I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 603

Madam Qi's death was heartbreaking, but before she died, she dragged Qiu Huaixin into the water indistinctly. Leaving aside the magistrate Jiao and the others in the main room, at least the villagers in the courtyard looked at Qiu Huaixin with strange eyes.

"My lord, although the dead are the most important, but I can't bear the notoriety of killing people for no reason. Please investigate thoroughly." Qiu Huaixin said loudly, turning a blind eye to the hatred cast by Qi Changlin.

The Qiu family is also troubled now, whether it is for himself or for the Qiu family, Qiu Huaixin cannot let himself bear this bad name.

Qi Changlin held Mrs. Qi who had lost her breath with both hands, looked at the blood-stained clothes on her chest, closed his eyes fiercely, and said in a hoarse voice when he spoke again, "Please forgive me and let my lady go Rest assured."

As for the thorough investigation that Qiu Huaixin said, it is all a blasphemy to the lady, and it means that she can't rest in peace even if she dies!Qi Changlin could imagine the result of the government's final thorough investigation in order to clear Qiu Huaixin of his crimes.

"Changlin, you?" Qiu Huaixin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Qi Changlin, who has always been upright, would say that, and he would ignore the truth in order to protect Mrs. Qi.

Turning his head suddenly, Qi Changlin's scarlet eyes burst into a terrifying light, and his already angry face appeared ferociously distorted because of the sneer, "Why is the third son so aggressive that he can't even let a dead person go? Are you forced?" It's not enough to kill my wife, but the five members of Qi's family can feel at ease if they kill me?"

There was undisguised hatred in the hysterical questioning voice, Qi Changlin mournfully hugged Mrs. Qi's body, even though his wife was illiterate, she was the most polite and hardly talked to outsiders in the village.

But now that the person is dead, these people still don't let the lady go, wanting her to bear the notoriety of being chaste and die in peace. Qi Changlin can imagine that his two children will be criticized in the future because they have a promiscuous mother. , I will also become a laughing stock, because his wife climbed on the bed in disobedience, but ended up in a ridiculous end of death.

"Changlin, calm down." Jiao Lianyu, who had been on the sidelines, said in a deep voice. She looked at her best friend who had lost her beloved wife with heartache, and then looked at Qiu Huaixin pleadingly, "Changlin almost lost his beloved daughter, and now he also lost his beloved wife. Huaixin, you include everything, why not wait for Changlin to calm down."

Qiu Huaixin could indeed understand Qi Changlin's mood at the moment, and he would not argue with him, but for the sake of the Qiu family's reputation, Qiu Huaixin couldn't let the matter turn around, and had to find out in front of Jiao Zhifu.

Once the news that he forced someone to death spread, even if the government investigates and clears up his innocence in the future, no one will believe it anymore.

Although Qiu Huaixin has an unruly temperament, he is also a child of a family after all, and he has received the best teaching since he was a child. Compared with his own innocence, the people of Qianzhong Prefecture are probably more willing to believe that the "news" that Mr. Qiu's youngest son forced people to death ".

Sitting in the head seat of the hall, Zhifu Jiao looked at the two who had turned against each other in a blink of an eye, and Zhifu Jiao had to investigate thoroughly, "Third Young Master, there is no need to say more. It is my duty to investigate the case to the bottom."

Hearing this, Qi Changlin laughed silently, and looked at the ugly faces in front of him with sarcasm, "The student thought that Sir was an upright official and a good official who made decisions for the people. He's a scumbag, since your lord wants to curry favor with the superior, why should you show such a fair and honest attitude, it's extremely ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!"

Magistrate Jiao ignored Qi Changlin's gossip, and Mr. Wei, who was in charge of recording, couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. Although he had some talent for reading, it was a pity that he didn't understand the world at all. Is their own future.

With the character of Mr. Qiu and Zhifu Jiao, as officials of the imperial court, the two of them would not be able to argue with Qi Changlin, a young scholar, but even if he passed the imperial examination, if the rumors spread today, he could only sit on the bench in the yamen in the future , Just slandering the superior at the slightest disagreement, which official would dare to support and reuse such a subordinate?

