Chapter 146 Adultery Leads to Death, Gambling Leads to Thieves
Yu Zhiyi stepped out of the shadows and looked at the couple in front of her.
Two junior officials followed behind her.
Lord Peng came along because he was in charge of following up on this case. In theory, he was responsible for coordinating and overseeing any actions Yu Zhiyi took.
Lord Sun followed because he wanted to expose Yu Zhiyi's lies.
He didn't believe that this girl, who was even younger than his granddaughter, could really solve the case just by divination!
If solving cases were that simple, then what about all the knowledge and experience he has accumulated over the years?
The constables held bright torches.
The torchlight illuminated the faces of the man and woman. Upon seeing the woman, Lord Sun frowned: "Isn't this Old Man Wang's daughter?"
Lord Peng nodded, quite puzzled: "Little Wang, aren't you afraid your husband's family will be angry if they find out you're having a secret rendezvous with a man here in the middle of the night?"
As they are in charge of investigating the case, they will naturally investigate all those involved.
This included Wang's two daughters and their families.
As someone who had been through it all and was also an official in the marble industry, he had seen far too many couples elope, so he wasn't surprised by such things.
The only strange thing is that Xiao Wang's biological father had just died, and he was already planning to elope with another man.
Even in the world of elopement, this would be quite sensational.
Wang Chunjuan and her companion were already startled by the sudden appearance of the man. Wang Chunjuan's face turned pale, and she suddenly ran to Yu Zhiyi and the others, pointing at Li Guangzhu and saying, "My lords, it's not that I want to elope with him, but this villain has threatened me, saying that if I don't go with him, he will kill me and my whole family!"
Lord Peng's expression hardened: "Is this really true?"
"Absolutely true!"
Li Guangzhu's expression changed as soon as Wang Chunjuan ran out.
Hearing Wang Chunjuan's words, he was almost furious: "You bitch! You were the one who said you wanted to come with me!"
Wang Chunjuan sneered: "Although my husband is not a high-ranking official, he is a steward in a respectable wealthy family, and he receives two taels of silver a month. Moreover, we have a son and a daughter, and our family is very happy. What could I possibly be thinking that would make me want to elope with you?"
"You're just a good-for-nothing who lives off others. How can you support me? Do you even deserve to?"
"You wretch! That's not what you told me. You said your husband treats you badly, your two children are just here to collect debts, and your mother-in-law is utterly wicked. You said you couldn't stand living a single day in the Zhang family! If it weren't for that, why would I..."
He suddenly stopped speaking and swallowed the rest of his words.
Lord Peng and the others all thought he wanted to say, "How could I elope with you?"
Yu Zhiyi replied calmly, "If that weren't the case, then what you really meant by 'Why would I have killed your father' is this, isn't it?"
Li Guangzhu's expression changed.
Wang Chunjiao stared wide-eyed in horror and astonishment, as if she had heard a terrible truth: "What? You killed my father?"
Lord Peng was also shocked: "This is the murderer?"
Yu Zhiyi looked at him helplessly: "Otherwise what? If he weren't the murderer, why would we be lying in wait here in the middle of the night?"
Lord Peng exclaimed "Ah," unsure how to respond.
The gossip he had just heard had made him temporarily forget about his business.
Lord Sun coldly retorted, "Where's the evidence? When we at the Dali Temple handle cases, we value evidence above all else."
Yu Zhiyi nodded: "There is evidence, of course, it's the knife in the package on his back."
Everyone was stunned.
Even Wang Chunjuan was stunned.
"He had a knife in his bag?"
Yu Zhiyi nodded, her gaze peculiar: "Although you were just talking nonsense, you guessed one thing right. He really was planning to rush in with a knife and kill your whole family if you didn't come out tonight."
The color drained from Wang Chunjuan's face instantly: "How could this be..."
Yu Zhiyi smiled: "Why not? Adultery leads to murder and gambling leads to thieves. You used sex to keep him hanging, so you should have thought that he's a penniless, barefoot man who's least afraid of you guys who wear shoes. At worst, it'll be a fight to the death, a lose-lose situation."
"Besides, he already killed your father under your guidance. He's a murderer with blood on his hands. If he can't get what he wants, he'd rather kill you all. Anyway, his life is over, so taking a few more people down with him won't hurt."
Wang Chunjuan's expression twisted for a moment.
She has so many emotions that she doesn't know which one to express right now.
Finally, all she could say was, "What? You said you killed my father on my orders? Don't talk nonsense! How could I do such a thing?"
Yu Zhiyi: "You and your sister grew up under your father's iron fist, and you witnessed your father beat your mother to death. You have long harbored resentment towards him. What made your hatred for him surge to the extreme was what happened between you and Li Guangzhu back then."
"You have never received fatherly love since you were a child, and you long for someone to take you away from this hellhole and give you care and warmth. At this time, Li Guangzhu came to you and poured out his heart to you. He said that he would treat you well for the rest of his life, and you were moved."
“But your father doesn’t approve of Li Guangzhu because he lost his parents when he was young and can only make a living by doing manual labor, earning only a dozen or so copper coins a day. Your father thinks he’s not good enough for you. The main thing is, if you marry him, he can’t come up with a decent dowry and won’t bring you any benefits.”
"Later, your father found your current husband through a matchmaker."
"At first you refused. What kind of good family do you think could be chosen by someone like your father?"
"For this, you hate your father to the core."
“You just didn’t expect that your husband is different from your father. He is very gentle, can read, write and do accounting, and can bring home a fixed two taels of silver every month. He will give half of this silver to your parents and the rest to you. He only carries five copper coins with him every day to deal with some emergencies.”
"He dotes on you, and your in-laws are good people. Even though you had a daughter as your first child, they didn't look down on you. Instead, they told you it didn't matter, that you were still young and could have more children in the future. They comforted you, saying that if you couldn't have a son in the future, it would only mean that their family and a son were not meant to be, so you shouldn't feel guilty."
"The more they act like this, the more guilty you feel, so you try your best to have a son."
"Heaven has been kind to you. You gave birth to a son with your second child, and your husband's family treated you even better."
"For you, this happy life is like a gift from God, and you absolutely will not allow anyone to destroy it."
"Including your father."
Yu Zhiyi looked into Wang Chunjuan's eyes: "If there's one obstacle in your happy life, it's your father. He likes to drink, but he doesn't earn money himself, so he comes to ask you for money every few days."
“Although your husband gives you one tael of silver a month, which is not a small amount, it can't keep up with your father asking for ten coins today, twenty coins tomorrow, and thirty coins the day after. His appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and it is becoming more and more unbearable for you.”
"So you had an idea."
"If only he disappeared."
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