Above the lobby, Gu Tingye stared at Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Tingzhen opposite him with hatred, and his eyes were eager to choose someone to eat.

Bai Zhuoyan was stared at so much that he turned around to avoid Gu Tingye's gaze and looked at his son: "What's the matter, didn't you say that this matter has been cleaned up, and where did the little rabbit cub come from?" ”

How do I know!

Facing Bai Zhuoyan's questioning, Bai Tingzhen looked aggrieved, so he had to change the topic and said: "Father, now is not the time to delve into this, looking at what Feng Tongzhi means, it is to delay time for us, our top priority is to find a way to spread the news and destroy the corpse as soon as possible." ”

"That's right!"

Bai Zhuoyan was reminded by his son, and he also reacted, once the government became suspicious of Master Bai's death, he would inevitably open the coffin for an autopsy, and at that time, what their father and son did would be revealed to the world.

Thinking of the old man Bai who had not been buried in the mourning hall, as well as the scars of different shades on his body, Bai Zhuoyan couldn't help but be secretly anxious.

Just as the father and son were thinking about how to deliver the news, several officials came over under the leadership of a team leader.

The leader of the team smiled and said: "The mansion has not yet been decided, where is Second Master Bai going?" ”

"The old man suddenly felt unbearable pain in his abdomen, so please send the master to show mercy and take the old man to the thatched house."

Bai Zhuoyan smiled flatteringly, and quietly stuffed two taels of silver into the sleeve of the head of the class.

Unexpectedly, the face of the team leader suddenly stiffened, and he threw the broken silver in his sleeve back into Bai Zhuoyan's hand, and said: "The two of you are guilty of killing relatives, and if you don't wait to confirm your innocence, who dares to accept your silver?" ”

As he spoke, the head of the squad made a look, and immediately four officials each supported the Bai family's father and son from the left and right sides.

Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Ting's faces turned blue and were filled with anger, and only then did they understand how critical their situation was.

Bai Tingzhen struggled to break free, and ran in the direction of the back ya, shouting loudly: "Wronged, wronged, I want to see Lord Feng, I want to see Lord Feng!" ”

There were two bangs, and the water and fire sticks in the hands of the two officials whistled down, and the head of the stick wrapped in iron sheet knocked on Bai Tingzhen's calf, and Bai Tingzhen suddenly screamed and rolled to the ground.

"Lord Feng?"

The team leader sneered: "Don't hide it from the two of you, it is Master Feng who ordered you to take it." Take! ”

After that, Bai Tingyu was dragged out like his old man, and he was dragged out horizontally and vertically.

And Lord Feng, whom they relied on, stood at the small door at the back of the hall, watching all this happen without raising his eyelids.

When leaving the lobby, Gu Tingye could still hear the shouts of the Bai family's father and son from a distance, and he was extremely relieved.

The remaining officials in the hall all owed themselves to Gu Tingye to show their respect.

Wealth touches people's hearts.

The Bai family's family property is huge, and officials of all sizes in Yangzhou City have coveted it for a long time.

Gu Tingye has the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion behind him, he took over the property of the Bai family's big house, except for the obstruction of the Bai family, no one dares to say anything.

The Bai family's second-room property is also quite rich, but since the death of Old Man Bai, they have no real backers.

When Gu Tingye sent the handle of the second room of the Bai family to the yamen, it didn't matter whether Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Ting were the murderers of Old Man Bai or not.

A group of jackals, tigers and leopards in Yangzhou City with a faint green light in their eyes can't wait to enjoy this gluttonous feast.

As for these errand servants, although they can't get the lion's head, it is not a problem to share the profits of more than ten or twenty taels of silver.

Wei Chen, who had been waiting outside the yafang for a long time, saw Gu Tingye come out, and quickly stepped forward and asked, "Zhong Huai, how is the lawsuit going?" ”

"You guessed it right, the father and son of the Bai family are really inseparable from the death of their ancestors, and now these two animals have been imprisoned."

When Gu Tingye said this, his voice turned low. After his mother's death, his grandfather was his closest person, but now this closest person is also separated from him.

Wei Chen patted Gu Tingye on the shoulder and whispered comfortingly: "Don't worry, those two animals will definitely suffer in prison." ”

"I understand." Gu Tingye sniffed and said with a smile: "If you don't squeeze their entire wealth dry, they won't be able to die if they want to." ”

After speaking, Gu Tingye gave Wei Chen a deep look: "This time it all depends on Xingyun's guidance, and the ancestors can be wronged and retributious, great kindness and great virtue, there is no way to repay it, please accept Gu Tingye's worship!" ”

"Zhong Huai praised it, some little things, a little effort." Wei Chen hurriedly helped Gu Tingye up.

Gu Tingye said softly: "If the yamen wants to verify the cause of death, it is necessary to open the coffin for an autopsy, Xingyun and Sheng Tong are on good terms, and please Xingyun inform Sheng Tong of the verdict, when the coffin is opened for an autopsy, I hope that the bones of the ancestors will not be damaged, and Gu Tingye will be grateful." ”

Filial piety comes first, opening the coffin is not a trivial matter, and if it is done poorly, the children will be scolded by pointing to the ridge beams, so sometimes the death of the parents is obviously wronged, but the children refuse to open the coffin for autopsy.

Although this practice may seem ridiculous, it is the reality of Confucian society.

However, this time, in order to prove the words in Gu Tingye's complaint, Old Man Bai's coffin must be opened.

Gu Tingye refused to open the coffin, only hoped that when the coffin was opened, Wei Chen would let Sheng Hong take care of it, otherwise, with the virtues of those officials, not only the funeral goods would be taken away, but even the corpse would be humiliated.

"Zhong Huai, don't worry, I'll take care of it." Wei Chen nodded vigorously and accepted the matter for Sheng Hongying.

Sheng Hong is about to enter Beijing as an official, and he must also be willing to form a good relationship with the Marquis of Ningyuan.

That night, Gu Tingye was the east and set up a banquet in a famous restaurant in Yangzhou, and now the Bai family father and son have been imprisoned, and Gu Tingye no longer has to hide in the east.

Wei Chen brought Sheng Changbai to the banquet together, and Gu Tingye accidentally saw the frontier map that Sheng Changbai was carrying, and he was very interested.

The three of them talked about the current situation and pointed out the country on this map, and talked happily with each other until late at night.

Two days later, under the joint witness of Feng Tongzhi and Sheng Tongju, the yamen opened the coffin for an autopsy, and Wu Zuo found many traces of abuse on the corpse.

Subsequently, the Yamen interrogated the Bai family and others, and finally all kinds of evidence pointed to Bai Zhuoyan, Bai Ting's father and son, and accidentally dug up the evidence of Bai Ting's murder from Bai Ting's brother.

The human and material evidence is complete, but the yamen did not rush to settle the case, but always left a glimmer of hope for the Bai family, forcing them to dredge up everywhere and try their best to rescue Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Tingyu in prison.

The trial was not finally completed until a year and a half later, and Bai Zhuoyan and Bai Tingzhen were both capital crimes.

In this process, the wealth of the Bai family's second room was scattered and they became poor, and the Yangzhou Mansion was full of fat.