Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

After Li Chang finished speaking, he turned to Qin Yunhe and said, "Since we have to keep him here anyway, why not mess with his mind? Maybe we can gain something from it."

Qin Yunhe nodded and continued asking questions.

"You can go to Yan Guixiang and her cousin's village to ask about their situation."

"My Lord, I have gone. All the villagers in Shangyan Village know that Yan Guixiang was brought back by her mother from her brother in Shuanghe Village. No one in the village believes that Yan Guixiang and her brother have any scandals. Some even secretly say that the county magistrate is either confused or bribed.

As for Shuanghe Village, the villagers also knew that Yan Guixiang and Miao Wang were siblings. They were not as sure as the villagers in Shangyan Village that they were innocent, but they all said that they really didn't see anything shameful about the two before. When the news came out and spread to the village, the villagers were also very surprised. "

Qin Yunhe originally believed that there was nothing between Yan Guixiang and her brother, and this news made him even more certain.

But this alone may not be enough evidence to clear Yan Guixiang of the charge of adultery.

"We wanted to find Miao Wang's family to ask about the situation, but we didn't expect that there was no one left. They said that the whole family moved away overnight sometime last year."

"Moved away? How long have you been away?"

"They must have moved out shortly after Yan Guixiang escaped. In fact, there weren't many people left in the Miao family, just Miao Wang's wife and a child, so if they left, there wouldn't be much noise. The villagers knew they had moved out only after they hadn't seen anyone coming in or out of their house for several days."

Speaking of this, Qin Yunhe suddenly realized that he had overlooked an important thing, which was the specific process of Yan Guixiang's escape.

Before, I thought it was a foregone conclusion that Yan Guixiang had run away with the money, so I didn't ask in detail. But now it seems that this might be a breakthrough.

"Go and bring Yan Guixiang here for questioning."

At Qin Yunhe's command, someone went to the prison to bring Yan Guixiang, and he continued to question.

"So you didn't ask where Miao Wang's wife and children went?"

“I haven’t asked yet.”

"Any other news from this trip?"

"My Lord, there is no more."

"Okay, go down and rest first."

After Yan Guixiang knelt down, Qin Yunhe asked, "Yan Guixiang, do you know where your sister-in-law and nephew went?"

"My sister-in-law? My sister-in-law isn't at home? Could it be that my sister-in-law and nephew were also harmed by Jin Biao?"

Yan Guixiang was a little excited.

Qin Yunhe stopped her and said, "Don't get excited. Your sister-in-law should have moved away after you ran away. Did your brother mention where they moved to?"

Yan Guixiang said: "After we escaped and settled in Pingle County, I gave my brother several dozen taels of silver and let him leave. I thought he had returned home."

"Then why was your brother there when Jin Biao found you?"

"My brother just happened to come to see me that day. He said that he was running out of money and asked me to give him some more. Since I didn't have much cash at the time, I wanted to pawn the jade token for my brother..."

Qin Yunhe thought for a while and said, "Tell me the details of what happened before and after you eloped, from how you found out that Jin Biao poisoned you, how you decided to escape, and what happened during the escape. Don't leave out any of it."

At this time, Yan Guixiang was determined to overturn the verdict, so naturally she talked about every detail.

“About half a year after I came in, I started to experience symptoms of nausea and vomiting.

At that time, Jin Biao invited Doctor Chen to treat me. After examining me, Doctor Chen said that it was a disharmony between my spleen and stomach and prescribed a prescription.

I knew that Doctor Chen’s consultation fees were extremely high, and I was very happy at the time that Jin Biao cared about me.

Actually, our relationship was not very good before that. We often had some unpleasant moments and I always felt that he disliked me. I didn’t expect that after I got sick, he became more caring to me than before.

Since I couldn't eat, he looked for appetizing dishes everywhere, invited many people to his house, and cooked for me in different ways.

In the eyes of others, he was really good to me, and I was a little touched. At that time, I thought that although he always looked a little disgusted, he was still a good person. "

Qin Yunhe suddenly asked when he heard this: "How can you two be unhappy with each other on weekdays? Will he attack you?"

