"Sir! Xue Hanyu is silent. Either she's relying on her relationship with you, knowing you'll exonerate her! Or she's tacitly approving of her crime! With so many people watching, I believe you won't show partiality, right?"
Madam Shen Er raised her head, looked at Master Ji, and asked in a sad and angry tone.
"Ah? The prisoner knows Master Ji?"
"So what if I know him? Lord Ji is a good official. If you commit a crime, I believe Lord Ji will not cover it up."
"That's hard to say! I heard that the girl Xue who was sued was the daughter of a high-ranking official in the capital."
"What a cruel heart! How could you kill your own grandmother who raised you just because you don't want to get married and go home?"
"This girl looks so delicate and weak, but I didn't expect her to be so cruel and ruthless. It's so scary!"
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Although Cheng Yue's eyes were always on his friend Xue Hanyu, who was as quiet as a log, his ears were listening to the discussions around him.
From the discussions, she got a general idea of the situation.
Mrs. Shen Er accused Xue Hanyu of killing her grandmother, uncle, and nephew. The reason was that Xue Hanyu's father had arranged a marriage for her, and the old lady persuaded her to go home and get married.
Xue Hanyu didn't want to get married, so she bought poison and poisoned the old lady. The old lady died of the poison at noon today.
When Mr. Shen and his second wife arrived, they immediately felt something was wrong. After questioning, they learned that it was Xiaotao, Xue Hanyu's maid, who had poisoned her. In a rage, Mr. Shen ordered Xiaotao to be beaten to death.
Originally, they had no intention of reporting the matter to the police. They locked up Xue Hanyu, prepared to handle the old lady's funeral, and after having Xiao Tao buried with her, they would send Xue Hanyu back to the Xue family.
Unexpectedly, Xue Hanyu escaped and fled to the mourning hall, cursing Master Shen Er and threatening to commit suicide.
The Shen family was afraid of the power of the Xue family and did not dare to let Xue Hanyu get into trouble in their family. As a result, Xue Hanyu stabbed the second master Shen in the neck without warning. The eldest and second young masters Shen stepped forward to save their father, but the eldest was stabbed in the heart and the second young master was pushed to the ground, hit his head on the coffin, and fainted. He has not woken up since then.
All this happened too quickly. By the time Mrs. Shen Er had Xue Hanyu restrained, Master Shen Er and the eldest young master were already dead.
Immediately, Mrs. Shen Er fainted.
When she woke up, she went to the government office to report the case.
This was the answer Cheng Yue compiled from the discussions around her, but she didn't believe it at all.
Xue Hanyu is a person who can be scared to tears by even a cabbage caterpillar, so how could she commit murder with a knife?
"Master Ji! Are you thinking about how to exonerate this heartless person? If so, then I can only go to the prefectural capital to appeal to the prefect!"
Second Madam Shen roared sadly when she saw that Master Ji was silent and the discussions outside were getting louder.
"quiet!"
Lord Ji slammed the gavel on the table several times.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
"Ms. Shen Luo, I want to ask you, where is the murder weapon? And where is the witness you pointed out?"
Master Ji looked at Madam Shen Er with a terrifyingly calm look in his eyes.
He naturally knew whether Xue Hanyu, who had grown up with him, would kill someone.
"The servants in the mourning hall just now saw it with their own eyes. The murder weapon was on Xue Hanyu's body. The maids in the courtyard of the common woman can testify that Xiao Tao has been bringing a bowl of bird's nest to the old lady every day these days."
Madam Shen Er said very firmly.
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