Chapter 223 Beauty's Schemes (26) - No Way Out
Ning Shu never expected that sometimes what defeats players is not the time limit of the dungeon, but the time limit given by the NPC.
She stared at Cui Zeyu: "Sir, based on the current clues, what is the most likely outcome of the review?"
Cui Zeyu's face turned pale, and he said with difficulty, "The original verdict is upheld."
What? This... doesn't make sense.
"Isn't this case full of suspicious points? As long as there's even the slightest possibility that Yin Xinyue isn't the murderer, she shouldn't be sentenced to death, right?"
Cui Zeyu: "The water in the water tank is fine, but there is sleeping pills in the rice tank, which matches what the fisherman said."
Moreover, because of his reporting the incident, the fisherman's suspicion was minimized, and now all the evidence is against Yin Xinyue.
Ning Shu didn't quite understand the last sentence: "How could that be? She had no motive, right?"
Cui Zeyu suddenly looked up at her: "She has it."
?
Ning Shu's eyes widened. Cui Zeyu continued, "Her mother had given her uncle a letter earlier, the contents of which contained threats."
Cui Zeyu sat down, his body trembling.
"The reason you gave me before was the one I originally intended to use to exonerate her."
Unexpectedly, this morning a messenger from the Ministry of Justice came to say that a piece of evidence had been missed and not yet handed over.
When I looked at it, I saw that the letter was sent by her mother to her uncle.
The story is roughly about how the old man from the Wu family forced Yin Xinyue's mother to marry far away in order to help her uncle get married.
Now that her daughter is grown up, she demands that the Wu family find Yin Xinyue a good marriage so she can return to the capital, or else...
Ning Shu: "What does 'how-how-how' mean?"
Cui Zeyu shook his head: "I don't know, because it wasn't explicitly stated in the letter. I guess it's a secret that the Wu family can't keep to themselves."
Ning Shu: "That can't be a motive for murder, can it? Can't we go to her hometown and invite her mother over to find out the truth?"
Cui Zeyu shook his head: "It's too late. The higher-ups mean that no matter what, there must be a result by the third day."
Ning Shu still felt uneasy: "Even if Yin Xinyue had a motive, how could she have done it?"
Cui Zeyu smiled bitterly: "The Ministry of Justice's concluding statement said that on the day she arrived, she couldn't reach an agreement with her uncle's family, so she took the opportunity to put the arsenic used to kill rats into the salt."
Whenever the Wu family cooks, they will inevitably eat poison. It is common knowledge that rice is usually not salted, so she can escape unscathed.
Justice prevailed; she never imagined a thief would drug her, and she was caught before she could escape.
Ning Shu: "..."
Graffiti: "..."
It must be said that the Ministry of Justice's explanation was very logical; if it weren't for their mission, they could have simply believed it.
Ning Shu looked at Cui Zeyu with a complicated expression: "Isn't this treating human life like dirt? And nobody cares?"
Cui Zeyu smiled bitterly again: "For thousands of years, wrongful convictions have been common. The Ministry of Justice has made countless wrong judgments for the sake of political achievements, and the Court of Judicial Review can only overturn a few."
Ning Shu asked, puzzled, "Why?"
Is the Dali Temple, as the review authority, merely a figurehead?
Cui Zeyu: "Because the Dali Temple intervened too late."
When much of the original evidence was transferred, a lot of useful information had already been lost; it was all based on how the case files transferred from the Ministry of Justice were written.
The so-called review by the Dali Temple generally just involves checking the case files for errors, omissions, or contradictions, simply to make the submitted results look better.
Ning Shu: "Can't we really delay for a few more days?"
Cui Zeyu shook his head: "I am not the only one responsible for the review. There are a total of six people assigned to the position of Dali Cheng."
I'm just one of them; I don't write the review files, plenty of others do.
Ning Shu, who had been in contact with Cui Zeyu, was unaware of this situation.
She assumed he was in charge of it all, and even thought he could arbitrarily change the results.
Ning Shu fell silent. It seemed that a prison break was the only option!
Tuya suddenly tugged at her sleeve: "Sister Ning, come here, I have something to tell you."
Ning Shu snapped out of her daze, followed the graffiti to the corner, and mechanically asked, "What did you say?"
Graffiti: "Sister Ning, I heard that Prince Rui is very powerful. Do you want to ask him for help?"
Ning Shu was taken aback.
Oh right, Prince Rui might be able to help. How could that idiot not have thought of that?
Ning Shu suddenly grabbed Tuya's hand and said excitedly, "Tuya, it's my blessing to have you. I'll go and beg him right now."
Tuya quickly grabbed Ning Shu's hand: "Sister Ning, aren't you going to prepare a gift?"
Ning Shu: "?"
Tuya sighed, "Sister Ning, you can't ask someone for help empty-handed, can you? Why should Prince Rui help you?"
Ning Shu thought it made sense, and out of the corner of her eye she suddenly caught sight of Cui Zeyu, who was staring at the two of them tugging at each other's hands.
Ning Shu looked down and quickly brushed the graffiti away.
He chuckled and explained, "We were just discussing something, sir. I'll leave with Graffiti first; I'll think of a way to handle this."
Cui Zeyu's attention was still on their earlier tug-of-war. Hearing this, he was about to ask her what the solution was when he realized he could only see their backs.
"..."
After Ning Shu and Tuya left Dali Temple, Ning Shu asked, "What are your thoughts on the gift?"
Graffiti thought giving money was the most practical solution, but neither he nor she had much money.
Then I thought for a moment: "Sister Ning, how much money do you have left?"
Ning Shu thought for a moment: "There should be less than a thousand taels left."
Graffiti nodded: "Why don't you take out most of it and have a small gold statue made for him? It's both money and a way to show your appreciation."
Ning Shu was taken aback: "The little golden statue? Is it his?"
Don't we need to provide photos?
There probably aren't any artists here with that level of skill. Even if there were, would they waste their time drawing?
The graffiti artist shook his head: "It doesn't have to be him personally; his favorite animal or zodiac animal is fine too."
Chinese Zodiac?
Ning Shu thought of Prince Rui's birthday banquet. She remembered that he was born in the Year of the Tiger... Why is it the Year of the Tiger again?
Ning Shucai realized that she had a psychological aversion to the Animal World instance, but she thought the graffiti suggestion was good.
She immediately frowned again: "How big should the miniature golden statue be?"
Tuya thought for a moment and said, "Give me all the money you have."
I'll go find someone to see if they can make a hollow one that's a bit bigger.
Ning Shu thought it was a good idea and nodded quickly: "Then I'll go back and get the money now. You wait for me at the back door."
Ning Shu returned to the manor during the day, which was quite unusual, and could be considered as fulfilling Prince Rui's request to "return to the manor early".
She rummaged through her chests and cabinets, taking out all her banknotes and silver.
She calculated her approximate expenses for the next few days.
If they were to break into the prison, they would need to find a house to settle Cui Zeyu and Yin Xinyue, and also buy wedding clothes.
He left behind the money he thought he needed, and gathered up everything in her room that was related to "money," hiding it in his bosom.
Outside the back door, the graffiti was still waiting.
She handed over everything: "Besides the silver notes, there are some jewelry and such. Take them and have them made as soon as possible. I need them urgently."
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