18. Self-inflicted
Zhu Zikang took it, glanced at it and handed it to Zhou Zhizhong.
Zhou Zhizhong took it in his hand, and felt that the box seemed to weigh a thousand catties. When I took out the paperwork that had turned yellow and brittle because of age, my face was extremely ugly.
One glance can confirm that the document must be genuine.
It clearly stated that Gu Yuancang was willing to pass his youngest son to Gu Yuanshan's knees as an heir, and even recorded the fact that he accepted a gift of 1,000 taels of silver from Gu Yuanshan......
Obviously, there was no sound below, but Zhou Zhizhong felt as uncomfortable as if he had been slapped a few times in public.
I'm really stupid enough, otherwise, how would I be led by the nose by a scoundrel?
I used to be most proud of myself, although I had a clean sleeve, but I was able to handle cases impartially and frankly, but now I look at it, it is a big joke -
Once upon a time, he actually became an accomplice of people with evil intentions like Gu Yuancang and Gu Chengshan, and harmed the heart of a loving mother.
Even if the Gong family said that she was distressed about her heir and was afraid of ruining her heir's future, so she was unwilling to take out the documents, but she couldn't change the fact that this unjust case was manipulated by herself.
"Lord Zhou, this-" Seeing that Zhou Zhizhong was silent for a long time, Zhu Zikang next to him hurriedly called softly-
To say that this Lord Zhou is also unlucky, when it comes to it on weekdays, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people who are not praised are rare clear streams? Unexpectedly, he made a mistake in this old case.
Fortunately, the Gong family is also a good person, so he took the responsibility on himself first, but he picked out Zhou Zhizhong, but Rao is like this, I am afraid that a name for negligence will not be able to run.
Zhou Zhizhong finally came back to his senses, and Gu Yuancang over there had already shouted injustice:
"Lord Zhou, Lord Zhou, you have to be the master of the small people. Gong is talking nonsense at all, and the document must have been forged by her! Although he was crying like this, his heart was already fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down. Thinking that he and Zhou Zhizhong were also grasshoppers on the same boat at this time, I didn't believe that he would joke with the black yarn on his head.
Thinking like this, he kept glancing at Zhou Zhizhong.
Zhou Zhizhong looked at it, only to feel like eating a fly, disgusting:
"Whether it's true or not, the official will check it himself. Only the official has a sentence here, if it is found out that the matter of the heir is true, the official will ask the emperor for guilt. As for Gu Chengshan, who is the son of man but wantonly falsely accuses his parents, the official will also impeach the imperial court. β
"Now, let's ask Lord Zhu to continue to try the case of you and the Zheng family falsely accusing Gu Yuanshan."
Just the previous sentence scared Gu Yuancang so much that he didn't cry-
If it does, it's really over.
After all, according to the law of this dynasty, if a son sues his parents, he must first punish him for unfilial piety, as for Gu Chengshan, although he was the heir at that time, the heir is also a son, plus it is still a false accusation, and being dismissed and exiled is light!
In a trance, he didn't even hear what Zhou Zhizhong said clearly, and was pressed down by two officials:
"Don't kneel down yet to listen to the verdict of the adultsβ"
Over there, Zheng Qian was also like chaff, crying and kneeling down, while reaching out to take care of the hem of the carrier's shirt:
"Xianggong, Xianggong save me-"
was pushed down by Gu Chengyun:
"Slut, you killed my child and still have the face to ask me for help! I was soft-hearted at first...... I didn't expect you to be so shameless and vicious, and put the charge of almost killing our family as an heir to the second uncle, and even falsely accuse the second uncle of murder! β
Originally, I was afraid that it would be out of control, but I didn't expect Yang Xi and Xiao Xiao to think so carefully-
At this point, Gu Chengyun didn't understand that Zheng Qian's biggest reliance on Gu Chengshan's official fortune was completely over, and he didn't even want to have a chance to make a comeback in this life.
In addition, Gong came forward to admit that she hid the document, and she was exempted from the charge of covering up, and she hated Zheng Qian's femme fatale, so how could she help her without any concerns?
But I didn't know that this sentence was instantly shattering, and the onlookers were already suspicious, but when they heard this sentence, they immediately understood - it turned out that the Gu clan patriarch almost cut off the heir, wasn't it because the Gong clan was in vain? Listening to Gu Chengyun's words, it was clearly Zheng's hand.
Before he could fully digest the news, another commotion came, but it was Gu Yuanfeng and his wife Wang Shi who also rushed over, and Wang Shi's eyes almost burst into flames when he looked at Zheng Qian-this is his beloved daughter-in-law on weekdays. I thought that my son had been wronged by my daughter-in-law when she left home, so she was tolerant of her in every way on weekdays, but she didn't expect that it was this poisonous woman who forced her son to have a home!
Zheng Qian also saw Wang's family, and stepped forward on her knees with teary eyes:
"Mother-in-lawβ"
was slapped by Wang and fell to the ground:
"Whose mother-in-law do you call? How do I have that kind of blessing? Pity my son, cornered by you and your filthy relatives, and my grandson, whom I have never met......"
In the end, I cried bitterly.
Over the years, I really want to go crazy thinking about my grandson, but fortunately, I was all harmed by Zheng Qian, a poisonous woman.
