Du Zhenghai and his mother Ge Shi spent a wonderful night in the wing room where his father used to meditate. But early the next morning, his mother suddenly disappeared and he was shocked.
He walked around Qingyun Temple several times, but he didn't see his mother's figure, and he felt bad in his heart.
My mother disappeared suddenly. Did she leave without saying goodbye, or did she encounter something unexpected? …
Dejected, he returned to his original room.
Inadvertently, Du Zhenghai suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a piece of white stuff lying on the old and dusty table. When he stepped forward and took a closer look, he saw that it was a piece of rag with bloodstains and words written on it. It turned out to be a blood letter.
This is what my mother left behind! His heart couldn't help but throb violently. He picked up the blood book with trembling hands and saw what was written on it:
"Haier:
For my mother, I can see you again in my lifetime, which is considered a long-cherished wish for my mother. Even if I die, I can rest in peace.
Now my mother is going to a place to settle another grudge. The only thing I regret about my mother now is that you still refuse to forgive me. When I can still hear your voice, call me mother..."
Du Zhenghai held the blood letter, his expression gradually became stiff, and the muscles on his cheeks were twitching faintly. At that moment, he just felt at a loss and his mind went blank.
He murmured: "Why are you doing this? I have clearly told you not to go to He Yuting, but you still insist on seeking your own death. Are you trying to get angry with me or yourself? You are so stupid. you deserve it……"
While talking to himself, tears were already covering his cheeks...
At the door of the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Justice, Ge was beating the drum. The guard guarding the door went in and reported to Lu Wenzheng, "Sir, there is a civilian woman outside who is crying for injustice!"
Lu Wenzheng ordered: Bring her in.
Upgraded. Amidst the "mighty" sounds of the officials on both sides, Lu Wenzheng was sitting upright; Ling Yun, Xu Zhi, Yang Zhen and others looked solemn, holding their breath and concentrating, standing on both sides.
Ge was brought to the main hall of the Ministry of Punishments, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "Sinful woman Du Ge, please see Mr. Lu."
Lu Wenzheng was stunned: "Sinful woman?... Where do you start talking about this?"
Ge said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Twenty-four years ago, the guilty woman Du Ge worked as a wet nurse in the house of a high-ranking official in the capital. The guilty woman's husband was named Du Qian, and her son was Du Zhenghai... …”
Ge's expression was indifferent and she spoke unhurriedly, as if she was talking about someone else's family affairs; but in sharp contrast was the fierce reaction of everyone after hearing her words.
At that time, Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen, commonly known as Du Qian, and Taoist priest commonly known as Du Zhenghai jointly planned to kidnap Ding Mengxuan, the daughter of the Ding Mansion, and threatened He Yuting, an important minister of the country. Later, Taoist Yuan Zhen entered the palace to kidnap the emperor, etc., which had already caused uproar in the city and was known to everyone on the road. .
Now this poor, ragged, lame and hunchbacked woman in the hall actually claims to be Du Zhenghai’s mother and Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen’s wife!
There was an uproar in the hall. Everyone whispered and discussed:
"Is this woman really a dependent of the imperial court?"
"Was she the one who took away the Prince Consort's son back then?"
"Looking at her like that, can she still seduce a consort? I think she is most likely a lunatic!"...
Ling Yun on the side was also quite moved. He frowned slightly and thought to himself: Is this white-haired, haggard woman really Du Zhenghai's mother, Du Ge?
What Ling Yun was confused about was exactly what Mr. Lu wanted to ask; his eyes darkened and he said: "That woman in the hall, are you serious about this? Are you really the one who took away He Chenglin, the young master of the Prince Consort's Mansion twenty-four years ago? Du Geshi?"
The sadness in Ge's eyes gradually spread, and he said miserably: "Mr. Lu, I am neither crazy nor stupid. Who is willing to put a shit basin on his head? Just for the sake of what happened twenty-four years ago. This scandal has ruined my reputation beyond repair: I am immoral and unruly, and everyone is blaming me and scorning me...
"But if a slap can't make a difference, doesn't He Yuting have no fault? He Yuting seduced me, occupied me first; abandoned me, expelled me from behind - if this hypocrite hadn't been in trouble and gave up all the time, forcing me to have no other way out, I would How could you take such a desperate risk and do something so outrageous to the world?"
Lu Wenzheng couldn't help but sigh after hearing this; he pondered for a moment and said: "Don't talk about this for now, just talk about what happened after you took away the young master from the husband-in-law's house."
Ge said: "In order to vent my hatred, I originally planned to take the child to an elm forest outside the capital to die. Unexpectedly, I suddenly heard the rude and wanton laughter of a group of bandits...
"In order to escape for my life, I abandoned the child next to a bush. But in the end, the group of bandits caught me; later I found out that these people turned out to be people from the Tianxiao organization..."
Next, she told how Zhu Jiu took her as his wife; how twenty years later, Tian Xiao gang leader Li Ruiyun got all the physical characteristics and life story of He Chenglin, the son of the Marquis's Mansion (formerly Prince Consort's Mansion) from her mouth, and then killed him. The matter of silence was stated in detail.
By the end, she was in tears.
All the people present were shocked when they heard this. After a long quarrel, it turned out that He Chenglin, the late eldest son of the Hou Ye Mansion who had recognized his ancestor four years ago, was actually a fake!
