The dozen or so people watching outside the hall were also extremely surprised - such a huge bustle, in the past, if you wanted to grab a good seat, you would have to squeeze your head out, but now it only attracted more than ten people, which shows that the people in the capital are very popular.
of uneasiness.
"...Could it be that the Xia family really did it?"
"Isn't this a waste of human life?"
"This family really deserves to go to the 18th level of hell!"
“It’s because of the presence of officials like this that our Daqing is rotten to the core!”
Now that the Xia family is about to fall, and everything is turbulent again, the common people no longer have the same scruples as before when they talk and scold the powerful.
In other words, scolding the powerful has become an outlet to vent one's emotions - although the truth is not yet conclusive, let's scold them first and then talk about it.
Ji Dong glanced at the angry and hateful people, and sighed in his heart. This was the most violent period he had ever led.
The people who usually gather around to watch the fun are scolding each other, but this is not the atmosphere at all - and if you pay close attention, it is not difficult to find that these people in front of you are not even eating melon seeds when watching the fun! This has obviously lost the original intention of watching the fun!
As we all know, the excitement without eating melon seeds seems to be soulless.
Although the details are small, they can still gain a glimpse into people's hearts.
The Xia family deserves to be scolded, but now the common people are so violent and even look agitated and ferocious, which is not a good thing... It is precisely because of this kind of brutality that evil things happen frequently in the city.
The growth of hostility comes from long-standing anger and fear.
Therefore, this is not the fault of the people, but the fault of those in power.
As the scolding continued, Ji Dong clapped the gavel and sternly motioned to Mrs. Lu to elaborate.
"... After my little girl's accident happened, I suspected that there was something fishy involved, so I have been secretly investigating the matter. Fortunately, the emperor is not disappointed with his hard work, or God cannot bear to let my poor child die in an unknown way.
A few days ago, I finally found Mrs. Wen who delivered Yao'er's baby!"
"The man was found in the countryside... After receiving the money, Mrs. Wen felt guilty and hid back to her hometown in Jingxian County early... After being questioned by my master personally, out of a guilty conscience, she told the truth!"
"It turns out that the little girl gave birth smoothly that night, but when she was weak after giving birth to the child, her cruel mother-in-law, Mrs. Xue of the Xia family, ordered two mothers-in-law to hang her in the delivery room!"
The woman was extremely grieved: "My poor Yao'er... I don't know how scared I must have been before she died! I shouldn't have agreed to this marriage in the first place!"
There is not a day that goes by that she doesn’t regret it now!
Listening to this, Ji Dong couldn't help but think about it.
Since the Lu family had long suspected that there was a hidden reason for their daughter's death, if they wanted to seek justice for their daughter, why did they only come forward today? How could the midwife be found at this time by such a coincidence?
But these two questions are just subconscious thoughts of the person handling the case. If you think about it carefully, you will understand.
No one is alone in this world, so there is no such thing as risking one's life.
Previously, the Xia family was very powerful, and incidents involving the children in the family failed to shake Xia's chief minister's position in the court. It was not incomprehensible that the Lu family was deterred by this.
Even if the Lu family had previously thought of using marriage to gain access to the Xia family, it would be impossible for their daughter to be willingly given away to be killed at will, given that their daughter had worked so hard to raise her.
A brave person is admirable, but a cowardly person should not be harshly criticized. The ones who really deserve to be spurned should not be those who dare not open their mouths to ask for justice because they are afraid of power, but the evildoers.
The sufferer wants justice, and with him, it doesn't matter whether it's morning or evening.
As long as it is the truth, he has the responsibility to investigate thoroughly. As for the Lu family's weighing of pros and cons, or even whether they have secretly reached any consensus with people who are enemies of the Xia family, these are not his responsibility.
To pursue his own affairs in his position, he only needs to handle cases according to the rules.
Therefore, Ji Dong did not say much else. He only asked the woman who was crying in embarrassment in the hall: "Since it was hanged, there must be evidence on the neck bones of the body. Are you willing to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy to prove that?"
Are the midwife’s words true or false?”
"Yes! I am willing! As long as the cause of my little girl's death can be found out!" The woman's eyes suddenly became firm, and she kowtowed: "Please seek justice for my little girl!"
Ji Dong nodded and immediately gave the order.
Accompanied by the Lu family, the servants in the Xia family's ancestral tomb did not dare to really stop him.
Shovelfuls of loess were thrown up, and the buried coffin gradually revealed its original outline.
After the coffin was opened, the man put three sticks of yellow incense into the incense burner and then stepped forward to inspect it.
When it was getting dark, Wu Zuo and his party returned to the Yamen and brought back certain news - Lu, the second young lady of the Xia family, had indeed died of hanging.
Ji Dong slightly raised his fingers under his official robe.
Hanged to death...
With such an easy way to leave clues, should he say that the murderer was too stupid and careless?
No--
This is not stupidity.
This is arrogance!
He was so arrogant that he thought there was no need to cover up, and concluded that no one would dare to ask about this matter.
The only ones who can avenge the Lu family are the Lu family. Before this, did the Lu family dare to say even a word?
Even after their daughter died, they probably never had the chance to see the state of death with their own eyes.
In the hall, Mrs. Lu's wife heard the results brought back by Wu Zuo, and she was so sad that she passed out.
Ji Dong ordered people to help him take him away to rest, and also asked for a doctor.
Next, it’s time to summon Mrs. Xue of the Xia family——
Looking at the back of the official who was ordered to leave, Ji Dong sighed in his heart.
Everyone in the Xia family is quite capable of doing evil.
If it were left to a peaceful year, I am afraid that this family alone could be responsible for his performance in serious cases for a whole year - this family is probably not an evil ghost crawling out of the underworld, right?
…
The gloomy night pressed against the lingering twilight, and the sky and earth were filled with chaos.
The light has just been turned on in the outer study room of Xia Mansion.
Xia Tingzhen sat behind the desk, her face tensed, and she slowly closed her eyes.
Ever since the Lu family went to the Yamen, the news had already reached his ears.
But he couldn't do anything to obstruct it, let alone stop the officials from opening the coffin and conducting an autopsy. If he dared to stop him, it would be as simple as not asking for trouble——
In the past few years, he has been unstoppable in the court, but it is not that no one dares to stop him, but that he has eliminated all those who stood in front of him one by one.
Therefore, even apart from Duke Zhen and Ji Xiu, there are many people who are looking forward to his death. These people are like water ghosts, not daring to show up when the sun is shining, just waiting for him to die once he shows signs of decline.
Then they all stretched out their hands to drag him into the water!
Things in the Lu family are not that simple.
There were countless pairs of eyes staring at him behind this, waiting for him to do something, and then use it as fuel to burn the fire even more.
He couldn't have thrown himself into a trap——
But he didn't expect that Mr. Xue was so stupid, no - so crazy, that he actually hanged people to death!
"Sir, I'm afraid the official dispatch from Beijing will be arriving soon..." the butler who came to deliver the message reminded in a low voice.
Xia Tingzhen opened her eyes.
At this time, a servant walked in quickly: "Master, the master is here with his wife..."
