When Haijiao Haitang knew what Mrs. Jin Liu had said, she had already concluded the reason why Mr. Xu died shortly after leaving the palace and returning home.
Both Zhenguo Gongfu and Chang'an Prefecture's Huang Zhifu agreed that Mrs. Xu was probably frightened in the palace. Although she came home safely from the palace, she fell ill. Mrs. Jin Er hated her nephew's daughter-in-law and was afraid that she would be harmed. The family deliberately turned a blind eye to her illness and instigated other people in the family to ignore Xu's condition, which eventually led to Xu's illness getting worse and her death. Later, because the Jin family was afraid that the Sun family would find out that Xu had entered the palace and witnessed the fire in Kunning Palace, they took the opportunity of the funeral to flee the capital and returned to their hometown in Zunhua Prefecture to escape the disaster.
As for Aunt Jin's statement that she had taken care of patients for a long time, it was regarded as a lie. Although she could tell details such as prescriptions, she might have applied what happened to other patients to Xu. Xu died a few days after leaving the palace, so how could he be taken care of by her for a month? I guess Aunt Jin said this before to hide that Xu had gone to the Wu Mansion to learn palace rules and etiquette, and stayed in the palace for a few days.
Anyway, when Magistrate Huang asked Aunt Jin again, she did not stick to her story and only agreed with Jin Liu's words.
In this way, the responsibility for the death of Concubine Xu Xian's sister, Jin Xu, falls on the Jin family. Mrs. Jin Er is the culprit, and everyone else is an accomplice. Even Jin Xu's husband, Jin Juren, is suspected of indirectly killing his wife. It's just that he himself is dead, and all the crimes he committed during his lifetime have been wiped out. The Chang'an government office can only hold the remaining members of the second room of the Jin family accountable.
Although Jin Miao was not responsible for Xu's death, when he provided the killers with information about Jin Juren's family, he had encouraged them to harm Jin Juren's son, which was considered a crime. But the key point is that he was tricked by other prisoners and told that he had stolen other people's property, beaten people, and dug graves. Before leaving his hometown this time, he had just defrauded a large sum of money from others and squandered it in the casino. Inside. He encouraged his family to leave with Jin Juren, which actually meant evading debts. The Chang'an government office had previously sent two officers to the Jin family's hometown of Zunhua Prefecture in order to investigate and find the second wife of the Jin family. They have not returned yet. When they return, they will surely bring back all kinds of evidence of Jin Miao's crimes in his hometown, right? At that time, he can be sentenced directly in Chang'an.
The punishment of Jin Liushi and Aunt Jin is a bit troublesome. Although they did evil things, they only followed the orders of Mrs. Jin Er and never harmed anyone with their own hands. It is difficult to convict them of this crime. It is estimated that they will have to be released in the end.
Magistrate Huang discussed with Zhuang Tongzhi and decided to arrest Mrs. Jin Er.
She was responsible for Xu's death many years ago. This time Jin Juren was killed because her son, daughter-in-law leaked the news. According to Jin Liu, this was all instigated by Mrs. Jin Er behind her back. The reason was that Jin Juren left the second room and his family and ran away, which made her very angry and decided to teach her nephew a painful lesson. As a result, he was actually killed. .
Both Jin Miao and Aunt Jin acknowledged Jin Liu's statement.
In this case, Mrs. Jin Er will certainly be punished. Although she is ill now, she is not very old and her body is still strong. She should be able to survive three or two months in prison.
When the government officials went to the old temple to arrest people, Hai Jiao went to see the scene in person.
He stood on the outside and watched, and saw the miserable appearance of the old Mrs. Jin Er as she was being pulled into the prison van. She repeatedly shouted that she was unjustly accused, and scolded her eldest daughter-in-law, Jin Liu, for being unfilial, and her eldest daughter, Aunt Jin, for being disobedient. The scolding was very unpleasant, but she did not say anything about Jin Miao's fault.
Her eldest son, Jin Xin, looked like the sky was falling, but he could do nothing but cry and follow the prison van all the way.
Jin Miao's wife, on the other hand, completely ignored her mother-in-law and kept asking the officials, when can her husband be released?
