Dressed as a man with the eldest son

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Update on hot topics in the capital: The farmer beating the drums and shouting for grievances is because he signed a gambling debt and wanted to blackmail him, so he stalked Guangdehou indiscriminately!

When this specious news came out, the direction of public opinion suddenly changed.

Those who scolded Marquis Guangde before looked at each other in blank dismay, a little soft-hearted, and quickly changed their words, oh, it turned out that Marquis was wronged, and by the way, they sighed with emotion that people's hearts are sinister.

There are also those who insist on their own views, saying that even if people are not done by him, they are killed by his evil spirit. Many people agree with this statement, but some people don't believe it at all, thinking that there must be hidden secrets in it because of the mutual protection of officials.

The nobles who previously felt that the Marquis of Guangde had embarrassed them were not silent this time, and expressed their opinions on the four words "poor, evil and courageous".

Of course, more smart people still choose to wait and see, not expressing their position first.

The state lasted for two days.

Dali Temple Minister Yang Zhen was not moved by the rumors and did not make a judgment immediately, but continued to send people to visit and investigate the investigation according to the procedure.

On the fourth day, at the busiest time at noon, a lame woman appeared at the gate of Dali Temple.

The woman claimed to be Miao Niang's personal maid Qiuqin.

She is willing to testify that Miao Niang was killed by Guangdehou, she saw it with her own eyes, and after the incident, Guangdehou sent three maids including her to Zhuangzi in order to cover up the crime.

When a servant enters Zhuangzi, without the permission of his master, he will not be able to get out until he dies.

That's why there is a saying that it is better to be a beggar than a slave.

Because Qiuqin still has relatives in the Hou's mansion, unlike the other two who were sent to Changlin's hometown in Guangde Hou's mansion, because she cared about her parents, she obediently stayed in Zhuangzi. If there is no accident, she will wait for two years to pass , was accused of being given to the servant or servant, married and had children for the rest of his life.

Unexpectedly, just yesterday, her father suddenly appeared in Zhuangzi, saying that he would take her to Changlin to avoid it. Since she was punished to go to Zhuangzi, it was the first time for Qiuqin to see her family, and she followed her father without any doubts. , because Zhuangzi has no connection with the outside world, she has no idea what happened outside these few days.

Unexpectedly, when she left the city, her father did not send her to Changlin, but took her into the mountains, intending to marry her and make her a joint wife in the mountain nest.

Qiuqin overheard the words of her father and the driver, shocked and sad.

She asked her father, but his father cried and said that this was what the housekeeper meant, otherwise she would be killed. It was he who begged hard to propose this method, and the housekeeper agreed to let her go.

Qiuqin didn't expect the truth to be so, and was tied up by her father and the coachman to prevent her from escaping, and the coachman came in in the dark to bully her.

Qiuqin wanted to bite her tongue and kill herself at that time, she was once a respectable person around Aunt Miao, how could she be willing to be humiliated by this.

Fortunately, someone saved her. Although it was not in vain, she was still grateful.

She didn't complain when the master sent her to Zhuangzi, but she didn't want to take her life. She obviously didn't do anything wrong.

She is willing to accede to their request.

"Has her parents and brother settled down?"

Nan Ruo looked through the binoculars at Qiuqin who was kneeling at the gate of Dali Temple and making a loud speech.

It was Fu An, one of Fu Zhuo's subordinates who answered him: "Don't worry, young master, they have already been sent out of the city. Someone will pick them up and settle down for them when they arrive."

Nan Ruo has been familiar with the "Law of the Great Yan" these days. The servants of the Yan Dynasty are roughly divided into two types: buyout for life and employment. The latter has corresponding laws and regulations to protect their rights and interests, but the former is not protected by any law. They have absolute right to dispose of them, even if their lives are taken, the government will not intervene.

Ninety-nine out of ten high-ranking households are servants who have been bought out for life, serving the master's family from generation to generation. This kind of servant knows the secrets of the master's family and will not be let out.

This is the case with Qiuqin's family.

But it also means that once they disappear, it is up to the master to send someone to find them, and if they cannot be found, they can only hold their noses and admit the loss.

However, ordinary servants would not sneak away. They had no household registration and no way to guide them. Even if they escaped, they would have nowhere to go. They would either become beggars or hide in the mountains and never come out again.

Furthermore, they have seen the glory and wealth in the high school, and they are used to being servants. The outside world is unknown to them, so it is better to stick to the rules and be more stable.

One of the conditions in exchange for Qiuqin's willingness to testify is to give them a household registration.

Nan Ruo asked Fu Zhuo to send someone to follow her when he saw her from the information he had found, and while Shangguan Zichen was in custody, he asked someone to give his housekeeper a side quote. Nan Ruo, who was too late, knew how to make a person lose his composure, and sure enough, the butler chose to attack Qiuqin on his own in a panic.

What Qiuqin said at the gate of Dali Temple immediately ignited public opinion.

She not only talked about Miao Niang, but also told Fu An that Nan Ruo told Fu An that the death of other concubines and the third wife of Marquis Guangde was not accidental.

After so much foreshadowing, the last one is the finale fatal blow.

After reading "The Law of the Great Yan" and "Da Gao", a collection of typical cases over the years, Nan Ruo found that there were no regulations on the killing of concubines by men. I don't know if it was because the composition of concubines was complicated and troublesome, or it was deliberately ignored. After all, the people who formulated these laws They are all men, and it is their interests to protect more.

It also means that Shangguan Zichen cannot be sentenced to death by killing his concubine.