No matter how angry and unwilling Qi Changlin was, the prefect Jiao would not worry about his face and feelings since he wanted to conduct a thorough investigation. He interrogated the villagers and soon found out some clues.

"Returning to your lord, the woman has indeed felt that something is wrong with Mrs. Qi these days. She often loses consciousness when she is working in the field. If the woman hadn't reminded her, Mrs. Qi's hoe would have hit her own foot."

A woman who lived at the entrance of the village also expressed her confusion, "Miss Qi took two children back to her mother's house three days ago, and she also carried a basket full of things. At that time, the woman asked Qi Wife, she only said that she owed her natal family all these years, so this time she brought more things."

If Qi Changlin wants to study, there is no man in the Qi family who can work. No matter how hard Mrs. Qi can endure some jobs, she still can't do some jobs. She married Qi Changlin all these years because her older brothers and younger brothers came to help during the autumn harvest.

Mrs. Qi's natal family is kind. In the past, whether they caught rabbits on the mountain or caught fish in the water, they would give some to Mrs. Qi, hoping that she and the children would eat better.

Every year, hundreds of catties of coarse grains are sent over to prevent Mrs. Qi's family from starving.

The Qi family is poor, and the Qi family has been subsidized by Mrs. Qi's natal family in the past few years. She would not take things from her natal family except for three festivals every year.

At this time, the woman who is good at tailoring clothes in the village also said, "Miss Qi made two pairs of shoes and two clothes for the two children, but the sizes are a bit big, and the two children will probably wear them in a few years. The old lady At that time, she asked a lot, and Mrs. Qi said that her mother-in-law's health was getting worse, and she was worried that she would not have time to make shoes and clothes for the children in the future, so she made them ahead of time while she was free."

Farm children’s clothes will be made bigger, so that they can be worn for several years. If the size is suitable and fits snugly, the children will grow fast, and the new clothes will not be able to be worn after a year. That’s why Mrs. Qi said that the old woman People didn't think too much about it.

At this time, Detective Liu had already returned with physical evidence, "My lord, in addition to two pairs of new shoes and new clothes in the closet, there are also several sets of old clothes that have been resized."

The old clothes belonged to Qi Changlin and Mrs. Qi himself, needless to say Qi Changlin, he is a scholar, and even if the Qi family members are hungry, they will cut cloth for him to make some clothes that can support the facade, so he wears It is also suitable to change small clothes for children.

Zhifu Jiao looked at the clothes unfolded in Catcher Liu's hands. There were three long gowns in blue, blue, and moon white. The size was about fourteen or fifteen years old.

As for the four pieces of clothes Mrs. Qi remade out of her old clothes, the size is also worn by a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, and the girl's family will not grow much when she is about this age. Put on.

Coupled with the two sets of clothes cut from new cloth, Mrs. Qi has made a pair of clothes for her children from now to their teens.

"My lord, apart from a few old clothes with too many patches in the closet, Mrs. Qi's own clothes have been made smaller." Detective Liu discovered this when he quickly checked the closet. There is a death plan every day.

After Mrs. Qi's parents were brought over from the neighboring village for questioning, the old woman almost fainted from crying, "Mother's silly daughter..."

The mournful cry is the pain and helplessness of being a mother but asking a white-haired man to give black hair, and the old woman with a simple nature will not hide it. Mrs. Qi returned to her natal family three days ago, and she told her father what she said inside and out. Brother Niang will take care of two more children in the future.

At that time, Mrs. Qi's old mother held her daughter's wrist with only one bone, telling her not to think nonsense, and to work more leisurely in the future, and if she couldn't do it, someone would bring a message back, and these brothers from her mother's family could help.

The old woman even told Mrs. Qi to eat better, and she planned to ask someone for a tonic, grab a few medicines and adjust Mrs. Qi's body.

Mrs. Qi brought this basket of things back to her mother's house, but her mother's house not only didn't want it, but also packed [-] extra eggs for her to take back to replenish her body.

After hearing this, Magistrate Jiao almost understood that Mrs. Qi went back to her mother's house all year round to take care of her orphans, but her mother's family thought that she was sick and weak, so they said that if she was gone in the future, she would take care of a pair of children. .

(End of this chapter)