Ren Shimin went to the Ren family villa alone, but he came back an hour later.
Ren Yaoqi had been waiting in the study. When she saw Ren Shimin's expression for the first time, she knew that Ren Shimao must have found out something this time.
"Father, is there any news from my fifth uncle?" Ren Yaoqi stood up and asked.
Ren Shimin wasn't surprised to see Ren Yaoqi waiting in his study. There wasn't a single smile on his face, and he looked serious and silent, something Ren Yaoqi had never seen before.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Ren Shimin sat back heavily in his chair without saying a word. Just when Ren Yaoqi wanted to speak again, Ren Shimin raised his hand and slammed his fist hard on his desk.
Ren Yaoqi was startled and hurried forward to check if Ren Shimin's hand was injured.
Ren Shimin's knuckles were a little red, and he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt."
Ren Yaoqi sighed: "Father, what are you doing?"
Ren Shimin sighed dejectedly and suddenly asked, "Yaoyao, is Daddy stupid?"
Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised when he heard this, and wondered what had stimulated him?
Ren Shimin continued, "Is that what everyone else thinks, so you can lie to them all you want?" Ren Shimin looked up at Ren Yaoqi, but gave a faint, wry smile, "Yaoyao, isn't it hard for you to have a father like me? Sometimes you see your father being schemed against, but you can't say it openly and embarrass him, so you can only help him ward off disasters in secret."
After hearing this, Ren Yaoqi was completely speechless.
Ren Shimin didn't need Ren Yaoqi's answer. He pinched his eyebrows and said, "I am indeed..."
Ren Yaoqi interrupted him and said, "Dad, what happened?"
Ren Shimin asked, "Do you still remember that Sun Shiyi Niang?"
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Sun Shiyi Niang? Could it be that this matter is related to her?"
Ren Shimin nodded: "Your fifth uncle used some tricks on those maids..."
Ren Shimin's words were a little vague when he said this. Ren Yaoqi understood in his heart that Ren Shimao was probably forced into a corner this time and used some cruel means, and the maid who acted as an accomplice finally couldn't hold back and told the truth.
Ren Shimao did resort to some extraordinary measures. He paid a large sum of money to hire a former jailer who had specialized in extracting confessions from the prison. He then separated the four suspected maids and tortured them. The jailer had a very bad reputation when he was employed by the government, and later lost his job. There were rumors that he had dug out the prisoners' internal organs and eaten them, but it was unclear whether this was true.
Ren Shimao was desperate this time, and he didn't care what kind of person the jailer was. He just wanted to get the truth, so he found this person. Since the jailer lost his job, he had become rich. Because many people liked his method of forcing confessions, they offered him money, so he simply took the job.
Logically speaking, three of the four maids should have been wrongly accused. However, Master Ren Wu no longer cared about that. He didn't care whether there would be retribution or not, and ordered the jailer to use any means to investigate the matter.
In the end, three of the four maids were tortured to the point of being almost crazy. They all said they wanted to confess, and one maid attempted suicide by biting her tongue. Finally, the jailer concluded based on his own experience that one of the maids who said she wanted to confess really wanted to confess, and she was the criminal.
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