipe his butt."

Chen Tingjian: ...