Seeing that an outsider was trying to break into the main hall of the government office, the soldiers outside drew their swords to stop him. Shen Xing'er, dressed in a rose-red long dress, took advantage of her small size and nimbly dodged her way into the courtroom.
The soldiers behind her were handed over to her strong and healthy father.
She pointed at the murky eyes of the old woman holding the money bag and shouted at her.
As she finished speaking, she opened the money bag in her hand, revealing the gleaming silver coins inside.
Everyone present gasped in shock, feeling like their heads were about to explode.
"What on earth is going on? I'm getting more and more confused!"
Upon recognizing Shen Xing'er, Tian Sangui, who had been holding his breath, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The fact that the father and daughter came means that the matter has been settled and it's time to close the net.
When Granny Long saw the familiar money bag, she was immediately startled and stared blankly at Shen Xing'er's hand.
She wasn't afraid of being exposed; she was just afraid that the money she had worked so hard for would be ruined by this woman.
She couldn't rush forward to snatch it right now, because she had already triggered the warning that man was giving her; his ferocious eyes were even more terrifying than the King of Hell.
She's frugal, but she can't be reckless with her life.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have fled all the way to the remote Fuzhou.
Shen Xing'er presented the silver to Lord He and loudly declared, "I don't believe my eldest sister, such a kind person, could be the murderer in the disappearance case."
"So, my father and I went to Granny Long's house. After the adults and their men took her away, we found this under her bed, which is enough to prove that she was lying!"
Lord He looked at the conspicuous silver coins on the table and fell into deep thought.
To save her own life, the old man became sensible and quick-witted.
"She gave me this money. I did things for her, so it's only right that she pays me!"
Sure enough, everyone agreed with her, so money was not enough to prove anything.
Before Lord He and the common people could react, Tian Sangui struck first.
"I gave them the money, but you killed them!"
Granny Long was horrified by Tian Sangui's words; she dared not take the blame for murder.
Without thinking, he jumped up and pointed at Tian Sangui, hurriedly defending himself.
"No, sir, I didn't kill anyone. She gave me the money, and she killed the person!"
The tension was mixed with fear and dread. Tian Sangui, with his sharp ears, listened intently and pressed his advantage, quickening his pace.
"I gave them the money, but you killed them!"
Granny Long blushed with anxiety and pushed away the black pot that Tian Sangui had thrown at her with her thick neck.
"You gave me the money, and you killed him! You killed him!"
Before she could finish speaking, he pressed on relentlessly, giving her no chance to catch her breath: "He gave you the money, but I killed the person?"
In her panic, she didn't notice where Tian Sangui was pointing. Having heard the previous repetition, Long Pozi didn't think much of it and blurted out the answer again.
"No, you gave him the money, but he killed him!"
After he finished speaking, the lobby became as quiet as night, and even the sound of breathing became faint.
Tian Sangui's lips slowly changed from cold to bright. In a daze, Long Pozi saw her pointing behind her.
When she finally came to her senses and looked back, the two gods of wealth were staring at her with eyes that seemed to devour human flesh and drink human blood, their gazes sharp and cold, piercing her heart like knives.
That's it, it's completely over.
She inadvertently fell into Tian Sangui's trap, and in her panic, she publicly revealed the truth. Now they definitely wouldn't let her off the hook.
"What nonsense are you spouting, you old woman?"
"We have absolutely no connection with you. How can you so easily pin the blame on us for Miss Lou's death?"
"You must have conspired with her to frame someone on the spot, trying to clear your own name and get acquitted!"
The young man angrily pointed at Tian Sangui, looking back and forth between the old women.
Tian Sangui stepped forward and looked at them with a smile.
"Without any interaction, she would secretly consult you with her eyes before uttering a single word in court?"
The young man's eyes snapped open, staring at Tian Sangui in disbelief.
How did she know?
Ignoring his astonishment, Tian Sangui continued, "Don't think that Lord He will miss your little tricks. Don't treat Lord He like a fool!"
Lord He, who was mentioned, paused, straightened his posture, and glared angrily at the man in black.
The middle-aged man didn't speak, but just stared intently at Tian Sangui, his dark eyes revealing a mystery.
Young people are young after all. After Tian Sangui exposed their true intentions and Lord He put pressure on them, they began to panic.
"you......"
"She just happened to look over there; how can you be sure she was looking at us?"
Tian Sangui laughed out loud and clapped his hands in approval.
"What a perfect coincidence!"
"So, the fingernails and hair on your hands were also discovered by chance by you?"
The man instinctively felt that he couldn't quite grasp what Tian Sangui was saying, and he always felt that she knew something.
I was still trying to appear calm inside.
"What do you mean?"
He didn't think Tian Sangui was joking with him.
"Since you say I killed the person, I ask you, Lord He and all the common people, instead of thinking about how to handle these things carefully, I was so stupid as to blatantly put fingernails and hair into the dish."
"Serving it to the guests—are you afraid someone won't discover I'm a murderer, or do you think you have too much time on your hands?"
The people were instantly enlightened and began to look at each other and discuss the matter.
"How could someone so stupid be a murderer?"
"Haha, even my neighbor's idiot knows to hide the fish he killed, afraid that no one will find out. How could the Third Manager be that stupid?"
"Now that I think about it, it really does seem like someone deliberately framed her."
Tian Sangui's words reversed the tide in the courtroom, and swords were drawn against the two men in black.
Tian Sangui chuckled inwardly, tightening the net in his hands.
"If you're saying I'm selling human flesh, then it should be the fingernails and hair left behind by a corpse being processed into meat, and they wouldn't all be neatly arranged in one dish, right?"
The people all nodded in agreement, acknowledging that what Tian Sangui said was reasonable.
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
The middle-aged man finally spoke and asked.
Tian Sangui remained calm and explained indifferently.
"I'm very curious, Miss Lou's body was buried in my yard, so why are her fingernails neatly arranged in your cuisine?"
"I strongly suspect that after Miss Lou died, her fingernails were cut off, and then she was buried in my yard under the cover of darkness. That would make sense if the fingernails and hair in your hands were found!"
"You're talking nonsense. We have no grudge against each other, why would we want to harm you and Miss Lou?"
"You're clearly just being unreasonable and framing us in public, trying to find a scapegoat for yourself!"
"My lord, you must do justice for us commoners!"
Before Lord He could speak, Tian Sangui knelt down and pleaded, "Whether it's just sophistry or not, please take your men to search his restaurant and you'll know!"
"If the search yields nothing, I, Tian Sangui, have nothing to say and will voluntarily confess my guilt!"
Lord He hesitated and pondered, when Old Madam Shen spoke up: "The closure of Hefang Restaurant caused quite a stir, but in the end, nothing was found out. Why don't you take this opportunity, Lord He, to investigate each restaurant under the guise of official business, as a way to check on their business operations in advance!"
Every six months or a year, the government would send officials to conduct a thorough investigation of the markets and restaurants to prevent merchants from cheating and swindling people by raising prices.
The most important thing is to check the business operations of each of them so that the tax collection situation can be adjusted in a timely manner.
"Since the old lady has spoken, then this humble official may take men to investigate!"
The two men showed a hint of panic and tension, which vanished in an instant.
"Go ahead and investigate. If you don't find anything, Miss Tian, you'd better keep your word!"
"I always keep my word!"
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