The courtyard door opened, and Di Ying ignored the surprised look on Qiu Laosi's face when he opened the door, and asked directly: "What kind of matchmaker does Mrs. Wang want to help your second sister-in-law? Whose family? What's your name?" who?"
Qiu Laosi was asked quite suddenly. Out of instinct and trust in Master Di, he quickly replied.
"He's a wealthy businessman from Funing County. The old man is over sixty years old, and his last name is... yes, it's a compound surname. His name seems to be Jiagu Lianze.
That day, Mrs. Wang came to mention this matter for the second time.
The first time I came to mention it, my father beat me out, but this bad old woman still dared to come.
When I came the second time, my third brother happened to be at home and heard what happened, so he was about to kill the bad woman with a knife.
Because that old man from Jiagu is a bad person, a very bad person. He bullies men, dominates women, and does all kinds of evil because of his rich money. How could my sister-in-law, who is such a good person, agree to marry her..."
"When has he seen your second sister-in-law?" Di Ying interrupted Qiu Laosi.
Qiu Laosi's mind was quite flexible. Although he was confused by the question, his answer was not slow at all.
"Maybe I saw him when he went to the countryside to collect rent. But my second sister-in-law didn't mention it. The reason why I know is because when I was working in the fields, I saw the old man with a The gangster went to his farm without hesitation. His farm is just south of the fields in our village. It is a huge area."
Di Ying understood.
If Qiu Laosi had met Jiagu Lianze on his own farm, then Jiagu Lianze might have met Qiu's second sister-in-law who also worked in the Qiu family's field.
The second sister-in-law of the Qiu family was very outstanding, so it aroused Jiagu Lianze's lust.
But why didn't he rob her by force and go to find a matchmaker to propose marriage? Doesn’t it mean that this person bullies men and dominates women?
Di Ying turned around and asked about Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang was so frightened that her whole body was trembling. When Qiu Laosi mentioned Jiagu Lianze, she nodded like a fat chicken pecking at an insect.
He immediately admitted that he had received five taels of silver from Jiagu Lianze to help him come to Qiu's house to propose the marriage. He said that old man Jiagu would give him a red envelope of ten taels of silver when the matter was completed.
As for the rest, Mrs. Wang just asked three questions and didn't know.
Di Ying then rode back to the city to find Jiagu Lianze.
After not using any of his tricks, old man Jiagu's knees went weak and he gave up everything.
All the bad things he had done over the years were put aside.
When asked about the reason for his lust for the second sister-in-law of the Qiu family.
Old man Jiagu hesitated for a moment before replying: "Once, Xiaomin gave a gift to Mr. Changshi, and heard him mention the second sister-in-law of the Qiu family. He also encouraged Xiaomin to find that woman to propose marriage, and praised how good the woman was. How good.
After Xiaomin returned, he sent someone to inquire about it. As expected, as Mr. Changshi said, she is a rare and good woman.
Originally...Originally Xiaomin also wanted to rob her, but Xiaomin felt that Master Changshi would never care about Xiaomin's marriage for no reason, so he thought more about it.
So I went to Mrs. Wang and asked her to find a way to make it happen.
Who knew he would cause such a big trouble.
After Qiu Yongshou died, Xiaomin no longer dared to think about it. In addition, Master Changshi himself is dead..."
After Di Ying heard this, he asked old man Jiagu to hand over all the account books he had for bribing court officials before he was locked up.
"Sir, I'm afraid there is something fishy about Yuan Zhenghao's death, right? Isn't this all too much of a coincidence? In the end, all the threads converged on him, but he died."
At this time, Xie Jing asked.
Di Ying thought so too.
"But it still doesn't make sense why Yuan Zhenghao would target the Qiu family. Let's first assume that there is something in the Qiu family that made Yuan Zhenghao murderous.
Yuan Zhenghao cleverly took advantage of Jiagu Lianze's lust and asked him to come to Mrs. Wang to propose marriage.
Then Yuan Zhenghao must know that Qiu Yongshou is sick and cannot bear stimulation. When Mrs. Wang came to propose marriage, she really angered Qiu Yongshou.
Qiu Yongshou picked up a knife and chopped people. But why is the preference when Yan Kui is passing by? Isn't this calculation too precise?
If Yuan Zhenghao had such a brain, he wouldn't have been killed like that, nor would he have his tail grabbed by his own officer.
So, Yan Kui's appearance is really a coincidence, right? What Yuan Zhenghao wants is Qiu Yongshou's life, right?
Think about it, if Yan Kui hadn't appeared and the crazy Qiu Yongshou rushed out, he would have hacked Mrs. Wang to death, right? Then, Qiu Yongshou will be sentenced to jail or something.
But why?
I can't figure it out no matter how hard I try. If Qiu Yongshou is sentenced to prison..."
Di Ying stopped here, thinking deeply.
Unfortunately, Yuan Zhenghao, Lu Kairui, and Wu Damei are all dead now, so there is no way to get to the bottom of it.
Lu Kairui and Wu Damei have been executed, but not publicly. The reason is: Lu Kairui is a good official in everyone's mind.
Regardless of whether he is pretending or not, at least he has been pretending for more than ten years and has given the people of Luozhou a sense of hope.
Di Ying didn't want to break this hope, but thought more about maintaining it, expanding it, and consolidating it.
Instead of making people no longer dare to trust the government, and have doubts about good and bad, and their own ability to distinguish, the harm to the country will be far greater than publicly announcing Lu Kairui's crime.
Sometimes, the purpose of publicizing the crimes of criminals is to serve as a warning, then they must be executed publicly; sometimes, concealing is better than publicizing, then they must be concealed.
This is also a balance of pros and cons.
For example: Among the prisoners executed after autumn in various places, if there are too many prisoners who need to be executed that year, some of them will be concealed.
We must not give the local people the wrong impression: Why are there so many bad people here?
Then there is no sense of security, right?
Therefore, at most, a few representative criminals who had committed the most heinous crimes would be publicly executed, and the rest would be quietly taken to the execution ground inside the yamen for execution.
The same is true for the executions of Lu Kairui and Wu Damei. The harm done publicly outweighs the benefits, so just kill them internally.
It was just the first time that Di Ying felt that he had killed too quickly.
I thought everything was clear, but...
There was also such a thick tail that was pulled out again.
The Qiu family rarely even went into the city. Because Qiu Yongshou was ill, there would always be people around him, and he almost never left the village.
How could he be targeted by Yuan Zhenghao?
If they were targeted, why didn't they kill them like Shentu Siyuan, Yu Wenyao, and Ke Yingying? Is it difficult?
Do you still have to make seventy or eighty twists and turns?
