Chapter 2073 Something Unexpected for Shu Yu

As soon as Lord Xie finished speaking, everyone inside and outside the courtroom looked at the father and son in shock.

Even the clan elders were stunned. They had received information that the murderer might be Ruan Kewei, but they did not know that Ruan Hai was also involved.

"Ruan Kewei, do you plead guilty?"

Ruan Kewei didn't want to admit it, but things had come to this point, and he had said everything he should and shouldn't have said, leaving him no room for further excuses.

Lord Xie then asked Ruan Hai, "Do you plead guilty?"

Ruan Hai struggled in his death throes, unwilling to do so, only saying, "I didn't know this was something that could be done. He rarely talked to me about his affairs. I was at home the day Cao Jiang was murdered."

Before he could finish speaking, Ruan Jinqian suddenly shouted, "You're lying! You weren't there that night at all. After my hoe was stolen, I went to your house to look for you, but your wife said you went out. I was wondering what you were doing out so late at night, and it was because you weren't there that I waited until the next day to look for you. You were actually burying the body with your son that night!"

At this point, he looked as if he had suddenly realized something, "No wonder when we dug up the body and the hoe a couple of days ago, you immediately tried to smear me. It turns out you were trying to cover up the fact that you and your son killed someone and buried the body."

Upon hearing this, everyone else remembered. They hadn't thought much of it before, but now that they thought about it, it really was true.

Ruan Hai's words were not entirely truthful. Even with two witnesses, he still tried to deny it. Finally, Lord Xie tortured him, and he finally confessed that he and Ruan Kewei had indeed buried the body.

Lord Xie slammed his gavel, “Ruan Hai, as the village chief of Ruan Family Village, you are guilty of knowingly breaking the law, and your crime is punishable by double the penalty.”

When the truth came to light, the villagers of Ruanjia Village were all shocked. Ruan Hai, their village chief, had actually committed murder and buried a body; his actions were ruining the village's reputation.

Ruan Kewei also explained the cause and effect of the murder. On his way home that day, he encountered Cao Jiang at the foot of the mountain, and the two exchanged unfriendly glances. However, Ruan Kewei was alone at the time and dared not lay a hand on him.

But Cao Jiang still harbored resentment over being beaten by Ruan Kewei and his gang a few days ago. Now that he had no cronies around him, wouldn't he take revenge?

The two sides quickly started fighting. Ruan Kewei lost, and Cao Jiang spat in his face, finally venting his anger and feeling satisfied.

After Cao Jiang left, Ruan Kewei got up and slowly walked back.

When he reached the edge of Ruan Jinqian's field, he saw a hoe lying there. He was furious. Seeing that no one was on the edge, he grabbed the hoe, chased after Cao Jiang, and smashed it over his head with red eyes.

Ruan Kewei only realized what was happening after everyone had been crushed to death.

He panicked so badly that he ran away without thinking, only realizing it wouldn't work when he got home.

He rushed to Ruan Hai and stammered out what had happened. Ruan Hai was so shocked that he knocked over his teacup and immediately took Ruan Kewei back to the spot to deal with the body.

Fortunately, they returned in time. While carrying Cao Jiang's body up the mountain, they could still hear Ruan Jinqian cursing and swearing not far away because he couldn't find a hoe.

It was just a hair's breadth away; if Ruan Jinqian had found that area, he might have discovered the body.

After burying the body and the hoe, the father and son cleaned up the bloodstains at the scene. The next day, just as dawn broke, they went back to check and were relieved to find that nothing could be seen.

Interestingly, after confessing to the case, Ruan Hai also revealed something about her that Shu Yu didn't expect.

(End of this chapter)