Yu had never expected that after Hai Lan went out, she would bring Yue Wenhan and his yamen runners with her. Seeing those yamen runners coming in viciously, Yu supported herself on the bed, sat up straight, looked at Yue Wenhan coldly and said, "Master Yue, what do you mean?"
"Madam Qu, you are involved in a murder case. I'm afraid I have to trouble you to go to the Dali Temple with me." Yue Wenhan waved his hand, and several yamen runners came up to dismantle the bed.
Yu was shaken to the point of almost falling. She held onto the bed with her hands and said sternly, "Master Yue, do you know what you are doing?"
"Murder, this kind of thing, even if Minister Qu is here, he can't stop it!" Yue Wenhan sneered and took a step forward, "Who has Madam Qu harmed here? You must know it, right?"
He came close, his eyes were a little gloomy, and fell on Yu's face, which made her suddenly alert. She hurriedly explained loudly: "Master Yue, I don't know what you are talking about. Your aunt died of a dystocia. What does it have to do with me?"
She didn't know that the abbess was talking about trying to murder the old abbess, and thought that Yue Wenhan was talking about her plotting against Xiao Yue. She was very panicked, but pretended to be calm on her face.
"Don't you know about my aunt's affairs?" Yue Wenhan raised his eyebrows.
"How would I know? I was still a concubine at that time. How could I have the ability to plot against your aunt?" Yu didn't care about the embarrassment at this time, and didn't care that this was what she cared about most, and said in a panic.
The bed boards were slowly taken down by several yamen runners. She reached out in panic to grab the bed frame, but her strength was no match for those of the powerful yamen runners.
"Just now, the abbot here testified that Madam Qu Er had someone send her a lot of silver many years ago." Yue Wenhan said gloomily.
This was not a question, but sounded like an answer to Yu.
Seeing Yue Wenhan's expression and his ambiguous words, Yu became more and more panicked. She had kept the incident secret so carefully back then, she couldn't believe that it would be discovered all of a sudden.
It must be Yue Wenhan who is deceiving her
"I gave the money to the nunnery mistress so that she could take care of your aunt. No matter what your aunt did, she was the second wife of the Qu family. I... I'm a concubine, so what if I want to protect the mistress!" Yu explained loudly.
"Do you think anyone would believe this?" Yue Wen asked with a cold smile, but then he answered coldly, "Someone must have believed it, at least Minister Qu believed it, right! But now it's useless even if Minister Qu believed it. Come, carry Madam Qu outside."
Four yamen runners carried the man out one after another.
Yu struggled desperately to grab onto something, but no matter what she grabbed onto, it would eventually be pulled apart. By the time she reached the yard, her entire body was in disarray, and she didn't look like the wife of a minister at all.
"Yue Wenhan, I am a noble lady, you can't do this to me." Yu screamed.
There were many spectators standing outside the house, all of whom were the pilgrims who had been watching before. Hai Lan was also picked out from the crowd, along with the abbot and the scoundrel Wang Wu. As for the others, they all followed Yue Wenhan here just for fun.
Originally everyone thought that it was about the murder of the old nunnery abbess, but now they heard Yu's screaming and shouting, it sounded as if Minister Qu's original wife was murdered by this woman, and the original wife was killed. Now this person is the concubine who was promoted to the main wife
People outside, look at me, I look at you
You, for a moment, dared not say any more.
This matter has been confusing and has taken many turns, leaving these spectators at a loss for words for a moment. Of course, the Dali Temple is handling the case, so they dare not say much.
"Madam Qu, if the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty the same as the common people. Since Madam Qu is involved in a murder case, even if Minister Qu is here, he cannot stop me from investigating the case." Yue Wenhan said with a serious face, while asking someone to find a carriage. He also had a carriage when he came here, but that was his carriage.
Not to mention the difference between men and women, he is an official and Yu is now a suspect, so the two of them cannot be alone in a carriage.
But in this kind of place, it didn't look like there were any good carriages. After a few yamen runners looked around, a smart one ran out.
"But I didn't harm your aunt. Your aunt died of childbirth complications. It has nothing to do with me." Yu almost collapsed and screamed.
"Your maid also said that you gave silver to the abbot." Yue Wenhan said meaningfully.
Hailan struggled to speak, but a piece of cloth had been stuffed in her mouth, so she could only breathe and was unable to utter a single word.
"I just asked her to take care of your aunt. I didn't do anything else. Your aunt's death has nothing to do with me. It has nothing to do with me at all." Yu said loudly.
Suppressing my guilty conscience.
