The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 222 Grave Robbers

Outside the Lu Mansion, a black carriage stopped for a long time.

Qingming walked out of Lu's house quickly and told the situation inside through the car window.

Xie Zhiyan frowned.

"The young lady seems to be fine. Her face is a little pale, but her expression seems very happy."

Xie Zhiyan was slightly startled: "Are you sure she's okay?"

"Yes. I saw it clearly. Fuxiao wanted to cover her eyes, but she pushed them away."

"Not easy." Xie Zhiyan sighed. He wanted to go in, after all, Qin Wan was still a girl in her teens, and she had never seen such a bloody scene.

I didn't expect that she was mentally strong enough to withstand such a horrifying scene.

How much hatred she must have in her heart.

"Let's go."

The black carriage left quietly.

Qin Wan returned home and soaked in the bathtub without moving, her eyes fixed straight ahead.

Zhiruo and Xiyan were so scared that they looked at each other and Zhiruo hurried out to prepare a calming soup.

Xiyan gently rubbed her shoulders: "Madam, have you finished soaking? You are tired today, so you should rest early."

Qin Wan came back to her senses, "Okay. Tomorrow, there is a big show, so I have to take good care of myself."

Patriarch Lu will go to Kaifeng Prefecture early tomorrow morning to ask for the tomb robbery case to be solved. After that, Lu Shanyuan and Zhao Linyi can be sent to jail.

After drinking the calming soup, Qin Wan's mood finally calmed down.

The bead curtain moved, making a crisp sound, and Dawn walked in.

"Lu Shanyuan personally led people to drag He Mama and Xiong Gou to a mass grave outside the countryside and directly dug a pit and buried them alive."

Qin Wan was not surprised.

However, Lu Shanyuan is really crazy.

These two people are good citizens.

It is a serious crime for a court official and a noble marquis to kill two innocent people.

"Tell Cang Lang to take away all the people who did it and lock them up. Spread the news of the tomb robbery."

Fuxiao glanced at Qin Wan and felt that the girl had become even more ruthless. She was going to deal with Lu Shanyuan.
But it really relieves my anger.

"Yes."

The next day.

Qin Wan had just finished her breakfast when she received news at dawn that the old clan leader Lu had taken the clan elders to Kaifeng Prefecture, causing an uproar in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Not only that, it seemed as if everyone in the streets and alleys knew about this incident in an instant. Someone actually dared to rob the Marquise's tomb, which shocked the city of Bianjing.

The dignitaries rushed to their ancestral tombs to check whether their tombs had been robbed.

Then a large group of people rushed to Kaifeng Prefecture, demanding that the case be solved quickly and the tomb robbers be delayed.

There are many burial objects in the ancestral tombs of prominent families. Losing the treasure is a small matter, but if the graves of ancestors are dug up and affect the family's feng shui, that is a big deal, which makes people panic.

Soon, the ministers attending the court reported the matter to His Majesty.

His Majesty was furious when he heard this. This was unacceptable. He immediately sent people to check the imperial tomb and guard it strictly. At the same time, he ordered Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Administration to investigate the tomb robbery case together.

Qin Wan raised her eyebrows: "Has it spread to the palace?"

Dawn relieved his hatred: "Of course. Now those two beasts can't get away!"

Qin Wan tilted her head and suddenly smiled: "God is watching what you do."

"Young Madam, Commander Cang wants to see you." Zhiruo walked in.

"Please."

Cang Lang came in and bowed, "Young Madam, the people have been arrested and their confessions have been signed."

He personally handed over the sealed file with both hands.

Zhiruo took it, opened it, and pulled out a series of confessions, including one that involved burying two people alive.

Qin Wan looked at it and asked her to fold it: "Thank you for your hard work."

"And this. The Imperial City Bureau has been investigating the substitution of military rations and the collusion between the Ministry of Revenue and the Canal Transport Bureau. There is evidence that Lu Shanyuan was involved, with both human and material evidence. Madam, you can use it if you need it."

Qin Wan's eyes lit up: "Let me see it quickly."

Zhiruo took the file, pulled out an inner page and handed it to Qin Wan.

It's a thick stack with clear evidence.

"Lu Shanyuan is so audacious! He dared to collude with Lu and Xia Jianglian's father to exchange inferior rice for good rice, and even dared to transport all the grain to the northern border for resale! He even sold military horses privately in exchange for disaster relief grain! How dare he!"

“Not only that, they also mixed a lot of sawdust into the inferior rice.”

Qin Wan closed the file and said, "Heaven will not tolerate these parasites!"

Suddenly I thought of something: "Master Yan...was killed because of this, right?"

Cang Lang didn't expect her to turn to this matter so suddenly. Before he could think of how to answer, he heard Qin Wan say, "I remember that Master Xie was also investigating this matter before. Now Master Xie and Master Yan are gone..."

She stood up suddenly: "I'm here to expose this matter!" Cang Lang's eyes widened: "Young Madam, you are not an official."

"So what if he is not an official? Anyone who brings disaster to the country and the people should be punished!"

Lu! Li Haochuan!

It's time to deal with them!

Cang Lang was stunned: "Young Madam, you can't do that."

