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

The next day when he went to the yamen, Qin Yunhe called Zhuzi and sent him to Xunlin County.

One was to ask Lin Zhaotang about the specific situation, and the other was to ask Gao Chong to come to the government office to explain the situation.

"......Gao Chong has made great achievements. When the time comes, be polite and make sure to explain the pros and cons clearly."

Gao Chong had a high reputation, so he couldn't be interrogated at will. At most, he could ask someone to respond on his behalf. However, the matter of disobedience was a bit serious, so he had to come in person.

After Zhuzi left, Liu Dianshi came to find Qin Yunhe again.

"Sir, I have just discovered a situation that I need your understanding of."

"what's the situation?"

"I felt that the name Gao Zhong sounded familiar yesterday, so I went through the old case files overnight and found an old case involving Gao Zhong and Yang."

As he spoke, Dianshi Liu presented a case file.

"This was a case about four or five years ago. Yang sued Gao Zhong for colluding with the then magistrate of Xunlin County to seize her property."

Qin Yunhe just opened the case file and looked up in surprise: "Seizing property? It is unfilial for parents to secretly accumulate family wealth, how dare Gao Chong seize his adoptive mother's property? Compared to disobeying parents, this is the greatest unfilial behavior."

"Uh... Yang and Gao Zhong's foster mother-son relationship is actually quite special."

Qin Yunhe put down the case file and decided to listen to Liu Dianshi's story first.

"When Yang married Gao Ran, Gao Chong's biological father, Gao Chong was indeed only five years old. However, Yang gave Gao Ran another son more than a year after she entered the family. Perhaps she was afraid that Gao Chong would dilute her biological son's family property in the future, so within a year or two of giving birth to her own son, she persuaded her husband to adopt Gao Chong to his eldest uncle, who was Gao Chong's great uncle.

Yang said that the Xunlin County Magistrate ignored the fact that Gao Zhong was adopted and ordered her to give half of her property to Gao Zhong after her husband's death.

"Didn't Yang keep saying that Gao Chong was her adopted son? She also said that her husband left a will before he died, asking Gao Chong to take care of her in her old age."

Qin Yunhe frowned and looked at the case file: "Besides, how could the Xunlin County Magistrate commit fraud so blatantly and try to seize her property."

Liu Dianshi laughed and said, "You will know after reading the case file. Yang is just a unreasonable person. She never tells the truth."

Liu Dianshi continued, "Gao Chong was not even a juren at that time, but he was arrested by the government officials and brought to the government office to answer the lawsuit. Even the Xunlin County Magistrate had to send a Dianshi to explain the situation.

It turned out that the adoption that Yang mentioned did happen, but she concealed the subsequent circumstances.

When Yang and Gao Ran's biological son was in his teens, he went swimming in the river and drowned. Until Gao Ran was seriously ill and about to die, the two of them never conceived another child.

Before Gao Ran passed away, he was afraid that there would be no descendants to offer sacrifices to him after his death, so he called Gao Chong over again.

Gao Ran meant that he would give his property to Gao Chong to inherit, so that he could inherit both families. In the future, he would have someone to worship him, and his brother would not have raised Gao Chong in vain for so many years.

Although Gao Zhong was adopted, he was still his uncle, not to mention his biological father. Plus, he could inherit the property, so he naturally agreed.

Gao Ran then made a will, leaving half of his property to Gao Chong after his death, and Gao Chong would bury him, offer sacrifices to him, and support Yang.

The other half of the property was temporarily left to his wife Yang for her living. As long as Gao Chong devoted himself to taking care of Yang, the other half of the property would belong to Gao Chong after Yang passed away.

The will that Yang was talking about should be this one.

After all, Yang was the wife of Gao Chong's biological father, and Gao Chong also got such a large sum of property, so he agreed.

However, after Gao Ran passed away, Yang pretended to be deaf and dumb and never gave half of her property to Gao Chong.

Later, Gao Zhong's adoptive father Gao Feng fell ill and spent a lot of money on medical treatment and medicine. He was short of money at the time, so he thought of borrowing some money from Yang.

Yang lied that she had no money and refused to lend him the money. Gao Zhong brought up the question of the other half of the property, but Yang refused to give it to him and even drove him out, refusing to acknowledge the promise of the other half of the property.

Gao Chong needed money to treat his adoptive father's illness, so he took the will and sued Yang to the county government.

This matter is not complicated. The facts are clear, so the magistrate naturally sentenced Yang to give half of her property to Gao Zhong.

Yang was dissatisfied and took the case to the government office, and even sued the Xunlin County Magistrate."

Qin Yunhe shook his head and laughed. Yesterday he just felt that what Yang said was not that simple, but he didn't expect it to be so troublesome.

Qin Yunhe lowered his head to look at the case file: "Then the prefect should have sentenced her to give half of her property to Gao Zhong in the end."

"Of course it is."

"Then why is Yang suing Gao Chong for being disobedient and unfilial? Is she still unwilling to let half of the property go to Gao Chong?"

"Who knows? There are indeed many ignorant women like that in the local area who will make false accusations without any reason, but they just rely on the fact that the officials in the government offices are sympathetic to the weak and the ignorant and are unwilling to redeem them."

"Forget it, let's wait for Mr. Gao to come to the hall for a confrontation and then we can clarify the matter."

When the court was dismissed in the evening, Qin's mother, Chen Er and others could not help but ask about the Yang case again. Qin Yunhe had no choice but to tell them everything he had found out today.

After hearing this, Qin's mother said, "Then I understand!"

Qin Yunhe was surprised: "Mom, what do you understand?"

"Gao Zhong must have been resentful of Yang's refusal to share her property with him, so he refused to take good care of Yang and allowed his daughter-in-law to disobey her adoptive mother's wishes."

"Auntie Qin..." Chen Er obviously disagreed with what Qin's mother said: "That Yang didn't even acknowledge that Gao Chong was his adopted son before, so how can it be considered that Gao Chong is unfilial..."

"Even if he didn't admit it at the time, didn't Yang later divide the property with him? Then according to his biological father's will, doesn't he still have to serve Yang as his adoptive mother?"

Chen Er looked at Qin Yunhe, who nodded, "It should be so. Since the county magistrate and the prefect both ordered Yang to give her property to Gao Zhong, I think they approved the will. Logically, Yang is still Gao Zhong's adoptive mother."

Mother Qin said, "That's right. Yang must have started to feel that Gao Zhong treated her badly, so she refused to give him her property, fearing that he would neglect her even less if she gave it to him.

Finally, the official refused to make the decision for her and still gave half of the property to Gao Chong. As a result, Gao Chong no longer cared about her!

However, she still had to count on Gao Chong to provide for her in her old age, so even though she accused Gao Chong of being unfilial, she was afraid that the government would punish him. What could she do? She could only ask him to divorce his wife and remarry, and maybe a virtuous wife would be better.

Fan Zheng hesitated and said, "That's not right, Aunt Qin. Since Gao Zhong is the one who is unfilial, even if they change their wife, the couple will probably listen to Gao Zhong. How could she think that changing a wife would make things better?

Besides, being disobedient and unfilial is a serious crime, and you might get beaten to death. Even if you don't get beaten to death, it might affect your future career. She doesn't care about Gao Zhong, so why is she still afraid of the government punishing him?"

Mother Qin was stunned for a moment, and then she said unhappily, "What do you know?"

Fan Zheng knew that Qin's mother had always disliked his family, so he didn't dare to say anything after hearing her say that.

Qin Yunhe could only smile helplessly and shook his head.