The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 873

The case of the patriarch of the Lin family caused a stir in the whole country, and people from all over the south and north were discussing it.If Niuzi and Fantou were together on the night of the crime, why did the stepmother commit suicide, why did she leave such a suicide note, and why Niuzi pleaded guilty?The new issue of "Yanjing Weekly" lists several speculations, the first ones are reasonable, and the latter ones are more outrageous than the other ones.The newspaper also said that if readers have guesses, they are welcome to write in and contribute.This newspaper will choose a reasonable one to publish and communicate with readers all over the world.This time it was more lively than the previous two times. Idlers all over the country racked their brains to analyze it, and the stories they broke out were even more outrageous than newspaper editors.

The old patriarch Lin who was involved was currently living in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Others' cells were dark, but his cell had windows, and glass was installed on the windows.There is no need to worry about food and clothing, and old friends from the younger generation often come to visit, and the prime minister's relatives come to encourage him, but he is still very aggrieved.This morning, I heard a sound of footsteps outside, the cell door opened, and a young man in a white python robe walked in, and cupped his hands to meet him: "Hello, Mr. Lin, I'm Jia Cong."

Elder Patriarch Lin secretly rejoiced: Lin Hai has said countless times, "Don't worry, old brother, I will let you out when my Cong'er comes back!" He cupped his hands and said, "My lord, please forgive me for being too old to salute."

Jia Cong waved his hand: "How can you salute me at your age." Looking up, there are three or four chairs in the cell, and there is a table of messes on the desk.

Elder Patriarch Lin smiled and said: "Shangshu Lin came here the other day and played half a game of chess with the old man. He suddenly remembered that he was going to pick up his grandson, so he left the game and left. The old man never moved the chessboard, and will continue playing when he comes back. "

"That old man is really idle." Jia Cong muttered and pulled a chair to sit opposite the old patriarch Lin. "I have good news and bad news."

"My lord, please speak."

"The good news is that after that, a, fantou and the rest of your family and grandchildren's good memories, that guest is not your family and grandson, and you have a relatively high chance of not wronging him."

Elder Patriarch Lin breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good!" He laughed unconsciously, "I've been feeling very uneasy these days, and I'm afraid I've made a mistake."

Jia Cong said: "The bad news is that I don't plan to announce the good news above." Elder Patriarch Lin was taken aback.Jia Cong explained, "That is to say, the court of Yan Kingdom and Yanjing Weekly will not officially announce to the world that the guest of the fan is not your grandson. Therefore, in the eyes of the world, the merits of that case are still unclear."

Elder Patriarch Lin was stunned for a while, then suddenly understood, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, why is this?"

Jia Cong said: "Mr. Lin, you are a good person. I know it, and you know it yourself. But you always tell me with your conscience, do you think that there are many upright people like you in the world?"

Elder Patriarch Lin stroked his beard: "Not many."

Jia Cong nodded: "I don't think there are many either. Not only are there not many, there are very few at all. Otherwise, you will not be falsely dismissed as an old man. If I remember correctly, you were the prefect of Ruzhou, and you were the fifth rank. And that The successor Zhizhou is the later Da Sima Tian Pucun, one of the most famous villains in the Yan Kingdom court."

Elder Patriarch Lin was a little happy: "This person died at the hands of You Xiaer later."

"However, before he died at the hands of You Xiaer, he still served as an official for many years and did many bad things with his official position. Among them, the most critical step for him to rise was when he served as the prefect of Ruzhou. Your political achievements are the foundation of Mr. Lin, you plant trees and he picks peaches." Jia Cong said solemnly, "Have you ever thought that if you could be a little smoother in the officialdom, or a little less temperamental? , Try to clarify to the court when he is falsely accused, then Tianpu Village may not be promoted, or the promotion may not be so high. Then he will harm fewer people later, and the people of Ruzhou can live longer Good day."

"This..." Elder Patriarch Lin twisted his beard in thought.He really never had such an idea.

Jia Cong said: "It's easy to be good for yourself, but it's hard to help the world. It's fine if you don't have the ability to fight for public office. As an upright court official, keeping yourself is to benefit the people. In this section, the younger generation is not modest enough to say that you are better than my family Mr. Lin." Not far."

Elder Patriarch Lin nodded repeatedly: "I'm not as old as Lin Shangshu."

"Thus, although you are a good person..." Jia Cong said slowly, "You have nothing to do with Yan."

Elder Patriarch Lin said: "This old man has really done nothing to the dynasty."

Jia Cong said: "That's why I can't give you an amnesty." Elder Patriarch Lin was stunned.Jia Cong said again, "You have not made great contributions to the court, so Xiao Wang cannot give you an amnesty."

Elder Patriarch Lin had a bad temper, and shouted at the table: "This old man is not wrong! Why do you need an amnesty!"

