Zhuang Zhong had just made a name for himself, when such a big incident happened in his family, one can imagine the attention he received. Furthermore, the wife of the official ordered by the imperial court was also the wife of Marquis Wenyuan and Mrs. Gaoming, who was known as the exiled immortal. She actually killed her own sister-in-law. , another thing that is talked about.
Zhuang Zhong returned to Marquis Wenyuan's mansion, the atmosphere in the mansion was very dignified, the servants all lowered their heads and waited carefully for fear of any mistakes. Marquis Wenyuan's mansion had been hit hard by Yin's concubine before, but now that such a scandal has occurred, even in the past, it will be severely damaged. As the male host, Wen Yuanhou, I'm afraid he won't get well in the future. After all, the incident in Yin's concubine can still be said to be the responsibility of the Yin family, but the wife of the main room killed the sister-in-law, and Marquis Wen Yuan's lax family style is to be confirmed. How can a man who can't even manage a back house stand in charge of affairs in the court
"You're back." Marquis Wen Yuan stood in the gazebo, still the same as Zhuang Zhong saw him for the first time, as if he hadn't been troubled by this series of things, as if it had nothing to do with him. Clothes are fluttering, not stained with the world.
Zhuang Zhong bowed his hands and asked: "What happened, why did Mrs. Hou kill Cao Shi?"
Although Wei Yuhua is not a kind person, he is not a mindless person either. Even if she had grudges with Cao Shi, she would not be so stupid as to kill Cao Shi herself. It would be unjustifiable to say that it was a murder of passion. Wei Yuhua stabbed Mrs. Cao to death with a knife in the suburbs. An ordinary woman would never have such a sharp weapon hidden around her. If Wei Yuhua really did it, all of this was premeditated.
Marquis Wen Yuan didn't answer, but asked him to sit down and start making tea, his movements were smooth and smooth, and his gestures became more and more demeanor.
"This is my new Yuqian Longjing, you can try it."
Zhuang Zhong frowned slightly, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Marquis Wen Yuan's gourd, but he did not refuse. He didn't know tea, so he just took a sip without making any comments.
Marquis Wen Yuan didn't expect him to say anything, and said after a while, "You already know what's going on, and now that you've made such a mess, you've got your wish."
The sentence without beginning and end made Zhuang Zhong understand that this Marquis Wen Yuan really knew what happened back then!
"Back then, Zhuang Ping and Wei Yuhua really colluded together, that's why Lu's mother and son were exiled! You knew all this, why didn't you do anything?! Do you know that because of your ruthlessness, two people were killed! " Zhuang Zhong said angrily, and no longer concealed his identity.
Wen Yuanhou paused, closed his eyes and opened them again, "In the past, I was the one who felt sorry for Mrs. Lu."
After all, he drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.
Looking solemnly at the man in front of him, he didn't know what to say. After all, he was not the real Yuanjue. Apart from feeling that this man was a complete scum for not taking responsibility and irresponsibility, he had no other feelings.
"Everything is your retribution now." Zhuang Zhong snorted coldly.
Marquis Wen Yuan looked into the distance, wondering what he was thinking, and said after a long time: "You are also seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence."
Zhuang Zhong frowned slightly, although Marquis Wen Yuan had always given him a strange feeling, but now this appearance made him completely unaware of what the other party was thinking.
"You can't live without doing your own crimes."
Marquis Wen Yuan was noncommittal, but said: "I have already sent up the memorial to make you the son."
Zhuang Zhong was surprised that although Marquis Wen Yuan had been dismissed from office now, his title had not been removed. Although he and Yuanjue are as close as brothers, they are not of the Zhuang family's blood after all, and Marquis Wen Yuan is not without heirs, he never thought of passing the title to him.
"I can't bear it. It was just a stopgap measure before. It is my greatest gift that you haven't exposed my identity."
"There is no need to refuse, this is the only thing I can do for the mother and the child. Since Yuanjue regards you as a brother, you can live well instead of him."
Zhuang Zhong frowned, and wanted to speak, but Marquis Wen Yuan said: "I have made up my mind, whether to inherit the title, or to reveal your true identity, you can decide for yourself."
