Chapter 158: The Qi Mansion Massacre
Xie Jingyi took a bite of dried apricots. Now it's just spring, and the dried apricots are all aged, and they taste like they are chewing a shriveled shell. She frowned and nibbled a piece, and then gnawed a broad bean.
Mrs. Qi had an imperial decree, so she didn't have to kneel down, she just gave a tribute.
"The old woman's surname is Liu and E. Her husband's surname is Qi. She gave birth to a son named Qi Yu. My son passed the Jinshi at the age of 16 and married Youshi in the same year. The next year she held the golden grandson Qi Guangyao. Youshi's fate was poor. When she went out, she had an accident in a carriage and fell off a cliff. Three years later, my son continued to marry Zhang Yaoling, a daughter of Zhang, Taiyuan."
"What I want to sue today is this Zhang girl. Zhang Yaoling married into my Qi family. She has not mentioned anything for many years. She is also rampant and always beats her servants. My son has been persuading her many times but failed, so the couple is indifferent."
"Later, one time, my son was sent out of Suizhou and returned to Beijing to work. He accidentally brought back one person. It turned out to be the original wife Youshi who fell off the cliff!"
Before the case could be mentioned, Kaifeng Prefecture was filled with exclamations.
Bizarre! The original wife fell off the cliff and resurrected her old love!
Mrs. Qi said and sighed, "You and my son are young couples, and they are very close to each other. Now that she has returned, how can she not have a place in the mansion? Zhang is afraid that the position of his wife will be taken back by You, so he spread rumors everywhere, saying that You were captured and prostituted in Suizhou, and he has long been unclear."
"You are from a scholarly family, so how could you bear such insults? You left a suicide note, a white silk hanging herself to prove her innocence with death!"
"My son is so sad that he is seriously ill and has not survived that winter."
Mrs. Qi said, tears flowing down her face.
Xie Jingyi put the dried apricots into her sleeve bag and sighed. In life, suffering always exceeds happiness.
Seeing that she was crying violently, Huang Qingtian started to talk about it and slapped the gavel with a bang.
"Liu E, according to what you said, Zhang committed verbal karma, but You left a suicide note, which was confirmed to be a suicide. Qi Yu was overly sad and died of serious illness. Although Zhang was not virtuous, it did not constitute the crime of murder. Why did you come to sue?"
Mrs. Qi wiped her tears, "For so many years, I always thought that my son Qi Yu died of illness. It was not until recently that something was discovered in my only grandson Qi Guangyao that I realized that something was wrong with this."
"After my son Qi Yu went, I followed his wishes during his lifetime and buried him with You. When he was ill, Zhang Yaoling had been serving Tangshui on both sides and was very dedicated. She did not give birth to a man or a woman for my son. I thought to let her go home and marry someone else. But Zhang Yaoling disagreed, saying that their Zhang family's family has a clean and honest family, and there is no reason to remarry."
"So for so many years, she has been living in Qi's family and is widowed. I originally hated her very much and angered her to kill Youshi. But after so many years, she has been guarding my son, or she would worship Buddha in the temple and light a bright light for me. During the New Year's Day, she simply lived in the temple and said that Guangyao would take the spring exam this year, so she went there to eat vegetarian food and worship Buddha and pray for Guangyao."
"On the night of New Year's Eve, I thought that there were only three people in our Qi family. How could Zhang Yaoling live alone in the temple during the New Year? So I wanted to go to the temple and take her back. Originally, I wanted to go there myself, but Guangyao felt sorry for me that I was old and my legs were inconvenient."
"So he went for me. Not long after he went, he came back angrily. I asked him what he said, but he locked himself in the room without saying anything. I thought it was strange and wanted to send someone to the temple to ask again. Zhang Yaoling came back that night."
"The eyes were red. When Guangyao said that when she was going to pick her up, she happened to be listening to the master's lecture. When someone reported that Guangyao was coming, she was anxious to go out to greet her. She knelt on her knees for too long and her legs were numb. When she got up, she fell down accidentally and was helped by the master. As a result, Guangyao misunderstood."
"She said that if she could, she would be willing to prove her innocence by death."
Mrs. Qi said, wiping her tears and smiling mockingly, "Are you very familiar words? I was shocked at that time. Because of the silence, one Youshi had already died. How could another person die? But I was stupid and mistakenly regarded the wealth wolf as a dog... Some people, after many years, ate many vegetarian food, and recited Buddha, can't change the dog's way to eat shit, and it's rotten to the root!"
"That night, Zhang Yaoling cooked a pot of chicken soup and sued her for the crime. She asked me to take it to Guangyao. I didn't know that she was so cruel and acted as she said. The next morning, Guangyao got up, and she was infected with a cold and started coughing. She was very weak, and she was exactly the same as his father's original illness."
"I was anxious at the time and did not arouse suspicion. Zhang Yaoling, the person who served in my mansion, was as dedicated as ever. I also invited many doctors to see him, but they were not improved at all. This delay lasted for more than a month, and in the early February, my poor grandson Qi Guangyao died prematurely."
"Originally, Guangyao was going to participate in this year's spring exam. I pity him, and he will never have the chance to open his eyes and see if his name is on the list."
Mrs. Qi said, crying bitterly.
Many people present also had red eyes. The old lady gave black hair twice to send people with white hair, which was really unbearable.
Huang Qingtian frowned and then slapped the gavel with another bang.
The expressionless yamen runners knocked on the killing stick, "Magnificent..."
"Qi Liu, our family also sympathizes with your experience. But what does this matter have to do with your daughter-in-law Zhang Yaoling? You know, if there is no evidence to falsely accuse others, you will be punished!"
Mrs. Qi rubbed her eyes, "Old Sin knows that she just wants to explain the whole story. After my son Qi Yu was gone, my Qi family was only Guangyao. I was worried that he was in bad health, so I hired a teacher to teach him martial arts when I was young. Not to mention civil and martial arts, at least he is healthy. In these years, let alone serious illness, he has never had a headache or fever. How could he become weak overnight?"
"A little doubt flashed through my heart at that time, but after looking for the doctor who was used, I couldn't see it. Guangyao was sick and often fell into a coma and always talked nonsense. At that time, he often called the bitch to take his life."
"I didn't understand at the time. I thought Guangyao had some evil spirits or had hit the evil spirits outside. After entering February, he couldn't do it. I was already in a state of confusion at that time, so I carried him to see the clinics one by one. When the doctors saw his expression, they said that the Daluo Golden Immortal was hard to save."
Chapter completed!