Chapter XXXVIII
Xu Qinghuan's words made Mrs. Cao's face pale, and Second Master Cao's eyes widened.
It's the last thing they want to hear.
The fact that an outsider like Miss Xu can say this proves that what they did back then has been exposed.
The curtain was lifted again.
Everyone subconsciously looked over and saw two people walking in.
It was Mrs. Xu San and Cao Ruzhen in neat dresses.
Mrs. Xu San looked at the people in the room, raised her head slightly, and took a deep breath, she felt so relaxed for the first time in more than ten years.
"Isn't it more comfortable to be a human being?"
The girl's voice came, and Mrs. Xu San unconsciously stopped her spine.
"Yes," Mrs. Xu San said to the light, "It turns out that this is what it is like to be alive, and I almost forgot it." ”
Cao Ruzhen's nose was sore, and her eyes were suddenly blurry, and she only felt that her mother's arm was gently lifted.
"Ruzhen, keep your eyes open and take a good look," Mrs. Xu San raised her voice, "These are your father-killing enemies." ”
"It's been more than ten years, husband, the concubine is going to avenge your grievances.
You're not a rebel who kills people without blinking, you're a good guy. ”
Mrs. Xu San ignored the Cao family and knelt down directly to Wang Yun: "Lord Prefect, please make the decision for my husband, he is from Zhaojia Village in Cangxi, his name is Zhao Shan, he saved dozens of people from the Cao family, killed more than a dozen rebels for this, and finally died in the hands of the Cao family."
They broke open his chest, mutilated his body, crushed his bones to ashes, and made him disappear from this world without a trace.
They thought that no one would care about him or miss him again, and that no one would remember him.
They forgot that one of his sons and daughters was still there, and that he still had me, the surviving man. ”
Wang Yun "suddenly" stood up from the chair and looked at Mrs. Xu San with blazing eyes: "This official officially accepted the case today and allowed the Cao family to appeal for the deceased. ”
"Concubine Zhao Cao's family," tears flowed from Mrs. Xu's eyes, "Sue more than a dozen people from the Cao family, they are my mother, brother and sister-in-law, and sister, they are also my flesh and blood, siblings, but I still have to sue them, because ......"
Zhao Caoshi said and looked at Xu Qinghuan: "Because the blue sky is bright and clear, this is justice and the way of heaven." ”
Miss Xu's words in prison made her wake up to the fact that if she didn't avenge Zhao Shan, Zhao Shan would always be the rebel who killed like hemp, and he would always be the one who should be killed in the eyes of the world.
She couldn't die, she died, and her children were sinners.
She couldn't let them kneel there and be scolded until they died, she gave birth to them to make them human beings, to be people who could straighten their backs in the sun.
Miss Xu woke her up.
Zhao Caoshi solemnly bowed to Xu Qinghuan, and when he raised his head again, he somehow seemed to see a figure in front of him, and he stood there smiling at her.
Zhao Shan.
……
Zhao Cao slowly told the whole thing from beginning to end.
The rest of the Cao family was already paralyzed there and couldn't speak, only the old lady Cao still had a calm face: "My daughter has long been crazy, adults can't believe her words, she said that Zhao Shan's old body has never seen it, and the so-called tax silver is even more arrogant." ”
"The tax money was disposed of by my eldest brother," Zhao Cao said, "as long as I find him, I can ask about the whereabouts of the tax silver." ”
Wang Yun nodded, his voice low and more powerful: "Does Old Lady Cao really have to wait until the evidence is conclusive to admit her guilt?" ”
Mrs. Cao sat there upright, her figure seemed to be the Cao family who was standing still: "Right and wrong, there is its own judgment, if it is guilty, our Cao family will admit it." ”
"It's not difficult to want tax silver, although the silver has been melted, it can still be compared with the quality of the tax silver in the batch of that year, although the Cao family is a big family, the family's income and expenditure can still be settled, as long as you can find a piece of silver of unknown origin, it can show that Zhao Cao's words are not groundless," Xu Qinghuan got up and threw the bird in his arms that pretended to be dead, and the bird immediately fluttered its wings and stood back on her shoulder, "I'll help the adults find the silver." ”
As if disgusted that Xu Qinghuan was not majestic enough, the fat bird raised his head high, looking like no one in his eyes.
Wait until Xu Qinghuan and the others walked out.
Old Lady Cao stood up and saluted Wang Yun: "Lord Prefect, the old body has something to tell the Lord Prefect, please ask the Lord Prefect and the old body to talk in the side room." ”
Wang Yun frowned: "If there is anything to say here, it is." ”
Old Mrs. Cao shook her head: "The stakes are very high, and the old body has to be careful." ”
Wang Yun thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay, this official will go with you." ”
The two of them entered the side room, and Mrs. Cao took out a letter from her sleeve and sent it to Wang Yun: "Lord Prefect, the old man is not unwilling to admit his guilt, there is really another inside story in this matter, we also wanted to testify for Zhao Shan that he had already intended to break away from the rebels, but it was only later that we found this letter on Zhao Shan's body and we changed our minds, suspecting that Zhao Shan saved us simply to be able to get out in the battle of Fengxiang."