Zhuang Zhong stopped talking immediately, he didn't know why Marquis Wen Yuan did this, and it was hard to say anything else at this time, he had better think about it when he got back.
"Then why did Mrs. Wei kill Mrs. Cao? Do you really believe that it was Wei Yuhua who did it?" Zhuang Zhong was puzzled, because he was a relative of the person involved, so it was inconvenient for him to intervene in this case. perhaps.
Wei Yuhua and Cao Dahua made an appointment together to burn incense and worship Buddha in a small temple in the suburbs of Beijing. At that time, the two walked together into the nearby woods. Wei Yuhua stabbed Cao Dahua to death. When the others heard the movement and rushed over, they saw Cao Dahua lying bloodied on the ground, and only the panicked Wei Yuhua was nearby.
Wei Yuhua said at the time that he couldn't find Cao Dahua at that time, but he heard a young monk say that Cao Dahua was here, so he came to find him. I never expected to hear a scream as soon as I approached, and came to see that Cao Dahua had been stabbed to death. But the search was very thorough, and the little monk Wei Yuhua was talking about was not found, and Wei Yuhua was the only one in the small forest at that time. The small forest was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there was only one road in the direction of Wei Yuhua's appearance. Everyone came after hearing the sound, but they didn't see anyone on the road at all, only Wei Yuhua was there, and the murderer could only be her.
Not only that, but the government also found out that Wei Yuhua wanted to pay the murderer before, but before the killer did it, Wei Yuhua acted first.
At this time, Cao Dahua's husband, Zhuang Ping, jumped out and told what happened back then. It is said that Lu Liuzhi's mother and son were separated from their family because of the disaster but they did not die. Originally they wanted to find them back, but at this time the Wei family sent a letter implying that Lu Liuzhi should not appear again so that Wei Yuhua could marry Wen Yuanhou. At the same time, silver taels were also presented. The letters from that time are still there, these days Cao Dahua always runs to Wei Yuhua's place, and every time he comes back he has a lot of silver taels in his hand, why Zhuang Ping asked the source of the money, Cao Dahua didn't say anything. He only said that Wei Yuhua wanted to support their family, so he gave it. Zhuang Ping claimed that his mother-in-law was probably going to blackmail Wei Yuhua with the past, so Wei Yuhua was so angry that he killed Cao Dahua.
Now Wei Yuhua also has a motive for killing, and there is no way to clear the charge.
Marquis Wen Yuan raised his eyebrows to look at him, "Why is the truth important?"
Zhuang Zhong was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to describe the person in front of him who was extremely outstanding in appearance but extremely cold in heart. How ruthless and ungrateful this man is, even though Wei Yuhua did something he shouldn't have done at the beginning, he was still married to him anyway, such an attitude is really chilling. Even if Wei Yuhua felt sorry for him and separated his husband and wife, father and son, he couldn't let the real murderer go free for this reason and use this method to get rid of people he didn't like. This is also too low-handed, which makes people look down upon.
"Hou Ye really has been an official for so many years for nothing, could it be that black and white are not distinguished?!"
Marquis Wen Yuan was not angry, he stared into solemn eyes and asked earnestly: "The fate of Lu's mother and son has something to do with this Wei family. Since you are my son's brother-in-law, don't you think it's unlucky to see Wei family?" You should be happy. Besides, the deceased is also the one you should take revenge on, and she also contributed a lot to the original tragedy."
Zhuang Zhong snorted coldly, "I want revenge but I don't know how to use this method. I don't care what Wei Yuhua will do. I don't feel happy letting the murderer go."
The law is used to restrain people, if everyone thinks that he is the law of the king, then the world will be in chaos. You should bear the consequences of what you do, but you should not be blamed for others. If the real murderer is a mad person, then let the tiger go back to the mountain.
"You still want to investigate further?"
Solemnly said: "If this case belongs to me, I will find out the truth."
If it is not under his control, although he will not be sentimental, he will not let it go, and will raise a point or two. However, the reason is not because of any sense of justice, but because they don't want the officials who deal with them to have unjust cases in their hands, and make some wrong judgments that cannot be corrected in time. If they make mistakes again and again in the future, it will be troublesome. He didn't know and let it go, if he knew it and kept it a secret, his conscience couldn't bear it.
