Chapter 237: Lively (Two Chapters in One)

Lord Zheng's voice continued. No wonder Li Shaoqing asked Lord Zheng to read the petition. Lord Zheng spoke clearly with ups and downs, and the onlookers could hear it clearly.

"Oh my god, I've seen families wiped out, but I've never seen one as ruthlessly as the Lin family. Not only did they steal the family property, but they also forced Madam Luo to bear children for the Lin family at such a young age."

"It would be fine if they just gave birth to children, but they gave them a proper status. But they not only didn't give them a proper status, but in order to marry a noblewoman, they even sent them to a farm, separating them from their own flesh and blood."

"If you ask me, the government should investigate this thoroughly. I suspect that Mrs. Luo, who died of madness, was also murdered. Otherwise, how could such a normal person go mad? Knowing that she was crazy, why did they let her run into the street? And what about that frightened horse? How could it be such a coincidence that she ran into a crazy horse as soon as she got to the street? This is all a conspiracy. We must investigate it, we must investigate!"

"Yes, yes. And that Miss Luo, her innocence was ruined by Lin Sen before she gave birth to the child. There was no matchmaker, no engagement, and no marriage certificate. So what's the difference between Lin Sen and a flower thief?"

"Yes, we can't let the Luo family off lightly just because they are relatives. Even though Lin Sen voluntarily surrendered himself to the police, we can't let him off lightly either."

However, in the area where officials gathered, the situation was exactly the opposite of what the people said.

"Mr. Lin must have been kept in the dark. He has read the books of sages and is naturally upright and honest. He would definitely not do such a shameful thing."

"Yes, and then there are the mother and daughter of the Luo family. There are no male descendants in the family. It is true that the Luo family has no close relatives, but even if there are no close relatives, there are still distant relatives. As long as the Luo family still has members of the same surname and clan, the Luo family property should not fall into the hands of outsiders. But this woman of the Luo family neither handed over the family property to the Luo family nor adopted a son among the distant relatives to continue the family line. Instead, she took a huge fortune and went to her sister's family. In the final analysis, she just wanted to embezzle the Luo family's property. Such a person is not worthy of pity!"

No one noticed that among the officials was a grandfather and grandson. The young grandson was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a royal blue round-necked scholar's robe. Although he was dressed like a scholar, he couldn't hide his innocence. "Sir, may I ask your name? Where are you from? Which government office do you serve in?"

The official who was talking excitedly was startled, realizing that he was being asked. Seeing that the old man was white, plump, and wealthy, and the young boy was well-mannered, he guessed which official's family member they were. He puffed out his chest and said in a loud voice: "I am Ma Wenhai, a native of Hezhou, and a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue."

The young man nodded. "So you're from Hezhou. I'll send someone to Hezhou right away to tell the Ma clan to protect their sons and not let them get killed. Those without sons should hurry up and have sons. Those who want to marry their daughters should stop. That distant relative, Ma Wenhai, is going to come back with a thicker skin than a city wall to eat up the family property. Not only in Hezhou, but everyone with the surname Ma in the world should be careful. After all, Lord Ma said that anyone with the same surname and clan can eat up the family property openly. He's an official, and if he gets his eyes on us, we can't afford to offend him. We can only surrender with both hands."

Ma Wenhai was stunned. He pointed at the young man and said angrily: "You, you, you..."

Before he could finish, someone in the crowd burst out laughing, and the others couldn't help but laugh along. This Doctor Ma Wenhai was well-known in the yamen for his high status despite his small position, and for his love of preaching. Most importantly, he was also very stingy. Whenever someone in the yamen invited him to dinner, he would go, but he never returned the invitation, not even for a bowl of plain noodles.

Now seeing him being ridiculed in public, his colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue were originally embarrassed to laugh at him in public, but now that someone started laughing, they simply lowered their heads and laughed secretly.

He didn't look up and laugh for the sake of the Ministry of Revenue's dignity.

Ma Wenhai's face turned red and white. Seeing that everyone was laughing at him, he wanted to scold the boy, but now he couldn't open his mouth. With a red face, he squeezed out of the crowd and went to find a place to heal his wounds.

Seeing him leave, the boy rolled his eyes and said, "Let's check him out later. He might be the same person as Lin Sen."

The young man just said this, but the speaker did not mean it, but the listener took it seriously. Someone in the Ministry of Revenue took note of this matter. After returning, they really sent someone to Hezhou to investigate. They did not find out that Ma Wenhai had wiped out the whole family, but they unexpectedly found out that when Ma Wenhai was still a scholar, he had an affair with a widow in the clan and was caught in the affair. Because he was the only scholar in the clan, the clan leader suppressed the matter and drowned the widow in a pond, but he was unharmed. Later, he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. The Ma clan members were proud, so they kept silent about it and never mentioned it again.