Lu Wenzheng frowned and didn't say anything for a while, just twirling his beard and thinking deeply.
He, Ling Yun, Xu Zhi and others had doubts about the true identity of the eldest son of the Hou Ye Mansion who had escaped halfway, but he never expected that the person pretending to be He Chenglin would actually be Li Ruiyun, the gang leader of the Tianxiao organization!
After thinking for a long time, he finally spoke slowly: "Mr. Du Ge, let me ask you, do you know the whereabouts of the real eldest son of Lord Marquis?"
Ge Shi shook his head numbly and said: "From the moment I abandoned him, I have no news from him. I think he is probably dead!..."
Lu Wenzheng raised his thick eyebrows and said: "Ge, how can you be so cruel? The child's father is at fault, but this child is innocent."
Ge Shi curled his lips disapprovingly and sneered: "Yes, that child is innocent. Am I not innocent? Why do all the people treat me so cruelly?
"He Yuting played with me and then expelled me; my husband didn't care about the old relationship at all and cruelly abandoned me; then Zhu Jiu occupied me again, and Li Ruiyun tortured me again, and now he doesn't even have my son. Accept me!..." The more she spoke, the sadder she became, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
Everyone couldn't help but shook their heads and sighed; Lu Wenzheng was also disappointed.
He straightened out his somewhat chaotic thoughts and asked: "Mr. Ge, I want to ask you: Four years ago, Li Ruiyun pushed you off the cliff and tried to kill you. You escaped death by chance. Why didn't you come to the capital to file a complaint immediately?" , but we have to wait until now to expose this big lie?"
Ge Shi's cloudy eyes flickered several times in succession, and a thick layer of mist filled his eyes.
She sighed heavily and said: "Alas! It's hard to explain... Mr. Lu, I would like to ask you boldly: Is there a guard commander named Ling Yun in the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment?"
Ling Yun couldn't help but be startled when he heard Ge's name suddenly mentioned, and took two steps forward: "That's it."
Ge Shi looked him up and down with a critical look, and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, with a bit of yin and yang meaning: "So you are Commander Ling! Oh, you are indeed worthy of your reputation, handsome and first-rate. Which—I just don’t know if it’s the same as what it looks like?”
Ling Yun couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard that Ge's tone was full of sarcasm. He turned his clear eyes and said, "I wonder what Mrs. Du means by these words? Please clarify."
Ge Shi said coldly: "Hmph! There is gold and jade on the outside, but ruins on the inside - Commander Ling, are you still pretending to be stupid now?"
Gold and jade on the outside, but ruins on the inside? Such adjectives are very offensive no matter who they are used on.
Ling Yun raised his chin slightly and said with some displeasure, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what Mrs. Du means."
Ge Shi glanced at him with resentful eyes and said coldly: "Let me ask you, four years ago, did you and your father go to a place called Yujiaji?"
Ling Yun was deeply impressed by his trip to Yujiaji four years ago. He nodded.
Ge asked again: "Did Commander Ling and your father-in-law be guests at your senior brother's house?"
Ling Yun nodded again.
Ge Shi then asked: "Is your surname Ruan, who is in his sixties, wearing a purple double-breasted gown, with an egg-shaped face, thin eyebrows and good eyes, and a red mole at the corner of his mouth?"
Ling Yun looked at her in surprise, "Mrs. Du, how do you know so much detail? Could it be that you have met my mother?"
Ge Shi felt a pain in his heart, "Have I seen this before?..."
So she went to Ying Chuanlin's door four years ago to beg for food, and Mrs. Ruan enthusiastically helped her. She also told Mrs. Ruan the mystery of the life experience of the prince and her own tragic experience and asked for help, but Mrs. Ruan abandoned him. The story of the trip was told in detail, which made everyone dumbfounded and sighing.
After talking about the past, Ge Shi continued: "That heavy blow made me despair and completely despair. At the beginning, Mrs. Ruan told me that her son Ling Yun was a popular person around Mr. Lu, and they would definitely be able to help me redress my grievances and avenge my grievances." ——Who would have expected that their mother and son are also cowards who fear the powerful and protect themselves wisely!
"In this world, even the just and honest Mr. Lu can't make the decision for me, so who can I count on?"
Lu Wenzheng looked at Ling Yun with bright eyes and said: "Commander Ling, what is going on?"
Ling Yun was also a little confused at this time, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know much about this. During the days when I was a guest at my senior brother's home, I went out for sightseeing with my senior brother every day, and didn't pay much attention to things at home. But one day, suddenly, My mother asked me to leave, which made me quite puzzled. When I asked why, my mother was very displeased, so I didn’t dare to ask any more questions.”
Ge Shi said: "Isn't this right? Your daughter used to live well, so why did she leave suddenly? It's obvious that she has something in her heart and wants to avoid me!"
Ling Yun argued: "Ling Yun knows my mother's personality best. She is by no means the kind of timid person. As Mrs. Du said, if she really did that, she must have had her own reasons."
Ge Shi sneered and said: "If you have any unreasonable reasons, please let Commander Ling make it clear!"
Ling Yun was choked for a moment and couldn't help but frowned and said: "This... I don't know either."
Ge Shi said in a somewhat aggressive tone: "Since Commander Ling doesn't know, please ask Mrs. Ruan to come out and see you!"
