Both Long Er and Ju Muer were imprisoned for the first time.
Ju Muer was afraid that the wall had ears, so she dared not discuss anything with Long Er. Long Er only advised her to rest assured and let her sleep well. He said that he would go to take care of this matter during the day and get someone else to accompany her, but he would definitely be here at night, anyway, he would never let her be alone, so she wouldn't panic.
But this night, there was another person rushing about to make matters happen.
Li Ke took people to the home wine shop, and told Dad Ju about the situation. Anyway, the matter cannot be concealed, instead of being surprised when he hears the news from the market tomorrow, it is better to inform him directly.
Li Ke said the matter lightly, although Ju Daddy was taken aback, but he was half relieved to hear that his son-in-law was by his daughter's side. It's night now, Li Ke said it's not good to visit again, and he will come to pick up his father tomorrow in the daytime.
Li Ke left his staff in the home wine shop to take care of him, went to Su's house by himself, and met Su Qing. He asked Su Qing to go to Ding Yanshan and explained everything in this way.
Su Qing went out quickly and knocked on the door of Ding's mansion stepping on the moonlight.
Ding Yanshan was startled when she saw Su Qing coming to the door as if she couldn't wait to see her. Su Qing didn't talk nonsense with her, and said directly: "Sister Mu'er was detained by the government and was supervised by the Ministry of Punishment. Have you heard any rumors from your sister?"
Ding Yanshan's heart trembled: "Tell me clearly, what happened?"
Su Qing told all the news she heard from Li Ke, and said, "Don't you know anything? Then it seems that it is useless to find you."
Ding Yanshan sat down on the chair with a shocked expression. After recovering, she said to Su Qing: "I know how to deal with this matter. You go back first, and I will inquire about it. If there is any news, I will tell you."
Su Qing left. Ding Yanshan hurriedly called for the sedan chair, she was going to visit Yunfu.
In Yun's mansion, Ding Yanxiang was upset that Yun Qingxian didn't come back so late. He made it clear yesterday that he would go home and sleep today, so she specially made body-replenishing soup and waited for him, but it turned out that he hadn't returned at such a late hour.
Ding Yanxiang didn't wait for her husband, but her younger sister Ding Yanshan. The two sisters no longer talked affectionately like before, but sat alone at the end of the table, silently.
After a long time, Ding Yanshan said, "I went to see my father today."
Ding Yanxiang lowered her eyes and said nothing.
"I asked him, did he do it when the robbers robbed me up the mountain?"
Ding Yanxiang twitched her eyebrows and raised her head.
"He said no."
Ding Yanxiang looked at her sister quietly, without saying a word.
"I asked him again, when I was caught by the robber leader, two fake officials came. Are the fake officials his subordinates?"
Ding Yanxiang sneered: "He said no?"
"Yes, he said no."
Ding Yanxiang continued to sneer: "There are some things that I have never told you. Back then you were young, and I was only fourteen or five years old. That day when my father had a banquet at home, a bureaucrat from his faction drank He tried to do something wrong with me in the backyard. I struggled and yelled desperately, but I was just a weak woman with no power to restrain the chicken. I was beaten by him and was almost succeeded by him, but then I was rescued .I thought Daddy would protect me, but do you know what Daddy does?"
Ding Yanshan was dumbfounded and shook her head in a daze.
"He smiled and said it was okay. He dragged the man to drink and sent someone to escort the man back to the mansion after the banquet. Then he went back to his room and fell asleep. He didn't even come to visit me. In the following days he continued Being busy with business and having fun, this incident seems to have never happened."
Looking at her sister's smiling face, Ding Yanshan felt a throbbing pain in her heart.
"I was born with the same father and mother as you, and if he can treat me like this, do you think he can't treat you like that?" Ding Yanxiang's face turned hard, "You are so naive! Our father is a traitor who is not recognized by the six relatives." Evil people."
After she finished scolding, she paused and said, "Do you know what I would be like now if my husband hadn't appeared that time? He saved me. At that time, he was just a small official servant, a servant, but he just had He dared to fight against the power to save me. He didn't even recognize me. Later, my father chose a marriage for me. You know this. The old general is so vulgar and disgusting. He is older than my father. This time it was my husband who rescued me , he came to visit me, and he proposed marriage to daddy. At that time, he already had some reputation, and it was because his future was promising, that I was lucky enough to marry him. You only see the result of daddy now, do you know how much evil he has done? How much dirty water was poured on Xianggong? This time, if Xianggong hadn't exposed him, it would be Xianggong and his subordinates who will take the place of the dead ghost in the prison right now."
