"Miss, I heard that a minister named Qu favored his concubine and killed his wife in his mansion. His original wife was killed and his concubine took over. The one who was just arrested by the Dali Temple was this concubine." The maid was smart. She squeezed into the crowd and found out everything in just a few words.
"Minister Qu?" The young lady put down the curtain in her hand in surprise. After a moment of silence, she muttered to herself suspiciously.
"Yes, it's about a minister named Qu." The maid nodded and wiped the sweat off her head. "Miss, why do I feel that this name sounds familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere before."
"Minister Qu of the Ministry of Works, the legitimate daughter born to the original wife is the fourth daughter of the Qu family, and the daughter born to the concubine who was later promoted to the principal is the third daughter of the Qu family. The concubine gave birth to the daughter earlier than the original wife, and they are twins." The young lady lifted the curtain with a green finger and looked out the window.
The people outside the window have already moved forward, so there are relatively fewer people here.
"Miss, how do you know so much?" The maid was surprised.
The young lady's lips curled up silently, revealing a hint of sarcasm. Of course, she knew that she had heard of this Miss Qu Si before she came to Beijing.
The main reason was that this Fourth Miss Qu also had an eye disease, which attracted her attention, and she therefore asked more about this Fourth Miss Qu.
In fact, I felt it was strange at the time. A concubine came into the family later than the original wife, but she gave birth to a child. It was wrong no matter how you looked at it. As for the original wife, I heard that she died of dystocia in the end. In other words, she died of dystocia when giving birth to Miss Qu Si.
At that time I felt that this might not be a simple matter, but I didn’t expect it to be so!
His hand dropped again, "Send someone to the Prince of Yun's Mansion to report the news!"
This matter has little to do with her. She just needs to listen to the voice. As for the future with this Miss Qu Si, it is basically impossible for her to have any relationship with her. At most, people will talk about her when they talk about themselves. After all, the biggest similarity between the two is that they both have eye diseases.
He closed his eyes slightly and pressed his eyelids with his hands. The eye disease was actually not that serious. He was thinking about it at that time, and it was still the same now.
Because of the eye disease, his relationship with Prince Yun became closer. At least when he talked about his eye disease, he would inevitably think of Prince Yun.
In fact, the eye disease had been cured long ago, and wearing the veil was just a gesture.
"Yes, miss." The maid responded.
The carriage started slowly and followed the crowd into the city. Once in the city, it turned around and headed to a place with fewer people...
Yue Wenhan took Yu and a group of prisoners to the Dali Temple. After entering the Dali Temple, Yue Wenhan went straight to find Lord Zhang, the Minister of the Dali Temple.
His carriage was not moving fast, and there was Yu's ox cart behind it. He had already sent someone to report to Lord Zhang.
Lord Zhang already knew about this matter. When he saw him come in, his brows were deeply furrowed. This kind of matter should actually be the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.
All cases can be handled by the Ministry of Justice. Although the Dali Temple is a similar institution, it handles relatively serious cases. Of course, the most serious ones will be transferred to the Western Prison for handling later.
A case like this one of favoring a concubine and killing one's wife does not seem to be serious at all. At most, it can be handled by the Ministry of Justice.
Yue Wenhan came in and saluted, and Lord Zhang waved his hand: "Wenhan, what's going on?"
This seems
The case may seem ordinary, but the people involved are not ordinary. Lord Zhang actually doesn't want to take over such a matter at all.
"Sir, I went to investigate a fugitive today. I heard he had fled to that area. I didn't expect to encounter this incident. First, the rogue Wang Wu rummaged through the nunnery's abbess's house, saying that the abbess murdered the old abbess at the time, who was Wang Wu's aunt. He also found banknotes. I was there, so I couldn't just sit there and do nothing. I arrested the man."
"I didn't expect this would involve the Qu Mansion. The second wife of Qu who was murdered before was my aunt. I can't just sit back and watch. My aunt married into the Qu Mansion, and my eldest aunt married into the Ling Anbo Mansion. They were all good originally, but now... now only cousin Qu is left."
When Yue Wenhan said this, he lowered his head sadly, his expression gloomy.
Lord Zhang's head hurt even more, and he reached out and pressed the acupuncture points on his forehead. He knew that after seeing these things, Yue Wenhan would bring the people over for both personal and public reasons. What he did was right. Even if this matter should be handled by the Ministry of Justice, the people from the Dali Temple would definitely intervene if they saw it.
But is this a matter that can be intervened
Listen to what Yue Wenhan mentioned just now. Let’s not talk about the Qu Mansion for now. The Ling’anbo Mansion is the maiden home of the late Crown Princess. Although the late Crown Princess is no longer around and the Crown Prince has found a new Crown Princess, it is said that the Crown Prince had deep feelings for the late Crown Princess. Can matters involving the Crown Prince’s Mansion be treated simply
When Mr. Zhang thought of this, he felt unwell.
