His wife's cry made Zhang Dingjun wake up with horror. He quickly stepped forward and covered her mouth, shouting: "You bitch, don't shut up!" At the same time, he turned around and asked: "Brother Xu , how can this be..." Before he could say the good word, he froze again because he found that Sun Tu, who was supposed to be behind, had disappeared without knowing it.
At the same time, several nuns wearing gray cloth monk robes had hurried over after hearing the news. As soon as they arrived in front of the door, they saw this horrifying scene in front of them. The ground was covered with blood, and a person fell on the bed behind. , and there was a strange man holding Li Yuniang down, as if he wanted to kill her. This made several nuns even more frightened, and they immediately shouted loudly: "Come on, people, we are killing people!" However, they did not dare to enter the house to save people. They were just weak women with no strength. , how can we rescue people from the murderers
And this call quickly brought a response, but it didn't come from the nunnery in front, but several men suddenly climbed in from the backyard wall, and then went straight into the room, quickly removing the people who had already been hit by this series of Zhang Dingjun, who was completely stunned by the accident, pulled Li Yuniang off and pushed him to the ground.
One person even went to test the breath of Zhang Dingfeng who was lying in a pool of blood, then put his hand away and said in horror: "He... he is really dead!"
Hearing these words, Zhang Dingjun's mind went blank. He actually beat his second brother to death with his own hands in a fit of rage... Although he was the one who felt sorry for himself first, he actually went behind his back with his wife. He behaves casually, but after all, he is his biological brother from the same father and mother!
"Hurry, go report to the official!" Another person was still calm and said the most accurate sentence. At that moment, two people ran out quickly and actually climbed over the courtyard wall again. Several others stayed behind. Inside and outside the house, even the nuns were watched. Because they have discovered the strangeness of this murder scene. The man who was killed had taken off his clothes, and there was a disheveled woman on the bed. This is a place of Buddhism... so everyone here can't get away!
In a corner outside the courtyard wall, Sun Tu was hiding in the dark and watching the two people hurried away, with a sneer on his face: "It seems that it is impossible for anyone to cover up this matter now. Let’s leave now.”
Tang Shiwu, who was standing with him, said with some confusion: "Master Sun, should we just ignore it?"
"When the matter reaches this point, the government will definitely investigate to the end. By then, the Zhang family will be completely finished. What we should do at this time is to stay out of the matter." Sun Tu said, and turned to the alley at the other end. He had already turned his head to the alley. I have done everything I need to do, and now I just have to wait for the results.
Zhang Dingjun never dreamed that he had fallen into Sun Tu's plan early on. The reason why Sun Tu chose him as a breakthrough point against the Zhang family was not only because he had weaknesses that could easily be exploited, but also more importantly, because he had asked Zhang Jian about Zhang Dingfeng and Li Yuniang's collusion early in the morning.
Under Sun Tu's threats and the threat of electric batons, Zhang Jian told everything he knew. As a close confidant of Zhang Dingfeng, the affair between him and his sister-in-law had naturally been discovered by him. He had just hidden it all the time, but Sun Tu forced him to reveal it.
It was precisely because he had mastered this key that Sun Tu came up with this plan and contacted Zhang Dingjun to lure him into discovering the adultery between the two. And all the latter's reactions fell into Sun Tu's calculations. Judging from the final result, it was even far better than he expected.
Now the third son of the Zhang family has killed his brother, and Zhang Dingfeng was killed because he had committed adultery with his sister-in-law. Once such a big scandal spreads out, not to mention that the Zhang family has always prided itself on being a scholar, even ordinary people will have their reputations tarnished. Under such a blow, Zhang Bingcang would not only lose his official position, but also be completely ruined.
This was the revenge Sun Tu gave them, the most vicious and effective revenge!
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As expected, the development of the matter did not differ much from Sun Tu's judgment. As soon as the people from Kaifeng Mansion arrived at Shuiyue An, they captured all the relevant people and took them back to the Xi family for questioning.
