Chapter 211 I’m willing to give her justice

This case is actually not difficult to investigate. When Siyun's identity comes to light, the cause of her death will also become clear.The difficult thing is how to convict someone. After all, although it is illegal to kill slaves in private, no one will really make a fuss about it openly.

Mrs. Hong quickly fiddled with the rosary beads in her hand. Her heart was already in turmoil, but her face was still calm: "How can I understand Master Gongsun's words? Although my Hong family is not a famous family, it is also a scholarly generation. I can't tolerate it."Others are so slanderous.”

She is a housewife who stays at home and has withered and white hair on her temples, which makes people feel pity for her.The people didn't know the reason, but they just listened to each sentence and followed what others said, and then they started whispering again.

"This old lady of the Hong family doesn't look like that vicious person. Could it be that Master Gongsun made a mistake."

"Yes, she is an official's wife, why should she have trouble with a slave?"

"Eighty percent of it is a mistake."

Just when the people were talking about it, Gongsun Zhuoyu spoke up at the right time and asked Mrs. Hong: "I came to the door yesterday to ask about Siyun, but you said that there are many maids in the house and you don't remember this woman.Yes or no?"

Mrs. Hong didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the coffin, so she could only reply coldly: "That's true."

The people around him also felt that there was nothing wrong with it. The Hong family was from a wealthy family and had many maids and servants. How could the master remember them one by one?

Gongsun Zhuoyu crossed his arms and suddenly felt that today's sun was extremely dazzling: "I heard that the young master in my family died suddenly of illness. The old lady was heartbroken and specially invited a Taoist priest to chant sutras and save him, right?"

Mrs. Hong became more and more confused about what he wanted to do, and unconsciously tightened the dove stick in her hand. When she heard him mention her most beloved grandson, her tone finally fluctuated a little, and she said angrily: "So what?!"

Gongsun Zhuoyu looked at her directly: "No, it's just that I heard that Siyun was serving in the room that night when the young master died suddenly. You were extremely angry and blamed her for not serving her well. You even had someone drag her out to slap her.. Is it possible that the old lady’s memory is really so bad that she has forgotten what happened some time ago, let alone the death of your beloved grandson?!”

This was Mrs. Hong's first lie. When she pulled out the carrot and brought out the mud, what she said next naturally lost credibility.The onlookers looked at her with strange eyes.

Mrs. Hong was there and did not panic at all: "Oh, Lord Gongsun was talking about that cheap maid. I have indeed seen her, but I didn't know her name. Because of her poor service, I asked the steward to drag her down and punish her..”

Gongsun Zhuoyu nodded, as if he was suddenly enlightened: "But according to the servants in the mansion, after Siyun was dragged out, he disappeared the next day. Does the old lady know what happened?"

Mrs. Hong made up her mind and kept her secret: "Of course I don't know."

Gongsun Zhuoyu looked at the servant behind her with a serious look: "Where is the steward?"

The butler secretly thought that he was unlucky. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and stepped forward tremblingly: "I'm here, sir. What are your orders?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu asked: "It was you who dragged Siyun down to punish him?"

The steward was sweating like rain: "That's right. After twenty slaps and thirty more blows, then... someone carried her back to the house."

Gongsun Zhuoyu didn't even raise his eyes, she knew he was lying: "When did you go back?"

The steward stammered: "Yuemo...Yuemo came back at Haishi."

Gongsun Zhuoyu said calmly, "Oh? Who is the maid living in the same room as Siyun?"

Upon hearing this, the steward subconsciously looked behind him and called a maid in green over: "Sir, the maid who lives with Siyun is Sixia."

Sixia was also so scared that she didn't dare to raise her head. She only saluted and said, "I have seen you, sir."

Gongsun Zhuoyu stared at her: "Did Siyun go back to sleep that night?"

Sixia didn't know how to answer, so she subconsciously looked at Mrs. Hong, only to see Mrs. Hong looking at her with cold eyes. She felt panicked and fell to her knees with a thud. She said with insufficient confidence: "Back...back...back..."

