Chapter 112 Murder of the Entire Family When Engagement Fails
As Yu Zhiyi's fingers flew swiftly, the copper coins bounced up and down with her movements, so fast that they were barely visible, only afterimages.
You Bingyue's gaze gradually darkened, and Du Ziheng also looked astonished.
Putting everything else aside, just based on her fingertip skills alone, no one would believe she couldn't use hidden weapons.
Before long, Yu Zhiyi stopped moving, and the color drained from her pretty face.
Her eyes, however, became sparkling.
She looked at Steward Ma: "Wu Liang, you have killed sixteen people. After you die, you will go to the eighteenth level of hell and never be reincarnated!"
These words greatly alarmed Manager Ma.
But he was very thoughtful, and he didn't show it on his face at all.
Old Zhang was also shocked, but he was still troubled by Wu Liang's name: "You mean, his name really isn't Ma Bocai?"
Yu Zhiyi nodded: "That's right, this is the alias he used to evade capture after committing a serious crime ten years ago."
"The reason it wasn't discovered until now is because the name didn't just appear out of thin air; it belonged to a real person. However, that person is dead."
She stared coldly at Steward Ma... no, Wu Liang.
"He killed the person in order to take over their name and identity."
"Nonsense! Nonsense! I did not do any of these things! My real name is Ma Bocai, please, sirs, investigate this matter thoroughly!"
He glared at Yu Zhiyi with a face full of grief and indignation: "My lord, I have no grudge against you, why do you want to harm me like this? Let me tell you, if you don't give me an explanation today, when I get out of prison, I will definitely beat the drum of grievance! Even if I lose a layer of skin, even if I die under the drum of grievance, I will drag you down and seek justice for myself!"
You Bingyue was delighted to see Yu Zhiyi humiliated: "You've finally met your match with your lies, haven't you?"
Actually, she had already figured it out by now.
Yu Zhiyi must have come here today to save that old man Zhang.
Although my actions were accidental, they did indeed ruin the other party's plans.
Unable to catch the thief red-handed, the woman's situation became difficult.
Given that woman's temper, if she had evidence, she would have already brought it up by now.
The reason she didn't have it must be because she had no evidence.
She'll see just how this woman is ruined.
As for the subsequent search for evidence... she can do that too.
Just as You Bingyue was secretly plotting, Yu Zhiyi said calmly, "Don't worry, I will make sure you die with your eyes open in peace."
“You are from Shanbei Village, Kaoshan County, Changxin Prefecture. Your family was quite wealthy in the past and originally lived in the county town, but later the family fortunes declined and you had no choice but to return to the village to make a living.”
"Most people look down on the poor and hate the rich. When they saw your family fall on hard times, many people in the village came to your family and kicked them when they were down. You were young at the time, and when you heard those hurtful words and saw your parents' faces full of grief and indignation as they were humiliated by those people, the seeds of hatred were planted in your heart."
"But that's not enough to make you kill someone."
"What prompted you to kill an entire family of eight in one night was the broken engagement by your fiancée's family, which was arranged unilaterally by your family."
"Your grandfather was on good terms with an old man from a family in Kaoshan County. When your mother was pregnant, your family still had some money, and the other family's daughter-in-law was also pregnant. The two old men jokingly mentioned at the dinner table that if the two had a boy and a girl, they would arrange a marriage between the two children."
"Unexpectedly, the following year, something happened to the other family, and they were on the verge of decline. Your grandfather was afraid that it would affect his own family, so when the other old man came to borrow money, he sent him away, saying that the childhood betrothal was just a joke and didn't count."
"The two old people were friends for decades. Your grandfather's decision to protect himself was understandable, but it still saddened them, and they remained depressed ever since."
"At that time, your parents were very proud of themselves, thinking they had gotten rid of a big problem."
"Unexpectedly, a few years later, the situation reversed. That family overcame the difficulties and began to prosper, while your family's business plummeted because of a decision made by your father. Later, you could no longer stay in the county town and had to return to the village."
"At this time, your parents remembered the betrothal, so they took you to the other party, hoping that the other party would agree to the betrothal because you are still pretty and cute. In this way, you can also take advantage of the marriage and the status of in-laws to leech off each other."
"At that time, the old man in the other family had already passed away due to years of depression, so naturally the other party could not agree. They made sarcastic remarks about you and then kicked you out of the house."
"As a child, you remembered the shame of that time, and for years afterward, you kept hearing people mocking your family for being blind, saying that the girl was right to break off the engagement, and so on."
"Shortly after, news of the other girl's marriage arrived."
"I heard she got engaged to the son of a prominent country gentleman, a typical case of marrying up, and the voices mocking you are even louder now."
“After getting drunk one night, you got into a fight with someone. The other person insulted you by bringing up your fiancée, saying that you were a good-for-nothing and had a strange temper, no wonder the girl didn’t like you… In your drunken state, you took a knife and went to the county town, sneaked into the girl’s house, and killed her entire family of four plus four servants.”
Hearing Yu Zhiyi recount the past events as if she had witnessed them herself, Wu Liang was greatly shocked.
But he was used to pretending, so even though his heart was in turmoil, he still managed to control his facial expression and didn't show much fear or shock.
His expression was stiff from being too tense: "You... what are you saying! These are all baseless rumors!"
Ignoring his excuses, Yu Zhiyi said to the constable beside her, "This is considered a major case in the area, and the criminal has been on the run. The Ministry of Justice should have a file on it. You should know very well whether this is true or not, right?"
The constables were shocked.
This matter is indeed an important case for the Ministry of Justice, and because of its egregious nature, the Ministry of Justice is paying close attention to it.
But the other party was very cunning. After killing the person, they disappeared without a trace and have not returned home all these years.
There's nowhere to look for it.
Upon hearing Yu Zhiyi's words, he nodded subconsciously: "There is indeed such a case."
Yu Zhiyi continued, "After you killed the man, you sobered up and saw the corpses all over the ground. Even though you are cold-hearted, you were still quite frightened. You also knew that once the matter came to light, you would definitely die without a burial place. So you didn't go home. You took some silver from the woman's house, found two sets of clean clothes, changed, and fled overnight."
“You were very lucky. That year, Jiangzhou suffered from floods, and a large number of refugees went north. You just happened to be there.”
"When you met those refugees, they were actually the last group, only five people, one of whom was a scholar."
"That scholar is Ma Bocai."
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