Chapter 395 The Truth Comes to Light
Chen Meixin struggled hard, but how could she possibly be stronger than Wang San? In the end, she had to suppress her disgust and let him do whatever he wanted.
Fortunately, she had already observed it when she went up the mountain, and the officials had just started searching the mountain. It would probably take some time for them to find this place.
Let this beast have a taste of sweetness first. When he takes the initiative to surrender himself to the police, identifies Xiao Yunqi, Shen Shian and others as she said, and then ruins Shen Fenghe's reputation, he will be of no use to him!
When the two were getting along, suddenly a group of officers and soldiers rushed in from outside and surrounded the two disheveled men!
"Wang San, you poisoned the Yun family's wedding banquet, where do you think you can run to..."
The officers and soldiers who came in shouted, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.
Chen Meixin was enduring it with her eyes closed, but suddenly she heard the voice of the official. Her face turned pale and she opened her eyes in shock.
When she saw the soldiers breaking into the cave and Master Yun and Shen Fenghe standing behind them, she was stunned.
How could that be!
It was obvious that when she entered the mountain, the officials had just arrived at Shili Village. Even if they searched the mountain, it was extremely secretive. Even the best hunter in the village might not find it so quickly!
How could these officers find them so quickly!
Wang San was still in a daze when he was dragged to the side by two officers, holding his arms, with his pants hanging down at his knees.
Chen Meixin finally came to her senses and quickly covered her clothes to hide her ugly appearance. She cried and cursed angrily: "You beast, you...how could you do this! I...how can I face people in the future!"
Although Wang San was still a little dazed, he was also a little confused when he saw Chen Meixin suddenly change her attitude.
Wasn't she just being obedient to him just now? Why did she suddenly start scolding him...
Hmm…it must be because I felt shy after being bumped into by so many people.
He is a man, he can't be too picky.
She had already given herself to him, so everything she said before was naturally true.
As long as... as long as I identify her husband and parents, no one will stop them, and she will marry me...
Thinking of this, Wang San immediately knelt down and shouted, "Sir, I... I surrender voluntarily. It was me... No, it was Xiao Yunqi, Shen Shi'an, and Yang Cuicui who instructed me to secretly put laxatives in the wine at the Yun family's wedding banquet. The purpose was to take revenge on the Yun family. And... and..."
Chen Meixin pretended to sob, while feeling regretful that her words were too rash. What if Wang San became suspicious and didn't do what she wanted?
Unexpectedly, this Wang San was even dumber than she thought, and he actually confessed as she said.
Next... as long as he says again that he has an affair with Shen Fenghe...
At this moment, Xiao Yunshuo suddenly interrupted Wang San coldly, saying, "Wang San, think carefully! What you put in the wine at my Yun family's wedding banquet wasn't a laxative, but arsenic! Putting in a laxative would only result in a few beatings and a few days in jail. But putting in something as poisonous as arsenic is a crime punishable by death by slow slicing! Are you truly sure you want to plead guilty to this serious crime?"
Wang San was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Chen Meixin beside him.
What... happened?
Didn’t Mei Xin tell him that it was a laxative, and that everyone in the village was fine and no one died?
How did it suddenly become something as poisonous as arsenic? !
"Arsenic? Isn't it a laxative? How did it become arsenic?" Wang San asked the officer in panic.
Who was telling the truth? Mei Xin, or this Young Master Yun? He didn't dare believe either and could only ask the official for confirmation.
The officers sneered, "Wang San, why are you pretending to be stupid? If it weren't for Miss Shen's good medical skills, all the men in the village would have been poisoned to death! And you're still pretending to be innocent? Laxatives? Your laxatives can kill people!"
Wang San's heart suddenly felt like it was falling into an icy cave, and he looked at Chen Meixin in shock.
"Mei Xin...what...what's going on?"
Chen Mei was so angry that her eyes were full of fire!
Just a little bit, obviously just a little bit!
Her plan will be perfect!
But!
However, at this time, she could only respond to the opponent's moves.
"You beast! When you saw me alone in the mountains, you became lustful and forced yourself on me, destroying my innocence. Now you even dare to call me by my name with that filthy mouth of yours! I...I'm going to fight you!"
As she said that, she suddenly stood up and rushed forward to fight Wang San.
The premise for Wang San to cooperate with her and surrender himself according to what she said was that he did not know that what he took was not laxative but arsenic.
Otherwise, no matter how stupid Wang San was, he would never accept the death penalty!
Therefore, now she could only delay time as much as possible and prevent Wang San from speaking again. As long as she waited for a while, until he could no longer speak, then... there would be no evidence, and only the words he just confessed would count!
The officers did not expect Chen Meixin to suddenly go crazy, and hurriedly reached out to stop her, but she still got there first.
An inconspicuous wooden hairpin in Chen Meixin's hand scratched Wang San's arm fiercely, causing a streak of blood to splatter.