Ding Yanshan was speechless. She heard Ding Yanxiang say: "It's not sister, brother-in-law is cruel. Shan'er, daddy can do anything, he said he didn't do it, do you believe it?"
Ding Yanshan couldn't say the word "letter" for some reason. She gritted her teeth, didn't answer that, and asked directly: "Did my brother-in-law do it?"
Ding Yanxiang stared at her without speaking.
"Just like bringing down daddy this time, you became his accomplice in that robbery, didn't you?"
Ding Yanxiang sneered: "You feel bad for your father, and you always think that your brother-in-law and I did the bad things, don't you?"
"At that time, Ju Mu'er was going to get married to the second master, and her brother-in-law was full of hatred, so she bribed those bandits to rob people. The purpose of taking me away was to get rid of the crime, right? When the bandits robbed me again and wanted revenge , he sent two people pretending to be arresters to arrest him, lest the government arrest people and find out the truth. And you, my own sister, not only didn't stop him, but didn't tell me about it, you still accompanied me home to live there Day, deliberately arranged for me to meet those two fake police officers, making me think that everything was done by daddy, isn't it?"
Ding Yanxiang said with a nonchalant expression: "You can say what you want, since you have found me and your brother-in-law guilty, now what I say is useless."
"It's really useless to say anything." Ding Yanshan bit her lips, "I used to be unable to check, but now that my father is in prison, I have to take care of the inside and outside of the house, so I transferred all the guards. I came out and asked the manager again. This year, there were no guards who were transferred or left the mansion. That is to say, those two I saw with my own eyes were discussing in the backyard. Daddy gave them a sum of money to make them shut up and make them There are no guards who go far away."
Ding Yanshan stared at her sister: "That was deliberately acting to deceive me! And that day, you happened to live at home, you had a chance to let people in, you had a chance to keep an eye on my whereabouts, let them finish the show, I left through the back door again. No one noticed, no one suspected. But I thought it was my father who did it, so I didn’t pursue it anymore, didn’t think about the root cause, and didn’t want to know the truth anymore.”
Ding Yanxiang sneered: "You are pitiful. You were robbed and murdered. You are a dignified minister. Have you ever thought about it? You can't investigate this matter. Could it be that your father can't investigate it? You keep saying that your brother-in-law did it." , can't dad find out? Why didn't he pursue it? You are his biological daughter."
Ding Yanshan took a breath.
"Are you still convinced that daddy didn't do it? But if it wasn't him, who is it? The dignified minister of the Ministry of Punishment, wouldn't he be able to find out a small robbery? What a joke!" She tilted her head and looked at Ding Yanshan, "Or, He really didn't do it, but he thinks the murderer is more important than you. Anyone who can bring him benefits is more important than his own daughter. He is the kind of person who won't even blink after selling his daughter. You didn't Ask him, didn't he do it, who? Why didn't he catch him, did you ask?"
Ding Yanshan stared at her sister's sneering face, her eyes were hot.
"No matter how he is, he is still our father. You always think that he treats you badly, but no matter what, you put him in prison, he is likely to be sentenced to death, and you also destroyed the Ding family. That house People are all close relatives of your blood, how can you still put on such a dignified look?"
"Then what should I look like?" Ding Yanxiang said angrily, "I've had enough. I'll pretend to be humble in front of my father, I'll pretend to be cute in front of my mother, and I'll also pretend to be gentle and virtuous in front of you." Come on. Let me tell you, I've had enough! Your Ding family is finished!"
"Your Ding family?" Ding Yanshan couldn't believe it, "Your Ding family? Then where did you come from?" Ding Yanshan pointed at the completely unfamiliar sister in front of her, her hands shaking with anger.
The Ding's family is over, and Dad is dead. Although he has been immersed in the officialdom for decades, the timing of Ding Sheng's being caught out this time is too bad. The emperor supervised the investigation of major crimes across the country, and the various factions in the DPRK and China took the opportunity to expose each other's weaknesses, making everyone feel insecure.
