Chapter 123 Zhou Hongyang, Death
Hua Lian felt as if a raging storm was rising in her heart.
What do you want to do? Why do the people in front of you know it?
In his previous life, Jiang Rong saved Hua Lian after his assassination attempt failed.
He was originally the son of Tao, a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, Jiangnan.
Last year, Zhou Hongyang went to Jiangnan for a trip and saw that his sister was beautiful. He became malicious and forced her to take him as his concubine.
His sister didn't want to.
His father knew that he could not afford to offend Zhou Hongyang and was worried about being retaliated by Zhou Hongyang, so he packed up his belongings overnight and took his entire family to flee to his hometown to avoid disaster.
but……
Couldn't escape.
After being rejected, Zhou Hongyang was furious and had been keeping an eye on the Tao family. Seeing the whole family leave...
He took his followers and pretended to be bandits, and ambushed them on the way.
The entire Tao family died tragically. Only Hua Lian, who fell off a cliff, was lucky enough to survive, and she quickly reported the case to the prefect...
However, because the officials protected each other, he was slandered as a wanted bandit and had to flee Yangzhou.
Hua Lian is the son of a wealthy businessman and has never learned martial arts since childhood. If he wants to practice martial arts at this age, he will have to wait at least ten years before he has a chance to take revenge...
He was eager for revenge, so he pretended to be a woman and approached Zhou Hongyang as an otaku, waiting for an opportunity to seek revenge...
In his previous life, he attempted to assassinate Zhou Hongyang when he went to Yanyu Tower, severely wounding him. He was wanted by the whole city for murder, but he happened to meet Jiang Rong who was traveling, and was saved by Jiang Rong...
"If the officials are protecting each other, what's the point of reporting the case?" Hua Lian no longer concealed it, and her voice returned to its original male voice, a clear male voice.
Jiang Rong looked at him and said, "The Ministry of Justice is Zhou Hongyang's territory. It's useless to report the case to the Ministry of Justice. Change the government office and go to the Dali Temple. The Dali Temple's minister is a member of Prince Duan's party and will definitely uphold justice for you."
"Do you think Prince Duan is kind, so he would help an ordinary citizen like me? I don't believe these so-called false reputations, they are all fake." Hua Lian sneered.
Jiang Rong smiled softly, "Indeed, all reputations are false. But Prince Duan will definitely make the decision for you, because the Minister of Justice is a member of the Prince's Party."
Hua Lian was stunned. Crown Prince? Prince Duan?
During this year he traveled around, looking for opportunities to get close to Zhou Hongyang, and he also learned a little bit that the Zhou family's power was inseparable from the prince behind them.
Ask Prince Duan to deal with Zhou Hongyang? Is this... using someone else's strength to defeat him?
"We also found an eyewitness to what happened back then. You take him with you to report the case. The evidence is conclusive and Zhou Hongyang is definitely dead." Jiang Rong continued.
These were things she had done in her previous life.
After saving Hua Lian, he learned about the tragic murder of his family...
Immediately send someone to Yangzhou to look for any eyewitnesses...
Because a single piece of evidence is not enough.
There is only Hua Lian's testimony, which is insufficient evidence.
After a year of visiting and secretly investigating, they finally found a hunter in the suburbs of Yangzhou. He was hunting in the mountains and forests and witnessed the murder of the Tao family, but he did not dare to speak up...
Jiang Rong took their whole family to the Northern Prince's Mansion, and the other party agreed to come out to testify...
And in this life...
During the time she was waiting for Hua Lian to appear, Jiang Rong had already asked Xie Lingxi to send someone to Yangzhou to help her bring the witness to Beijing.
The hunter arrived faster than Hua Lian and arrived in the capital a few days ago.
"Are there any witnesses?" Hua Lian was even more shocked. The other party seemed to know everything that happened in his family and had investigated for a long time...
"Yes." Jiang Rong nodded.
Hua Lian was a little confused, "Why do you know about my family?"
