Hai Jiao, who learned about the interrogation process from his cousin Xie Wenzai, also felt that there was something wrong with the confessions of the three Jin family members.
He privately told his sister Haitang: "You and I both know very well that Ms. Xu never left the palace back then! The Jin family claimed that Ms. Xu was ill, which was naturally a lie. This was to prevent others from finding out that someone had entered their home. Palace, almost became a wet nurse for Empress Wu’s child. But even if they lied, they might not be able to hide it from everyone. With the way their family behaves, I don’t believe that when the Xu family was just chosen by the Wu family, they would not be there Show off in front of outsiders.
"Once they show off, someone will inevitably report them to the Sun family afterwards. Even if the second roommate of the Jin family is a fool, Jin Juren will always think of this, otherwise why would he rush to escape back to his hometown later? Even if the second roommate of the Jin family seizes his He didn't say anything about his property, wasn't it just because he was worried about being exposed?! In such a frightening time, how could Jin Miao go out to gamble? That was not in their hometown of Zunhua Prefecture, but in the capital. No. Money, which gambling house would let him in?!"
Haitang nodded: "He didn't gamble, and he didn't have the money to gamble. The reason why he said this in front of Magistrate Huang and others was just to cover up what he had leaked before, that is, he didn't know that Xu had escaped from the palace. Originally, he...and the second wife of the Jin family thought that Mrs. Xu died in the palace, right?"
The second wife of the Jin family thought that Mrs. Xu died in the palace, and because they were worried about being implicated, they replaced Mrs. Xu with a woman who died of illness, claiming that she did not enter the palace but died of illness. On the occasion of the woman's funeral, the family fled the capital.
Later, Jin Juren found out that his first wife was not dead, but became a palace servant of Cining Palace. A few years later, he became the emperor's concubine. The emperor rewarded him with a box of gold, and he acquiesced. thing, the secret was not disclosed to the outside world. He didn't even tell the people in the second room of the Jin family.
Considering that he had already been occupied by the Jin family's second wife at this time, it was only human nature for him to become wary of them and no longer be frank and close to them. When he left his hometown and went to Chang'an, he originally had no intention of taking his second wife with him. The people in the second room chased after him, and when they made a fuss and refused to go any further, he decisively left them behind and ran away. It can be seen that Jin Juren has been tormented by his second wife in the past few years, and his family relationship has been greatly reduced.
Haijiao has sorted out the whole story, and now there is only one thing left that the answer to is unclear.
Who was the woman who was buried in the capital instead of Xu?
Did she die of a normal illness and just happened to be used by the Jin family as a substitute for Xu? Or was she just sick but was deliberately killed by the second wife of the Jin family and used as a substitute for Xu?
The Hai family brothers and sisters continued to pay attention to the news from the Zhenguo Palace.
Unlike the Hai family brothers and sisters, neither the Zhenguo Palace nor Huang Magistrate knew the secret that "the Xu family is not dead". They all believed that Xu died after leaving the palace. Although the Jin family had lied before, the current explanation sounded reasonable and justified. The question was whether she died of a normal illness or was killed by the Jin family. ?
Since Jin Miao was addicted to gambling and was not at home at the time, there was no value in continuing the interrogation. Huang Captou took him back to prison, leaving only Jin Liu and Aunt Jin to continue the interrogation.
Without Jin Miao, the two women seemed to be even more frightened and timid, and their faces were extremely pale.
Facing the interrogation of Magistrate Huang and General Saturday, they repeatedly claimed that Xu died of illness, but when they said this, their expressions were obviously guilty. Who would believe it?
The old military advisor turned to suggest to Magistrate Huang, should the two women be interrogated separately? Maybe the two of them had some things they couldn't say in person, so they wouldn't have to worry about interrogating them alone.
Magistrate Huang thought this suggestion was good and was about to call someone when he heard Jin Liu suddenly speak.
She still insisted that she had never harmed Xu, but she also admitted that she had never taken care of patients and was indifferent to Xu. She said: "The person who was waiting on the patient at the bedside was my eldest sister. She took care of what the patient ate and what medicine he drank. She took care of everything, and the woman didn't know anything about it!"
