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

The Li Yun brothers' originally confident faces suddenly froze, and their expressions when they looked at Yang Quan quickly changed from disbelief to resentment.

After hearing what the inspector said, Yang Quan felt miserable and quickly avoided the two people's gazes.

How can the Inspector still talk nonsense?

Although it was agreed that he would take the blame for being bribed and admit that it was Li Yun who paid him to change the population register.

However, being forced to admit that he had changed the register after the inspector took it is different from him taking the initiative to report it.

No matter how he is dealt with in the future, he will have to live in Pingyin County in the end. After the inspector said this, with the power of the Li family in the countryside, will he still have a place to stay in the future?

He did receive a lot of money from the Li family, but how could he compare to what the county magistrate and his men received? In the end, he had to become a scapegoat.

Although they were reported, the Li Yun brothers were certainly unwilling to admit it.

"Sir, this is all Yang Quan's false accusation! The two of us have never asked him to change the population register. We have our family tree as evidence to prove that we are the descendants of Li Chengwen."

Qin Yunhe signaled the officer to bring up the family tree.

It is unknown when this genealogy was prepared and revised, and there is no clue from the age of the paper.

According to the family tree, the grandfather of the Li Yun brothers is naturally Li Chengwen.

Although the credibility of their genealogy has been compromised after Yang Quan's report, it is still not completely unreliable.

The Li Yun brothers were waiting for the inspector to speak.

Qin Yunhe looked through the family tree carefully and put it aside.

Afterwards, Qin Yunhe threw down the old register he had found and said in a deep voice, "Li Yun, you two brothers are really bold. You are still trying to make excuses at this time!

If the county magistrate and the chief clerk had not helped me find your grandfather's old household register yesterday, I would have been deceived by you two brothers."

The faces of the Li Yun brothers suddenly changed.

Who in the county government, from top to bottom, had not received benefits from his family? Especially because of his family background, the reason why the county magistrate took the risk of offending scholars to detain Lin Chan and others was just because he had received many benefits from his family.

Now, he turned against them and reported them?

Last night, in order to reassure the magistrate and others, as soon as they left the City God Temple, they ran to the county government office to explain the content of the interrogation to the magistrate and others and explained the evidence they had prepared.

But what about the magistrate?

After discovering the loopholes in their family tree evidence, instead of trying to help them plug them, you actually took the initiative to hand over the evidence?

Tian Zongyao, who was sitting nearby and listening, was also dumbfounded.

No, the inspector looked quite serious, so how could he speak so freely? What would the Li brothers think?

When Tian Zongyao looked at the Li Yun brothers, he found that the expressions on their faces were indeed extremely unfriendly.

But he was in court at the moment and couldn't explain anything, so he could only lower his eyes and pretend not to see.

wrong!

As he lowered his eyes, Tian Zongyao suddenly thought: If he really took the initiative to find this register and handed it over to the inspector, then wouldn't his suspicion be cleared?

Who can still say that he protected the Li family because he got benefits? He could even be said to have been deceived by the Li family and gave them more seals.

Even if he is not cleared of all charges, he is still suspected of protecting the Li family. So now he has come to his senses, right? At least he can atone for his crime, right?

It's impossible that the inspector has been showing goodwill and making hints as the chief clerk said.

Tian Zongyao lowered his eyes and thought about this possibility. The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed to him. His expression kept changing and he didn't care about the expressions of Li Yun and his brother at all.

After hearing Qin Yunhe's questions, Chief Clerk Hu was surprised at first but then delighted, and came to the same conclusion as the magistrate.

Originally, Li Yun was not so sure that the magistrate and the chief clerk did it on purpose, but when he saw that both of them were calm and kept their eyes down, trying not to get involved, he was immediately convinced and couldn't help getting angry.

"Li Yun, Li Wei, you are both from the government, and now that the evidence is irrefutable, are you still going to deny it?"

Li Yun suppressed his anger and said, "Sir, I have nothing to say."

"Okay, since there is nothing to say, then you are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations or donate money in the future."

"The common people obey."

Li Yun knew that the matter was settled and that he, his two brothers and even his descendants would never have the opportunity to take the imperial examinations again. He felt very discouraged and aggrieved.

Qin Yunhe asked his two brothers to wait aside for a while, and asked someone to summon Gao Yuan and his neighbor, Gao Juncai, the head of another branch of the Gao family, to the court.

Gao Yuan and Gao Juncai each brought their family tree to the classroom. Qin Yunhe had naturally asked someone to find the census books of Gao Yuan's father and grandfather for comparison.

Gao Yuan's family tree is consistent with the records of his family throughout the generations.

How could Qin Yun know that Gao Yuan could be so calm and dare to propose checking the Ding book, so there was a high probability that there would be no problem with these.

Then the only question is whether Gao Yuan's family really moved here from another place.

If we cannot prove that Gao Yuan's family did migrate from other places, there is always a suspicion that they just branched out. The Gao surnamed police officer was many generations ago. If Gao Yuan's family did branch out, they may not be descendants of the police officer.

Qin Yunhe didn't really care about what happened so many generations ago, but if he didn't figure it out, Gao Yuan's background would probably always be questioned.

Several elderly neighbors from Gaoyuan came over, and Qin Yunhe asked someone to bring them stools to sit on before he began to question them.

".....Old man, how old are you?"

"Your Excellency, I am sixty-eight this year. I heard that someone said that Ayuan and Juncai were of the same rank and wanted to remove his honor. I am here to be a witness for him."

Qin Yunhe smiled and said, "I don't want to take away his reputation, I just want to clarify this matter. Do you know the origin of Gao Yuan's family?"

"I know. Sir, don't look at my age, I am not confused. I remember clearly that when I was a child, everyone in the town knew that Gao Bingyi, Gao Yuan's grandfather, was the one who fled from Shaanxi with my parents."

At this time, another old man also said: "Yes, I still remember that we didn't play with Gao Bingyi very much at that time because his family came from outside the city."

Qin Yunhe asked: "Besides this, is there anything else that can prove that Gao Yuan and Gao Juncai are not from the same clan?"

Since we want to get to the bottom of this, of course the more evidence the better.

Qin Yunhe was afraid that he would not be able to convince the people based on just a few words from his neighbors, and Gao Yuan would still be in trouble.

At this time, Gao Jun spoke up: "How could they be from the same clan? I don't know how it got out. My ancestral tomb is in our own land outside the town, and Gao Yuan's ancestral tomb is very far away from us.

I heard that the old man of the Gao family, Gao Bingyi's grandfather, died not long after he came to our place. At that time, his family had no land or money to buy a grave here, so they had no choice but to find a pit far away to bury him.

"Yes, the ancestral tomb." Another villager said, "We were wondering, maybe the feng shui of his ancestral tomb is good! His family settled in our town, and by the time of Ayuan's grandfather, his family's life gradually improved, and later they had a descendant as good at studying as Ayuan."

Several other villagers also echoed the sentiment.

This is a relatively reliable proof.

Qin Yunhe looked towards Gao Yuan and found that he was still standing there calmly with his eyes downcast, as if it had nothing to do with him.