Fast-travel female supporting role and re-employment

Chapter 44

Ke Lan thought that the task should be over by now. Gu Qingyun hugged her for a while, but there was no movement or change. She asked 233: "What's going on? Has the task not been completed?"

233 said: "No, who told you it's finished?"

Ke Lan: "..." It's embarrassing!

Ke Lan moved a bit, came out of Lu Qingyun's arms, and asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do next, Miss?"

According to common sense, the county's mainstream childbirth is not in good health now. Although she hasn't divorced yet, she has returned to her mother's house and has quietly invited the imperial physician several times in the past few days.

Mrs. Tai entered the cell, and Gu Kangyong's family was destroyed. It seemed that everyone had been punished.

But the task has not been completed yet, which means that it is not the result that Lu Qingyun wants.

Ke Lan couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Gu Qingyun put down her hand, looked at Ke Lan and said, "Wait, wait until the right time."

Ke Lan doesn't quite understand, wait for the criminal department to investigate?

"What if the wife insists that she accidentally killed the second master, what should I do?" Ke Lan didn't quite understand. Has it passed?"

Gu Qingyun shook her head, turned around and looked at the animals on the roof of the main courtyard, and said, "I can't get through."

Ke Lan didn't know where her confidence came from. After all, those people outside of Gu Qingyun could help with a little help, but those who got involved in the court didn't have a single helper.

Gu Qingyun's face was calm, and after a while, she turned her head and said as she walked, "Some people can pass, some people can't. It's not time to understand this matter."

Two days later, Mrs. Tai's case was still under trial, and the presiding judge received a hint from Ning Yuanhou. Even if Mrs. Tai insisted that she accidentally killed Gu Kangyong, the case could not be settled.

After all, Gu Kangyong's body still had a large area of ​​bruised blood, which was obviously caused by a scuffle with others. No matter how strong Mrs. Tai was, it was impossible to beat Gu Kangyong in that way, not to mention the scars on Gu Kangyong's head. It was said that he hit the steps, but it was clearly not.

Mrs. Tai was put in prison, but the case was never closed.

Four or five days later, someone came from the princess's side. The princess' mother brought two people from her husband's clan over, and directly gave Gu Kanghong a divorce letter.

Gu Kanghong was sitting upright, his hair and beard had been combed, although he was still a little haggard, but at least he looked a lot more upright, he looked calm, and said: "Mother-in-law, you should go back, there are things at home these few days, when you are done, I will naturally go to pick up the Princess, it is impossible to get together and leave."

His attitude is very firm, and he refuses to leave no matter what.

"Don't talk too much. I heard that Mrs. Tai is still in the prison of the Ministry of Justice? As long as you sign and pledge, Mrs. Tai will go and walk around."

Gu Kanghong hesitated for a moment, he frowned and thought for a long time, then slowly shook his head and said: "No, I will find a way to get married with my mother, but there is no door. Where do you put your face?"

Gu Kanghong said with a stern face, "Qin Jing, who brought the princess into a miscarriage at that time, was also handed over to her, and the second brother...is gone too, and now the princess wants to get divorced? Mother-in-law, please go back , I will definitely not sign this and Li Shu."

The princess's mother, the daughter of King Kang, laughed angrily: "Well, well, your biological mother's life is not as good as your face, yes, you are really a rare villain, I am here today, yes I will offer you a choice, sign it, and if you don’t sign it, I’ll go to the Ministry of Punishments, meet with the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, make a clear distinction, and find out who the murderer is.”

Gu Kangyong raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips.

"Don't toast and eat fine wine. Now that you sign, I may be able to intercede with your mother. If you don't sign, I will send you to meet her. I heard that there are still many doubts about this case."

Gu Kanghong clasped his hands tightly, looked at her viciously, and said through his teeth, "Are you threatening me?"

The princess's mother nodded calmly and said: "Don't talk nonsense, sign or not, I'm very busy, I don't have so much time to go around this detour with you."

Gu Kanghong gritted his teeth.

After signing and leaving the agreement, Gu Kanghong was totally depressed. His mind was in a mess now, and he couldn't figure out why he became like this. At that time, he was just angry and confused. No, but he really didn't think about it, and he didn't think about letting Gu Kang die forever.

The freelance servants of the Earl's Mansion have left these days, and the remaining servants and servants who signed the death contract are also worried all day long, saying that they always hear movement in the yard in the middle of the night.

