Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 98 Misfortune Comes From Heaven
When they were done drinking, the three of them left the restaurant together.

Zhou Yu found a nearby inn to settle down, while Ge Dongming walked briskly towards his home.

Wine, he drank a lot.

Although a little drunk, I was very excited in my heart, and there was a kind of anticipation and joy that I was about to be relieved.

As he said before, he has long been tired of living under the fence and being looked down upon by others.

It's just that I can't make up my mind to make a clean break.

Now, a long talk with Zhou Yu finally allowed him to find a new direction in life.

He's just in his early thirties, and he still has a lot of opportunities to make his mark, so there's no need to stay in Liu's mansion and suffer from that bird's anger.

When he got home, Ge Dongming didn't go to his room, but to the study next door, because he didn't want to see his wife's cold face.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door was opened, a servant came over: "Uncle, the master asked you to come over, saying that he has something to talk to you."

"Well, just right, I also have something to say to the master."

Under the leadership of his servants, Ge Dongming came to a wing room in the west courtyard.

This is where Liu He usually receives guests. He has been waiting for Ge Dongming to come back, obviously he has something important to say.

"My son-in-law has met his father-in-law."

As soon as he entered the door, Ge Dongming bowed first.

Liu He said sullenly, "Close the door first."

"Yes!"

Ge Dongming turned around and closed the door, then turned around and asked, "It's so late, I don't know what's important for my father-in-law?"

"Dongming, there are no outsiders here, we, Weng and son-in-law, would like to have a chat."

Ge Dongming was stunned, then cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what my father-in-law wants to say? Do you think my son-in-law is not qualified to be the son-in-law of the Liu family?"

"You don't want to do this to the old man. Of course, Yunling did something wrong in today's matter.

But how can I say that she is also the lady of the Liu family, if you slap her in the face, how will she see others in the future? "

"Is my father-in-law blaming my son-in-law?"

"Hahaha, what else? Do you think the old man still needs to praise you?
Ge Dongming, the old man is waiting for you to come back, just to warn you not to go too far.

The old man knows that you don't like Xiang Nan's dealings with Yun Ling, but who can be blamed?

As long as you want to be promising, you can get a Juren, then Xiang Nan won't be so unscrupulous..."

"enough!"

These words once again uncovered Ge Dongming's scar.

Besides, Liu He's words are simply unreasonable. Does it have anything to do with his wife's observance of women's morals?
"How dare you speak to the old man so loudly?"

Liu He couldn't help but shoot the case.

"This junior doesn't want to talk too much. Since your family thinks that this junior is worthless, then this junior will write a letter of divorce tomorrow..."

Now that he has made up his mind, Ge Dongming no longer regards himself as a son-in-law, and proposes to divorce his wife.

"What did you say?"

Liu He seemed a little unbelievable, and pointed at Ge Dongming's nose and stepped forward.

"The junior said that tomorrow I will write a letter of divorce..."

"Snapped!"

There was a loud slap in the house.

"You bastard, you want to turn the world upside down, don't you? The old man has supported you for many years, and you dare to be ungrateful?"

Liu He's original intention was just to give Ge Dongming a warning, but Ge Dongming, who has always been cowardly, proposed to divorce his wife, which was far beyond his expectations.

It also made him feel ashamed and angry.

"Hehe, now, master Liu is going to calm down, right? The junior has been educated, so let's say goodbye."

Ge Dongming didn't want to argue anymore, he cupped his hands and turned to the door.

"return!"

Liu He was so ashamed and angry that he raised his hand and grabbed it suddenly. Ge Dongming lost his balance and staggered into Liu He. The two fell to the ground together and knocked over a chair.

"Master Liu, this junior drank a lot of wine and is a little dizzy. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Ge Dongming staggered and rolled over, cupped his hands and said something, then turned and left.

Back in the study, the spirit of alcohol welled up, and he fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long I slept...

Suddenly, the door of the study was kicked open, and several fast killers rushed forward, and tied Ge Dongming's hands behind his back before he could recover.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Ge Dongming was stunned and asked loudly.

"You still have the nerve to ask? Go back to the yamen and talk about it, take me away!"

"Yes!"

"Hey, do you still have the king's law? How can you arrest people casually?"

At this time, there was a burst of mournful cries outside, and Madam Liu scolded angrily: "Ge Dongming, you goddamn bastard, thanks to the master treating you like your own, you are so cruel... "

Poisoning?
Hearing the crying and cursing, Ge Dongren was stunned.

Master Liu died?
what happened?Ge Dongming tried his best to recall what happened last night, and his head ached.

……

the next morning.

Yi Ruzhong, the prefect, sits in court to hear the case in person.

"Bring the criminal up!"

Today's world is not so particular, but anyone who is put in a prison can be called a criminal regardless of whether you have been convicted or not.

The two yamen servants took Ge Dongming to the court like a tiger, and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Although scholars have certain privileges, for example, people often say that they do not kneel when they meet officials.However, there are limitations.

Juren can really see an official without kneeling, but a scholar can't.

Scholars just don't have to kneel in the county yamen, but this is the yamen of Gusu Prefecture, and the dignified fifth-rank prefect sits in the hall.

Therefore, kneeling has to kneel.

"Bring the plaintiff!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of crying.

