Chapter 33 A Silver Note

One stone can cause a thousand ripples.

After a brief silence, the crowd was in an uproar!

"What did he say! The one who ordered him to kill Cao Chengwu was actually Cao Chengwen!?"

"How is this possible? They are brothers!"

"Speaking of brothers, those two were not born from the same mother. Didn't Liu Si's family expose this matter in public before, but it was left unresolved in the end? I didn't expect that Liu Si would jump out and bite now. This matter - it's hard to say for sure!"

"Yes! I remember that Cao Chengwen was taken to the government office for interrogation, but was eventually released without charge. Now this..."

Everyone was talking about it, and the executioner's knife was hanging in the air, about to fall. He looked back at Yang Zhen in confusion.

Yang Zhen was also stunned at this time. He never expected that Liu Si would change his confession on the execution ground!

What should I do?

In public, Liu Si cried out for injustice. If he continued to order the execution, he would surely be criticized.

If this news were to be heard by his superiors, it would damage his official reputation!

Therefore, no matter how much he wants to close the case immediately, it is impossible to close it smoothly!

His face was serious and he asked in a deep voice:

"Liu Si, what do you mean by that?"

At the same time, Cao and his son from Cao's Restaurant were also caught off guard by Liu Si's attack.

Cao Deping almost jumped up from his chair immediately, extremely angry: "What is he crazy about!"

Cao Chengwen's heart was also pounding and he was extremely panicked.

"Dad! He, he is slandering me! You have to help me, Dad!"

Cao Deping felt a lump in his chest, unable to move, and his face turned pale.

Of course he knew the whole story, but he could never allow Liu Si to expose it all!

Otherwise, he would not be able to save his only remaining son!

Cao Deping gritted his teeth and said, "He can shout whatever he wants, but as long as he has no evidence, it's all slander! Didn't they do anything to you last time? This is just his futile struggle before his death!"

Hearing him say this, Cao Chengwen finally felt a little relieved, but for some reason, looking at Liu Si's crazy expression, he always felt a little uneasy.

He thought in a low voice: "No, nothing will happen. I have already agreed with him before. As long as he listens, I will ensure that his wife and children are safe-wait!"

Cao Chengwen suddenly remembered something, opened his eyes wide and searched the crowd.

However, after looking back and forth several times, he still couldn't see Zhou's figure.

"Zhou didn't even come to the execution ground to see him off!?"

Cao Chengwen murmured in disbelief.

This was the last time they could see each other. Normally, Zhou would definitely come, but now——

Which link went wrong?

…

At the execution ground, Yang Zhen questioned, "Liu Si! You said that it was Cao Chengwen who ordered you to kill Cao Chengwu. Do you have any evidence?!"

Hearing this, everyone pricked up their ears and rushed forward to hear more clearly.

Ye Chutang stood behind the crowd, watching the scene quietly with a calm and indifferent expression.

The next moment, Liu Si gritted his teeth and shouted, "Yes! I have evidence!"

The crowd was shocked.

——Liu Si actually has evidence! ?

Yang Zhen was also secretly surprised and his eyelids twitched.

During the last interrogation, Liu Si clearly said that he was the only one who did it, but now he not only changed his statement, he even said that he had evidence!

In this situation, Yang Zhen had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to ask: "What evidence?"

Liu Si spat out a mouthful of blood foam and said in hatred, "Cao Chengwen has been jealous of Cao Chengwu for a long time. When he heard that the master was going to hand over the restaurant to Cao Chengwu, he decided to take action. Because Cao Chengwu is allergic to river shrimp, he specially called me that day and asked me to go to the lake to catch shrimps, then minced the shrimp meat into meat paste, mixed it into the porridge, and sent it to Cao Chengwu."

He took a deep breath and continued, "At first I didn't dare, but he promised me that he would give me a generous reward, and that he would send my child to academy when he grew up in a few years. In order to make me help him wholeheartedly, he gave me two hundred taels of silver notes and a jade ring. The jade ring is buried under the third bluestone brick at the corner of West City Street! If you don't believe me, you can send someone to find it now!"

Yang Zhen frowned and asked, "Jade ring? What kind of jade ring?"

Liu Si sneered: "The jade ring was given to him by his father a few years ago. He has always treasured it very much."

Hearing this, Cao Chengwen's legs went weak.

In order to make Liu Si obedient, he did deliberately give this to him as a token of trust, but things happened too quickly, and before he could find a chance to get the jade ring back, Liu Si was arrested.

Later, when he was taken to the government office for interrogation, he specifically asked Liu Si about this matter. Liu Si said that he lost the thing when he went down to the lake and couldn't find it.

Although Cao Chengwen was annoyed, he had no other choice but to give up.

In addition, he deliberately used Zhou's mother and son to threaten Liu Si, which made him even more certain that Liu Si would not dare to speak nonsense.

Who knows——

Cao Deping kicked Cao Chengwen and shouted angrily, "What are you still standing there for! Go down and explain!"

…

When Cao Chengwen arrived outside the execution ground, Yang Zhen was already preparing to send someone to look for the jade ring.

He wanted to stop them, but in the end he held back and just ran to the front, shouting, "Sir! It's unfair! It's unfair!"

Everyone turned around and saw him coming. They exchanged glances and then quickly made way for him.

Cao Chengwen panted, "Sir! My jade ring has been lost for quite some time. I didn't expect it to be stolen by Liu Si! He slandered me! He slandered me!"

This reason does not sound impossible. After all, a ring cannot be considered as irrefutable evidence.

Yang Zhen frowned even more tightly.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Liu Si spoke again.

"Sir, I have another piece of evidence! When Cao Chengwen ordered me to do this, the banknote he gave me was taken out from the bank. He was looking at the restaurant's account book at the time, and his hands were stained with ink. Unfortunately, the banknote had half of his fingerprint on it. The banknote is also hidden in my house. Sir, you can have someone fetch it and compare it on the spot!"

Cao Chengwen could hardly believe what he heard.

He pointed at Liu Si and cursed: "You are talking nonsense! When did I ever give you a banknote?"

Liu Si closed his eyes and stopped looking at him.

Yang Zhen frowned: "Go, find the banknote as well!"

The matter was of great importance, so the people below acted quickly and rushed back in a short while.

"Sir! Here are the jade ring and the banknotes!"

Yang Zhen looked at Cao Chengwen and said, "Compare it with me. Is this your fingerprint?"

Without waiting for Cao Chengwen to speak, Wu Xu and another officer quickly stepped forward, grabbed his hand, stamped the paper, and then handed it over.

"Sir, please take a look."

Yang Zhen picked up the banknote and compared it with the fingerprint he had just made.

Immediately, he snorted coldly.

"The fingerprints here are exactly the same as the lines on your left index finger!"

Cao Chengwen thought for a moment and said, "Impossible! What I gave him that day was a silver ingot. There's something wrong with this silver note!"

As soon as the words came out, the surroundings fell into dead silence.

Cao Chengwen's mind suddenly went blank, and a bone-chilling chill rose from the soles of his feet.

What did he just say?

On the other side, Ye’s Medical Clinic.

Xiaowu pinched his purse, held his chin and sighed.

Why.

——The banknotes I saved with great difficulty are gone just like that!

(End of this chapter)