"Great! Princess, with this, it's only a matter of time before we catch the person behind this!"
Fang Kun nodded repeatedly as he took the banknote from the yamen runner. Initially, he wasn't too optimistic about Jiang Li's idea, but since it was harmless, he didn't bother to argue with her.
Unexpectedly, the old couple could not stand it so much. They were scared into telling the whole truth after just a few words.
"Ask for the court immediately! Let me conduct a thorough interrogation!"
"My lord, something bad has happened!"
As they left the guest room and were heading towards the court, they saw a yamen runner coming hurriedly.
"Sir, this is bad! Zhang Da, the food delivery guy, was knocked unconscious in the kitchen. I rushed to the prison and saw that the old couple surnamed Cao had been murdered!"
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, everyone rushed over and saw Old Man Cao and Old Lady Cao lying on the ground, their hands tightly grasping their necks, foaming at the mouth, and their unfinished dishes scattered all over the floor.
Mo Qi stepped forward to take a look, then shook his head.
Jiang Li took out a handkerchief and picked up the bowl on the ground. The food inside was still warm. She leaned in and sniffed it. "It's Crane's Beak Red."
The touch will seal the throat.
Obviously, the visitor had no intention of leaving any chance of survival for the two Caos.
"Sir, I have already searched the entire government office, but I haven't found that person."
The newly captured criminal had lost his life before he could even be brought to trial. Fang Kun's face was extremely grim. It seemed that this matter was not so simple. Before the coroner could come over, he saw a yamen runner hurried over.
"Oh no, sir, someone from the Dali Temple is here, tell me, tell me..."
The bailiff hesitated and didn't explain clearly. As Fang Kun stepped out of the cell, he ran into Bai Zhou, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.
"Master Bai, what are you doing..."
Bai Zhou glanced at Jiang Li behind Fang Kun and said, "I just got off duty when I encountered someone stopping the sedan chair to protest. They said that Lord Fang and Princess Jingling had taken his father-in-law and his wife to the county government office in order to silence them."
"Ridiculous!" Fang Kun shouted, "I want to see who is talking nonsense!"
"Sir Fang, my name is Jiang Sheng, and I am the son-in-law of the Cao couple. May I ask where my father-in-law and his family are now?"
Jiang Sheng walked out slowly from behind Bai Zhou, his face full of worry and nervousness, but Jiang Li did not miss the calculation in his eyes.
Seeing that the person who spoke was Jiang Sheng, Fang Kun was about to ask where the two yamen runners who went to Jiang Mansion had gone when he heard Zhou's voice: "Master, Master, why are you here?"
"The servant said that my father-in-law and the others were brought here, so of course I have to come and take them back home!" Jiang Sheng said, looking straight at Fang Kun.
Only then did Fang Kun realize that he was being plotted against!
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"Have you heard? Princess Jingling bribed the prefect to kill someone to cover up her own background!"
"Is this true? How dare you be so lawless under the emperor's feet!"
"I heard that Princess Jingling's biological mother was a prostitute. Originally, no one knew about this. Who would have thought that someone from her maternal grandparents' family came and the old couple made a scene outside the herbal medicine shop in order to recognize their relationship."
"Then what?"
"Then? Then he was arrested by Lord Fang, who said he was looking for trouble. Originally, they wanted to torture him into confessing in the county government office, so that the old couple would not acknowledge their relationship. But the old couple didn't want to, so they just handed him over in the county government office—"
"Princess Jingling is simply inhumane for murdering her elders for her own selfish reasons! If she isn't brought to justice, it will be difficult to appease the public's anger!"
“…”
Only three days after the Cao couple were murdered, all kinds of rumors had spread throughout the capital.
Although the evidence was insufficient, Fang Kun was still suspected of failing to properly supervise the prisoners, so he was taken to the Dali Temple for a thorough investigation that day.
As for Jiang Li, she was sent back to the palace and kept under custody. She was not allowed to leave the palace until the matter was clarified.
"Mother! If it were me, I'd say we shouldn't wait for father. Can't we just let grandfather tell the emperor that the princess is the child of our general's mansion?"
Jiang Mubai was so anxious at home that he was running around in circles. If Xue Rou hadn't been strict, he would have gone to the Xue Mansion long ago.
"What's the rush?" Xue Rou glared at Jiang Mubai. "You're such a grown-up, yet you're not even half as good as your sister! Do you think I don't want to? Your sister has already sent someone to tell us not to rush and not to lose our composure!"
Xue Rou's hands, which were holding the handkerchief, had turned white. She hadn't slept for several days since she received the news that day.
At first, she also thought about directly announcing Jiang Li's identity to the public, but she didn't find the gift from the late emperor. Now if she recognized Jiang Li, others would only say that the General's Mansion was deliberately helping Jiang Li to escape punishment.
Instead, they fell behind.
In addition, Jiang Li sent a message saying that she had her own way, but it had been several days... Xue Rou was anxious but didn't dare to show it, for fear that her silly son would do something bad and harm Jiang Li.
"Wait a little longer."
Xue Rou suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and said, "Wait a little longer."
If there is no other way, I will wait for the general to come back and save A Li even if it costs me all my military achievements.
Palace.
"Your Majesty, it's almost time to close the net."
These days, there was a lot of commotion outside. In order to avoid suspicion, even the Ninth Princess was sent back to the palace by Gu Qingchen.
However, Jiang Li, the man who everyone said had to be executed by slow slicing to appease the public anger, was now leisurely sipping autumn tea, looking at the news handed over by Mo Qi with a smile on his face.
Based on the ideas provided by Jiang Li, the people of Moyun Pavilion quickly determined that the person who took action that day was the secret guard of Baiya Tower.
What's funny is that on the day of Jiang Li and Gu Qingchen's wedding, Baiya Tower was attacked by Moyun Pavilion, and most of the people were killed or injured. After Gu Qingchen had someone investigate, he found out that the secret guard who attacked had just entered Baiya Tower not long ago.
The guy was not proficient in his job and was caught with just a little trick. Perhaps he had not yet received the internal training of Bai Ya Tower, and Mo Yun Pavilion had not used much torture before the man was scared and confessed everything.
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