"Ah!" Wang San screamed in pain.
The officers shoved Shen Meixin to the ground and shouted, "Shen! If you dare to mess around again, we'll arrest you too!"
A fleeting smile appeared on the corner of Chen Meixin's mouth.
The officer said this, obviously he had not yet suspected her, so that was it!
All that's left is to wait for Wang San to die from the poison...
She breathed a sigh of relief and calmly tried to hide the wooden hairpin in the soil beneath her...
Suddenly, her wrist was grabbed like an iron hoop and lifted high up!
Then, a soft voice came from my ear: "Sister, you just hurt someone, and now you want to destroy the evidence? This won't work!"
Chen Meixin's face turned pale in an instant!
She automatically looked up at the person holding her wrist tightly.
In fact, she knew it without even looking.
Even if she turned into ashes, she would know!
Shen Fenghe!
No matter how hard she tried, no matter how favored she was by her parents, in the eyes of outsiders, she would never be able to compare to her elder sister, Shen Fenghe!
"Let me go!" Chen Meixin struggled hard, but Chen Fenghe's hands were like iron clamps, and she couldn't break free at all!
She couldn't help but feel anxious. This wooden hairpin... She had to get rid of it as soon as possible, otherwise...
At this moment, Wang San on the side suddenly convulsed all over and foamed at the mouth!
Chen Fenghe glanced at Chen Meixin coldly, then turned to the officers and said, "Sir, Wang San might have been poisoned. And the one who poisoned him was Chen Meixin!"
The officers were a little confused for a moment after hearing this.
Chen Meixin's face showed anxiety for the first time, and she said sternly, "Chen Fenghe, you...you are slandering me! I am your biological sister. Even if you are jealous that your parents love me more than you, you shouldn't slander me like this!"
Chen Fenghe tilted his head slightly, looked at her disdainfully, and sneered, "Chen Meixin, there's no need to quibble. We've caught you red-handed, so there's no point in quibbling!"
Chen Meixin was startled and said in a trembling voice, "What...what do you mean by catching the criminal red-handed? I don't know what you are talking about!"
Chen Fenghe glanced at the wooden hairpin in her hand and said calmly, "The hairpin in your hand is called the Mother-Child Hairpin. It looks like a wooden hairpin on the outside, but it actually contains a mechanism. It usually contains a little poison, which can kill people to protect themselves in times of crisis. My lord, you can take her hairpin and test it. As long as you find poison on it, it will prove my words."
After hearing this, the officers came to their senses. The leading captain responded with "Oh...Oh!" and stepped forward to take the hairpin away.
Chen Meixin's face turned ashen, and she glared at Chen Fenghe fiercely. After that, she changed into a sad, angry, painful, and pitiful expression again, crying, "Your Excellency, please understand! This Wang San has insulted my innocence. I have long been ashamed to face people. It is only natural that I want to kill him in my grief and anger. If your Excellency wants to arrest me for this, I... I am willing to be beheaded!"
Chen Fenghe sneered twice, let go of Chen Meixin, stood up, looked down at her condescendingly, and said indifferently: "Chen Meixin, you don't think that just because Wang Sanzuo is about to die of poisoning and there is no evidence of his death, you can rest easy, right?"
A flash of panic flashed across Chen Meixin's eyes. She subconsciously glanced at Wang San, then looked away and waited for Chen Fenghe.
No……
Shen Fenghe was just bluffing.
There was indeed poison hidden in her hairpin, but I have just explained this matter.
Her innocence was ruined, and she killed Wang San in a fit of righteous indignation. Even when she went to the yamen, she was still in the right.
Even if the poison didn't kill Wang San, the meat buns she gave Wang San at the beginning also had poisonous fillings.
It's just that in order to get him to surrender himself, the poison will take effect later.
But... sooner or later, Wang San will die!
Besides, Wang San has already taken effect of the poison, so there is no need to be afraid...
However, Chen Fenghe no longer paid attention to Chen Meixin. Instead, he walked up to Wang San and said to the officer, "Sir, can I give Wang San acupuncture to seal the vital acupoints in his body? This will temporarily block the spread of the toxins in his body and buy him time to detoxify."
The officers had all experienced the plague incident in Youzhou City and had great trust in Shen Fenghe. They immediately nodded and said, "Madam Shen, please go ahead. We all believe in your medical skills."
Chen Meixin was so angry and panicked that she couldn't help shaking all over.
These officials have all been bewitched by Chen Fenghe, right? Why do they just listen to whatever Chen Fenghe says?
But it's okay!
She had never heard that her elder sister had any medical skills. Whether it was the rumors along the way or the plague in Youzhou City before, it must be that she read a few medical books and came out to show off her skills. She happened to be lucky enough to get it right, so the rumor of her good medical skills spread.
