The alley of Gao's family was crowded with people. The Li family members who had been in trouble were crying and making a fuss at the door of Gao's family. Some were cursing, some were kicking the door, and some were grabbing the servants of Gao's family and shouting and killing them. The scene was chaotic. Cui Liuye ran out with a bitter face. He originally planned to communicate with the Li family, but how could the angry Li family pay attention to him
Li Shoude was usually a very conservative person. This time, he almost jumped up and punched Cui Liuye. He was shaking with tears in his eyes. "How dare you call yourselves a famous family! You indulge your sons and daughters to have mistresses and abuse their wives and children. Now you even kill your wife for the mistress! Good! Cui Yuandao! If you don't give me an explanation today, I will report it to the emperor and make a lawsuit to the emperor. I will make a fuss about the right and wrong of the matter!"
Li Shoude was so angry that he jumped up and down. Cui Liuye was panicked and angry. He quickly dodged and did not dare to rub his chest that was hurt from being beaten. He humbly asked Li Shoude and his party: "My dear relative, if you have anything to say, please go inside and talk. It's so noisy outside, and it's hard to explain anything clearly, don't you think?"
He himself had a head full of lumps and didn't know what had happened.
The people of the Li family were very excited. They gave advice to Li Shoude one by one: "Don't follow them in! Who knows what they are up to?! These people are evil-hearted. We are here to show everyone that the so-called great scholars are just people who seek fame and reputation. They appear to be upright and noble, but in fact they are evil!"
Mr. Cui Liu's scalp felt numb. He lost all his temper after being pointed at and scolded, and could only apologize continuously.
But the people in the Li family would never buy into this.
Li Shoude was a bookworm who could not accomplish anything. Everyone in the family knew that he was unreliable. Mrs. Li pushed her grandson forward, almost knocking Mr. Cui Liu to the ground. Then Mrs. Li stepped forward, pointed at the child and asked Mr. Cui Liu in a harsh voice: "Do you think you are human beings in the Cui family? In front of such a big child, tell me, is what Cui Si did human? How could he have the heart to do such a thing?!"
While scolding, Mrs. Li pushed the child again: "Tell me, your mother is dead now, as a son, shouldn't you seek justice for her?!"
As more and more people gathered around, the child suddenly started crying out of embarrassment and fear.
Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows and shouted, "Why are you crying?! What's the point of crying?! If your mother hadn't done it for you, she wouldn't have endured humiliation in the Cui family, and she wouldn't be dead now! As a son, if you can't seek justice for your mother today, you have lived in vain!"
The old man was spitting and poking the child's forehead with his fingers. Cui Liuye couldn't bear to see this, so he stretched out his hand to pull the child to his side, and said to Mrs. Li with a wry smile: "It's an adult matter, why bother the child? Madam, my fourth brother has been arrested by the government. No matter what happened, the government will definitely give him justice, don't you think? Even if you make a fuss here, it's useless..."
Mrs. Li immediately spit on his face, "You conscienceless thing! He is my grandson. He lives with his mother in our house most of the time throughout the year. Can't I teach him a lesson?! Now, the murderer is acting as a good guy! Yes, you are all surnamed Cui, you are all birds of a feather! What justice? Everyone knows that your Cui family is powerful and influential. How can we, a poor Hanlin family, compare with you?! But don't worry, even if I risk my life, I will fight for justice for my daughter!"
Li Shoude's father was a woodcutter. When he got married, he married a girl from an ordinary family. Even though she had been an official's wife for so many years, she could not change her hot-tempered nature.
Cui Liuye was scolded so much that he could not bear it. Seeing more and more people gathered and Mrs. Li getting more and more excited, he had no choice but to take his child Jiulang and hide in Gao's house.
The Gao family was also shrouded in dark clouds.
After all, Mr. Gao is a clean person who has always been self-disciplined for so many years. However, after Cui Yuandao moved in, the Gao family has had two groups of people come to their house to cause trouble, and each time was bigger than the last. After all, they are going to be officials in the court, so they have to pay attention to the impact.
Madam Gao was complaining to Mr. Gao: "I know you are loyal, but how can you say this? What if our family is affected by this? What if the children are scolded for it? Have you ever thought about it?!"
Mr. Gao had a headache, but he still shook his head firmly: "I have seen the fourth child, he is definitely not someone who can do such a thing. Apart from other things, the government has already arrested the person, so this matter should be thoroughly investigated by the government. What does it mean that the people of the Li family are making such a fuss now? Could it be that they can convict without the government? If I draw a clear line with Mr. Cui at this time, what kind of person will I become? Can the friendship of so many years be so fragile?"
Madam Gao was still indignant and wanted to say more, but Master Gao looked at her with a gloomy face and said, "Don't say any more. I know what I am doing. Madam, if you trust me, don't make a fuss about this matter. I will never change my mind."
He had already said that, what else could Mrs. Gao say? She could only glare at him and walk away in a huff.
Mr. Gao then went to Cui Yuandao's residence.
Cui Yuandao was looking at Jiulang who was crying non-stop. He sighed and gently comforted him: "Good boy, don't cry. Grandfather knows your grievances. Tell grandpa, what's going on?"
Early this morning, the Li family suddenly brought people to the house to cause trouble, saying that Fourth Master Cui had killed Li in his house in the north of the city.
Cui Yuandao subconsciously didn't believe it.
The fourth brother has always been clear-headed and respectful to his first wife.
There was a reason for that mistress - she was Mr. Cui Si's playmate when he was young. Later, she was implicated because of family troubles and was sent to the Music Bureau. Mr. Cui Si then found a way to remove her from the Music Bureau, but that was all, and she didn't do anything else out of line.
If someone told Cui Siye that he would kill his wife for this matter, Cui Yuandao would never believe it.
Cui Jiulang cried out of breath, pursed his lips and looked at his grandfather and uncle aggrievedly, and cried even louder. After a long while, he said intermittently: "Mother said that father didn't want us anymore, and had a mistress outside... She took people to look for father, but mother didn't come back for a long time, so my uncle and grandmother took me to look for mother..."