Chapter XXIV

The person who walked at the forefront of the Li family's group was naturally the patriarch Li Renhe, with a gloomy face, although he was reluctant to appear on this occasion, but he had to come because it involved a major event in the family.

Li Renhe followed Qin De and Li Renhu and several elders of the Li family, all with serious expressions, except for Li Renbo, who taught in Baihe Academy, all the heavyweights of the Li family were there, Li Renbo was indifferent by nature, so he didn't like to join in this kind of excitement.

Since today's court trial is related to the reputation of the Li family, it will definitely attract a large number of people to come to the trial, so Chen Yu transferred soldiers from the city to the county government to maintain order and strictly control the number of people entering the county office.

The soldiers in front of the county yamen naturally recognized the patriarch of the famous Li family in the county, and naturally they would not stop Li Renhe and his party, and welcomed them in with a smile on their faces.

When Li Renhe and the others arrived, the county government was already full of people listening to the trial, and when they saw the people of the Li family coming, they all dodged a way out of the way, which allowed Li Renhe and the others to stand at the entrance of the lobby to listen to the trial.

Li Hongyu, Qin Yue and other people involved in the case were taken to the wing room in the courtyard by the messenger to wait, waiting for Chen Yu's summons.

Perhaps because Li Hongyu and Qin Yue are both members of the Li family, and they are also the young masters and young ladies of the Li family, so the two were arranged in a side room, and there were no outsiders except for the subordinates who served each other, but they also seemed a little quiet.

Li Hongyu didn't want to see Qin Yue at all, but he had no choice but to sit there and quietly flip through an ancient book in his hand, and now Qin Yue was the person he was most afraid of.

This is not to say that Li Hongyu is afraid of Qin Yue, but the two live too close, only separated by a wall, if Li Hongyu provokes Qin Yue, then I am afraid that the future will not be easy, he doesn't want to get into trouble.

Qin Yue also felt very unlucky about being in the same room as Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu's cowardice was well-known in Baihe Town, Li Hongyu pushed him into the water and almost drowned, but Li Hongyu swallowed his anger afterwards, which made Li Hongqing want to get Rou'er, and then made Qin Yue innocently victimized.

In fact, Qin Yue naturally knew that Li Hongqing had recognized the wrong person, and at that time Li Hongqing had said that he would redeem Qin Yue, which made Qin Yue later realize that Li Hongqing had entered the wrong room at night and mistook her for Rou'er.

Qin Yue hated Li Hongqing who offended her, so she insisted that Li Hongqing knew her identity in the living room of the Li family's mansion before, and Li Honggen's two accomplices naturally would not defend Li Hongqing.

Although this matter has little to do with Li Hongyu, Qin Yue hated Li Hongyu in her heart, if it weren't for Li Hongyu's cowardice, she wouldn't have suffered this accident, so that her reputation was ruined.

But then again, it was precisely because Li Hongyu was a cowardly person that Qin Yue couldn't deal with it, although she was a little eager to take revenge, she was not willing to bully a weak person.

"Young Master!" Rou'er brought Li Hongyu a cup of hot tea, and this time not only Li Hongyu but also Rou'er and Wang Tieniu and others had to participate, they were all extremely important witnesses.

In particular, Wang Tieniu and others, who participated in the capture of Li Honggen, were important witnesses in this court trial, and if it were not for them, Li Honggen and his two accomplices would have fled.

"Miss, someone from the Yang family has come to hear the trial." Li Hongyu took the teacup and tasted it slowly, when a maid hurriedly entered the door and whispered to Qin Yue, who was sitting there with a frosty mask.

Qin Yue frowned slightly when she heard this, a complicated look appeared on her face, and after biting her lip, she waved her hand to the maid to leave.

"Alas!" Li Hongyu heard the maid's words, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart.

He could understand Qin Yue's bad mood at this time, he had secretly conducted an investigation on Qin Yue during this time, if he didn't guess wrong, the "people of the Yang family" in the mouthmaid's mouth referred to the famous Yang family in Xiangyang City.

The Yang family is a famous family in Xiangyang Mansion, and there have been two Jinshi and three people in the ancestors, and it is the family with the deepest heritage in Xiangyang Mansion, and has the reputation of a scholarly family.

It took Qin De a lot of effort to get in touch with the Yang family, and wanted Qin Yue to marry into the Yang family as a young grandmother, so that he could also follow the light.

Just before Li Hongyu fell into the water, Qin De had already taken Qin Yue to visit the Yang family, and on the surface, the visit was actually for the Yang family to assess Qin Yue to see if she could become the daughter-in-law of the Yang family.

Although the Qin family's family background is a little worse, the people of the Yang family are very satisfied with Qin Yue, who is smart and stable, and knowledgeable, so they have already given the Qin family a dowry to settle the family affairs of the two families, and wait for the young master of the Yang family to marry Qin Yue after the weak crown next year.

Obviously, this Qin Yue's affair is bound to have a serious impact on Qin Yue's family affairs, and the Yang family attaches great importance to reputation, so they will definitely not want a woman who has lost her chastity to become a young grandmother.

Therefore, the Yang family would definitely be afraid of people coming to hear the trial, wanting to know if Qin Yue had lost her virginity in this matter.

In fact, Li Hongyu knew very well that it was impossible for Qin Yue to marry into the Yang family since this incident happened, and the people of the Yang family came this time just as a routine, and it was impossible for a famous family like the Yang family to let a woman with a bad reputation marry into the family.

