Chapter 48 Chapter 48 No One Can Escape
There is a moon but no stars tonight, and as a result, there are more and more people tossing and turning.
As the trial of the real and fake fiancée began, even before daybreak, the Dali Temple was crowded with people who came to watch the fun. Some of the bolder ones even started gambling to see who was the Prime Minister's real fiancée.
Liu Qing, the chief judge this time, was complaining bitterly. No wonder his superiors were unwilling to take over. After all, this was a hot potato. If it was not handled properly, his official career would end today.
Because of this matter, he naturally had to ask the Prime Minister how to deal with it. After all, it was always better to be cautious.
Gao Lang stopped Liu Qing from stepping behind the screen and said with a smile, "The Prime Minister said that this matter should be handled as it should be handled. Don't show favoritism just because she is the Prime Minister's wife."
He raised his hand and patted Liu Qing's shoulder. "The Prime Minister trusts you, Lord Liu. You will definitely handle this impartially."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never let go of this unruly person who wrongly accuses my wife." Liu Qing, who is an official, is naturally not a fool. He immediately understood what the Prime Minister meant.
Although he was asked to handle the matter impartially, he still had to side with the lady, but he had to be careful to strike the right balance.
Soon, with the bang of the gavel, the yamen runners holding water and fire sticks lined up and shouted mightily.
"Who are you accusing me of? Come and tell me your name immediately."
The Yun family had always been tyrannical in the village, and now they suddenly appeared in the yamen. The people who were already guilty felt their legs go weak and they dared not even breathe.
Compared to them, Jiang Wu, who was relatively calm, suppressed her nervousness, took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said, "Before we open the hall, I have a request."
Liu Qing recognized her as the Prime Minister's wife and immediately coughed lightly, "Speak."
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would at least have asked the bailiff to arrange a stool for her to sit on.
"In order to prevent them from colluding with each other in their testimony, they should be allowed to confront me alone. Otherwise, how can we be sure that they will not collude and cover each other on the field?" If the enemy wants to unite, then we will defeat them one by one.
Just like she couldn't break a pair of chopsticks, it was only a matter of time before she broke one chopstick.
Liu Qing first glanced behind the screen used for listening in on the proceedings, then slammed the gavel in his hand and said, "Yes."
Shen Tingxue, who was there to listen in, didn't expect her to do that. She was so anxious that she almost crumpled the embroidered handkerchief in her hand. However, no matter how hard she struggled, she was doomed to fail and would be infamous for eternity.
When Shen Tingxue thought that she would soon become notorious, the stuffiness in her chest dissipated a little, but she still felt uneasy.
Because everything went so smoothly, from the Yun family's arrival in Beijing to their lawsuit, everything went so smoothly that she could hardly catch anything that flashed by.
The Yun family didn't expect her to do that, but to them, no matter what she did, it was just her last struggle before death.
You have to know that since they went to Beijing, their family had already colluded to give a confession, unless she wanted to torture them into confessing in court.
"Let me go, do you know who I am?" When Yun Yaozu was forced to come to the court, his calves were shaking, but when he saw Jiang Wu, it was as if he had found someone who could help him regain his courage.
As long as he could make her confirm her identity as an impostor, he would be the legitimate brother-in-law of the Prime Minister.
Before the other party could speak, Jiang Wu glared at him and gnashed his teeth, "Sir, I want to sue Yun Yaozu for raping a woman and dumping her body in a well. After her family reported her to the police, he brutally burned her entire family alive."
Every word she spoke was so powerful that the entire courtroom came to a standstill for a moment.
The onlookers in the hall were dumbfounded. "No, this isn't a case of a real or fake fiancée, how did it suddenly become a murder case?"
"If Yun Yaozu is really like she said, then he's not a human being, he's a beast. He should be torn into pieces and thrown into a cesspool to feed the maggots."
"You believe everything she says. Have you forgotten that she even dared to steal the identity of someone else's fiancée? Maybe this is her way of slandering people."
Xie Ji behind the screen asked Gao Lang to pay attention to the people who were stirring up trouble outside and take them down directly if necessary.
And he was waiting, waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to reveal his true identity.
