Chapter 580 Seeking the Truth
The blind old lady knelt at the gate of Jingzhao government office.
The people around her looked at her with sympathy.
"How pitiful! She was widowed at a young age, and depended on her only son for everything. Now she is sending her son to his grave."
The blind old lady trembled and said, "Sir, my son died unjustly. Please help him."
Qin Huiyin stood in the crowd and watched the officials from the Jingzhao government office lead the blind old lady in.
Not long after, the Jingzhao government court opened the case to try the case.
"Old lady, after verification by the coroner, it was confirmed that Young Master Ling was indeed beaten to death, but there is a doubt, that is, Young Master Ling was beaten by two people. We collected evidence from the scene, and according to the testimony of the people at the scene, only Tang Dafu beat him at the time, and he did not have an argument with two people. Old lady, if you want us to give you justice, you have to give us time to investigate this matter. We need to find out who the second person who beat him was, and how strong this person was."
"Sir, do you mean to say that there was a second person who beat my son?" asked the blind old lady.
"That's right." Jingzhao Prefecture Yin said, "From your son's body, it can be seen that Tang Dafu was indeed very strong, but it was disorganized and he just vented his strength randomly. The other person was different. He knew exactly what part of the body would kill the person, and his strength was just enough to kill the person, so that no one would notice it."
"Please find the real murderer and bring him to justice."
"Think carefully about what happened at that time. Who carried your son back? Was he dead when he was carried back?"
"It was our neighbor Wang Dali who carried him back. When Wang Dali carried my son back, he was still alive and could talk to me. He said he would soon have money to buy medicine for me. My old bones are always a burden. If I had known it would kill him, I would rather die myself and put an end to it all."
The blind old lady cried so pitifully.
The people who were listening to the trial outside were deeply moved.
"Mr. Tang relied on his son and son-in-law being high-ranking officials to treat human life as worthless. Such a person should be punished. If he is not punished, it means that officials are protecting each other. There must be something fishy going on."
"Yes, she must be punished. That old lady is so pitiful!"
After this instigation, the people who originally only felt a little sympathetic towards the old lady immediately developed resentment towards Tang Dafu.
Qin Huiyin called out, "Song Yi."
Song Yi came out and saw Qin Huiyin pointing at the two people who were instigating the conflict, and he immediately understood what she meant.
The two men still wanted to incite the people, but were quickly controlled by Song Yi and Song Er.
At this time, the prefect of Jingzhao had already asked the blind old lady the second question, so he announced a recess for another trial.
The prefect of Jingzhao got the secret of "delay" from Song Ruize, and he didn't want to try the case too quickly.
Seeing that there was no follow-up, Qin Huiyin left the Jingzhao government office. She took a carriage directly to the Censorate and entered the Censorate's important area.
"Meet the madam."
"Hello, ma'am."
Qin Huiyin nodded to everyone.
When she found Song Ruize, he was having a meeting with his subordinates. She waited in the side room until the noise next door stopped, and then came to Song Ruize.
Song Ruize was pressing his forehead, and when he saw her appear, he immediately perked up.
He looked listless just now, but the moment he saw her, there was light in his eyes and he became energetic.
But Qin Huiyin understood that these were all his disguises. He must have been very distressed, but he always kept himself in good spirits in front of her so as not to let her see his vulnerability.
Qin Huiyin walked behind him and pressed his forehead.
"Yinyin, I'm fine." Song Ruize grabbed her fingers and pulled her over.
He just couldn't bear to let her do these rough jobs.
"I just came from the Jingzhao government office." Qin Huiyin sat beside him, poured him a glass of water, watched him drink it, and then continued, "The Jingzhao prefect is a good official. He has obviously found out the truth, but he doesn't dare to offend the Ming Fasi, so now he can only listen to you and delay the trial. But in this way, it is impossible to delay until the body of the deceased is rotten."
"Not many people care about the truth now. Everyone wants to know whether the officials' family members who commit crimes are subject to the same punishment as ordinary people. This is to incite the people to be dissatisfied with us."
"What should we do next?"
"I discussed it with my mother-in-law. Since the other party wants to incite public opinion, let's use the same method to break this situation."
"How?"
"The story of the blind old lady and her only son who depend on each other for survival is very interesting, but the whole thing happened because the old lady's son said something that angered Uncle Tang. Uncle Tang felt sorry for his wife and wanted to teach the man who humiliated his wife a lesson. From this perspective, Uncle Tang is a good man who cherishes his wife, and women all over the world must admire his behavior. Let's spread the story of the difficulties that Uncle Tang and his mother-in-law have gone through over the years. The more exciting the story, the better. What do you think of the story of a woman who supports the family even though her husband has a broken leg and the family is in huge debt and has to raise several children?"
"They want to incite the people. We use the same method to break the impasse. There is nothing wrong with that. In the end, we still have to return to the truth of the case. In addition, there is the Ming Fasi. We can magnify the feud between the Ming Fasi and our two families. Based on what the Ming Fasi has done these days, even if the people will not help us, they will not help him spread rumors."
"The truth of the case is easy to find out. As long as you do it, there will be evidence everywhere. There is the truth and evidence in front, and public opinion behind. If the Mingfa Division wants to target Uncle Tang again, they will not be able to wrongly accuse others unless they find more clear evidence to prove themselves."
Jiang Qibin came in from outside and said, "Boss, there are many rumors outside about Madam Tang."
"Is it about those old stories about the deep relationship between Uncle Tang and my mother-in-law?" Song Ruize said.
"Not only that, but there are also the old stories about Madam Tang and the Anping Marquis' Mansion in the early years. Everything about Madam Tang seems to have been exposed. Didn't someone say before that Madam Tang was Jiang Yunzhou's biological mother? Now, the grievances between Madam Tang and the Anping Marquis' Mansion, as well as the grievances between Madam Tang and Jiang Yunzhou when he was a child, are being spread out in great detail, as if someone had seen those things with their own eyes. I think there is only one person who is so familiar with these things..."
That is Li Taohua.
Only Li Taohua knew what she had been through.
Qin Huiyin understood.
"My mother wanted to die with Jiang Yunzhou." Qin Huiyin said, "Jiang Yunzhou wanted to ruin my mother's reputation. My mother directly publicized the grievances between her and the Anping Marquis' Mansion. Now everyone will only say that Jiang Yunzhou has been an ungrateful person since he was a child. My mother suffered so much before, and Uncle Tang knew everything my mother had been through and still loved her like a treasure. He is indeed a good man worthy of entrusting one's life to."
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