The rumors in the market were too intense, and the government had to take them seriously. They linked the deceased Wu Da and Su Yanli together, and he was now considered a suspect.
Su Yanli had no choice but to follow the constable to the government office to await interrogation.
Facing the interrogation of Lord Sima, Su Yanli flatly denied that Luo and Wu Da had an affair, and tried his best to argue that Wu Da's death was not his fault.
However, the Sima of Yizhou was not easily fooled. After all, Wu Da was beaten to death. The coroner said during the autopsy that the perpetrator had killed him.
The deceased had a few enemies in the gambling house before his death, but after examining them one by one, their motives for murder were ruled out.
So now, Su Yanli is the biggest suspect.
If you want to find out whether Su Yanli is lying, you only need to start from two aspects. First, open the coffin and perform an autopsy on Luo's body to confirm whether he died of illness.
Second, rumors in the market said that his only daughter, Su Mingyue, was not his biological daughter. If Su Yanli did not lie, then his daughter must still be in the mansion now. Because from a normal man's perspective, if he found out that his child was not his own and caught the affair between Luo and Wu Da, then he would definitely not continue to raise the child.
As long as he can prove that Luo did not die a violent death and get his daughter to come forward, it will prove that he is innocent.
When Sima put forward these two conditions, Su Yanli's face turned dark.
Of course he couldn't let the government open the coffin for an autopsy, because Luo was also beaten to death. Once the coffin was opened, his guilt would be confirmed.
Moreover, he didn't know whether the evildoer was still in Jeju. He didn't even have the time to ask Liao whether the child had been sent away. Fortunately, Liao persuaded him and didn't beat him to death directly, otherwise he would have had no way out.
But now he was detained in the government office, and no matter how much he argued, it would be of no avail. Lord Sima wanted to solve the case, so he had to do whatever he said.
Now Su Yanli has walked into a dead end. Su Yanqing has an expert guiding him behind the scenes. This method is simply too hardcore. Although it is not what a gentleman does, it is really effective.
Su Yanli was in complete trouble. Now he could only place his hope on Mr. Su, to see if he would find a way to save his life because Su was his grandson.
The laws in Daqing were very strict, and if the emperor broke the law he would be punished just like the common people.
He had killed two people at once. Even if he could be spared the death penalty, he could not avoid imprisonment.
Luo's body had just been buried. Although a coffin was used in front of outsiders during the funeral procession, Su Yanli felt that it was too cheap for her, so when they arrived at the place, he replaced the coffin with a straw mat and buried her hastily.
The body was dug out and the coroner performed an autopsy on the spot. He found that Luo's way of death was exactly the same as Wu Da's. He even found that she had been violently kicked and beaten in the abdomen before she died, causing serious internal injuries.
On the other hand, the bailiff sent to Su Yanli's mansion came back to report that they had not seen Su Mingyue. Liao said that the child was sent to Yanzhou next door. When asked why she sent the child away, she couldn't say why, so she made up a reason and said that Luo had relatives in Yanzhou, and the child's mother had passed away, and the child cried day and night, so they wanted to send the child to her relatives to live for a while before taking the child back.
However, the government office had already checked Luo's ancestors for 18 generations. The first three generations of Luo's family were all from Jeju. Even if they had relatives, they had never left Jeju. So where did the relatives in Yanzhou come from?
Lies fall apart on their own.
Luo's body was transported back to Jeju City, and Su Yanli's guilt as a suspect was confirmed.
Sima asked him if he had any evidence to prove himself. Su Yanli was speechless and asked to meet his grandfather, Mr. Su.
Speaking of Mr. Su, he was a man who had made great contributions to the fight against the epidemic back then. He was highly respected and admired. Sima had to give him face, so he sent someone to invite Mr. Su.
When Mr. Su heard that Su Yanli was detained by the government office, he did not seem too shocked.
Because he always knew that his two grandsons were fighting in secret, and Su Yanli had tried to kill Yan Qing several times. The most serious incident was the one in Xianhe Village, where Su Yanli almost succeeded. He had long been extremely disappointed with this illegitimate grandson.
He did not choose to meet him, but instead sent a message, asking Lord Sima to enforce the law impartially, and that killing someone should be punished with death, which is only natural.
After Su Yanli learned that his grandfather was so cruel to him, he was in disbelief at first, then got angry, and then asked to meet Su Yanqing.
But why would Su Yanqing see him at this critical moment? This was all part of his plan. Over the years, more than one or two people died at the hands of Su Yanli. They were all tortured and killed because they offended him. Even though they were slaves, his crime was unforgivable. His loss in this round was not unfair.
Moreover, not long ago, Su Yanqing had a very realistic dream, so realistic that it seemed as if it was something he had experienced in his previous life.
He dreamed that he was also framed by Su Yanli in his previous life and had an accident in Xianhe Village, but in the dream, he did not meet Lanlan and her family.
He lay alone in the mountain stream for several days, holding on till his rescuer finally found him. However, because he missed the best time for treatment, his legs became disabled.
After returning to Jeju Prefecture, he became a disabled person and lost the right to inherit the family business. His grandfather wanted him to inherit his legacy, but was opposed by a number of branch branches of the family and many influential uncles and uncles in Jishan Hall.
Su Yanli was the only candidate for succession, and he enjoyed great fame and naturally became the winner.
However, he did not lose his confidence in life and was prepared to spend the rest of his life taking care of his mother.
When my grandfather was alive, life was still bearable with enough food and clothing. Apart from liking to ridicule him on different occasions, Su Yanli didn't do anything excessive.
It was not until his grandfather passed away that the disaster that really came to him and his mother. After Su Yanli took full power, he began to wantonly target Mrs. Su's maternal family. He used some unknown means to cause his grandfather's family to go bankrupt and bear huge debts.
My grandfather couldn't accept it and died of vomiting blood. My grandmother also fell ill and passed away soon after.
His uncle and his family were also on their way to Jeju to look for him and his mother when they encountered bandits and all four members of the family were killed.
Afterwards, Su Yanli, despite his family's opposition, insisted on removing his and his mother's names from the family tree, and then included his biological mother's name in the family tree, still as his father's legal wife. He went from being a bastard's son to a legitimate son.
He and his mother were driven out of the Su Mansion. They had nothing, not even a servant, and not even a small courtyard. They were left to fend for themselves.
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