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

Chapter 223: Tomb Robber

In broad daylight, the gate of Lu Mansion was closed.

Old Madam Lu fell ill, and Lu Shanyuan sat in the room stupidly, refusing to eat or drink.

Xia Jianglian was nowhere to be seen, and the servants all huddled in the corners as much as possible, fearing that the slightest movement would provoke the bloody marquis to kill someone.

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A series of hurried knocks on the door woke up the marquis and the doorman ran over tremblingly.

"Who!"

"Kaifeng Prefecture, please invite Lord Lu and Madam Lu to Kaifeng Prefecture for questioning."

The doorman's face turned pale, and he had to force himself to yell back, "Nonsense! How can my Lord be summoned to question someone in your small Kaifeng Mansion at will?"

"Open the door quickly, or we will break it down!"

Then they heard a series of loud bangs, and the concierge was so frightened that he quickly asked the people who were following him to report it.

Seeing the door shaking, the person reporting came out and said, "Open the door, open the door."

As soon as the door opened, the ferocious yamen runner drew his sword and said, "Hurry and call Lu Shanyuan and Zhao Linyi out. The prefect has summoned them for questioning."

The Lu family's servants were all shocked. This attitude... was too bad, right?

Lu Shanyuan appeared with a cold face: "How dare you!"

The leading yamen runner had a contemptuous attitude and casually saluted: "Lord Lu, we need to ask the old lady to come out together. The prefect has summoned the two of you to the court for questioning."

Lu Shanyuan sneered: "What a joke! What qualifications does the Kaifeng prefect have to summon me and my wife!"

"If it were any other day, it wouldn't be possible. But it's different now." The bailiff said with disdain, "A dignified marquis and his son robbed the tomb of his wife and mistress, and they were divorced. This is an unprecedented and shocking case. According to the laws of our dynasty, anyone who robs the tombs of officials above the third rank and their families will be sentenced to immediate execution!"

Lu Shanyuan froze and was speechless for a long time.

"What, what! What nonsense are you talking about!" Old Madam Lu heard the noise and was helped out by someone. She just happened to hear it all. She had a dejected look on her face and was trembling all over.

How could anyone know?

Those who were led to dig the tomb were all trusted elders of two generations in the Marquis' Mansion. Their entire family were descendants of the Lu Mansion's deceased relatives. How could it be possible that the news was leaked?

Lu Shanyuan supported Madam Lu, and the two looked at each other and then at the bailiff.

"Qin's tomb was opened?" Lu Shanyuan quickly calmed down and pretended to think about it. "Could it be the unfilial daughter who did it? She asked the queen for a divorce, so she naturally wanted to move the bones. She is the thief crying thief!"

"Lord Lu, you are the one who is crying thief. Madam Xie did move the grave, but she did it under the witness of the Lu clan. If they hadn't moved the grave, we wouldn't have known about the tomb being robbed. Moreover, it wasn't Madam Xie who reported the case, but the head of the Lu clan. If Madam Xie did it, how could she have torn her mother's bones into pieces? The whole capital knows that Madam Xie is a filial daughter. This will bring punishment from heaven!"

Lu Shanyuan held Madam Lu's hand and trembled slightly: "Patriarch Lu..."

Mrs. Lu’s eyes went dark and she almost fainted. Nanny Wu quickly supported her.

"Humph, such a shameless act of cutting off one's lineage and grandchildren is naturally done by shameless people. As for whether Lord Lu and Madam Lu are shameless, you two will have to go to court and explain it clearly."

Seeing that the two of them looked unhappy and stood there motionless, the yamen runner said impatiently, "Our lord and the people from the Imperial City Bureau are still waiting. There are a lot of cases to deal with. If you two don't go quickly, the Imperial City Bureau will not waste time when they come to take you away."

Imperial City Division!
Lu Shanyuan has been busy decorating his new house recently and has not attended court, so he didn't know about this matter.

The Imperial City Bureau also intervened?
Didn’t they say that Yan Yunhe was dead?