One person said that he heard it, but it was not true, but three people became a tiger, and more and more people said that they had a nose and eyes, as if they had seen it.

Gu Qingyun fell ill again, this time it was severe, her fever persisted, her face turned red, all the more proof of these random gossips, Yongshou Hall became the most deserted place in the yard, no one dared to speak loudly, and no one dared to speak loudly. come over.

After dragging on for two days, Ke Lan had no choice but to ask Biluo to go to the second lady for help and ask a doctor to come.

Ke Lan confessed: "Remember, just ask the second lady when we arrive, we won't be able to get out of the mansion, and there is no one at the Sir's side these days, so don't say anything else."

Biluo responded.

Gu Zhongyuan hadn't gone out to school since the last funeral for his father. He had been locked up at home for several days, and was afraid that Mrs. Zhang would be overwhelmed, so he didn't dare to leave half a step. When Biluo arrived, he explained his intention. .

Mrs. Zhang didn't refuse, she simply said: "Go back and wait, the doctor will be here soon."

Biluo thanked her a lot, and was about to leave when she suddenly heard Gu Zhongyuan ask, "Isn't Uncle in the mansion?"

Biluo hummed, "I went to ask, and said that the lord has not come back for the past two days, and the lady has a bad fever, there is no other way, so I came to beg the second lady."

Mrs. Zhang said lightly: "There is no one in the big house now. If you need anything, just come to me. There is only one young lady in your yard. If there is a small shortage, you won't need much. Just pay from me. Others, Let's wait for the Sir to come back."

After all, the two brothers Gu Kanghong, although they didn't have a separate government, they still had a separate family. In the past few days, the elders of the Gu family clan came one by one, and there was no one in charge of the big house. come to her.

After Biluo left, Gu Zhongyuan frowned and asked Zhang: "The fifth master came again today, I asked someone to stop him, but he didn't let him in, mother, I don't believe that grandma killed father."

Mrs. Zhang has lost a whole circle in the past half month, and she has no energy. After hearing what Gu Zhongyuan said, she frowned and said, "Don't worry about those..."

"I don't care who cares?" Gu Zhongyuan choked, then slowed down his tone, and persuaded: "Mother, now that my father is gone, I am the pillar of the family. My father died without knowing why. I want to get him back." justice!"

Mrs. Zhang closed her eyes, her pale face was devoid of color and expression, she just asked, "What justice do you want?"

Gu Zhongyuan said firmly: "Killing pays for life, I want to find the real murderer."

Mrs. Zhang pursed her lips tightly, and after a while, she looked at Gu Zhongyuan and said, "The past is the past, isn't it good? Since your grandmother said that she killed it, why don't you believe it? You don't have to worry about family affairs. "

Gu Zhongyuan got up abruptly, and said angrily: "I don't care, then let the people in the clan come and make the mother ask for forgiveness and let the grandmother out? Then my father died in vain? Is there any king in this world?" Law?!"

Zhang's dark eyes turned around, stared at Gu Zhongyuan, and said, "Go back and think about it, whether the dead or the living is more important."

Gu Zhongyuan was in a hurry and walked away.

Mrs. Zhang did not send anyone to stop him. Although Gu Zhongyuan had grown up, some of his ideas were still naive. If the murderer was someone else, he would have to consider it, let alone the Sir.After a while, when the Ministry of Criminal Justice finalizes the case, he will know.

Mrs. Zhang said to the maid beside her: "Go and clean up. Let's go to see the fifth master. Didn't we say that we should write a letter to ask Mrs. Tai to let me go? I will ask."

Gu Kangyong is dead, he died for the bright moon of yesterday in his heart, but she is still alive, and her son is still alive.

Gu Zhongyuan walked like flying, and rushed all the way to the outside of Gu Qingyun's courtyard. After reaching the courtyard, his footsteps paused, and he pushed the door and went in.

Lu Qingyun was lying on the bed coughing, Ke Lan patted her back to ease her breathing.

Gu Qingyun was not surprised to see someone coming in, and said hello, "You're here."

Gu Zhongyuan hummed, and stood far away, more polite and more stable than the previous two visits, he looked at Gu Qingyun on the bed and asked: "Did you lie to me when I asked you last time?"

Lu Qingyun coughed frantically.

Gu Zhongyuan stood still and didn't urge him.

