Nangong Jiu's face was full of sympathy.
"Look, that man cuddling intimately with the woman next to him must be her husband. It's a pity that she's only been dead for a month, and her husband has already married someone else before her body is even cold."
Xiao Wang raised his fist and said, "Your Majesty, I will go and take care of them."
Nangong Jiu waved his hand: "Don't alert the snakes for now! This family is full of wolves and tigers who eat people without leaving any bones."
Little Wang Xiaoxing came forward and said, "So, the woman was murdered?"
"Well, to be more precise, it was a murder for money, but it was done perfectly. So, even if Dad and the others had suspicions, they couldn't find any evidence.
If I couldn't read the memories in their sea of consciousness, I would be helpless as well."
Xiao Xing looked back at the family and asked, "What are you going to do, Your Majesty?"
"We can't act rashly. We have to go back and discuss it with Dad first. See what he says before making a decision."
Nangong Jiu brought little Wang Xiaoxing back to the flower hall of the prince's mansion.
Nangong Yunxue looked at the little figure with a stern face: "How is it? Did you find anything?"
"Well, there's something wrong with that family. I'm going to talk to Daddy."
"His Highness is discussing something with someone in the study."
Nangong Jiu agreed and went straight to the study.
In the study.
Liu Hao was discussing water conservancy projects with two officials when Nangong Jiu knocked on the door and came in.
The two officials quickly stood up and saluted.
"Your servants greet the princess!"
"You're welcome, just talk about your business." Nangong Jiu waved his hand and climbed onto Liu Hao's lap to sit down.
Seeing this, Liu Hao smiled and said, "Let's leave it this way for now. You guys go back and think about it and see if there's a better way. We'll take our time. There's no rush."
The two officials should bow and leave.
Liu Hao then looked at Nangong Jiu: "Is there something you want to talk to Dad about?"
"Yeah, there's something wrong with the family at the corner of East Street ahead. That woman died so unjustly!"
Liu Hao's expression changed. "You went to see it? Daddy was planning to ask you to go and check a few days later to see if we had missed anything. I didn't expect you to go first."
You said that woman died unjustly. Tell me what happened?"
"That woman has a generous dowry, does Dad know about that?"
Liu Hao nodded: "The woman's name is Zhu Xuejing, and her husband is Zhou Changsheng. Her family is in business. Her parents and relatives all died in an accident, leaving her alone.
After her family members died, all the business and property were taken over by her uncle's family.
She said she sold everything she had for her wedding to make up sixty-eight loads of dowry. But in reality, her dowry was not even a fraction of her family's business and wealth.
Nangong Jiu shook his head repeatedly.
"No! In fact, her dowry was much more than that. She also had a box of silver notes left by her family, which was worth 500,000 taels of silver.
She was very smart and hid the silver well, but she did not guard against her husband's family.
In an ordinary family, a dowry of 68 pieces is already very generous. Her husband's family is not well off, and they took the initiative to marry her just for the dowry.
Her husband Zhou Changsheng had a childhood sweetheart, whom he had planned to marry as his concubine after they got married.
As a result, she told Zhou Changsheng about the money on her wedding night.
Money is a deceitful thing, and this money cost her her life."
Liu Hao was stunned. "How did they do it? We tried so hard, but we couldn't find any flaws."
"It's simple. The woman was so sad about the death of her parents and relatives that she often couldn't sleep at night.
After getting married, her husband, to whom she was devoted, found out about this and instead of comforting her, he would deliberately mention the tragic deaths of her parents and relatives in front of her from time to time.
Finally, under the carefully planned stimulation, inducement and help of Zhou Changsheng's family, she suffered a mental breakdown and chose to end her life.
Daddy, does this count as intentional homicide?"
"If there is evidence, it would certainly be considered intentional murder for money."
Nangong Jiu scratched his head.
"Her in-laws were originally poor, and now because of her dowry and the silver, they have to live a life with a group of slaves. But this cannot be used as evidence of murder."
Liu Hao clenched his fists.
"We need to obtain evidence that they deliberately provoked, induced, or even assisted her to commit suicide before we can bring them to justice."
"Well, once I figure out a way, I'm going to make them publicly confess their crimes."
"Jiu'er, I'll leave this matter to you. I, the people of Dongling, are so clear-minded that we cannot allow such a thing to happen under our noses and go unpunished."
"This matter needs to be planned carefully!" Nangong Jiu pinched his chin and nodded.
"Take your time to plan. Don't rush. We need to strike with one strike. Otherwise, if they become alert, this will be difficult to handle."
"I understand. I'll go discuss it with Xiao Wang and the others first."
Nangong Jiu's bedroom.
After Nangong Jiu returned to his room, he walked back and forth violently in the room.
Taoist Qingchen advised, "Don't be angry, Jiujun. Let's find a way to avenge that innocent woman who died in vain."
"What's the use of revenge? It won't bring her life back.
The most infuriating thing is that instead of killing someone, that family would just as easily have killed her with a knife."
"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and they will get their due."
"But I haven't figured out a way to make them confess their evil deeds while making it impossible for them to deny them."
Taoist Qingchen pondered for a moment.
"This matter is difficult, but it is also simple."
Nangong Jiu jumped in front of Taoist Qingchen and said, "What's the method? Tell me quickly!"
"Doesn't the Ninth Lord often make those ministers reveal their private information? You can use the same method to make them speak out themselves."
"Oh, yes, Qingchen's brain is more useful!"
"This was originally Jiu Jun's own method. Jiu Jun was just too angry and forgot about it."
"Well, let's do this. I'll go find Dad and ask him to get the relevant officials. We'll go to that family together and let them speak for themselves.
When the time comes, with so many officials present to testify, I wonder how he will be able to deny it."
Xiao Wang continued, "Your Majesty can also use the magic mirror to recreate the scene."
"Yeah!"
Soon, Nangong Jiu found Liu Hao: "Dad, I have an idea..."
Nangong Jiu said this, and Liu Hao nodded. "Okay, I'll have someone call a few relevant officials to witness it."
Half an incense stick of time later, six or seven relevant officials were invited to the prince's palace.
Liu Hao briefly explained the situation: "With the princess's help, there has been new progress in Zhu Xuejing's case. I request that you open the case for a retrial."
The officials were all delighted: "Great! We clearly had suspicions in this case, but we couldn't find any evidence favorable to the deceased.
Now with the princess's help, we will be able to get to the bottom of this matter."
An official asked curiously, "Princess, what have you discovered? Where should we start?"
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