Chapter 83 Borrowing a knife to kill

someone Xu Meifeng has two cases. One is the kidnapping and murder of Wen Kai more than 20 years ago, and the other is the drugging of Wen Jiadong a year ago, which caused him to lose his fertility.

On the surface, the case a year ago must be easier to investigate and easier to judge.

In fact, it is not the case. When Wen Jiadong found that he had lost his fertility, the drug that Xu Meifeng arranged for someone to give him had long been digested and could not be detected.

When he was examined last year, the doctor explained that he had lost his fertility by indulging himself in sexual indulgence.

Wen Yue could not provide them with a recording as evidence. Not to mention whether such an unknown and obviously illegal recording can be used as evidence, recordings are indeed rare in this era.

If it was thirty years later, no one would find it strange to produce a recording as evidence, because the monitoring equipment was very advanced at that time, and most smart phones had a recording function. When

eating gossip on the Internet, you can often hear various recordings. Wen Yue has heard the gossip that two male stars were recorded chatting while going to the toilet.

But now it is the 1990s, and the recording pens at that time are very big, so except for the rush to get gossip value when she just came through, Wen Yue basically won’t take out the recording unless it is necessary.

In addition, the incident happened in the UK, and the male model who drugged Wen Jiadong was not British, but foreign, so it was extremely difficult to investigate.

After understanding the situation clearly, Wen Jiadong, as the victim, gave up directly to investigate the matter.

Of course, Wen Jiadong gave up so easily because Chen Baoqin promised him that she would not let Xu Meifeng walk out of prison alive.

Anyway, he had already determined that Xu Meifeng was the mastermind behind the scenes, and he was determined to kill her, so it was not so important whether to investigate the matter or not.

The only case that was tried in court this time was the case of Wen Kai being kidnapped and killed more than 20 years ago, and Hou Xin was tried together with Xu Meifeng.

Because Zhou Mingtang's case happened recently, and except for those who were killed, all the other members of the kidnapping gang were arrested, the case was clear and only the investigation of the mastermind behind the scenes took some time.

However, the mastermind behind the scenes, Zhou Jiatao, was not very well hidden. The money used to buy off several staff members of St. Paul's Middle School was transferred from the accounts of his wife's relatives.

The down payment to Hou Xin was transferred to several accounts, and finally an anonymous overseas account transferred the money to the account opened by Hou Xin when he fled overseas.

But the two sums of money were the same, and the time of entry and exit was also very close. In addition, with Hou Xin's confession, the police quickly determined that Zhou Jiatao was the mastermind behind the scenes.

As for the reason why Zhou Jiatao asked Hou Xin to kidnap Zhou Mingtang, it was also very simple, for the inheritance rights of the Wen family.

In fact, compared to others, Zhou Jiatao wanted to take action against Zhou Jiahao more.

But Zhou Jiahao is an adult after all, and he has many bodyguards around him, so it is more difficult to drug him or kidnap him.

Unless he shows up himself, he may be able to eliminate Zhou Jiahao's vigilance, but it will be difficult for him to clear his suspicion.

Although his mother favors him more, his father values ​​his elder brother more. If he knew that he killed Zhou Jiahao, even if he couldn't bear to send him to jail, he would never hand over the Zhou family to him.

While he was hesitating, Zhou Jiatao met Hou Xin, and accidentally learned that he had cooperated with Zhao Zikun to kidnap Wen Kai, so he shifted his target to Zhou Mingtang.

Zhou Jiatao felt that the situation of the Wen family was too similar to theirs.

Not counting Wen Jialiang who was proven not to be his biological son, Wen Rongsheng had two sons in his life. One was kidnapped and killed, and the other finally grew up but lost his fertility, so he could only choose his daughters as his heir.

His family was a little different from the Wen family. Wen Rongsheng's brothers died long ago, and he only had a few children. If he could kill Zhou Mingtang and his brothers one after another while his father was still alive, his father would never insist that the eldest son inherit the family business.

By then, his chance would have come.

In Zhou Jiatao's view, it was easier to kill two immature children than to face his eldest brother.

