Chapter 91: Confrontation in the court
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Li Shuci had already returned to Mingshoutang to visit her grandmother, and everything that happened in that courtyard seemed to be out of her eyes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
And Wen Fangxie, Dong'er timidly glanced up at Helian Tao, "The slave saw through the crack in the door...... I saw that the eldest young master and Sister Yuanshuang were bathing......"
"Wait!" Helian Tao interrupted Dong'er and asked, "It is said that Li Zheng is sitting in a wooden barrel with his back to everyone, and the deceased has been soaked in the wooden barrel, it is impossible to see her face, and there is no sound in the room, how do you know that the person who is with Li Zheng is Yuan Shuang?"
Dong'er's lips trembled, "Because...... Because...... I don't know, I don't know anything!" Dong'er suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, Li Yu's face was pale, where did this girl come from, she didn't know anything at this time, she knew everything, and she knew everything! "Get up, don't tell me anything clearly! Who was here yesterday's vigil? Why didn't anyone know what happened to the eldest young master?"
Dong'er said while crying: "Master spare his life, Sister Yuanshuang has always served the eldest young master closely, except for Sister Yuanshuang, no one else can enter the eldest young master's study and bedroom at will...... Last night, Sister Yuanshuang also ordered us not to guard it as usual, and this is often the case...... So, so my first reaction was that Sister Yuanshuang and the eldest young master were inside...... So I see...... After that, I didn't enter the room, Sister Hanyu can testify......"
Helian Tao glanced at Li Yu and said gently: "You mean to say that this dead Yuan Shuang is Li Zheng's roomman?" Before marrying a wife, he indulged in sex and bathed with the beauty...... This Li Zheng is really an amorous son...... Li Yu's face was also very ugly, Yuan Shuang was the person who Aunt Shen's grandmother gave to Li Zheng, but he didn't know about this kind of thing. Helian Tao's gaze looked at Hanyu, "Is what she said true?"
Hanyu had regained her composure at this time, no longer sobbed, and replied when she heard the question: "Yes, because the time when the eldest young master gets up every day has never changed, Dong'er went to knock on the door and came back and told me, why hasn't the eldest young master gotten up today, and he was bathing with Sister Yuanshuang early in the morning...... When I heard this, I was very puzzled, the eldest young master did not ask for hot water in the morning, how could he be bathing in the cold weather of the first lunar month......? Results ......"
"As a result, you saw Li Zheng soaked in blood, and Yuan Shuang's corpse?"
Hanyu's body began to tremble slightly, obviously that scene was still deeply imprinted in her mind, "Yes, after Dong'er and I found out, we were very frightened, and we ran to the door and fell to the ground. So he went to report to the eldest lady, and when the eldest lady came, she fainted...... Then the old man arrived......"
Helian Tao nodded slightly, "Okay, you can go down......" Hanyu and Dong'er went out like a thousand thanks. Helian Tao checked all the maids in Li Zheng's courtyard one by one, and they all said that they didn't find anything abnormal in Li Zheng's room last night. "Li Xiangye, I don't think this matter is so simple, has the eldest young master woken up at this time? The person who complained is waiting in front of your mansion at this time. The plaintiff and the defendant need to confront each other in court. I don't know what Xiang Ye thinks?"
Li Yu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "This is natural, how can the old man let the descendants of the Li family suffer such an injustice!" Liu Qin, as the chief steward of the Li Mansion, has always been conscientious and has always done things in an orderly manner, but at this time, he was so shocked that he didn't know what to do, and when he heard Li Yu's instructions, he subconsciously stepped away.
After a moment, Liu Qin wiped the sweat on his head and said loudly: "Master, master, go and see the eldest young master! After the eldest young master wakes up...... The lower body can't move...... At this time, if he is crazy, there is nothing the Imperial Doctor can do......"
Li Yu's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't contain the shock in his heart at all, so he strode away and walked towards the room where Li Zheng was. Helian Tao's eyes were shining, and he also raised his heel. Before I entered the door, I heard Li Zheng yelling: "Get out! You all get out of here! I don't want to be a waste! How can I become a waste!"
"Zheng'er, what's wrong with you?" Li Yu's heart suddenly rose with a sense of absurd weirdness, everything was like a dream. Zhou Shi had also woken up at this time, and was comforting Li Zheng at this time, "Zheng'er, my mother will definitely cure you! Zheng'er, calm down!"
At this time, Li Zheng was beating his legs frantically, and Helian Tao stood behind Li Yu and looked over, only to see that Li Zheng's exposed thighs were slightly white and swollen, and his skin was wrinkled, which should be the result of soaking in water for too long. The imperial doctor shook his head helplessly and said to Li Yu: "Li Xiangye, this young master's legs are numb and abnormal at this time, unconscious, Xia Guan found from the liquid, it seems that in addition to blood, there is also a toxin in it, if Xia Guan is not wrong, this should be the reason why this young master's lower body is unable to move......
Helian Tao moved slightly, Liu Hua understood, stepped forward and said: "Below is the government official Liu Hua, who has just been tested for poison on a female corpse, and the female corpse's limbs are decomposed and soaked in water, I don't know if it has anything to do with this matter?"
