Dali Temple and Tingwei Mansion jointly investigated the suicide of Kong Taichang's youngest daughter. After careful investigation for several days, all doubts were eliminated, and the final result was still suicide, not homicide.
Many people cannot accept this result, but it is true.
Kong Taichang's family cannot accept the fact that their youngest daughter hanged herself. They would rather believe that their youngest daughter was killed by others, but the fact is that she hanged herself.
Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty decreed that Kong Taichang's youngest daughter should be granted the title of county lord and be buried as a county lord.
During the funeral of Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, Princess Dai personally went to Confucius' mansion to express condolences. She also invited the eminent monks from Hulong Temple to perform rituals for Kong Yao for seven or forty-nine days.
It is said that people who commit suicide cannot enter reincarnation. The concubine Dai asked the eminent monk of Hulong Temple to perform a ritual for Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, in order to send her to the Western Paradise, so that even if she could not enter reincarnation, she could become a Buddha in the Western Paradise.
Kong Taichang's family did not reject Princess Dai's kindness.
At first, Kong Taichang's family suspected that King Dai had sent someone to kill their youngest daughter. After all, their little daughter had caused great embarrassment to King Dai before. Although King Dai begged for mercy for their family and actively begged Emperor Wu of Zhou to terminate the engagement between him and Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, King Yi's temperament could not really repay kindness with evil, and he would definitely take revenge on their family. He was the one most motivated to kill his young daughter.
However, Dai Wang is not a fool. Some time ago, he begged for mercy for Kong Taichang's family and was praised by the world. It was impossible for him to take revenge on Kong Taichang's family during this period, let alone kill Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, otherwise his reputation would be ruined again.
In addition to the acting king, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also the subject of suspicion.
Many people speculated that His Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to kill Kong Taichang's youngest daughter, and then framed the blame on His Highness King Dai. However, after several days of investigation, no clues were found to blame the king. So, the result that His Royal Highness the Prince sent someone to kill Kong Taichang’s youngest daughter is not valid.
No matter how many speculations there are, no matter how many people don't believe it, no matter how many people can't accept it, the result of the joint investigation between Dali Temple and Tingwei Mansion is that he hanged himself.
Since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Dali Temple and Tingwei Mansion have handled cases fairly and impartially, and have never bent the law for personal gain. Therefore, even if the ministers feel that the death of Kong Taichang's youngest daughter is strange, they will not doubt the result of the joint trial between Dali Temple and Tingwei Mansion.
Kong Taichang's family could not accept the fact that their youngest daughter committed suicide, but the facts were before their eyes, and they could only accept the fact that their youngest daughter committed suicide.
The death of their youngest daughter made Kong Taichang and his wife ten years older. In just a few days, their hair grew a lot of white hair, and there were also many wrinkles on the corners of their eyes and faces.
Kong Yuan, the elder brother, became much more serious because of this.
"I'm afraid Yao'er doesn't want to live a long time ago." Mrs. Kong looked sad and her tone was full of self-blame, "That day she said she wanted to go back to Bodhi Temple to continue her monkhood, so she was determined to die. It was my negligence as a mother. I didn't find out what she was thinking." After saying this, tears flowed from the corners of Mrs. Kong's eyes.
Kong Taichang waved his hand to Mrs. Kong: "Don't blame Mrs. Kong, it's all my fault, my fault..." At this point, his face was filled with tears.
"It's my fault. I went to see Yao'er a few days ago, and there was no abnormality in Yao'er. Now that I think about it, Yao'er's eyes looked at me full of reluctance. Those words she said to me were regrets..."【 The word "yan" was not spoken. In the past few days, Mrs. Kong's eyes were red and her voice was hoarse from crying.
Kong Yuan said in a heavy tone: "My sister feels that she has caused trouble to the Kong family, so that's why..." At this point, Kong Yuan's voice choked up and he couldn't say any more.
"It's all my fault. If I had arranged a marriage for Yao'er a long time ago, the emperor would not have granted the marriage... Yao'er would not have died..." Mrs. Kong burst into tears.
"It's because I'm a useless father and didn't protect Yao'er well."
Kong Yuan said angrily: "If the emperor hadn't granted me the marriage, this series of things wouldn't have happened, and my sister wouldn't have died..."
Before he finished speaking, Kong Taichang scolded him: "What nonsense!"