After being exposed, Zhou Jiatao wanted to run away, but Zhou Jiahao had been on guard against him and stopped him before he went abroad.

So not long after the Chinese New Year, the court opened.

The trial was uneventful, because Zhou Mingtang returned safely, so the sentence was not heavy. Hou Xin, the leader of the gang, was only sentenced to more than ten years, and the others were sentenced between five and ten years.

Only Zhou Jiatao, because he had a top lawyer to protect him and did not participate in the kidnapping, was sentenced to a lighter sentence than Hou Xin.

But Zhou Jiatao still felt dissatisfied, and filed an appeal as soon as the trial ended.

Having said that, although there were overlapping kidnappers in the cases of Wen Kai being kidnapped and murdered and Zhou Mingtang being kidnapped, they were two cases after all, so they were tried separately.

And Wen Kai's case involved Xu Meifeng, so the trial of these two people was put together.

Although Hou Xin acted very affectionate when Wen Yue went to see him, he refused to admit that he knew Xu Meifeng, as if he was afraid of implicating her.

In fact, Hou Xin was not afraid of this at all. He was worried that after the relationship between the two was exposed, Wen Kai's case would be uncovered and he would be retaliated by Wen Rongsheng.

When he saw the evidence that Wen Yue handed over to the police, Hou Xin was more frightened than anyone else, and he stopped protecting Xu Meifeng and pushed everything onto her.

In his initial statement, Xu Meifeng was the one who knew Zhao Zikun and conspired to kidnap Wen Kai. He was lured into this matter because he knew Xu Meifeng.

He also refused to admit that he was the one who killed Wen Kai, and pushed all the responsibility onto Zhao Zikun, pretending to be innocent and saying: "I thought that as long as we got the ransom and released Wen Kai, our mission would be over. Who knew that on the last day, when we went to get the money, Zhao Zikun, who was left to guard Wen Kai, suddenly released him, and we ran into him head-on when we returned."

Hou Xin had a very good psychological quality and did not even blink when he lied: "In our line of work, the most taboo thing is to let the hostage see our true colors. Zhao Zikun took off the black cloth covering Wen Kai’s face, and we had no choice but to kill him. But although the child was young, he ran very fast. In the end, only Zhao Zikun caught up with him. When he came back, he said that the child jumped into the sea. We thought we were doomed, and fearing retaliation if our identities were discovered, we took the money and left Hong Kong. "

Although Xu Meifeng had accepted her fate, the death row inmates had to struggle before going to the gallows, not to mention that she was still far away from the gallows, so she naturally had to downplay her crime.

Knowing that Hou Xin slandered her as the mastermind behind the scene, she was so angry that she cursed and cursed until she was stopped by the police. She pretended to be pitiful and cried.

After crying, she began to tell her version of the story, which was similar to the actual situation at the beginning, but she concealed the fact that she and Hou Xin conspired to murder Wen Kai.

The two people's testimonies were inconsistent, so the police could only continue the trial.

This is also the main reason why the case was delayed until April. It is not easy to dig out the truth from two people who lie all the time.

Fortunately, the truth was finally dug out.

But Xu Meifeng is not like Zhou Jiatao, who clearly instructed Hou Xin to kidnap Zhou Mingtang and transferred the down payment to Hou Xin through an overseas account.

Xu Meifeng did not give the money, nor did she say it clearly. Although everyone could hear the hint in her words, she said that she really loved Hou Xin in her heart at that time, but she was willing to suffer with him, so she felt emotional. What can you do?

The police could not do anything. They could only withdraw this charge against Xu Meifeng.

So in the end, the only crime Xu Meifeng was charged with was that she was coerced into giving the kidnappers an opportunity. However, because she was not controlled by the kidnappers at the time and her life was in danger, she was not acquitted, but sentenced according to the standard of an accomplice.

Because Hou Xin was the principal offender and it was he who killed Wen Kai, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Xu Meifeng was only an accomplice and was not deeply involved, so she was sentenced to five years.

On the day of the trial, all the Wen family members except the two sisters from the third room went to the scene.

