Old man Yin's face was pale, and cold sweat kept coming out of his forehead. He wiped a sweat with difficulty and continued in a low voice: "Later I realized that she was out of breath, so I paniced. I quickly put on my clothes and ran away with a crutch." Old man Yin wiped a sweat again, "I thought it would be fine if Hu San was a scapegoat, but I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect that the net of heaven is vast and sparse but not leaking!" Yang Qiuchi sneered.

Mr. Bai Qian's eyes were blazing fire and shouted: "Go to die!" He punched Old Man Yin in the face. If this punch was hit firmly, Old Man Yin's head would have to be a rotten watermelon.

However, Mr. Bai Qian's punch broke the air. Mr. Bai Qian calmed down and saw that it was Song Yuner who pulled Old Man Yin aside in time and avoided his iron fist. It turned out that after Yang Qiuchi found that Mr. Bai Qian was too excited, he was afraid that he would not be able to control him and accidentally killed Old Man Yin. The trouble would be great, so he secretly told Song Yuner to pay attention to Mr. Bai Qian. If he did it, save Old Man Yin.

Mr. Bai Qian said angrily: "Let go! I want to kill him!"

Yang Qiuchi said: "Don't you want to know who pinched Bai Sumei?"

Mr. Bai Qian was stunned for a moment and said, "Yin De admitted it just now..." Then he remembered that Yin De also admitted to strangling Bai Xiaomei to death, but it turned out that Old Man Yin pinched Bai Sumei. Could it be that she pinched Bai Sumei? His heart was stern. Mr. Bai Qian waved his fist and asked Old Man Yin: "Did you pinch my daughter Bai Sumei?"

Old man Yin shivered: "I don't! I really don't! I don't know why Mei'er fell in that room. I didn't see her when I left. Really, I swear! I don't!"

Seeing that the old man didn't seem to be lying, Mr. Bai Qian also thought to himself that since he admitted to rape and killing Bai Xiaomei, if Bai Sumei was also pinched by her, then he had no reason to hide it. As the saying goes, one sheep is to drive two sheep, there is no need to say that one is hidden from the other. He looked at Yang Qiuchi with some confusion: "Brother Yang, isn't he really killed?"

Yang Qiuchi looked at Bai Sumei in Mrs. Bai's arms, sighed, and said, "I'm afraid that this question can only be answered by Mrs. Yin himself." Bai Sumei's face turned pale, and Yang Qiuchi's words made her return to that terrifying noon. She shook her head vigorously, and then made a series of coughs.

Bai Qian said with distress: "I asked her several times, but she just refused to say it, Hi~!"

Yang Qiuchi said: "Mrs. Yin, no, I'm sorry, it's better for me to call her Miss Bai Sumei-she refused to say that because the person who almost strangled her to death was his husband Yin De!"

Mr. Bai Qian also knew the answer, and Mr. Bai Qian said: "Yin De also admits..."

"Yes, I heard Yin De's words, but do you know why he wanted to kill his wife?"

Although everyone guessed most of it, they still hoped that Yang Qiuchi could give a more reasonable explanation.

"Yin De killed his wife to cover up his father, that is, the scandal of this old thief, because when Old Man Yin was Bai Xiaomei, Miss Bai Sumei happened to bring her husband Yin De to play with her sister and witnessed the incest. Because they saw that Bai Xiaomei had no resistance, they didn't know that Bai Xiaomei had already been intoxicated and was pinched out at this time, and thought it was the two of them who committed adultery, so they hurriedly hid aside until Old Man Yin left and then entered the room. At this time, they found that Bai Xiaomei was no longer angry. Miss Bai, am I right?" This process was completely Yang Qiuchi's speculation.

Bai Sumei did not answer, lowered her head and sobbed softly, coughing from time to time.

Mr. Bai Qian said: "Young Master Yang, please continue."

Yang Qiuchi continued to analyze: "Miss Bai and Yin De realized that something big was not good. Miss Bai wanted to report it. In order to cover up his father's scandal, Yin De used his hands to pinch Miss Bai to death. Fortunately, Miss Bai was lucky and was able to survive. Isn't it? Miss Bai Sumei."

Bai Sumei raised her head and said in a hoarse voice: "I...I didn't want to report it!"

Everyone was surprised. It turned out that Bai Sumei could speak! Mr. Bai Qian and Mrs. Bai excitedly surrounded Bai Sumei. Mr. Bai Qian asked, "Mei'er, can you speak? That's great!"

It turned out that after Bai Sumei's throat was treated by the doctor, she had slowly recovered her pronunciation function, but it was still very laborious. Now Yang Qiuchi wrongly accused her of telling the ugly story of Old Man Yin. In a hurry, she opened her mouth to tell the difference and said something.

