Chapter 261 Evidence 1

Lu Qiying was both surprised and delighted: "What?! There's another way to verify the correct method for the Western Region Purple Crow?"

Shen Wantang: "Of course there are, right, A-Ning?"

Gu Qianning: "Huh? Oh, right!"

"How did your second brother say to verify it?"

"My second brother said... he said..." He didn't say anything!

"Your second brother said that the purple crow from the Western Regions turns bright blue when it comes into contact with vinegar, right?"

Gu Qianning had a thousand questions in her mind, but her face remained calm and confident: "Yes, that's what my second brother said!"

If Shen Wantang says so, then it must be.

As for the second brother... who is the second brother?

Oh, he's like a brick; you can move him wherever you need him.

Lu Qiying immediately ordered his men, "Go and get the vinegar!"

His subordinates responded and left.

Xiang Meng couldn't help but look up at Shen Wantang. The purple crow from the Western Regions turns bright blue when it comes into contact with vinegar? Why hadn't he heard that merchant who returned from the Western Regions mention it?

Could Shen Wantang be saying this on purpose to trick him?

A cold glint flashed in Xiang Meng's eyes. He had seen this kind of tactic before in the Ministry of Justice, but he had always managed to get through it. Shen Wantang would never be able to trick him into telling the truth!

He underestimated Shen Wantang. She used to live worse than a dog in the Shen family, but now she has transformed from a pheasant into a phoenix and dares to come back and cause him trouble!

Because her stepmother, Madam Qi, disliked her, the maids and servants under her command would often mistreat Shen Wantang in order to curry favor with her. They would deliberately withhold her money, give her spoiled food, and make her clothes too big or too small.

Xiang Meng often took advantage of the maids. If he saw a pretty one, he would drag her to his room and forcibly take her. Because Jin Mama protected him, he was never punished.

So he grew bolder and bolder. As Shen Wantang grew up, he found her to be more and more beautiful and he began to have evil thoughts.

He's already tired of playing with the maids of the Shen family, but he hasn't had a taste for the young lady of the Shen family. Anyway, Shen Wantang is just an unfavored concubine's daughter. He won't get into any trouble if he takes her by force. Maybe Qi Shi will even take the opportunity to betroth Shen Wantang to him!

Unfortunately, before he could find an opportunity, Shen Wantang got married.

If he had known this would happen, he would have recklessly climbed over the wall into her yard, and he wouldn't be suffering like this now.

A short while later, Lü Qiying's men returned with the vinegar.

Lu Qiying took the vinegar, poured it into Xiang Meng's hand, and then stared at it without blinking.

Xiang Meng forced a calm expression, but his heart was in his throat, fearing that his hand would really turn bright blue.

However, after staring at his hands for a while, he found that his hands had not changed color at all; they were still a very faint bluish-green.

Xiang Meng breathed a sigh of relief, a barely perceptible smile appearing on his face: "Second Miss, my hand didn't change color. This vinegar doesn't seem to be working!"

Shen Guannian also breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that his bodyguard was really a murderer, and that he would also be guilty of failing to discipline his subordinates, making it even more difficult for him to regain his official position!

Shen Wantang looked at Xiang Meng's smugness beneath his respectful demeanor, as if he were a clown: "You really think you're useless? You think you're the smart one?"

Xiang Meng lowered his head, not out of respect, but because he was afraid that Shen Wantang would see the sinister and murderous intent in his eyes.

He curled his lips into a smile and said in what he thought was a respectful tone, "How could I dare to compare my intelligence with Second Miss? I'm quite foolish; Second Miss is the most intelligent. However, you see, my hand is still the same as before, it hasn't changed color. You're really mistaken; I haven't touched the Western Region Purple you mentioned..."

Before he could finish saying the word "wu," Xiang Meng's expression changed drastically!

Lu Qiying's voice boomed like thunder in his ears: "It's changed! It's turned bright blue! He really did touch the Western Regions Purple Crow!"

Everyone's expression froze at Lu Qiying's words. They watched as Xiang Meng's hand changed from a very light cyan to an extremely striking blue almost instantly!

Gu Qianning gasped in shock. She looked at Shen Wantang in utter astonishment. The biggest case in the capital that had stumped the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review had actually been solved by her!

Xin Huailin's face turned pale, and he stared at Xiang Meng with bloodshot eyes: "Tell me, did you poison my family? Did you kill them?!"

Shen Guannian, who had been trying to protect Xiang Meng, dared not speak now. He had previously thought that Xiang Meng could not be the murderer, so he protected him to avoid ruining his family's reputation.

But now the evidence is right in front of us; Xiang Meng's hand is almost glowing blue. This is too strange!

If Xiang Meng is really the murderer, then if he speaks up for Xiang Meng again, he's really doomed!

No, that's not right. The issue for him now isn't whether or not to speak up for Xiang Meng; what he needs to do most right now is to clear himself of any wrongdoing!

Shen Guannian's mind raced. He took a step forward and slapped the woman twice across the face: "You treacherous and vicious dog! How dare you use such a strange poison! Confess everything you've done!"

Xiang Meng thought the first person to hit him would be Xin Huailin, but he never expected it would be Shen Guannian, who had always spoken up for him!

Shen Guannian beat him mercilessly, leaving him with a mouthful of blood and blood trickling from the corner of his lips.

But Xiang Meng was able to withstand the interrogation at the Ministry of Justice, so he naturally wouldn't give in just because he was slapped twice. In fact, his mind became even clearer after being hit.

He immediately cried out, "I'm innocent! I really haven't had any contact with any Western Region Purple Crow. My hand... I don't know what happened!"

"My lords, perhaps someone is trying to frame me, which is why they put something strange on my hands. Please investigate!"

Shen Wantang sneered: "Xiang Meng, why are you beating around the bush like this? You just want to say that I framed you, right? That I put something strange on your hands? Then show me the evidence. Otherwise, you're just desperate and starting to make baseless accusations because I've exposed your guilty conscience."

Xiang Meng, a burly man, cried with snot running down his face, his acting so superb that no one could see through his act: "Second Miss, how dare I accuse you? My life is worthless, if you want me to die, I can't live!"

"But, Miss, you have to be reasonable. This Western Region Purple Crow is just your own claim. We're not even sure if it exists. Who knows what its characteristics are?"

"This might just be something the Second Miss made up on the spot! To make me die, you'd fabricate such a huge lie to deceive everyone. This method is really despicable!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lü Qiying kicked him in the chest: "Insolence!"

Xiang Meng screamed and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He couldn't get up for a long time.