When Aunt Jin heard this, she immediately became unhappy: "Brother Wu, what do you mean by this? Are you saying that I killed someone? Is it because I want to take care of the patient? Isn't it because you are not happy?! You are ruthless and unrighteous. You think tuberculosis is easy for others, and you refuse to give even a sip of medicine. You force me to take care of you because I have nothing to do at home. I only helped you out of kindness, why are you rake me up?!"
The two women quarreled on the spot.
General Saturday and the old military advisor both frowned when they heard this, but Magistrate Huang felt more and more strange the more he listened. Neither Mrs. Jin Liu nor Aunt Jin wanted to see Mrs. Xu, but Aunt Jin's tone made it seem as if Mrs. Jin Liu was the one who should take care of the patient. Because Mrs. Jin Liu is evading responsibility, is Aunt Jin’s resentment so great? But doesn’t Mrs. Jin Er hate her niece-in-law Xu? She actually allowed her biological daughter to take care of Mrs. Xu instead of ordering her daughter-in-law Jin Liushi to go?
Magistrate Huang deliberately did not stop the two women from quarreling, wanting to see if they would reveal any secrets during the quarrel.
As he expected, the quarrel between Jin Liu and Aunt Jin became more and more intense, and personal attacks began. One said that his sister-in-law had deducted food from him and deliberately used old materials to make clothes for her. She was a stingy iron rooster. The other said that the sister-in-law had stolen jewelry from her mother-in-law and was the second-most thief in the family after her brother-in-law. At first it was just a trivial matter, but later it became more and more extreme.
Aunt Jin scolded the Jin Liu family for being ruthless and unjust, and deliberately falsely accused her brother-in-law Hu Yuanwai, causing him to die in prison. The Jin Liu family seized the Hu family's property under the banner of a pair of children of the Hu family.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Jin Liu's expression changed drastically, and she immediately shouted at the other party: "What nonsense are you talking about?! My sister was beaten to death by her man. Don't you know about this?! The man named Hu will pay for his life with his life." When did you wrong him?! His children were still young. If I hadn’t helped take care of them, they would have been swallowed up by the Hu family! It was just out of kindness that I asked my husband to help my two nephews take care of the family business. How long have they taken over? Their things?! When they grow up in the future, the things will still have to be returned to them. Even if the eldest aunt wants to throw dirty water on my head, she can't talk nonsense, right?! You always say that I am stingy, your daughter I prepared the dowry, how could I have failed her?! If you say that, when you return to your hometown tomorrow, you should ask your daughter to return the dowry and never take advantage of the Jin family for the rest of your life!"
Aunt Jin immediately shut up, her expression changed drastically, and she didn't dare to say another word.
Mrs. Jin Liu took a few deep breaths, gritted her teeth, and then turned to Magistrate Huang and others and said, "What the adults want to know, women also understand. But adults also need to know that women are also daughters-in-law, and they are responsible for everything." You must obey your mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law points to the east, but civilian women dare not go west. Then Xu Qiuniang... was indeed ill after returning home. As for what the illness was or what medicine she took, the peasant woman did not know. Her mother-in-law refused to call a doctor. , and didn’t let us go see her, saying she was pretending to be pitiful. What could a common woman do? Of course she had to obey orders. Jin Sen himself didn’t even say that he wanted to hire a doctor for the patient, and the common woman was just a guest at his home. Where? Dare to make your own claims? The adults may blame the civilian woman for not saving her, and the civilian woman admits it. But if the civilian woman deliberately killed someone, the civilian woman would never dare to admit it!"
So the pot belongs to Mrs. Jin Er and Jin Sen Jin Juren?
Aunt Jin stared at Mrs. Jin Liu with her eyes wide open, her mouth moved, but she never said a word to refute.
Magistrate Huang asked her if this was the case? Aunt Jin lowered her head, sobbed a few times, and nodded heavily.
(End of chapter)
