Chapter 393 394. You Can't
"We couldn't find anyone to buy the headpiece, and we were afraid of offending the prefect, so we quickly found a craftsman overnight and found a jade stone of similar shape. After a day and a night of hard work, we finally made a set of headpieces that were almost the same as the original."
After saying this, Shopkeeper Luo lowered his head and waited quietly.
If it had been in the past, he, a small shopkeeper, would definitely not dare to point fingers at Miss Zhifu here.
But who didn't know that Prefect Xiao had been demoted? Now he could speak out the things that were hidden in his heart without any scruples.
"You are lying," Xiao Wanyu struggled to rush over, but was blocked by the knife in the hand of a yamen runner beside her.
“Sir, I don’t know this person at all, and what he said is pure nonsense.
I have never ordered anything from them. I know now, this must be a conspiracy by the Jin family."
Gao Ning said without blinking, "You think too highly of yourself. Lord Gu still doesn't know that you are biting him.
As for this shopkeeper, I had him brought here on the express horse from the post station. In the process of going there and back, he had no time to interact with other people.
Xiao, those false stories you said before have seriously interfered with my investigation. Now you still want to exonerate yourself. It seems that I have been too kind to you.
Take her away and torture her! If she doesn't tell the truth, let her experience all the punishments we have in Shuntian Prefecture."
Xiao Wanyu shuddered. Although she didn't know what kind of punishments there were in Shuntian Prefecture, as the daughter of a prefect, she knew about what went on in the prison. In the past, she just watched the fun, but she didn't expect that those things would be used on her now. How could she accept it?
She knew that what she had done would not stand up to scrutiny. The maidservant guard who had followed her out of the house at that time could be found even now.
"Sir, you can't. I am the daughter of an official, and my current husband's family is also in the Imperial Academy. You can't torture me."
"If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people, not to mention that you are just a concubine in someone else's house," Master Feng saw Gao Ning's impatience and could only shake his head and sigh.
"Besides, you have confessed before that you murdered an official in the court. With your current crime, it is not too much to sentence you to immediate death. How can you have the nerve to say that you are the daughter of an official?"
Xiao Wanyu, "But Gu Wenheng instructed me to do all this. I am not the main culprit."
Seeing that she was still trying to bite others, Gao Ning lost his patience and said, "Take her away."
Shopkeeper Luo knelt there trembling. He finally understood that the daughter of Governor Xiao had harmed some imperial official, and the headgear they had sold before might be of vital importance to it.
He was worried that this Mr. Gao would be punished along with him.
Gao Ning glanced at Shopkeeper Luo and said, "Take the man down to sign and seal. It's nothing else. Don't leave Beijing for the time being."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bailiff came over and took Manager Luo out.
Gao Ning and Master Feng were the only ones left in the interrogation room. "Sir, now that the case is clear, can we post the notice?"
"Wait a little longer," Gao Ning asked himself if he had always judged cases fairly and impartially, and he was also aware that there were many doubts in Xiao Wanyu's words. Even though he knew that the other party was making random accusations against others, he still wanted the other party to confess the guilt in person.
"This woman has a vicious heart. We'd better ask her where she got those methods of using medicines to promote and suppress each other. Who knows it now? It's best to dig it out so that more people won't be harmed."
Master Feng, "Your Excellency is wise. I have never thought of this."
"Alas, I am just thinking of some cases so that we don't have to compete with these people all day long."
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Before Gu Wenheng could wait for Lord Ning to inquire again, she had already heard that the case of her husband's murder had been closed.
"It is said that women have the most vicious hearts. Who would have thought that some people would actually use incompatible foods to harm others?" Shan Ke'an shook his head repeatedly, with his belly that had grown fatter.
Gu Wenheng, "This is also a warning to the world. I believe that people will pay more attention to what they import in the future."
Shan Ke'an said, "That's not the case. My mother doesn't care about me now. She has already started to clean up those people in the mansion who have ulterior motives."
At this point, Shan Ke'an leaned forward slightly and said mysteriously, "My mother actually found out about an aunt. Every time my father came over, she would eat some things that would counteract each other, trying not to get pregnant.
You don’t know that my father’s face immediately turned black and he threatened to beat that aunt to death.”
"Guess what happened next?" Shan Ke'an kept the suspense again and paused for a moment. Seeing that Gu Wenheng ignored him, he didn't feel disappointed, because even if the other party didn't want to listen to his gossip, he still wanted to say something.
"My mother was also very angry at the time. I don't know why, but she later spoke up for that aunt. Now that aunt is still staying safely in the backyard, but I guess my father will never dare to go there again."
Gu Wenheng rolled his eyes at him unhappily, "This aunt must have been forced by your father at that time, right?"
Shan Ke'an thought for a moment and said, "It seems that she is someone bestowed by my grandmother. She used to be a maidservant by her side."
Gu Wenheng looked at the cup in his hand silently and said nothing more.
"Do you think Xiao really has no accomplices?" Shan Ke'an thought of something else, "Do you think this woman's brain is a little abnormal?
She didn't want to be a good official's wife, but instead murdered her husband. In the end, she entered the Ning Mansion and became a concubine.
Many people are now saying that it was because Xiao was in league with that Ning that they took such ruthless action against Mr. Niu."
Gu Wenheng, "..."
"You asked me out today just to talk about these gossips?" Gu Wenheng let out a long sigh. It seemed that Lord Gao had already found out the truth of the matter. He asked to meet with him before maybe just to find out the truth.
Although I was disgusted by this incident, at least the result was good and I was not implicated.
Of course, this was also inseparable from the fact that Gao Ning raised his hand to help him out of Bai Jinglie's consideration.
Otherwise, any topic involving such a woman would be enough to cause many people to have endless fantasies.
"That's off topic, that's off topic!" Shan Ke'an immediately said with a smile, "I asked you out today because I have something to ask of you."
Gu Wenheng chuckled, "Are you mistaken? I'm lucky enough that I didn't come to you for help, but you're the one begging me instead."
Given the relationship between Shan Ke'an's family and in-laws, is there anyone in Shangjing who needs help?
"I have a cousin in my house..."
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"That's all. I wonder if my sister-in-law's soap has such an effect?"
Gu Wenheng frowned, "My wife's soap is only used for cleaning, not for making medicine."
(End of this chapter)
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