After hearing the verdict, Wen Yue's expression was very calm, but the three people from the second room were very dissatisfied. It was not because they felt unfair for Wen Kaiming, but because they hated Xu Meifeng more and more during this period of time, and felt that being sentenced to five years was too easy for her.

Wen Rongsheng was also dissatisfied. Although he had known that Hong Kong had abolished the death penalty, he was still very disappointed when he heard that Hou Xin was sentenced to life imprisonment. He

felt that Xu Meifeng's sentence of five years was too little. When he knew that Xu Meifeng had killed Wen Kai, Wen Rongsheng always felt complicated when facing her. He hated her for killing his son, but he was also concerned about Wen Jiaxin and her sister. He even hesitated to send her to prison.

But after knowing that it was she who caused Wen Jiadong to lose his fertility, the complicated emotions faded away, and now his feelings for Xu Meifeng were only hatred.

Five years were not enough to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

In the end, Wen Yue was the calmest among the people from the Wen family who came to watch the trial.

It's not that she thinks it's enough, but she has long understood the nature of Hong Kong's judicial system. Serial killers are only sentenced to life imprisonment. What else can you expect?

Instead of expecting the judge to violate the law and sentence Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng to death, she might as well expect Wen Rongsheng, Chen Baoqin and others to spend money to find someone to kill them in prison.

As for the Wen Jiaxin sisters who did not attend the trial, they are actually not paying any attention to the trial results.

Because Xu Meifeng is the third wife of the Wen family, the trial has attracted a lot of attention. Some TV stations have specially arranged people to watch the live broadcast outside the court.

The two sisters Wen Jiaxin watched the live broadcast at home. When they heard the reporter announce the trial results, their faces turned pale.

They knew that from today on, no one would protect them anymore.

No, it didn't start today. Wen Jiaxin had known this since the day Xu Meifeng was taken away. The trial result only deepened this knowledge.

Wen Jiayi was young and not as calm as her sister. After hearing the result announced by the reporter, she couldn't help crying and asked with tears in her eyes: "Sister, what should we do in the future? Will Daddy be angry with us?"

Wen Jiaxin didn't know the answer. She was also worried about this matter.

But looking at Wen Jiayi's nervous expression, she hesitated and comforted her, "No, we don't know what Mommy did. Daddy is a sensible man and won't be angry with us. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"In the future, without Mommy in the middle, it will all depend on ourselves to get Daddy's love and property." Wen Jiaxin said, "You used to study abroad and might not come back once a year, but you can't do this anymore. It's best to fly back during the holidays. You should show up in front of Daddy more often so that he will remember you. Otherwise, you will be forgotten."

There is nothing wrong with flying back frequently. Wen Jiayi didn't come back during the holidays before, not because she didn't want to, but because Xu Meifeng always kept her in the UK for various reasons.

At that time, Wen Jiayi didn't understand and thought Xu Meifeng did this for her studies. It was not until this time that she realized that her studies were just an excuse and her mother didn't return to Hong Kong just to avoid Hou Xin.

To be honest, Wen Jiayi was not surprised after knowing the truth.

Unlike Wen Jiaxin, who grew up with all the expectations of Xu Meifeng, Wen Jiayi was not well received since she was a child because of the dystocia when she gave birth to her.

Before Wen Jialiang was born, she was the youngest child in the family, so Wen Rongsheng always loved her very much, prepared birthdays for her, and bought her expensive jewelry.

But every time she received these gifts, Xu Meifeng was not very happy. She even heard Xu Meifeng say to Wen Rongsheng: "She is not a boy. Why do you have to celebrate such a small birthday?"

The expensive jewelry that Wen Rongsheng gave her was later handed over to Wen Jiaxin by Xu Meifeng.

For so many years, Wen Jiayi could only briefly feel Xu Meifeng's attention to her when Wen Jiaxin chose to return to Hong Kong during the holidays every year and Xu Meifeng stayed in the UK for her studies.

But every time Wen Jiaxin returned to the UK after the holidays and saw Xu Meifeng once again devote all his attention to her, Wen Jiayi knew that it was just an illusion.

Last year, Wen Jiaxin graduated and returned to Hong Kong, and Xu Meifeng decided to stay to accompany her to finish college. Wen Jiayi thought that the past would not happen again. As

a result, less than half a year later, something happened to Xu Meifeng.

