Chapter 36: Qin and Song go to court

Most of the maids and servants in the mansion were watching the fun quietly.

The officers and soldiers were relatively polite and didn't start a big fight. Qin's face darkened: "I am assisting the officers in their investigation. If anyone spreads rumors, I will beat them severely and sell them out!"

As soon as I reached the gate, I saw Song's figure.

This was the first time Song had left the house since she became seriously ill. Qin was furious and shouted angrily, "Song Wanyun, was this you who did this?"

Wu Lu and Mrs. Yang stood in front of Song. Wu Lu rolled up his sleeves and said, "Some people eat shit and don't rinse their mouths. Their breath is so bad. Their mouths stink!!!"

Mrs. Zhang: "I'll tear your mouth off, you stinky girl."

Song Wanyun looked at Qin with a calm gaze: "Everything is settled today."

Qin had a bad feeling in her heart.

Behind the rockery, Doctor Zhou watched Qin being taken away and thought something was wrong. He was about to go home to pack his bags and run away, but as soon as he entered the door, he was hit by a stick and fell to the ground unconscious.

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In the government, Jingzhao Yin You was in a bit of a dilemma.

This Qin was the wife of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Lord You also knew what was in the man's mind. If the situation was not serious, he could still give his colleague some face, but Boss Yu was the head manager of Yu's Money House in Beijing. Yu's Money House was spread across Daliang and Xixia, and he was not someone to be trifled with.

Shopkeeper Li knelt on the side with blood all over his head, and Boss Yu raised his head with a look of grievance.

The current shopkeeper of the silk shop is surnamed Xia. He was beaten so badly by Shopkeeper Li and Boss Yu that he was breathing more than breathing and was lying on the side half dead.

Shopkeeper Yu said indignantly, "That woman was dressed so nicely, saying she was working for the lady of the mansion, but who knew she was actually trying to steal our bank's money! If I can't get the money back, you'd be willing to kill me!"

Manager Li was also furious: "My wife bought that shop. It was her dowry. She has never borrowed money from us. You are simply being unreasonable."

Shopkeeper Yu continued to cry, "Master, please help me! I don't care if it's Madam Song or Madam Qin who borrowed the money. I'll just follow the written agreement. If you can't pay it back, I'll pay it back with the things in the shop!"

Lord You was annoyed by the noise: "Silence."

At this moment, Qin and Song arrived at the same time. After a while, Ishida took a temporary leave and also arrived at the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

At the gate of the government office, Ishida first glanced at Qin, then glared at Song coldly: "Song Wanyun, just to get a divorce from me, you are going to frame Xiulian for something like this!?"

Seeing Ishida arrive, Qin's uneasiness was slightly relieved.

Song's eyes were cold and sarcastic: "If you have done nothing wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. I told you that if you agree to divorce, everything will be fine, Ishida, I gave you a chance."

Ishida shouted angrily: "Don't even think about divorce!"

Song's voice was mocking and meaningful, "It's not up to you to decide whether to divorce or not."

Ishida did not take Song's words to heart. As an official appointed by the court, it was inconvenient for him to attend such an occasion, so he was invited to the courtyard behind the court.

After a few people went in, Jiang Yunzheng arrived at the Jingzhao Yin Mansion. She brought Hongyu, Doctor Zhou, Doctor Zhou's son, and two drug store owners with her.

As soon as Qin arrived in court, she began to cry. Who wouldn't feel pity for such a frail and pregnant woman wiping away tears?

She pushed out Mrs. Zhang who was behind her. Mrs. Zhang happened to see her husband lying on the ground, severely injured, and she felt angry and furious.

Qin said, "Sir, I didn't know this wicked servant had the audacity to borrow money in the name of the mansion. He is so bold that he took advantage of the generosity of the master and dared to embezzle the property. He has been brought here and is at your disposal."

Song Wanyun said calmly, "Is Madam Qin planning to push someone out for a scapegoat?"

Jingzhao Yin's face was stern, and he slammed the gavel: "Mrs. Zhang, are you being instructed by someone?"

Mrs. Zhang stared at the ground, not daring to raise her head. She said in a trembling voice, "It was all because of me, the servant, who was blinded by money, acted on my own initiative."

If Mrs. Zhang said that Qin was the mastermind behind the incident, then it was Qin who seized Song's dowry.

Dowry is all the property a wife has before marriage. Neither the husband nor anyone in the husband's family is allowed to oppress or seize a woman's dowry, not to mention that Qin was just a concubine promoted by Ishida to a co-wife.

Lord You then asked Shopkeeper Yu, "Tell us everything that happened that day."

Song Wanyun: "No matter what, no matter who it is, I will guarantee that I will return the one thousand taels of silver to the shopkeeper in the end."

Shopkeeper Yu then spoke, "That day, when this woman came, she simply said that the silk shop wasn't doing well and that she was going to sell it for the money to start another business. So I signed a contract with the couple. On the tenth day of the lunar month, I'd deliver the shop's title deed and land deeds, and once the payment was made, I'd give them the remaining two thousand taels."

"Today is the tenth day of the lunar month, and I haven't seen the land deeds or house deeds. I had no choice but to bring people to the shop today."

Hearing this, Jiang Yunzheng was shocked and said, "I remember that Madam Qin seemed to have taken Mrs. Zhang to my mother's yard a few days ago, and they seemed to have had a quarrel."

Jingzhao Yin looked at Song Wanyun.

Song Wanyun nodded, glanced at Qin, and said, "That day, Qin did come to me to get the shop's title deed and land deeds, but she said they needed to be re-stamped by the government. I was unwell that day, and Yun Zheng had a near-death experience, so I didn't have the energy to deal with other matters, so I didn't give the things away."

Mrs. Yang also nodded quickly and glared at Qin: "That's right."

Lord You slammed the gavel heavily: "Qin, were you the one who ordered Mrs. Zhang to do this?"

Jiang Yunzheng added calmly, "I remember the shop's property deeds were re-stamped two years ago. I wonder where Madam Qin got this information?"

Qin's face turned pale for a moment, and she said in panic, "Sir, they are talking nonsense. They must be in collusion."

Shopkeeper Li sneered, "You guys are really turning the tables! First you poisoned me to force me to leave, then you planted your own people in my wife's shop, and now you shamelessly want to sell it off. After all, she's the wife of a third-rank official. How shameless!"

Lord You narrowed his eyes and said, "Poison?"

Jiang Yunzheng curled her lips and said, "Sir, I have brought the murderer here."

Wu Lu pushed the dusty Doctor Zhou into the courtroom and said, "Your Excellency, I know I was wrong. I followed Madam Qin's instructions and knew nothing about anything!"

Qin was so angry that she wanted to tear Doctor Zhou's mouth apart. This idiot actually betrayed her like this!

Seeing this, Jingzhao Yin also had an idea in his mind, but he still had to ask: "Did you follow Qin's instructions to poison Manager Li?"

Doctor Zhou knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to speak anymore.

Jiang Yunzheng continued, "Sir, I have witnesses."

A very thin young man walked into the court.

The young man pointed at Mrs. Zhang with an expressionless face: "I saw her come to see my father. She gave my father some silver and said that the lady couldn't wait any longer and asked my father to poison Manager Li immediately."

Shopkeeper Li burst into tears and cried out, "You are disregarding human life under the feet of the emperor. Fortunately, God has eyes and a doctor diagnosed the poison in my body. It turns out that you have bad intentions. I was also stupid to believe that Madam Qin would find a doctor to treat me. God, please help me."

Doctor Zhou fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.

I couldn't even utter a word to refute.

In this way, it can be basically determined that Qin had appropriated Song Wanyun's dowry.