Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Soon, the messenger who was sent to get the medical records came back first.

It would take time to get other information, so the trial here couldn't be delayed for too long. So Qin Yunhe decided to go to court first to listen to the arguments of both sides.

Qin Yunhe sat behind the desk, with runners standing on both sides and clerks on standby.

The gavel was banged, the bailiff shouted in a mighty voice, and the court was officially opened.

The plaintiff and the defendant were brought to the lobby by the bailiffs.

Qin Yunhe had not seen Yan Guixiang since his rebirth. The Yan Guixiang in the hall had disheveled hair, a burnt face and yellow mouth, and looked haggard, which was completely different from his impression.

Looking back now, it seems like a dream from another world.

Before this, Qin Yunhe only knew that she was severely injured after being hit with eighty sticks.

Unexpectedly, after recuperating for a few days, although Yan Guixiang had not recovered, she was able to be supported to go up to the hall and kneel down.

The head of the Jin family and the maid bowed their heads on the other side and were then called up.

"Who is the plaintiff? Please state your name."

The head of the Jin family said, "Your Excellency, I am Yang Zhong, the manager of the Jin family, and I am here to represent my master. The plaintiff is my master's family, Jin Biao, who is suing Yan Guixiang for committing adultery and eloping, taking away her property, and murdering her husband."

"Since you are here on behalf of your master, please describe the case in detail."

"Yes. Yan Guixiang, whom my master wanted to sue, was originally the wife of my Jin family. On September 20th last year, my master suddenly fell ill. He felt numbness and pain in his body, had difficulty breathing, and was vomiting and having diarrhea. I quickly invited Doctor Chen to treat my master.

Doctor Chen was a famous local doctor. He quickly diagnosed that my master had been poisoned by arsenic. Fortunately, the treatment was timely and my master saved his life.

At that time, Doctor Chen tested all the tea, soup and food that the host had used that day, and finally found that the tea was poisonous. That tea was brewed by my wife herself..."

Upon hearing this, Yan Guixiang suddenly shouted angrily: "Nonsense! There are so many maids and servants at home, why do I need to make tea myself? When have I ever made tea myself?"

Qin Yunhe slammed the gavel and said, "Silence! No noise is allowed in the courtroom. Wait until the plaintiff has finished his statement before the defendant can speak."

Yan Guixiang was panting with anger but dared not make a sound.

The Jin family steward said, "It would be strange if she had never brewed tea before! Madam never brews tea herself, but she brewed tea for the master that day.

That was how it was. No one in the family dared to suspect that it was the wife who poisoned the child. But the next morning, they woke up and found that the wife had run away with all the valuables.

Regarding the poisoning by Yan, Doctor Chen, who treated the master at the time, has already followed him to the hall to testify. As for the valuables, there are also pawn tickets as evidence. The pawned jade token was left by my old lady, and all the ladies in the city who are familiar with the old lady have seen it. Please make a decision for my master. "

"Call Doctor Chen."

Soon Doctor Chen came to the hall.

"Doctor Chen, do you remember the process of treating Jin Biao that day?"

"Sir, I remember it. That day was September 20th. I was not sick that day and was resting at home. In the afternoon, a servant from the Jin family came to knock on the door and asked me to go to the Jin family, saying that their master had an acute illness.

When I hurried over, Jin Biao was already somewhat unconscious. I heard from the servants of the Jin family that Master Jin suddenly complained of numbness and pain in his body, vomiting and diarrhea. Based on my experience, I judged that he was poisoned by arsenic, so I quickly prescribed an antidote. Fortunately, the prescription took effect soon. "

Qin Yunhe asked, "Doctor Chen always remembers the exact date of each visit?"

Doctor Chen was stunned. "Of course I can't remember everything every time. But after the incident, the magistrate summoned me to testify, so I naturally took the medical records with me. After a while, I remembered everything."

Qin Yunhe nodded and said, "Defendant Yan Guixiang, do you have anything to say?"

After hearing this, Yan Guixiang quickly said, "Your Excellency is wronged! Doctor Chen clearly accepted Jin Biao's money to frame me.

What September 20th, what tea poisoned, I don't know how to make tea myself on weekdays. Do they say Jin Biao was poisoned? Do they say I made the tea, does it mean I made the tea?

I don’t remember Jin Biao being poisoned at all. Apart from the Jin family who keep saying that Jin Biao was poisoned and that I poisoned him, who else can prove that he was really poisoned…”

Before Yan Guixiang could finish, the old woman from the Jin family asked, "Can you deny the old lady's jade token? If you didn't poison her, why are you running away?"

Yan Guixiang choked and became flustered.

After a long while, he calmed down and said in a panic, "Sir, I, I stole some of the Jin family's property, I admit this, but I really didn't poison them. I ran away because I found out that Jin Biao poisoned me! Jin Biao poisoned my bird's nest.

I was always sick before. I was wondering why I kept getting sick after I came to the Jin family. I was always healthy and never got sick.

I ran away because I accidentally discovered that Jinbiao poisoned the bird's nest."

"Nonsense!" said the old woman of the Jin family, "You said we have no evidence to prove that you poisoned, but what evidence do you have to prove that the master poisoned you? The master has treated you like a treasure since you came in, and has given you the best food and things to use.

When you are sick, the master will hire the best doctor for you. When you can’t eat, the master will search the whole city for food that you can eat. Everyone in the city knows how good the master is to you.”

Yan Guixiang was extremely angry at these words, but she felt like she had no way to defend herself.

"You all know to be nice to me? Haha, be nice to me. I also want to know why he was nice to me and poisoned me at the same time. That Jin Biao must be mentally ill! You also poisoned Kou'er to death, right? How cruel, you are so cruel!"

Qin Yunhe naturally couldn't just let the two sides curse at each other in the hall, so he used a row of gavels to stop the cursing in the hall, and then he spoke.

"Yang Zhong, how did your master find out that Yan Guixiang had an affair?"

"My Lord, it is like this. Yan's adulterer is her cousin and often comes to our house to ask for money. The master thought that they were all cousins, so he didn't say anything.

But after a while, some servants felt something was wrong, saying that Yan and her cousin often flirted behind others' backs. Later, a servant saw the two of them hugging each other while the master was not at home..."

"My Lord, I am wronged!" Yan Guixiang burst into tears: "My Lord, my cousin is actually my biological brother. Please go and ask the villagers, everyone knows that he is my biological brother, how could I have anything to do with him? Please make the decision for me."

Yan Guixiang kowtowed again and said, "My brother was beaten to death by them. They were beaten to death."

The housekeeper and the maid of the Jin family were obviously stunned when they heard her suddenly say that her cousin was her biological brother. They didn't even know what to say for a moment.

After Yan Guixiang finished speaking for a long time, the old woman finally reacted and said, "You are so shameless that you committed adultery with your own brother!"

Yan Guixiang was crying and begging, and because of the injuries on her body, she was lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

Hearing this, he was furious and rushed over to tear the old woman apart: "You old woman, you are so vicious! You actually falsely accused me of having an affair with my own brother!"

Qin Yunhe slammed the gavel and said, "Silence!"

The yamen runners on both sides simultaneously pounded the water and fire sticks in their hands into the ground, making a uniform and majestic thumping sound.

Qin Yunhe spoke slowly: "Plaintiff, since you have discovered that Yan and her brother have an affair, why didn't you report it to the police? And why did you allow her to poison Jin Biao?"