Thinking of Xu Meifeng, Wen Jiayi asked the question that had been lingering in her heart for a long time: "Sister, are we really going to ignore Mommy in the future?"

Because she was not valued since she was a child, Wen Jiayi's feelings for Xu Meifeng were very complicated. She longed for her to see herself, but she couldn't help but blame her for not seeing herself.

The two emotions have been fighting, and only when she and Xu Meifeng stayed in the UK did the former emotion prevail. But this time when she returned to China, she learned that Xu Meifeng chose to stay in the UK in order to use her, and the latter emotion began to erode her reason.

So when she learned that Wen Rongsheng gave them two choices, Wen Jiayi chose to give up Xu Meifeng and stay in the Wen family without hesitation.

But as time went by, Wen Jiayi's reason gradually returned, and she couldn't help but think of Xu Meifeng's goodness. Coupled with the occasional gossip she heard when she went out, she couldn't help but doubt the choice she made.

Although many people talk without any pain, they are indeed right in saying that no matter how cruel Xu Meifeng is to others, she is always good to them, their sisters. As soon as she got into trouble, they chose to sever ties with her, which was too utilitarian.

Wen Jiaxin's expression was a little stiff when she heard this.

When Xu Meifeng was just taken away by the police, Wen Jiaxin actually felt a little guilty because she knew that Xu Meifeng had drugged Wen Jiadong.

She also knew that Xu Meifeng did this to pave the way for her.

In a family like theirs, no matter how spoiled and incompetent a son is, as long as he is alive and can carry on the family line, he will always be valued more than a daughter.

Moreover, although Wen Jiadong's ability is average, he is far from being spoiled. Before his private life was exposed, he has always been a gentleman in people's minds.

Wen Jiaxin knew this and chose to acquiesce.

So at the beginning, Wen Jiaxin always felt that Xu Meifeng had fallen to this point because of her.

But as the second house gave up investigating the drugging of Wen Jiadong, Wen Jiaxin's thoughts gradually changed. She learned that Xu Meifeng was sentenced to five years for participating in the kidnapping of Wen Kai, and she felt that these series of things had nothing to do with her.

Why did Xu Meifeng want to harm Wen Kai? For her? Of course not! She wanted a son who might be born, but in the end, he was never born!

The guilt in Wen Jiaxin's heart gradually disappeared, and she began to put herself in the role of an innocent person, looking for Xu Meifeng's faults.

Xu Meifeng was certainly wrong. Since she started it, she should have stopped it early and not given Wen Yue and Wen Jiadong a chance to grow up.

But she was so happy that she was full of confidence that she could have a son, and she kept dragging it on until Wen Jiadong grew up before she finally made up her mind to get rid of this threat.

By this time, Wen Yue had already grown up.

It was also because of her that Xu Meifeng's deployment that lasted for more than 20 years finally came to nothing.

So Wen Jiaxin felt that Xu Meifeng could only blame herself for the result she ended up like this because of her blind self-confidence and carelessness. Xu Meifeng's underestimation of her enemy put her in jail, and it also implicated her and Wen Jiayi.

Originally, Xu Meifeng did nothing. Although she and Wen Jiayi could not become heirs, they would always get some shares of Lirong Group after Wen Rongsheng's death, as well as cash and real estate under his name.

Now that Xu Meifeng was involved, it was unknown whether Wen Rongsheng would reduce the inheritance left to them. How could she dare to contact Xu Meifeng privately?

Although it was Wen Yue who asked to ignore Xu Meifeng, Wen Rongsheng had already spoken, and she had lost the possibility of competing for the position of heir, and she dared not bet on her father's soft heart.

But Wen Jiaxin knew that it was too cruel to say these thoughts directly, so she said to Wen Jiayi: "We are too weak now. Even if we go to see Mommy, it will be useless and may anger Daddy. It is better to wait until later..." She changed her words temporarily, "When we are no longer bound, it will be the same to take Mommy to her side and honor her."