Gongsun Zhuoyu hissed and paced back and forth in front of her: "Since we live in the same room, how come you don't even know when she goes out?"

Sixia tightened her handkerchief: "This slave was fast asleep, so she didn't notice..."

Gongsun Zhuoyu saw that her back was already soaked with sweat: "But the steward just said that Siyun was sent back after thirty strokes. His skin must be torn and it would be difficult to walk. He might even be unable to get out of bed after being carried back.How can we leave without anyone noticing?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu squatted in front of Si Xia and said deliberately: "I see that you are hesitating and speaking inconsistently. I guess you must have something in your heart. I'm afraid Siyun's death has something to do with you. Whoever comes here willShe was taken away and thrown into prison, where she was tortured severely by the officer!"

His voice was so stern that people were shocked out of their souls. Sixia was already scared. When she heard that he was going to throw her into prison, she quickly cried and kowtowed on the ground: "My lord, please forgive me! My lord, please forgive me! I lied, I lied,Siyun didn’t come back that night!”

Mrs. Hong's chest rose and fell when she saw this, and she secretly cursed you as a slut.

Gongsun Zhuoyu deceived one, and the second one was naturally easier to deceive. He looked at the steward with burning eyes: "Since Siyun has not gone back, why did you say that someone carried her back to the house? You are lying after all.Or is there something wrong with the escort?!"

The housekeeper was panicking and didn't know what to say. Seeing this, Gongsun Zhuoyu stepped forward and pressed forward step by step: "Whoever you asked to send Siyun back that day, let me find out. If you can't find out,It’s because you deliberately deceived me and sent you to prison for interrogation!”

The trick is not new, just useful.Ordinary people know that prison is not a good place, and no one comes out alive after going in.

Cold sweat broke out on the steward's forehead, and he was about to cry.Upon seeing this, Gongsun Zhuoyu directly grabbed him in front of Siyun's body and said in a deep voice: "Just face Siyun's body and tell him, word by word, what happened that day. If there is even half a lie,Then he will be haunted by an evil spirit, and he will not die a good death!"

The steward hurriedly tried to break free, but was pressed down by Gongsun Zhuoyu so much that he couldn't even lift his head. As he got closer, it seemed he could still smell the putrid smell of Siyun's body.He was so frightened that he peed his pants, and his face was covered with tears and snot: "Sir! Sir! I say, I say! Let go, let go!"

Only then did Gongsun Zhuoyu let go of him.

The steward ran away from Siyun in a crawl, collapsed on the ground and gasped for air. Then he knelt at Gongsun Zhuoyu's feet and cried bitterly: "The villain just followed the order. That night Siyun was already beaten."As she was dying, the old lady ordered me to lock her up in the firewood shed. Early the next morning, the Taoist priests came to perform some salvation for the young master, and took Siyun away. The rest of the villain didn't know anything about it..."

He may still know other things, but to save his life, he dare not tell anyone.

Mrs. Hong became a little panicked when she saw Gongsun Zhuoyu asking more and more questions. She stood up from the chair with a cane and said, "Master Gongsun, it's just a few servants biting and biting randomly. If you really believe it, wouldn't it be ridiculous!"

Gongsun Zhuoyu sneered: "Look at what the old lady said, the servants are also human beings, how can you not believe what they say?!"

After he finished speaking, he saw that the Taoist temple had not been evacuated. He expected that the Taoist priests should still be in the Hong Mansion. He waved his sleeves and ordered the government officials: "You will come in quickly and capture those demons!"

Mrs. Hong stepped forward and said angrily: "Gongsun Zhuoyu, how dare you——"

Gongsun Zhuoyu rolled up his sleeves and thought to himself, I am afraid of you, an old witch: "Why don't I dare!"

He held his official hat steady, and his crimson official robe was dazzlingly red under the scorching sun.Gongsun Zhuoyu stood on the steps, his voice was not loud, but his words were clear, and he said to the people watching: "The husband makes the law to abolish private affairs. The law is enforced and the private way is abolished. The meaning of this sentence is to establish the law."The purpose is to abolish private practice. When the law is implemented, private practice must be abolished."

