Liu Quan took out the letter, several banknotes and a gold hairpin. "Li, do you recognize these? These are all the rewards you gave to Madam Cong for helping you."
"how so."
The people below had forgotten to breathe at this time, and were all thinking about what Liu Quan said. They were still a little confused.
"Make way." Two men in royal guard uniforms walked into the crowd. After they saluted, they looked at the people below. "We know what happened to Madam Shang's teeth."
"Lord Shang was punished by the Emperor to reflect on his mistakes facing the wall in the courtyard, and we were guarding the courtyard at that time.
At that time, Madam Shang came to the courtyard where the Marquis was recuperating every day to curse him. "
Another person continued, "She was just worried that Lord Shang would anger the Emperor and that Doctor Shang would be implicated, so she came to curse him every day. She cursed..." The Imperial Guards couldn't say those words at all, and he shook his head helplessly. "Anyway, her curses were very bad, but Lord Shang and his men didn't argue with her out of filial piety. As for her big front teeth, they were knocked out on the way back from cursing someone."
"Ah?" The faces of the people present were even more confused. It was not that they did not believe the words of the Imperial Guards, but they had never seen a mother like this.
As everyone was surprised, one person slowly stepped back and was about to blend into the crowd. Shang Yuanshan called her out, "Miss Wang, where are you going?"
"Lord Shang, my wound hurts a little."
"Oh, then you should go back to the mansion and rest. Why are you running outside?"
"It's not me..." The servant next to him stepped forward and restrained Wang Fanghua.
"Miss Wang, let me tell you something. Take a look and see if it's true. Ever since you recovered from your injury, you said you wanted to go out and look for your relatives. You often leave the house, and it was this person you went to see, right?" Shang Yuanshan pointed at Shang Wanning.
"It's not me..."
"Don't panic. I have the testimony of the restaurant owner. Would you like to hear it?"
"I..." Wang Fanghua fainted.
Shang Yuanshan looked at Liu Quan and said, "Master Liu, please arrest all the suspects."
"Okay." Liu Quan took people to take Li, Shang Wanning, and the unconscious Wang Fanghua away.
Shang Yuanshan lowered his head to think, then suddenly turned around to look at the people who had been captured.
"Yuanshan, what's wrong with you?" Lin Siqing's eyes were full of worry at this time.
"I feel something is wrong. This is a voluntary suicide."
"What's the meaning?"
Shang Yuanshan shook his head. "Maybe I'm overthinking it."
At this time, the people surrounding below all lowered their heads in shame. They were all blaming themselves. No matter whether they were the people who caused trouble or those who believed in Shang Yuanshan, they had all been shaken.
Shang Yuanshan smiled and looked at the people below: "Thank you everyone."
"Lord Shang, we all doubted you. We are so ashamed of you."
"This is human nature. It's normal for you to believe the evidence presented. I want to thank everyone for giving me the opportunity to explain myself. That's enough."
Shang Yuanshan bowed deeply and turned back to his house.
The people stayed in front of the marquis's mansion for a long time before they left.
When I returned to the mansion, I heard Shang Qingan shouting, "Great, it's quiet now."
Shang Yuanshan and Shang Yanqing looked at each other, and Shang Yanqing nodded to Shang Yuanshan. The two did not speak and did not interrupt the family's joy.
Today's events were very gratifying, but Shang Yuanshan was still a little worried. He stayed awake all night and went to the Dali Temple early.
He saw Li Shi staring blankly at the wall in the cell, and Shang Wanning glaring at him.
Shang Yuanshan said hoarsely: "Shang Wanning, what qualifications do you have to hate me?"
Shang Wanning laughed out loud: "Hahaha, Shang Yuanshan, don't worry, it's not over yet." Shang Wanning stopped talking and just looked at Shang Yuanshan coldly.
This made Shang Yuanshan's eyebrows twisted together. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put it into words.
After hearing the conversation between the two, Li, who was standing by, turned back stiffly to look at Shang Yuanshan, grinned at him, and then banged her head against the wall like a madman.
Shang Yuanshan shouted loudly after seeing this: "Open the door quickly."
But when the cell door was opened and Shang Yuanshan rushed in, Li was no longer breathing and she lay straight on the ground.
Shang Yuanshan's body trembled, but fortunately the jailer beside him supported him and he did not fall to the ground.
Shang Wanning in the cell next to him laughed even louder, this time with sobs in his laughter, Shang Wanning just laughed and cried. "Shang Yuanshan, how do you feel when you see your biological mother die in front of you, or you force her to death, hahaha~"
Shang Yuanshan clenched his fists and looked at Shang Wanning with a sneer. "I think whoever forced all this to happen knows best."
Shang Yuanshan turned around angrily and left the Dali Temple cell. As soon as he went out, he ordered people to collect Li's body and bury her together with Shang Qingyuan. This was also the last thing he could do for her as a son.
When Liu Quan heard that another person had died in the cell, he lowered his head in deep thought, and then he heard him mutter to himself: "Something must have happened to the Dali Temple cell recently. Why are all the prisoners coming in dying in various ways?"
Liu Quan rubbed his swollen head. "Go to Wanze Temple and ask Abbot Ruiqing to help Dali Temple perform the ritual."
"Ah?" The subordinate beside him opened his mouth wide.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go."
"yes."
After the people left, Liu Quan sighed. "Ah~"
Faced with the testimony and evidence of Nanny Cong's family, Shang Wanning did not deny what his mother Li did during her lifetime.
However, he strongly denied his involvement in those things.
He even blamed Li for exchanging his daughter for Shang Yuanshan's daughter, claiming that it was Li's coercion.
All in all, he portrayed himself as an innocent man and blamed all the evil deeds on the late Li Shi.
As for Wang Fanghua, she confessed her behavior of spreading rumors, and claimed that it was because she had deep feelings for the second son of the Shang family, but the second son of the Shang family had no romantic feelings for her. Out of a complex mixture of love and hate, she lied.
As for her meeting with Shang Wanning, it was purely accidental. Shang Wanning was just concerned about the situation of the Marquis and others.
In the end, Wang Fanghua was sentenced to 20 strokes of the cane for spreading rumors and was released after the execution. Shang Wanning was sentenced to five years in prison for not reporting the incident and was sent to prison.
When Shang Yuanshan learned of the sentencing result in the Marquis' Mansion, he just smiled and said nothing.
Shang Qingan stood up angrily and said, "This sentence is too light. If I had known, I would have just killed Shang Wanning and his family."
Shang Qian nodded in agreement: "Yes, if all else fails, let's go to the prison and kill him now."
When Shang Qing'an heard this, he agreed to this matter. Just as he was about to leave without hesitation, Shang Yanqing stopped him.
"Shang Qingan."
Shang Qingan stopped and turned around: "What's wrong, brother?"
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