In Wen Jiayi's opinion, Wen Jiaxin and Xu Meifeng have a deeper relationship, so she naturally has no objection to hearing her say this, but... going to jail, can her mommy bear it?

...

After Wen Jiaxin and Wen Jiayi moved out together, Wen Yue never saw her again, but she heard the content of their sisters' conversation after the trial.

Wen Yue was not surprised by Wen Jiaxin's decisiveness and coldness. This person has always been like this. To put it nicely, she knows the current affairs and puts interests first. To put it bluntly, she is ungrateful and has no heart.

For one thing, she seems to have lost her fighting spirit and no longer covets the position of heir.

The system is very worried about this. It knows Wen Yue's plan and doubts whether Wen Jiaxin can be provoked to lose her mind in the future with her current mentality.

But Wen Yue is not worried.

Wen Jiaxin looks gentle, but in fact she is obsessed with money and desire. Such a person will not easily lose her fighting spirit.

Just like Xu Meifeng, didn't she always act noncompetitive in front of Wen Rongsheng all those years? But she looked like this on the surface, and she did all the bad things behind the scenes.

Just take a look at Wen Jiaxin's lack of desire.

Even if Wen Jiaxin really lost her will to fight, Wen Yue was confident that she could force her to take action. If she no longer coveted the position of heir, what if she didn't get any property or her life was threatened?

Could she sit still?

But before that, Chen Baoqin came to her first. She wanted to cooperate with Wen Yue to get rid of Xu Meifeng and take revenge.

Of course, after the two met in the hotel box, Chen Baoqin did not directly propose cooperation, but asked in a roundabout way: "Xu Meifeng will be transferred from the detention center to the prison in a few days. Do you know about this?"

"I know."

Seeing her indifferent expression, Chen Baoqin asked: "Don't you have any ideas in your mind?"

Wen Yue heard this and asked with a smile: "What should I think?"

"Akai is your biological brother. Xu Meifeng and Hou Xin partnered to kill him, but they were only sentenced to five years," Chen Baoqin asked, "Don't you think it's too easy for her?"

Wen Yue did not answer, but only asked: "Don't you think so?"

"Of course I think so," Chen Baoqin looked at Wen Yue with a burning gaze, "so I came to you."

Wen Yue raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"

Chen Baoqin was not a patient person, and she always felt that she and Wen Yue both had relatives who were harmed by Xu Meifeng, and they were now a united front, so she didn't think Wen Yue would reject her. After

so much preparation, Chen Baoqin felt that it was enough, so she went straight to the point and asked: "Do you know Zhong Jun?"

Wen Yue was very familiar with Zhong Jun. It can be said that she sent this man to prison personally, and she had just hired someone to mention Zhong Jun in front of Chen Baoqin recently.

What she didn't expect was that she wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and the knife she chose seemed to be targeting her again.

Pondering these things in her mind, Wen Yue replied indifferently: "I remember he was in jail."

"Yes, after the Zhong family's murder case was exposed, Zhong Jun was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, not long after he was transferred to prison, he died."

Wen Yue pretended to be stupid and asked: "How did he die?"

Chen Baoqin replied: "It is said that not long after he was in prison, a fight broke out in the prison and he was accidentally injured in the head. He died before he could be sent to the hospital."

"Oh."

Wen Yue responded, and there was no further words.

Chen Baoqin waited for a long time, not sure whether she did it on purpose or she really didn't understand what she meant, so she had to say it clearly: "Don't you want to cooperate with me and get rid of Xu Meifeng in prison?"

"No."

"Why?!" Chen Baoqin looked incredulous, "Don't you want to avenge your brother?"

Wen Yue said righteously: "I will find someone to find out the truth of that year, and produce evidence to send Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng to prison together. Isn't it called revenge for him?"

Chen Baoqin couldn't accept it, staring at Wen Yue and said: "How can just going to jail be enough! Your brother was killed by them, and Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng are still alive!"

"So what? Although Wen Kai and I are brother and sister, he died before I could remember. How much affection could there be between him and me?" Wen Yue was not provoked and said coldly, "Now your son has been killed by Xu Meifeng, and your daughter is not doing well. Wen Jiaxin and Wen Jiayi have such a mother, so they can't even hope to inherit the Wen family. I'm only one step away from the position of heir. Tell me, why should I take the risk and take legal risks for someone I don't remember?"

