Chapter 9 The Truth

"Yu Liniang, what is your relationship with Lin Yougui from Linjia Village?"

"Your Excellency, I have nothing to do with Lin Yougui." After entering the Dali Temple, Yu Li Niang was not as scared as ordinary people, and did not show the slightest panic in the face of Shen Yun's questions. But it was this calmness that showed that she might have a problem.

At this time, a constable came in to report: "Sir! Lin Yougui tried to escape, but he was caught by our people and brought back."

Shen Yun and Xie Hui looked at each other, Xie Hui glanced at Yu Liniang, and then said, "I'll leave this to Lord Shen. I'll go see Lin Yougui."

After that, no matter how Shen Yun asked, Yu Liniang seemed to have made up her mind and did not say a word.

After about an incense stick of time, a constable came in from outside, approached Shen Yun and whispered something. One could vaguely hear what Lin Yougui was saying.

Yu Liniang, who was originally standing, suddenly moved her steps, and Shen Yun knew that the time had come.

So he asked again the same question he had asked before.

"Yu Liniang, tell me the truth about your relationship with Lin Yougui."

"Sir, I have nothing to do with Lin Yougui."

"Oh? But Lin Yougui has already confessed that he had an affair with you." Shen Yun said while observing the expression on Yu Liniang's face.

She was only flustered for a moment, but quickly calmed down and repeated what she had said before, that she had nothing to do with Lin Yougui.

Shen Yun was not surprised by her reaction. He took a sip of tea and said two words calmly:

"Yunzhou."

Yu Liniang, who had been calm and composed, suddenly changed her expression and looked up at Shen Yun.

"Yu Li Niang, the arsenic was yours too, right? You were having an affair with Lin Yougui, and you were not satisfied with just having a private relationship with him, so you went all out and poisoned Chen and her three children."

Yu Liniang was trying to hold on, and after hearing this she collapsed to the ground, "It's not like that, no, no!"

Shen Yun struck while the iron was hot and deliberately said, "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. If it's not you, could it be Lin Yougui?"

Yu Liniang had already collapsed when she heard the word "Yunzhou". Yunzhou was an agreement between her and Lin Yougui, and no third person knew about it. She had never thought that Lin Yougui would actually betray her! They had clearly agreed on this!

Yu Li Niang immediately ignored the agreement and shouted at the top of her lungs: "It's Lin Yougui, it's him! It's him who wants to kill that woman Chen Guiyue! It's him, not me!"

"Why did he want to kill Chen and her three children? They were his own flesh and blood."

"What's the use of blood? Lin Yougui scolded his two daughters every day for being money losers. He said Chen Guiyue dug up a wild ginseng in the mountains, and a landlord's daughter needed it for childbirth. She sold it for a lot of money. Chen Guiyue said she wanted to save the money for her children's education. Lin Yougui wanted to use the money to open a shop, but she disagreed."

After the initial confession, the rest of the story was not that difficult to say. Yu Li'niang felt lucky because after all, it was Lin Yougui who did it, not her.

Lin Yougui had had an affair with Yu Li'niang a long time ago, and his relationship with Chen Guiyue was not as outsiders saw it. The money that Chen Guiyue got from selling wild ginseng was just a fuse that made Lin Yougui want to kill her.

He cut a hole in the egg and put poison inside it. Nowadays, people are very frugal and will not throw away broken eggs.

Lin Yougui had a good plan. He put the poison in the eggs. Whenever Chen made the eggs, she would be poisoned. He would not be at home at that time, so he could easily clear himself of suspicion.

After Lin Yougui learned that Yu Li'niang had confessed, he was so angry that he cursed her and the two started fighting in the Dali Temple.

The truth of the case has been revealed, and the two were taken to jail, awaiting trial.

However, Xie Hui still had some doubts.

"Master Shen, how did you know they were planning to go to Yunzhou?"

Yunzhou was still heard by Shen Yuan, but Shen Yun had already responded.

"Yunzhou is quite far from the capital. When Yu Li Niang was young, she followed her father, who was a traveling doctor, to Yunzhou and stayed there for quite a while. But I am just guessing."

"I have learned a lesson from you, young generation."

Shen Yun said he didn't dare. He felt guilty. Without his daughter, this matter would not have been accomplished. How could he dare to take credit for it?

This case is extremely serious. Lin Yougui is doomed to die. As for Yu Liniang, although she did not commit the crime herself, she is also an accomplice.

Even if you can escape the death penalty, you will be sentenced to exile. If you are really on the way to exile, it would be better to be beheaded.

The case was solved, and although it wasn't his credit, Shen Yun still felt relieved.

When she came home from work, it showed on her face. As soon as Shen Yuan saw it, she knew that her father was in a good mood.

"Dad, is the case solved?"

"I haven't settled the score with you yet for disguising yourself as a servant and going to the Dali Temple." Even though his daughter had helped a lot, Shen Yun felt that he shouldn't praise her. This time it was the Dali Temple, and who knows what else she might do next time.

"Then I have helped a lot, and my merits and demerits offset each other. You can't scold me."

Shen Yun didn't say anything good or bad, but Shen Yuan knew that his father was not going to punish her.

"Dad, tomorrow my sister-in-law and I will go to the Imperial College to visit my brother."

"knew."

After Shen Yuan finished speaking, he planned to go back, walked to the door and then turned back.

"Dad, I saw him last time. Mr. Xie is really handsome. Is he engaged?"

It would be terrible if someone heard a girl who was about to reach marriage age asked a man whether he was engaged or not.

"As a little girl, why do you care whether someone is engaged or not? Is it a stupid question?"

"I'm just asking..."

In fact, Shen Yun really misunderstood. Shen Yuan simply thought Xie Hui was good-looking. She just wanted to see if the girl to be engaged to such a good-looking man would also be particularly good-looking. She had no other intentions.

Shen Yun thought his daughter had fallen in love with Xie Hui, so after calming down, he said to his daughter, "Xie Hui's grandmother was a princess, the late emperor's biological sister, and the emperor's aunt. His mother was Princess Kangle, who was personally conferred the title by the emperor. Your father and I are only fourth-rank officials, nothing."

The implication is that it's not a good match, so you'd better give up on this idea as soon as possible.

Shen Yuan blinked, not knowing why his father suddenly mentioned Xie Hui's family background.

But as a filial and good daughter, how could she allow her father to belittle himself?

So she patted her father's shoulder in all seriousness and said, "What's wrong with being a fourth-rank official? Just because you are a fourth-rank official now doesn't mean you will be a fourth-rank official for the rest of your life! Jiang Ziya became prime minister at the age of seventy, and you are still young. Your daughter has high hopes for you!"

Shen Yun: “…”

After Shen Yuan left, Shen Yun went to the inner room of the study to mourn his wife's tablet.

"Mother Yan... my daughter is so bold that she even dares to dream about being the emperor's nephew."

"What should I do, Miss Yan..."