Chapter 654 Part 5 Case (End of Extra)
In Huaihua Hutong, housing prices are extremely high and those who can live here are basically wealthy people.

Just rich, not noble.

Officials in the capital basically do not live here, as it is a bit beneath their status, but the rich ones do live here.

Yao’s mother and son came to Huaihua Hutong again and found Yuan Lin, but Wu Shuxian was there today. Although Wu Shuxian did not recognize her brother, Yao still knew him.

She still remembers clearly how she was sold by her mother.

Yao smiled and said, “Where is Shuxian? Your mother has been looking for you so hard!”

Wu Shuxian ignored the other party and went into the house on her own.

Yao was not embarrassed and said to Yuan Lin with a smile: “Mrs. Yuan, this is indeed our daughter. We are sure of it.”

“The money you gave us last time, when we think about it, doesn’t seem reasonable, so…”

Yuan Lin frowned slightly and said, “So what? Are you asking for too much again? Last time you gave me five hundred taels, and we’re already even!”

Yao said, “What do you mean by clearing the score? We said at the time that this money was just for us not to pursue the money for selling our daughter. But now I suddenly remembered that I didn’t sell my daughter to you at the beginning, but to Zhang. Zhang is my good friend, so this didn’t count as selling. Now Zhang sells her to you, which is selling a person!”

“This will lead to a lawsuit! If you don’t pay, we will report it to the police right now!”

“Lady Yuan, we don’t want much, just a little over a thousand taels.”

When Yuan Lin heard this, his cheeks twitched slightly, and he said angrily: “More than a thousand taels? You are so unlucky that you can say it out loud. If you want to report it to the authorities, go ahead! I will just treat it as five hundred taels of silver fed to the dog!”

Yao Zi was anxious, and he quickly said to Yuan Lin: “You are so rich, my sister has earned a lot for you over the years, isn’t it just over a thousand taels of silver?”

“Don’t worry, this is definitely the last thousand taels. We will never ask you for money again! After this, we will definitely be even.”

Yuan Lin sneered, “I told you, I won’t give you any more money. You beasts, no wonder you sold your daughter. You greedy dogs!”

Yao Zi hurriedly said, “Mrs. Yuan, this matter will be reported to the authorities. You will be in trouble! You might even be arrested by the government.”

Yuan Lin originally wanted to enter the palace to be a eunuch, but he was a tough guy and there was no way he would be blackmailed twice by a mother and son.

“You’re welcome, but now, get out of my yard!”

Yao’s mother and son were driven out. Yao Zi said anxiously, “Mom, what should we do? He won’t give us money, and now the gambling house is pressing us hard. If we can’t pay back the money, we probably won’t be able to leave Peking.”

Yao pondered for a moment and said, “Then go report to the authorities! During this period, the group of people in the gambling house will not dare to cause trouble for you.”

“If the government gets involved, Yuan Lin might get scared in the end and give the money to us!”

Yao Zi’s eyes lit up and he said, “Okay! Listen to mother!”

……

The case was soon sent to the Ministry of Justice, where Langzhong Ding Zhe and Yuanwailang Wang Jue were responsible for hearing the case.

The two parties involved were soon brought to the authorities.

Yao accused Yuan Lin of purchasing a human being and said that the woman Yuan Lin raised, Mancang’er, was their daughter Wu Shuxian.

So Ding Zhe, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, summoned Mancang’er, but surprisingly, Mancang’er said that she was not Yao’s daughter, and he did not know the mother and son of Yao. He only knew that they had lost their daughter and extorted 500 taels of silver from Yuan Lin. The Ministry of Justice soon found out about this, so under great pressure, the mother and son of Yao confessed. The Ministry of Justice was originally going to sentence them to three years in prison, but soon the case took a turn.

Yao found Zhang, the woman who bought her daughter, and Zhang confirmed that Mancang’er was Yao’s daughter Wu Shuxian.

So the Ministry of Justice had to reopen the trial. Yuan Lin said that he did not buy Mancang’er from Zhang, and that Zhang was lying about colluding with Yao.

The Ministry of Justice sentenced Yuan Lin to a severe sentence and almost beat him to death. After the first trial, the next trial would have to wait a month, and during this month, neither party in the case was allowed to leave Peiping.

However, not long after Yuan Lin was tortured by the government and returned, he died mysteriously.

Wu Shuxian then found Yang Peng, agreed to marry him, and asked Yang Peng to find a way to redress Yuan Lin’s grievances.

Because only in this way can he divert attention and prevent the government from realizing that he actually murdered Yuan Lin.

After all, Yang Peng was a member of the East Factory, so he quickly asked Yuan Lin’s wife to go to the East Factory to seek justice. After the East Factory intervened, they re-examined the cause of Yuan Lin’s death. The East Factory believed that it was the Ministry of Justice that used private punishment, which eventually led to Yuan Lin’s death.

The matter became more and more confusing, and finally had to alarm the emperor of the time.

The emperor of the time asked the Imperial Censor and the Censor of the Censorate to re-examine the case. After the review, the Censorate believed that Ding Zhe, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice, and Wang Jue, the Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Justice, were directly responsible for Yuan Lin’s death.

Finally, the Censorate submitted a petition, sentencing Ding Zhe, a Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice, to prison and removing Wang Jue, a Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Justice, from his post.

This matter has come to an end.

After being sentenced to caning, the mother and son of the Yao family were given a severe punishment of three years in prison. They suffered a lot in prison.

But the good news is that Yao Zi escaped the gambling house’s debt collection and no longer has to worry.

After seeing that the matter was dealt with, Yang Peng excitedly went to find Mancang’er and prepared to marry her, but found that Mancang’er had disappeared from Peiping.

This made Yang Peng so angry that his lungs exploded. He found the people from the Eastern Depot and immediately began a city-wide search. However, after searching for more than half a year, he still couldn’t find Mancang’er. Since then, Mancang’er disappeared from the capital. The famous prostitute in the capital, who was once in the limelight, completely disappeared from the capital from that day on.

After this complicated case, the house prices in Huaihua Hutong gradually became cheaper due to Yuan Lin’s death. Many families moved out of the hutong. The houses in the hutong became more and more dilapidated and it became difficult to rent them out.

More than half a year later, Mancang’er returned to the original courtyard as Mrs. Wu.

In this small courtyard where the lights were dim, Madam Wu began to live a peaceful life.

During this period, a handsome young man moved next door to her. He was always coughing, as if he was sick.

But he is very handsome, kind, and has a very good relationship with his neighbors.

Finally one day, Mrs. Wu greeted her new neighbor and asked, “What’s your name, young master?”

The neighbor next door smiled and said, “My name is Chen Ce, what’s your name, young lady?”

“My surname is Wu.”

He did not tell Chen Ce his name, which was very common in the Ming Dynasty. From then on, Chen Ce called her Miss Wu.

From then on, the unfortunate couple in Huaihua Hutong started their new life in the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)