As for the children of the second and third generation of the Jin family, they stood there with panic on their faces, as if they didn't understand what was happening and didn't know what to do.
Hai Jiao watched Mrs. Jin Er being taken away, and then stared at the children of the third generation of the Jin family several times before turning and leaving.
After returning home, he found his sister and whispered: "I'm sure, the second room of the Jin family is indeed the Jin family!"
This is a bit confusing. Haitang blinked before reacting: "Is it the Jin family that you met in your previous life...that Empress Dowager Xu promoted?"
Hai Jiao nodded: "We really didn't accuse them wrongly... I recognize his eldest grandson Jin Wu."
Jin Wu, whose courtesy name was Fengen, was the most outstanding son of the Jin family. He was a junior official of the sixth rank in the Wucheng Military and Horse Division. It is said that he was born a bit like Empress Dowager Xu, and was regarded as a substitute for her dead eldest son by Empress Dowager Xu, who loved him very much. He also married the daughter of a well-established royal family in Beijing. Although she was the daughter of a side branch, it was enough for him to be famous.
Jin Wu's reputation is pretty good, but it's a pity that he didn't have good parents. The head of the Jin family is an old lady, and his grandmother and parents are as if they are blind. They know that their family's prosperity depends on the Queen Mother Xu, but they want to take refuge in the Sun family and betray the Queen Mother Xu and the new king. The result is nothing in the bamboo basket.
When Queen Mother Xu completely gave up on the Jin family, even if Jin Wu claimed to be the substitute for her biological eldest son, it would not work anymore. What is false is false and will never become true.
not to mention……
Hai Jiao recalled Sun Jinwu, the eldest son of the Jin family's second room, whom he had just met, and just wanted to laugh.
Compared with Jin Wu, the noble young master who was so famous in his lifetime, the appearance of Jin Wu is so different! It doesn't matter if the skinny boy with dark skin turns into a tall, white, fat young man. A pampered life will naturally make people become fairer, fatter and taller, but his eyebrows have also become too powerful, right?
Obviously his facial features are still the same, but the thick eyebrows and big eyes today have turned into the thin eyebrows and big eyes many years later. How did he do it? Could it be that she is like a woman who specially shaves off most of her eyebrows? What is he planning? ! Just trying to make others say that he looks like Queen Mother Xu, and more like her biological son? !
But Jin Jiashu clearly didn't look like this... Jin Wu was bullying Queen Mother Xu because she had never seen her biological eldest son when he grew up, so he dared to use such a trick as shaving his eyebrows to deceive people!
Hai Jiao told this joke to his sister, and Hai Tang also found it very funny.
After she finished laughing, she asked her brother: "Is the conclusion about Xu's death now final? Will it not be changed in the future?"
Hai Jiao said: "According to my uncle's wishes, Magistrate Huang has already filed a separate case on Xu's death. Whether he wants to formally file it in Dali Temple will probably have to wait for the imperial edict. Only after the case is filed will the government have a name to arrest Mr. Jin. Mrs."
Haitang sighed: "It seems that this is the only way to go... No one who knows that the Xu family is alive will tell the truth. We can only acquiesce that the person buried in the grave in the capital is the Xu family."
Hai Jiao said: "Although there are many shortcomings, the second member of the Jin family has finally been punished. This is also a good thing for the deceased, right?"
Haitang said: "But who is the person who died? Is she willing to die in such an unclear way? This problem cannot be solved, and the whole thing is still regrettable. What's more, since the person buried in that grave in the capital is 'Xu Shit, does Jin Jiashu still want to pay homage to his deceased mother? He knows clearly that he is not the real master, so doesn’t he feel uncomfortable in his heart?"
Hai Jiao thought for a moment: "Jin Jiashu should know who is buried in that grave, right? Although he was still an infant at that time, his wet nurse was Xu's confidant and had always taken care of him when he grew up. She would always tell him that he Your biological mother is not dead yet, right?"
Haitang blinked and looked at her brother: "Brother, since you have heard the 'truth' about Jin Jiashu's mother's death, shouldn't you also report it to your friends?"
Hai Jiao also blinked and responded: "That's right. I also found out where his mother's grave is, so I have to tell him no matter what!"
(End of chapter)
