Chapter 17 Get the stick and kneel in the ancestral hall.

"A cat fell next door, so we sent someone to look for it. I heard from the maids that Yier brought a cat back from outside, I wonder if it's true?"

Lu Yanxiu heard Mingchun mention it yesterday, Yier was hurt, it should be that beast.

He narrowed his eyes slightly: "So what? It's just a cat, what's the value of it? You can just find the beast and send it back!"

Su He ordered Pei Xia to knock open the wooden box, which was covered with a thick layer of cloth. She didn't move, and motioned Lu Yanxiu to open it himself.

Lu Yanxiu didn't doubt it, and directly knocked open the cloth. The bloody and blurred side in front of him hit his crown, and he was scared and stepped back!

"What is this thing?"

A piece of meat? Or an animal? Anyway, it was just a bloody mess, and the dried blood had stuck all the fur together, so I couldn't tell what it was.

Su He was very satisfied with his reaction. After closing the wooden box with his own hands, he said angrily: "Although the cat is an animal, there are things in this mansion that are even less human than animals! My husband can just look at this cat. Its limbs are broken, its stomach is ripped open, even the corners of its mouth are torn apart, and its teeth are gone. Isn't this the ultimate torture?"

"It is extremely dangerous if there are such vicious people in your mansion. My husband should know that one of the new laws promulgated by the current emperor since he ascended the throne is that anyone who injures animals and maliciously abuses them to death may be taken to the Dali Temple for interrogation."

Ming Chun was standing far away and didn't see what was going on, but when he heard Su He's description, he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.

Lu Yanxiu said in a deep voice: "You mean Yi'er did it? He was only three years old? It's impossible!"

Su He smiled faintly: "I only know that Yi'er was the last person to hold the cat. I didn't say that he killed the cat. Why is my husband so angry? As for whether it is true or not, call him over and ask him."

Lu Yanxiu's face became more and more gloomy. He reluctantly asked the housekeeper Zhu to call Lu Yi. Unexpectedly, Liu Qiuqiu came with him.

Little Lu Yi jumped to Lu Yanxiu's side and said happily that he had learned another ancient poem. Liu Qiuqiu also praised him and believed that her son was very talented and would be able to meet the emperor in the future and compete for the top prize!

Su He glanced at the scratches on the back of his hand and asked, "How did Yi'er get injured on the back of his hand?"

Lu Yi looked down and saw that there were indeed several long scratches on the back of his hand. He glanced at Liu Qiuqiu, and seemed to be a little afraid of lying in front of Lu Yanxiu, and hesitantly said, "I... accidentally scratched it."

Mingchun, who was hiding in the crowd, silently stepped back.

Lu Yi couldn't explain clearly, but Lu Yanxiu had guessed it in his heart, but he still didn't believe that a three-year-old child could do such a cruel thing?

Su He waved for Lu Yi to come in, took his hand with a smile and examined it carefully. It was indeed the cat that had touched him. "Yier, since you have entered the Lu Mansion, we naturally recognize you. Even if you make a mistake, it's just because you are still young and haven't learned the rules yet. As elders, we will not beat or scold you for no reason. Even if you do something accidentally, it is a good thing to correct your mistakes when you know them."

Lu Yi blinked his eyes and pouted his lips aggrievedly: "I don't know what mistake Yier made to make the young lady unhappy. If the young lady is unhappy, just vent your anger on me, and don't vent your anger on your mother..."

Unexpectedly, he burst into tears while speaking.

Liu Qiuqiu couldn't bear to see a child being wronged, so she pulled Lu Yi over, rolled up her sleeves and checked him several times, as if Su He was pinching him secretly.

Lu Yanxiu asked in a deep voice: "What on earth are you talking about? It's just a dead cat, is it necessary to make such a fuss?"

Hearing the word dead cat, Lu Yi's eyes dimmed a little.

He was best at playing dumb.

Su He didn't directly identify that it was Lu Yi who killed the cat, but just suspected him.

She asked Pei Xia to hand over the evidence found near the Guihua Courtyard and present them to everyone one by one.

A blood-stained stone, a rusty but sharp dagger, and a piece of clothing torn off by a branch.

Liu Qiuqiu felt that the torn clothes corner was familiar, and when she looked down, she found that it matched the missing piece of clothes on Yier's body!

"This is the evidence I found, and you can come and identify it."

Lu Yanxiu picked up the clothes corner and took a closer look. He saw Lu Yi hiding in Liu Qiuqiu's arms and peeking at him from time to time, and he had already thought about it.

But in front of everyone, he still wanted to protect Liu Qiuqiu and her son, so he said: "It's ridiculous to judge based on a torn piece of clothing! In my opinion, this was just done by the servants in secret, and they wanted to frame Yi'er!"

Liu Qiuqiu wiped her tears and said: "Madam, you have never been a mother. You don't know what a three-year-old child can do. How can he kill a cat with such a small hand?"

Su He's heart trembled slightly.

After marrying Lu Yanxiu, she had fantasized about being a mother more than once. That's why in her previous life, when Yi'er surrounded her and called her mother, she was so happy that she gave her all.

Now Liu Qiuqiu's words that she had never been a mother hurt Su He a little.

Thinking of how she had carefully taught Lu Yi, but he ended up accusing her of being a bad mistress and a bad mother to outsiders, every word was harsh and heartbreaking...

Su He calmed down and looked at Lu Yanxiu with a smile: "Since my husband has a different opinion, why not find out the person who killed the cat. If you can't find it, Yi'er will be beaten and kneel in the ancestral hall."

"Nonsense!"

Lu Yanxiu turned his back angrily, shaking his sleeves, and felt it was particularly absurd: "It's just a beast! You want Yi'er to be beaten and kneel in the ancestral hall for him? Su He, don't you want to be a young lady? Why do you still want to give orders in the mansion?"

"As long as my husband doesn't send me the divorce letter, I will still be the mistress of the Lu Mansion. In this case, how can I control Yi'er?"

Su He's lips were half curled, her eyes were like torches, and she was determined to make Lu Yi suffer a little.

Seeing that Lu Yanxiu's face was stiff and red, and he was a little embarrassed, Liu Qiuqiu gave Lu Yi a look, and the small figure immediately knelt down at Lu Yanxiu's feet, crying and saying: "Father, your son is punished, you and the young lady must not quarrel..."

Su He knew that Lu Yi was observant and attentive.

In the other courtyard, Liu Qiuqiu even gave him orthodox training. Although he was only three years old, his IQ was not lower than that of seven or eight years old.

She looked at the farce in front of her coldly, reached out to get the tea, and pretended to accidentally knock over the wooden box, and the bloody body of the cat fell out, frightening Liu Qiuqiu so much that she stepped back repeatedly.

"Ahh..."

It was also a coincidence that the cat just rolled down at Lu Yi's feet. He subconsciously looked down and saw the broken limbs, the disemboweled heart, and the big cat eyes staring straight at him, as if it was dying with its eyes open!

Lu Yi froze.

When he took action last night, he only pulled out the cat's teeth and injured its limbs, and didn't really want to kill it.