Gu Qingyun was out of breath, looked at Gu Zhongyuan who was standing in the sunlight at the door, and sighed: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just... just some things, maybe it's best not to know the truth."

"Okay or not, it's my own judgment and I have to bear it." Gu Zhongyuan said calmly: "It's already at this time, since the elder sister knows, why don't you tell me that my father is gone, I just want to know that the one who killed him is Not uncle."

Now, the two of them, one is the deceased's son and the other is the murderer's daughter, there has been an insurmountable gap between their conversations.

Gu Qingyun struggled, and sat up with Ke Lan's support. She looked at Gu Zhongyuan and said, "That day, before you came to me, my second aunt came. I told her that my father had a fight with my second uncle. He was injured and fell into a coma, and later I heard that the second uncle fell under the stone table and couldn't get up."

Gu Zhongyuan clenched his fists tightly, his arms trembling slightly by his side, but remained silent.

Gu Qingyun breathed a long sigh of relief, as if she had finally let go of the stone in her heart, and said frankly: "When you came, I wanted to tell you, but I hesitated again. At that time, I didn't know what happened to my second uncle. It happened that my grandmother came Yes, that day my father and uncle were fighting in the Princess’ yard, and she was there too, but let me not tell anyone else, or I will die.”

Gu Zhongyuan was silent for a while, then asked in a low voice, "Why?"

Gu Qingyun didn't speak, she didn't know if she was asking why the two of them fought, or why the grandmother wanted to hide her, or why she was allowed to die.

After a while, she said, "I don't know."

I don't know if Gu Zhongyuan believed her words, but he didn't ask, turned around and left.

He understood some truths. Everyone has their own place, their own ideas, and their own last resort.

If a person doesn't ask for preparations, if he can't do a self-examination—he can't ask others, he can only ask himself.

Ke Lan looked at Gu Qingyun who was sitting on the bed and fell into silence again, and sighed helplessly: "Miss, do you feel that you can't bear it again?"

Gu Qingyun bit her lip, looked at the patterns on the quilt, but said nothing.

Now that the matter was over, it didn't matter whether she said it or not. Gu Zhongyuan knew about the fight between the two brothers earlier. Now that he knew that Gu Kangyong was dead, it was self-evident who the murderer was.

Ke Lan persuaded: "Miss, don't feel sad. At this stage of development, it is no longer under the control of Miss."

Gu Qingyun shook her head, looked at Ke Lan, twitched the corners of her mouth, and said, "No, I told Zhong Yuan the truth to give him confidence and fuel the anger in his heart, so that he can firmly avenge the second master. , it just depends on how Second Aunt will choose."

The news of Gu Zhongyuan's departure from Gu Qingyun was soon sent to Mrs. Zhang. After hearing about it, Mrs. Zhang frowned and said: "Call two women, and arrange four strong and reliable family members to give him to me. Tie it back!"

But Gu Zhongyuan had long thought that Mrs. Zhang would stop him, so after Gu Qingyun went out here, he didn't go back home at all, and drove all the way out of the Earl's Mansion.

He thought about it for a few days, and finally made up his mind today. No matter what, he asked for the truth and justice. This is what he must do as the Son of Man.

Gu Zhongyuan rushed to the gate of the yamen to beat drums to complain, and the people in the yamen came out. As soon as they heard Gu Zhongyuan's words, they immediately sent him a warrant, and sent it to the Ministry of Punishment together with the strip.

As soon as Ning Yuan Hou heard that the son of the second room of the Earl of Su Yi's mansion had come, and accused his uncle of killing his father by mistake, he couldn't agree more. The ghost lied to his old mother, and the two families completely turned their backs. After that, Su Yibo also ruined him a lot of things, and now it can be regarded as being included again.

The presiding judge immediately asked someone to bring Mrs. Tai up. Gu Zhongyuan looked at Mrs. Tai sideways, and called out in a low voice: "Grandmother."

Mrs. Tai stayed in prison for a few days. Although she was not tortured, she was a different person from when she came in. Her face was swollen and haggard, her eyes were dark, and she had suffered a lot.

As soon as she saw Gu Zhongyuan, Mrs. Tai knew in her heart that everything was over.

The presiding officer asked: "You accuse Su Yibo of killing your father, what evidence do you have?"