My son read the private seal of this letter and guessed that it was written by the thief Zhao Chong, Zhao Chong ordered to properly hide the tax silver, and someone would help him transport the tax silver out, and if there was a chance to make another incident in the future, this tax silver would be military funds.
We want to catch Zhao Shan and send him to the official, but we don't want to be noticed by Zhao Shan and fled first, my daughter was deceived by Zhao Shan, addicted to it and couldn't extricate herself, she has been crazy all these years, delusional that Zhao Shan was killed by us, our Cao family knows that we are ashamed of the imperial court, and has been looking for Zhao Shan's whereabouts in private, but we can't find Zhao Shan, even if we come up with evidence, we can't say clearly.
But now that things have turned out like this, I can't care about it, so I have to take out this letter and present it to the adults for decision. ”
Wang Yun took the letter, the letter has been yellowed, but the private seal of the payment is clearly visible, after Zhao Chong was arrested, several seals were found on his body, Zhao Chong claimed to be the reincarnation of the Qingdi Taihao, there is a seal engraved with the word "Taihao", which looks very similar to the seal after the letter.
In the letter, Zhao Chong addressed the other party as: my brother.
Zhao Chong and Zhao Shan went out of Zhaojia Village together, and such a title can be regarded as a credential.
Wang Yun frowned and continued to read, in addition to this letter in the envelope, there was also a note, on which only one sentence was written: Detour to Xiangyang and gather troops to Kuizhou.
Wang Yun couldn't help but shudder, back then, the imperial court wanted to use Fengxiang and Hanzhong to increase troops to suppress the rebellion in Baoning, or the scouts of Marquis An Yihou reported that Zhao Chong led his troops to prepare to go to Kuizhou. The imperial court was divided into two routes, all the way to Hanzhong, all the way to Kuizhou, and the soldiers and horses who did not want to go to Kuizhou pounced, and Zhao Chong attacked Fengxiang with all his might, so that the Fengxiang garrison suffered heavy losses.
This note simply told Zhao Chong the whereabouts of the imperial court's soldiers and horses.
There really are people who collaborate with the enemy.
That person told Zhao Chong all the arrangements of the imperial court soldiers and horses in advance, which allowed Zhao Chong to kill all the way to Fengxiang.
Wang Yun looked at Mrs. Cao: "What about those tax silvers?" ”
Mrs. Cao said: "The old body has not seen the tax silver at all, so no matter how the adults check, they will find nothing," said here and paused, "Even if there is tax silver, I am afraid that it will have been transported away a long time ago, and now the imperial court is tracking down the tax silver, and some people find it difficult to get out, and they want the Cao family to replace the crime, so they will cause today's disaster." ”
After Mrs. Cao finished speaking, she saluted again: "Please also ask your lord to investigate, this matter has nothing to do with Anyihou's Mansion, why did the eldest lady of Anyihou's Mansion show up to avenge Zhao Shan's grievances, I'm afraid that the whole thing was planned by Anyihou." ”
The person who collaborated with Zhao Chong was An Yihou.
Wang Yun's face sank: "I can't allow you to falsely accuse others here, the rights and wrongs of which are true, and this official will find out." ”
Swinging the old lady Cao back, Wang Yun looked out the window: "I only hope that Zhao Chong can find the silver, and when the time comes, everything will be clear." ”
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Li Xu rode out of the city, and the Cao family had Lord Wang Yun present, and what they had to do was to get those tax money.
"You go first, I'll wait for someone to set off again."
Seeing Sun Chong's appearance, Li Xu said, "Lord Sun is waiting for Miss Xu, right?" ”
Sun Chong nodded: "It's strange to say, if it weren't for Miss Xu's presence, my heart wouldn't be very stable," Speaking of this, he hurriedly looked at Li Xu, "It's not that Jiulang is bad, but ...... One more person, one more certainty. ”
A woman, walking in the city, how can she walk such a long way.
Zhou Yue couldn't help but say: "I'm afraid I'm going to make a mistake with my female dependents." "The lady is delicate, and the carriage she rides in is not fast, and if she asks for rest from time to time, it will kill you in a hurry.
Sun Chong couldn't help but hesitate a little: "That's right, but ...... Miss Xu said she could ride a horse. ”
I'm afraid it's just a bantam.
Zhou Yue was just about to speak again, only to see a few horses galloping out of the city, one of them was slender, she was wearing a man's robe, her hair was pulled up, she held the reins, and easily urged the horse forward, and there was a bit of heroism in her gestures.
If it weren't for the preparations, Zhou Yue would almost not recognize that it was Miss Xu.
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Hahaha. It's a change.