Yan Guixiang looked up in surprise and said, "He did hit me. Usually he's fine. Although he gets angry for no reason sometimes, he just throws things and pushes.

It’s inevitable that a couple will have quarrels when living together. I didn’t take it seriously and just had a little fight with him at most.

Until one day he came back drunk."

At this point, Yan Guixiang recalled Jin Biao's expression, and seemed to still be a little frightened and confused:

"For some reason, I came back fine, and when I asked what happened, he grabbed my neck and threw me to the ground. That wasn't the end, before I could react, he grabbed me and started to attack me again. I was so scared that I struggled to break free, and luckily he was drunk at the time.

Normally he was very kind and polite outside, but that day his expression was particularly scary. I was so scared that I ran back to my mother's house after he fell asleep."

Qin Yunhe couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard this. He couldn't imagine what Yu Ru had experienced in her previous life.

"Was it just because he was drunk? Did he ever get physically violent afterwards?"

"After that incident, I discovered that he actually had a bad temper. He could usually put up with it, but once he drank, he couldn't control himself. After that, I would stay away from him whenever he drank."

Li Chang suddenly asked, "Have you ever noticed why he gets angry every time? Or what you said or did?"

Yan Guixiang thought for a while and said, "I can't really tell why. He usually gets in a bad mood when he comes back from outside. When he's in a good mood, he doesn't get angry even if I say something."

"Could it be that someone outside said something that made him unhappy?"

"That... I don't know. But it's possible that someone he met outside said something that made him unhappy."

Seeing that they could not get any more information out of him, Li Chang and Qin Yunhe looked at each other and motioned for Yan Guixiang to continue.

"Although Jin Biao still makes trouble from time to time, I'll just live like this. It's better than my ex-husband.

Until later, I suddenly discovered that there was something wrong with the little girl Kouer who served me.

The girl was young and from a poor family. She had been serving me since I came to the Jin family. She was timid before. But she was supposed to get better over time, but she became more and more jumpy and always looked suspicious and frightened.

I wonder if the other servants would bully her because she is young?

I don't bother to care about the other servants in the house, except for this little girl who serves me personally. After so long, I still feel a little concerned about her.

I asked her if anyone had bullied her. At first she refused to tell me, and the more I asked her, the more frightened she looked. Then one day, when Jin Biao was not around and there was no one else around, she cried and told me that she saw the master poisoning the bird's nest.

I never thought that she was afraid because of this. At first I thought I had misheard or was dreaming.

Although Jin Biao and I often have some disagreements, Jin Biao usually looks friendly and has a good temper. How could he do such a thing?

But when I thought about it more carefully, I couldn't help but feel the hair stand on end.

Because I remembered that every time I felt better, I would ask someone to stew bird's nest for me. After eating it for a while, I would feel unwell. At this time, I couldn't eat anything, so I could only take medicine. Naturally, I would not eat bird's nest anymore. After a while, my body would slowly get better again.

Especially, especially! I remember that Jinbiao first loved to buy me bird's nest after we had a fight. Whenever that happened, I thought he wanted to make peace with me.

I was so scared when I thought about this!"

Hearing this, Qin Yunhe asked, "Why didn't you report this to the authorities?"

"Ha—why shouldn't I report it to the authorities?" Yan Guixiang's face was covered with tears, and she smiled miserably and desperately: "I don't know how much money Jin Biao donated to the former county magistrate. The two of them were as close as brothers. How could I report it to the authorities? Even if I reported it to the authorities, would I still have a chance to survive?

My Lord, don't you know what I look like now? I didn't expect that in such a short time, Jin Biao and the current master would get together! "

Qin Yunhe remained silent, knowing that Yan Guixiang was right.

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Let me explain, only when the court is in the lobby, the three classes and six offices must gather together, and the officials must wear their official uniforms and sit upright. Now they are discussing the case, not in the lobby, nor in a formal court session, so they only brought Yan Guixiang to question.