Who dares to protect him? Who dares to speak for him? Ding Sheng committed more than one crime. If we dig deeper, there may be more crimes. In the current extraordinary period, many scandals have been dug up in Ding Sheng's faction, and they are all shrunk at the moment, just please don't bring yourself out.
These are all things that Ding Yanshan's mother said when she came back from her mother's natal visit.
After analyzing the whole situation, Yun Qingxian's knife to Ding Sheng was not only accurate, but also ruthless, and the timing was perfect. Not only did Ding Sheng be caught off guard, there was no way to avoid it, no way to argue, even all the supporting hands beside him were cut off.
After the incident, Ding Yanxiang immediately distanced herself from her natal family, never appeared again, and ignored her natal family's visits. Ding Yanshan didn't have time to talk to her, but when I saw her today, it was like this.
Ding Yanshan was very angry. The elder sister who used to be in love with each other turned out to be the murderer who ruined the family and murdered her father in the blink of an eye. That's all, but he still has a high-spirited virtue. Ding Yanshan is also a young lady with a temperament, but when she gets angry, her words don't sound so nice.
"Ding Yanxiang, just be proud of yourself. Do you think that Yun Qingxian is a good match? Wake up. How did he climb up to the position of servant of the Ministry of Punishment? Dad promoted him! Let's not say that he is ungrateful and vicious. It's just tricking you into marrying him with sweet words, using you to win the trust of your father, climbing to a high position, and using your hands to steal secrets and carry out plots. Haven't you thought about these things? This kind of man who deceives women to seek power , do you still regard him as a treasure? Are you so happy that he uses you?"
"Ding Yanshan!" Ding Yanxiang slapped the table heavily, angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, my husband treats me well, how can you understand?"
"I understand." Ding Yanshan sneered, "He is really kind to you. There is a beautiful lady at home, and she is thinking of a blind girl with extraordinary piano skills. You are still trying to help him marry a concubine like a fool. Ah, by the way, I couldn't figure it out at the time, but now I understand. You didn't really want to help him marry, did you? You want that Ju Muer to enter the gate of Yunfu, so you can deal with her nearby It’s gone, isn’t it? You can even bring down a high-ranking Minister of the Ministry of Justice, so it’s nothing to kill a blind girl. It’s a pity that Ju Muer is not stupid, you forced her into the arms of Long Erye, Yun Qingxian Is that guy happy? He probably annoyed you thousands of times... "
"Shut up!" Ding Yanxiang shouted loudly. What Ding Yanshan said was exactly her sore spot.
She really didn't have a good heart at that time, thinking that her husband was worried about the outside, so she might as well get it back. On the surface, she pleases the husband, but in fact she puts people by her side. She can fix it as she wants. Anyway, the husband often travels far away for business. It is not unreasonable if someone in the family dies unexpectedly due to illness.
She only missed this step, only this step!
She never thought that the blind woman would dare to refuse marriage and find another man. It's fine if it's someone else, she can still think of ways to deal with it. But it happened to be Na Long Er!
So she got into trouble, not only failed to help Yun Qingxian marry Ju Mu'er back, but also made him lose face. This matter has always been a thorn in Ding Yanxiang's heart, and it hurts a lot even though it doesn't hurt. She even suspected that her husband hated her because of this incident, but fortunately, time passed, and he still treated her as before.
At this time, Ding Yanshan brought up the old matter again, which seemed to hit her hard in the heart. "Shut up!" she shouted again.
"I can't change the fact that Yun Qingxian loves other women even if I shut up." Ding Yanshan yelled louder than her, "Don't be stupid, you are just his climbing ladder, and now he has climbed it, Are you still worth using? In the past few years, he has been entangled with that Ju Muer, has he stopped? He has always been obsessed with it, even if that Ju Muer married twice, he still cannot forget it. "
"You are talking nonsense, I am his wife, and he loves me."
Ding Yanshan didn't listen to her at all, and continued to yell: "The situation is unclear and chaotic. He took the opportunity to frame Ju Mu'er into the government prison. Why? He didn't want to find an opportunity to take her as his own. He Is it for you to spend so much time and take such a risk? He treats you well and uses you to achieve his goals. Think about it, don’t you? If he treats you sincerely, he should have separated himself from Ju Muer long ago. Stay away from her, but is he like this? Once there is any situation, all he thinks about is Ju Muer, did he live like this for you?"
