Chapter 125: Confession
Countless lines of sight brushed towards Ouyang Lei.
Just yesterday, Ouyang Lei also received attention, but it was an envious and respectful gaze, not so gloating as now.
What the hell is going on?
He pushed away the people in front of him and strode into the courtyard.
The scene in the courtyard made him more and more surprised, and he looked around and fixed his gaze on Ouyang Qing.
How could my father be held down by two officials?
"Father, what's going on?" Ouyang Lei walked over quickly.
Compared with the fierce and irritable at the beginning, Ouyang Qing at this time was like a frosted eggplant, completely wilted.
He glanced at his son, who had just returned home, and said nothing.
Ouyang Lei frowned and asked the two officials: "Two poor masters, dare to ask what happened to my father, why did you arrest him?" โ
The two officials glanced at each other, and one of them said, "Ling Zun has killed peopleโ"
"Impossible!" Ouyang Lei's face changed greatly, and he only felt that the official was telling a joke, "I am a member of the new imperial examination, are the two poor masters mistaken?" โ
Then there was a commotion.
"It's out, it's out!"
"Ah, I don't dare to look!" A woman covered her face with a scream, and couldn't help but quietly remove her sleeves.
Ouyang Lei didn't know why, and looked over in a daze.
Several servants walked out of the firewood room, carrying a board, and if you look closely, you can see that it is a removed door panel.
The board was white and miserable, and the two hollow skulls were the most conspicuous, and the screams suddenly came and went.
Several officials walked to the courtyard and put down the board, and the pretend, who had been standing silently in the courtyard as onlookers, came out of the crowd, squatted down and began to check.
"The bones haven't been found yet." He observed for a while, and said a word based on experience.
"You guys keep digging." The leader pointed to several officials.
He followed: "Pay close attention to whether there are any belongings, maybe you can prove the identity of the deceased." โ
Feng Cheng listened and shook his head secretly.
It is impossible to find personal belongings to prove the identity of the deceased, but fortunately, the general identity of the deceased has been told through the informant that the deceased is a pair of masters and servants who went to Beijing to find relatives, and now the bones have been dug up, even if Ouyang Qing's dead duck is hard, it is enough to convict.
Pity the young master and servant, although they have waited for the murderer's retribution, no one knows who they really are.
The only thing that is certain is that at such a young age, there will be gray-haired old people waiting for them to come home.
The discussion in the courtyard became louder, and the leading official frowned and waved his hand: "Bring Ouyang Qing and his wife back to the yamen!" โ
Two officials pressed Ouyang Qing to walk out, and two other officials walked towards Ouyang who was sitting on the steps.
Ouyang Jing saw the official coming, and suddenly got up and stopped in front of Ouyang: "Don't come here, don't arrest my mother-"
A servant stretched out his hand to push Ouyang Jing away, but Feng Cheng stopped him with a loud voice.
"Who are you, don't affect our case!"
"Don't dare to delay my master's case, I want to say a few words to my friends." Feng Cheng pulled Ouyang Jing.
Ouyang Jing was emotional, and stood still: "Sister Feng, it's impossible for my mother to do bad things, she can't even bear to step on ants, she is the most kind-hearted......"
Feng Cheng stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Ouyang Jing's shoulders and comforted: "I also believe that my aunt will not do bad things, so Sister Ouyang don't have to be afraid, I will let my aunt come back when Master Qingtian of Yamen asks clearly." It's useless for you to stop it now, and if you anger these bad masters, wouldn't it be even worse? โ
"Really? Will they let my mother come back? Ouyang Jing seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and pulled Feng Cheng's sleeve tightly.
Feng Cheng nodded affirmatively: "As long as my aunt doesn't kill anyone, of course I will let it back." Sister Ouyang, do you think your aunt will kill someone? โ
"My mother will never kill anyone!"
"Isn't that it, what are you worried about?"
In Feng Cheng's soft persuasion, Ouyang Jing silently stood aside.
Ouyang was dragged out by the two servants, and there was no reaction as if he had lost his soul.
"Mother, mother-" Ouyang Jing couldn't help but catch up.
Feng Cheng quickly followed, holding Ouyang Jing's hand.
Ouyang Jing burst into tears: "Sister Feng, I still don't worry about my mother." โ
"Then let's go to the yamen with us."
"Is that okay?" Ouyang Jing asked in a daze.
Only then did she feel that she didn't understand anything, and that she was helpless when something happened at home.
"Of course you can, the yamen hears civil cases, and the people can observe."
Ouyang Jing heard Feng Cheng say this, and stumbled to catch up.
Seeing that the official messenger took Ouyang Qing and his wife away, a group of people quickly followed.
It is a principle to follow wherever the excitement goes, and you can't just look at half of it.
The courtyard that was still crowded just now immediately became spacious, except for the work of examining the bones and the servants who continued to dig in the firewood room, only Ouyang Lei's family remained.
The four girls cried louder, but they couldn't wake up Ouyang Lei, who was stunned.
A concubine couldn't help but walk over: "Eldest son, did the master really kill someone?" โ
The word "killing" stimulated Ouyang Lei, he woke up like a dream, and yelled at the concubine: "Don't talk nonsense! โ
The concubine's face turned pale with horror, and she watched Ouyang Lei run out.
After Ouyang Qing and his wife were taken to the yamen, they were pressed by the yamen to kneel down the hall, and before the Shuntian Mansion Yin asked more, the Ouyang family recruited.
"On that day ten years ago, the woman heard a knock on the door and opened the courtyard door......
"Slut, shut up Lao Tzu!" Ouyang Qing, who was kneeling on the ground, wanted to pounce on the Ouyang clan, but was held down by the two servants, as if he had fallen into a crazy trapped beast.
Shuntianfu Yin slapped the shocked wood: "Quiet! If you dare to make trouble again, you will be punished! โ
Ouyang Qing struggled for a moment.
Shuntian Mansion Yin looked at the Ouyang clan: "You continue." โ
Ouyang continued.
Whether it was the Shuntian Mansion Yin in the hall, or Ouyang Jing who came with him, as well as the people who stood out and occupied the periphery to observe, they all listened quietly to Ouyang's statement.
After Ouyang's finished speaking, he broke down and cried: "I shouldn't have opened the door, I shouldn't have opened the door......"
Ouyang Jing pounced on him, hugged Ouyang and cried bitterly: "Mother, it's not your fault, it's not your fault!" โ
Ouyang looked at his hands, confused.
How could it not be her fault, she opened the door and cleaned the bloodstainsโ
There were people who reported the case, there were bones dug up from Ouyang Qing's house, and there were Ouyang clan's own narration, and the case was decided without any doubts.
At this time, there is still a small trouble to deal with: Ouyang Qing's son Ouyang Lei is a member of the new imperial examination, and Ouyang Qing committed the crime ten years ago, so Ouyang Lei, as the son of a criminal, is not qualified for the scientific examination at all.
Although Yin of Shuntian Mansion is a high-ranking official of the third rank, he must report to the emperor if he wants to deprive a person of his fame.
In this way, Ouyang Lei, the new imperial examination person, was known to Emperor Qingchun.
The case was clearly undoubted, and Emperor Qingchun quickly made it up.
And not long after Ouyang Qing was sentenced to be executed and Ouyang Lei was deprived of his status as a lifter, a statement quickly spread in the capital.