Yu Wanchun had already prepared a lot of words.
During these days in prison, Yu Wanchun was not idle. He could only risk everything, regardless of whether it was useful or not. He tried every possible way to smooth over the connections and get information. However, he was backed by his good nephew, who always asked for exorbitant prices. In a blink of an eye, most of the money he had collected over the years was spent, but most of it turned into a sea of mud without any result.
Fortunately, Yu Wanchun finally got some advice and realized that the key to his case this time was the evidence. As long as he pointed out the flaws and stated the testimony in his favor, he would have a chance to change his confession.
Moreover, Yu Wanchun knew that the prefect Wan Linming, who would make the final decision on the case, was always fair in judging cases and could understand the situation of the people, so he thought his chances of winning were much higher.
Yu Wanchun's singing and recitation were excellent, as if he really had a huge grievance to express.
However, Wan Linming heard him shouting at the top of his lungs, but he didn't even show any expression.
When it comes to the court, every prisoner will cry out that he is innocent, but those who truly have been wronged are still a minority.
Wan Linming slammed the gavel and shouted coldly: "Suspect Yu Wanchun, you said you were wronged, where did this injustice come from?"
Yu Wanchun said hurriedly, "Your Excellency, I am indeed innocent... The situation that day was not as described just now. First of all, the red agate evidence was indeed obtained by me from the casino. It is a pity that Xie Shu turned black into white and colluded with Wei Qingtong, refusing to admit this. Your Excellency will know once you ask the people in the casino and old man Wei."
However, it would have been better if he hadn't said it. Once he did, Wan Linming's face darkened and he said, "Suspect Yu Wanchun, you have colluded with the people in the casino before, right? Besides, that old man Wei was killed in the casino the next day. How can we prove this?"
Died in a casino?
Yu Wanchun never thought of this. This old man Wei was actually dead?
Thinking of something, Yu Wanchun said anxiously with a red face and thick neck: "Sir, this matter is strange, it must be my nephew Yu Chuxi's doing!"
But who would listen to Yu Wanchun's words? After all, even if he wanted to defend himself, he had to abide by the basic law. Besides, it was indeed Yu Wanchun who colluded with the gambling house from the beginning.
Therefore, Wan Linming just said expressionlessly: "How dare you! Suspects are not allowed to make loud noises. I want to ask you, do you have any evidence for what you said?"
Where does Yu Wanchun have evidence? Looking at the killing sticks around, Yu Wanchun had no choice but to continue to cry out for justice: "My Lord, I am really wronged. This all started when Xie Shu fell into the water a month ago. At that time, I found out that Xie Shu and Wei Qingtong had an affair. After that, Xie Shu's personality changed drastically. He began to try every means to please my nephew. He must have secretly conspired with Wei Qingtong to seize the Yu family's property. I couldn't bear to see my nephew being deceived by him, so I resorted to this desperate measure just to expose all this. I thought that Wei Qingtong and Xie Shu really had no affair, how could it be..."
Yu Wanchun was ready to tell everything from the beginning, but to Wan Linming's ears, it sounded disgusting. This man would do anything to change his confession. Didn't he know who Xie Shu was?
Wan Linming slammed the gavel again and said in a bad tone: "The ink on the confession you left behind is not even dry yet, could it be false?"
When Yu Wanchun heard the gavel sound again, his whole body trembled, and cold sweat covered his shoulders and forehead. At this time, Yu Wanchun knew that his situation was hopeless.
Yu Wanchun couldn't figure out what went wrong and why Wan Linming was so impatient with him?
Before Yu Wanchun could speak again, Wan Linming directly picked up the red pen from the tin pen holder and drew a stroke on the word "exile".
When Yu Wanchun heard the verdict, his face turned pale, and he stretched his neck and shouted wildly: "It's unjust! Sir! I was tortured into confessing..."
But before he could finish his last sentence, Wan Linming said with a cold look, "Drag him away!"
The news that Yu Wanchun was sentenced to three years of exile soon arrived. Three years might seem a short time, but because it was a crime like exile, it was also very difficult to endure.
After all, although Daqing has a large territory, the population is still mainly concentrated in the central plains. Exile means being sent to a wild land, while the south is full of miasma and the north is bitterly cold. There is a poem that says, "Once you go ten thousand miles, you will never return." It is talking about the suffering of exile.
For someone of Yu Wanchun’s age, he doesn’t know if he will be able to come back even if he goes.
Therefore, the public opinion gradually changed. It was said that the Yu family was fighting for power and profit to such a cruel extent that even uncles and nephews were fighting to the death.
