Chapter 20: The Dust Has Settled
"County ...... Lord Prefectural Honor, yes...... It was Li Hongyu who promised the villain to let Rou'er accompany the villain, the villain ...... I went there late at night, otherwise how would the villain dare to do this? ”
Li Hongqing realized that the testimony of the two accomplices was extremely unfavorable to him, so without waiting for Chen Yu to speak, he hurriedly touched his head to the ground, and kowtowed again and again with a flustered expression, "Please check the county honor, that picture has indeed been replaced!" ”
"You mean, this picture has always been with Qin De, do you mean that Qin De has swapped it?" The corners of Chen Yu's mouth suddenly revealed a sneer, and he looked at Li Hongqing expressionlessly.
Hearing this, there was a commotion at the scene, you must know that Qin Yue is Qin De's pearl, unless Qin De is crazy, how can he use Qin Yue's name to frame Li Honggan.
Besides, although the relationship between Li Hongyu and Qin De is not as strong as fire and water, it is not much better, you must know that the place where the Qin family lives now is still Li Hongyu's, how can they join forces to design Li Hongyu?
"This ......" Cold sweat flowed down Li Hongqing's cheeks, he naturally knew the grievances between Li Hongyu and Qin De, so he didn't believe that Qin De would conspire with Li Hongyu to plot against him, and he even took Qin Yue's name.
"Pass on Qin Yue!" Chen Yu glared coldly at Li Hongqing, who had nothing to say, and gave an order in a loud voice, just waiting for the female owner to come to this case and get to the bottom of it.
In fact, the case has reached this point, Chen Yu can already guess what is going on, there are nothing more than two possibilities, one is that Li Hongqing made a mistake about Rou'er's residence last night, and entered Qin Yue's boudoir by mistake, and the other is that he wants to take advantage of Qin Yue.
No matter which possibility Li Honggen's crime of attempted rape cannot escape, the Ming law does not care whether Li Honggen went to the wrong room or not, but determines the guilt according to the result.
Now, Chen Yu wanted to find out whether Li Hongqing had entered Qin Yue's boudoir by mistake or on his own initiative, and the focus of the matter naturally fell on Qin Yue in question.
Li Hongyu secretly exhaled when he heard this, and stood there quietly, as long as he didn't say it, I am afraid that no one would have thought that the main messenger behind the matter of Qin Yue and Li Hongqing would be him.
Qin Yue was in the Li family's mansion, accompanied by Li Renhai and Qin De's wife, so she was quickly helped by a maid to the living room, her face was haggard, her eyes were red, and she looked as if she had been crying for a long time.
A helpless wry smile suddenly flashed on Li Hongyu's face, and he felt extremely sorry for Qin Yue in his heart, he had no choice but to make this move, so he could only compensate Qin Yue in the future.
"The folk girl has seen the county master." Qin Yue's eyes suddenly appeared a cold glow when she saw Li Hongqing kneeling there, and then knelt in front of Chen Yu.
Li Hongyu noticed the chill in Qin Yue's eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned, he clearly felt the anger in Qin Yue's heart, and for some reason there was an ominous premonition in his heart, and he vaguely felt that Qin Yue didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.
"Miss Qin, this county asks you, did you know this person before?" After Chen Yu glanced at Li Hongqing, he asked Qin Yue in a deep voice.
"Back to the county master, the folk girl has never seen him." Qin Yue didn't look at Li Hongqing, and replied categorically.
"Can you identify yourself with him last night?" Chen Yu bowed slightly when he heard this, he could understand Qin Yue's painful mood at this time, and then asked with a serious expression.
"The county magistrate, the folk girl once told him her identity, but he turned a blind eye, and said that even if the magistrate came, he would not be afraid." Qin Yue bit her lip and replied with a grim expression.
"The county lord is aware that the student thought she was Rou'er at the time, so he said that kind of bastard thing to scare her, if he knew that she was Miss Qin Er, he would not dare to be disrespectful to the student if he gave her a hundred dares."
Li Hongqing secretly complained in his heart when he heard this, he wanted to deny Qin Yue's words but he didn't dare, after all, there were still those two accomplices present at the time, and now those two accomplices must hate him to death and will definitely not help him hide it, so he explained to Chen Yu sweating profusely.
"Humph!" Chen Yu's face suddenly sank, Li Honggan's previous words undoubtedly admitted the crime of raping the people's daughter, and then asked the two unlucky accomplices, "Is what Miss Qin said true?" ”
"Miss Qin Er did show her identity, but Li Hongqing didn't take it to heart!" The two unlucky ones nodded their heads when they heard this.
"No, Lord County, Miss Qin Er didn't say that she was Miss Qin Er at that time, she only said that she was from the Li family, and the student misunderstood." At this time, Li Hongqing remembered something, and hurriedly argued loudly.
"Is that so?" Hearing this, Chen Yu looked at Qin Yue.