When the imperial physician heard the words poison, female corpse, and dismemberment, he looked at Li Yu with wide eyes, and said after a while: "Naturally, this is the reason...... Highly poisonous because the female corpse is mixed into the water, and it will naturally be affected by being soaked in poisonous water for a long time...... Although it can't be fatal, this young master's leg ...... I'm afraid ......"
Li Zheng's voice did not weaken at all, and even became more and more crazy, he saw Li Yu standing there, using both hands, rolling out of bed, and crawling towards Li Yu, "Grandfather, grandfather save me...... I don't want to be a cripple! I can't be a cripple...... Grandfather...... It must be that slut who is making trouble, ...... yesterday"
"Shut up!" Li Yu shouted violently, so frightened that Li Zheng had a spasm all over his body, and all the words he was about to say were blocked in his throat, and he was sluggish and speechless. Zhou hurriedly pounced and cried: "Zheng'er, don't worry, my mother will definitely find a way to cure you!"
Li Yu sighed heavily, threw his sleeves and turned his back, saw Helian Tao still standing aside, and reluctantly said: "The old man is entangled in family affairs, please forgive me for my neglect!"
Helian Tao arched his hand and said very benevolently: "Xiaguan can naturally understand Xiangye's mood at this time, since Young Master Li Zheng is difficult to move, let those few complainants come here to confront each other, and explain the rights and wrongs." It's better to return Li Zheng's innocence earlier, otherwise those few people are making a lot of noise outside, I'm afraid it will hurt the reputation of your mansion......"
Knowing that you hurt your reputation, you still brought them directly? Li Yu was already about to bully his lungs, so he only said, 'You should be like this' and sat down on the chair next to you, ignoring Helian Tao. Helian Tao didn't care, and ordered the official to bring the three people who complained, two middle-aged men and women and a four or five-year-old boy.
As soon as the three of them saw Li Zheng, they were about to rush forward, almost tearing Li Zheng to pieces on the spot, and the official reprimanded: "Stop!"
"Since you have grievances, you can come truthfully, and if what you say is true, the official will naturally make decisions for you. Of course, if there is a lie, this official will not tolerate it!" Helian Tao sat upright, with a very serious face.
When the three men heard this, they immediately became honest. The middle-aged man looked honest, knelt on his knees and cried: "My lord, please make the decision for us!"
Helian Tao glanced at Li Zheng, who was lying on the bed like a dead man, and said, "If you have any grievances, come one by one!"
The middle-aged man sniffed and said, "The grass man's name is Tao Shisan, and he is a merchant who sells fur and fabrics. He pointed to the middle-aged woman and the young man kneeling next to him and said, "This is the Wang clan of the Cheap Nei, and this is the little Tao Yu." Some time ago, my daughter Tao Shuang, oh, it was Yuan Shuang, suddenly came home and told us that she often did things for her master, maybe one day her life would be lost, if one day she lost her contact, there was no need to look for her, just as if she was not a daughter, and left us a sum of money. ”
As he spoke, he grabbed the wrist of the Wang family next to him, revealing a red jade bracelet on her wrist, and said, "Look, this is what Yuanshuang gave to her mother." ”
Li Yu said angrily: "Full of nonsense! Yuan Shuang entered the mansion since he was a child, and he is obviously an orphan. There are no family members at all, where the hell did you come from?"
The middle-aged man was terrified, and the courage to pounce on Li Zheng was no longer visible at all, and he said tremblingly: "What the villain said is true, please also ask the adults to check ......"
Helian Tao smiled slightly, and said to Li Yu: "Li Xiangye actually knows a little girl's life experience well, could it be that Xiangye is also like His Royal Highness the Confucian King, has the ability to know everything, and can know everything about the affairs of the Manchu family?"
Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "After all, it is the male grandson of my Li family, and the people who serve around me naturally have to be carefully selected, so the old man has some impressions." The other girls around Li Zheng should also know about Yuanshuang, and His Royal Highness the Prince can call to ask. ”
Hanyu and Dong'er had already been called to wait on the side, and asked, "What do you say?"
Hanyu and Dong'er glanced at each other, and Hanyu said: "The slave maid and Yuanshuang almost entered the house together, they were only six or seven years old at the time, and they haven't heard her mention anything about their family over the years...... Yuanshuang doesn't seem to have ......"
Li Yu snorted, and Helian Tao looked at Dong'er again, "What do you have to say?"
"Slave...... The slave maid entered the house late, and was usually taken care of by the two sisters of Yuanshuang Hanyu. Dong'er has a family, and she has to go home to visit every regular holiday, but it's only for one day, and Dong'er doesn't give up her family, so she often misses it. After Sister Yuanshuang found out, she told the young master to give me her own regular leave, so I have two regular holidays every time. Dong'er's face was full of fear, and her voice was like a mosquito and fly, but fortunately, everyone could still hear her clearly. "But, but...... Since the summer of last year, Sister Yuanshuang has often gone out on regular holidays...... So the slave and maid remember it very clearly, but the slave and maid didn't know where Sister Yuanshuang went......"
Helian Tao said: "Tao Shisan, what do you have to say?"
Tao Shisan glanced at Wang, and a trace of guilt appeared on his face: "This matter is a long story, our family can't stand Xiaoshuang...... Here's the situation......"