Ding Yanxiang was taken aback when she heard that: "Sanggong put Ju Mu'er in prison? Why?"
"Ask your husband." Ding Yanshan said coldly, "Go and ask him, why did he frame a blind and weak woman with murder? Is it because he has nothing to do now and wants to create some cases, or does he want to Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, put the woman he likes in prison, and then make a name for her to obey? Go ask him."
Ding Yanxiang sat in a daze and didn't speak.
Ding Yanshan walked over, squatted in front of her, and held her hand: "Sister, we are the closest sisters, and it is wrong for Daddy to treat you like that. But he is already like that now, you don't want to Remember the grudge again. Then Ju Muer married the Second Master Long, so you are no longer a threat. You should take this opportunity to win back your brother-in-law's heart. Who is the Second Master Long, can you provoke him casually? Even if your brother-in-law is now in power It's like Zhongtian, but it's not a wise move to set up unjust cases randomly. Erye Long will definitely not let it go, why bother? You should show kindness, explore this matter with your brother-in-law, persuade him, and get rid of the residence as soon as possible Mu'er's grievances. She and Long Erye lived their lives, and you and your brother-in-law live your lives peacefully, isn't that good?"
Ding Yanxiang was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "I will ask him, I will ask him... You are right, he must not be entangled with Ju Muer any longer."
Ding Yanshan was overjoyed: "Sister, are you willing to persuade him?"
Ding Yanxiang turned her head to look at her younger sister's face, smiled at her, and nodded.
Ding Yanxiang went to find Yun Qingxian that night. She took the maid and went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice with the soup she had stewed.
Yun Qingxian was surprised when he saw her coming. Ding Yanxiang only said that seeing that he didn't come home, she must have been involved in business affairs, but after making the tonic soup, she still felt that it was appropriate to send it over.
Yun Qingxian thanked him, and Xiaoxiaoxi claimed that there was an urgent case today, so he had to be forced to break his promise and not return home.
"What case is it?" Ding Yanxiang asked, filled out the soup and put it on Yun Qingxian's desk.
"It's nothing." Yun Qingxian responded casually, reaching out to cover the file. But the moment the cover was closed, Ding Yanxiang saw Ju Muer's name. She put down the bowl, handed Yun Qingxian a spoon for him to drink the soup, then reached out and moved the file aside for him.
While Yun Qingxian lowered his head to drink the soup, Ding Yanxiang quickly flipped through the file. The speed was too fast, she didn't look carefully at the specific content inside, but she clearly saw that Ju Mu'er's name was indeed in several places.
Ding Yanxiang remained calm, served Yun Qingxian to drink the soup, put away the bowls and spoons, and told him to pay more attention to his health, and went home to rest when he was free, and then went back with the maid waiting outside the door.
Like a thorn in the throat, like a thorn in the heart.
The three words "Ju Mu'er" made Ding Yanxiang so uncomfortable that she couldn't sleep all night.
In the empty bed, she couldn't sleep alone, but her husband-in-law was sitting in front of the case, looking at Ju Muer's name, grinding her heart.
On the second day, just after dawn, Ding Yanxiang quietly went to the gate of the government office prison in plain clothes, and observed while eating breakfast at a breakfast stand by the roadside.
After a while, she saw Yun Qingxian riding over with two men on horseback. Ding Yanxiang's heart tightened, she hurriedly lowered her head to drink the porridge, and only secretly watched the movement from the corner of her eyes.
In fact, she didn't know why she was like this. He is an official, a case judge, it's normal for him to come to this prison, she has no reason to be sad about this, but she is still sad. She watched Yun Qingxian get off the horse and quickly walked into the prison gate.
Yun Qingxian stayed there for a long time, and the people who had breakfast with Ding Yanxiang had changed several times, so long that the porridge in her bowl was cold, and her heart was as cold as that bowl of porridge. up.
At this time, a carriage was suddenly heard approaching, and Ding Yanxiang recognized that it was the carriage of Longfu, and the horseman next to him was Li Ke, Long Er's guard.
The car stopped, and several people jumped out of the car, one was Ju Daddy and the other was Su Qing. Ding Yanxiang recognized them all. But the other two who jumped down after that surprised Ding Yanxiang a little, they were Chen Liangze and his wife.