Gu Zhongyuan replied: "I am not the only one who knows about this matter. The incident happened in my aunt's yard that day. There were quite a few people present. You can call everyone to ask. My grandmother is so old, and she has been going all the way for a few days." Sick, I simply don't have the strength to beat my father like that."

Mrs. Tai's face was pale, and she said forcefully: "I did it, and it has nothing to do with your uncle. Don't talk nonsense. You are still young and don't understand anything. Go home quickly."

Gu Zhongyuan frowned, looked at Mrs. Tai, held back for a long time, but still couldn't hold it back, and asked her: "Although my father is not as good as my uncle, he is not as filial to my grandmother. Now my father was killed by my uncle. Uncle You haven’t returned home yet, and you haven’t thought about how to rescue you from this kind of place, so you still want to defend him? Are you even willing to take the blame for him?”

Every time he said a word, Mrs. Tai's face became ugly, and in the end she couldn't help it and closed her eyes.

She knows what kind of person her own son is, but she has thought a lot about it these days in prison, and she doesn't regret it for Gu Kanghong, but no one in the house has come to see her. How can she not feel cold.

Gu Zhongyuan looked at the presiding judge sitting above, and said: "If your lord doesn't believe it, you can go to the mansion to inquire. Almost all the maids in the inner courtyard know the truth when the aunt's miscarriage happened that day."

What he said was very firm, after all, no one in the mansion dared to say a word about this matter, but if it was sent to the government for questioning, it would be impossible for everyone to keep their tongues tight.

"Then go and investigate, but Su Yibo has a noble status, and I have to report it..."

Regarding this matter, Marquis Ningyuan came in and said loudly: "No, I have already asked His Majesty for instructions on this matter, and I just came over from the princess. Yibolai is."

When Mrs. Tai heard this, she was about to faint when she couldn't stand. She was supported by Gu Zhongyuan, and said worriedly: "Grandmother."

Mrs. Tai gritted her teeth and stood up again, pushing Gu Zhongyuan away, her rejection and disgust were obvious.

Paper cannot contain fire, as long as a corner is burned, the paper will be burned up soon.

The people on Zhang's side failed to catch up with Gu Zhongyuan, but they also watched Gu Zhongyuan enter the yamen. After returning to report to Zhang, Zhang waved his hand and gave each of them two taels of silver.

She sat upright, holding a teacup in her hand, without moving for a long time, looking like a delicate clay doll.

The girl beside her worriedly said: "Madam..."

Zhang's eyelids moved, put down the teacup in his hand, and hummed, "Get ready, the official messenger will be here soon."

When her son went to sue, she could only stand by her son, otherwise she would frame the court officials, and if she was not good, her life would be involved.

Mrs. Zhang got up and said to the girl next to her, "Yingluo, the maids and women who rushed into the yard that day found everything they could find. You understand, what you saw, who you took advantage of afterward, and whose orders you listened to, you should tell the officials verbatim, so as not to cause trouble to your upper body.”

Yingluo hummed and went out to do it.

She had already seen a few of those girls and women. After that day, some were sold, and some were sent to the village outside or in the front yard to do rough work. Those who were sold could not be found, and the rest were not found. not difficult.

Mrs. Zhang ordered all the maids in the house to go out, and only sat in the house by herself.

Although it was hot in midsummer, she didn't feel hot, but rather cool. Although Gu Kangyong didn't often come to her place when he was alive, since he was gone, she often felt that the yard was very empty.

The maid outside stood at the door and said softly: "Madam, the doctor is here and has already gone to the eldest lady."

Mrs. Zhang hummed, and said, "Follow and tell her on the way, the official may be coming in a while, let her know and get her ready."

Gu Qingyun waited in the room, and sure enough, within an hour, the people from Zhang's side and the doctor all came.

She said it was preparation, but Gu Qingyun knew in her heart that the Zhang family was finally forced by Gu Zhongyuan to have no other way to go.

The doctor took the pulse and said it was heatstroke and fever. To lower the temperature, just prescribe a few medicines and it will be fine.

Not long after, people from the Ministry of Punishment came, bringing Gu Zhongyuan and Mrs. Tai along.

Gu Zhongyuan didn't delay, he took people directly to the yard where the princess lived before, pointed to the stone slabs in the yard, and said, "This is it."

Mrs. Tai stood aside, knowing that she was helpless, so she didn't make a sound.

Someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice recorded the case, walked around the stone slab a few times, and asked, "Who cleaned up the blood?"