Marquis Wen Yuan took a deep look at him, "Since that's the case, it's what you want."
A few days later, Zhuang Zhong heard that Wei Yuhua's murder of Cao Dahua revealed another hidden story.
Cao Dahua was not killed by Wei Yuhua, but by her husband Zhuang Ping. It turned out that since Zhuang Ping came to the capital, he felt that he had become rich, and some of his nature was exposed. On weekdays, I like to drink some flower wine the most, but Cao Dahua is very aggressive, and has been strictly controlled these years, so nothing has happened. But after so many years, Zhuang Ping has already dealt with Cao Dahua well, and actually kept a concubine outside without telling Cao Dahua. When Cao Dahua learned the news later, she was still caught in the bed, and immediately became angry and fought with Zhuang Ping, and wanted to sell the woman to the place of martyrdom.
Zhuang Ping has been severely suppressed by Cao Dahua these years, and he has long been dissatisfied in his heart. Now that he has found a gentle and beautiful girl, it is even more difficult to tolerate Cao Dahua. Especially since this woman is still pregnant, how could he be willing to sell her out. But Cao Dahua was too pungent, and he also took up the "three not to go", he couldn't tell her to give up at all, he just wanted to kill her.
The reason why Cao Dahua led Wei Yuhua to that temple was because of Zhuang Ping's instigation. He knew that there was a secret passage in the small forest, and he could escape down the mountain when no one was prepared. At that time, Wei Yuhua and Cao Dahua came to the temple together, and the woman raised by Zhuang Ping passed by not far away. The woman was wearing gold and silver at the time, her stomach was still slightly protruding. Seeing this, Cao Dahua was immediately annoyed, knowing that Zhuang Ping had never sold this woman out as he said, so she hurriedly chased after her. Because it was a family scandal, Wei Yuhua was not told, only that he was going to the toilet.
When Wei Yuhua saw that Cao Dahua hadn't returned for a long time, he asked the monk where she was going, and the monk was also arranged by Zhuang Ping. So there was the following thing, and the shouting at that time was actually from the outer room, Cao Dahua had been stabbed to death by Zhuang Ping before.
What people didn't expect was that the outer room was arranged by Yin's concubine before. It originally wanted to pull Wei Yuhua down from the position of the main room, but he didn't expect that he would suffer first. Now that she makes a move again, it is for the sake of her own children. She knows that her previous grievances with Wei Yuhua are doomed to prevent her children from being well taken care of. So he did nothing but get rid of her first. Even if Marquis Wenyuan remarries later, it will not happen for a short while. His children will grow up a little at that time, and they will know how to protect themselves.
People in the world did not expect that there are so many stories behind this case, and Wen Yuanhou's family is only a few people, and they can perform such a wonderful play, which has never been seen in the entire Dayou Dynasty. No matter how outstanding Wen Yuanhou's appearance was at this time, he was still very despised. It is said that it is not that the whole family does not enter the family, I am afraid that Wen Yuanhou, who looks like a fairy, is not a good person, otherwise why are brothers, sisters-in-law, wives and concubines all such insensitive and cruel people? Some people even sympathized with Zhuang, how he was born in such a family. But when I think about it carefully, Zhuang Zhuang also suffered a lot. He was homeless with his mother at a young age, and he became a monk for more than ten years. Although he was taken back, he almost died. If it wasn't for his own ability, he would have been tossed into something by that dangerous back house.
After the case was over, Marquis Wen Yuan took the initiative to ask the emperor to pass on the title to Zhuang Zhong, and he went to become a monk. And Wei Yuhua was also abandoned by Marquis Wenyuan because of what he had done before, and Marquis Wenyuan suddenly became emptier.
According to Dayou's rules, if the descendants have no achievements, even if they don't take back the title, they will automatically be demoted. Therefore, Zhuang Zhong became Wen Yuanbo.
Zhuang Zhong looked at the young Zhuang Su and Zhuang Suning in front of him, feeling a little pain in his head.