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

Seeing that Qin Yunhe did not ask any more questions, Yan Guixiang continued, "I have been frightened since that day. I have been very careful when eating and I don't know what to do. I thought about divorce, but I was afraid of angering Jin Biao and I don't know what he would do.

But I was too scared. Finally, I decided to take some money from the Jin family and run away with my parents to another place, which would be enough to become a small landlord.

So I asked someone to call my brother and asked him to prepare a carriage so that he could take his belongings and run away when Jin Biao was not at home one day. "

"So Jin Biao wasn't home the day you ran away?"

"Of course he wasn't here. How could I run away if he was at home? Not only was he not here, but the manager wasn't here that day either."

"Then do you know where Jin Biao went and what he did at that time?"

Qin Yunhe originally thought that since they dared to say that they were poisoned at home that day, Jin Biao must have been at home that day. Otherwise, if someone came out and said that they had seen him, wouldn't the whole thing be exposed?

But I didn't expect that they would dare to fake it so blatantly.

Are they really not afraid that someone will remember seeing him that day?

Yan Guixiang seemed to think for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Your Excellency, I, I only remember that he said the day before that he would go to a certain farm the next day to do some business, and might not be back until the evening. At that time, I was eager to hear this, so I quickly agreed."

Li Chang suddenly asked, "That day is September 20th?"

"The Jin family always said that I ran away on September 20th. It should be September 20th. In fact, I don't remember the exact date, but it was probably around mid-to-late September."

Qin Yunhe and Li Chang looked at each other before saying, "Think carefully about whether anything happened before or after that. It would be best if you could confirm the date."

Yan Guixiang knelt in the hall, frowning and thinking.

After a long while, Yan Guixiang suddenly looked up and said excitedly: "Sir, I remember it!

That day, a front yard cleaner came to ask for leave, saying that his family had sent a message saying that his mother had passed away and asked him to go back. The manager and Jin Biao were not there at the time, so he came to ask me. I was anxious to escape at the time and nodded without asking any more questions.

I can’t remember the exact date, but if you find the servant and ask him when my mother passed away, you’ll know that day.”

Qin Yunhe nodded, this was indeed a clue.

"Do you remember the servant's name?"

"I don't remember the man's name, but he has a big black mole on his forehead." Yan Guixiang pointed to her own forehead and said, "It's very obvious."

Qin Yunhe took note of this feature and prepared to send someone to investigate after he finished questioning.

"Go on and tell me what happened that day."

"My brother has been staying at the Jin family those days. When I heard that Jin Biao was going out, I packed up some jade jewelry and several dozen taels of cash that I had hidden before, and said I was going back to my mother's house.

My brother drove the car, picked up my parents and went to Pingle County. After we settled down in Pingle County, my brother said he had to go back. He was worried about me not being home for several days. I gave him dozens of taels of silver and told him to go back and live a good life.

After that, my brother and I never saw each other again until two months ago. That day, my brother suddenly came to me and said that he was running out of money and asked me to give him some more. I didn't have much money on hand, so I said I would pawn the jade pendant first. After getting the money, my brother said that he had a hard time going to Pingle County and wanted to play there for a few days before leaving. Unexpectedly, he ran into the Jin family on the street. My brother took a lot of effort to get rid of the Jin family and ran back. Pingle County couldn't live anymore, so my brother quickly hitched up the carriage and took me and my parents to Xunlin County.

Later on the way we were caught up by the servants of the Jin family. My parents were old and could not run slowly, so they were caught. Only my brother and I escaped.

I finally managed to get to Xunlin County with my brother, but Jin Biao and his men came after us and arrested my brother. I ran all the way and ended up at the Xunlin County government office. To save my life, I had no choice but to beat the drum at the Xunlin County government office.

I thought I would be safe once I entered the county government, but I didn't expect to be sent back to Buyeo County for trial. I had heard that the previous Buyeo County Magistrate had completed his term and was going to be replaced by a new one, and I thought that this county magistrate had only been in office for a short time and would not protect Jin Biao.

I didn't expect it! I didn't expect that when I was sent back to Fuyu County and went to court, it was originally Jin Biao who arrested my parents and brother. It was clearly Jin Biao who wanted to poison me, but it turned out that I had committed adultery with my brother and murdered my husband. The county magistrate didn't listen to me at all. He just questioned a few servants of the Jin family and convicted me, and beat my brother to death."

At this point, Yan Guixiang fell to the ground and cried bitterly: "And my parents, their whereabouts are still unknown and we don't know whether they are alive or dead. Now my sister-in-law and nephew are also missing. Please, sir, please help me."

Everyone in the hall was silent.

After a while, Yan Guixiang finally calmed down, and Qin Yunhe continued to ask questions.

"Yan Guixiang, think carefully, maybe you can think of where your brother and sister-in-law will move to?"

Yan Guixiang thought about it carefully, and finally shook her head and said: "My brother doesn't tell me much about his family, so I don't know where he will move to. But my brother ran back from the street and took us to Xunlin County. Could my sister-in-law be in Xunlin County? I can't think of any other place.

My brother was afraid that Jin Biao would come looking for him, so he took my sister-in-law and nephew to move. No wonder, I said that dozens of taels of silver would not be spent so quickly. I guess my brother moved to a new place to buy a house and land, and he spent it all at once, so he came to me for more.

Sir, please send someone to look for my sister-in-law. If Jin Biao finds my sister-in-law and nephew first, I’m afraid he will hurt them. And my parents, Jin Biao didn’t admit that he arrested them, and I don’t know where he took them to.”

"Don't worry, I will find out everything.

I will send someone to focus on Xunlin County. Go back and think carefully about whether there are any details you have missed. Tell the yamen runners to report anything you think of."

Yan Guixiang nodded repeatedly and finally kowtowed before being taken away by the bailiffs.

Qin Yunhe carefully reviewed what Yan Guixiang had just said, and then gave instructions to Wu Bantou.

"I wrote a letter to the magistrate of Xunlin County, asking him to help check the land and house deed information in the past year. However, Miao Wang may not have obtained a red deed when buying land. Send two people to inquire there privately to see if they can find any clues.

Zhang San, Li Si and others should have started to find out where Yan Guixiang's sister-in-law and nephew are. But their focus is probably still on Fuyu County."

“…Also notify the people in Fuyu County and ask them to quietly inquire about the Jin family’s cleaning person that Yan Guixiang mentioned. Don’t alarm them. Focus on finding out when that person’s mother passed away.

Also, since Jin Biao was not at home that day, try to find out where Jin Biao is going."

Although I know that after so much time, it is difficult for anyone to remember who did what on a specific day, I still have to ask.

I don’t know if there is any new progress in Fuyu County. We have to open up a gap quickly.