Chapter 17 Getting the Upper Hand
"Young master, they want to hand over Li Hongqing to the yamen for disposal."
In the quiet night, Rou'er walked into the study quickly and told Li Hongyu, who was flipping through a book, the result of Li Renhe's discussion with the elders of the clan.
"Heaven is forgivable, but he can't live for his own sin, and he can't complain to anyone because he is asking for it." Li Hongyu had already guessed that things would be like this, shook his head and put down the book in his hand.
Obviously, compared with Li Hongqing's fate, it is naturally Qin Yue's reputation that is more important, and now that the matter between Li Hongqing and Qin Yue has become a big problem, in order to save Qin Yue's reputation as much as possible, the yamen must be allowed to come to the public trial, and only in this way can the gossip against Qin Yue on the market be eliminated to the greatest extent.
"Young Master, will Li Honggen be executed?" Rou'er saw that Li Hongyu was not the slightest surprised, knowing that he had already guessed this ending, so she asked a little nervously after a deep groan.
Anyway, Li Hongqing was planted in the bureau set up by Li Hongyu this time, so she didn't want Li Hongqing to lose his life, otherwise it would be equivalent to Li Hongyu indirectly killing him, and then Li Hongyu's hands would be stained with blood.
"According to the Ming law, a person who attempts to rape will have a hundred rods and three thousand miles, and he will be no different from being alive and dead." Li Hongyu knew Rou'er's worries, shook his head and said.
The place of exile is the bitter cold and wild place of the Ming frontier, not only the environment is harsh and the situation is complicated and there are many wars, for Li Hongqing, who is accustomed to living on the banks of the Hanshui River, life is undoubtedly worse than death, and many prisoners who are exiled because they can't bear the local life and secretly run back.
Knowing that Li Hongqing would not be beheaded by the Yamen, Rou'er suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, as for whether Li Hongqing was dead or alive in the land of exile, she didn't care, after all, Li Hongqing had today's ending completely to blame.
"Sister Rou'er, you pay more attention to the movements of Second Miss Qin's side." Li Hongyu hesitated for a moment, and then opened his mouth and instructed Rou'er in a deep voice.
Although tonight's events were successfully implemented according to Li Hongyu's plan, he did not have the slightest joy in his heart, the reason was naturally because of Qin Yue, the so-called human words were terrifying, and after this incident, Qin Yue's reputation would definitely be ruined.
"Don't worry, young master, I'll try my best to investigate." Rou'er couldn't help but feel warm in her heart when she heard this, and smiled at Li Hongyu, she could naturally hear Li Hongyu's concern for Qin Yue in his words, and he was not a cold-blooded person who did not achieve his goal by unscrupulous means.
"I hope this matter can be solved smoothly." Li Hongyu sighed, looking a little worried, no matter how he said that Qin Yue was innocent, besides, this kind of ruining people's reputation was really too inferior.
The reason why Qin Yue has an arrogant personality is not because she is Li Renhe's niece, but because she is not only beautiful but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has the reputation of the first talented woman in Baihe.
In order to enable Qin Yue to marry the wealthy family of Xiangyang Mansion, Qin De spent a lot of effort on Qin Yue, looking forward to one day taking back even the principal and interest.
As a celebrity in Baihe Town, the matter of Qin Yue and Li Hongqing spread all over the town overnight, and the next day the streets and alleys were full of townspeople discussing the matter, and this peachy incident could arouse everyone's interest the most.
For Qin Yue's encounter this time, there are sympathizers in the town, schadenfreude, schadenfreude, and sighs, and life at a glance.
The news naturally came out from Mingyue Tower at the beginning, and the guy who retreated from the battle gave Li Hongqing a fatal blow, if it wasn't for him who stabbed Li Hongqing out of Mingyue Tower's arrest and rape and the matter involving Qin Yue, then Qin De and those clan elders of the Li family would definitely hope that this matter would be made small and trivial, and no one would want to make it big.
Although Qin Yue was the victim, there were soon rumors in the town that were unfavorable to her, and some people privately even said that she secretly had an affair with Li Hongqing, and was caught raping her in bed on the spot.
What's more, Qin Yue is portrayed as a **** who can be a husband, saying that Qin Yue hooks up with men everywhere behind her back, and also takes pains to say that Qin Yue has a **** face and is a natural vixen.
The Zhao family naturally heard about Qin Yue, so they went to Li Hongyu early the next morning, wanting Li Hongyu to go back to the Li family's mansion for a while, and then move back after the turmoil.
Since the Qin family had already reported to the official, Li Hongyu did not go to Baihe Academy, but stayed in his residence and waited for the messenger in the yamen to come and inquire, although Li Hongyu had already made up his mind and pretended not to know, but as Qin Yue's neighbor, he would definitely be interrogated by the messenger about last night.
"Mother, the child finally moved here, how can he leave easily?" Li Hongyu knew that the Zhao family would come to persuade him to go back, so he took the brewed tea from Rou'er's hand and put it on the table next to the Zhao family with a smile, "Besides, the child and Miss Qin Er live next door, and the people from the yamen will definitely interrogate the child, so as not to be summoned by them at that time." ”
"Does this matter concern you?" Zhao took a sip of fragrant tea, and after a deep groan, he looked at Li Hongyu quietly, Li Hongyu had an accident as soon as he moved to Qin Yue, she didn't believe that things would be so coincidental, and vaguely felt that it had something to do with Li Hongyu.