Yunling's mother and daughter knelt down in the courtroom crying, accompanied by Xiangnan.

He is a Juren, so naturally he doesn't need to kneel, and he is even eligible to enjoy the seat when he meets a judge with a lower official rank.

As soon as he entered the hall, Xiang Xiangnan took two steps forward, holding a complaint in his hand and said, "Report to the magistrate, the students want to sue Ge Dongming, a student in our prefecture.

Last night, Ge Dongming went berserk and killed his father-in-law, this is a complaint, please read it over..."

"My lord, the student was wronged..."

Ge Dongming immediately cried out for injustice.

"You bastard, I fought with you..."

In grief and anger, Mrs. Liu rushed over desperately.

"Above the court, what is the order?"

Yi Ruzhong slapped the gavel and let out a dissatisfied drink.

At this time, the master handed over the complaint, and Yi Ruzhong unfolded it and read it carefully.

After reading it, he shouted again: "Witnesses!"

"Witness is in court!"

The witness is a servant girl and a servant of the Liu family.They were outside the house when the incident happened.

"The grass people kowtow to the lord!"

"The servant knocks on the lord!"

As soon as they entered the hall, they both knelt down and kowtowed.

"Tell me one by one what you saw and heard last night."

Jia Ding first said: "Going back to the adults, Cao Min was ordered by the master to ask my uncle to talk about it last night.

After my uncle entered the room, the door was closed, and soon there was a noise from inside..."

"The servant heard that the uncle seemed to say that he was going to divorce the young lady, the master was very angry and started arguing.

Not long after, the servant heard the sound of slaps, and the master's scolding, scolding the uncle for being ungrateful and so on.

Then there was another bang, as if something had been knocked over..."

"Afterwards, my uncle opened the door and left. Cao Min and Xiao Fang were terrified and waited outside the house.

After waiting for almost half a stick of incense, there was still no movement in the room.

Cao Min was a little worried, so he had the courage to go to the door and call for the master..."

"The servant girl and Zhu Zi bravely entered the house, only to find the master lying on the ground, bleeding a lot..."

When the two finished speaking, they were taken down by the yamen servants.

At this time, Yi Ruzhong slapped the gavel and shouted at Ge Dongming: "Ge Dongming, as a scholar, how could you do such an outrageous thing?"

"My lord, the student was wronged... the student did argue with Yue Zhang at that time.

Because the student had a bit too much to drink at the time, he explained that we will discuss it tomorrow.

As a result, Zhang Yue grabbed the student from behind, and for some reason, they both fell to the ground.

The student opened the door and left after getting up. How could he kill Yue Zhang?Besides, what reason does the student have to kill Yue Zhang? "

At this time, Fang Xiangnan cupped his hands at Yi Ruzhong and said, "My lord, I don't have anything to say."

"Well, tell me!"

"My lord, the cause of the incident has already been mentioned in the complaint, but it may not be detailed due to space limitations.

To talk about Ge Dongming's motive for killing, it's actually very simple.

The reason why he is willing to be the son-in-law is probably because he is greedy for the wealth of the Liu family.

And this person is narrow-minded, yesterday, the student went to visit his uncle and aunt..."

Xiang Nan used his sharp tongue to describe what happened yesterday.

Of course, he chose himself completely, and described Ge Dongming as an unreasonable, narrow-minded, and extremely rude villain.

"He didn't ask indiscriminately, and fought violently. If Master Liu hadn't rushed to reprimand him, he didn't know how big the trouble would have been.

If you think about it later, this guy must have a grudge, and once again had a dispute with Master Liu.

In the end, if he didn’t do anything, he would continue to kill Mr. Liu…”

"You spit out blood!"

Ge Dongming was filled with grief and indignation, and shouted angrily at Xiang Nan.

"Don't roar in court!"

Yi Ruzhong slapped the gavel heavily, and then asked Ge Dongming: "Okay, I'll listen to your explanation now, sir."

"My lord, if it is true that a student has harmed Yue Zhang, why would he be in the mood to go back to the study to sleep? This is completely unreasonable."

"This……"

Yi Ruzhong couldn't help pondering.

"My lord, from the perspective of my talent, this is exactly where Ge Dongming is cunning. Please learn from me, my lord."

Xiang Nan hurriedly said something, and at the same time gave Yi Ruzhong a look.

Yi Ruzhong understood it faithfully, coughed dryly and said, "Ge Dongming, let me tell you how you killed someone.

Perhaps, you had no intention of killing people, but Master Liu did die because of you.

The dead body has been experienced, and the cause of death was a massive blood loss caused by hitting a hard object on the back of the head..."

"what?"

Ge Dongming couldn't help but exclaimed, his eyes became a little desperate.

"To put it simply, this is manslaughter. Although the crime is not fatal, the crime of living is inevitable. Now that there are all witnesses and evidence, what else can you say?"

Ge Dongming's heart sank.

He carefully recalled the details of last night, and vaguely recalled that he had indeed fallen to the ground with Liu He.

However, he didn't care, turned around and left by himself.

What happened after that, he really didn't know.

Seeing that Ge Dongming didn't say a word, Yi Ruzhong seemed a little impatient, and slapped the gavel: "Since you have nothing to say, the judge will pronounce the sentence now..."

(End of this chapter)