Chapter 115: Where is the evidence?
Du Baizhi raised her chin and said disdainfully, "The witnesses and evidence are all there. If I were you, I would have punished him long ago."
She remembered that more than ten years ago, Lu Sheng disliked her bad temper and her arrogance, so he refused to marry her.
She wanted to see how Lu Sheng would get out of prison.
Therefore, as soon as she heard that the county magistrate was coming to the Lu family, she immediately prepared a carriage and came to see what was going on.
This is clearly a dead end. If they could find evidence to overturn the case, the magistrate would have already rebuked her.
Thinking of this, Du Baizhi felt much better. She raised her chin and swayed her hips as she walked away.
Jingwu quickly withdrew his gaze, got into the carriage, and headed towards the Lou family.
Inside the carriage, the county magistrate kept saying, "That's just how Madam Du is. She was pampered and spoiled since childhood, so she's rather domineering and holds grudges. You're saying something happened more than ten years ago, and she still remembers it now."
Yan Shengming clicked his tongue twice and said with some emotion, "That's why they say don't mess with women."
Jingwu opened his eyes and glanced at him.
Yan Shengming immediately backed down and quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake: "I just said it casually, I didn't mean you, Cousin Shao."
Then, he firmly shut his mouth.
The carriage had been traveling for a short while when it stopped outside a villa.
As soon as Jingwu got out of the car, he felt the fluctuation in the aura.
She looked up and saw the source of the sound – this villa.
She immediately stopped the magistrate who was about to knock on the door and asked him.
"Your Excellency, you said that Lou Xuezhao has always lived with her maternal grandparents, is that right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Do you know where her maternal grandparents' home is?"
"I'm not quite sure about that. It seems to be a wealthy family from some country." The magistrate lowered his eyes and thought for a while before remembering, "Oh, right, it's the Miao Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.
Jingwu was so angry he laughed. Such important information was only being revealed now.
Yue Huai shared the same thought as her and was utterly speechless.
Shao Chengrui and Yan Shengming were traumatized; they instantly thought of Yi Wanzhou and shuddered.
Without hesitation, Jingwu stepped forward and knocked on the door twice.
As soon as the door opened, a servant stepped forward and bowed.
Who are you looking for?
Lou Xuezhao.
After looking him up and down, the servant was about to refuse when he saw the county magistrate walking over.
"Please bring your wife out here."
The servant's eyes darted around, and he quickly went into the inner room to invite the lady out.
Lou Xuezhao walked out of the house with light and slow steps, her skirt swaying slightly with each step.
She walked up to the crowd with a polite smile on her face.
"Everyone, I'm not feeling well. Please get to the point quickly."
"You and Lu Sheng." Jing Wu had already seen the result on her face, and his tone was very certain: "Why did you manipulate him to kill his mother?"
Lou Xuezhao smiled slightly: "Where's the evidence?"
Jingwu opened his mouth, about to speak, when he heard the person in front of him say something.
“When the Lu family had their accident, I was still in Miao Kingdom. Besides, I don’t know any Lu Sheng.” Lou Xue Zhao’s eyes turned cold, and a sarcastic smile appeared on her lips: “Young lady, you can’t just pin the blame on me when you can’t find the culprit.”
Jing Wu frowned. The person in front of her had clearly been with Lu Sheng, so how could she say something completely unrelated to them?
Her eyes darted around before she said, "I remember the Miao people have several kinds of Gu that can control people, but I don't know which one you're using?"
At this moment, a different expression appeared on Lou Xuezhao's face.
She reacted quickly, looking at the person in front of her and saying, "Where's the evidence?"
Lou Xuezhao saw the girl in front of her pause, then immediately picked up a broom: "Since there's no evidence, don't even think about shifting the blame onto me. Get out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed a broom and started hitting the group.
Jingwu quickly dodged, her mind racing as she looked at the woman at the door.
She didn't believe it; she had done it so perfectly, leaving no trace whatsoever.
She suddenly thought of something, turned her head, and heard the boy beside her say something.
"Your Excellency, is Lu's mother's body still alive?"
The magistrate, who had been hit several times by the broom and was checking his wounds, immediately looked up upon hearing this: "It's still there, it's still in the cellar."
“Then let’s go see the body,” Yue Huai said.
After Jingwu heard him speak, he didn't say anything more. The group returned to the county government office and headed towards the cellar.
Lu's mother's body was placed in a coffin with ice blocks beside her to prevent rapid decomposition.
But after more than a decade, even with careful preservation, much of it has rotted.
As soon as Jingwu entered the cellar, he smelled the pungent odor and immediately took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose before continuing forward.
She walked to the coffin and immediately saw the spirits floating on it.
Surprisingly, he hasn't been reincarnated yet.
Jingwu stepped forward, pushed open the coffin, and Lu's mother's body was revealed.
A putrid stench instantly filled the entire cellar. The county magistrate, Yan Shengming, and Shao Chengrui couldn't hold back any longer and began to vomit violently, leaning against the wall.
Jingwu covered his mouth and nose with an embroidered handkerchief, and thankfully, he didn't smell much.
Yue Huai covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve to keep the smell out.
The two of them lay prone inside the coffin, checking for any remaining traces of magical energy.
Jing Wuzi looked him over carefully, but found nothing on his body.
only……
She looked up at the spirits floating in mid-air, a slight smile playing on her lips.
Something was left here.
Jingwu made hand seals and chanted incantations, then placed his fingers on the soul's brow to search her memories.
Lu's mother married into the Lu family at the age of sixteen and became a widow at the age of twenty-five. The Lu family's life declined sharply, and she saved every penny to raise her son. After he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, she began to worry about his marriage.
After considering several families, they finally chose the Du family, who were a good match for them.
But when she told her son about it, Lu Sheng said righteously that he already had someone he loved and wanted to marry her.
Mother Lu was very surprised and immediately asked which family's daughter it was.
"What is your family background like? What is your personality like? How old are you this year? What do you look like?"
She asked several questions at once, leaving Lu Sheng momentarily at a loss for words.
He paused for a moment before speaking with a smile.
"She said her family background wasn't good, and she just did some small business. She's sixteen years old, has a very gentle personality, and is very beautiful. She's exactly my type."
Upon hearing this, Lu's mother immediately objected: "Son, how can a merchant's daughter be worthy of you? You've passed the provincial examination and are about to take the metropolitan examination. I believe you can pass; you're destined to be a high-ranking official. How can you marry an ordinary merchant's daughter?"
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