He pointed at Siyun's body and said: "If this woman breaks the law, the Hong family can report it to the government and beat, kill or punish her, and follow our laws in Daye, instead of killing her at will and inhumanely."How to make adult wax!”

After Gongsun Zhuoyu finished speaking, he turned around and looked directly at the old lady Hong who was trembling with anger: "Every day, Your Majesty prays for peace in the world, peace and happiness for the people, and for the people in the world to have no worries about hunger and endless suffering. Although Siyun isShe is a slave, but she is also a subject of His Majesty. Why can you, the Hong family, waste your lives and turn a poor, weak woman into human wax?! Just because she is just a slave?!"

If Fan Siyun's death had not been so tragic, Gongsun Zhuoyu would not have been so angry: "I am the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, in charge of the public security of the capital. Now that a murder case has occurred under my jurisdiction, I have the right to find out the cause. No matter whether the deceased is poor or low,Regardless of whether the criminal is rich or noble, whoever dares to stop him will be punished according to the law!"

After he spoke and gave the order, the government officials rushed into the Hong Mansion aggressively. Within a moment, they caught all the Taoist priests who were doing this, tied them up and threw them to the ground.

The people watching were filled with excitement, and at the same time they were so angry that they were trembling with anger at what Hong Mansion had done.Yes, why would the Hong Mansion turn a poor, innocent, weak woman into a living wax? Why!

Gongsun Zhuoyu grabbed the steward by the collar and asked him to identify them one by one: "Who are the Taoist priests who took Siyun away in the first place? Point them out to me. If you can't point them out, I will hold you accountable!"

Guan Shi was really afraid of this evil spirit. Among the Taoist priests in blue clothes, he tremblingly pointed at a man with a goatee and said: "Back to... Sir... he was the one who took Siyun away..."

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Hong fell back into her chair with a thud, her face gloomy.Immediately, a Yamen officer escorted the Taoist priest with a goatee to Gongsun Zhuoyu.The other person was as thin as a hemp pole, with tall cheekbones. He didn't look like a good person. He had something in his mouth and couldn't speak. But when he saw Siyun's body next to him, he was so frightened that he was shaking like chaff.

Gongsun Zhuoyu pulled out the linen cloth from his mouth expressionlessly: "Did you take Siyun away?"

The goateeed Taoist priest's eyes widened and he subconsciously looked at Mrs. Hong, but was slapped back by Gongsun Zhuoyu: "Let me ask you, was it you who took Siyun away?!"

Goatee was in trouble. He was so angry that he couldn't speak. He pointed at Gongsun Zhuoyu and said, "You...you..."

The yamen servant put the saber on his neck with a swish sound: "Say!"

The Taoist priest was startled by the cold iron around his neck and stammered: "Yes...yes..."

Gongsun Zhuoyu stared at him closely: "What did you do after you took him away?"

The Taoist priest refused to speak and looked at Mrs. Hong as if asking for help, but he didn't know that she was already in danger.Gongsun Zhuoyu angrily scolded him: "If you don't stop talking, I will execute you on the spot!"

The officer cooperated and put the knife against his neck. The force was too strong, and a faint blood line appeared.

The Taoist priest hurriedly raised his hand: "No, no, no, I say! I say! The poor Taoist, under the order of the old lady, made the woman into human wax and knelt down in front of the young master's memorial tablet to help him reach bliss as soon as possible!"

At this statement, everyone was in an uproar. They did not expect that this matter was really related to Mrs. Hong!

The yamen servant was also a man of temperament, and kicked the Taoist priest to the ground: "Demon Tao!"

The people watching scolded him, and even worse, someone spat directly on him.

After hearing the words, Gongsun Zhuoyu slowly exhaled and walked up to Mrs. Hong: "I wonder if Mrs. Hong has anything else to say?"

Mrs. Hong's breath was stuck in her throat, she couldn't go up or down, and her face was livid.She forced herself to stand up from the chair, banged her crutches on the ground, and asked in a cold voice: "Does Lord Gongsun want to arrest me just for the sake of being a humble maid?!"

