Hua Rujin looked thoughtfully at the kneeling old housekeeper, and said in a deep voice: "Did you just say that after the second young master left, the third young master appeared in the house again and frightened Mr. Dou?"
"Indeed, many people in the house have seen it."
The old housekeeper answered while wiping away his tears: "I dare not deceive the young lady. You also know that the master has always been kind-hearted. It was because of his pity for the young lady that he violated the young master's last wish and left the young lady in the house. If it weren't for the young madam,
This time he made a fuss about leaving the house and made the family uneasy, so he won't be cruel."
"You are such a kind-hearted person, but you are so hard on each other, aren't you afraid that I will turn into a ghost and demand my life from you in the future?"
Hua Rujinfeng's eyes dimmed slightly, and she glanced at the kneeling servants of the Dou family: "I think you must have tortured your own young master and made it difficult for him to redress his grievances, so he turned into a ghost to scare you, right?"
After hearing these words, the confidence on the faces of the slaves suddenly disappeared, and they all lowered their heads with guilt, not daring to talk to her again, for fear that she would remember their faces.
The house is not clean yet. If this young lady turns into a evil ghost again, it will be okay if the old debt will be settled on her head.
"Third Young Madam, don't make any assumptions."
Gu Langxi calmly faced Hua Rujin and sneered: "Saying one's life for one's husband is a tradition that has existed since the founding of our dynasty. Marrying from one's father to one's husband at home is a virtue and etiquette that has been passed down for thousands of years. Third Young Madam
Since I married into the Dou family and had no heirs, I should obey my husband's orders and die for him, it is only natural and right."
"With all due respect, may I ask, Mr. Gu, how long will your Majesty live?"
Hua Rujin Liu frowned slightly and asked unhurriedly.
Gu Langxi hesitated for a moment: "My father has died many years ago, leaving only my mother as a widow. She is now in her sixties."
"Since Mr. Gu is so well-educated and well-versed in the etiquette of our dynasty, to put it bluntly, Mr. Gu doesn't persuade your father-in-law to die in honor of your father to bring a good name to the family. Why do you want to embarrass me, who has just passed away?
A weak young woman?"
"you......"
Gu Langxi was so angry that he clenched his fists secretly, and belatedly realized that he had tricked this woman.
Hua Rujin frowned and sighed: "The third son of the Dou family and I have no relationship as husband and wife, and even the status of husband and wife was forcibly taken away. Let's just say that I am honest and do my duty and do not dare to fight against the government. I can only
I accept everything, but the Dou family treats the chaste woman appointed by the government like this. I would like to ask Mr. Gu, if it were you, would you rather be unjustly killed in ignorance? Don't honest people who keep their duties deserve to live?"
Hu Nanxi and Dou Yuancheng listened with their faces burning up.
It's just a matter of being named.
Cai Baiwei was so excited by her daughter's words that she didn't care about Hua Junnian's obstruction or her mother-in-law's eyes. She went straight forward and knelt down in front of the officials, pleading with all her strength:
"I would also like to ask you all to make decisions for my little daughter. Back then, the third son of the Dou family died of an illness for no reason. The Dou family insisted that the daughter killed the third son and left the daughter to be a husband. The slave family accepted it, but the second son of his family had the same character as you today.
Now that I have seen it, my daughter is not unfaithful."
"this......"
Classical historian Lu Xiuyuan looked embarrassed.
Three years ago, when he first came to Jiangling City, he heard about the Dou family's affairs. It was indeed strange for a well-behaved person to suddenly die suddenly.
However, the autopsy results showed nothing unusual. There were no traces of homicide or evidence of poisoning. Since there were really no clues, we could only conclude that he died of a sudden illness.
Now that the Shu family has come out to intervene in this matter, Erlang of the Dou family has indeed lost his moral character. In addition, the new county magistrate Ye Chengguan is not easy to deal with. He is not easy to favor anyone. His eyes wander to Shu Jinxuan and Gu Langxi, cautiously
He opened his mouth and said:
"The second son of the Dou family has really committed a serious crime this time. There is such a bad villain in the family. He has really wronged Miss Hua family. I don't think it is worse than this. Since Mr. Dou is an upright and strict person, I will take the second son of the Dou family back to the county government for official business." It's a public matter, as for Miss Hua's family, now that the family tradition has been corrected, she can safely continue to go back to Dou's family to keep her husband's integrity."
