The few people who were arrested were all local rogues, and they were stern and loyal among the rogues. Yue'er really used her heart when she chose people. But that was a trivial matter, and Tao Rui, who had been rumorsed by them, was standing in front of him now, and an indifferent eye made them tremble. And that Master Qingtian, what they fear most is going to court!
Someone said with a fluke: "My lord, the villain did not spread rumors. The villain just met the Tao family in Xishan Village, and felt surprised. He said casually, not to pass on gossip. The villain didn't know how to pass it. It's opened, the villain is really wronged!"
Others hurriedly nodded, "Yes, my lord, that's it."
The master in the hall frowned and shouted: "Nonsense! Several of you don't know each other. Could it be that you went to Xishan Village together?"
"This, this is because the Tao family came to the capital to gather, and the villain saw them on the street."
The adult's face is even more ugly, "Then how do you know that the family is from Xishan Village? Where did you meet Mrs. Xuan Guo?"
A few people won't come back, how can their rascals have a chance to see the noble lady? When people go out, they always hug each other. Even if they see it from a distance, it is impossible to remember it so clearly. If you see someone, you will definitely be like her. It's a contradiction.
Tao Rui said with a smile on his back and said, "Master Wu, I believe you can also see that these people are full of nonsense and lies.
It's not that you have to care about everything, but if anyone can spread rumors at the root of the imperial city, the capital will not be messed up? As far as I know, these people did not do much to bully the people, so I asked Master Wu to send someone to look up and arrest their family members for questioning. I'm not sure, but ill-gotten wealth can be found from their homes. "
Mr. Wu solemnly said: "The son of Xuanguo will wait a moment, the official has sent someone to search, and the matter will come to the fore." He looked down at the few people in the hall, and banged the gavel hard, "I can't actually recruit. ?"
Several people knelt there, their hearts sinking continuously. Tao Rui and Master Wu's words made them lose their chances. Tao Rui clearly knew Master Wu. He often heard that officials protect each other. Tao Rui is the eldest son of the National Palace. How could Master Wu not help him? Besides, this is really nonsense after they collected the money, it was Tao Ruizhanli.
The wisest person closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and smashed his head, "The Tao family in Shanxi Village is indeed a person. Whether it is a rumor or the truth, you will know if you have come to see them."
"Okay." Tao Rui said in front of Master Wu, "just ask the Tao family to confront him. Speaking of which I have been to Xishan Village once, and saved an old man who looks a little like me, but what about it? Great, no wonder? With this, I can say that I have eyes and no pearls in Xuanguo, can I hold a girl into a boy by mistake?"
This is the most advantageous point of refutation, and those people are speechless. Yes, as long as the midwife is not blind, it is impossible to misunderstand the men and women, let alone the madam who is waiting for him, how can he be wrong?
All the people onlookers nodded and discussed, not believing that Tao Rui was a fake son. It's a big government office, but can you mistake the bloodline? That's too unreliable.
Tao Rui succeeded in turning everyone's sympathy towards the Guogong Mansion into questioning. Once this kind of questioning leaves its seeds, it will quickly take root and cannot be uprooted. No one feels that it is really miserable for Xuan Guogong to raise a son for others. . If it is really wrong, it is that the government's imperial government is not strict.
Master Wu had a headache, so he sent someone to search the homes of those people, and also went to the Tao family in Xishan Village, and at the same time, he didn't forget to inform the Xuanguo Palace. The high-ranking family wanted to keep a low profile when dealing with this kind of thing, and would not be willing to be an after-dinner talk. He had to wait for the Xuanguo government to reply before he knew how to deal with it.
Soon Xuan Guogong sent people to him. Xuan Guogong and his wife were very dissatisfied with Tao Rui's own opinions. They arrested them and went to court, asking him to go back and wait for the news.
But Tao Rui is a famous dude, who has heard of it?
He asked for a chair to sit down, and said locally, "The little master has lived for 17 years, and no one dared to arrange it on my head. The city is full of wind and rain in just half a day. How much do the people behind hate me? Pull out this choppy to see who it is!
Master Wu, please hurry up and give me justice. "
Xuan Guogong and his wife had no choice but to send a housekeeper to listen to them at any time. Tao Li also took people to the teahouse near the Yamen to wait.
Her heart was overwhelming. Although she wanted to tell the truth, she couldn't tell it in court. How did she explain the fact that her man held the wrong man and woman? But Tao Rui told those man-made rumors, if he didn't take the opportunity to tell the truth, wouldn't he let Tao Rui break the rumors? There will be no chance to tell the truth in the future.
She had to stay closer to prevent any emergencies, and she had to come up with a surefire solution.
Over there, Master Wu wanted to close the case as soon as possible, and the efficiency was quite high. The officials quickly found twenty taels of silver from the homes of those people. With so much money, these land ruffians may not be able to save for a lifetime, no wonder they work so hard and refuse to recruit anything.
But their family members were frightened when they were taken to the court. This was a great psychological shock to them. The money is good, but they can't catch up with the whole family.
At this time, the Tao family in Xishan Village was also found. The old man was carried over by Tao Jin and Lizheng's son on a wooden board, and Lizheng also followed them to take courage.
Mr. Wu asked about the situation, Tao Jin immediately looked inexplicable, "See us at the market? What day? My daughter is older and hasn't been to the market for nearly a year. My daughter-in-law doesn't like to go to the market. I haven't entered the city gate for ten years. Isn't that nonsense?"
The old man Tao Wangcai also lifted his body on the wooden board and said: "My lord Mingjian, the villain has sunk in the water a few days ago, so he can't breathe. He has been lying on the kang, how did they see me."
