Chapter 161: Dali Temple Interrogation
As the chief judge of the Dengwengu case, He Kenan, the secretary of Dali Temple, was in a very calm mood, and he didn't seem to feel the sensation and undercurrent of Jingzhao at all.
In fact, he didn't feel the slightest embarrassment, because the matter was too big and had already broken through the sky, and there was not much room for manpower at all.
As the chief judge, he only needs to follow the procedure. It's actually the easiest and easiest job, isn't it?
On the day of the interrogation, the public hall of Dali Temple, which had always been empty, was a little more noisy, and in addition to the officials of Dali Temple, there were also officials from the Criminal Department, Jingzhao Mansion and Yushitai, all of whom had contact with the case.
Many officials think that this interrogation is not necessary, and the Lujiang group has not returned yet, so what is the use of interrogation?
It's just that the emperor's will has been issued, and Tang Yuan and the Zhou family are confronted, so there is an interrogation. What will be the outcome of this trial?
You don't have to think about it to know that there is no result - Dali Shaoqing Qiu Shengnian thought so, a little excited.
Zhou Yangxu was waiting outside the public hall of Dali Temple, feeling his palms sweating. He is in a high position, and he is the brother of the virtuous concubine and the uncle of the third prince, what has he not experienced over the years?
The officialdom is sinister and it is difficult to win the throne, has he encountered fewer hardships and dangers over the years? Although he can't take it lightly, he has never been afraid of it, because he has a century-old family behind him.
But this time, I don't know why, Zhou Yangxu felt a trace of fear seeping out of his heart, and he couldn't help but shudder when he thought that he was about to see the woman who was beating the drum.
"Father. Are you alright? Zhou Xueli, who looked depressed, saw Zhou Yangxu like this, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, but he didn't expect to be thrown away by Zhou Yangxu.
Zhou Xueli was stunned for a moment, but saw that Zhou Yangxu had turned around with a cold expression, snorted, and ignored him anymore. Apparently. Zhou Yangxu hasn't forgiven him yet. I don't even want to accept his support!
"Big brother, my father is just angry all of a sudden, and it will be good to wait for a while. You know, there is no news from Lujiang, and I don't know if the people sent by the Third Highness have succeeded. It is inevitable that my father will be irritable and anxious. I'll have to confront the woman later, big brother, you have to pick up your spirits and deal with it well. Zhou Xueyi on the side saw the movements between his father and brother. Words of consolation.
It's like this outside the court, Zhou Xueyi is really worried that when his father and brother see the woman, they will not be able to restrain themselves, and they will be in trouble.
Sure enough, Zhou Xueyi's worries were not unreasonable, when Zhou Yangxu, Zhou Xueli and the others of the Zhou family saw the woman, the atmosphere in the entire public hall suddenly fell silent.
Zhou Yangxu can still try to calm his emotions. Zhou Xueli's eyes were bloodshot. He stared at the woman viciously, and the woman seemed to be completely unconscious, leaning over and bowing her head, waiting for He Keneng and other officials to ask questions.
"Lady, why are you beating the drum? It must be known that Dengwen Drum must be related to the major affairs of the military state, great greed and evil, and strange injustice. Otherwise, the drum shall not be beaten, and the offender shall be guilty of a felony. And tell us the truth. ”
I saw that everyone had arrived. The opening ceremony was done, and He Kenan immediately entered the interrogation procedure, he didn't want to pay attention to the reactions of the Zhou family and Tang Yuan.
Tang Yuan bowed his head obediently and said yes, and then slowly repeated the grievances that had been told in Jingzhao Mansion in a hoarse and deep voice.
It's just that this time the account is more detailed and more miserable, and the brows of the officials in the hall are furrowed, and the more the people of the Zhou family listen to it, the more ugly their faces become, red and black, and they don't know what they think in their hearts.
Tang Yuan's complaint about Zhou Xueli's marriage fraud was ten years ago.
Ten years ago in March, the Lujiang River was pink and willow green, and there were willow warblers singing in between, and spring was the best time. Tang Yuan, who went to pay homage to her deceased father, met Zhou Xueli at that time, and at that time she felt that meeting Zhou Xueli was the best thing in her life, but she didn't expect that this was the beginning of the tragedy of her life.
At that time, Zhou Xueli assumed the name of Zhou Jun, dressed as a chivalrous man, claimed to be a person from Runan, and came to Lujiang to play.
Tang Yuan and Zhou Jun soon fell in love with each other, and the two agreed to marry and become husband and wife under the witness of Tang Yuan's mother and the neighbors around them. Who knew that not long after the wedding, Zhou Jun said that he would return to his hometown in Runan, and he disappeared from then on.
After many searches, Tang Yuan realized that he didn't know anything about Zhou Jun at all, how could he find someone in the vast sea of people? In fact, Zhou Xueli, who was known as Zhou Jun at that time, went back to the ancestral house of Lujiang to sweep the tomb, and as soon as the worship was over, he returned to Jingzhao.
But Tang Yuan didn't know the truth, so he looked for it stupidly. It wasn't until two years ago that she met Zhou Jun in front of the Zhou Mansion due to fate, and at this time, she knew that the husband she had been waiting for was not Runan Zhou Jun at all, but the eldest son of Zhou Shilang of the Zhou family, Zhou Xueli!
