Everyone looked in the direction that Lu was looking at again. There was a faint light there, and only dust was floating quietly. There was nothing in the dust.
Fu Minghui looked puzzled, Fu Mingrui didn't dare to look at him anymore, Fu Mingsu just felt awkward, and Yi Jixuan nodded slightly.
Only Yun Yao looked in that direction with a bright and sweet smile, as if she saw an acquaintance coming.
In the faint light, Wu Xin and Lu Jingting stood together.
Wu Xin looked at Lu Jingting, who still had no expression on his face, and no ripples in his eyes. He had no hatred for the Lu family, no pain for the past, and no eagerness or expectation for the afterlife. He was like an empty human-shaped pottery, standing there lifeless, as if time had completely worn away his emotions, leaving him with no love or hate, no pity or pain for anyone.
Wuxin blinked and looked at him: "How about, you come here." Wuxin handed the iron rod in his hand to Lu Jingting.
There was no emotion in Lu Jingting's hollow eyes. He just took the iron rod from Wuxin's hand. The chain in the iron rod suddenly came out and tied up Lu's body.
A smile appeared on Lu's lips: "You came to pick me up... It's great..." As she exhaled her last breath, Lu slowly lowered her tear-soaked face while leaning on her crutches.
Lu Jingting's face remained unchanged. He turned around expressionlessly and took a step forward. A faceless woman was slowly pulled out of Lu's body. She was naked, and her skin was loose and almost hanging on the ground. She had no face, no facial features, nothing.
But the skin on her face was wrinkled and wrinkled, and she looked extremely old and tired, as if her facial features were twisted together by the clutches of pain and could not be distinguished.
Lu Jingting dragged the faceless woman forward with an expressionless face. Wu Xin nodded to Yun Yao, turned around, and disappeared into the faint light with Lu Jingting and Lu.
"Ancestor of the Huang family?" Fu Mingrui called softly, but Mrs. Lu did not respond at all.
Yun Yao stood up and clapped her hands: "No need to shout, they've already left."
Everyone was stunned, looking at Mrs. Lu who was sitting quietly on the chair. It was really a case of injustice and debt. Mrs. Lu died after she finished speaking. God let her live for so long, just to make everything clear today and give Lu Xuan justice.
Yi Jixuan frowned immediately: "Hiss... This case is difficult to judge." Yi Jixuan looked at Fu Mingrui, waiting for his verdict.
If this case is true, then Huang Ye's paintings will instantly become garbage. In this world, it is still difficult for people to accept a homosexual. Even if someone only looks at the painting and not the person, the value of the painting will fall to the bottom, which is a huge loss for those collectors.
"Huang Ye's descendants are now working in the Academy of Literature, right?" Fu Mingsu frowned. He still remembered that the Academy of Literature gave Huang Ye's descendants official positions because of King Kang's face. If it was spread that Huang Ye was a homosexual, Huang Ye's descendants would never be able to raise their heads in the Academy of Literature again. Even King Kang would feel particularly embarrassed and might even vent his anger on the Huang family.
"What my eldest brother and eldest brother-in-law mean is... if the truth about Huang Ye's homosexuality is leaked out, the Huang family will be ruined and unable to gain a foothold in the capital?" Fu Minghui looked at his eldest brother and Yi Jixuan seriously.
Fu Mingsu and Yi Jixuan nodded and looked at Fu Mingrui solemnly, just to see how Fu Mingrui would judge. Although the case was heard behind closed doors today to give face to the Huang family, there is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. As long as Fu Mingrui made a judgment, the matter might have spread throughout the capital before the Huang family returned home.
This closed-door trial is actually to buy more time to make an "appropriate" judgment.
Fu Mingrui clasped his hands under his chin and frowned in deep thought.
Some things are difficult to tolerate by law, but they can be decided at your discretion. Huang Ye's crime should be attributed to Huang Ye himself, but some things related to reputation will eventually affect his family in the eyes and mouths of ordinary people. Lu Shi is evil, but his family is honest and should not be implicated.
Fu Mingrui raised his face and said solemnly: "Open the door and pronounce the verdict!"
"Bang, bang, bang." The doors were pushed open one by one. Huang Zong, who was slumped in the chair, finally felt better. He looked at the old ancestor sitting quietly in the hall and immediately became nervous.
Fu Mingrui looked solemnly at the Huang family outside the courtyard gate: "Huang family, listen to the verdict!"
The Huang family members knelt down in panic, feeling uneasy.
Fu Mingrui looked around at everyone: "Huang Ye is a criminal who deceived the world and stole the reputation! From today on, the name of painter Lu Xuan and Lu Jingting will be restored!"
The faces of the Huang family members turned pale immediately, and they all looked sad and miserable.
"When Lu Xuan and Huang Ye were arguing, Huang Ye wanted to kill Lu Xuan to protect his own reputation..." Fu Mingrui's words made the Huang family's minds go blank. Everyone was panicked and at a loss.
Their grandfather went from being a fraud to a murderer: "When Lu Xuan resisted, he accidentally injured Huang Ye, which was self-defense. But Huang Ye was seriously injured and died. In order to protect the reputation of the Huang family, Huang Ye's wife Lu ordered people to imprison Lu Xuan and killed him in a dark room!"
Immediately, everyone gasped.
"Ancestor—" Several descendants exclaimed and collapsed.
It turns out that the murderer was not Huang Ye, but... their ancestor!
Fu Mingrui looked at them for a while, and finally said: "Lu has just confessed everything, and after confessing, the sins were settled and he passed away..."
When the person kneeling outside the hall heard the words "passed away", his eyes immediately widened.
"Grandfather——" Huang Zong was the first to rush into the hall crying and hugging Lu's legs, "Grandfather—ah—"
"Ancestor——" All the Huang family members kneeling in the yard began to howl.
Fu Mingrui looked at Huang Zong solemnly, and said in a deep voice amid everyone's wailing: "Huang Zong!"
Huang Zong looked at Fu Mingrui with tears in his eyes: "Sir..."
Fu Mingrui gave a look to the lawyer who was in charge of recording the trial.
The lawyer stood up and handed Lu's confession to Huang Zong.
Huang Zong took it with tears in his eyes, confusion in his eyes.
Fu Mingrui lowered his voice: "Mr. Huang Zong, now you are the head of the Huang family, you should know the truth. Take a look at Lu's confession."
Huang Zong hurriedly wiped his tears and looked at the confession. When those words appeared in his tearful eyes, his hands immediately trembled and his face showed great shock!
Huang Zong was actually not aware of what happened that year.
The story of the haunted house was also passed on to his father by Lu Shi, and then to him, who was only told that their grandfather was not an immortal, but was killed by mistake. If the truth was known to others, their Huang family would lose face. (To be continued)