He had to send someone to find the old patriarch Lu immediately. What good would it do to the Lu family if their mansion was harmed?
If the Lu clan members did not report the case, and the people did not report it and the officials did not investigate, it would not be a big deal.

Even if the unfilial daughter went to complain, she could be accused of framing someone. Lu Shanyuan glanced at Madam Lu and understood what she was thinking.

"This is a false accusation! I will of course go and explain it clearly. But my mother is in poor health and old, and cannot stand being frightened. Can I..."

"No. I have been ordered to ask you two to go. If the old lady is unable to move, she will be carried there."

Seeing that the two were still playing tricks, the yamen runner snorted coldly: "I advise Lord Lu not to take any chances. If you wait any longer and make a scene in front of the palace, there will be no room for maneuver."

Lu Shanyuan and Old Madam Lu were both shocked.

Helplessly, the two got on the carriage and headed for Kaifeng Prefecture.

Who knew that outside the gate of Kaifeng Prefecture, there was a crowd of people surrounding it in three layers.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of black-faced yamen runners, he had no choice but to walk in.

As soon as they stepped into the hall, they heard the sound of a gavel knocking on the ground, mixed with the yamen runners shouting in unison. They were so scared that they stopped in their tracks. When they looked up, their scalps went numb and they turned around and ran away.

"Where are you two going?" The bailiffs immediately surrounded them and blocked their way.

The two had no choice but to turn around.

In the middle of the hall was Qin's excavated coffin.

There is also a talisman paper pasted on it.

The old patriarch of the Lu family, his son, and the respected elders of the clan were all there.

The two men walked into the hall with trembling steps.

Lu Shanyuan said gloomily, "You are going too far! How dare you dig up my wife's grave! Who did it? Old Patriarch Lu, you are the ones guarding my Lu family's ancestral tomb. I pay you several hundred taels of silver every year. Are you just going to guard my ancestral tomb for me? Although Qin divorced me, we have a deep relationship as husband and wife, and I will never allow you to bully her like this!"

Patriarch Lu had been feeling somewhat guilty and uneasy, but upon hearing these words, the last bit of guilt he had left disappeared.

He pointed at Lu Shanyuan angrily and said, "Lu Shanyuan! I didn't expect that the Lu family would produce a beast like you who deserves to be struck by lightning. Who else do you want to blame for what you did?"

"Uncle Lu, don't you even take a look at what's stuck on this coffin?" The son of Patriarch Lu became even angrier. He rushed over and pointed at the almost unrecognizable talisman paper on the coffin.

"This is the talisman paper that has been there for many years. This is the new talisman paper that the tomb robbers put up these days. What is this? This is called the Soul Calming Talisman!"

"Who wants Qin to live in unrest? Who wants to suppress the souls of Duke Qin's legitimate daughter and the baby who died tragically just after birth? Who doesn't want them to be reincarnated?"

He became angrier and angrier as he spoke, pointing directly at Lu Shanyuan's nose: "Of course it's you, the guy who favors his concubine over his wife! What about the Marquis? Pah! You are a beast worse than pigs and dogs!"

Madam Lu could no longer bear it, her eyes went dark and she fainted.

The Marquis' Mansion that she had tried her best to protect is ruined, really ruined!
"Mother, mother!" Lu Shanyuan hurriedly hugged his mother, "If you want to harm me, just tell me. If anything happens to my mother, I will not let you go!"

Snapped!
The gavel on the high platform exploded, startling Lu Shanyuan so much that he almost jumped up.

The prefect of Kaifeng sneered: "Lu Shanyuan, the evidence is there, it's useless for you to deny it."

"Witnesses and physical evidence? What witnesses and physical evidence? You captured a few people and tortured them into confessing, and now you want to frame them! Is there any law or justice left?" Lu Shanyuan struggled at any moment like a trapped beast.

"You're right. Witnesses can be tortured into confessions, and physical evidence can be forged." The young girl's clear and beautiful voice came.

Lu Shanyuan turned his head and cursed: "You bitch! You dare to frame your father, you will be punished by God!"