Gu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I'm not there, I don't know."

Ning Yuanhou nodded, and just as he was about to ask Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang came over from the side yard, bowed, and said, "I have called all the servants who were present that day. You can just ask, but the person who washed the bloodstains has already done so." It was sold by the nanny next to Mrs. Tai."

Ning Yuanhou turned his head and asked Mrs. Tai, "Is that so?"

Gu Zhongyuan raised his eyes slightly, as if he didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang had already prepared everything.

Mrs. Tai stood silently by the side without saying a word.

Marquis Ningyuan pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "It's useless if Mrs. Tai doesn't open her mouth, there will always be someone willing to say it, but they are both your sons, so the difference is quite big."

Mrs. Tai's eyelids moved, but she still didn't speak.

Mother Fang stood beside her, supporting Mrs. Tai, and said, "I sold it. Mrs. Tai didn't know about it. She was in the house that day, and she didn't see anything."

Mrs. Tai held Nanny Fang's arm and said, "I ordered it."

Nanny Fang hurriedly interrupted her, and continued: "It's just that something happened to the second master, and Mrs. Tai didn't want to lose her master for a while, so she had no choice but to hide it, but I did all the other things, and Mrs. Tai didn't care about it." Know."

The case was easy to hear, and Marquis Ning Yuan was also very happy. He said to the person who brought it: "Put this slate away and ask those who were present that day."

Mrs. Zhang has already called people over, and recorded statements one by one, all very quickly.

It was only then that Gu Zhongyuan realized that there seemed to be nothing wrong with him at all, and everything was arranged. According to the words of those servant girls, he was not there at all that day, and he didn't know anything.

It turned out that my mother didn't say anything, but she actually knew everything, but why...

Among all the confessions, there was another person present.

Ning Yuanhou asked: "Who is this eldest lady?"

Mrs. Zhang said: "It's the eldest daughter of the Lord Sir. She happened to be in my yard that day. The princess said to let her go, and she arrived. At that time, two people were fighting, and she went to help fight. She was injured because of this. The wound is now It didn't take long."

However, Gu Qingyun is still a big girl who has not left the cabinet, so she can't see Ning Yuanhou just as soon as he said he would.

Mrs. Zhang compromised and said: "She was injured and unconscious at the time, and she didn't know about it. Why don't you call Daimei, the maid beside her, to come and ask."

Ke Lan was ready a long time ago. Hearing the call from the person in front, she turned her head and gave Gu Qingyun a look, and said, "Don't worry, Miss, I'll be back in a while."

At that time, Ke Lan was the only one who watched the whole process on the spot.

She had to go, and Gu Qingyun knew it, but she was still somewhat worried.

At the front, when Marquis Ning Yuan asked, Ke Lan looked up at Mrs. Tai without saying a word.

Ning Yuanhou said: "Don't look at her, this matter is under my control now, you just say what you see."

Ke Lan hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Mrs. Tai had no intention of speaking, she said, "Yes, the lord missed and beat the second lord to death."

Ning Yuanhou raised his eyebrows: "Did you see clearly?"

Ke Lan nodded and said: "I see clearly, although the lights were not lit that day, it was not particularly dark. Our young lady went to drag the second master, but the young master suddenly slapped the young lady, and the young lady fell down on this stone bench without stopping. The back of the head was injured and bled a lot. As soon as I was about to call for someone, the lord kicked the second master down. The second master was high and pressed on the corner of the stone slab. Go... I was very scared, so I yelled for someone. The maidservant who was sent outside quickly came in, and Mother Fang also came out. After a while, Mrs. Tai also came out. I was worried that something was wrong with my young lady. I left behind her back, and I don't know what happened after that."

Ning Yuanhou nodded and praised her: "You are articulate and remember clearly."

Ke Lan trembled and said, "...so, so scared."

Ning Yuanhou asked again: "Why did you fight?"

Ke Lan said: "Because of Madam, Second Master Xinna's wife forced Madam to have a miscarriage."

Mrs. Zhang also nodded, and added: "Young Master was furious, and Second Master defended that concubine. At first, the two of them argued a few words. My mother-in-law asked me to go back, so I left."

Mrs. Tai didn't say a word, and she didn't have any objection to this statement.

No one wanted to involve the dead Ning family.

It would be even more perfect if there was no such person in the world.