Chapter 66: Testimony [Second Update]
Through a few beams of light, the dilapidated window lattices cast onto Fan'er's ever-falling tears, and those droplets of water that were as clear as gems were weakened by her mournful and contrite look, and became extremely dark.
"Since then, I have been single-mindedly for his own good, and I have to think about him first in everything. But I was never denied a place because he had not yet married a wife. But he never behaved badly to the other girls around him, so I waited with peace of mind until one day......"
"You found out that what he said was nothing more than a lie to you?"
"Yes!" Fan'er's voice suddenly became sharp: "He lied to me!" All men in the world are the same, they only like what they can't get! ”
Ji Yun and the others couldn't help but be embarrassed when they heard this, but Fan'er didn't have time to pay attention to their expressions, and said hatefully: "I never thought that Liu Ziyu, who was gentle and considerate when he was with me, was actually a beast that was not as good as a beast!" He turned out to be a concubine of his own mother-in-law. ”
Ao Rui was surprised: "You mean, Liu Ziyu fell in love with his father's concubine?" ”
Fan'er pursed her lips and nodded, and continued for a while: "Aunt Liu is only in her early twenties, she is the master's favorite concubine, and she is a bewitching personality on weekdays, and she is a mortal enemy with Aunt Xu. But Liu Ziyu had a crooked heart towards her! I once bumped into them in the garden in the middle of the night......"
"I was so angry that I almost rushed out and slapped Aunt Liu a few times. But I suddenly realized that I was just a servant! A servant girl who has been toyed with by Childe! I'm not in a position to accuse any of them! Moreover, once this kind of thing is publicized, I don't know what the result will be, but I myself will definitely die! ”
"So, you don't want to be toyed with, and you have revenge, right?" When Ji Erlan heard this, he had almost guessed the whole story, it turned out that Li Chaosheng's sister Li Yu'er was just suffering from the disaster of the pond fish.
Sure enough, Fan'er said: "That's right, I'm not reconciled. After that night, I understood why Liu Ziyu was not interested in the handmaidens around her. Because a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing. He only liked what he couldn't get, and maybe it was because of that that he would deceive me in every way at that time. ”
"I gave myself for him, but what did I get in return? How could I make him feel better for such a filthy brute. Fan'er's tears had stopped, and all that remained on her face was hatred, and she said, "I serve him closely, and it is easy to do something in his medicine." I pretended not to notice anything, but every time I decocted the medicine, I increased the amount of one of the herbs. ”
Originally, although Liu Ziyu's health was not good, she was not as weak as rumored, and most of the time Aunt Xu made a fuss in order to compete for favor. Since then, his health has been getting worse and worse day by day......"
"At the same time, under my intentional or unintentional reminder, Aunt Xu knew about his son and Aunt Liu......" Fan'er sneered: "Aunt Xu was shocked and angry, she was very afraid. If this matter is discovered by the master, their mother and son will be implicated, and falling out of favor is inevitable. So, she tried to cover it up. So she used Chongxi as an excuse to set up a family for her son to take care of. ”
As soon as she came, Aunt Xu looked forward to her son getting a fresh person and cut off contact with Aunt Liu. Second, the bride came from a humble background, and she didn't dare to publicize the matter of Liu Ziyu and Aunt Liu in the future. Otherwise, even if Liu Ziyu is a concubine, it is impossible to marry a commoner's daughter. ”
When Li Chaosheng heard this, he also understood the cause of his sister's death, and the green tendons on his head burst out, and he almost wanted to punch the initiator in front of him to death. But he endured it alive. If Fan'er dies at this time, then Aunt Xu will not be able to get the retribution she deserves.
Ji Erlan glanced at him in admiration, he could still maintain his sanity like this, but he was measured.
Fan'er said: "On the day Liu Ziyu got married, his body was already very weak, so I added some ephedra to his medicine...... Ephedra can induce heart palpitations, and a body like his is enough to cause sudden death......"
Speaking of which, the cause and effect of this incident are already clear. Ji Yun asked: "But the person is already dead, why does Aunt Xu say that Li Yu'er killed Liu Ziyu, what good is it for her?" ”
"There shouldn't be so many coincidences in the world, but there are coincidences everywhere." Fan'er sneered, glanced at Li Chaosheng and said: "Aunt Xu has been secretly looking for a long time before she has set her sights on the daughter of the Li family, her face is handsome, her temperament is honest, and there is no threat to her family. Only then did he order someone to design Li Laohan to lose a large sum of money and force him to agree to marry his daughter. She was afraid that the Li family's father and son would regret that something would happen, so she took Li Yuer to Liu's mansion in advance on the grounds that the Li family had no dowry to buy wedding clothes and other things. ”
"It's also Li Yu'er's bad luck." Fan'er sneered: "On the eve of the wedding, Liu Ziyu's animal life and death did not change, and she found Aunt Liu to entangle, but who knows, but she was bumped into by Li Yu'er." ”
Not only did the crowd lament that it was too coincidental.