Like those concubines who have been converted from servants, regardless of the male master, the female master can kill and sell them at will.

Miao Niang was redeemed by Shangguan Zichen to enter the Hou's Mansion, which is equivalent to selling herself.

The other concubines she died were also like this, and those who survived in the backyard were all good concubines, which shows that Shangguan Zichen was shrewd.

Even if all the evidence for the deaths of these dozen or so concubines was conclusively attributed to Shangguan Zichen, he would at most be dismissed from his official position and demoted to a noble rank, and there would only be a few more boards.

It just depends on the emperor's preferences. If the emperor is determined to favor him, it will not affect him at all. After a few years, the limelight will pass, and he will be reused by the emperor again.

What's more, there was a heroine by her side, Nan Ruo didn't know whether her kindness would be given to Shangguan Zichen or to those dead girls in this matter.

With her influence on the male lead, it is very likely that she can influence the male lead's judgment.

Therefore, in order to really convict Shangguan Zichen, this case of killing his wife is the most important thing.

"Da Yan Law": If a husband injures his wife to the point of death, he shall be hanged.

And it is stated in the general outline that all intentional homicides are capital crimes.

Shangguan Zichen intentionally killed his third wife, this is a fact he is 100% sure of.

From the perspective of God, Nan Ruo knows exactly when, who he sent, and how he did it.

The effect of Qiuqin shouting in one breath at the gate of Dali Temple was quickly highlighted, and the capital exploded.

Wife killing itself is an extremely hot topic, even in the modern age with a lot of news, it still attracts attention, not to mention that in ancient times, the perpetrator was a noble, which aroused a lot of discussion.

Not to mention civilians, even honorable scholars of the same class can't understand. If they don't like their wives, they can stay away at most. Why bother to kill people?

In addition, in the past two days, people thought that they had got the truth, but suddenly reversed, and the effect was doubled.

And Nan Ruo was behind the scenes to fuel the flames, making this incident so that everyone knew about it, and it spread to the whole country.

He wanted Shangguan Zichen to have no chance of turning over.

Let the public opinion be so loud that even the emperor can't come forward to protect him.

Presumably, piles of memorials from Yushitai have already been thrown in front of the hero.

Shangguan Zichen used to be flamboyant and had grudges against him in the past, now is a good time to take revenge.

Within three days, public opinion officially locked Shangguan Zichen in the prison at Dali Temple and reached its peak.

Being locked up in prison means that he has indeed made a mistake, and what Qiuqin said is true.

The family members of his third wife, Yu Shi, went in and out of Dali Temple that day, further corroborating this point.

In the prison, Shangguan Zichen's expression was gloomy and menacing. He was absolutely sure that what happened in the past few days was caused by someone playing tricks behind him.

At first, he also thought that Zhao Laifu did this to extort money, and he already planned to deal with him carefully after the matter was understood.

But he didn't want to take a turn for the worse, Yu Shi's death was suddenly revealed, he was not allowed to go out in Dali Temple, and was caught off guard.

When he saw Qiuqin, he knew that the people in the house had done something stupid.

If I had known earlier, I should have killed all these maids together.

Shangguan Zichen's eyes were dark.

It wouldn't be the Yu family, they didn't have the guts to fight him for a married woman.

After eliminating the doubters one by one, he thought of endless life.

The person who poisoned the youngest son was the same person who killed him this time.

Taking advantage of Dali Temple summoning Yu's family, he called Yu's younger brother Yu Si: "Go to Rong Xiang and tell him that if he wants to know the murderer who killed his son, he can come and see me."

Yu Si was always timid when facing him, Nuo Nuo should be.

Shangguan Zichen's face was gloomy. If he was allowed to catch the person behind him, he would have to skin and remove the flesh with his own hands to get rid of the humiliation.

"The culprit" Nan Ruo was at this moment when the little eunuch hurried to send word that the crown prince wanted to see him in the garden.

"Did the prince ever say what it is?" Nan Ruo casually grabbed a handful of gold beads on the table and handed them to the little eunuch.

He only saw the prince during lunch, and nothing happened.

The little eunuch refused again and again and dared not accept: "I don't know."

When Nan Ruo stuffed it directly into his hands, he whispered concisely: "Your Majesty has written."

Nan Ruo frowned, what do you mean, this is the return of the main male and female?

The little eunuch didn't dare to say any more, clutching the golden bead and saluting, he left.

Nan Ruo was thinking quickly about the disadvantages and advantages of the return of the hero and heroine, while heading to the garden.

The garden of the East Palace is at the back, connected to the artificially piled rockery. This rockery was built by the prince when he was ten years old, so that he could climb high and look far away. It seems that his habit of using binoculars began at that time.

In late spring, the garden is full of flowers and willows.

From a distance, Nan Ruo saw a figure in the pavilion on the top of the rockery. From the look of his clothes, it was indeed the prince.

A three-meter-wide river surrounds the rockery, which is drawn from the pond in the imperial garden, with gurgling water.

There is a small bamboo bridge on the river, which looks like a small rural bridge and flowing water.

Nan Ruo stepped on the bridge to cross the river, but just in the middle, there were a few clicks, the bridge broke, and he fell into the water instantly. Fortunately, the river was not deep, so he grabbed the broken bamboo and stood up quickly, but his clothes included hair. All wet.

"Hahaha——" Suddenly Fu Zhuo rushed out and laughed loudly at him, "Look, someone stepped on the bridge and collapsed!"

Nan Ruo looked at him, his face darkened.