Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 517
This official was tall and strong, with dark skin, as if he had been pulled out of a charcoal fire. Everyone called him Dahei.

Liu Yunxiang followed Dahei around several alleys, and finally came to a newly built house. Compared with the old houses around, this house was particularly eye-catching.

At this time, a bunch of common people were crowded in front of the gate of the house, chattering and buzzing.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Dahei yelled, and these people hurriedly made way for them.

Liu Yunxiang walked in and heard the people on both sides discussing in low voices.

"This lady is dressed in gold and silver, probably the daughter-in-law of the official in the courtyard."

"Here's the money."

"I don't know how much water has been mixed into a jar of wine, but I want someone to pay ten taels of silver."

"This Mrs. Chen has always been unreasonable. No one in our neighborhood knows her."

Liu Yunxiang sighed, on the way here, she had already heard from Dahei.

The court lady hanged herself, and there was no doubt about her body. His Highness wanted her family to take the body back quickly. After all, it is too hot now, and it will smell bad if left for a day.

They found the palace lady's home in the west city, and there were mother and elder brother in the house. They brought them the news of the palace maid's death, but what shocked them was that her mother refused to take her daughter's body home.The reason was even more bizarre, saying that her son was about to get married, and it would be too unlucky to bring back a dead person at this time.

It's easy to talk about it, but I don't get it anyway.

This corpse can't be left there forever, for two days, the rancid smell has filled the entire office of the Ministry of Punishment, and everyone has to cover their noses when they enter the door.They went to look for it again, and the maid's mother told the government to dispose of the corpse, but according to the regulations, if there is a family member, the family member needs to identify the corpse and sign it, so that the corpse can be disposed of by the government. Because they are afraid that the family will cause trouble later, the government said I don't know.

But when they were asked to identify the corpse and sign, the mother and brother refused.

There is no other way, Yan Mu can only go there in person, just in time for this old lady of the Chen family to prepare a bride price for her son, she refuses to listen to any persuasion and explanations, and even drives them out, Yan Mu's temper came up, and she directly smashed the gift jar of wine.

Then it was blackmailed.

When Dahei arrived, he also said: We can't get together the ten taels of silver, after all, the monthly money is only two taels a month, but His Royal Highness can't afford it either.

Liu Yunxiang coughed twice when she heard this, it seemed that she really forgot to give him pocket money.

Entering the courtyard, first heard the sound of wailing.

"Officials are terrible...you are too deceitful...we are poor and broke...we finally got a wife...we put together this little gift...you are so majestic...you smashed my altar Wine...Ten taels of silver...If you beat me to death, this old woman won't be able to raise money...I won't be able to get a wife for my son...I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Chen family...It's better to hit the wall to death...That's the same Those who were forced to death by you... ouch... bullying our orphans and widowed mothers... can't survive... can't survive..."

A woman in a blue-gray coarse cloth skirt was sitting on the ground, crying and patting the ground, but she still had a tune.

Yan Mu stood a few steps away, with his arms crossed, his face was already dark and heavy, and the other officials also stepped back a few steps, all of them disturbed and at a loss what to do.

Probably they have never been so worried about catching the most vicious criminals.

Liu Yunxiang held back a smile and walked over, Yan Mu's eyes lit up when he saw her.

"Do you want silver or?"

Yan Mu turned her body to face the woman, "Help me reason with her."

Liu Yunxiang couldn't help laughing, and when he turned around, he saw Yan Mu with a headache on his face.

"To deal with this kind of person, you can't be reasonable."

Yan Mu picked at the woman with his chin, "I've hit the wall three times already."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the old woman shout: "You officials bully the people... The big guys are watching... I'll show you to death..."

Saying that, the woman got up and slammed into the east wall.Fortunately, the officials were experienced, so they rushed to the front, and the woman bumped into one of the officials.

The official was clutching his stomach, looking in pain.

"Auntie, please, don't hit me, we're all green from your belly."

The mother-in-law glared at the officer, sat back and continued to cry, still in the same tone.

Liu Yunxiang clicked his tongue, "You have met a master."

She turned around to look at the woman, her eyes narrowed, she thought of that day in front of Ziyun Temple, that is, the day when the palace maid died, she saw this woman among the pilgrims onlookers.

She bumped into her, and scolded her back, and then asked what happened inside, and ran away in a panic when she found out.

She was puzzled at the time, but now she understands it all at once.

Liu Yunxiang squatted down, took out a silver coin from his purse, and waved it in front of the woman.When the woman saw the silver, she stopped crying and reached out to get it, but Liu Yunxiang dodged it.

The mother-in-law then looked at her, looked her up and down a few times, "Who are you?"

"Princess Zhenbei."

"Wangwangfei?" The woman was so shocked that she stuttered.

Liu Yunxiang raised his eyebrows, "Don't you know that he is King Zhenbei?"

Liu Yunxiang pointed to Yan Mu who was behind him, and then turned to look at the old lady, seeing that her face had changed in shock, and said to her again in a fright: "You are in serious trouble."

The mother-in-law's expression was tense, although she was shocked, she calmed down quickly, "Oh, what's the matter with the prince and concubine, I'm just an ordinary person..."

"Right now, you are not an ordinary person, but a murder suspect!"

"I kill? Kill who?"

"Chen Xuan, that is your daughter."

"How can you spout blood..."

"Before Chen Xuan died, did you meet each other?"

"No, no!"

"The nuns in Ziyun Nunnery can testify."

The mother-in-law panicked, "I... I saw my daughter... What's wrong with that?"

"There was nothing wrong with it, but why did you deny it just now?"

The mother-in-law's eyes dodged, and she didn't know what to say to defend herself.

"And why don't you go to the government to identify the corpse?"

"My son is going to get married, I'm afraid of bad luck." The mother-in-law lowered her head and said.

"Hmph, you're not sad when your daughter dies. You don't take her body to bury, but rush to marry your son. As a mother, you really have to be patient."

The mother-in-law snorted, "What's the use of a daughter, I will rely on my son to take care of me when I get old."

Liu Yunxiang took a look at the yard. When she entered the door just now, she heard the neighbors say that the Chen family used to be very poor, and the house was built only after her daughter entered the palace.

"Your daughter is in the palace, and she gave you all the monthly money. That's why you built this house. Am I right?"

The mother-in-law pursed her lips and said, "I raised her and she gave me money. What's wrong?"

"But the house is built, and the son needs money to get married, so you went to your daughter again and asked her to prepare more money. She told you that she was just a little palace maid, and the monthly money was already given to you. You are gone, how can there be money. You scolded her, scolded her for having no conscience, scolded her for being a money loser, and she shouldn't have been born and raised in the first place, right? "

The mother-in-law looked at Liu Yunxiang in shock, "You..."

How did she know that there were only mother and daughter in the room at that time, could it be that the daughter told her?
Liu Yunxiang stared at the mother-in-law, and said word by word: "She gave you 100 taels."

(End of this chapter)