In fact, this matter is not complicated. In just one trial, Zhang Dingjun and Li Yuniang explained everything. After learning that it was such a human tragedy, especially when someone already knew what happened in the nunnery before they did, the government naturally could not cover up for the Zhang family, so they immediately handed over the confession to the Ministry of Punishment for further determination.
At the same time, the ins and outs of the case quickly spread throughout Tokyo. This kind of sexy murder incident itself was popular among the public. Now it also had the gimmick of brother snatching brother's wife, and everyone started talking about it even more enthusiastically. In just a day or two, the matter had spread all over the city. You know, there are even some good people who add fuel to the fire and talk about it in wonderful ways, as if you have seen it with your own eyes.
The imperial court also rarely showed efficiency under such public opinion. In just a few days, the final judgment was given—
The evidence of Zhang Dingjun's crime of assault and death was conclusive, but because there was a reason for the incident, he did not have to die. He only had a fifty-fifty stick and was sent three thousand miles away to feed mosquitoes in Lingnan. But his wife, Li Yuniang, did not follow the rules of women, causing the brothers to fight against each other, and eventually one of them died. Her crime was particularly serious, so she was sentenced to death.
But in comparison, the worst one is their father Zhang Bingcang. The third son killing the second son is enough to make him devastated as a father. But when there is such a big scandal in the family, it is a particularly serious blow to him. .
During Renzong's reign during the Qingli New Deal, some anti-reformers deliberately created a scandal about his adulterous daughter-in-law in order to discredit Ouyang Xiu, the backbone of the reform. Even with Ouyang Xiu's status and reputation, he was exhausted and almost resigned. This was still the result of people's suspicion. But what is happening in the Zhang family now is real. He, Zhang Bingcang, immediately became the target of criticism from the people, alienation from his colleagues and impeachment.
Today's scholars pay attention to personal cultivation and governance. If a person can't even cultivate himself well and manage his family well, how can he be loyal to the country and share the emperor's worries? With this conclusion, not to mention officials who have nothing to do with Zhang Bingcang, even former friends, they can only try to distance themselves from him at this time to avoid being implicated, and it is impossible for anyone to speak for him again.
So at the same time that Zhang Dingjun was convicted, memorials to impeach Zhang Bingcang began to be sent to the Yintai Department, and it was determined that he was no longer suitable to serve as an official in the court.
Faced with unanimous opposition and impeachment from both the government and the opposition, Zhang Bingcang has no way to save himself. Even if he got some clues from his son about him being used by others to commit the murder of his brother, when he reported everything, the Kaifeng Mansion ultimately only gave a response that no such person had been found.
Because they went to Ruyifang in the west of the city to investigate as Zhang Dingjun said, but found that there was no wealthy family named Xu there at all, let alone a young man named Xu Shide.
It was only then that Zhang Dingjun and Zhang Bingcang realized that their family had been plotted and fell into someone's conspiracy. As for who did all this, Zhang Bingcang quickly came to the conclusion that it must be a counterattack by someone from Tong Guan who had just been tricked by him.
It's a pity that there is no conclusive evidence in any of this, and the words are empty and baseless. No matter how unjust he screams, it is impossible for his colleagues in Beijing to offend Tong Guan, who is a powerful person, just to help him exonerate him.
Finally, after private persuasion from several friends, Zhang Bingcang could only accept his fate and resigned from the emperor on the grounds that he had no way to teach his son, was too shameless to stand in the court anymore, and was old and foolish. At least in this way, he finally had a decent ending, and the court could give the world an explanation.
When the twelfth lunar month came, Zhang Bingcang, who once dared to confront Tong Guan, the Privy Councilor who held the real power in the court, was only demoted two levels. Zhang Bingcang, who was still serving as a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, finally ended his career as an official, and everyone What no one expected was that the person who caused all this was just a young man with no official position and no one knew him!