Gongsun Zhuoyu: "The law of Daye clearly states that when a prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Even if His Majesty has done something wrong, he still needs to be punished. Why can't you arrest the Hong family for killing people?!"

Mrs. Hong was a married woman, not an ordinary boudoir woman, so naturally she was not easily fooled. She sneered and said, "I did make a mistake. I just didn't report it to the government when I killed that slave. At worst, I'll fine you more money."

Gongsun Zhuoyu's expression remained unchanged: "What do you mean by the old lady's words?"

Mrs. Hong held a rosary in her hand: "If I killed Siyun without any reason, it was indeed a violation of the law. But that slave failed to take good care of my grandson, causing him to suddenly catch a cold at night and die suddenly. He really deserved it.", even if she reports it to the government, she will not be able to escape the death penalty. Even if Mr. Gongsun arrests me, he will only be fined a few silver taels."

This is the normal behavior of a wealthy family. After killing a slave, they will just slap a charge on it and pass it by. The government will just turn a blind eye and no one will find out how they died.

Mrs. Hong turned against the army, and the people were anxious and angry when they saw this, secretly cursing her for being extremely shameless.

Gongsun Zhuoyu smiled instead of being angry: "The old lady said that it was because Siyun failed to take good care of the young master, causing him to catch cold and fall ill, so he was killed?"

Mrs. Hong: "So what?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu shook his sleeves and robe, walked down the steps with his hands behind his back, and said loudly: "It's nothing, but I once asked the doctor who treated the young master of your house that night. He clearly died of the wind on the horse, not the cold.", I would like to ask how this crime can be blamed on Siyun, isn’t there any reason to want to inflict a crime?!”

"you!"

Mrs. Hong's expression suddenly changed. She never expected that Gongsun Zhuoyu would actually check this.His eyes suddenly widened, his throat trembled, and he couldn't say a single word. After a while, he suddenly spit out blood, and fell down on the chair with a pale face.

Upon seeing this, the slaves of the Hong Mansion exclaimed: "Old Madam!"

"Old lady, what's wrong with you!"

"Go get the doctor!"

Gongsun Zhuoyu saw the servants of the Hong Mansion carrying the old lady into the house with all their hands. He thought that the Hong family had been officials for generations, and the eldest daughter in the family was pregnant with the dragon descendant. Even if she made trouble in front of the emperor, she would be in high esteem.Pick it up, put it down gently, and then let it go with a scolding.After all, who would have trouble with an old lady whose body was half buried in the ground?

He stepped down the steps and saw Siyun's body still lying quietly on the ground. It could be seen from her facial features that she was a beautiful woman before she was born.Not only did he sigh, he knelt down and gently covered her body with a white cloth.

Gongsun Zhuoyu said to himself: "Girl, this is all I can do. I will give birth to a good child in my next life, and don't be born in this world..."

After he finished speaking, he stood up from the ground and waved for them to carry Siyun away: "Let's find a good place to bury him."

Siyun had no father or mother, and there was no one to collect his body after his death.

The officer asked: "Sir, what should we do with these Taoist priests?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu said coldly: "My evil talk has deceived the public. Naturally, I will be thrown into prison and wait for my fate."

Seeing this, the surrounding people spontaneously moved out of the way, looking at the young man in the crimson official robe among the crowd, all with mixed emotions.A few years after the founding of the Daye Dynasty, Jing Zhaoyin was replaced by Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren Ren.

I just hope he can sit in this position for a longer time, everyone thinks so.

By the time Minister Hong heard the news and rushed back to the mansion, it was already dark.He felt that there was a leak in the house and it was raining all night. He had just been scolded, and this kind of thing happened again at home. What a big deal if it spread to the ears of the emperor!

People in the house were coming and going in a hurry, and Minister Hong randomly picked up someone and asked: "Where is the old lady?!"

The servant pointed to the inner room and said, "Come back, sir, the old lady is lying inside."

Shilang Hong shook him off and quickly entered the inner room, only to see the old lady lying weakly on the bed: "Mother!"

Seeing this, Mrs. Hong reluctantly cheered up and sat up with the help of the maid: "De Zhang..."

