Chai Shijing was invited to the Ministry of Justice, but he refused to admit that he had sent people to burn Lu Fang's body.
Zhou Yang also found it very strange. Chai Shijing was a grown man. Even if he bribed people to burn the corpse, why would he reward a woman with a gold hairpin?
Although the hairpin was broken by Liu Wu's step, it was still clearly well made. He called in several jewelry shop owners, one of whom immediately recognized the hairpin as one from their shop and explained that the buyer was Mei, the wife of Lu Guang, Lu Fang's third brother.
Many people in the capital knew that Lu Guang often stole his wife's jewelry, and either gave it away or pawned it for silver to squander.
Liu Wu continued, "Sir, that thief last night was very strong and pushed me five or six steps away."
Zhou Yang looked at the burly Liu Wu and said, "If I can push you five or six steps away, it's not impossible for me to kill Lu Fang with one kick."
There are rumors in the capital that Lu Fang does not like his wife Wan Qier, and the child in Wan Qier's belly is Lu Guang's.
At this point, Zhou Yang quickly figured out the whole story. He shouted, "Come here, bring Lu Guang to me!"
No one expected that the murder case of Lu Fang would take a big turn just the next day.
After noon, Zhou Yang opened the court again in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice to try the case.
Chai Shibo and others took advantage of their status and came to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice to attend the trial.
Lu Guang burst into tears, repeatedly claiming he was innocent. "I really didn't kill my brother, and I certainly didn't order anyone to burn his body. I'm innocent, sir, I'm innocent!"
"The jewelry shop owner, Lu, confirmed that only one of those gold hairpins was made and sold to your wife five days ago. And your wife's maid also confirmed that your wife wore that hairpin to appreciate the flowers yesterday."
Lu Guang was truly wronged. "Someone must have come to my house in the middle of the night and stolen the gold hairpin, and then pinned the blame on me. My Lord, I really didn't do it. It really wasn't me this time!"
"Your house is an earl's mansion, after all, so you have plenty of guards. Furthermore, your wife's maid said she was the one keeping watch last night, right outside your wife's room, and no one else entered."
"This, this is impossible, this... that maid is talking nonsense. She must be blaming me for giving my wife's jewelry away so much and wants to vent her anger. My lord, her words are not to be trusted."
Zhou Yang seized on the topic, "In other words, you admit that you often steal your wife's jewelry."
Lu Guang shook his head fiercely, "No, no, I'm not, I didn't..."
Chai Shibo was extremely anxious. "Lu Guang, stop complaining about this matter. Tell me why you killed Lu Fang. Is it really because..."
"I didn't kill Fang'er, and I don't have any private relationship with my sixth brother's wife."
Chai Shibo was very sharp-eyed. "How dare you say no? Why are you dodging your eyes? And you still say you're not guilty!"
Guangjibo was not sure whether he was angry or ashamed, but he was very emotional. He grabbed Lu Guang and asked, "Did you really kill Fang'er?"
"Dad, I really didn't! I swear I didn't!"
In the past, Guangjibo would have believed Lu Guang, but he just saw that Lu Guang was indeed guilty when he said that he had no affair with Wan Qier.
He slapped Lu Guang in the face. "You beast! Fang'er and you are brothers from the same mother. How could you have the heart to kill him? For a woman, you even killed your blood brother. You are worse than a beast."
Lu Guang grabbed Guangjibo's robe, crying and shaking his head, "Dad, I really didn't kill Fang'er, I really didn't. I admit that I had an affair with my sixth brother's wife, but I really didn't kill Fang'er.
He... is right! Dad, let me tell you that it was my sixth brother's wife who killed him. It must have been someone sent by my sixth brother's wife to kill him. Since they got married, my sixth brother has been hanging out with a group of men all day long. My sixth brother's wife has long been dissatisfied with him..."
"Shut up! You bastard, you..." The family scandal was exposed, and the sons killed each other. Uncle Guangji couldn't bear the blow and fainted on the ground.
Zhou Yang slammed the gavel and said, "Lu Fang's murder has nothing to do with Kang Yueran. He will be released immediately. Please ask Mr. Lu San to temporarily stay in the Ministry of Justice's cell and cooperate with the investigation."
He waved to the yamen runners, "Hurry up and send Earl Guangji back to the mansion for treatment."
Kang Yueran walked out of the Ministry of Justice. Chai Shibo surrounded her and asked curiously, "Miss Kang, what's going on?" He lowered his voice and said, "Zhengchu told us everything."
Chai Shijing pulled Chai Shibo away, "What's going on? Didn't you hear everything just now?" Why was he so close to Yueran?
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "Prince Ning, you've eaten enough melons today."
"Eat melon? When did I eat melon?"
This melon is not that melon! "What I mean is that what Lu Guang said today was already shocking."
"That's right! Hahahaha... I didn't expect the rumors in the capital to be true. Oh, that Lu Guang is so brave and shameless."
He imitated Guangjibo's expression, with a look of deep sorrow and indignation on his face, "What a beast, what a beast! Hahahaha..."
His younger brother was not steady at all. Chai Shijing said with a sullen face, "Don't tell anyone. Go home quickly!"
"Oh, then I'll go!" He didn't tell others about such a fun thing, but he could share it with his good brother Chu Yun.
Chai Shijing accompanied Kang Yueran back to Four Seasons Garden. Kang Yueran first went to wash and change clothes, and then went to the tea room to talk with Chai Shijing and He Zhengchu.
She knew that the two were very curious, so she directly blamed what happened last night on her non-existent master.
Kang Yueran didn't like people asking about her master, so Chai Shijing and He Zhengchu didn't say much and turned the topic to the Maritime Transport Office.
After talking for a long time, He Zhengchu returned to his room.
Chai Shijing asked seriously, "Yueran, you had to spend the night in jail yesterday. Did you do this on purpose to lure someone to kill you?"
Indeed! "Of course not, I deliberately lured my master out. I'm already in jail, he will definitely help me!"
Chai Shijing said nothing, but used his eyes to accuse Kang Yueran. Kang Yueran could not bear such a look and took the initiative to throw herself into his arms. "Actually, there is a little bit. Yesterday I deliberately said that I would let the coroner examine the body carefully again, just to make the King of Jin misunderstand whether I knew something."
"Do you know this is very dangerous? You don't have any weapons on you. What if you are really hurt? What if someone bribes you to poison you in prison? What if..."
Kang Yueran kissed Chai Shijing's lips, but Chai Shijing was not tempted by her and pushed her away and continued, "What if..."
"There are no such things as what ifs. I know what's going on. I won't really risk my life."
Chai Shijing was very angry and turned his head away, ignoring Kang Yueran.
She had space, but Chai Shijing didn't know it. "Ajing, don't be angry! I promise I won't be reckless in the future."
She twisted and turned in Chai Shijing's arms, "Ajing, Ajing, talk to me, pay attention to me, Ajing..."
"Okay, I'm not angry anymore!" Chai Shijing hugged Kang Yueran tightly, "Yueran, if anything happens to you, I will not live alone."
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