Yun Yaozu, with veins popping out of his forehead, was practically mad with rage. He was breathing heavily through his nostrils, his eyes fierce and murderous as if he could eat someone. He raised his fist and was about to hit her, "Jiang Wanwan, don't even think about slandering me! Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death!"
"I shouldn't have been soft-hearted in the first place. I should have beaten you to death!"
Jiang Wu's face turned pale, and she hid behind the yamen runner in fear: "Sir, he dared to threaten me in court. You can imagine how he bullied me in the village before."
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart. And when have I ever killed anyone?" Yun Yaozu, with a guilty look in his eyes, had just raised his fist when the yamen runner who had been staring at him came forward and held him down, and kicked him in the kneecap, forcing him to kneel down.
"Ah." The sudden pain made Yun Yaozu, with cold sweat rolling down his forehead, scream like a pig being slaughtered.
After he uttered those audacious words, Liu Qing, whose forehead was covered in cold sweat, slammed the gavel on the spot. "You are so bold and unruly! You dare to threaten others in front of me in this court. You ignore the law and trample on it. Why don't you drag him down and give him twenty lashes of the cane!"
When Yun Yaozu heard he was going to be beaten with twenty sticks, he was momentarily terrified. But when he remembered that he was the Prime Minister's brother-in-law, he instantly straightened his back and said, "I'm telling you, I'm the Prime Minister's brother-in-law. If you dare to hit me, my brother-in-law won't let you go."
“This…” When Liu Qing was hesitating, the lawyer suddenly walked out from behind the screen and whispered something in his ear.
Jiang Wu didn't know what the other party said, but he saw the official's expression suddenly become serious, and then he slammed the gavel in his hand, "Hurry up and drag him away and give him twenty lashes of the cane."
It seems that someone helped her.
Yun Yaozu was about to protest for his innocence when a rag was stuffed in his mouth.
The execution took place in front of the people, so that every word of their contempt reached Yun Yaozu's ears, which almost drove him crazy.
And this is all thanks to Jiang Wu!
"Twenty strokes of the cane is too light a punishment. He should have been beaten to death. What kind of jerk is that? He dares to call himself the Prime Minister's brother-in-law. Why doesn't he say he's the Emperor's brother-in-law?"
"The lecher wants to eat swan flesh. Even if his sister is really the Prime Minister's fiancée, so what? The current wife is much more beautiful than that girl, and her temperament is also better."
"But what did the Prime Minister's wife say just now?"
After Yun Yaozu was dragged away, Jiang Wu, still in shock, knelt down again, clutching his chest, and repeated what he had said before in a dignified manner.
"What the person in the hall said is true." Liu Qing originally thought it was just a very common case of a true or false fiancée, but who would have thought that it also involved a murder case of an entire family. Even his spine straightened a little more than the previous sitting board.
You have to know the value of this case, which can make his performance this year stand out a lot.
"Every word I say is true. If I say even a lie, I would rather be struck by lightning than die a horrible death!" Jiang Wu raised three fingers to swear to the sky, then took out the prepared evidence and handed it over.
This evidence had accompanied her all the way from Fuyun Town to Chang'an. She had thought it would take some time for it to come to light, but she hadn't expected it to come so quickly. She had to thank the Yun family for taking the initiative to come to the capital and giving her this opportunity.
Originally, the matter would not have become so serious. It was all because she mixed maddening epimedium into the wine that Yun Yaozu drank last night.
Once the matter becomes a big deal, it will definitely not be simply defined as a case of a true or false fiancée and a romantic affair. At the same time, it will also attract more people's attention, so that the evil deeds done by Yun Yaozu will not be reduced to a small matter. After the small matter is reduced to a small matter, all members of the Yun family will go to hell.
"The victim, Lin Yunniu, and I were good friends. After she was murdered, her parents went to the government office to report the case. However, before the government office accepted the case, they were both found tragically dead at home. The murderer was none other than Yun Yaozu." Even after so many years, Jiang Wu still trembled with anger when he recalled it.
Yun Yaozu is not worthy of being a human being, he is a beast, a bastard born of a bitch!
