Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

The constable asked in a bad tone: "Who is the wife of the Earl of Pingyang?"

Tu said timidly, "What's wrong?"

The prefect Meng Benchu ​​stepped forward slowly and said, "Madam Bo, did you sell four hundred prefecture soldiers?"

Tu hurriedly explained: "We only sold a hundred people this time, but they all ran away..."

Lord Meng said, "I want to ask you, where did you get those indentures?"

"Yes, the Third Madam gave it to me."

Mr. Meng's face suddenly darkened and he said, "You are full of lies. Think about it again. What is the time on the contract of sale?"

"This..." Tu was a little panicked. She really didn't remember the time of the indenture contract.

Gu Chengyan was helped out and said, "Master Meng, just tell me what's the matter. Mother is in charge of the government affairs, how can she remember everything!"

"All the indentures are fake!"

"what?"

The people in the mansion and the citizens watching the excitement at the door were all stunned.

Are all the indentures fake?

Lord Meng said loudly: "The Pingyang Marquis's Mansion forged the indenture. Oh, there is one more thing. Some of those palace soldiers you mentioned may be good people from the suburbs of Beijing. The Marquis' Mansion is defrauding and selling good people! Take them away!"

Tu was so frightened that she tried to explain herself, but Meng Benchu ​​would not listen to her nonsense. The ferocious constable chained her and took her away.

Fraud and buying and selling good people are both serious crimes!

Gu Chengyan chased after him in panic: "Master Meng, did you make a mistake..."

"Master Gu, are you questioning my ability to handle the case? Butler Zhang Qing has confessed, and you are still trying to argue? The wife of the Marquis of Pingyang is the mastermind. Whether other people in the mansion are involved remains to be investigated! No one in the mansion is allowed to leave the capital without permission."

When he arrived at the Kyoto Prefecture Hall, he was first imprisoned and would be tried on a later date.

Meng Benchu ​​whispered to the head of the police: "This woman is so hateful. Even His Majesty is sad, but she is eager to divide up the property of Gu Gelao. Let's lock her up for a few days and let her suffer a little..."

Although Lord Gu never flattered anyone or formed cliques with anyone, he killed three birds with one stone and won the respect and admiration of various departments.

Therefore, the chief constable and the jailer all understood what Lord Meng said.

Tu entered the prison and walked through a low, damp, dark, narrow passage. Suddenly, she felt a chill on her feet. She screamed, "Ah!" The jailer behind her whipped her and cursed, "Why are you screaming?"

Tu was whipped on the ears and half of her face, and she howled in pain again.

Just hearing the ghost's cry made the jailer want to beat the person up, so he whipped the person hard.

Tu held her head and shouted, "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I won't scream anymore, ah~"

There was something soft under her feet and a mouse scurried past her.

The result was another beating.

In a short distance of thirty meters, he was beaten eight times, leaving him dizzy and with disheveled hair.

The jailer opened a cell and pushed her inside. She lost her balance and fell onto the wet straw.

I didn't get up for a long time.

The jailer snorted, locked the door and left.

She was lying on the ground and heard a rustling sound coming quickly. The prisoners who were detained with her rushed over and tried to snatch her jewelry.

A pair of hands almost pulled her earring off in an attempt to snatch it.

In order to snatch the hairpin on her head, several people not only fought each other, but also almost pulled out several clumps of her hair.

All the jewelry and bracelets were taken away.

Tu was howling in pain, and the prisoners were annoyed by the noise, so they held her down and beat her severely.

The jailer didn't care at all. Tu grabbed the bars and desperately shouted for help, but no one paid any attention to her.

The female prisoners continued to beat her.

Tu hated them so much. She hated these prisoners, hated the jailers, these lowly villains, hated... hated Guan Yingying, hated Xie Zhaozhao!

Because there has been no court hearing and people are afraid of collusion in their testimony, prison visits are not allowed.

The palace was in chaos when suddenly someone at the door shouted, "Empress Xi has sent someone."

Gu Boyu, Gu Chengyan and the old lady came out trembling again, and saw Liuli, the senior palace maid beside Concubine Xi, coming to the Gu Mansion and reprimanding the old lady and Gu Boyu.