She couldn't scare herself...
Chen Fenghe had already taken out the silver needle instrument, and in a few seconds, he accurately inserted the silver needles into several important acupoints on Wang San's arm, the top of his head, and the back of his neck.
Then, she took out a porcelain bottle, handed it to the officer, and said, "Sir, this pill is the detoxification and life-saving pill I made. It can temporarily save Wang San's life."
Chen Meixin couldn't sit still any longer and gritted her teeth, "Chen Fenghe, I was abused by that beast, why did you still try to save his life? Are you so happy to see your sister being humiliated and in pain?"
Chen Fenghe turned around and glanced at her indifferently, saying, "Chen Meixin, stop calling me sister all the time. I've already said I don't have a sister like you. Whether you're humiliated or not, it has nothing to do with me. I won't be happy or sad. Originally, if you had been honest and not provoked me, I would at most have watched coldly from the sidelines and never said anything about what you did. Unfortunately, you're courting death and insist on provoking me, so you can't blame me!"
Chen Meixin didn't know why, but she suddenly felt cold all over, as if all the blood in her body was frozen.
She inexplicably felt - and for the first time in her life - that the cold and murderous aura emanating from her elder sister was suffocating her, and she was so frightened that she even trembled all over.
It was as if all the little tricks and plots she had made against her in the past were just the threatening behavior of a house cat, and she... was like a truly ferocious beast, which would either not attack or be fatal if it did!
"Chen Fenghe...you..."
Chen Fenghe turned her gaze back and said to the captain, "Master Zhang, I suspect there's something else going on between this Shen and this Wang San. I'm afraid it's also connected to the poisoning incident at the Yun family's wedding banquet. I think we should arrest her and her family first and wait for the prefect to make a judgment. What do you think, Master Zhang?"
Captain Zhang naturally had no objection: "Mrs. Shen is right. Come on, arrest Shen Meixin and take her back to the yamen!"
Chen Meixin wanted to resist and quibble, but the officials took out a piece of rag and stuffed it into her mouth, tied her up, and pushed her down the mountain to the village.
All the young and old in the village rushed over to watch the excitement. Shen Shian, Xiao Yunqi and Yang Cuicui were all captured by other officials and taken back to the yamen.
Xiao Yunqi had already heard from the villagers who were watching the excitement that Chen Meixin was caught by the police while she was having an affair with Wang San. Now seeing her with disheveled hair and clothes, looking frivolous and coquettish, he couldn't help but get even more angry. He broke free from the police and rushed towards Chen Meixin, raising his hand and slapping her several times!
"Chen Meixin, you bitch! How dare you cuckold me! I'm going to be the emperor in the future, and you're so horny, you can't even make a villager make you so shameless. I must beat you to death today... ugh!"
Halfway through the insult, Xiao Yunqi suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood from his mouth, splashing all over Shen Meixin.
Chen Fenghe watched coldly from the sidelines and murmured softly, "It's begun."
Anything, when accumulated to a certain amount, will be affected or changed.
This is true for medicine and poison.
Chen Meixin poisoned Xiao Yunqi and others in their daily meals. What she wanted was to poison them to death without anyone knowing so that she would no longer be insulted and beaten.
Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes, and Xiao Yunqi happened to be poisoned in front of everyone!
Chen Fenghe actually admired Chen Meixin's revenge for Xiao Yunqi, a domestic violence man who was ungrateful and incompetent and could only take out his anger on women after losing his power.
Being abused at home and then accepting it submissively is too cowardly.
Of course, her "admiration" only limited to revenge against Xiao Yunqi. She still despised and despised the fact that Chen Meixin poisoned Shen Shi'an and Yang Cuicui, who had always doted on her.
But the same thing happened, Shen Meixin's poisoning did not bother her, so she took a cold-eyed attitude and was happy to see it happen.
But if she dared to make trouble at her 'wedding', that was another matter.
The incident of poisoning at the wedding banquet of the former Crown Princess's remarriage, which almost killed the entire village, and the arrest of Wang San, Chen Meixin and others the next day, as well as the incident of Xiao Yunqi being poisoned after beating someone in the street, caused quite a stir in Youzhou City and even spread to other prefectures and counties. Of course, it was also reported to the palace through secret letters from the palace's spies in Youzhou City and around Shen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue.
As Xiao Yunshuo and Shen Fenghe had expected, the Crown Princess's remarriage did indeed cause some discussion.
The court was divided into two factions. One faction was the diehards who had originally supported the crown prince. They were not in favor of the crown princess remarrying.
After all, she was the Crown Prince's wife! Less than a year after the Crown Prince's death, the Crown Princess remarried. How could this be considered shameless?
But there were also some people who were originally members of the Prince's Party, and they did not think there was anything wrong with it.
