5-9 A Dream of the Red Chamber

After Liu Ziguang took full control of Suzhou Mansion, the Cao family was completely out of recruits and wanted to send people to the capital to ask for help, but the mansion had been closely monitored, and the officials of the Weaving Department who participated in the siege of Qincha Xingyuan and several men of the Cao family were also invited by the Suzhou government.

Cao's mansion was in a panic, the lord and the uncle had not come back for two days, there were always dozens of guys with cold faces and black robes standing outside the mansion, and the cars that delivered food and water had to be checked, and the Suzhou Mansion fast class officials who were always full of flattering smiles in the past suddenly became fierce and vicious, and arrested a few masters, and the gossip that the Cao family was about to be raided was quietly circulated among the maids, and some bold minions had begun to steal valuable things in the house to prepare a way back for themselves. Several ladies and aunts were also full of sadness, crying and crying all day long, looking at all this, Mrs. Cao was also exhausted and unable to support it.

The little young master Cao Zhan felt a little excited at first, because his grandfather and father couldn't care about him, but soon he realized that the situation was wrong, first he couldn't go out of the house to play casually, and even slipped out of the back door of the stable.

Cao Mansion is anxiously waiting for the final result, waiting is the most painful, the most torturous, fortunately Lord Qincha also does not like to wait, the team of the family soon stationed in the Cao Mansion, the investigation of Jiangnan weaving is a matter that has long been approved by the emperor, so Liu Ziguang does not care about the resistance of the court, what he is worried about is that the Cao family has a deep foundation in Suzhou, causing large-scale chaos It will not end well, but fortunately, with the full cooperation of Wang Lei and Li Peng, the two generals, all the upcoming riots were nipped in the bud.

Liu Ziguang also has a killer move, that is, the inventory envoy sent by the household department, several old guys are capable people in the Clearing Division, especially good at checking accounts, not to mention the corruption of the Weaving Department, even if there is no problem, the problem can be found out, plus the Cao family committed several murders, this time it is really difficult to turn over.

The red-shirted group raided the house not once or twice, and it was easy to do this, the men and women of the Cao family each carried their clothes and escorted them to a temple to take care of them, and the maids dealt with it separately, Cao Zhan walked blankly in the queue of escorts, and suddenly a person pointed at him and shouted: "He ruined my sister!" ”

Cao Zhan looked up and said in astonishment: "Why is Brother Hua you?" What about assault? Why did you go home and save your relatives for so long and didn't come back? ”

It was Hua Pao who came to identify the criminal, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Phew! Who is your brother, my sister was forced to death by your family a long time ago, you don't pretend not to know! ”

Cao Zhan was shocked: "The attacker died? Tell me what's going on! There were tears in his eyes as he spoke, but Hua Pao didn't listen to him, and called two soldiers to tie him up, and the female dependents saw that the heart and flesh of the Cao family were tied up by Wuhuada, and they all cried and shouted to come and stop them, and were stopped by Li Peng's officers and soldiers with bamboo sticks.

Cao Yin's father and son are also hard, they were tortured for two days and nights without confessing, although Liu Ziguang is a Qincha, but he did not concurrently serve as the capital of the imperial history, so Cao Yin's level of officials can not be tried, can only collect evidence and report to the three law divisions for punishment, the case of fraud and corruption in the Weaving Department is also relatively extensive, not a day or two can be completed, Liu Ziguang grasped the small magnification, first took Cao Hao instructed someone to cut off the craftsman's arm and Cao Zhan raped the ring, forced to die The case was opened.

These two criminal cases are related to the weaving and dyeing bureau craftsman Hua Laohan's family, Hua Laohan is the father of the flower cannon, in the weaving and dyeing bureau has done most of his life's work, a pair of skillful hands are famous, the weaving department uses the most jacquard machine is said to be he participated in the design, the dyeing workshop used the three primary color dyes are also researched by him, but such a versatile craftsman not only can not be reused, even the basic rations can not be received, half a year ago in a craftsman protest action, Hua Laohan because he grabbed Cao Hao's sedan chair and did not let go, The Cao family's evil slave cruelly cut off his right hand, and afterwards the old man was expelled from the craftsman's membership, the flower family called every day, called the ground is not spiritual, but the house leaks and rains overnight, the daughter of the girl ring in the Cao Mansion Hua Pearl went home, I heard that it was because of the seduction of the little master to do a bad thing, corrupted the door before being driven back, the neighbors couldn't help but point their fingers and poke and poke and say some gossip, the pearl didn't think about crying at home all day long, and committed suicide in a quiet night in a few days, and was already three months pregnant after examination.

