Chapter 149 Yu Jianren is captured, and Yu Ninggui is slapped in the face without anyone noticing.
Yu Mansion.
Li Li was kicked by Yu Jianren and almost vomited blood. The sharp pain in her chest made her unable to speak.
Yu Jianren grabbed her by the collar and slapped her repeatedly across the face: "You wretch, how dare you offend the Fourth Young Master! I, the steward, will beat you to death!"
Yu Ninggui was also dissatisfied with the maid who suddenly rushed out, but seeing the maid's figure like a broken willow catkin in Yu Jianren's hands, he couldn't bear it after all, and frowned and said: "Alright, if you hit her again, you'll kill her."
Yu Jianren had no choice but to let go.
But in a corner where Yu Ninggui couldn't see, his eyes were sinister and full of warning.
Yu Ninggui didn't see any of this. He looked at the maid and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Yu Jianren gave Li Li a warning glare.
Under that icy gaze, as cold as a snake, Li Li shivered, but still gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice, "Reporting to Fourth Young Master, this servant wants to sue the steward for abusing his position to assault this servant!"
Yu Ninggui was taken aback, and looked at Yu Jianren with suspicion in his eyes.
Yu Jianren looked shocked and incredulous. After a moment, he said with a wronged expression, "Fourth Young Master, this servant didn't! This servant would never dare!"
He then looked at Li Li and said, "Li Li, you held a grudge against me after your attempt to bribe me failed, and you actually fabricated such a lie to frame me?! Truly, the heart of a woman is the most poisonous!"
"What happened?"
Yu Ninggui noticed the problem.
Yu Jianren casually made up a story: "Fourth Young Master, you may not know this, but this girl works in the kitchen. The work in the kitchen is very hard, and she doesn't want to stay there anymore. She wants to ask me to change her position. But the rules in our mansion were set by the Madam herself. There are rules about which position should be filled by which person. I felt that it was against the rules, so I refused her."
"This girl, unwilling to give up, tried to bribe the servant, but how could the servant accept such unscrupulous money? So he refused her again and severely reprimanded her, telling her to focus her mind on the right path and not to always think about taking shortcuts."
Then he smiled bitterly: "Who knew that this girl not only didn't listen, but also falsely accused the servant."
He pleaded innocently, "Fourth Young Master, you know my character. How could I possibly have the guts to do such a thing?"
Yu Ninggui readily believed Yu Jianren. He coldly looked at Li Li and said, "You wretched servant, how dare you do such a rebellious thing for your own selfish desires? My Yu family will not tolerate you."
He then looked at Yu Jianren and said, "Sell her hair."
"No! No!" Li Li never expected that her complaint would result in this outcome. She desperately cried out for justice: "Fourth Young Master, I did not frame him! What I said is all true! I have evidence!"
However, Yu Ninggui no longer wanted to listen to her and turned to leave.
Behind Yu Ninggui's back, Yu Jianren revealed a vicious smile and whispered in Li Li's ear, "You slut, since you won't listen to reason, then go to the lowest brothel and serve those filthy men!"
Li Li shuddered.
The thought of that scene filled her with despair.
Just as Li Li was aiming at the artificial hill not far away, intending to smash her head against it to die, a group of people dressed in police uniforms suddenly appeared outside the open courtyard gate. The leader glanced at Yu Jianren and asked, "You must be Yu Jianren?"
At that time, Yu Ninggui had not gone far, and upon not hearing any noise, he returned.
Upon seeing the constables, he became wary: "What are you doing? Wasn't the truth about what happened last time already revealed?"
Chief Constable Song cupped his hands in greeting: "Fourth Young Master, you misunderstand. We are not here for the embezzlement matter from last time, but for a long-standing case."
He recounted how the Yu family had forcibly abducted a woman in Linzhang County several years ago, causing her family to be ruined and killed.
Yu Ninggui's first reaction was: "Impossible! If you dare to spout nonsense again, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Chief Constable Song's face darkened.
The Yu family was indeed of extraordinary status before, and he couldn't afford to offend them.
But now they are just a bunch of commoners, how dare they challenge him?
"This was said by the magistrate of Linzhang County himself after the Dali Temple sent this old case back for retrial. It's definitely not something we made up." He then said coldly, "Please ask the eldest young master to come out, Fourth Young Master."
Yu Ninggui stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "You mean, the one who did that back then was my older brother? Absolutely impossible!"
Officer Song was too lazy to waste words with him and directly took out the investigation order: "If the Fourth Young Master continues to make excuses and obstruct, don't blame us for being impolite."
He directly rejected Yu Ninggui's words.
Yu Ninggui felt a pang of panic when he saw the investigation order.
He knew perfectly well that once the other party presented the investigation warrant, if he refused again, they could arrest him on charges of obstructing the investigation.
So they had no choice but to send someone to invite Yu Mengqin.
Yu Mengqin happened to be in the mansion as well.
Before long, Yu Mengqin arrived at the door.
He had already heard the whole story on his way here, and he just found it absurd.
Upon hearing what Officer Song and the others said, his already serious face became even more devoid of a smile: "Officer Song, what do you think of my appearance?"
Constable Song was taken aback. He looked at Yu Mengqin's face carefully for a while and said, "Young Master is handsome and has an outstanding appearance."
Yu Mengqin then asked, "So, how do you think my power was back then?"
A few years ago, Minister Yu was at the height of his power.
"Naturally, his power is immense, and no one can stop him."
Yu Mengqin nodded: "This young master has looks, power, and money. What kind of woman can't I have? Why force a peasant girl? Besides, even if this young master has really lost his mind and can't live without that peasant girl, why wouldn't I handle it properly?"
That makes sense.
Chief Constable Song agreed wholeheartedly, and then said, "Young Master, you've misunderstood. We're not here to arrest you, but to see Yu Jianren, who followed you to Linzhang County years ago. He's the one who impersonated the young master and forcibly took the girl."
"We invited the young master here simply to inform you. After all, he followed you to Linzhang County back then, and he also stayed in the magistrate's mansion with you."
Everyone: "..."
Yu Ninggui: "?"
He stared at Yu Jianren in astonishment.
At this point, Yu Jianren could only deny it outright and cry foul.
However, the evidence is conclusive.
Not to mention that Yu Mengqin is no longer the eldest son of the Minister's Mansion, even if he were, he would not hold any official position and would not have the authority to order the Dali Temple to release people.
Most importantly, seeing the evidence that Chief Constable Song had thrown in his face, he didn't want to protect Yu Jianren.
because……
When Yu Jianren kidnapped women in Linzhang County, he used the name of Yu the eldest son!
At this moment, Yu Mengqin was furious.
Yu Ninggui felt a burning pain on his face, as if he had been slapped hard by an invisible hand.
He almost became an accomplice in harboring a rapist!
If the matter is not revealed today, but only after he has passed the imperial examination, his reputation will plummet, and he may even lose all his years of hard work!
Thinking of this, he kicked him angrily: "You scoundrel, how dare you!"
However, he made no mention of the fact that when he was blindly believing others, Li Li clearly stated that she had evidence, which he never even considered.
When Yu Jianren was handcuffed and taken to Dali Temple for trial, Yu Zhiyi sat with Li Feng in a partitioned room on the second floor of Zuixianju.
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