Jia Cong frowned: "Really? An evil, stubborn person whose father raped his stepmother just after Rexiao, when he was caught by his tribe and taken to the ancestral hall for trial, shouldn't he be killed first?" Do you admit it? After you find out the witnesses and material evidence, he will quibble again, and he has to admit it if he can't deny it. This is a normal script."

Elder Patriarch Lin said loudly: "With the suicide note written by his mother, he can't deny it!"

"Oh, you think he knew that his stepmother had written a suicide note, and he couldn't deny it, so he didn't deny it at all?"

"good."

"Then why doesn't he run away?" Jia Cong said, "While no one finds out that his stepmother is dead, he packs up his clothes, jumps on his horse and runs all the way to Tianjin Port, buying a ticket for the earliest departure boat to go wherever he wants."

Elder Patriarch Lin was stunned.After a long while he said, "That pink-headed guest is not him..."

Jia Cong said: "Fantou's guest is not him, it doesn't mean that he raped his stepmother. You have read these newspapers for a long time. There are all kinds of possibilities. Although your grandson is a dude, he is a A person who talks about loyalty in the world. Maybe he is willing to take the blame for someone? Maybe that person is similar to him and has great kindness? Maybe he is actually a broken sleeve, and that person is his lover? But even if he is willing, Shouldn’t the person who really raped his stepmother deserve to die? Old man, these things cannot be found out in your clan, because you don’t have the ability. And we have professional police and forensic doctors who are good at investigating clues and interrogating all kinds of criminals. Compared with you, our professionals are not easy to be deceived. But the scene is gone, and your family and grandchildren who know the truth best are all dead. It is really difficult for us to find out the truth and find out the real culprit. Now the real culprit If he gets away with it, maybe in two years he will deceive other young people and harm other women."

Elder Lin's patriarch sat there in a daze like a bodhisattva.After a long time, the old man slumped on the chair as if he had been cramped, and murmured: "What does he have to admit..."

Jia Cong said: "Ling's grandson died so disgracefully, his cronies and dog friends are just idlers, and they are willing to come to sue for offending a big family like yours, so we know that he is not a worthless person. Although there is no hard evidence, the possibility of him being wronged is not small." Elder Patriarch Lin closed his eyes.

Jia Cong took out a newspaper from his bosom, put it on the case and pushed it to Elder Patriarch Lin.The old man saw that it was "Chengdu Weekly", which published a case of the Shu Kingdom. 23 years ago, a wealthy family in the Shu State died, the widow committed adultery in Shentang, and the youngest son disappeared.The child came out to sue recently, saying that his mother was wronged.In order to occupy his family's property, the clan accused his mother of having an affair with a foreigner, and even wanted to poison him to death.The man overheard and ran away.Now that he is an adult, Fang wants to seek justice for his mother and himself.Elder Patriarch Lin looked at it silently.

Jia Cong said: "My third brother-in-law, Chen Sen, left his hometown as a young man because his family framed his younger brother as arsonist. The Qinghe Cui family in Qi State, such a large and thousand-year-old family, actually asked Cui Mian to take the blame for the nephew of the direct branch. Just now we have reached a consensus: There are very few good people like you in the world." He pointed to the newspaper and said, "There are many more patriarchs like you in the Chen family in Fujian and Cui in Qi. .The law is not for one person, but for everyone. I know you did not intentionally commit an unjust case, and this matter may not be an unjust case. However, if I amnesty you, these patriarchs will not think that you are a good person, so you have received an amnesty , they will only think that you are the head of the patriarch, so you have received an amnesty. You should know at such an old age that people will always look for information that is beneficial to them to believe. Then, the younger brother of my third brother-in-law, Master Cui Mian of Qi State and the State of Shu Mr. Wei, there will be more and more victims like this. Mr. Lin, I cannot pardon you."

After a long time, Elder Patriarch Lin said in a hoarse voice: "Maybe the clan will decide the injustice case, but we are not capable enough. I'm afraid that the government's decision on the injustice case is not because of lack of ability, but because it is done on purpose. There is a future beckoning, and money is holding you back." .”

Jia Cong said: "Prime Minister Lin Daiyu is popular in the country of Yan. As a person of the country of Yan, you must know. Lin Hai is Lin Daiyu's father, and Lin Daiyu is the enlightenment teacher of Tian Gengzi, Minister of the Ministry of punishment. He even dared to carry Lin Hai to death. , Who else are you afraid of?" The old man was silent.Jia Cong said again, "But I'm not him. I can't handle Uncle Lin. I can fake your death without telling Geng Zi."

Elder Patriarch Lin jumped up against the case: "The old man lived a fair life, why did he have to fake his death!"

