"How did the old sister-in-law guess it?" Mu Xuanyi had already answered before Feng Yunxian could answer.
The woman laughed: "When I look at your temperament from a distance, I feel that it doesn't look like you live here, but it looks like the officials I have interacted with before."
"Is my case finally going to be re-tried? God bless me, I go to Dali Temple every other month to inquire, and it's my turn!"
When she said this, Feng Yunxian also recognized the woman's identity: "Are you Guiying?"
The reason why I couldn't recognize her at the first time was because her current appearance was different from the painting.
In the paintings, she always had a sad look on her face, and there seemed to be an unbreakable sadness hidden between her brows, but now she seems to be a lot more cheerful.
"Hey, yes, it's me. Mr. Guan, please come here. Let's go home and talk." Guiying confirmed their identities and immediately beamed with joy, and took them to her home.
There was also a man at home. The man was a standard banker, and his skin was a healthy wheat color. He seemed to have just returned from work at this time, and was still wiping his sweat with a towel. Seeing Guiying coming back with the two of them, he quickly put the
He put away his sweat towel and hurried over to greet him.
"These two are..."
"They are the officials and they are here to re-examine my case. When my case is over, I can go out to work and earn money with you!" Guiying said with a smile, extremely happy.
Her man also showed a knowing smile and quickly welcomed the two of them to their seats. There were only two chairs in the house, and once they sat down, they could only stand.
"I dare to ask you two officials, what is the situation now? We have also counted more than ten taels of money, but there is no news at all."
Anyway, Ku Gua asked cautiously with a face on her face, for fear of upsetting the two of them.
"Take some money, who collects your money?" Feng Yunxian frowned. Dali Temple has always been known for its strictness. He didn't even know that Dali Temple would actually collect money from the families of these prisoners.
"The official who handled our case said that as long as he gave us more money, he could move our case up the list. Even when we asked how many cases there were in front of him, he would always ask us to wait.
Notice." Guiying also looked embarrassed.
She and the man looked at each other, and the man took out two taels of silver from under the bed and handed it to them tremblingly.
"This is the only money left in our family now. If this is not enough, then we will think of another way."
Feng Yunxian shook his head: "We don't accept your money, and there is no one in Dali Temple who can move the priority of the case to the front row after accepting the money. If you are willing to tell us who the official who collected your money is, we will
Hold him accountable and we will never let him misappropriate your money and get away with it." When he said this, his aura was in full swing.
Mu Xuanyi answered when the two of them were still hesitating: "I have already seen your case. There are all witnesses and physical evidence, and the other party has admitted his mistake. Logically speaking, he should be convicted and the matter closed. But.
Dali Temple has never agreed, do you know the reason?"
Logically speaking, this situation should not occur, but this case has continued for so many years, and there is something wrong with it.
Guiying sighed, the man held her hand, and she whispered: "The man who committed the crime is my mother-in-law's lover. Although I found his evidence and asked him to plead guilty, my mother-in-law is not willing.
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"Because she was powerful and willing to give the other party money, they were unwilling to close the case. They even wanted to swap me with the man who was already in prison so that I could go to jail instead of him."
"The reason why I can still live outside today is because we stuffed away those ten taels of silver."
"But if this case cannot be closed, I will not be able to go out to work seriously."
As she spoke, tears fell unconsciously.
The man patted his shoulder, held his wife in his arms, and comforted her softly.
This scene made both Mu Xuanyi and Feng Yunxian very silent, not knowing how to answer the question.
"You two officials, I beg you, I don't want any compensation, and I don't need to get back the dozen or so taels of silver I paid before. I just want a clean slate." Guiying knelt down directly.
"We will hear the case today, and if the matter is confirmed, we will give you a result within three days."
Feng Yunxian stood up and had already made his decision.
The couple were so surprised when they heard this that they almost kowtowed to thank them.
Feng Yunxian refused the couple's hospitality on the grounds that he had to go to Dali Temple, and left with Mu Xuanyi.
"Do you think they are telling the truth?" Sitting on the carriage, Feng Yunxian looked at Mu Xuanyi.
Mu Xuanyi nodded: "What they said should be true. After all, life is already very difficult for people like them. If they are suppressed by some powerful people, they will probably have no way to complain."
When she was in Mu Mansion, Aunt Feng was still able to marry her off without her consent, and even went around to ruin her reputation.
Not to mention that for such a powerless woman, it is absolutely normal for her to be domestically abused by her husband and bullied by her husband's family.
"Yes." Feng Yunxian nodded and said no more. Then they went to Guiying's husband's house and walked around the prison.
Guiying's mother-in-law scolded Guiying directly, and her words were as unpleasant as possible.
But the neighbors have sharp eyes.
According to neighbors, during the years she was married, she was beaten almost every other day.
Because her parents accepted the gift money, they didn't care about their daughter's life or death. When she returned to her parents' home, they sent her back directly and left her beaten to death.
"She was beaten by that man every day. How could she kill that man? It would be better if he didn't beat her to death."
"Po Wen said she was pregnant with a daughter, so her mother-in-law beat her up. In the end, the child was not saved, but she was sent to wash and cook for the whole family the next day in the cold winter."
Everyone's descriptions were surprisingly consistent, and they all said she was a poor person.
The sharp-tongued man in prison, whose years of prison life had left him with no hope of leaving. No matter what they asked, he confessed, and even answered very clearly about the manner and means of committing the crime.
"At this point, there is no need to continue the investigation. Let's close the case."
Feng Yunxian slapped the file on the desk of the Minister of Dali Temple.