As soon as the Tao family came here, they exposed the lies of the rumors and had the money to testify, and Master Wu would be tortured when they hit the gavel.
There is a younger man who can't stand it anymore. His wife is still pregnant, and her face pales in fright at this time. If she loses her baby, wouldn't she be punished for doing evil? He said in a cold sweat: "My lord, I, the villain, confessed guilt. It's nothing to do with me. Someone told me to say that after taking the silver. The villain also listened to it as if it was real and not like a fake. I have done this wicked thing. The villain and the villain are all for the money to raise the baby, the villain knows his mistakes, ask the adults for forgiveness, the villain knows the mistakes!"
"Who gave you the silver?"
"The villain doesn't recognize it, really doesn't recognize it."
Qing Song's sister called out in the crowd, "I saw it, it's Yue'er, the maid of the Qin family in the east of the city!"
Master Wu looked up and asked, "Who is talking?"
Qing Song's sister had already lowered her head and changed a place. She was a little scared after her brother told her to do so, but she soon discovered that no one recognized her, and everyone was looking for someone to shout.
Master Wu asked those people who got the money from a girl, and immediately called someone to ask if there was a maid named Yue'er in the Qin family. So soon, Yue'er was invited again.
Now, those people can know each other, knowing that the situation is over, and not confessing guilt is no longer possible, so when they saw Yue'er, they all confessed to her, just begging their crimes to be lighter. After all, they are only accomplices. They have always been the main conspirators. big.
Yue'er was frightened to the ground by the battle, her face pale, and she muttered, "No, it's not me..."
Tao Rui raised his eyebrows, and Qing Song next to him immediately said angrily: "Aren't you Ms. Qin in front of you? Ms. Qin asked you to do this? It's because my family's son wants to retire?"
Yue'er waved her hand hurriedly, "No, it's not..."
"What's not? Don't you dare to say no? Where did your maid get the hundred taels of silver?" Qing Song pointed at Yue'er and cursed, "You know what your lady has done. It is my family's righteousness to let her pretend to be sick and retired. , She actually came to harm people?"
This inside story made everyone stunned. Hey, Gang Tao Rui also said that he wanted to find out the chopsticks. This chopsticks was actually Miss Qin's family?
She is a girl who hasn't come out of the cabinet. Is the method too dirty? And what did she do? It must have done a disgraceful thing to make you have to retire after so many years of engagement?
Everyone's discussion made Yue'er tremble. This is not something she can handle as a maid. She was so cold and sweaty that she fainted. At this time, Madam Qin's confidant suddenly rushed forward to support her, worried. Said: "Yue'er, are you okay?"
Then quickly whispered in her ear, "If you think about the end of your family, I will bear it myself."
Master Wu shouted: "The idlers are waiting to retreat!"
The two court servants immediately dragged the grandma to the door, and the grandma looked anxious, as if she really had a good relationship with Yue'er and worried about her. But Yue'er was full of despair at this time. Just in the mansion, the masters didn't know why the officials took her and didn't tell her. Now they knew that they were asking her to confess her guilt, but she had no way to escape.
She hated Qin Ruo to death in her heart, but still tremblingly bent over and confessed.
"This matter... has nothing to do with my lady, and it has nothing to do with others. It was me and the slave who discovered the truth and found out that Tao Rui was a fake son. The slave could not bear my lady to marry a fake, marrying a dude who didn't know her, so I just, The slave and maid stole the money from the mansion and bought those people..."
She lay on the ground and cried: "My lord! The slave and the maidservant have bought people and done wrong, but the wrong thing is true. There is no coincidence in the world to such a degree.
Tao Rui is a smasher. He is stubborn. He has to pour dirty water on my lady's head when he wants to retire. He threatened her with my lady's reputation many times in private, saying that in his capacity, he could wrong my lady by making up a rumor. . I am returning to the person in the same way as the person! I beg your sir, Tao Rui is the one who tells lies! "
Tao Jin and Xiuniang almost yelled at him with anger. Why did she say that Tao Rui? But when they raised their heads to meet Tao Rui's gaze and found Tao Rui so calm, they swallowed again. They don't know what is going on, but they are in court, they don't understand, or don't mess around, so as not to hinder their son.
Yue'er spoke more and more fluently, gave up her own life, just wanted to make things more beautiful and give her family a better way. She knew that the lady would never break her promise. So she recalled what Qin Ruo had complained privately in the past few years, and she took them as her own complaints, accusing Tao Rui of fighting and playing with funerals.
She was talking about the excitement, Tao Rui gave a chuckle, which frightened her and made everyone stunned.
Tao Rui said in a puzzled way: "My son is so bad, why did the Qin family still push back and block a marriage contract, and haven't agreed yet?"
Everyone burst into laughter, that is, why don't you leave your relatives if you are so disgusted with others? A maid is so resentful, 80% of it is the young lady who complained by herself, right?
Tao Rui took the folding fan in his hand and touched the green pine, "Go, go back to the house and tell my mother that I will ask someone to exchange the token back today. Since the Qin family doesn't know what is good or bad, and can't get down the stairs, then I will retire by myself."
The mother of the Qin family at the door changed her face and bit her scalp and said: "My son, please calm down, this matter has nothing to do with my lady, I hope you don't get angry. If there is any misunderstanding, I should discuss it later."
Tao Rui said with a faint smile: "My little master, I cared about the faces of the two families and didn't tell the dirty things, but if you Qin family make a fuss, do you regard me as a fool? If I am not the son of the world, who should be? Son? Whose marriage should be?
Oh, but if you said that this matter has nothing to do with Qin Ruo, then it has nothing to do. Then treat her as being lax. So useless, unbearable to be a woman. Qingsong, go withdraw! "