HCB Chapter 1329: The 3 elders cheated on their husband and had a daughter with Du Guier's concubin
Chapter 1329: The 3 elders cheated on their husband and had a daughter with Du Guier's concubin
In reality, it wouldn't matter if Valley Master Du didn't bring anything back from Duti Valley. Du Ziheng and the Night King couple had already gathered evidence of the theft in Duti Valley, so even without Valley Master Du's cooperation, they could still clear Du Ziheng's name from this theft.
Master Du brought the valley entry and exit registration manual and the medicine cabinet duty record manual, which also surprised the other people in Duti Valley.
"Valley Master, why are you helping that traitor! You are showing partiality!" Du Guier couldn't help but scream, her words implying that she was complaining to Valley Master Du about why he brought these things for Du Ziheng, and the third elder also followed Du Guier's words.
Du Houpu and the Second Elder stood beside the silent old Valley Master, just as they were about to help him scold him, but...
"Pa!" A crisp slapping sound rang out. "Shut up, you bastard!"
The whole room was silent, and Du Ziheng and the others were all surprised.
Du Gui'er covered her flushed cheeks and stared at Valley Master Du in disbelief. She had never been treated so harshly by the Valley Master, and she had never been beaten or scolded since she was a child. Aside from the time Yun Mujiu and Du Ziheng tricked her in Yuegui Tower, this was the first time she had been beaten or scolded.
"Valley Master!" the third elder shouted.
"Pa!" The old but still strong Master Du smiled coldly and retracted his right hand. "You too, shut up!"
It was rare for Valley Master Du to be so angry and serious. Du Guier and the Third Elder dared not act rashly again. Valley Master Du emphasized, "This Valley Master and Ziheng's master, the Fourth Elder, and I have never considered Ziheng a 'traitor.' I've stressed this many times. Don't speak ill of Ziheng. If I hear you say that about him again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Du Ziheng's expression was indifferent, and he didn't say anything to Master Du. In fact, he had long since stopped caring...
Everything in the Duti Valley had nothing to do with him since his master passed away. The people, events, and things in the Duti Valley had long been in his mind, but gradually became blurred and forgotten as time passed.
He appeared in court today and formally met with those people from Duti Valley who had passed by, but only to seek justice.
Du Ziheng shook his wide sky-blue sleeves, clasped his fists towards the Jingzhao Yin who was sitting in the main seat in the center of the court, and continued speaking.
Just as Yun Mujiu said, there were many strange things about the theft at the Duti Valley Pharmacy seven years ago.
On the day of the accident, Sun Yong delivered food into the valley and then left and disappeared.
One of the senior brothers who was on duty at the medicine pavilion had something urgent to do, so he was asked to take over the position. He then experienced a terrifying incident that was like a nightmare.
Zong Quan asked, "Who asked you to take over? What's the reason?"
Du Ziheng said, "My former senior brother, Du Houpu. The reason is that he is not feeling well."
Du Houpu, who had been listening attentively until this moment, twitched his eyebrows. As Du Ziheng listed the abnormal phenomena during the incident at the medicine pavilion, he had already begun to recall the past. Those details that he had previously overlooked finally had a clear direction for thinking.
Du Houpu nodded, "Yes, it was supposed to be my turn that day, but I asked Ziheng to help me."
Zong Quan asked, "Du Ziheng, do you think there's anything unusual about this replacement job?"
Du Ziheng replied, "Your Excellency, after I was expelled from the valley, I repeatedly recalled the details of the day that happened. One thing I recalled was that Du Houpu was not unwell, but he used the excuse of feeling unwell to go downstairs to rest."
Zong Quan asked Du Houpu and received a positive answer from the latter.
Du Houpu's brows knitted together as he looked at Du Ziheng eagerly, "If I had been on duty that day, would it have been me who got into trouble instead of you, Ziheng? Perhaps you, Ziheng, wouldn't have had to endure these misfortunes."
In Du Houpu's heart, he also didn't believe that his junior brother, who had always been well-behaved and sensible, would commit the theft that destroyed Duti Valley, so he also expressed such regret.
Yun Mujiu suddenly said, "If you hadn't been on duty that day, you wouldn't have been able to prevent the theft at the medicine cabinet, nor would you have been able to prevent Du Ziheng from being forced to become a scapegoat."
She said bluntly, "To put it bluntly, some people saw that Du Ziheng was helpless and had no family background, and they had a grudge against him, so they pushed him to the stage to take the blame."
Du Houpu was stunned and looked at Du Ziheng with complicated eyes.
Yun Mujiu gave Du Ziheng a look, and Du Ziheng continued, "What the princess said is correct. Even if it wasn't Du Houpu who was on duty, but someone else, I would eventually be assigned to take turns on duty at the medicine pavilion, and I would eventually be accused of being the culprit that caused the incident at the medicine pavilion."
Zong Quan asked politely, "Du Houpu, even if it was an unintentional mistake, I still want to ask you, why did you use a false excuse to trick Ziheng into guarding the medicine pavilion for you?"
A trace of confusion appeared on Du Houpu's simple and honest face, but he quickly gave instructions.
He pointed at someone and said, "It was Third Junior Sister Du Guier who kept pestering me, insisting that I accompany her to develop a new batch of pills."
"What nonsense are you talking about! This didn't happen! I clearly did something else that day!" Du Guier was anxious.
Du Ziheng said quietly, "Seven years have passed, and Junior Sister Du Guier still remembers what she did that day so clearly. She really has an exceptional memory."
Du Guier looked embarrassed and tried to make amends, "Uh... no... it's just that something big happened at the pharmacy that day, so I have a particularly strong memory of everything that happened that day."
"Oh? Really?" Du Ziheng smiled slightly, then said meaningfully, "It's nothing to do with you, but you're so keen on remembering it. It seems like that day was also very special to you."
At this moment, Zong Quan and the bystanders in the hall realized that something was wrong. First, Sun Yong disappeared, and then Du Guier deliberately sent Du Houpu away and asked Du Ziheng to take over the guard post.
Du Guier is a new suspicious person.
Du Ziheng didn't give Du Gui'er a chance to speak. He flicked his sleeves and directly revealed the key clue: "We at the Yewang Mansion have found out that the incident at the centuries-old medicine pavilion in Dudi Valley was caused by an outsider, Sun Yong, colluding with people in the valley."
"Inside and outside the valley, collusion! As for who the traitor is?" Du Ziheng's face was impeccably calm. With a cold smile, he pointed directly to the key point - "Then we must ask why Du Gui'er deliberately sent Du Houpu away. We must also ask why the Third Elder's whereabouts were erratic that day."
Du Guier and the third elder immediately jumped up and down, while Du Guzhu, the second elder Du Houpu and his group thought about it and found something wrong.
At this moment, Yun Mujiu, who had been assisting, reappeared. "During several encounters with the people of Duti Valley, this princess has noticed that Miss Du Gui'er and the Third Elder seem to have a particularly unusual relationship. Every time, the Third Elder has been particularly protective of Du Gui'er."
"Princess Ye, please be careful with your words!" The third elder's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"How dare you!" A prince who had been quiet all this time slammed the heavy mahogany table. "Who gave you the guts to speak rudely to the princess?"
"Plop!" The Third Elder suddenly fell to his knees, unable to control himself, feeling a powerful pressure sweeping over him. In that moment, even though the Night King hadn't done anything, he was frightened and immediately fell to his knees. The Night King was truly a sinister being!
Ye Xiaohan snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "It's just a fickle old man and an extremely stupid illegitimate daughter!"
The crowd was in an uproar.