"You, you..." Chen Baoqin was shocked by Wen Yue's cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness. She stared with her eyes wide open and couldn't speak for a long time.

Wen Yue didn't care about Chen Baoqin's look, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, I know what you are up to. If I cooperate with you, it means I am actively handing the handle to you."

Chen Baoqin explained: "You also have a handle on me."

Wen Yue asked back: "Can you hold a handle on me and I hold a handle on you, can it be the same thing?"

Of course it's not the same thing. As Wen Yue said before, her brothers and sisters in this life are either dragged down by their mother or have poor personal abilities. She is only one step away from inheriting the Wen family.

Chen Baoqin is just Wen Rongsheng's concubine. After his death, she will not inherit much property. If she can be exchanged with Wen Yue and go to prison together, under the situation that the third room is dragged down by her mother, the inheritance rights may fall to her two children.

Chen Baoqin would definitely be willing to serve a few years in jail in exchange for her children to inherit more than 40 billion.

Her plan was seen through, and Chen Baoqin was a little embarrassed, but she didn't want to give up. She wanted to continue to persuade Wen Yue, but she heard her speak first: "I think I have done my best for Wen Kai, so it doesn't matter to me whether Xu Meifeng is dead or alive. You are different. Your precious son was killed and lost his fertility. It's okay for you to lose the chance to hold your grandson, but you have to miss more than 40 billion in property. If you don't kill the culprit, how can you sleep well for the rest of your life!"

These words were like a sharp arrow that hit Chen Baoqin's heart.

But of course she couldn't admit this in front of Wen Yue, because it would easily expose her eagerness to deal with Xu Meifeng. In other words, it would be like giving Wen Yue a handle.

After thinking about it, Chen Baoqin sneered and said, "You don't have to provoke me. After all, my son is still alive. Why should I be unable to sleep? Since you don't want to, there's nothing much to say." Then she got up and left. As

soon as Chen Baoqin left, the system asked in Wen Yue's mind: [Can your trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife work? ]

[Whether it works or not, we'll know after a while. ]

...

Although Chen Baoqin was very hard-mouthed in front of Wen Yue, she didn't sleep much that night.

Not just this one night, ever since she knew that Xu Meifeng was responsible for Wen Jiadong's infertility, she had not been able to sleep at night, and every time she thought of Xu Meifeng, she gnashed her teeth in hatred.

Before the trial, Chen Baoqin had even made up her mind not to let Xu Meifeng walk out of prison alive.

But she had never killed a chicken in her life, and she was a little scared at this moment. It was not that she didn't dare to hire a murderer, but she was mainly afraid of following in Xu Meifeng's footsteps. She

wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, but who knew that Wen Yue was so cold-blooded and ruthless that she would not be fooled at all.

Chen Baoqin hesitated.

But she was hesitant. Wen Jiadong couldn't sit still after receiving the news that Xu Meifeng was transferred to prison. He went to Chen Baoqin to ask her when she planned to take action.

When he saw her hesitation, he said he would do it himself.

Although Chen Baoqin was very disappointed with Wen Jiadong after the incident, she still loved him. When she heard him say this, she quickly grabbed him and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? Xu Meifeng was sentenced to five years, not five days. You are in a hurry to take revenge on her. What if people find out and follow her into jail?"

"It's better to be in jail than now!" Wen Jiadong said with his neck stiff, "If it weren't for Xu Meifeng, I wouldn't have become a laughing stock in the eyes of Hong Kong citizens, nor would I have lost my position as heir. You might have a grandson now! As long as Xu Meifeng lives one more day, I will suffer one more day!"

Although Chen Baoqin felt uncomfortable when she thought of these things, this discomfort was not enough to eliminate her worries. But at this moment, listening to Wen Jiadong talking about these with a painful face, Chen Baoqin's heart was about to break, and she cried again while holding her son.

After crying, Chen Baoqin made up her mind, looked at Wen Jiadong and promised: "In three months at the latest, Mommy will definitely avenge you!"