Without waiting for anyone to react, Hu Nanxi nodded and took over: "That's fine."
She only cares about money, and the life and death of her granddaughter is no longer important.
The current result not only punished Dou Yuancheng, but also preserved the reputation of the Hua family. It was a double kill.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Gu Langxi looked over with stern eyes and refused almost word for word: "No, you can't."
Then he took a few pages of rolled paper from someone else and respectfully handed it to Lu Xiuyuan's hand as a signal:
"Here are the marriage contracts between the two families, the suicide note of the third son of the Dou family, and several handwritings during his lifetime. I also asked Mr. Dianshi to take a look at it. Now it is not that Mr. Dou is unwilling to give in, but it is about the last wish of the deceased. If the person is not buried, it will be difficult.
Let the deceased rest in peace."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Dazzled Jin specially: "Mr. Dou is not a rude person. The second young master disrespected the young lady and he brought him to justice selflessly. The young lady should abide by the law and strictly abide by the wishes of her deceased husband.
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"How to prove that this suicide note was written by the third son of the Dou family?"
Seeing Lu Xiuyuan meticulously inspecting several handwritings, Hua Rujin had an idea and shook her head disdainfully: "This kind of fakery to confuse the real thing is not uncommon for Mr. Gu who has been walking in the Yamen for many years, right?"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused doubts from the lawyers:
"Yes, what Miss Hua family said is very reasonable. If it was really the third son's death, why didn't Mr. Dou choose to make it public three years ago? This would have warmed the hearts of the Hua family and gained some fame. But he
Why did you take it out at this juncture? Could it be that you have some ulterior motive?"
"I have no shortage of talented people in Jiangling City who can imitate human handwriting and achieve real results. I heard that Mr. Gu is very good at copying other people's handwriting. Could it be that Mr. Gu deliberately compiled this suicide note for others in order to please Mr. Dou?"
"That's complete nonsense."
Listening to the doubts around him, Gu Langxi became angry and quickly explained: "The suicide note was naturally written by the Third Young Master himself. The reason why Mr. Dou did not choose to make it public at that time was just to prevent the Young Madam and the Hua family from worrying."
"Then it makes even less sense."
Hua Rujin saw that he was beginning to look flustered, and she strengthened her thoughts:
There must be something fishy behind this matter.
"When I got married to the Third Young Master, he didn't go to my house to have a good marriage, but he secretly hid and wrote a suicide note. What's the point of this? I would like to ask you, when did you think of leaving a suicide note?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone rushed to answer: "Of course it was when I learned that I was not going to die soon."
"But the third son of the Dou family was only sixteen or seventeen years old when he married me. He was still young and in high spirits. Why would he want to write a suicide note?"
With flowers like brocade and eyes as pale as frost, she looked at Gu Langxi quietly: "Unless he already knew that he was not going to die soon."
Faced with everyone's doubts, Gu Langxi's expression changed slightly, but in an instant he returned to normal, maintaining his calm demeanor in the face of danger.
Lu Xiuyuan had already noticed some suspicions that he had not had before from Hua Rujin's words, and he slowly handed the suicide note and a few pieces of handwriting to her hand after thinking about it.
Hua Rujin took the suicide note and looked at it carefully, comparing it with other handwriting and explaining: "The handwriting on the paper is indeed quite old, and there are no traces of tampering. It doesn't look like it was added recently."
After reading it several times, she immediately discovered something fishy: "But one thing is that the third young master suddenly died of a sudden illness. The writing of this suicide note was vigorous and powerful, and there was a majestic momentum everywhere. It was not like the words of a dying person."
If Mr. Gu insists on agreeing that this suicide note was written by my late husband, then there is only one possibility, that is, he already knew that he would die soon, so this would be a fraudulent marriage."
Although it was still just a suspicion, the careful inference logic once again caused a sensation among the crowd:
"Marriage fraud is a serious crime."
"Miss Huajia, even though you are eloquent, your family did accept money from Mr. Dou back then."
Gu Langxi pretended to be calm and took back the marriage certificate from Lu Xiuyuan and held it up in his hand: "It is evidenced by the marriage contract between the two families."
He seemed calm, but his heart gradually became chaotic.
Having been in the litigation profession for many years, this is the first time I have seen such an eloquent person, and she is still a little-known woman.
Fortunately, she only had some suspicions and could not provide any real evidence to challenge her in court.