Yang Qiuchi said in surprise: "Can you speak? That's great, Miss Bai, did Yin De slam you into pieces?"

County Magistrate Song also said, "You, don't worry, Yin De is dead, don't worry about anything."

Bai Sumei nodded, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yes~, but I...I didn't think about...I'm going to report...father-in-law."

"Ah? You don't want to sue this old man Yin. This old ghost is the murderer who killed your sister!" Yang Qiuchi asked in surprise.

Bai Sumei's tears fell down, and she was hoarse and coughing gently, while slowly saying, "I tell my husband, cough cough..., I am a filial woman, cough cough... I won't... I won't report it to my father-in-law, but he didn't believe it, so he pinched me... I struggled desperately, and the tables, chairs, and benches were overturned, and then... I don't know..."

Now I understand that Yin De pinched Bai Sumei to kill people to silence him. Therefore, after Bai Sumei was resurrected, he was of course afraid that Yin De would continue to kill him. Therefore, every time he saw Yin De, he was like a mouse or a cat. And Mr. Yin didn't know that Bai Sumei and Yin De had peeped at his scandal, so he would not think of killing Bai Sumei, so Bai Sumei didn't have to be afraid of Old Man Yin.

However, Bai Sumei mentioned that she did not report to Mr. Yin because of her filial piety. Yang Qiuchi didn't understand this. When he saw everyone nodding, he suddenly realized it, and asked Bai Sumei: "What does it have to do with reporting to your father-in-law, the murderer?"

The magistrate Song said, "Nephew, how could you be smart and confused for a lifetime? The sage Confucius once said, "The father hides for his son, and the son hides for his father, and it is all right to do it." Since ancient times, the kings have ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. It is better to do it and surrender the law for filial piety. This son hides for his father, that is natural and natural. Although Miss Bai knew that his father-in-law committed the crime, he was unwilling to report it. This is exactly the son hides for his father." Speaking of this, the magistrate Song sighed, "Bai, Miss Bai has encountered this disaster, and such filial piety is really rare, rare."

What bullshit logic? Yang Qiuchi cursed in his heart that his father-in-law raped his sister and he was still filial if he didn't report it. What's the point?

Yang Qiuchi used modern thinking to think about ancient regulations, and of course came to a nonsense logical conclusion. In fact, as early as the Han Dynasty, Confucian classics were used as the theoretical basis for referring to cases, known in history as the "Spring and Autumn Prison". He also formally determined the judicial principle of "kindness and hiding with each other". Since then, all dynasties have continued this principle and put it into practice. The Tang Dynasty has expanded to "living together and hiding with each other", which means that slaves and servants who have no kinship also have the obligation to conceal each other's crimes.

The "Ming Dynasty Law" also stipulates the legal principles of "the crimes of living with relatives are mutually inclusive and hidden" and "the brother does not prove his brother, the wife does not prove his husband, and the slave does not prove his master". If a son includes a daughter-in-law, if the father-in-law is reported to the government, the government will punish the son for "unfilial piety" and the daughter-in-law will be severely punished.

Of course, there are exceptions to the application of the principle of mutual concealment. Since the theoretical basis of mutual concealment of relatives lies in "filial piety", according to Confucian theory, the highest interest of feudal society is naturally the subjects' loyalty to the monarch. Then, when a conflict between loyalty and filial piety, only filial piety can be given up and loyalty. Therefore, it is stipulated that "rebellion, planning a great rebellion, planning a rebellion, and planning a rebellion, these three things cannot be hidden. Therefore, there is no law of mutual concealment." In other words, the principle of cohabitation, planning a great rebellion, and planning a rebellion is not applicable to the principle of mutual concealment, and it must be exposed. (It is easy to understand both treason and planning a rebellion. This crime of "planning a great rebellion" refers to the act of destroying the feudal emperor's ancestral temple, tomb and palace.)

Bai Sumei witnessed the rape and murder of her sister with her own eyes. This crime does not belong to three exceptional crimes, so she has the obligation to conceal it. This obligation is not only a moral obligation to not make public the family scandals, but more importantly, it is a legal obligation. If this obligation is violated, on the one hand, it will be despised by the moral ethics at that time, and on the other hand, she will be held criminally responsible. Therefore, Bai Sumei has been reluctant to say it, but Yin De does not believe that Bai Sumei will stick to this secret. Because it involves the reputation of Mr. Yin and the safety of the Yin family, Yin De decided to kill someone to silence him.

Why Bai Sumei didn't say that Yin De pinched her is also a requirement of ancient ethics. The "Da Ming Law" even stipulates it as a legal responsibility "wives do not prove their husbands". Another reason is that if she tells Yin De, she must explain why Yin De pinched her, so that she has to tell the story of Mr. Yin rape and killing Bai Xiaomei.
Chapter completed!