Tang Yuan went to Zhou's house to seek justice, but Zhou Xueli had already married the eldest daughter of Yongzhou Thorn Shi and gave birth to several children, so he naturally didn't admit it.
Zhou Xueli's uncle, Zhou Yangzhao of Lujiang County, and Zhou Yangtao, the head of Lujiang, in order to cover up his nephew's marriage fraud and maintain the Zhou family's consistent good reputation abroad, sent Tang Yuan to prison on false charges of blackmail.
Zhou Xueli still had a trace of old affection for Tang Yuan, and after he left Lujiang, Tang Yuan was released from prison; But while Tang Yuan was in prison, her daughter, the daughter born to her and Zhou Jun, an eight-year-old child named Zhou Le, disappeared.
Tang Yuan, who had just come out of prison, went crazy looking for her daughter, and later someone secretly told her that her daughter was abducted and trafficked to the place where the Zhou government organized an adulterous underage girl and was humiliated. She was overwhelmed with grief and was determined to rescue her daughter, so she had to travel thousands of miles to Jingzhao Laos to Dengwengu.
"Zhou Jun, you brute! You don't know yet, do you? She's your daughter! She's your daughter! You are a wicked worker! The Zhou family has done their own thing! God will take you in! At the end of the story, Tang Yuan was like crazy, crying and laughing and shouting.
The hoarse and poignant words were inserted into the hearts of the Zhou family like sharp knives, and everyone was dumbfounded. Many of them don't even know these things! Even Zhou Xueli himself didn't know that he had a daughter, his face was pale, he couldn't kneel, and he fell to the ground.
Zhou Yangxu's heart was also extremely shocked, he knew that there were many clansmen in the ancestral house of Lujiang who did not grow, and he also knew that the big trees had withered branches, and the clansmen had done some ridiculous things, which was also very normal.
But what kind of prostitute is sleeping with an underage girl? What dungeons? He was far away in Jingzhao, and he didn't know that there was such a thing! However, these things, no matter what, the Zhou family can't admit them, and His Royal Highness will definitely wipe out all the things in Lujiang, and now they must resist it!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yangxu forcibly suppressed the tremor in his heart and shouted: "You woman is open-mouthed!" My Zhou family has made a statement, and I haven't done anything like that at all! Ten years ago in March, my son did go to Lujiang, but soon returned to Jingzhao to prepare for marriage, and it was impossible to marry you! We don't even know you as a woman! Say, who instructed you to falsely accuse the Zhou family? What is your purpose?! ”
As soon as he drank these words to Tang Yuan, Zhou Yangxu asked sharply again: "Xueli, do you know this woman?" Thou shalt not deceive thy father! ”
Zhou Xueli was screamed by Zhou Yangxu, and suddenly came back to his senses, he remembered where he was now, now in the Dali Temple public hall, their Zhou family is being interrogated by the four departments, no matter what the woman said, she can't recognize it! Yes, he doesn't know her, what she says is all fake!
"Ladies and gentlemen! I hadn't seen this woman before today, I didn't know her! I don't know if she has intentions and wants to falsely accuse the Zhou family like this, is it because I once returned to Lujiang that I caused such a disaster for no reason? Your woman said that our Zhou family sent you to prison to protect the family's reputation. According to what you say, our Zhou family has been detaining you in prison, so that you can't come out at all, isn't this more direct and convenient? If you woman have accused me of cheating on marriage, what about the marriage certificate? What about the witnesses? Please be careful! ”
After Zhou Xueli came back to his senses, he began to refute Tang Yuan's statements one by one, looking for loopholes in her rhetoric to attack.
"That's because you have a clear conscience! And let me out! As for the marriage certificate, it was only after you said that Gao Tang was still in Runan and wanted to take me to meet them. From start to finish, you're lying to me! You're lying to me! You pay back my daughter, you pay back my daughter! ”
Listening to Zhou Xueli's rebuttal, Tang Yuan's stiff body straightened up suddenly, she waved her arms, cursed in her mouth, and was about to rush towards Zhou Xueli.
For a time, the Dali Temple was in chaos. He Ke listened to Tang Yuan and the Zhou family's opinions, and then saw the chaotic scene in the court, thinking that there would be no result for a while, and was about to order to retreat, when he saw a person rushing into the court, shouting: "Report to your lord!" There is urgent news coming from Lujiang! Lujiang urgent news! He Ke couldn't settle down, it turned out that the person was Cheng Cheng Fangyuan of Dali Temple, and he was responsible for the audio communication between Jingzhao and Lujiang.
"How can it be so fast? Zhu Xu: Did they return to Jingzhao? He Ke said in surprise. It stands to reason that it wasn't so fast, how could there be urgent news? Something can't be wrong, right?
Now in this situation, He Kenan didn't have time to think about it, took the urgent message handed by Cheng Fangyuan, and opened it.
And Zhou Yangxu and the others in the hall were breathless, and they couldn't believe what they heard in their ears, there was urgent news in Lujiang?
So, Lujiang's group has news that they have returned? So did the three princes smooth things out? Has the ledger of the Zhou family's ancestral house been dealt with?
Zhou Yangxu stared at the expression on He Kenan's face, for fear of missing the slightest sign, trying to read He Kenan's mood, what did the emergency say? What happened to Lujiang?
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Two more!