"Huh...... Aunt Xu thought that Li Yuer would marry Liu Ziyu on the second day anyway, and when the raw rice was cooked and matured, she would become Liu Ziyu's person, and Li Yuer would not talk nonsense and destroy her future for the rest of her life. Moreover, she was beating from time to time, and she didn't think there would be any trouble, so she just took care of Li Yuer. But she never imagined that Liu Ziyu died during the worship! Hahaha...... Ha ha! ”
Fan'er couldn't help laughing, laughing madly, laughing at Aunt Xu's stupidity, and laughing at Liu Ziyu for getting the retribution she deserved. Laughing and laughing, she couldn't stop crying again.
Li Chaosheng couldn't wait for her to finish crying, and asked with tears in his eyes: "So Aunt Xu dragged my sister to Liu Ziyu's funeral, did she want to kill people and kill her mouth?" ”
"Yes...... Her son brought a green hat to his son, if it is exposed, she will fall out of favor, and she may end up miserable. Therefore, she gritted her teeth with hatred for Aunt Liu, and tried her best to maintain this secret and avoid leaking the news...... So Li Yuer must die. That night, she was locked up in a firewood room and burned alive......"
Li Chaosheng burst into tears, knelt on the ground and touched his head to the ground, eager to die for his sister.
Everyone was silent and sighed secretly, but what could be done?
Ji Erlan listened to the whole story and said: "Your body deed is in Liu's Mansion, no matter where you go, you can't live in peace, and you can't support yourself." The murderer will inevitably pay for his life, and if you escape for a while, you will not be able to escape for a lifetime. ”
Fan'er slowly raised her head, had gradually calmed down, looked at Ji Erlan, and said, "I am willing to testify, help you testify against Aunt Xu, and ask the girl to help me reduce the punishment!" ”
Those who can ruthlessly murder people's lives are really not resigned to fate. Ji Erlan expected her to have this request, but she didn't answer her, but looked at Li Chaosheng: "This matter is up to you to decide." ”
Ji Yun pulled Li Chaosheng up from the ground, did not urge, just waited for him to make his own decision. Although Fan'er was not the murderer of Li Yu'er, this incident was caused by her after all.
Li Chaosheng was silent for a long time, finally raised his head, looked at Fan'er, and said, "If you can help me identify Aunt Xu, I will not pursue this matter with you." How much you can reduce the punishment depends on your creation. ”
The clouds that had lasted for several days finally dissipated, and as soon as the sun showed its head, it was hot and breathless, and Li Laohan lay on his back on the dilapidated bed, staring at the gray roof with his eyes, motionless.
There was a sudden sound outside the door, but Li Laohan was indifferent. It wasn't until someone stood in front of him that he exclaimed, "Chaosheng! Chaosheng ...... You're not dead? You're back? ”
Li Chaosheng looked at his father who rushed over, his lips twitched twice, but he didn't speak. Yu'er died so miserably...... He didn't blame his father. Seeing that his son didn't speak, Li Laohan felt even more guilty and sat in the corner of the wall, covering his face with his hands and crying bitterly.
Ji Erlan and the others came in at this time, and they didn't know how to speak when they saw this scene. I had to wait for Li Laohan to ease up this momentum. After a while, Li Laohan raised his head and saw that there were a lot of people crowded in the narrow room, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't know how to ask.
Li Chaosheng took a deep breath and said, "Dad, they are my life-savers, and they are here to help Yu'er get justice." ”
Li Laohan seemed to have digested his son's words for a long time, fell to his knees with a thud, and kowtowed to them a few times. Ji Yun couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly helped him up, briefly explained the cause of Li Yu'er's death, and persuaded: "Old man, please mourn." ”
Li Laohan looks like he is in his early fifties, but he is actually only in his forties. His face was so windy that he almost fainted when he heard these words: "My God...... Yu'er, it's all your father who hurt you! ”
Ji Erlan said: "We are here today to invite my husband to go to the Gyeonggi Yamen to beat the drum and voice the grievances, only in this way will this case be taken over by Dali Temple, and your daughter's bloody case can be revealed and the wicked can be punished." However, after all, Liu's Mansion is an official's mansion, and civilians must be punished first. ”
Li Laohan looked at his sons, then at them, and then said: "I naturally want to go, no matter what the punishment is, what is my life worth!" ”
"Okay, in that case, please tell us about the gambling house that day."
Li Laohan snorted, crying bitterly and couldn't help himself: "My mother-in-law died early...... Leaving a son, a daughter and two oil bottles, I have no ability, and my life is not as good as one day. I chased with a hammer and a stick in the west, and as long as someone could give me some money, he would reach out and do it. However, the days without food and clothing were day after day, and they could barely hold on, but fortunately, the two children were hard, not squeamish, and grew up in good shape. However, when my son is older and wants to marry a wife, and my daughter is older and wants to marry, what can I do to tell them about my marriage? ”
Li Chaosheng stood there blankly looking at his father, he had never heard his father talk about this, and in his impression, his father had never worried about them like this. They have a bad temper and scold their brothers and sisters at every turn, but now think about it, how did they grow up? If there is no father, can their brother and sister grow up one day?