"No, no, my brother didn't kill anyone. My brother is a scholar, and I'm his sister!" Zhang Yunyun shook her head and reached out to pinch Gu Xin.
Gu Nian and Gu Hui stood still, neither of them thinking of helping.
Gu Xin dodged directly, and Zhang Yunyun missed her target and fell into the mud.
Hearing the commotion, Zhang Lizheng inside told Xu to come out and bring Zhang Yunyun inside, to stop her from making a fool of herself. They had more important things to do: to go to the yamen to smooth things over for their son and find out the details!
Zhang Yunyun was taken away, and the four Gu sisters also gained the hatred of Madam Xu and Old Lady Zhang.
The villagers sighed. In the past, it was always the second daughter of the Gu family who was bullied, but now the second daughter has stood up for herself.
Therefore, the men in the family need to stand up for themselves. Once Gu Shouxin is back to normal, his wife and daughters become more assertive.
Zhang Yunfu is indeed a scholar, but Gu Shouxin is about to become one too!
At this point, the villagers didn't want to antagonize the Gu family because of the village head's family.
At first, everyone thought Gu Shouxin wouldn't pass the exam, but now he's passed two subjects and is already a student. He looks calm and collected, not as carefree as before. Maybe he'll actually pass the county-level exam this month!
The four sisters, along with Enzi who was watching the commotion, went to find Lu Zheng and asked him to take them to the yamen (government office).
When they arrived at the yamen (government office), the case was being heard.
Judge Yan was skilled at handling cases. At first, Zhang Yunfu stubbornly denied everything, but Judge Yan allowed him to argue. The more he argued, the more humiliated he became when the witnesses and evidence came out.
In the end, it was found that Zhang Yunfu not only committed murder, but also a crime of passion, with his own wife among the witnesses.
The incident began when Zhang Yunfu, after passing the imperial examination and becoming a scholar, lived in the county. As a result, he became involved with the daughter of a pastry shop owner in the county town.
He used sweet words to deceive the girl, succeeded, and then his wife found out.
His wife was furious and made a scene at home all day, threatening Zhang Yunfu that she would no longer give him money to support his studies.
Zhang Yunfu could only coax his wife, saying he would cut ties with the pastry shop's daughter.
As a result, the pastry shop's daughter fell deeply in love with him and was unwilling to break up with him. She even offered to pay for Zhang Yunfu's education.
Zhang Yunfu was caught in a dilemma, and he was also tempted by the young girl from the pastry shop, so he couldn't break off the relationship.
His wife was furious and decided to break up with the couple, ruin their reputations, get a divorce, and then take her sons back to her parents' home.
Zhang Yunfu was naturally not having it, so he went to the pastry shop's daughter again. This time, his attitude was more firm. As it turned out, the pastry shop's daughter had evidence that Zhang Yunfu had cheated on an exam two years ago. This frightened Zhang Yunfu, and in a fit of rage, he strangled the pastry shop's daughter to death.
With witnesses and physical evidence presented, Zhang Yunfu had no choice but to confess.
Lord Yan then asked where the exam questions came from when he took the county exam two years ago.
Zhang Yunfu claimed he found it, but his wife stepped forward and said that his father-in-law had spent money to buy it from the county magistrate at the time.
The county magistrate two years ago was not Cheng Rui's father, but another person who had also committed a crime and been sentenced.
Lord Yan wiped away his sweat. Being the magistrate of Taoyuan County was no easy task. None of them were being transferred; they were being stripped of their positions. He was terrified!
The person who bought the exam questions was Zhang Lizheng, so naturally the yamen runners went to arrest him. However, they didn't need to go to Sanchakou Village. Zhang Lizheng was waiting to bribe his way out of trouble and was arrested before he could even react.
Lu Zheng watched the trial with the Gu sisters and had already guessed who else could dig up something from two years ago besides Uncle Gu.
That's a really ruthless move!
He told the women outside the marriage about buying the test questions, and then told the women at home who bought them.
The entire scheme, except for the murder, should be under the control of Second Uncle!
Lu Zheng called his sisters and left. They didn't need to hear what happened next; the news would spread throughout the village tomorrow.
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