So when the next evaluation came, this old story was brought out. Ma Wenhai was morally deficient and was benched, with no hope of promotion in his life.

Of course, at this moment, the young boy dressed as a scholar and her fat grandfather did not know that what they said today would directly ruin Ma's future.

Meanwhile, at the gates of the Dali Temple, Lin Sen finally stirred. Lord Zheng had finished reading the petition. Li Shaoqing nodded and pointed to the pile of rotting flesh on the ground. "I accept this petition. I will first imprison this man and determine his identity before making a final decision."

What?

Isn’t this person Lin Sen himself?

Li Shaoqing: Lin Sen is a Jinshi (Jinshi) and a future imperial consort. If I say he is Lin Sen, how can I put him in jail? If not, how can I make him suffer?

The bailiffs of the Dali Temple lifted up the bloody body of Lin Sen and walked away, following Li Shaoqing and Lord Zheng.

The officials and people who were watching were reluctant to leave. Such explosive news had to be shared.

"Does anyone of you know Lin Sen? And does the Lin family have any relatives in the capital?"

Just as the words fell, a fat lady slapped her thigh and said, "Oh my, I remember now. My daughter's mother-in-law's sister's sister's sister-in-law's cousin has a courtyard in Gaosheng Hutong. There lives a Jinshi Gong, who is also the future son-in-law of the emperor. It's probably this little beast named Lin..."

After all, he was the future prince consort, so the fat aunt swallowed the last word.

A young man followed suit, saying, "Yes, that's him. He lives in Gaosheng Hutong. I work at a real estate agency. He came to our agency a few days ago and wanted to buy the house on Fulan Street."

"Tsk tsk tsk, the house on Fulan Street is so expensive! It's true that they don't feel bad about spending other people's money. They are going to use the Luo family's money to buy a house for themselves. This family is really shameless."

After some discussion, many people went to Gaosheng Hutong.

Everyone in Beijing knows Gaosheng Hutong, but except for scholars, ordinary people don't go there.

But today is different. Such a big thing has happened, and the neighbors in Gaosheng Hutong must know about it. What if there is a kind, simple and rich person who is cheated by the Lin family?

Some people just want to watch the fun and don't mind the trouble. They have nothing to do, so they go over to take a look.

The grandparents and grandchildren were also in the crowd, they were there to watch the fun.

Grandson: "Grandpa, Beijing is really great. There are exciting things to see every day. I love Beijing."

Grandpa: Didn’t you create all the excitement today?

A group of people went to Gaosheng Hutong, and the crowd watching the excitement in front of the Dali Temple finally dispersed.

At the intersection of Liubu Street, Princess Huixin sat in an ordinary-looking carriage with a look of astonishment on her face.

What went wrong? Why was the person beating the drum not Luo Liqiong but Lin Sen?

Although Lin Sen's evil deeds were exposed in public, it was also a good thing for her.

But what about Luo Liqiong?

Luo Liqiong had just arrived in the capital and was foolish. If she fell into the hands of others and told them that she had ordered her to beat the drum to report the incident, then she...

Gaosheng Hutong is near the Imperial Examination Hall, and it only takes two cups of tea to walk from here to the Imperial Examination Hall.

They soon arrived at Gaosheng Hutong. Just as they were wondering which house Lin Sen lived in, they heard someone in the crowd say, "That's the door. It's the fifth house from the east."

There are no big houses in Gaosheng Hutong. All the houses have their own entrance and courtyard. Because the rent is high, most of the courtyards here are shared by several people. There are very few people like Lin Sen who rent alone.

Without even looking to see who was speaking, the crowd rushed to the fifth house from the east.

When he arrived at the door, he found it open and a servant was standing at the door looking around.

"Who are you looking for?" The servant was startled when he suddenly saw so many people coming.

"Does Lin Sen live here?" someone asked.

The servant nodded and said, "My master is not here, what do you want?"

These days, people come here to give gifts almost every day, but these people come empty-handed, which makes the servant feel a little strange.

"Of course your son is not here. He's in jail, and he's probably going to be beheaded."

As they talked, they looked into the yard and said, "Look, there are so many things in this yard! Tsk tsk, did you see those bright red lacquered items? They don't look cheap at all. They must have been bought with the Luo family's money. This Lin family is really shameless!"

"It's more than just the objects. Do you know how much silver a yard like this one in Gaosheng Hutong costs per month?"

"How many?"

"Fifteen taels. This yard costs fifteen taels a month."

"Oh my goodness, fifteen taels a month for this yard? How much is that a year? You really don't feel bad about spending other people's money! This Lin family is rotten to the core, a bunch of bad guys!"

"Who are you calling a bad guy?"