Hua Zhu is not the biological daughter of Hua Laohan, but the widow brought by his mother, fifteen years ago Hua Lao Han rescued a woman who committed suicide with a baby from the river, the woman later married a widower with his son Hua Pao, a widower who lived a hard life, the family lived a harmonious and beautiful life, Hua Pao took good care of this sister who was not his own, not to mention how much he loved, now the sister was forced to commit suicide, or a corpse and two lives, how can he not make him angry, the reputation of the little young master of the Cao family is known throughout Suzhou, and his sister is well-behaved and simple, must have been deceived and raped by that guy, Hua Pao asked someone to write a complaint, and the two cases were combined into one case, and the Cao family was sued, but the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture was unwilling to take over this hot potato, but instead threw Hua Pao into prison for a few days on the charge of false accusation. After coming out, the flower cannon was thinking about revenge all day long, and the Cao family was powerful and could not afford to assassinate, so he could only take the road of complaining, so there was a story of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau desperately suing a few days ago.

Hua Pao is a capable man like his father, not only ingenious, but also upright and loves to fight grievances, so he is very loved by poor craftsmen, like a new generation of worker leaders, when Lord Qincha Xingyuan was besieged by the Cao family, he could pull up thousands of people with a wave of his arms, and it was not given in vain. Liu Ziguang took a fancy to these advantages of the fireworks and has taken them for his own use.

As the plaintiff, Hua Pao has already knelt in the court of Suzhou Prefecture, and it is the magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture who is trying the criminal case, and this person has been instructed by Wang Lei to make this case an iron case, so the trial work is going very smoothly.

The evidence of the case of Cao Hao instructing a slave to cut off Hua Laohan's arm is conclusive, the facts are clear, and the hundreds of workers present at the time were able to testify, and the slave who committed the murder has already been brought to justice, and he has also confessed to the facts of the crime, admitting that he was ordered by Cao Hao to make such a ruthless move.

At the time of the trial, Lord Qincha sat in the public hall to listen to the trial, this uncle's feat in Dali Temple spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and he also took the name of Liu Qingtian, how dare the official get an axe, so he had to sentence Cao Hao severely in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty: remove the official and fame, exile 3,000 li, and compensate 300 taels of silver for the Huajia pattern.

Cao Hao knew that the general trend was gone, so he didn't defend anything, but just kowtowed and begged to let his son Cao Zhan go, saying that the rape of Yahuan and the attack on people was also done by himself, this is an explosive news, and the official did not dare to be sloppy, and immediately summoned Cao Zhan and the Hua family to confront him.

"Cao Zhan, this official asked you, do you know Hua Zhu, the daughter of the Hua family?" The pusher patted the shocked wood, and asked Cao Zhan, who was kneeling down tremblingly.

Cao Zhan slept in the prison of Suzhou Mansion last night, with a straw stick on his head, his face was haggard and restless, far from the original demeanor of a beautiful young man, he was frightened when he heard the startling sound, and hurriedly replied: "I know, Hua Zhu is my big girl Huanhua attacker, and I changed this name." ”

"Then did you do that with Flower Pearl?" The magistrate continued to ask, in fact, the magistrate also understood in his heart that the eldest girl ring was the reserve team of the aunt, how could there be a big girl ring and the young man who were innocent, there was really nothing to ask about in this case, but it was a little rare for the father and son to do a brother-in-law.

Cao Zhan squirmed and didn't want to answer, and was so frightened by the guard on duty that he was so frightened that he hurriedly confessed that he and the attacker had already had a pillow mat.

Although it was a very boring family dispute case of a wealthy family, with Lord Qincha listening with relish, the magistrate had to cheer up and seriously try it, interrogated Cao Hao in detail again, and finally got the matter to a conclusion.