"The whole country mourns over the sudden accident that befell Mr. Gu and his wife. You are fighting over their property and selling out their servants. You are unkind to your brother and unkind to your mother. It is heartbreaking. I strongly denounce you and order you to stop immediately and mend your ways."

After reprimanding, Liuli said seriously: "Master Gu, old lady, take care of yourself!"

Gu Boyu was furious and scolded the old lady: "You guys keep making trouble all day long. You have taken away all the credit that my father earned with his life. Let's die together!"

The old lady cried bitterly and said, "Isn't it because you guys are so careless? You actually blame me?"

However, no matter how much you complain, saving lives is important!

Gu Zhongyu and his wife were full of resentment and blamed Tu for bringing trouble to the Bo's family.

Gu Chengyan and Guan Yingying went to see the prince despite their injuries. The prince said that he would give them money to save people and would give them a panacea!

Guan Yingying took a pound of elixir and asked the prince for a token and went to visit him in prison.

When she saw Tu, she said in panic, "Please, Prince, please tell Lord Meng that I did not buy or sell innocent people!"

According to the Daqian law, those convicted of selling innocent people would be exiled three thousand miles away, and in serious cases, they would be beheaded immediately.

When Xie Xiangxiang heard that Gu Chengyan and Aunt Yue had actually obtained money and tokens from the prince to visit the prison, and had a way to get the prince to pardon Tu from the crime of "buying and selling innocent people", she suddenly became curious.

Why did the prince listen to Aunt Yue?

Is Aunt Yue so capable?

It was said in both previous and later lives that Gu Chengyan had a very good relationship with the prince, so what did Aunt Yue have to do with it?

She remained calm and just listened to their discussions. When everyone expressed their opinions, she also agreed: "Let's bring mother back first."

On the third day after Tu was imprisoned, during the court session, the head of the police arrested Gu Boyu again.

Regarding the selling of people, Tu said that it was the uncle who agreed.

Lord Meng arrested Gu Boyu as well and beat him up without saying anything else.

Gu Boyu had lived a life of luxury all his life, but after a beating he realized that all the indentures were forged by the Tu family, and that some of those female soldiers were civilians from the suburbs of Beijing, but they did not sue them.

Tu insisted that it was Xie Zhaozhao who gave it to her, but Xie Zhaozhao was already dead and there was no evidence.

But Lord Meng was not easy to fool, so he interrogated Zhang Qing alone. Zhang Qing could not bear the torture and said that he and Tu had stolen the things together.

Lord Meng said angrily, "If you are not honest, then keep you locked up. When you tell the truth, you will be brought to court again."

The plaintiff, Young Master Dongfang (Dongqin), accused the Bo Mansion of fraud and demanded that not only his 10,000-string deposit be returned but also that he be compensated for breach of contract.

Lord Meng cut the Gordian knot by demanding that the Bo Mansion immediately return and compensate Dong Qin for the 11,000 strings of silver. In addition, the government imposed a fine of 2,000 strings of silver as punishment for this fraud.

The old lady asked Mrs. Lu and Xie Xiangxiang to return the money they had divided up, but Mrs. Lu insisted that the money had been spent and she had no more.

She is so angry!

Didn't they say that the total sale was 10,000 strings of cash? Tu took 6,000 strings of cash from the 10,000 strings of cash deposit, plus Xie Xiangxiang's 5,000 strings of cash, so the first wife got 6,500 strings of cash at once.

She only has one thousand strings of cash to pay back? Don’t even think about it!

The old lady was so angry that her hands were shaking. She called Nanny Wan, who was by Tu's side, to open Tu's private vault and took out all the 13,000 strings of cash from Tu's vault.

Xie Xiangxiang clenched her fists. Didn't she have no money? She had so much money, but the money she used to pay for her dowry was a yard of rags!

The old lady asked Gu Chengyan to take out the silver and rescue his father.

Gu Chengyan and Gu Zheng went to the prison to see Gu Boyu and Tu, and they could hardly recognize them.

Gu Boyu was limping on one leg and his butt was bruised.

Tu was beaten particularly severely. The torture almost broke all ten of her fingers. She no longer looked like the noble lady she usually was.

Seeing Gu Chengyan, Tu's eyes were filled with fear. She struggled to crawl on the ground with her elbows, crying, "Yan'er, please hurry up and take me back!"