At this time, everyone couldn't help but think of the many good deeds Yu Wanchun had done before. If Yu Wanchun was really an unforgivable person, he would not have been able to pretend for so many years.
From this point of view, the current Young Master Yu is still in charge, and the future head of the Yu family will be a truly ruthless person.
Of course, these rumors were not allowed to spread in the Yu family, but they still caused some impact. But soon on the day of Yu Wanchun's exile, the people stationed at the gate of Jinling and the people who were going to leave the city overnight saw an astonishing scene. They saw people from the Yu family carrying box after box of clothes and money, and there were also several servants to take care of him.
This is indeed possible in the exile system.
But so far, how many people can enjoy such treatment?
As for who did this, there was no objection. Who else could it be but Yu Chuxi?
When playing chess that night, Xie Shu saw that Yu Chuxi was hesitant in making his moves and looked a little melancholy, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Xie Shu thought for a moment, put down the chess piece, looked at him and said, "My dear, are you still thinking about your second uncle?"
Yu Chuxi didn't expect him to ask this and originally wanted to deny it, but seeing the concern in his eyes, as warm as the spring sunshine, Yu Chuxi's mood unconsciously became better.
Yu Chuxi suddenly had the urge to talk about something. He had never mentioned his past in front of others, but now it seemed that there was nothing he couldn't say.
Yu Chuxi propped his head up with one hand, his black and lustrous hair falling from his jade-white wrist. Yu Chuxi thought carefully for a moment, then blinked and said, "Xie Shu, actually when I was little, my second uncle was very good to me."
Xie Shu looked at him quietly, with just a hint of doubt on his face. He knew that his lover just needed him to listen to him at this moment.
Yu Chuxi chuckled self-deprecatingly and said, "Do you also find it incredible? But it is indeed true. My mother passed away when I was five years old. My father was still doing business in the north at the time and didn't even have time to attend her funeral. I was scared and sad to lose my mother suddenly. Fortunately, my second uncle had some free time at that time, so he often bought me some small toys and talked to me."
When Yu Chuxi thinks about it now, it feels like a lifetime ago. The things that happened in his childhood are not actually clear in his mind, but when the memories emerge bit by bit, the huge contrast with the reality makes people sigh for the past.
Yu Chuxi smiled faintly again and said: "But later, everything changed quickly."
Yu Chuxi had long forgotten when his second uncle changed. Maybe it was three years ago when he and his father expressed his desire to learn business. Or maybe it was even earlier, when Yu Wanchun saw that his father had no other children, and his appetite grew.
The open and covert struggles between him and Yu Wanchun over the years had long since worn away the last bit of affection between them as uncle and nephew. But for some reason today, Yu Chuxi inexplicably recalled the past and said these words in front of Xie Shu.
When Yu Chuxi came to his senses, he felt like he was pretending to be innocent.
It was clearly he who pushed Yu Wanchun to this point step by step, and he never regretted it. What else is there to say?
Besides, the reason why he gave Yu Wanchun so many things this time was just to comfort his father, but he also had to consider other people's opinions. After all, it was a shameful thing for the uncle and nephew to have quarreled to this extent.
Yu Chuxi couldn't help but stop talking in annoyance. He immediately changed the subject and said, "By the way, I just told my father that we should set off for Qixia Temple tomorrow. Qixia Temple is on the mountain outside the city. It will take about three days to go back and forth. Are you free?"
At this moment, the man's voice next to him was as soft as clouds, and he whispered: "I promised you before, so of course I will go. You don't have to think too much about this. It's not your fault. Second uncle was good to you before, but it was based on interests. Later, his attitude changed because in his eyes, interests were more important than you. So you don't need to blame yourself for this. As for everything that happened afterwards, it was all his own fault. But you still miss him now. You are really a kind person..."
Yu Chuxi never thought that Xie Shu would say this.
He couldn't help but look away when he heard the rest. People outside said that he was vicious, but this person actually praised him as a kind-hearted person!
Although Yu Chuxi always knew that Xie Shu always liked to say nice things to him, he didn't know that there were such nice words that were completely unrelated to him.
What’s even worse is that his tone was so serious that Yu Chuxi didn’t know how to respond to him.
But for some reason, Yu Chuxi's depressed and complicated emotions just now disappeared in an instant.
Yu Chuxi no longer supported his head with one hand. He moved his face a little bit away from his palm, revealing only half of it, and said to Xie Shu, "Don't say anything."
Xie Shu couldn't help but coughed softly while laughing, and her lover seemed a little shy.
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