Not only Li Hongyu, but Qin Yue's intelligence also knew that she could not marry into the Yang family, so whether the Yang family came or not did not have much impact on her family affairs, she was just pretending to be shown to outsiders, and the marriage contract would be dissolved soon.

Li Hongyu couldn't help but glance at Qin Yue quietly, seeing Qin Yue sitting there with a gloomy expression, looking extremely lost, knowing that with the appearance of the Yang family, she was hurt again.

"Sister Rou'er, do what I say when you go to the court." After groaning for a while, Li Hongyu beckoned to Rou'er and whispered a few words in her ear, which made Rou'er's face suddenly change, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

"Young Master, do you need to do this?" After listening to what Li Hongyu ordered, Rou'er looked at Li Hongyu with concern, thinking that Li Hongyu did not need to do this, after all, it was better for Li Hongyu to be low-key now and not attract attention.

"This matter started with the young master, and the young master can't do things like this." Li Hongyu knew that Rou'er was worried about him, so he smiled at Rou'er and comforted, "Don't worry, the young master knows it." ”

The corners of Rou'er's mouth squirmed, and she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't say it, after all, Li Hongyu is the young master, since she has already made a decision, then she can only act according to her orders, but she feels worthless in her heart.

At the beginning of the hour, Chen Yu was officially promoted to the court to try the case of Li Hong's night break into Qin Yue's boudoir, and Li Hongyu absentmindedly flipped through the books in his hand.

If he didn't guess wrong, this court trial would end uneventfully, and Li Honggan knew that he would definitely know that his crime was unforgivable after experiencing Chen Yu's previous inquiry in the living room of the Li family's mansion, so he would definitely honestly confess his crime.

The focus of the case is whether Qin Yue lost her life to Li Hongqing, which is not only related to Qin Yue's reputation but also related to the reputation of the Li family.

With the trial of the case, Qin Yue, who was a party, was quickly passed to the lobby by Chen Yu, and when Qin Yue walked out of the room, Li Hongyu, who was pretending to be looking at the book, looked up at her back, his brows furrowed slightly, today will be a long day for Qin Yue.

"Third young master, the county magistrate will send you to the court." I don't know how long it took, but an errand officer entered the door and said to Li Hongyu, who was sitting there with his eyes closed.

Li Hongyu opened his eyes when he heard this, stabilized his mind and followed the errand officer to the public court, at this time only he and Rou'er were left in the room, and the rest of the people had been summoned away.

"Knock on the county lord." Under the watchful eyes of the people in the courtyard, Li Hongyu walked into the lobby and led Rou'er to kneel in front of the hall, with Qin Yue and Li Hongqing and other people involved in the case kneeling on the side.

After half a month of recuperation, Li Hongqing's injuries have almost recovered, and his original face with a blue nose and swollen face showed his original face, seeing Li Hongyu coming in and glaring at Li Hongyu viciously, he couldn't wait to kill Li Hongyu with a knife, if it wasn't for Li Hongyu, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

At this moment, Li Hongqing forgot how he usually bullied and humiliated Li Hongyu, and forgot that he almost drowned Li Hongyu four months ago, and even forgot that he forced Li Hongyu to forcibly occupy Rou'er, and put all the responsibility on Li Hongyu.

"Li Hongyu, the county asked you, do you recognize this picture?" Chen Yu asked the messenger to show Li Hongyu the schematic diagram of the back house, and asked quietly.

"Lord Hui County, this picture was drawn by a student." Li Hongyu carefully looked at the schematic map of the back house, nodded solemnly to Chen Yu, and then methodically told Li Honggan about wanting to dominate Rou'er.

"Li Hongqing, is this the case?" After Li Hongyu finished telling what happened, Chen Yu asked Li Hongqing in a deep voice, who was staring at Li Hongyu.

"Back to the county lord, that picture is indeed given to the villain by the third young master." Li Hongqing came back to his senses when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said that he knew that he would not be able to wash away the "grievances" on his body even if he jumped into the Yellow River now, and only by honestly confessing his guilt would he definitely have to suffer a lot.

"Rou'er, did your young master let you accompany Li Hongqing?" Chen Yu then asked Rou'er, as long as he got Rou'er's evidence, he could convict Li Honggan.

"Master Zhixian, my young master has been busy preparing for the county exam recently, and he has never mentioned this matter to the people's daughter." Rou'er shook her head solemnly when she heard this, "The folk girl only found out about this afterwards. ”

"Now the case is very clear, Li Honggen originally wanted to forcibly occupy Li Hongyu's personal maid, but he didn't want to get the drawings of the Qin family's back house, and he wanted to take advantage of the second lady of the Qin family, but the **** didn't alarm the Qin family's subordinates and was arrested."

After Rou'er's voice lagged behind, Chen Yu glanced around at the many people outside the hall who were hearing the trial, and convicted Li Honggan with a serious expression, "According to the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, ......"

"Lord County, the students have something to say."

Without waiting for Chen Yu to finish the verdict, Li Hongyu, who was kneeling there, suddenly spoke, touched his head to the ground and said to Chen Yu, "The student is actually a witness to the incident that night, but he has been worried about it and concealed it before, and now this case is in a uproar, and the student thinks that the truth should be revealed to the world and those rumors on the market should be stopped!" ”