si-mexico Chapter 261: Complaint in Court
Chapter 261: Complaint in Court
In front of the gate of Jingzhao Yin, Liuyao beat the drum for his master.
Under the cotton coat were thin wrists. After washing, the purple scars had nowhere to hide, making them look even more hideous.
Corners of mouth, cheekbones, corners of mouth...
It is obvious to the naked eye that this person is also one of the victims.
Zhao Fangyun stood below and watched. As she watched, she slowly walked forward, took the drumstick from Liu Yao's hand, raised both hands, and struck the drumhead firmly, again and again.
Two of her pomegranate flowers were missing, one had its bones swollen and rotted beyond recognition due to blisters, and the last one was also covered with scars, with a determination to die.
They all suffered all this to protect her, their master.
Zhao Fangyun thought that she should learn from Zhao Fangyu and the eldest lady. She also wanted to do something for her pomegranate flowers.
Zhao Fangyu and others were watching from below. Behind them was Song Yuan who was pinned down. A handkerchief was stuffed in Song Yuan's mouth, but even so, he was still cursing. It didn't matter if you couldn't hear it clearly.
The gate of Jingzhao Yin was opened, and yamen runners poured out like water. Because Zhao Fangyu was involved, Jingzhao Yin came to the gate of the mansion to greet them personally.
Zhao Fangyu shook his head and said that everything would be fine as usual.
"I am not the victim."
The Jingzhao Yin led everyone inside. Due to the special nature of this case, a special area was set aside for the people to watch. Zhao Fangyu sat quietly on the side.
The sunlight reflected on the snow, illuminating every dark spot in Shangjing.
Jingzhao Yin was questioning him. Zhao Fangyun had never been watched by so many eyes before. His mind was wavering. The words he had prepared were finally frozen for a moment because of the current situation.
Her eyes suddenly swept over the quercus blue skirt in front of her. Zhao Fangyu's clothes have always been carefully made, with quercus blue material and the craftsmanship of Su craftsmen. The embroiderer used silver-white silk threads to embroider dots of bright stars.
The galaxy looks dense and numerous, and no matter from which angle you look at it, it is beautiful, gorgeous and dazzling.
Just looking at the hem of the skirt, Zhao Fangyun felt as if a huge rock had fallen from his heart.
“I am suing Song Yuan, the only son of the Song family, for three crimes.
First, they treated the legitimate wife harshly. Since the commoner's daughter married into the Song family, many of her dowries and dowries were stopped at the Song family's door.
On the wedding night, the common woman's eighteen companions went to the dowry farm overnight and never set foot in the Song family again.
Later, I was trapped in the Song family, unable to leave the house, unable to send any letters home, and even during the New Year, when my stepmother heard that I was pregnant, she sent people to visit, but they were stopped by the Song family one by one. "
"Song Yuan himself is an alcoholic, a gambler, and a womanizer. He has countless concubines at home, all of whom are hidden in his mother's courtyard. He kept it a secret until the engagement. After he tricked me into marrying him, his true colors were exposed in just three months. He started to hang out in his concubines' rooms and also frequented brothels outside the mansion."
"I came with 7,000 taels of silver as a dowry, but my mother-in-law took it away. She gave 3,000 to my sister-in-law and 4,000 to Song Yuan, who squandered it all in the gambling house. They also came and robbed me of my dowry and jewelry and took them to the next city to sell them."
"If he doesn't have enough money, he will beat me. If I lose a bet, he will beat me. If I'm not happy after drinking, he will beat me. If I get angry outside, he will beat me. Even if I'm pregnant with his child, he will still do this."
Some people outside the hall were already calling Song Yuan a beast, pointing at Song Yuan who was being held down in the hall:
"What a beast! Seven thousand taels of silver, squandered in just a few months?"
"Why doesn't this man just die after stealing his wife's dowry and selling it for money to gamble? If it were my child, I would strangle this evildoer to death first!"
"The Song family? Is it the Song family from Taohua Town? That family is unstoppable. If you sue them in Jingzhao Yin, you can't beat them unless you pay them money!"
A loud and crisp sound came from the crowd, and the people fell silent. Even Jingzhao Yin himself felt guilty for a moment.
Zhao Fangyun remained unmoved and continued:
"The second crime is brutality and cruelty, taking human life lightly.
The common woman brought only six people into the Song family as a dowry, and two of them were accountants. The old lady of the Song family punished them for no reason. One was beaten and crippled, and the other was sold and his whereabouts are unknown.
"The other four personal maids were all killed by Song Yuan."
"Song Yuan called the two of them to serve tea and wine under the pretext of sending them home. They never came back and there was no news. It was said that they entered Song Yuan's backyard as concubines. But when I returned home yesterday, I found out that there were no two maids of mine in Song Yuan's backyard."
Everyone in the hall was shocked, obviously understanding the danger expressed in Zhao Fangyun's unfinished words.
A young lady from an official family with a rich dowry only brought six women into the Song family. Including her master, there were only seven people. How could she protect such a huge dowry?
Sure enough, these six people were taken care of one by one.
"There was also a loyal servant named Liuzhu. When Song Yuan was drunk and beating a common woman, he protected the common woman and was beaten several times until his head was bleeding. Song Yuan was violent and lustful. Beating people after drinking was commonplace. That day, he lost his mind and threatened to discipline the common woman. His method of discipline... was to humiliate Liuyao, who was protecting his master, in person."
As Zhao Fangyun said this, tears rolled down his face onto his clothes.
She calmed down, uncorked the bottle and took two more pregnancy-preserving pills.
The effect of the medicine was a little slow and her stomach still felt a little uncomfortable, so she reached out and touched her stomach through her clothes to soothe her.
I still feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach.
She shouted in her heart, begging the child to be more obedient.
Don’t be afraid, mother is seeking justice for a very good... aunt.
Thinking back to that day when Liuzhu was lying on the ground with a bloody head, with bright red blood flowing all over the place, Liuzhu, who was in a coma, heard Liuyao's cries and screams, and struggled to get up to protect her, and hit Song Yuan on the back of his head with a vase.
Unfortunately, the vase was too thin, and Song Yuan had nothing to do, so he turned around and humiliated Liuzhu in front of her again and again.
One rainy night, Liuzhu quietly disappeared in the yard and never came back.
The separation came unexpectedly. She still remembered the last words Liuzhu said to her:
It's raining, girls, don't sit by the window, be careful of catching a cold.
Since then, she lost the durian pearl.
"Liuzhu was taken to a courtyard by Song Yuan. Any woman who entered the courtyard would be raped by Song Yuan, but anyone who was a servant of the Song Mansion could rape her."
"Liuzhu died here, and his body was thrown into the lotus pond at the back of the Song family's house. There are bones as evidence."
The sad emotion was like a sharp sword, piercing Zhao Fangyun's heart again and again. She had been struggling between leaving the last bit of innocence and dignity for Liuzhu and seeking justice for her.
Should we make Song Yuan’s crimes public, or leave her with dignity after her death?
Thinking back, she felt that given Liuzhu's personality, if given the chance, she would definitely be the first to jump out and correct Song Yuan.
Zhao Fangyun felt so heartbroken that he felt numb, and his tears kept falling, one by one, without stopping.
If Liuzhu's family disliked her and did not allow her to be buried in the ancestral tomb, then after she died, she would take her to find a Feng Shui treasure land and bury her in a deserted mountain where few people go.
The pomegranate flowers she grew should naturally be with her.