Chapter Eighty-Five: Unreasonable Reasons
Old man Yin's face was pale, cold sweat was pouring out from his forehead, he wiped his sweat with difficulty, and continued in a low voice: "Later, I found out that she was out of breath, so I panicked, and hurriedly put on my clothes and ran away with a cane." Old man Yin wiped his sweat again, "I thought that with Hu San as a scapegoat, it should be fine, but I didn't expect it to be ......"
"I didn't expect Skynet to be magnificent, negligent but not leaky!" Yang Qiuchi sneered.
Bai Qian's eyes erupted with fire, and he yelled: "Go die!" A punch smashed into the door of the old man Yin's face, if this punch was smashed, the old man Yin's head would have to be a rotten watermelon.
However, Mr. Bai Qian's punch smashed into the air, and Mr. Bai Qian looked at it intently, it was Song Yun'er who pulled Old Man Yin aside in time and dodged his iron fist. It turned out that after Yang Qiuchi found out that Bai Qianzong was overly excited, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and kill Old Man Yin by mistake, which would be a big trouble, so he secretly told Song Yun'er to pay attention to Mr. Bai Qian, and if he did it, save Old Man Yin.
Bai Qian said angrily: "Let go!" I'm going to kill him! ”
Yang Qiuchi said: "Don't you want to know who pinched Bai Sumei?" ”
Bai Qian was stunned for a moment, and said: "Just now Yin De admitted ......" and then remembered that Yin De also admitted to strangling Bai Xiaomei, but the result was pinched by Old Man Yin, could it be that Bai Sumei was also pinched by her? With a pang in his heart, Mr. Bai Qian waved his fist and asked Old Man Yin: "Did you pinch my daughter Bai Sumei?" ”
Old man Yin shuddered: "I didn't!" I really don't! I don't know how Mer ended up in that room, I didn't see her when I left. Really, I swear! I don't! ”
Bai Qian always saw that this old man didn't look like a lie, and he also thought in his heart, since he admitted to killing Bai Xiaomei, if Bai Sumei was also pinched by her, then he had no reason to hide it, the so-called one sheep is also a big hit, there is no need to say one and hide the other. He looked at Yang Qiuchi with some doubts: "Brother Yang, didn't he really kill him?" ”
Yang Qiuchi looked at Bai Sumei in Mrs. Bai's arms, sighed, and said, "I'm afraid this question can only be answered by Mrs. Yin herself." Bai Sumei's face turned pale, and Yang Qiuchi's words made her return to that terrifying noon. She shook her head vigorously, followed by a series of coughing sounds.
Bai Qian always said distressedly: "I asked her several times, but she just refused to say, hey~!" ”
Yang Qiuchi said: "Mrs. Yin, no, I'm sorry, it's better for me to call her Miss Bai Sumei - she won't say it, that's because the person who almost strangled her was his husband Yin De!" ”
Bai Qian also knew this answer, and Bai Qian always said: "Yin De also admits ......"
"That's right, I also heard Yin De's words, but do you know why he killed his wife?"
Although everyone guessed most of them, they still hoped that Yang Qiuchi could give a more reasonable explanation.
"Yin De killed his mother in order to cover up the scandal of his father, that is, this old silver thief, because when the old man Yin * Bai Xiaomei, Bai Sumei happened to take her husband Yin De to play with her sister and witnessed this [***] incident. Since the two of them saw that Bai Xiaomei did not resist, they didn't know that Bai Xiaomei had been hit by the incense at this time, and was stunned again, and thought that the two of them were annihilated, so the two of them hurriedly hid aside until Old Man Yin left, and then entered the room, at this time, they found that Bai Xiaomei was out of breath. White girl, am I right? This process is completely Yang Qiuchi's speculation.
Bai Sumei didn't answer, lowered her head and sobbed softly, coughing from time to time.
Bai Qian said: "Young Master Yang, please continue." ”
Yang Qiuchi continued to analyze: "Only then did the white girl and Yin De know that the big thing was not good. The white girl wanted to denounce, but in order to cover up his father's ugly deeds, Yin De poisoned the white girl to death, but fortunately, the white girl had a big life and was able to escape from death. Right? Miss Bai Sumei. ”
Bai Sumei raised her head and said in a hoarse voice, "I...... I'm not going to tell you! ”
Everyone was taken aback, it turned out that Bai Sumei could speak! Mr. Bai Qian and Mrs. Bai excitedly gathered around Bai Sumei, and Mr. Bai Qian asked, "Mei'er, can you speak?" That's great! ”
It turned out that Bai Sumei's throat had slowly recovered its pronunciation function after being treated by Langzhong, but it was still very laborious. Now that Yang Qiuchi wronged her and said that she was going to report the ugly things of Old Man Yin, she was in a hurry, opened her mouth to distinguish, and said something.