Minister Hong supported her: "Mother! How is mother?"

Mrs. Hong squeezed his hand tightly: "I just pretended to vomit blood, otherwise Gongsun Zhuoyu will continue to pester me. You go and deliver a letter to the nobles in the palace - you must let her Hong for us."The family upholds justice!"

Hong Shilang stamped his feet and sighed: "Mother, don't you know? Your noble man has already been reprimanded by the emperor and is in a dire situation. How can we help you!"

The old lady's eyes widened and she gasped, "Is it possible that Gongsun Zhuoyu will bully us?!"

Mr. Hong sighed repeatedly: "Mother, I told you not to listen to those Taoist priests a long time ago. Now that you have caused trouble, you just need to settle the matter and make peace with others. I will plead with Your Majesty tomorrow and never mention this matter again."

Mrs. Hong wanted to say more, but Mr. Hong didn't want to listen anymore. He held her hand and said, "Mom, please take care of yourself. I have something else to do, so I'll go back to the study first."

After saying this, he asked his servants to take good care of her, then turned and left.

Mrs. Hong was already depressed, and now she is even more upset.All the slaves in the room were silent when they saw this, which showed that they were also very disgusted with her.The maid who was close to her came forward and patted her chest: "Old madam, it's getting late. You should rest early. If you are angry, I will talk to the master tomorrow."

The old lady could only nod.

Upon seeing this, the maid gently lowered the bed curtain and slowly withdrew.

Autumn is rainy.It was still sunny during the day, but suddenly there was lightning and thunder at night.The old lady was awakened by the noisy rain, and felt her mouth was dry. She wanted to call the maid to come in and pour some water, but no one answered, so she had to get out of bed in the dark.

There were no lights or candles in the room, so the old lady took out a fire stick from the drawer and wanted to light some wax.Unexpectedly, at this time, a burst of thunder suddenly struck, and even the house suddenly lit up.

She drank the medicine today and was already drowsy. In addition, she was frightened by Siyun's death. Suddenly, she saw a female corpse kneeling in the corner and smiling at her. Her hands were shaking and she backed away in panic.

The old lady screamed: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"

The rumbling thunder covered her old shouts.

There was a soft blanket on the ground. Madam Hong had difficulty with her legs and feet and staggered back. Unexpectedly, she tripped and fell to the ground with a scream.-The heavy bronze bird candlestick was brought down by her random wave of hands and clanged on top of her.

"prick"

There was only a sharp sound of cutting through the fabric, and the old lady suddenly became silent.

Another burst of thunder flashed, and the room lit up for a moment.I saw the sharp beak of the copper bird candlestick stabbing Mrs. Hong in the back. The half-burned red candle rolled to the ground and gradually condensed with the blood.

"What? Dead?"

Early the next morning, just when Gongsun Zhuoyu was worrying about how to deal with the old lady of the Hong family, he suddenly heard the news of her passing. He was not surprised.

Wen Zhongqing stood in the hall, and when he handed over his hand, he showed a little more sincere respect than usual: "Back to my lord, I heard that I was drinking water at night. I tripped and fell on the candlestick and was killed."

Reincarnation is the law of heaven, and retribution is unpleasant.Mrs. Hong made Siyun alive into human wax, and now the cause and effect has also returned to her.

Gongsun Zhuoyu sighed inexplicably: "Forget it, save me a lot of trouble and remember to bury Siyun properly."

Wen Zhongqing asked subconsciously: "Sir, who will pay for this money?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu touched his sleeve and only pulled out a pitiful few taels.It's all because of his bad mouth. The last time he said he wanted to go to a prostitute, Du Lingchun took back all the money and discussed with Wen Zhongqing: "How about... how about the two of us share it?"

Wen Zhongqing swallowed: "Sir, how do you share it?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought for a while, then made a sign of "two" with his left hand, and made a sign of "three" with his right hand: "I will give three taels, and you will give twenty taels."

#This is not called a stall, this is called grabbing!#

Wen Zhongqing stepped back: "Sir, I have a clean sleeve and a poor family."