"You must have heard something about our feud with Zhou Hongyang. I want Zhou Hongyang dead. I guess this is not the first time he has raped a woman, so I checked what he did in the past... Last year, he went to Yangzhou and fell in love with the daughter of the wealthy Tao family. As a result, the whole Tao family was attacked by bandits..." Jiang Rong looked at Hua Lian and made up an excuse:
"I thought this matter was very suspicious, so I have been investigating it secretly."
"Qian Qiu" is the best-selling book in the capital. Although Hua Lian has just arrived in the capital, she has also heard about Zhou Hongyang's abduction of a commoner girl...
Yesterday, I saw Zhou Hongyang attack Qiu Niang...
The woman's experience was the same as his sister's.
Perhaps because of this, he was only thinking about saving people at the time and didn't expect that he almost killed Zhou Hongyang.
Hua Lian's doubts gradually dissipated.
Since Jiang Rong was able to find out that there was another eyewitness, it is not surprising that he was able to find out his true identity.
He hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past year, and he was only thinking about how to avenge his family...
This time when I came to Beijing, I was also prepared in case the assassination failed...
Unexpectedly, everything suddenly became smooth and smooth! It was so smooth that it seemed unreal.
"Then...I'll go to the Dali Temple to report the case now?" Hua Lian was a little at a loss.
Jiang Rong nodded, "Yes."
…
Capital city, Shangshu Mansion, Zhou family.
"It's a pity that a fire broke out yesterday, otherwise I would have almost succeeded." Zhou Hongyang told Shen Wenyuan about his deeds yesterday and said with a smile:
"Brother Shen's idea is still the best! Thank you Brother Shen for giving me advice!"
Shen Wenyuan frowned and said, "I heard that the girl was rescued by a kind-hearted person. She will definitely complain to Jiang Rong. I'm sure Jiang Rong will come to trouble you."
"Her story is one-sided and without any basis. Who can prove that I went to see her yesterday? Don't worry, my father is the Minister of Justice. I have never been in trouble in all these years. I know one thing very well, which is not to leave any evidence! Even if everyone knows that I did it, they can't do anything to me without evidence!" Zhou Hongyang was complacent.
Shen Wenyuan nodded in agreement, "Brother Zhou is very wise."
The two were flattering each other when suddenly soldiers from the Dali Temple surrounded the Zhou family.
"Master! Something bad has happened! The Dali Temple wants to arrest you for questioning!" The steward hurried in to report.
In June, a major case shocked the government and the public.
The son of the Minister of Justice disguised himself as a bandit and massacred 35 members of a family of innocent people in Yangzhou.
The evidence is conclusive.
With the support of Prince Duan, the Dali Temple conducted a thorough investigation.
Zhou Hongyang was a coward. Under torture in the Dali Temple, he revealed a lot of things about his father helping him clean up the mess...
Prince Duan's party took advantage of the situation to impeach the Minister of Justice for protecting his son...
In late June, the Dali Temple ruled that Zhou Hongyang was disregarding human life, had no regard for the law, and bullied men and women, and he was sentenced to immediate execution.
In the same month, the emperor issued an edict to remove the Minister of Punishment from his post and investigate his crimes. The Prince of Duan and the Prince of Tai fought to the death for the vacant position of the Minister of Punishment...
In the end, the emperor selected Shen Taifu, who also served as the Minister of Justice.
The matter came to an end here.
…
The day Zhou Hongyang was beheaded.
Qiu Niang went to the execution platform in person to watch the execution. The people cheered and countless people threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at him.
Seeing Zhou Hongyang's head fall to the ground with her own eyes, Qiu Niang felt very happy and prepared to buy some paper money to commemorate her deceased father.
When I turned around, I saw Hua Lian also standing in the crowd, watching the scene quietly.
"Hua Lian... Sir!" Qiu Niang looked at him and bowed, "I haven't thanked you enough for saving me."
Hua Lian is now dressed in an ordinary men's long gown.
Jiang Rong gave Yanyu Tower a large sum of silver as an explanation.
From then on, Hua Lian was no longer in Yanyu Tower.
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