Yang Qiuchi was surprised: "Can you speak?" That's great, White Girl, didn't Yin De knock you out? ”
Song Zhixian also said on the side: "You, you don't have to worry, Yin De is dead, don't worry about anything." ”
Bai Sumei nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Yes~, but I ...... I didn't think about it...... To denounce...... Father-in-law. ”
"Huh? You don't want to sue this old man Yin, this old ghost is the murderer of your sister! Yang Qiuchi asked in surprise.
Bai Sumei's tears fell, her voice was hoarse, and she coughed lightly, and said slowly: "I told my husband, ahem, ......, I am a woman who keeps filial piety, ahem...... I won't...... I won't tell my father-in-law, but he doesn't believe it, so he pinched me...... I struggled desperately, the tables, chairs and benches all overturned, and then ...... I don't know......"
Now I understand that Yin De pinched Bai Sumei in order to kill people, so after Bai Sumei was resurrected, of course, she was afraid that Yin De would continue to kill herself, so every time she saw Yin De, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. And Old Man Yin didn't know that Bai Sumei and Yin De had spied on his ugly things, so he wouldn't think of killing Bai Sumei, so Bai Sumei didn't have to be afraid of Old Man Yin.
However, Bai Sumei mentioned that she did not report Old Man Yin because of filial piety, Yang Qiuchi didn't understand this, he saw everyone nodding, and when he suddenly realized, he was even more puzzled, and asked Bai Sumei: "What does your filial piety have to do with accusing your father-in-law of being a murderer?" ”
Song Zhixian said on the side: "Virtuous nephew, you, why are you smart and confused for a while? The sage Confucius Zeng Yun: 'The father is hidden for the son, and the son is hidden for the father, and it is directly in it.' 'Since ancient times, kings have ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and would rather do it than bend the law for filial piety. Although the white girl knew that his father-in-law had committed a crime, she was unwilling to denounce it, this, this is the son of the father's hidden. Speaking of this, Song Zhixian high-fived and sighed, "White, the white girl encountered this catastrophe, and there is such as, such filial piety, really, it is really rare, rare." ”
What bullshit logic? Yang Qiuchi secretly scolded in his heart, his father-in-law annihilated his sister, and he was still filial if he didn't report him, what the hell.
In fact, as early as the Han Dynasty, Confucian classics had been used as the theoretical basis for adjudicating cases, which was known as the "Spring and Autumn Prison Break". It also formalized the judicial principle of "intimacy and concealment". Since then, successive dynasties have continued this principle and put it into play, and the Tang Dynasty has expanded to "cohabitation and seclusion", that is, slaves and maids who are not related to each other also have the obligation to conceal each other's crimes.
The "Da Ming Law" also stipulates the legal principles that "cohabiting relatives are guilty of tolerating each other", "brothers do not prove brothers, wives do not witness husbands, and slaves and maids do not prove masters". If a son, including a daughter-in-law, reports the crimes of his father or father-in-law to the government, the government will impose a heavy sentence on the son or daughter-in-law for the crime of "unfilial piety".
Of course, there are exceptions to the application of the principle of intimacy. Since the theoretical basis of kinship lies in "filial piety", and according to Confucian theory, the highest interest of feudal society is naturally the "loyalty" of the subjects to the monarch, then, when there is a conflict between loyalty and filial piety, the only way to be loyal is to sacrifice filial piety. Therefore, it is stipulated: "Conspiracy against rebellion, conspiracy against great rebellion, and conspiracy against rebellion, these three things shall not be concealed." Therefore, there is no need for the law of concealment. That is to say, the three crimes of rebellion, rebellion, and treason do not apply to the principle of cohabitation and secrecy, and must be exposed. (Rebellion and rebellion are easy to understand, and the crime of "plotting great rebellion" refers to the act of destroying the temples, mausoleums and palaces of feudal emperors.) )
Bai Sumei witnessed Old Man Yin kill her sister, this crime does not belong to the three exceptional crimes, so she has the obligation to conceal it, this obligation is not only a moral obligation that the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, but more importantly, it is a legal obligation, if this obligation is violated, on the one hand, it will be despised by the morality and ethics of the time, on the other hand, she will be investigated for criminal responsibility. Therefore, Bai Sumei has always refused to say it, but Yin De does not believe that Bai Sumei will keep this secret, because it involves the reputation of the old man Yin and then the safety of the Yin family, Yin De is determined to kill people.
And why Bai Sumei didn't say that Yin De pinched herself, it was also a requirement of ancient ethics, and the "Da Ming Law" even stipulated it as a kind of legal responsibility "wife does not witness husband", and there is another reason, that is: If she says Yin De, she must explain why Yin De pinched her, so she has to say that Old Man Yin killed Bai Xiaomei.
In order to keep filial piety, including strictly guarding women's morals and fulfilling legal obligations, Bai Sumei had to put her sister's death aside and keep the secret, but her actions did not dispel Yin De's concerns, and she still bought the murderer and asked Boss Hong to help them kill people, which led to this greater killing.
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