Chapter 1013: Uncle and Sister-in-law’s Murder of the Original Wife (5)
The bodies of Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu were kindly sent back to the Zou family by Lord Du and his servants on the same day. However, the Earl of Yong'an and his wife hated Murong Liu so much for ruining their most promising youngest son that they had her body thrown back to the Murong family, saying that she was unfaithful to her husband and had no right to enter the Zou family's ancestral tomb.
Yes, although the Earl of Yong'an and his wife repeatedly told Lord Du that Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu were murdered and that they had no affair and would not commit suicide for love, in fact, they had already determined in their hearts that the two had an affair, but they just could not admit it.
No one in the Zou family could sleep that night. Mrs. Bo was so sad that she fell ill. And because Zou Hongyi died in such an ignominious way, the Zou family did not dare to hold a grand funeral for him. They just wanted to keep the body for three days and then bury him directly.
This has nothing to do with Yue Shichu, because she had no intention of staying in the Zou family, let alone keeping vigil for Zou Hongyi.
The next morning, after Yue Shichu woke up, she asked someone to go back to her mother's home to find her eldest brother and meet up in Jingzhao Prefecture.
The original owner's maternal family, the Yue family, was a family of military generals. The original owner's father was the great general Yue Guan who guarded the frontier. Except for the eldest brother Yue Chonglou who served as a royal guard in the capital, the rest of the family were in the frontier. So when Yue Shichu made up his mind to leave the Zou family, he had to rely on the original owner's eldest brother.
After washing and filling his stomach, Yue Shichu took the evidence he had found in Zou Hongyi's study yesterday and went to Jingzhao Prefecture openly.
When Lord Du of Jingzhao Prefecture heard that someone was going to sue her husband for having an affair with his sister-in-law and even committing suicide for love, she was so shocked that her jaw dropped to the ground. She quickly stopped the yamen runner who came to report, "Could it be that the second daughter-in-law of the Earl of Yong'an came to file a complaint yesterday?"
The yamen runner had also seen Yue Shichu yesterday, so he nodded and said, "It is indeed the second young lady of the Earl of Yong'an."
"But her husband died yesterday. Why is she here to sue? Isn't it unnecessary?" Lord Du was puzzled.
"Your Excellency, the Second Young Master's wife said that even if Zou Hongyi died, she would file a complaint and then break off all ties with him because she is ashamed to be associated with such a man and does not want to live as his widow..." The bailiff answered with a complicated expression.
Lord Du was startled, then he sighed and said, "She is a poor person with a hot temper. Let her in, and then ask someone to invite the Earl of Yong'an and his family to come."
So Yue Shichu met Lord Du and said, "Sir, please allow me to break off relations with the Zou family!"
"A righteous breakup is not a trivial matter. It concerns the relationship between the two families. Do you want to reconsider it?" Lord Du asked her gently.
"Don't think about it. Zou Hongyi has done such a shameless thing. I feel sick to put my name together with his. Sir, you also have a daughter. Please imagine, if your son-in-law is having an affair with your sister-in-law, but treats your daughter coldly, making your daughter depressed all day long, what will you do?" Yue Shichu looked at Lord Du steadily and asked.
Lord Du thought about what Yue Shichu said, and thought about how his daughter, whom he had loved since childhood, was treated like this by her husband after she got married. He was so angry that his lungs were about to explode! So after thinking about it from his own perspective, he stopped trying to persuade Yue Shichu.
"A righteous death is not as simple as you think. Both parties must be present," Lord Du reminded.
"Don't worry, sir. I have sent someone to invite my eldest brother. He can fully represent my mother's family." Yue Shichu said.
"Okay, let's talk about it after everyone is gathered." Lord Du nodded.
About two quarters of an hour later, a tall, handsome young man rushed into the Jingzhao government office like a gust of wind. When Yue Shichu saw him, his eyes lit up immediately: "Brother!"
"Little sister, are you okay? It's a relief for that bastard that he's dead. If he wasn't dead, I could send him to heaven. How dare he let my sister down like this! He even had an affair with his own sister-in-law. Pah! It makes me feel so disgusted just to say it out loud! He only does dirty things. I shouldn't have agreed to let you marry this bastard with a beastly heart..." Yue Chonglou started cursing Zou Hongyi as soon as he saw his sister, and was furious.
"Brother, I also find him dirty, so now I am here to break off relations with the Zou family. I don't want to have anything to do with Zou Hongyi at all. Brother, will you support me?" Yue Shichu expressed his plan.
Yue Chonglou said without hesitation: "Support! Of course I support you. Zou Hongyi made you a widow at such a young age and did such disgusting things. Of course you have to cut off all ties with him."
"That's good. Then help me talk to the Zou family later. I'm worried that they will keep holding me and cover up their son's scandal." Yue Shichu said with relief.
Yue Chonglou was immediately furious: "How dare they!"
As he was speaking, another person came in. Yue Shichu took a look and saw that it was Earl Yong'an and Zou Hongyi. The two men were very old and weak. When they came here, their faces were pale and they were covered in sweat. People were worried that they would faint at the next moment.
When Lord Du saw this, he quickly asked someone to support the two men. He also didn't like the Zou family, but he was worried that if they accidentally died here, he would be implicated.
"Lord Yong'an, I asked you to come here today because our Yue family has severed the friendship with your Zou family." Yue Chonglou said to the two men with a cold face. In fact, if the two men were not so weak, he would have wanted to beat them up. Although the two men were not the culprits, they were Zou Hongyi's father and brother. He was just taking his anger out.
"What? Breaking off ties of friendship? No, my dear nephew, you wouldn't believe the things that were said about my son Hongyi, would you? They are not true. You have to believe us. Hongyi is such a good person, how could he do such an inhumane thing..." Earl Yong'an said to Yue Chonglou with red eyes, looking extremely pitiful.
However, Yue Chonglou would not be fooled by his appearance. He sneered and said, "Do you take me for a fool? So many people have seen the love letters between your second son and your eldest daughter-in-law, and you still want to quibble?"
At this time, Yue Shichu quickly took out the evidence she had found and said to Earl Yong'an, "My Lord, these are the things I found in Zou Hongyi's study. They are the love letters between Zou Hongyi and Murong Liu, Murong Liu's handkerchief, a token of their love, and some gifts. The evidence is irrefutable. Do you still want to deny it?"
Yong'an Bo looked at those things with trembling hands, and suddenly burst into tears. He said to Yue Shichu: "Hongyi is sorry for you, but please do not be so cruel because of the old and weak in our Zou family. After all, you and Hongyi are husband and wife..."
"Old man, I think you are getting senile. You told me that you and Zou Hongyi are married? Don't you think this is ironic?" Yue Shichu asked sarcastically.
(End of this chapter)
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