A group of people came out of the house and heard these words. The middle-aged woman in the lead immediately responded loudly.

This woman was Lin's mother. They had arrived last night, but the city gate was closed, so they had to stay in an inn outside the city. Early this morning, they sent someone into the city to report the news, but after waiting for a long time, Lin Sen did not come to pick them up. In desperation, they had to go to the address written in Lin Sen's letter, but found that only the servant was at home, and Lin Sen was not there.

The two servants said that the young master had gone out early in the morning without taking them with him. He must have gone to the government office to handle the handover.

They didn't dare say that they slept in and woke up late, and found that their master was not at home when they woke up. They didn't expect that they would sleep until noon, and when they woke up, their heads hurt a lot, and it hurt when they touched it, as if they had been hit.

Zhao Shiqing: Yes, I hit him.

The Lin family had a son-in-law, which was even more sensational than Lin Sen's success in passing the imperial examination. Lin's parents were overwhelmed with gifts, and even the local officials came to visit them in person. When they heard that they were coming to the capital, the officials sent a ceremonial procession, and all the uncles, aunts, and cousins ​​of the Lin family were required to come along.

After reducing the number of relatives again and again, Lin's parents still brought more than a dozen relatives to the capital. Now these relatives are all here. When they heard the commotion at the door, they all came out to see what was going on. Then they heard those people calling the Luo family and the Lin family shameless.

These people all have the surname Lin, and they are being scolded as well.

"How dare you! Do you know where this place is? You dare to talk nonsense and slander the Prince Consort. Do you want your entire family to be destroyed?"

When everyone heard this, they laughed and said, "You are so shameless that you even confiscated their property and killed their entire family."

The fat aunt was the first to curse. She spat at the Lin family, "Pah! I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. Don't you know that your son-in-law has sued his parents and is now in jail? Oh my god, they even confiscated our property and exterminated our entire family. You're right, your Lin family can expect to be confiscated and exterminated."

The Lin family relatives looked at each other in confusion, wondering what was going on.

Mother Lin was immediately anxious. Her eldest son had sued his parents? And he was even thrown into jail?

How is that possible!

She rushed to the fat aunt, threatening to spit you out. "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth apart. If you dare to spread rumors about my son, I'll have the government arrest you!"

The fat aunt rolled her eyes: "Oh, so you are the vicious woman who harmed her own sister. How can you be so cheap? You can even kill your own sister for a man. Aren't you afraid that my mother will crawl out of her coffin to settle the score with you?"

Lin's mother was shocked. How could these people even know that she had killed her own sister?

When everyone saw her face change, they knew that their previous speculations were true. The reason why Luo's mother went crazy and died was because of the Lin family.

Zhao Shiqing took great effort to squeeze to the front. No, no, she had to scold him in person to vent her anger.

Fat aunt, please move aside and give me a chance to attack head-on!

The fat lady was about to beat the fallen dog when she saw a little head popping out from behind her. She recognized it; it was the eldest grandson that the fat old man was carrying.

Zhao Shiqing stuffed a bag of melon seeds into the fat aunt's hand and said, "These are Qiaji's fragrant melon seeds. Try them."

This aunt has a chip on her front tooth, and you can tell at first glance that she loves to eat melon seeds.

The fat aunt immediately smiled and gave up the best seat.

This child is really sensible.

As expected of a cruel, vicious and treacherous man, after a while, Lin's mother had recovered from her shock.

No matter where these people heard these things from, she just had to deny them. Her sister had died long ago and there was no evidence. As for that little bitch Luo Liqiong, let alone being locked up in the farm now, even if she wasn't locked up, she wouldn't dare to do it even if she had the guts.

My son is right. There is no evidence to support that matter, so we are not afraid even if the king comes to power.

She smiled coldly and shouted at the two bewildered servants, "What are you still standing here for? Close the door!"

She turned to the Lin family's relatives and said, "Our Asen has been favored by the emperor, and this is being envied. When Asen returns, we will arrest these troublemakers and punish them!"

The relatives looked at each other in amazement. What had they just heard?

Second Aunt Lin said, "Yes, yes, our Asen can even marry a princess, isn't that something people will envy? Sister-in-law, you have such a good temper. If it were me, I wouldn't close the door and would definitely tear these people's mouths apart!"

Aunt Lin: "Even if we don't tear it apart, we should still reason with them. How can we just close the door and let it go? Isn't that giving them a break?"

The two servants were about to close the door, but when they heard what the Lin family's relatives said, they stopped what they were doing.

But at this moment, Zhao Shiqing suddenly took a step and walked in from outside the door.

"Hey, everyone, come in and take a look! Everything in this yard was bought with the Luo family's money!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people behind him followed in. Some people couldn't squeeze in and simply climbed over the wall.

Now, the servants couldn't close the door even if they wanted to.