"Why not?" Qin Wan looked at him seriously.

Canglang didn't know how to explain it.

The files Xie Zhiyan asked him to bring were only about Lu Shanyuan, but if they wanted to uproot the Lu family, the evidence was not enough.

The master has already thought of a solution, but he hasn’t shown up yet, has he?
"Don't worry, I'll take care of anything that happens."

Anyway, she had died once, and by dying like this, she was avenging her mother.

"Young Madam, you should punish Lu Shanyuan first, and the Imperial City Department will handle the rest."

Qin Wan frowned: "With Master Yan gone, can the Imperial City Division still follow orders? The Imperial City Division used to have a bad reputation. Now that there is no such a righteous leader as Master Yan in charge, won't it return to its original state?"

Cang Lang: ...

Seeing his conflicted expression, Qin Wan knew that he was concerned about her safety, so she didn't say anything more.

"I understand. I will handle it carefully. Let's deal with the issue of Lu Shanyuan and his mother first."

Cang Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial City Department worked together really fast...

One day later.

"Young Madam, the prefect of Kaifeng has sent someone to ask for an audience."

Qin Wan suddenly sat up: "Kaifeng prefect?"

"Yes." Dawn's eyes were burning.

"Zhiruo, change your clothes."

Soon, Qin Wan arrived at the front hall. Seeing the visitor wearing the fifth-rank official uniform, she bowed to him and said, "My lord, what's the matter?"

The visitor hurriedly bowed to Qin Wan, who was a fourth-rank imperial official.

"Have you heard about the robbery of the Crown Prince's wife's mother's tomb?"

Qin Wan's eyes turned red, and her face showed grief: "I can't talk about this. I can't bear it if I talk about it."

The visitor was embarrassed: "The matter of the tomb robbers... The elder of the Lu family asked to report it to the government office. The matter has been investigated, but... it involves the wife of the prince, so I have to explain it to the wife of the prince, and ask the wife of the prince to make the decision."

"Decision? I need to make the decision?" Qin Wan's eyes were full of anger and grief. "Are you going to let such a vicious tomb robber go? According to the laws of our dynasty, anyone who steals the tomb of a third-rank official or a meritorious family can be executed immediately!"

The visitor felt a chill on his neck and couldn't help shrinking his neck. He looked around and asked, "Madam, can you please dismiss the attendants?"

"No need, they are all like my sisters, there is nothing to hide."

Qin Wan said angrily, "The news has spread all over the capital, and even His Majesty has ordered a strict investigation. Do you want to disobey the order?"

"No, no, definitely not." The man was so scared that he waved his hands quickly.

Qin Wan's eyes were red. "If it's not what, then what! Seeing you hesitate, are you trying to protect the tomb robber? He dug the tomb of the daughter of Duke Qin! He stole nearly 100,000 burial objects. Isn't this crime enough to be punished by death?"

"Of course, of course. Ah, no, no."

The visitor made up his mind: "The ones digging the tomb were not tomb robbers, but...your father and Madam Lu."

"What!" Qin Wan was horrified. "Are they so cruel that they don't want my mother and my unborn brother to die in peace?"

She paused for a moment, "No, they dug up the tomb for the burial objects, didn't they? My mother has divorced Lu Shanyuan by the Queen's decree. He dug up the tomb and stole the things inside without permission. How is he any different from a tomb robber? Does he mean he can rob tombs at will just because he is a marquis? Does he mean they can disregard the law just because they are a marquis!"

The visitor was sweating profusely. It looked like Qin Wan was unwilling to let Lu Shanyuan and his mother go.

The prefect sent him to inform Qin Wan of the matter so that she would know that it was her biological father and grandmother who took the burial objects because they had no money to spend, and they were not tomb robbers.

But if Qin Wan insisted that they were tomb robbers, that would be a different matter.

The wife of Prince Xie is not easy to deal with. The incident has caused a big fuss and even His Majesty is alarmed. If the Kaifeng Prefecture does not handle it according to the law, it is estimated that this young lady will not let it go.

By then, it will no longer be the Lu family's family affair, but will implicate the entire Kaifeng Prefecture.

The prefect said that he hadn't even gotten comfortable in this position yet and was afraid that the crazy girl might cause trouble, so His Majesty replaced him.

"I understand. Madam, don't worry, we in Kaifeng Prefecture will deal with it severely."

Qin Wan finally calmed down and said apologetically, "I was too excited just now. Please forgive me, sir. After all, it was my mother's grave that was dug up... If your mother's grave was dug up and a talisman was affixed to it, and the tomb was looted, your mother would not be at peace in the afterlife. You must understand how I feel at this moment."

grown ups:……

I thank you.

My mother is alive and well.

"Zhiruo, please see the master off properly. He has worked hard." Qin Wan wiped her tears.

Zhi Ruo understood what he meant and stuffed a red envelope into his pocket on the way out.

When he went out and got on the carriage, he opened the red envelope and saw that it contained a hundred taels of silver. He was immediately happy.

Come to think of it, put yourself in his shoes and think about it. If it were him, he would definitely pick up the knife and chop someone right away!
Besides, Qin Wan is already pitiful enough, you don’t want to bully her like this!