The case was very simple. After Meng Benchu ​​gave the Zhi family a good beating, they confessed everything.

Meng Benchu ​​was so angry that he cursed.

If it weren't for Grand Secretary Gu's influence, he would have petitioned His Majesty to strip the Earl's family of their title and expel them from the capital.

I've never seen such a despicable family.

"Lord Meng, the people involved are extremely vicious. The Grand Secretary detests such behavior and will absolutely not cover it up. We hope that Lord Meng will punish them severely."

Xie Zhaozhao specifically instructed Lord Meng to remind him not to cover up the murderer because of Gu Shaoyu or the Xie family's reputation.

Upon receiving the order, Lord Meng imprisoned all members of the Zhi family, including Zhi Baiji, his second maternal aunt, and his eldest maternal aunt, and summoned Gu Chengyan, Gu Boyu, the old lady, and Xie Xiangxiang.

When Lord Meng saw the four members of the Gu family, he was furious. He raised his chin and laughed instead of being angry.

"My lord, we meet again."

"Lord Meng, what has happened again?" Gu Boyu thought to himself that he hadn't done anything underhanded like climbing over a widow's wall recently.

Lord Meng quickly recounted the whole story, and then noticed that apart from Gu Chengyan, the other three were all pale-faced.

"Ah, you beast, you beast!" Enraged, Gu Boyu grabbed the divination tube on Lord Meng's desk and smashed it on Gu Chengyan's head, wishing he could kill him on the spot.

The old lady cried so hard she couldn't catch her breath, and asked, "Sir, what will Zhi Baiji and the others say?"

Lord Meng said irritably, "What's the verdict? Zhi Baiji will definitely be executed immediately!"

Xie Xiangxiang's face was ashen, her lips trembling. All the tenderness she had shown in the past few days was just an act. How could he despise her to such an extent?!

Yesterday, when they were about to consummate their marriage, Gu Chengyan was very gentle. When he was undressing and getting into bed, he suddenly said he needed to go to the outhouse. When he came back, he said he didn't like having sex with the lights on and turned off all the lights.

Later, I saw him standing at the bedroom door.

They didn't come in, nor did they say a word.

Xie Xiangxiang grew impatient and rushed towards him, saying, "Husband, what are you doing standing there?"

Unexpectedly, the person ran away in a flash.

During the day, she asked Gu Chengyan why he ran away at night.

Gu Chengyan said shyly that he was nervous and not used to it, and planned to reschedule for the wedding night.

It turned out that the person wasn't him, but his uncle.

Xie Xiangxiang was so angry that her hands trembled. She knelt down before Lord Meng and demanded that Gu Chengyan be severely punished.

The incident was appalling. Zhi Baiji and his mother tried to force their relatives to ruin someone else's reputation, but when that failed, they killed their own relatives. Gu Chengyan favored his concubine over his wife and tried to find someone else to ruin his wife's reputation...

Lord Meng had Gu Boyu beaten with ten strokes of the cane, the old lady was severely reprimanded, and Gu Chengyan was imprisoned.

"Lock Gu Chengyan and the Zhi family together, and let the old lady go see the Zhi family." Lord Meng said angrily, "The Zhi family is vicious, and the people of the Earl's mansion are even more despicable."

How could the old lady dare to see the Zhi family? How could she have the face to see them?

However, Lord Meng insisted on taking her there, and dragged her to the prison to meet the Zhi family members.

The Zhi family members verbally abused the old lady relentlessly, until she became so agitated that her blood rushed to her head and she fainted.

When the Zhi family saw Gu Chengyan being locked up, their anger erupted like a volcano. They ganged up on Gu Chengyan in the cell, with the men hitting him and the women biting him.

Gu Chengyan lost almost all of his protruding parts. He desperately cried for help, but his legs were broken, his head was smashed, his nose was ripped open, and he lost half of his ear.

After the beating was nearly over, the jailer finally arrived and moved the man to the next cell.

The Zhi family couldn't reach the blows anymore, so they cursed day and night.

The case is simple and the trial is not difficult. Zhi Baiji is the murderer who directly killed Zhi Baiju and should be executed. Zhi's second aunt requests an audience with Gu Boyu and the old lady.

The two went to the death row to see Aunt Zhi, who rushed over and pleaded, "Sister, there is a pardon in your household. Please, sister, have a kind heart and save Bai Ji's life. Your brother will be executed in the autumn. Bai Ju is already dead. If Bai Ji dies too, the second branch of the family will be wiped out. Please save your family. At least leave one descendant alive."

After saying that, he kowtowed repeatedly.

The old lady felt sorry for her second brother's family, but the Earl's Mansion only had one pardon, and it hadn't even been warmed up yet, so why was it going to be used on her own family?

"Sister, please have mercy! Our family's current predicament is all thanks to the Earl's Mansion. You have that gold medal, isn't it meant to save your life in a critical moment?"

Gu Boyu said, "Second Aunt, this iron certificate is the Gu family's most precious treasure. To use it, the whole clan must discuss it."

Aunt Zhi continued kowtowing until her brains were almost splattered out.

When Gu Boyu returned to his residence, he also summoned Gu Yongnian to discuss whether to use the imperial edict to rescue his second aunt and her group.

“The Zhi family is not a member of the Gu family, but the imperial edict is the honor of our Gu family,” Gu Yongnian said. “It cannot be easily used on outsiders.”

The old lady said, "They are not outsiders. It was because of Yan'er that this happened."

"No!" Gu Shaoyu said, "The pardon is the Marquis's life-saving charm; it must not be used by outsiders."

Xie Zhaozhao said calmly, "The young men in the manor are a handful. Who knows when someone will commit a crime that could wipe out their entire clan? Once the pardon is used up, there won't be a second one."

Madam Lu said, "It's not that I'm being mean as an aunt, but hasn't the eldest young master made enough mistakes? Who knows if he's sowing the seeds of the clan's destruction?"

Tu dared not utter a single word in rebuttal to Lu, for the seeds of disaster were sown right there in the mulberry garden!

Gu Boyu clenched his fist in anger and said, "Since he is the troublemaker, then kick him out. Open the ancestral hall and expel Gu Chengyan from the clan."

Tu cried and begged, her hands clasped together: "Let him go, he won't dare to do it again, please..."

Gu Boyu said to Xie Xiangxiang, "Madam Xie, if you are willing to divorce, you can take all your dowry back with you, and the Earl's Mansion will not deduct a single penny from you."

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