After the evidence was presented, even Liu Qing was amazed that she had kept the evidence so well after so many years. It was obvious that the report was not made on a whim, but had been planned for a long time.
The evidence included a lawsuit certificate written when Jiang Wu accompanied Uncle Liu to the town to find a lawyer, and a blood-stained knife.
Jiang Wu continued, "The victim was returning home from the county town. Her embroidery work wasn't selling well that day, and by the time she finished selling it was almost dark, she had no choice but to take a shortcut home."
Jiang Wu dug her nails into her palms and her breathing became heavier uncontrollably when she thought of the truth she was about to tell. She wanted to rush to Yun Yaozu and chop him into pieces. Otherwise, her only friend would not have died!
"Sir, the lady is too emotional. Let her go down and rest for a while." Even though Gao Lang was far away, he could still feel the sadness, resentment, and pain coming from the lady.
Xie Ji, with his bony fingers clenched under his wide sleeves, pursed his lips and shook his head, because he had asked her about this last night.
Tell her that there is no need to be nervous with him around.
But she shook her head and said that she wanted to handle the matter herself.
Isn't it obvious that she still doesn't trust him and doesn't regard him as a husband she can rely on?
Since she wants to handle it herself, she should trust her and trust her wife.
"The victim was trying to take a shortcut home, but she didn't expect to run into Yun Yaozu." Jiang Wu, biting her tongue until it bled, pinched her palms, suppressing her surging emotions. She closed her eyes and spoke clearly, "After being dragged away, the victim resisted, but he brutally stoned her to death. After that, he heartlessly took all the money she had earned from selling embroidery."
"On the night when we were collecting evidence and preparing to report to the police, this beast, in order to escape jail, not only killed the victim's family with a knife, but also set fire to their house, making it look like they died accidentally." The death of her best friend's family had weighed on her mind for too long, and she thought she would never be able to seek justice for them.
Who would have thought that, as fate would have it, they would come to Chang'an on their own initiative!
Jiang Wu swallowed a mouthful of blood and opened his eyes. His clear eyes were now filled with scarlet hatred. "When Yun Yaozu committed the crime, Father Lin stabbed him in the waist with a kitchen knife during his resistance. After so many years, I'm sure there must still be wounds on his body. If you don't believe me, you can rip off his shirt and check."
Just after Jiang Wu finished saying this, the yamen runner who was beating Yun Yaozu with a stick tore off his clothes.
I saw that there was indeed a hideous wound on the waist and abdomen, and it had been there for many years.
Even though the pain was so severe that his vision was blacking out and he was about to faint in the next second, Yun Yaozu still gritted his teeth and denied it, "No, Jiang Wanwan lied to you all. She is the real murderer! I got the injuries when I was trying to save Uncle Lin. Otherwise, how could she remember them so clearly?"
If he really admitted it, he would be finished!
Jiang Wu stared at his ugly, bluffing face and pressed on with a sharp edge, "Do you have any evidence? Or is your evidence just the two words you said? You said I wronged you, but why would I wrong you? Why would I wipe out the entire Lin family? Besides, I wasn't even an adult five years ago. How could I have wiped out the three members of the Lin family?"
"Yun Yaozu, this is not Fuyun Town where you can cover up the sky with one hand." Jiang Wu almost forced out these cold and terrifying words from between his teeth.
Yun Yaozu, who didn't understand how she could know so much about what happened back then, panicked. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, but he still didn't forget to retort, "Shut up! I didn't do any of these things!"
"Sir, all of this was made up by that bitch. The injuries on my body were caused by accidentally falling while walking at night after getting drunk." As long as he doesn't admit it, no one can make him admit it. As for that woman Lin Yunniu, she has been dead for so many years, how could there be any evidence.
Jiang Wu sneered with a cold look in his eyes, "You said you were drunk that day. Do you remember who you were drinking with, what you drank, and how you fell?"
"It's been so long, how could I remember it?" This woman, don't even think about getting a single word out of him.
"You don't remember, but I do remember that you drank Songchunlai, which was worth one ounce of silver and one catty of rice. You were drinking with Niu San and Liu Da from the next village, right?"
