After listening to Butler Qi's complaint, the prefect's calm expression completely cracked, and he stared at Qin Wu with disbelief.
Has Qin Wu gone crazy because of this stimulation?
First she broke off the relationship with the Qin family, hurt the Qin family, and angered the Qin family. Now she even angered her husband's family and set fire to and murdered her mother-in-law. She is a wicked woman who has lost all conscience and has no filial piety.
If the Yang family had not supported Qin Wu at this time, the prefect would have beaten Qin Wu with a stick thirty times as a punishment.
When the people outside heard the news again, they were also shocked.
"The fire at Marquis Qi's mansion last night was caused by Qin Wu, who set fire to my mother-in-law. Oh my god, how vicious!"
"My dear mother, I have never seen such a vicious woman before. She murdered her mother-in-law. Isn't she afraid of being punished by God? Is she crazy?"
"Maybe the barefoot are not afraid of the ones wearing shoes. She has nothing now. She wants to drag the Qin and Qi families down with her. Such an extremely vicious woman deserves to die, deserves to die!"
"The Qin and Qi families are too lenient with her. A woman like this should have been given a cup of poisoned wine and let her die long ago..."
At this time, the people were indignant and cursing Qin Wu, as if Qin Wu was setting fire to them.
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The prefect slammed the gavel and asked in a deep voice, "Qin Wu, you are so bold, kneel down!"
The person from the Qi family who filed the complaint has arrived, so the Qi family’s case can be tried first.
After all, the other party was the prefect. Now that she was being interrogated, Qin Wu knelt on the ground obediently and answered in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "Sir, I am innocent."
"Unjust? I have already asked the coroner to investigate the one hundred or so guards of the Qi family who died. Your mother-in-law was injured and is still unconscious. It is all true! Do you dare to say that you are wronged?" The prefect asked coldly, "You are crying out for injustice, but do you have evidence to prove that you are wronged?"
Yang Zhanying on the side was stunned at the moment. Obviously, she did not expect Qin Wu to be so bold. It was she who set the fire in Qi's family. She also injured her mother-in-law and killed more than a hundred guards.
Oh my god!
However, Yang Zhanying did not think Qin Wu was vicious. Instead, he admired her very much.
It must be the Qi family who hurt Qin Wu, so she fought back. She believed that Qin Wu was innocent.
"May I ask the prefect, I am a weak woman, with only five or six servants around me. Do I have supernatural powers to kill hundreds of Qi family guards in one go?"
Qin Wu looked aggrieved and questioned, "Sir, less than two minutes after I returned to the Qin family from the polo field, Sister Yang came out of the Qi family."
"Excuse me, are the hundreds of Qi family guards just freeloaders? Are they just standing there and being stabbed to death by us?"
"That's more than a hundred guards, armed with swords and bows. How can we kill them so quickly?"
"Besides, who can prove that I killed someone, beat my mother-in-law, set fire to Qi's house and burned my mother-in-law?"
Qin Wu squeezed out pitiful tears, "Don't I know that beating my mother-in-law and setting her on fire to death is against the will of heaven and destroys filial piety?"
"Don't you all know how difficult my situation is now? Why would I do something that will put me in a hopeless situation?"
"Sir, can you explain this to me? Why should I do this? Just based on a word from a powerful family, you are going to convict an orphan girl like me who has no status or support?"
"Sir, are you an upright official who stands for the people?"
The tearful questioning made the prefect's head buzz.
No, he was the one interrogating, right? Why was Qin Wu questioning me instead?
"That's right, Lord Prefect!" Yang Zhanying immediately spoke up for her, "Qin Wu is just a weak woman, how could she kill hundreds of guards? It took less than two quarters of an hour, who would believe it if I told anyone else?"
"That's not just one or two, or a dozen, but hundreds! The Qi family's guards can't be too bad at martial arts, and they can kill Qin Wu with human wave tactics. How can a woman like her kill so many people!"
The prefect, "..."
The people seemed to have figured things out after Qin Wu's questioning.
That’s right, Qin Wu only had a few servants around him, how could he kill so many guards in such a short time?
Even if she had martial arts skills, how could she be so powerful as to kill hundreds of Qi family guards in an instant? What a joke!
Could this reason be something the Qi family directed and acted out themselves? The purpose is to frame Qin Wu and kill her?
Everyone thought so, and the prefect also thought so.
Moreover, he was being flattered by Qin Wu, and with so many people watching, if he showed even a little bit of sympathy towards the powerful Qin and Qi families, he would be criticized by the people!
It can be seen that Qin Wu is extremely intelligent and scheming. With just a few words, she pushed him to the edge of the sea of fire.
So why would she do such a stupid thing as killing hundreds of Qi family guards and setting fire to her mother-in-law?
"As the prefect, I will be fair and will not favor any party." The prefect's face was serious. "If it is the Qihou Mansion that wronged you, I will definitely stand up for you."
"With the prefect's words, I feel relieved." Qin Wu bit back without changing her expression, "Sir, if I hadn't asked Sister Yang from the Duke's Mansion to come and help me after I came back from the polo field, I would definitely have died...
I don’t know whether it was my mother-in-law or Prince Qi who wanted to ruin my reputation and framed me like this. ”
"Not only did he take my daughter away, he also killed hundreds of Qi family guards. He even risked getting hurt himself in order to completely destroy me..."
"What, you mean, this was directed and performed by the Qi family themselves?"
"I dare not say it was completely true... I heard the maid beside me inform me that my mother-in-law wanted to take my daughter away. I hurried back and saw that all the guards of the Qi family were dead."
"My mother-in-law was about to leave with my daughter in her arms, and I desperately tried to get my daughter back from her."
"She even threatened me with my servants. If I didn't give my daughter to her, she would kill all of them..."
Qin Wu lowered her head, full of helpless accusations, "Ever since I gave birth to my daughter, the Qi family has despised me for giving birth to a girl instead of a boy. When my daughter was born, they only took a look at her and never saw her again."
"Why did she take my daughter away? What was she thinking?"
"I was assassinated on the polo field. The prefect was also there. I even suspect that this was arranged by the Qi family! Of course, I have no evidence now. I can't point fingers."
"How could it be so coincidental? They robbed my daughter, set fire to my Lichun Courtyard, and killed Nanny Li who came with me as a dowry! The bodies are still in the funeral home, and everyone around me is seriously injured!"
"I didn't want to file a complaint and make this matter a big deal, which would bring shame to the Qi family. But who knew that kind people are often bullied and kind horses are often ridden. Since they reported me to the police first, don't blame me for exposing all their dirty deeds..."
Qin Wu's angry voice also affected the people watching.
"I'm saying, unless Qin Wu is crazy, how could she dare to do such a stupid thing that would bring harm to herself when she is all alone with a child..."
“Yeah, everyone says she’s calculating and scheming, and even a fool wouldn’t be able to pull off something like this, especially after killing so many guards?
It is possible that the Qi family wants to use this opportunity to ruin Qin Wu's reputation and divorce her so that Miss Qin can make way for her. After all, Miss Qin is a concubine even if she is a co-wife, so she is still inferior to Qin Wu..."
Someone in the crowd suggested this, and immediately everyone present started thinking in this direction.
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