"Master Zhixian, the folk girl remembers it clearly, and clearly told him that the folk girl was the second lady of the Qin family and the niece of the Li family." Qin Yue bit her lip, her eyes flashed coldly, and then she said solemnly to Chen Yu, "If the county master doesn't believe it, you can verify it." ”
"Is what Miss Qin said the truth?" Chen Yu's brows furrowed, and he asked Li Hongqing's two accomplices, if the matter is really as Qin Yue said, then the case is already clear and clear, Li Hongqing deliberately entered Qin Yue's boudoir.
"It's the facts, it's the facts!" The two accomplices glanced at each other and nodded in unison.
As Li Honggen guessed before, the two of them now hate him in their hearts, if it weren't for Li Honggen, the two would not have gotten involved in such a big trouble, so now in order to get rid of the crime, they will definitely find a way to put Li Honggen to death, and only by putting the blame on Li Honggen's body can they have a chance to live.
"What a ruthless woman!" Li Hongyu couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, he had been paying attention to Qin Yue, so he noticed Qin Yue's reaction just now, and realized from Qin Yue's subtle action of biting his lip that Qin Yue had lied, and the purpose of doing so was undoubtedly to push Li Hongqing to a dead end.
In fact, Qin Yue didn't need to do this, because no matter whether Li Hongqing knew her identity or not, judging from the outcome of this case, Li Hongqing would be severely punished, because it was obvious that Li Hongyu did not let Rou'er serve Li Hongqing, which made Li Hongqing lose the last chance to get out.
To be honest, Li Hongyu is impressed with Qin Yue now, he originally just thought that Qin Yue was a pampered young lady with eyes above the top.
But Qin Yue could still maintain such composure without the slightest timidity when facing Chen Yu, which was very rare, if it was a young lady from another family, she would have been crying there a long time ago.
This made Li Hongyu feel quite depressed, if he let Qin Yue know that he was calculating her affairs, then maybe she would take revenge on him, he knew very well how obsessive and terrible it was for women to go crazy.
"Lord County, he ...... They are lying, please ask the county lord to see and give the students justice. Li Honggen's face became a little pale, and he kowtowed to Chen Yu repeatedly, he was more afraid of Li Renhe than exile, and the fate of offending Li Renhe was very terrible, so he could not die on the way to the exile in a daze, and his family would also be implicated.
"Drag it off." Seeing this, Chen Yu waved his hand at the errand officer on the side, the case was very clear now, and there was no need for him to ask any more.
"Lord Xianzun, the students are wronged, the students are wronged!" Li Hongqing was immediately dragged out by two messengers, and Li Hongqing shouted while struggling, but unfortunately Chen Yu ignored him.
"This county tells you that what you said has been remembered by this county, if you dare to retract your confession in the future, don't blame this county for being unkind." After Li Hongqing left, Chen Yu said to Li Hongqing's two accomplices and the white-shirted young man who were kneeling there with a cold expression.
"Don't worry, the little ones don't dare to be presumptuous." The three of them hurriedly bowed down, and said resignedly, their current fate is in Chen Yu's hands, and naturally they will not retract their confessions, otherwise they will not kill themselves.
"Li Hongyu, although you have nothing to do with this matter, but the matter started because of you after all, this county hopes that you can take this as a warning and don't make similar mistakes again." Chen Yu bowed his head slightly when he heard this, then looked at Li Hongyu, and instructed earnestly.
"When students are taught, they must be reformed." Li Hongyu bowed to Chen Yu seriously, Chen Yu was right, the source of this matter was on him, if he didn't give Li Hongqing the schematic map of the back house, Li Hongqing would definitely not dare to break into the Qin family.
At this time, Qin Yue couldn't help but glance at Li Hongyu with a frosty mask, her eyes were full of contempt, what happened in the living room had been spread to the back house in an endless stream, so she knew what was going on, and she felt very contemptuous of Li Hongyu's inability to protect her personal maid Rou'er.
Li Hongyu noticed Qin Yue's disdainful look, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, which meant that she didn't suspect him, it seemed that Li Hongyu's matter was about to end like this.
Since it was close to noon at this time, Li Renhe set up a banquet to entertain Chen Yu, and the gentry with heads and faces in Baihe Town accompanied him one after another, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Li Hongyu was also left by the Zhao family to eat in the Li family's mansion, and the Zhao family also heard what happened in the living room, and secretly felt fortunate in his heart, judging from the current situation, Li Hongyu passed this hurdle safely.
"Yu'er, if you encounter anything in the future, you must discuss it with your mother first, and don't be rash." At the dinner table, Zhao gave Li Hongyu a chopstick dish, and said earnestly that she didn't think that good luck would always follow Li Hongyu.
"Don't worry, the child will act steadily in the future." Li Hongyu nodded when he heard this, and then also gave Zhao a chopstick dish, "Mother, you can eat it too, today's dish is fried well." ”
Zhao's face couldn't help but show a smile of relief, you must know that Li Hongyu only knew how to bury his head in eating at the dinner table before, and never served her food, she lifted Li Hongyu really matured.