"Mother, don't hide it, this matter is indeed related to the child."
Li Hongyu sat on the seat at the head of the Zhao family, and when he heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly, and told Li Hong that he wanted to occupy Rou'er even more.
Of course, Li Hongyu concealed the fact that there were two schematic diagrams of the back house, and told the Zhao family that he only gave Li Honggan one, which was the key to Li Hongqing's case, and he would never leak it, after all, this kind of practice was too inferior and insulting to the family.
"The child has no choice but to be false and wronged, and secretly set up an ambush, as long as he dares to come, beat him violently and send him to the yamen, but who would have thought that this guy would covet the beauty of Miss Qin Er and do such a thing that is inferior to a beast."
In the end, Li Hongyu looked at Zhao with remorse, as if he felt very guilty about Qin Yue's accidental injury, but in fact, he did feel very sorry in his heart.
Anyway, the only person who knows the ins and outs of this matter is Rou'er, and Rou'er knows that she will definitely become a concubine in the future, so naturally she will not tell outsiders with her elbow turned inward.
"Providence so!" Zhao sighed helplessly after hearing this, she was silent for a moment, she naturally believed Li Hongyu's words, except that Li Hongyu was her son, Li Hongyu's explanation was reasonable and there was no flaw.
In the final analysis, Li Hongqing is notorious for being a well-known womanizer, plus he drank some wine at night, so in the dead of night, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be tempted by such a beautiful temptation, and if you want to blame him, you can only blame him for being cowardly, and he actually wanted to fight Qin Yue's idea.
Zhao was both happy and worried about Li Hongyu's practice of setting up a bureau for Li Hongyu, she never expected Li Hongyu to do this, which means that Li Hongyu's mind has exceeded her previous imagination, but Li Hongyu is young and vigorous after all, and lacks social experience, if there is a slight mistake in the future, the consequences will be unimaginable.
In Zhao's view, the only thing she can do now is to teach Li Hongyu well, so that Li Hongyu can accumulate social experience as soon as possible to deal with future troubles.
"Mother, the matter of the child's drawings for Li Honggen's back house will definitely be poked out by him, rather than falling into passivity at that time, it is better for the child to take the initiative to make this matter public, and then Li Honggen will have no choice but to take the child."
Li Hongyu had been secretly observing the Zhao family, and seeing that she didn't doubt her previous set of words, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said his next plan in an orderly manner, "Therefore, the child hopes that the mother can take the child to the uncle and the clan elders to explain the matter." ”
"That's fine, Miss Qin's case is bound to attract the attention of the outside world, and we have to be invincible." Zhao nodded in agreement when she heard this, her expression was a little dignified, for her, the first thing now is to help Li Hongyu get out of this case, and she can't let this case have an impact on Li Hongyu.
When the Zhao family led Li Hongyu to the Li family's mansion to see Li Renhe, Li Renhe was discussing Qin Yue's case with the clan elders, after all, this incident happened in Baihe Town, even if they abandoned Li Hongqing, they had to give an explanation to the people in the town, after all, the Li family maintained order in the town, and it was impossible to ignore this matter.
"What? Li Honggan forced Yu'er to draw a roadmap of the back house? Zhao told Li Hongyu about Li Hong's threat to Li Hongyu in front of Li Renhe and others, which made everyone surprised, Li Renhe looked at Li Hongyu who was standing beside Zhao with his head bowed with his head down, but he didn't expect this kind of hidden feeling.
Zhao will definitely not tell Li Renhe and others that Li Hongyu drew the schematic diagram of the back house in order to design Li Hongqing, according to her, it was the drawings that Li Honggen forced Li Hongyu to draw, so Li Hongyu was selected from this matter, anyway, no one except Li Honggen knew that the schematic diagram of the back house was sent out by Li Hongyu on his own initiative.
Li Hongyu stood there resignedly, looking nervous and cramped on the surface, but he was not shocked in his heart, he believed that his ability was enough to deceive Li Renhe and those clan elders.
"Yu'er told me that there were other people present when he handed over the picture to Li Hongqing, and they could testify that it was Li Hongqing who forced Yu'er to draw the picture."
Zhao saw that Li Renhe didn't believe what she said, so he added quietly that since many people in Baihe Academy knew that Li Hongqing wanted to fight Rou'er, no one would think that Li Hongyu gave Li Hongqing the schematic map of the back house for no reason.
"This bastard!" Seeing Zhao's words, Li Renhe immediately realized that what she said was true, and suddenly scolded secretly in his heart.
Now things can become complicated, the so-called family ugliness must not be publicized, if the outside world learns that the eldest young master of the Li family's third room was bullied by a side child of the clan, then the reputation of the Li family is bound to be damaged.
Li Renhe didn't want to see this scene happen, but he didn't have any good way now, after all, the cases had already been stabbed into the yamen, and he couldn't cover it even if he wanted to, so he hated Li Honggan in his heart.