Yun Yaozu vaguely felt that he had drunk alcohol with these people, but he did not deny it, "That's right."
"After you finished drinking, the three of you staggered back home, right?"
Yun Yaozu immediately realized that something was wrong. She was trying to trick him with her words, so he immediately denied it. "No, they both slept at my house that night."
"Really?"
Although Yun Yaozu felt something was wrong, he still nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."
At this moment, Jiang Wu suddenly revealed a triumphant smile, "But, Niu San died that night. He was beaten to death by the people in the casino. How can you say he was with you? And there is no such wine as Song Chunlai in Fuyun Town."
In an instant, Yun Yaozu, whose lips were trembling, felt as if struck by lightning. A chill rose from the soles of his feet, and he immediately realized that he had fallen into her trap!
He immediately glared at me, with veins popping out of his neck as he denied it, "You tricked me!"
Jiang Wu spread his hands and blinked innocently, "How could I have deceived you? I just exposed your lies."
Liu Qing immediately figured it out. After all, anyone who could sit in this position would not be too stupid.
Jiang Wu suddenly whispered, "Tell me, if the official sends people to Fuyun Town to investigate, can they still find out that you bribed the officials?"
"I remember that even though the Lin family case was ultimately ruled an accident, it was still recorded by the county magistrate. Even when Uncle Lin went to the yamen to file a lawsuit, he was kicked out because he lacked legal documents. Even though these little things aren't recorded, there are always people who remember them."
Yun Yaozu was panicking at this moment. He was so panicked that he ignored his bloody lower body and rushed over to cover her mouth: "Shut up! Jiang Wanwan, I order you to shut up!"
What happened back then must not be discovered, otherwise he would be really finished!
Jiang Wu was still smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "You're so eager to deny it, are you feeling guilty or something?"
Now he felt scared. Why didn't he think about today when he killed people?
Things had come to this point, and the onlookers had nothing to not understand. Those who had vegetable leaves in their hands threw them at Yun Yaozu in anger.
"This kind of person is not worthy of being a human being, he is a beast!"
"Kill someone and pay with your life. Die!"
Unexpectedly, Liu Qing suppressed his excitement and slammed the gavel in his hand. "Come here, take Yun Yaozu to the prison. As for everything you said, I will immediately send people to Fuyun Town to verify it."
After Yun Yaozu was dragged away with a rag stuffed in his mouth, Jiang Wu did not show much joy.
Because one has been solved, there are three left.
The reason why she chose Yun Yaozu as the first one was naturally to make him a grindstone, and to let the onlookers see clearly how despicable and vicious the Yun family was, and to make a lot of public opinion stand on her side.
The most important point is that she can finally avenge her friend. Maybe she can come to Chang'an safely, and she will be protected by fate.
The Yun family members who were taken away earlier were taken to different rooms. Yun Miaomiao, who had no source of information, had no idea what had happened before. She only knew that she had to snatch Jiang Wu's identity.
She originally thought that the other party would use threats and bribes to force her to confess, but that didn't happen.
He just gave her a pot of water and a plate of cakes and left, which made her feel even more uneasy.
She didn't know how long it had been before the door that had been locked to her room suddenly opened and a yamen runner walked in. "Yun Miaomiao, right? Come out."
"Sir, can you tell me what happened just now?" Yun Miaomiao suppressed her fear and forced a smile with a hint of flattery.
"You'll know when you get there."
This sentence immediately made Yun Miaomiao have a bad premonition, and soon, she was brought back to the court by the bailiff.
"Who is this person in the hall? What is the grievance you are seeking? Tell me now!"
With a bang of the gavel, Yun Miaomiao, who had just been brought out, felt her legs go limp and she knelt on the ground. Her face turned pale, her lips trembled, and she couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Because she saw dried and fresh blood on the ground in front of the hall.
Who does this blood belong to? Was she tortured into confessing something just now? Will she be treated the same way later? Yun Miaomiao's mind went blank in an instant.
When she saw Jiang Wu again, Yun Miaomiao's mind suddenly cleared up, and she pointed at her and insisted, "Sir, I am the Prime Minister's real fiancée, and Jiang Wanwan is a thief who stole my identity!"
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