NOVEL WEB Chapter 3 The real story
Magistrate Xie freed up a courtyard behind the magistrate's office for General Xue and his party to live.
Because everyone feels that the Ji family’s poor place is unlucky!
Pooh!
But that night, the little girl Long'er still had fever again. His forehead was hot, his whole body was hot, and his little body huddled up and shivered.
General Xue and his son, as well as Langzhong Song, were not fully clothed and stood guard in front of the bed, wiping their bodies with soju and applying cold towels to their heads, not daring to relax for a moment.
Although Dr. Song knew that the little girl's situation was very bad, he did not dare to say an unlucky word at this time. He could only pray silently in his heart for a miracle to happen.
After staying up until early morning, the heat on the little girl's body finally subsided, and everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Zhifu's wife came to take care of the children while everyone went to rest.
General Xue couldn't sleep. Hearing about Magistrate Xie's interrogation, he also came to listen.
In the front hall, Magistrate Xie worked all night and detained all the Ji family members. Seeing General Xue coming, he quickly asked someone to prepare chairs.
General Xue is the victim of this case. The dignified general's sister was murdered, and his niece was tortured like that. It was normal for people to sit in and watch.
If you want to interrogate, first interrogate the servants of the Ji family. As for Ji Zhong and his wife, they will be detained separately for now and will not be interrogated.
This is a commonly used method at the Yamen Gate. Only by knocking people down can the prisoner be flustered and nervous, lose his sense of control, and finally confess happily.
Moreover, Ji Zhong was also an official of the imperial court, so Magistrate Xie had to report it first.
In the lobby, the servants of the Ji family knelt in several rows.
Ji Zhong was just a fifth-grade official, but he had more than a dozen servants, maids, and mothers-in-law at home. Even his concubines were the third room.
These servants originally only knew that their master was a big shot, but now that they have met General Xue, they realize that the master in their eyes is just an ant under the feet of those real nobles, who can easily be trampled to death if they want.
Some women and servants wanted to pretend to be stupid at first. After all, although the culprits were Ji Zhong and his wife, they were also accomplices.
But the experienced magistrate Xie could see into their hearts at a glance. He first said that reporting each other could reduce the charges, and then asked the government officials to carry out the torture instruments.
There is no need to use the ten major tortures. Just put the torture instruments one by one and find a clever government servant to talk about the torture instruments hundreds of millions of times. These evil slaves who bully the weak and fear the strong will become weak and wet their pants.
As these people confessed, everyone in the hall was outraged. Even the good-tempered Magistrate Xie flew into a rage several times and slapped many people.
Finally, the true story of this tragedy was put together.
General Xue's sister, Xue Yuhe, was deceived into being sold to the government and forced to press a bond of betrayal. Ji Zhong relied on his identity to force Xue Yuhe into a concubine under the pretense of being drunk.
Then Xue Yuhe's belly gradually grew bigger, which made the wife of the wife, who had not been pregnant for several years, see it and become anxious in her heart. She even hatched a vicious plan and colluded with a wandering monk to give orders to the child in Xue Yuhe's belly.
As soon as the wandering monk entered the house, he kept shouting that there was evil in Ji's house, and kept saying that the unborn child in Xue Yuhe's belly was a disaster that would harm his father and his mother. Once this disaster star is born, both the parents and the whole family will be punished, and may even be imprisoned.
Ji Zhong immediately panicked and sent someone to buy abortion pills to abort the monster in Xue Yuhe's belly.
Xue Yuhe begged and knelt down to no avail. In the end, her chin was pinched and a bowl of abortion pills was forced down her throat.
It's just that this medicine is not a simple abortion medicine, but has been replaced by a medicine that can cause dystocia and hemorrhage by the wife of the wife. Not long after taking the medicine, Xue Yuhe began to experience severe pain in her stomach and rolled all over the floor.
Xue Yuhe tried his best to give birth to the child and then passed away.
The disaster star was still born, and Ji Zhong was frightened and angry, so he had the child taken out and killed. By chance, a Taoist priest came uninvited and said that if the child was abandoned or killed, their whole family would be dead.
Ji Zhong became more and more panicked, but when he saw that Xue Yuhe was really killed, he had to believe it. He had no choice but to leave the child to an old nanny named Hu, as long as he ensured that he would not die.
A few months ago, this old nanny fell seriously ill and was kicked out by the eldest lady for some reason. From then on, the little girl was no longer cared for and could not even eat.
General Xue and Magistrate Xie looked at each other, and in addition to anger, a strange thought came to their minds.
That monk is actually an expert, right?
The birth of this little girl will put the family in jail. Isn’t this enough?
If they had abandoned the little girl or let her die, they would not have survived either. Isn’t this appropriate?
If they hadn't plotted Xue Yuhe's life and beat and abused the child in every possible way, wouldn't they have hugged General Xue's thick leg!
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While the servants were being tortured in the front hall, the prefect's wife, who was guarding Long'er in the back, noticed that the little girl's body was burning hot again.
He quickly sent someone to call Dr. Song, who was resting, and asked someone to inform General Xue.
This time, the little girl's fever kept getting worse than at night, and the cold handkerchief would become hot within a moment when she put it on her forehead.
"What can we do?" Everyone was anxiously running around.
Suddenly, a servant reported, "To General Xue, there is an old Taoist outside the door asking to see him. He said that he is destined to Miss Xue family and can resolve this disaster!"
General Xue suddenly thought of someone.
Just now in the lobby, those ladies and servants said that there was a Taoist priest who stopped Ji Zhong from abandoning Long Er. Could it be said that this Taoist priest was him?
Thinking of this, General Xue said without hesitation, "Please come quickly! Wait! I will go to the door to greet you in person!"
There is indeed a Taoist master outside the door. He looks a little thin, but his appearance is really immortal and Taoist.
"Master Dao!" General Xue bowed towards the opponent, "You..."
General Xue also wanted to ask, but Master Dao waved his hand gently, "No need to say more, I am here to save the little girl's life. Saving people is important!"
"Yes!" When General Xue heard what the other party said, his heart became more and more awe-inspiring, and he quickly invited the people in.
Master Dao followed him into the courtyard, and then into the house to the bed. When he saw that the child in front of him was already hot, he took out a prescription he had written long ago from his sleeve and said, "Go and get the medicine!"
"This, this..." Doctor Song glanced at it, "Master Tao, this recipe is the medicine of tiger and wolf. I'm afraid Miss Long'er won't be able to bear it!"
"Go quickly! If you're late, it'll be too late!"
Dr. Song went to grab some medicine and boil it. Master Taoist took out his whisk and brushed it towards the little girl's head, "Why don't you wake up quickly!"
Then he leaned over and whispered a few words in the little girl's ear, "You come down with a mission, so you can't be lazy!"
Strangely enough, after Master Dao said this, the little girl unconsciously flattened her mouth, as if she was responding to Master Dao again.
After doing all this, Mr. Dao left in a hurry. General Xue tried to persuade him to stay, but it was useless. He said that he still had something to do and would see him again soon.
Strange to say, after Dr. Song had boiled the medicine and fed it to the little girl, not long after she drank it, the little girl's body became hot and returned to normal. Her eyelashes fluttered a few times and she opened her eyes.
"Dad! My sister is awake!" The boy in white robe who was guarding the bedside suddenly shouted in surprise.
He responded with a loving slap from his father, "Keep your voice down, you scared my dragon!"