Chapter 98 Let's set up a trap too
Outside Li Garden, Lu Huaihe galloped and arrived at the Dali Temple in the shortest possible time.
After running all the way to the dungeon, Su He finally saw Ming Chun, who was dying. She was lying on a simple wooden bed, and an old man was giving her acupuncture and feeling her pulse.
Seeing Su He coming, Ming Chun's dead eyes lit up a little, and she stretched out her hand tremblingly, her pale and dry lips opened and closed, as if she wanted to say something.
Su He hurriedly grabbed her hand and held it tightly, and asked softly: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly. What do you want to tell me?"
"I... I didn't kill anyone."
Her eyes widened and she uttered four tones with force.
Su He responded hastily: "I believe you."
"Aunt Liu...she..."
The old man saw that Mingchun's pupils were somewhat dilated, her breathing was not smooth, and she was about to die, so he quickly gave her two needles on the neck.
Mingchun took a lot of effort to breathe her last breath, and her hand was weakly placed on Su He's palm. She put all her strength into silently saying: "Aunt and the second prince...dragon...dragon and phoenix twins..."
The intermittent silent words were completely interrupted.
Mingchun grabbed Su He's hand unwillingly, with a heart-breaking fear in her eyes.
She happened to hear the conversation between Liu Jinglei and Liu Qiuqiu, and then she knew that Yi'er Jiao'er was not the eldest master's biological child. With this secret in mind, Mingchun was afraid of threatening her life, so she didn't tell anyone. Unexpectedly, she still couldn't escape death...
Su He repeatedly imitated her lip movements, recognized the words "Second Prince" and "Dragon and Phoenix Fetus", and her heart sank.
She found some details about the Zhaixing Wine House in the storage room of the Dali Temple.
The persecuted girls all had more or less, deep and shallow scars on their bodies, which were not traces of pleasure. It seems that the perpetrator has some special fetishes, and out of indulgence or venting, he has reached the point of satisfaction by torturing the girls.
And when Liu Qiuqiu was arranged to have a one-night stand in Jiaoguilou, she had many similar scars on her body. At that time, the proprietress of Jiaoguilou felt sorry for her and generously rewarded her with ten taels of silver to buy gold wound medicine, so she remembered it very clearly.
Su He had already guessed that the same person was involved in both incidents.
Now that Mingchun confirmed it, everything became clear.
Lu Yanxiu was infertile, and in order to get pregnant and enter the mansion, Liu Qiuqiu had to borrow sperm from other men. It just so happened that the man she dreamed of that night was the second prince, who was out of her reach. The ridiculous thing was that no one knew his identity.
In order to cater to the second prince's hobbies, Lu Zhili repeatedly lured innocent girls in the wine shop and sent them to the second prince to satisfy his desires.
Since it was him...
everything can be discussed.
Su He also grabbed Ming Chun's hand, and the warmth from her palm calmed her frightened heart.
"Don't worry, I will seek justice for you!"
A tear rolled out of Ming Chun's eye.
Su He lowered his eyes and wiped it away with his own hands.
"Thank you...thank you, madam."
After saying this, Ming Chun's hand lost strength, her eyes slowly closed, and she was completely separated from the world forever.
The old man took out the silver needle from her neck and said regretfully: "Thousand Top Red is a deadly poison. If you swallow it, you will die. I can only keep you alive with all my strength. The little girl is still young, it's a pity."
"Thank you for your hard work, sir. Qingyun, send you back to your residence." Lu Huaihe ordered.
"Yes."
The old man packed up the small medicine box, stood up to thank him, and followed Qingyun out of the dungeon.
Su He stared at Mingchun's face quietly for a long time before putting her hand back in place. Glancing at the visible marks on her arm, she couldn't help but lift up her sleeves to check, and saw that the skin was covered with old scars and new wounds. She looked at the other arm and the sides of both legs, and they were all the same. It was horrible to see!
Su He took a breath of cool air.
She didn't know that Mingchun, who had always been conscientious and dedicated to her duties, would be beaten so badly?
"Since you trust me and are willing to tell me the information you know, I can't let you down. Mingchun, you will be innocent."
Su He took a handkerchief from his waist and put it on her pale cheek.
Someone from the Dali Temple soon came to clean up the body.
Because she was in prison with a crime on her shoulders and died before the case was fully investigated, they feared that she committed suicide out of fear of the crime, so it was not proper to bury her openly.
However, in order to let Mingchun die in peace, Su He still asked Lu Huaihe for a reward to secretly bury her in a remote cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
Things happened very quickly. After a burst of noise, the sky just began to brighten.
Su He stood on the steps outside the dungeon, and Lu Huaihe was already on duty.
Pei Xia stood behind her and wiped away tears.
"Madam, Mingchun...was she abused when she was alive?"
"Liu Qiuqiu's temperament is unpredictable, Mingchun is honest and easy to talk to, and it is common for her to eat a candy in exchange for a slap."
"The wound is really shocking to me. She is still young, what a pity!" She
is one or two years younger than Pei Xia.
Su He was also a little sad, but the best way to mourn Mingchun was to find out the truth of the case.
"Mingchun has no grudges or hatreds. Usually, there is no one to quarrel with her, let alone anyone who would risk going to the dungeon to take her life. In this case, let's set up a trap and catch the turtle in the jar."
"Madam, just arrange it!"
Su He's eyes flickered, and a good idea had already appeared in his mind.
Lu Mansion, listening to Yuxuan.
Liu Qiuqiu paced back and forth in the room holding Ji'er's clothes.
She didn't come to the yard until she heard the sound of broken tiles falling to the ground, holding a lamp, and saw Liu Jinglei sneaking in.
"It's done!"
He bought a strong poison and gave a full dose. Even if the Jade Emperor came, he wouldn't be able to survive until next spring.
Liu Qiuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "What's going on with Yanxiu in prison? When will his case be tried?"
"You still care about him? Why don't you think about how to save your life?" Liu Jinglei spat.
"Is it... so difficult to get away?"
Liu Jinglei laughed a few times as if he heard a joke, then sat on the stone bench and shook his head like a spectator: "Cursing the emperor is a serious crime that will implicate nine generations of your clan! Even the fish Wangcai in your backyard will be skinned and brought to see King Yan! That guy Lu Yanxiu probably won't get out alive, and maybe all of you will have to go in to see him..."
When Liu Qiuqiu heard this, her legs went weak and she almost sat on the ground.
She hesitated, a little confused: "That was clearly something I put in the main hall to curse the old lady, how did it get searched out? I asked someone to calculate that as long as it is placed behind the plaque in the main hall for a month, it can ensure that the old lady will die early and be reborn, and then I won't have to live under her frown!"
"Besides, that is not something that curses the emperor, who dares to blaspheme... Why don't I go to the Dali Temple to find the official and explain it clearly. Once I tell him about the rag doll full of silver needles, he will definitely put Yanxiu back."