Baili Feiyue slowly walked to a place not far in front of him and stopped.
His eyes were cold, "I originally thought that you only forced me to disfigure myself and only broke the tendons of my limbs." He closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to look back and remember, with great hatred, "but after I fainted in that miserable state, you still ruined my innocence!"
She took one step at a time. "My face is ruined, but trust my eyes, you should still recognize it!"
She approached him, "Take a good look!"
Minister Wang, who was not far away, warned, "Miss Ling San, this person is dangerous, don't get too close."
"Thank you, Lord Shangshu, but don't say that he is being held captive by your Ministry of Justice. Even if he is not, I, Ling Jing, would want to eat his flesh and drink his blood when I see such an enemy!"
"I really want to ask him, if they were asking for money, they would have already robbed it. If they wanted to kill me, Ling Jing, why did they go to the trouble of cutting my tendons! And if they wanted to insult me, Ling Jing, why didn't they just kill me afterwards, cleanly and neatly!"
He stared at the big man named Chai Jin, "Haha, look at these eyes, do you still remember them?"
"I... I don't know what you are talking about!" Chai Jin's eyes subconsciously avoided when he saw her appear. At this moment, it seemed that there was no change, but the subtle difference still did not escape the eyes of Shangshu Wang next to him.
"have no idea?"
Baili Feiyue sneered and faced Emperor Jing, "Your Majesty, this is my enemy, and I am not afraid of being accused of being tortured into confessing! Please allow me to do it myself and make him tell the truth!"
Emperor Jing pondered. According to the rules, there was definitely no lynching in front of them. But the current situation... "What are you going to do?"
Baili Feiyue smiled slightly, but that smile made people's scalps almost cold.
"I am a doctor. I know how to use the knife better, one cut at a time, to cut a patient a thousand times without killing him." Her tone was much calmer than before, but this abnormal calmness made many people present feel cold from head to toe.
When Emperor Jing thought of the cruel methods this man had used before, he got goose bumps on his face.
"I, it's approved."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." She took out a set of sharp and strange little knives wrapped in sheepskin from her body with almost elegance, and carefully and gently selected a small knife with a cold and intimidating glow.
Before the small knife reached Chai Jin, his eight-foot-tall tiger body melted down.
Trembling, "Don't, don't. I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."
Baili Feiyue looked down from above with a knife in his hand.
Chai Jin didn't even dare to raise his head. "At the beginning, really, I didn't participate! I only know that the eldest brother in the village took people to do something. They encountered the sedan chair of a girl who was burning incense, and everyone killed the sedan bearers, servants, and maids. The girl begged for mercy and said that she was the daughter of the general's mansion..."
"I'm just strong, I don't dare to kill anyone! So I've always been a small follower in the village! After I heard that she was the daughter of the general's mansion, I didn't dare to stay for long and ran away. When I secretly went back to look for her, only some people in the village were there. The daughter was nowhere to be seen... I only heard that they killed someone..."
"That night, I was very scared and planned to leave the village at night, but I accidentally heard the big brother and the master of the village talking in secret..."
"Although I'm big, I'm not very active. I leaned against the wall and heard them say, 'We got a lot of money this time, but we also got into trouble. We need to go south and hide.'"
Minister Wang was used to handling cases, so he instinctively looked for suspicious points. "If you were so scared, why did you return to Kyoto? You should have been paying close attention to this matter. After those bandits were brought to justice, shouldn't you have left your hometown even further?"
Chai Jin, a grown man, almost cried, "Sir, I don't want to come back either. But my parents are buried in Kyoto. We are a family that escaped famine and have no relatives. If I don't come back, there won't even be anyone to burn incense and worship my parents' graves during festivals!"
He choked up and said, "I am indeed a worthless person, but I really can't let my parents be buried alone in a foreign land!"
Even if he was a good actor, he couldn't have predicted what would happen today more than ten years in advance. Miss Ling was only a few years old at that time!
After Shangshu Wang arrested him, he asked people to inquire among their neighbors or the fish market where they used to do business.
Those who still remember this family and Chai Jin's parents all say that although the boy went astray after his parents died, he still had a conscience and woke up in time.
Although he is usually a bit rough and looks scary, he will still help his neighbors when there is heavy work they cannot do.
They even said that when Chai Jin was in his teens, he was already a filial son. They were so envious of him. They also said that when his parents died of illness, Chai Jin, who was only in his teens, was so heartbroken that he fell seriously ill and almost lost his life.
In addition, he also pleaded for Chai Jin, asking him if he had committed any crime and whether he could be given a lighter sentence.
Therefore, Minister Wang knew that the man in front of him, regardless of whether other things he said were true or not, what he said about his parents was absolutely true.
Chai Jin added, "Sir, I really didn't do anything five years ago. Even so, I still have nightmares every night and have no peace for five years."
He looked at Baili Feiyue, "Miss Ling San, when I was about to sneak out of the village, I heard a shocking secret. I haven't been eating well or sleeping well in the past few years, and I have been tortured by this secret day and night. I thought you were gone, and this secret had rotted in my stomach. I am really a piece of shit. After hearing that you returned home, I still didn't dare to stand up. I am just a fishmonger, and I really don't want to get involved in these disputes that may cost my life."
His tiger eyes were already filled with tears. "My parents were right. I have a manly body but not enough responsibility. I am afraid of death and pain." He wiped his tears and said, "I am willing to tell this secret now. Even if I lose my life, I will have a little dignity to see my parents in the afterlife..."
As if he had made up his mind, he turned to Shangshu Wang and took a deep breath, "Sir, I heard the elder brother in the village sigh to me, 'It's not that the brothers are cruel, it's that Miss Ling San and her daughter offended the lady of the mansion, and the mistress of the house doesn't tolerate them...'"
Hearing this, Li couldn't hold back any longer and almost collapsed and screamed, "What nonsense!"
Chai Jin kowtowed and said, "I dare not say a word! At that time, the elder brother said, 'Anyway, it's a bloody business. The government has been busy collecting criminals recently. If we make a big profit from this, we can use the money to buy a place farther away and avoid the limelight..."
Li was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, "You are talking nonsense!"
When she met Ling Sheng's gaze, she screamed in despair, "Master, this man is talking nonsense and slandering me! I don't even know anyone from their village!"
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