Over there, Gu Yuanfeng also rushed forward, and regardless of the majesty of the patriarch, he punched and kicked Gu Yuancang:
"Brute, brute! I, Gu Yuanfeng, can't stand you? You and your mother-in-law are such a scourge to our family? β
After some actions, the onlookers naturally immediately understood which family was the bad and dirty relative of the Wang family who collaborated with Zheng Qian to harm the heirs of Gu Yuanfeng's family!
Gu Yuancang was beaten and cried out in pain, but he was pressed by the servants, and he was powerless to resist at all, as for his sons, they wanted to go up to help, but unfortunately Gu Yuanfeng was not alone when he came, and he was followed by a group of strong young people in the clan, and they were actually surrounded by them.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Gu Yuanshan over there was also completely stunned.
It's really this time, I thought that it would be good to be able to take myself out and not be charged with a murder suspect, but I didn't expect the result to be so happy.
Looking at Gong's eyes for a while, he was excited and incredulous.
After all, the Gong family is weak, so how can he still have the slightest strength after making such a fuss? only hugged Gu Yuanshan's arm tightly, but he couldn't say a word when he was tired, but the scene of the white-haired couple relying on each other couldn't help but be sour and unbearable:
"Ouch, what does that mean? Or is it the same race, how can you wronged people like this? β
"But no, what are you talking about, it's not that Quanfu people are arrogant and happy to be hindered by their heirs, and they have been doing it for a long time, and it is their own hands!"
"Then Gu Yuanfeng is still the patriarch of the Gu clan, and there is no distinction between black and white......"
As a result of these words, Gu Yuanfeng's face turned red for a while.
I also learned about Yang Xihe from his son's mouth, and knew that although Gu Yuanshan and his wife were so cowardly, this nephew's daughter was a strong and capable person, and he was even more grateful to the other party for not only helping him find his son and pregnant daughter-in-law, but also removing the tumor of Gu Yuancang, and he had already made up his mind that from now on, the clan would only respect Gu Yuanshan and his wife, and no one could look down on them at all.
At that moment, he stepped forward and lifted his clothes, and knelt down towards Gu Yuanshan:
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, it's all the brother's fault, brother kowtow to you here."
Where did Gu Yuanshan receive such a gift? Because there is no son, even if the daughter marries a talented son-in-law, the family is still looked down upon, although the joint patriarch is a cousin in name, he always puts on a high-minded appearance when he sees himself, and now he kowtows to himself in front of so many people?
Shocked, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and said while wiping his tears:
"Yuanfeng, you get up, get up, let's be a family after all......"
Seeing that Gu Yuanshan forgave himself so easily, Gu Yuanfeng was also in a fluctuating mood, and insisted on kowtowing three times, only then did he get up and point at Gu Yuancang and said:
"The ancestors of the Gu family have always had strict training, not to provoke contradictions between brothers in the clan, Gu Yuancang has framed his cousin again and again like this, even if the national law can tolerate it, the family law cannot spare him - from today onwards, the Gu Yuancang family will be expelled from the clan, and the people of the same clan will not be allowed to sacrifice in life, and they will not be allowed to enter the ancestral grave of the Gu family when they die!"
Gu Yuancang was beaten by Gu Yuanfeng just now, how could he have expected that he would end up being kicked out of the family, or even dead, and being a lonely ghost? After all, it's not too young, how can you stand this? I cried out with a snort:
"Gu Yuanfeng, you, you dare! Our family is good but the ...... of Zhizhou"
Before he finished speaking, an even more poignant cry came, but after Zheng Qian, who was pulling Gu Chengyun, was pushed away, there was an extra letter of resignation in his hand:
"Xianggong, Xianggong, you believe me, it's all my aunt and uncle's fault, they forced me......"
According to Zheng Qian's meaning, why do you want to show up and face Gu Yuanshan in court? It's just because he has a handle in Gu Yuancang's hands and is coerced. It's good now, I didn't say anything about the stuffing on the spot, and it made my husband angry. I also have to face the fate of being abandoned.
I thought more about the reason why I was abandoned...... When the news spreads, I'm afraid I won't have a way to live!
In desperation, he really hated his aunt's family, and suddenly got up and bumped into Zheng's:
"Ah-it's all you, it's all you and Gu Yuancang...... If you want to control the clan, why do you want to use me as a gunman, he doesn't want me anymore, he doesn't want me anymore! Didn't you say that the adults from Beijing were very tired of Gu Yuanshan, let's sue as much as we want, didn't you say that with Gu Chengshan here, I just pierced the sky, and no one dared to care, didn't you say that they were all officials and officials who protected each other, no matter what lawless things they did, there were people around them...... But now, the prime minister is going to divorce me......"
Zheng Qian's crying made Zhou Zhizhong's face even pale, and he felt as if he had been stripped naked to show the public, so ashamed that he couldn't raise his head.
Fortunately, Zhu Zikang is a discerning person, and he hurriedly said loudly:
"Zheng Shi is cautious! You and that Gu Yuancang dare to falsely accuse the clansmen, and now they come to stir up the court again, they are really bold, come here, pull them down, and reward thirty boards each! β