Chapter 370 Chapter 369 New Official Encounters Blockage 3
As a court official, even if Su Yanli mentioned official business at home, it would always be a general statement. He could not say too much, let alone go into details.
On the way out, Zhao Lan, as a bystander, told Su Ruojin in detail the ins and outs of the case and some details of the Dali Temple's trial.
The Wang family lived in the area of the East Water Gate of the Bian River in the capital, to the east of the courtyard house where the Su family once lived. That area was where ordinary people lived, and there was a high concentration of both residential houses and shops.
It was already noon when Zhao Lan and Su Ruojin arrived. They found a small restaurant and ate while listening to gossip from people around them. The gossip was about the recent incident of the old woman from the Wang family being hanged at the intersection of the Ministry of Justice.
Wang San and Li Si have always been neighbors. They have been playing together since childhood, and have married and had children. As time goes by, their next generation and the next generation will continue to live in this way.
Maybe because his life was too easy or for some other reason, Li Si hooked up with Wang San's wife. They had been together for a while, but one day Wang San found them and blocked them in the kitchen. He was so angry that he took a hatchet and was about to chop Li Si, but was stopped by a pair of adulterers. Li Si said something unbelievable, "Brother Wang San, I slept with your wife, and you sleep with mine, and I'll give you another 100 taels of silver, and we'll be even."
Su Ruojin almost dropped her jaw when she heard the confession obtained from the interrogation in the Dali Temple. Not only did Wang San agree, he actually went to Li Si's house. As a result, Li Si's wife had no idea that her husband had sold her. When she was taking a nap at home, a neighbor's eldest brother suddenly pounced on her. She picked up a pair of scissors and stabbed him. Men and women definitely have different strengths. Wang San, who realized that he had been deceived, killed Li Si's wife in anger. When he ran out, he was seen by the neighbors and was arrested. The Dali Temple sentenced him to beheading.
Of course, Li Si and Wang San's wife were also thrown into prison after being beaten with a stick for adultery and sentenced to exile, one to Lingnan and the other to the north. In a blink of an eye, the Wang and Li families were destroyed.
Su Ruojin couldn't help but ask, "Where are their children?"
Someone said, "They were taken back by their respective families and placed in the homes of relatives who have no children or only a few children."
"Besides the old lady, does the Wang family have any other direct relatives?"
The customer shook his head. "The Wang family has two daughters and one son. Wang San is the third child. His two elder sisters have long been married, so he is the only son. His father died of illness two years ago. The Li family has five sisters and brothers. The eldest is a boy who died in an accident several years ago. The second, third, and fifth are all girls who have long been married. Li Si is also the only son of the Li family. The two elders in the family have long passed away."
The Wang and Li families have three direct descendants. The oldest generation only has old lady Wang, who has now been hanged. The second generation all have only sons? What about the third generation?
Only son?
These two words kept ringing in Su Ruojin's ears. Suddenly, she thought of Mao Ya and Li Xiuzhu. They were all wiped out because their fathers died and they had no sons. Could it be that the Wang and Li families...
Su Ruojin and Zhao Lan looked at each other, wiped their mouths tacitly, and walked out of the restaurant.
"Ah Jin wants to know if the Wang and Li families have male offspring?"
"Um."
Su Ruojin thought of the TV dramas she had watched in later generations. It seemed that some neighbors deliberately set up traps to destroy other people's homes in order to steal their wealth.
But Li Si himself was put into prison and exiled to the north. This couldn't be a setup. He wouldn't be stupid enough to send himself to jail, right?
Is it just a common rape case? Is she overthinking it?
After a while, Santai found out about the third generation of the Wang and Li families. "The Wang and Li families each have a son, one eight years old and the other five years old." It is not yet time for them to set up their own household.
Su Ruojin suddenly asked, "What are their family backgrounds like?"
Santai replied, "The Wang family has three shops. The Li family is poor, and only has two small shops that they rent to small vendors who come to Beijing to make a living. Li Si usually does odd jobs to support his family. He does whatever he can, such as running errands for the dentist, helping small restaurants in the suburbs, and asking small vendors where to sell vegetables or slaughter pigs. In short, he earns some money to support his family by doing whatever job he can."
Doing odd jobs... you might encounter all kinds of jobs... which means you might encounter all kinds of people... Did he have an affair with Wang San's wife because he saw her and fell in love with her, or was he instigated by someone to have an affair with Wang San's wife on purpose? If someone instigated him, who was that person? After he succeeded, how did he get the three shops of the San Wang family?
Su Ruojin said, "Brother Jin, I want to go see the three shops of the Wang family."
"good."
(End of this chapter)
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