Their reasoning was simple. The customs of Dayu people were not so conservative and strict. When the previous emperor founded the country, there were female generals who went into battle to kill the enemy. Although there are no such cases now, there is no law that requires a woman to remain a widow for life after her husband dies.
Although the Crown Princess was once the Crown Princess, since the Emperor has ordered her to become a commoner, she can follow the folk customs and remarrying is not a serious crime.
As for those who were not members of the Crown Prince's Party, such as the Second Prince's Party or the Sixth Prince's Party, and even Emperor Yucheng himself, they all expressed their agreement.
Of course, they each had their own high-sounding reasons on the surface, but in essence they all agreed on one reason, which was to eliminate as much trace of the prince's existence as possible.
Although the prince has passed away, his influence among the people of Dayu has never diminished. In addition, due to the plague in Youzhou, the prince's wife has become even more famous as a doctor.
Therefore, if the Crown Princess did not remarry, then the whole world would remember that the Crown Prince was wronged, and another Crown Princess was exiled to the border and demoted to a commoner because of this...
Therefore, after the Crown Princess remarried, she naturally lost her title of Crown Princess. Over time, the world would no longer always remember the Crown Prince.
This is naturally the best outcome for both Emperor Yucheng and the Second and Sixth Princes.
Therefore, if someone dared to poison the Crown Princess at her remarriage banquet, it would be tantamount to going against the two most powerful Crown Princes, the Emperor and Dayu!
In addition, there was the affair between the concubine of the Fifth Prince Yuan and a villager, the violence and beating of people in public, and the poison-induced vomiting of blood, which was simply a disgrace to the royal family!
Emperor Yucheng issued a special imperial decree, ordering the governor of Youzhou to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The Second Prince and the Sixth Prince also wrote secret letters to their confidants in Youzhou, requesting them to conduct a thorough investigation, and the standard of handling given in unison was "the Crown Princess's remarriage must not be ruined"!
Under such circumstances, how could the prefect dare to be negligent?
The trial began overnight on the night Chen Meixin and others were arrested and taken to Youzhou.
Even Chen Fenghe had to admire her. Although Chen Meixin had a vicious heart, she was indeed a patient person. The prefect used many tortures in the court, but Chen Meixin insisted on one thing: she was forced by Wang San. She knew nothing about Wang San's poisoning at the Yun family banquet, and it had nothing to do with her.
However, Chen Fenghe did not let her be arrogant for long. She quickly cured Wang San of the poison and he woke up.
Seeing that Chen Meixin had pushed everything onto him in public, Wang San no longer had any sympathy for her. He confessed everything, saying that Chen Meixin had lied to him about giving her a laxative, which she had asked him to secretly put into the food and wine at the wedding banquet. After the deed was done, she would give herself to him and even marry him in the future.
In addition to Wang San, there are some circumstantial evidence, such as Zhang Youcai, who is from the neighboring village and is somewhat dirty with Shen Meixin.
It was not Shen Fenghe who told the government about it, but because he had secretly bought the arsenic from a distant relative and gave it to Chen Meixin.
Because the matter had become a big deal, he was afraid that the government would eventually find out about him and then accuse him of being an accomplice, which is a capital crime!
Therefore, the next day after Shen Meixin was arrested, he hurried to the government office to surrender himself.
Zhang Youcai also confessed that he had given Chen Meixin several packets of rat poison.
This incident naturally contrasted with the incident where Xiao Yunqi vomited blood due to poisoning in public.
Although Xiao Yunqi was just a prince who was demoted to a commoner, he was still a prince before!
The prefect did not dare to delay and quickly asked a doctor to treat the patient.
Although the doctor was not as good as Shen Fenghe, since he was a doctor invited by the government, his medical skills were naturally good. He quickly diagnosed that Xiao Yunqi, Shen Shi'an and Yang Cuicui had all consumed a poison for many days, and the accumulation of small amounts caused them to vomit blood.
The family ate and lived together, and three of them were poisoned, but Chen Meixin was fine, without any poison in her body. Combined with Zhang Youcai's confession, the doctor also confirmed that the poison in the three of them happened to be the same type as the rat poison.
At this point, the truth was as clear as the sun and the moon. No one would believe Chen Meixin even if she continued to deny it.
After Xiao Yunqi learned the truth, he was shocked, frightened and angry. If the police had not stopped him, he would have almost beaten Chen Meixin to death.
As for Shen Shian and Yang Cuicui, they both didn't believe it at first.
Shen Shian was particularly hit hard.
It was just because he happened to be promoted when Yang Cuicui gave birth to Chen Meixin, and he rose to prominence from then on. Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, he doted on this concubine's daughter very much, and even gave her all the treatment that should be given to a legitimate daughter. Even if he was ridiculed by all the high-ranking families in the capital, he didn't care.
Even when his two daughters got married, the dowry he gave to Chen Meixin was a hundred times better than that given to Chen Fenghe!
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