"Whether I have bullied the weak or not, everyone will soon find out. The people have sharp eyes," Qi Guze said, too lazy to argue with her. His cold gaze was fixed on her face. "You had nothing before you came to the capital, but after arriving, you earned tens of thousands of taels of gold. With your abilities, I'm afraid that's impossible."
"Your Highness underestimates us, doesn't he?"
Throughout the entire conversation, it was Zhou Qionghua who spoke.
In reality, Jiang Mingfu only wanted to extort Cao Shangfei and had no intention or plan to kill him.
But Zhou Qionghua was different. After luring people to her ancestral home, she was ruthless and cruel, which led to the young Cao Shangfei's untimely death in a dry well, and his silver was also robbed.
Now, it is clear that the case is under investigation.
Seeing that the two showed no sign of admitting their guilt, Xu Yuehuai approached Jiang Shixu with a grin and extended her hand to him.
"Get up. You are my own flesh and blood, so you shouldn't kneel here. Look at your delicate skin, you've been pampered by your elder brother. Go to the back room to rest."
Xu Yuehuai uttered the most unbelievable words in a gentle tone. She seemed kind and respectable, but actually had other intentions. When Jiang Mingfu saw that Xu Yuehuai was going to take Jiang Shixu away, he was terrified and frantically protected his son like a mother hen.
Everyone was terrified.
Xu Yuehuai understood that Jiang Shixu was their weakness. "Come with me to the back and rest. Whatever you did is an adult matter and has nothing to do with us. Let's leave it at that."
Xu Yuehuai moved closer to Jiang Shixu.
Jiang Shixu huddled together, trembling with fear and shaking.
“I don’t want to,” he pushed Xu Yuehuai away. “I don’t want to go with you, you bad woman.”
Xu Yuehuai wasn't annoyed at all. She smiled slowly and continued to extend her hand to him.
"Look at yourself, what kind of talk is that?"
"Stop arguing! How can I be a bad woman? We're blood relatives! Let's go, let's go!" Xu Yuehuai gritted her teeth as she said "let's go."
This really frightened Jiang Shixu.
Jiang Shixu burst into tears.
Xu Yuehuai didn't care about anything else and just grabbed the limp Jiang Shixu and left.
The two naturally disagreed, but Qi Guze's subordinates threatened them with swords, so they had no choice but to give up.
Jiang Shixu was led behind.
Xu Yuehuai glanced down at him.
What do you want to eat?
"You bad woman..."
"Why are you still being so sharp-tongued? Your parents' affair has already been exposed. They're just being questioned now, but their crimes are unforgivable. After all, if you had confessed earlier, you could have gotten a lenient treatment. If you continue to hide it, things will get complicated."
Xu Yuehuai pointed to himself, "You can imagine what kind of relationship I have with the prince, right? I can turn the world upside down with just a word. Now that you, Tang Rou, have confessed, things will go smoothly."
On the other side, Qi Guze looked at Jiang Mingfu.
He suddenly turned around and asked, "Tie Xiong, how many people in my Ministry of Justice have been detained for murder without shedding blood?"
Tie Xiong was well aware of this. "Your Highness, there are thirty-two major punishments in total, usually eighty-one. It's just a pity that most people can only endure up to the third ant climbing a tree. It's a shame that I've never seen the last eighty-odd punishments."
What's inside the prison?
Qi Guze continued to ask.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mingfu was terrified and trembled with fear.
His face turned pure green.
Tie Xiong answered fluently, "In the prison, there are snakes, insects, rats and ants. Most importantly, you don't know who is next to you or who your cellmate is. Some people are imprisoned with murderers. Anyway, we give them two meals a day, which are just watery soup. Some of the more agitated ones will even snatch food. It's like a living hell. Why does Your Highness ask this?"
It's clear that Tiexiong is a very good actor.
Qi Guze stroked his chin, his deep eyes looking at Jiang Mingfu.
"It seems one of you two is going to jail. Come on, take Jiang Mingfu down there."
"It wasn't me, Your Highness, it wasn't me."
Jiang Mingfu shouted loudly.
In fact, Qi Guze had figured out that the two men had gotten rich because of some shady business, but he didn't know exactly what it was. The two men had arranged things fairly well and hadn't given anything away.
But at this moment, Jiang Mingfu was in a sorry state, shouting and yelling, which completely changed the situation.
"It's her."
"Oh? It seems I have no choice but to offend Madam Zhou."
Zhou Qionghua never expected that Jiang Mingfu would turn around and bite her at this critical moment. Seeing her husband making false accusations, Zhou Qionghua knew that the truth would eventually come out.
If this continues, things are bound to get out of hand.
"It was all Jiang Mingfu's doing. What does it have to do with me? That Grasshopper is a man. How could I possibly defeat him? Your Highness, Your Highness, please open your eyes and see! You can't wrong an innocent person, and you can't tolerate evil. It's all his doing, it's Jiang Mingfu!"
"Oh? So it's you. Tell me the details, and let me analyze who will go to hell."
In fact, both of them were terrified.
They both pointed at each other.
Xu Yuehuai also got the answer and slowly walked to the front from behind. Jiang Shixu huddled behind Xu Yuehuai in fear and didn't say a word for a long time.
Xu Yuehuai led Jiang Shixu forward.
“He has confessed everything, now all we need to do is go to the crime scene.”
A group of people quickly arrived at the scene of the crime.
There was indeed a dry well here. As soon as the three of them arrived at the backyard, Jiang Mingfu became trembling and incoherent.
He had no intention of extorting money, but the domineering Zhou Qionghua insisted on committing crimes, leaving him no choice but to kill and rob. Now, returning to the same place, the superstitious man is only worried that the assassinated Grasshopper will seek revenge.
As for Zhou Qionghua, she had already planned ahead.
Standing by the well, Zhou Qionghua's eyes were red from crying, and she stammered, "Hero, hero! It all started because of him, what does this have to do with me? He pushed you into the dry well, hero, now you can rest in peace, sob sob sob."
Jiang Mingfu was so frightened that he barely had time to react.
Xu Yuehuai glanced at the two of them and then moved closer to Qi Guze.
"Heaven cherishes life. They are utterly wicked, but they still have a child to raise. Please be lenient with them."
Jiang Mingfu was arrested that day.
Jiang Mingfu, once detained, quickly became delirious, sometimes talking about vengeful spirits flying over the grass and others about his own impending death, and most of the time he was angrily cursing the ungrateful Zhou Qionghua.
This matter is now closed.
Zhou Qionghua put away her arrogant and domineering thoughts and quietly began to live her life.
Since Jiang Mingfu was arrested, Zhou Qionghua has become completely quiet, working from sunrise to sunset.
She quickly adapted to this arduous life. After all, it was just an ordinary thing back in Qingshui Village. She constantly reminded herself to forget the extravagant and decadent lifestyle she had once enjoyed.
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