The people around didn't quite understand at first, but the older people couldn't help but think of an old incident that happened more than ten years ago. At that time, the official's wife died in a nunnery due to childbirth difficulties. People around had been talking about it for a long time. Could it be that the woman in front of them had killed the lady
Judging from the tone of this person, it was just a concubine at that time. A concubine killed a lady
The pilgrims stared at Yu with their eyes wide open in shock. They originally thought that she was talking about the old abbot, but now... was she talking about another murder case
"The nun in the nunnery has medicine from more than ten years ago..." Yue Wenhan ignored Yu's shouting and didn't drive the onlookers away. Only after Yu's shouting did he calmly say, "That medicine should... also be given by Madam Yu, right? Together with the banknotes?"
The medicine was now in his sleeve, carefully collected. He didn't know what it was now, but looking at Yu's reaction, there was at least a half chance that it was true.
Thinking of her poor little aunt, Yue Wenhan's eyes flashed with anger. She originally thought that Qu Zhizhen had treated her cousin badly, but it turned out that it was not just her cousin, but also her little aunt.
If my cousin hadn't reminded me again and again, I would never have thought that the cause of my aunt's death was unusual, and I wouldn't have rushed here today and dug up what happened back then with the help of a scoundrel.
First it was a scoundrel, then it was the matter of the old abbot here, and then it was Yu.
This can be considered an elaborate plan, step by step along the line. How many things must have happened for a girl who has been living in seclusion for a long time and should not even know too much about the ways of the world to be able to achieve this
Yue Wenhan slowly suppressed the anger in his eyes. At this moment, he knew clearly how to say things in the right way. It didn't matter to others, but to Yu, every word he said had a meaning. He should be more calm and collected. The calmer he was, the less calm Yu would be.
"Master Yue, I don't know what you are talking about. I only admit that I sent the banknotes. I don't know anything else.
. ” Yu Shi is not blindly stupid, he just holds on and doesn’t know.
"Madam Qu, let's go back to the Dali Temple and talk!" Yue Wenhan said indifferently.
"Lord Yue, shouldn't you avoid suspicion?" Yu suddenly thought of Yue Wenhan's identity and said anxiously. Since it was to overturn the case for Xiao Yue, Yue Wenhan was Xiao Yue's nephew, so naturally he could not preside over the trial personally.
"Don't worry, when we get to the Dali Temple, I will immediately present your case to the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, and he will personally interrogate you. I am just arresting you now." Yue Wenhan said coldly.
As he was speaking, the clever bailiff came in to report, and Yue Wenhan had Yu carried out.
Yu struggled hard, but was held down by two yamen runners, so she couldn't get out no matter how hard she tried.
There was already a carriage waiting outside the nunnery, but this carriage was completely different from an ordinary horse-drawn carriage. In essence, it was just an ox cart, and it was open.
Yu was carried up to the bed, and in order to prevent her from falling, they made her lie down, and tied her legs and waist with belts, tightly fastening her to the bed. Then the bed was carried onto the ox cart, and finally in front of the ox cart, a yamen runner held an umbrella for her, giving her the last dignity as a lady of honor.
There was no such thing as a horse-drawn carriage in the remote countryside, so it was good enough to have a bullock cart like this, not to mention that it also held an umbrella for her.
Yu was so angry that she almost had convulsions. She dug her fingers into the bed board but was unable to get up. She could only loudly scold Yue Wenhan who got on the carriage in front.
Helplessly, not only Yue Wenhan ignored her, but even the onlookers ignored her. They didn't even know who threw an egg at her, and then more people threw rotten cabbage and mud at her.
As soon as I heard the conversation between Yu and Yue Wenhan just now, I knew that this minister's wife was not a good person. She must have really harmed the original principal wife. The older generation still remembered that the lady died here. It seemed that the woman in front of me colluded with the nun in the temple to harm people, otherwise where would she get so much silver.
As for the matter of the old nunnery abbot, it should also be related to them.
The ox cart was not moving fast. After the good news came, they followed the ox cart all the way to the capital. They met many people on the way, and they all stopped when they saw this strange group of people.
Naturally, someone would ask and someone would tell him, so even more people came to watch the fun. By the time they reached the gate of the capital, the line had become a long one.
Yu had stopped cursing at this time, but from time to time someone would angrily throw rotten vegetable leaves at her. It was difficult to see who was doing it because there were so many people around. After the yamen runners stopped them a few times, the situation got a little better, but Yu's face and body were still hit and looked dirty.
More and more people were talking about it, and almost as soon as they reached the city gate, everyone knew that an incident had occurred in Minister Qu's mansion where a concubine was favored and his wife was killed. The one he favored was the current Second Madam Qu, and the one he killed was the original Second Madam Qu, a concubine who actually caused the wife to die in childbirth, and he even used medicine to do so.
Rumors were not under Yue Wenhan's control, and there was nothing wrong with what he said. As for the rest, they were all guesses and words from passers-by and had nothing to do with him. However, they were quickly confirmed by the people after the incident happened.
A gorgeous carriage followed the group into the city. Seeing the scene in front of them, the curtain of the carriage was slightly lifted, revealing a beautiful face, and she ordered the maid beside her: "Go and see what happened?"