"Dad, am I right? If the emperor hadn't suddenly granted a marriage, so many things wouldn't have happened, and my sister wouldn't have to die." The source of all this is the emperor's marriage grant. "The emperor knew clearly that our Kong family would never participate in the fight for the legitimate son, but he chose to marry my sister to the king as his concubine. In order to preserve the reputation of the Kong family and refuse the emperor's marriage, my sister had no choice but to become a monk."
"My sister's becoming a monk has already ruined her life's happiness, but in the end, she got nothing in exchange. She got ridicule from people all over the world, laughing at her for being ignorant, laughing at her for being blind, laughing at her for being falsely noble..." At this point, Kong Yuan because Too angry, his face became distorted, and his hands were clenched into fists. He gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, you once begged the emperor to cancel the marriage, but what about the emperor... If it weren't for this, my sister wouldn't have become a monk... All of this is the emperor's fault..."
"Also, it's all the fault of the Dai Wang. If the Dai Wang hadn't clung to this marriage, the Emperor wouldn't have insisted on not canceling the marriage..."
Kong Taichang scolded: "That's enough, don't say any more."
"Dad, am I right?"
"What are you going to do? Are you going to seek revenge on the emperor?" Kong Taichang knew that his son had lost his cool because of the death of his little daughter. "Do you know what the consequences will be if your words are spread out? Do you think your sister It’s not enough to die, but also to destroy the entire Kong family?”
Mrs. Kong was already stunned by what her son had just said. She stared at Kong Yuan blankly, unable to believe that her usually calm and collected son would say such treasonous words.
Kong Taichang's reprimand made Kong Yuan calm down a little.
"Thunder, rain, and dew are all due to your kindness. The emperor gave us the marriage because he thought highly of our Kong family. It was because we were unwilling to marry the royal family. It was because we despised the imperial power. It was because the emperor was kind enough to spare our family and not to care about our family anymore." Although Kong Taichang fell into great sadness because of the death of his little daughter, he did not lose his mind because of it. "If it weren't for the emperor's generosity, our family would have died long ago."
"I..." Kong Yuan lowered his head and whispered, "I just don't want my sister..." Kong Yuan's face was filled with tears.
"I know you have always loved Yao'er. Yao'er suddenly hanged himself. You can't accept it, but you can't complain and blame the emperor for granting the marriage." Kong Taichang's tone softened a little and was no longer as harsh as before, "This matter is about After all, it was me, the father, who didn't handle it well, and something happened to your sister. If you blame it, blame me, the father."
"Yuan'er, the emperor is right in granting marriage!"
"Dad, I understand." Kong Yuan said he understood, but he still felt a little resentful in his heart.
"You go back and rest first."
Kong Yuan stood up, saluted Kong Taichang and Mrs. Kong, and then retreated.
"Husband, what's wrong with Yuan'er?" Mrs. Kong was so frightened by her son's words just now that she felt that her son was not like the mature and steady son he usually was.
Kong Taichang frowned tightly and his face became solemn: "With Yuan'er's temperament, he would never say those words. I'm afraid someone would say something in front of Yuan'er."
"Husband, do you mean that someone is deliberately fanning the flames in front of Yuan'er?"
Kong Taichang nodded slightly: "Yes."
"who is it?"
Kong Taichang shook his head: "I don't know." He said he didn't know, but he already had suspicions in his heart.
"Husband, I still feel resentment in my heart when I look at Yuan'er."
"I will enlighten him well and not let him be deceived by others." Mrs. Kong saw Mrs. Kong's haggard look and said with distress, "Madam, you should also go back and have a good rest."
"Husband, what about you?"
"I still have things to do."
"Husband, after you have finished your work, you should also take a good rest." Mrs. Kong said nothing more, turned and left the study.
After Mrs. Kong left, Mrs. Kong called the housekeeper in and told him to do something.
After hearing this, the housekeeper had a shocked look on his face.
"Master, this..."
"Don't let madam and young master know about this."
"Yes, sir."
"Go down."
The butler stepped back respectfully.
Kong Taichang let out a long sigh, hoping that things were not what he thought.
If Yao'er hanged himself as he thought, then...he didn't dare to think about it.
Guess what happened with the death of Kong Taichang’s youngest daughter?
(End of chapter)