"Because your grandson may not have been wronged." Jia Cong said, "From the standpoint of justice, if he really raped his stepmother, you are right. And your old age determines that you are used to it." Clan power. It is not in line with the law of nature to ask you to get used to the new law in a short period of time. The problem now is that you can’t find it out, and maybe you will never be able to find it out. But I need such a case of national concern to remind people all over the world: In the country of Yan, only The government has the power to enforce the law, but the clan does not. Therefore, on the surface, you must die."

The old man froze again.Jia Cong made a long bow to him, turned and left.

Going out of the prison door and looking at the next door, Lin Hai and Yan Shenggong are both eavesdropping.The three of them left the prison of the Ministry of Justice together, and went straight to the office of the regent Jia Cong of the Zhengshitang.After taking his seat, Lin Hai pinched his beard for a long time and said, "Cong'er, tell me, have you found out what's going on?"

Jia Cong nodded: "I found out. I just lied to the old patriarch Lin. Nizi was at Fantou on the night of the incident, and was not at home. So it is absolutely impossible to rape the stepmother."

Lin Hai was stunned: "Why are you coaxing him?"

Jia Cong sighed softly, took out a file bag from the drawer, and pulled out a portrait to put on the desk. "This is a collage portrait of that stepmother." Spread out a few more photos, "This is a few friends of that naughty son." Link and Kong saw that the photo was somewhat similar to the portrait, and took a breath at the same time.

"Obviously, Nizi has loved his stepmother for many years." Jia Cong took out another file bag, "This is a book that my stepmother usually reads, and this is Nizi's. Please look through it." Lin and Kong flipped through the two books , are collections of poems by the ancients, each with a dried rhododendron specimen in it.Jia Cong took out another file bag, "This is the autopsy report from Zhan Kun and the others who secretly opened the coffin of the stepmother. The stepmother was pregnant for three months, so judging from the time, it is definitely not the posthumous child of the late father." He shrugged, "The stepmother was 16 years old when she entered the door. Husband is 36, Nizi is 27 years old. Nizi is 33 this year, and stepmother is 52. The man was [-] when he died and had been ill for nearly two years before he died. This case may not be rape, but adultery."

"This..." Lin Hai and Yan Shenggong checked the autopsy report and were dumbfounded.

Jia Cong said: "The truth is too cruel to the old patriarch Lin, it's better to hide it. Let him hate the non-existent outsider who seduced his family and grandchildren and tricked him to take the blame." He took out another file bag and said nothing. Send it to those two.

Lin Hai opened it and saw that there was a confession inside.The maid of that family said that on the night of the incident, the young master who was only 12 years old had a big fight with the mistress, and the young master kicked the door out of the mistress' room.Jia Cong sighed: "This is the reason why stepmother hanged herself." Lin and Kong looked at the documents on the table, unable to say a word for a long time.

Who knows it's not over yet!Jia Cong still has a file bag in his hand. "This is the last one." There was an IOU in the last folder.The young master owes the casino 2 taels of silver.

"The young master looks well-behaved, but he is actually rebellious. He knows that his mother and elder brother have an improper relationship between a man and a woman, and it is this incident that stimulates him to rebel. He owes a gambling debt, and he wants to pay it back with the money from the family. And he is not the eldest son, and the money is not He took care of it. So he went to his mother and asked her to get money from his brother. For some reason... In such a family, the mother and son could quarrel for any reason. The young master exposed the adultery of his mother and brother. Maybe even knew that the mother was pregnant. The mother hanged herself in shame and anger. And the relationship between the two of them must have started with rape. For some reason, the stepmother concealed it at the time. That's why there was a suicide note. Nizi loves his stepmother so much that he would spare his life for her and bear the blame alone." Jia Cong shook his head, "There are so many people in the world making up the reason for this matter, none of them guessed it."

Lin and Kong stayed again.Jia Cong took out another file bag.Lin Hai shouted: "Isn't it gone!"

"This is not the file of the case." Jia Cong said, "It is a plan urgently drawn up by Zhan Kun two days ago."

Lin Hai opened it and saw that it was a law amendment proposal.Minors under the age of eighteen are prohibited from entering the casino.Anyone who let them in, the casino will be sealed off immediately, and will never be allowed to open again.Lin Hai gritted his teeth: "It's too light! Whoever lets the child into the casino will be imprisoned for three years! No, five years!"

"Uh... Maybe it was put in by the buddy."

"Then teach a good buddy." Lin Hai pointed to the IOU and said, "This house will be seized immediately!"

The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched: "No way. We didn't enact this law beforehand, and it wasn't illegal when people let their children in."

Lin Hai patted the case: "Can you seal it or not!"

"No!" Jia Cong said, "But you can always rely on yourself as the prime minister's father and send the dog leg Liu Xiaoqi to bully them."