Minister Qu is now in the emperor's good graces. When I met him recently, he was still repairing a palace in the palace. I heard that the place he was repairing was where Empress Yuan lived in the past. That place is actually rarely repaired because they were afraid that some old things would be damaged during the repair. Now that the emperor is confident in letting Minister Qu repair it, it means that he has trust in them.
One of Minister Qu's daughters has now moved into Prince Jing's mansion. This daughter must be the daughter of the current principal wife, or the concubine before.
Both sides involve important people, and it's really not worth it for such a thing that doesn't seem to be a big deal to Lord Zhang.
"This matter can be big or small. In fact, it can be sent to the Ministry of Justice first." Lord Zhang thought it would be better to kick this matter off first.
"Sir, I think it's inappropriate." Yue Wenhan spoke up to stop him.
"Why?" Lord Zhang was puzzled. This matter seemed troublesome no matter how he looked at it. Whoever took over would not be well off. Neither the Crown Prince's Mansion nor the Prince Jing's Mansion seemed easy to get along with. Even if this matter had to be brought to them in a roundabout way, everyone in the capital knew that the Crown Prince and Prince Jing did not get along well.
Don’t let it turn into a fight between the two of them in the end, otherwise this will be difficult to handle!
"Sir, this matter was discovered by our Dali Temple, and it also involves officials. Originally, our Dali Temple could have handled it. If you push this matter to the Ministry of Justice, not only will the people in the Ministry of Justice shirk responsibility, but they may also look down on our Dali Temple. If there are any more cases in the future, the officials in the Ministry of Justice will have something to say."
The Vietnamese words are cold and suggestive.
What he said was that when the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were working on a case together, the Ministry of Justice felt that it had the highest say and treated Lord Zhang as its deputy. Lord Zhang was furious about this when he came back and felt that in the future when he faced the Ministry of Justice, he must not be weak and must definitely have the upper hand.
Zhang's teeth ached at these words, and he fell silent. Of course, he didn't want to be oppressed by the people from the Ministry of Justice, but he didn't want to make this matter
The whole thing is going on, and I really don’t know what will happen next.
"Don't worry, sir. This matter has basically been investigated clearly along the way." Yue Wenhan knew what he was confused about and spoke.
"What do you mean?" asked Lord Zhang.
"I just asked a few questions according to the rules, but Yu denied it. When I came here just now, many people already knew about this matter. Now the capital is full of rumors about Yu's harm to people. In my opinion, Minister Qu may not come to see Yu after such a thing happened. If we act quickly here, we can make a decision. After the case is decided, we can hand it over to the Ministry of Justice, so that the people in the Ministry of Justice can see your methods."
Yue Wenhan said.
These words fell into Lord Zhang's heart and were quite satisfactory.
After nodding, Lord Zhang asked again: "Will the trial really be quick?"
"It will be quick. Yu's maid and the nunnery abbess are easy to interrogate. Only Yu will deny it, but since the two of them have admitted it, it will be useless for her to deny it." Yue Wenhan said calmly, "On the way here just now, many people know about it. The whole capital is on our side. This is very good for your reputation."
Yue Wenhan spoke the last sentence very softly and lowered his head after he finished speaking. Lord Zhang understood the meaning of his words. He happened to have such an opportunity to make a move recently, but his opponent was equally matched with him, and there was more than one. If he could deal with this matter quickly now, and deal with it before anyone took action, isn't that his way of doing things
It will give him a lot of points.
Especially since the Crown Prince and Prince Jing may be involved in this, it will definitely attract the attention of the Emperor. From this perspective, it may not be a bad thing.
"Then take him in first and interrogate him immediately." Lord Zhang said.
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Yue Wenhan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave when Lord Zhang stopped him, "You can't take care of this matter yourself, let me do it!"
Yue Wenhan is also closely related to this case. He can bring the criminal here, but he cannot interfere.
"Sir Zhang, I know. I just went to arrange some things to prevent them from colluding with each other." Yue Wenhan said.
"Okay, I'll send someone to ask later. But how should we deal with this incident that has caused so much controversy in the city? The matter hasn't even been officially decided, and it has become like this. It's not a good thing to do." Lord Zhang had new doubts.
"Master Zhang, this incident has little to do with the Dali Temple. The people are talking about it, and what they want to say has nothing to do with us. We only asked the right questions and did the right things. As for the rest of the time, we are busy handling official business and don't care about this kind of gossip."
Yue Wenhan smiled slightly and said meaningfully, with a hint of viciousness flashing in his eyes.
Of course he knew what those specious words made the pilgrims and villagers think, and afterwards, they became more and more weird under deliberate instigation.
Actually, this matter has not been investigated clearly yet, but it has been confirmed in the rumors outside. All the opinions are on the side of the aunt. If Yu wants to clear her name, she must have real evidence, but Yu does not have it. This is what the cousin meant by seizing the initiative.
Before the case was concluded, the initiative had already been seized. Since Bian had not confessed yet, everyone had already formed a preconceived notion and had already concluded that it was the case.