It turned out that this flower pearl was originally bought by Cao Fu to make a personal ring for the old lady, and later was favored by Cao Hao, and wanted to get involved again and again, and was felt by Cao Hao's main house Mrs. Wang, and took the first step to make a big girl ring for her son, although the pearl girl was on the same birthday as the young master, but it was much more mature than Cao Zhan, and her mind was fine, and she was neat, and it was best to take care of the young master's daily life, so the pearl girl made Cao Zhan's personal big girl ring, which was renamed Raider, originally Raider was a very responsible girl, but I don't know why, Seeing Cao Zhan, he was very kind, and within a few days, the two of them tried ** for the first time, the little girl became a little woman, and the color was more coquettish, and Cao Hao looked at it in her eyes, greedy in her heart, and finally one day she found an opportunity to push it down.

After this incident was seen by Mrs. Wang, she felt that it was very unseemly, and it was inconvenient to be angry with her husband, so she threw her anger on the attacker, beat her and rushed back to the Hua family, and also preached that she was coquettish and lewd, seduced the little young master or something, and Hua attacked people, that is, Hua Pearl hanged herself two days after returning home. Strictly speaking, this case is difficult to punish, Yahuan is the slave of the master's family, and if she sleeps, she will sleep, even the Ming Law does not stipulate that the master cannot sleep with the maid, as for committing suicide after returning home, then there is no responsibility with the Cao family.

The magistrate felt that this case was not easy to handle, and insisted on convicting the Cao family, I was afraid that he would become a laughing stock in the officialdom in the future, but it was not good for the great god of Zhenwubo to sit there and openly pronounce Cao Hao not guilty, so he had no choice but to kick the ball over.

When the magistrate was about to ask Liu Qingtian for advice on how to deal with the case, things suddenly changed dramatically, and the mother of the Hua family, Pearl's biological mother, suddenly fainted in the court.

After pinching people and pouring water, the lady of the Hua family finally woke up slowly and let out a sad voice: "Wronged, all wronged, our mothers are so hard-working, I knew this, it is better to die fifteen years ago." ”

Cao Hao and Cao Zhan knelt at the other end of the hall, not daring to look at the Hua Pao family, but at this moment, when they heard the grief, they couldn't help but look up, and suddenly the father and son shouted at the same time: "Shi Ping!" "Attack!"

The flower lady is not very old, that is, she is in her early thirties, and her body and face are very similar to her daughter Pearl, no wonder Cao Zhan mistakenly thought it was an attacker, but the name Cao Hao shouted out was the real name of the flower lady.

"Yes, I'm the waiter Ping who was kicked out by you on that stormy night fifteen years ago! Pearl is my daughter and your own daughter! You are not as good as a beast, you don't even let go of your own daughter! The lady of the Hua family gritted her teeth and wanted to pounce and tear Cao Hao.

Everyone was shocked, and no one stepped forward to stop them for a while, until the lady of the Hua family pounced in front of Cao Hao, and Cao Zhan stopped in front of his father and shouted: "What are you going to do this crazy woman?" ”

Cao Hao grabbed his son and said: "Don't stop her, she is your biological mother, and the attacker is your twin sister, retribution!" It's all retribution! ”

The lady of the Hua family was also stunned when she heard this, the hairpin came out of her hand, stretched out her hands to hold Cao Zhan's face and said stupidly: "You are Baoyu?" Are you really Baoyu? My son, my son of misery! Didn't the Cao family say that you died in your lifetime? Let my mother take a good look at you. ”

Cao Zhan's young mind can't accept such a big stimulus, he is now dizzy, what mother, sister, twins, where is this, what is going on with this crazy woman who looks like an attacking sister, he actually knows his milk name, he was held by the lady of the flower family and did not dare to move, and called Cao Hao at a loss: "Daddy save me." ”

But I heard a sound behind me, and when I looked back, I saw that Cao Hao had hit the pillar of the public hall headlong, and the blood and brain slurry flowed all over the ground, obviously hopeless.

"Daddy!" Cao Zhan cried and threw himself next to Cao Hao's corpse and shook it, hoping to shake his father awake, the lady of the Hua family over there was already crazy, and shouted stupidly: "Son, daughter, Baoyu, pearl, no one is missing, hehe." ”

The people present were dumbfounded when they saw this tragedy, even Liu Ziguang didn't expect such a play, this case could not be tried again, he got up and whispered to the magistrate: "God has already given retribution, let's take this matter lightly." After saying that, he went straight with his men.

At this time, rain suddenly fell in the sky, and it would be better if there was thunder, Liu Ziguang thought secretly.