The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 1370 Extra Story (6): Xue's Rehabilitation [-]
Xue Shuyao burst into tears immediately, and slowly let go of her hand.As a woman, she was stripped of her clothes in public, how could she have the face to show others?The women's reputation is gone.

Soon, she was put in front of the nail board.Looking at the long and dense nail plate in front of her, she couldn't help swallowing.At this moment, her body was already drenched in cold sweat, and she was shivering in front of the nailboard in only a white coat.

Zhou Wei frowned slightly, looked at Xue Shuyao's trembling body, "Do you want to continue?"

Xue Shuyao raised her head and glanced at Gu Chengyu, but did not reply, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes and rolled onto the nail board.Gu Chengyu took a deep breath, he was really unhappy to torture such an innocent person.But fortunately, he had already ordered someone to smooth out the nails on the nail board a lot, and if he quickly rolled over the nail board, he shouldn't suffer too much injury.

It just so happened that Xue Shuyao had just been whipped, and her shirt was stained red with a lot of blood, these people probably couldn't see anything.

"My lord! She fainted!" A yamen servant looked at Xue Shuyao who had rolled off the nail board and stopped moving, and knew that she had fainted from pain.

"Wake up by splashing water!" With so many officials waiting, Zhou Wei naturally would not be sympathetic.

Gu Chengyu watched as a large bucket of cold water was poured on Xue Shuyao who was lying on the ground. The white underwear was soaked, and the woman's curves were fully exposed.The cold water mixed with the blood and soaked the ground.

Xue Shuyao was woken up, she groaned, and opened her eyes with effort.Even though her eyes were blurred, she could still see the boy's cold eyes when she raised her head.

"Extremely indecent, put on outer clothes!"

"Cough! What the prince said is very true!" After Zhou Wei was stunned for a moment, he realized that Gu Chengyu was referring to letting Xue Shuyao wear outer clothes. It seems that this woman has a very close relationship with the regent!

The King Regent persuaded the Emperor to take over this case, so what is the relationship between this woman and the King Regent?Can the regent stop caring about his own teacher?
"Present your criminal evidence!" Zhou Wei glanced at Gu Chengyu, he was a little uncertain about Gu Chengyu's meaning.

All the officials present are in a state of watching their hearts, and the regent wants to hear the trial in person, which shows that he wants to intervene in this matter.

There are too many officials involved this time, and some of them are of a much higher rank than them. They don't dare to do such a thankless thing.It's better to leave this matter to Zhou Wei, they can't do anything that offends others.

Xue Shuyao managed to stabilize her kneeling figure, and with trembling hands, she took out the letters and evidence that Gu Chengyu had returned before, all of which were Xue's hopes.

"My lord has looked through the files of the third department. The case of Xue's collusion with Daxing is indeed suspicious. It's just that the preservation of the criminal evidence back then is not complete, and some witnesses have passed away one after another. The one in your hand cannot be used as the most direct evidence." There is only the letter of Liang Taifu and others collaborating with the enemy with Daxing. Even if the private seal of this letter is true, it cannot prove that it was done by them. Although the private seal is a private thing, it is not impossible for others to steal it. As for handwriting, there are many people in this world who can copy it."

Gu Chengyu spoke suddenly, and Zhou Wei, who was about to question him, looked at him in shock.

All the eyes in the hall turned to Gu Chengyu, and sure enough, they were right not to show up.

"Since this is the case, we can only make a decision after the investigation! The matter will be re-submitted to Dali Temple for investigation. When new evidence of crime appears, it will be transferred to the Criminal Ministry for interrogation. The witnesses of the year will also be re-interrogated! She is being held in custody, and the judgment will be made after the matter is settled!"

After Gu Chengyu finished speaking, he got up and left the lobby, leaving everyone looking at each other in blank dismay, relatively speechless.

Zhou Wei was returning to his office and began to carefully search for the omissions in the case.

No way, who told this matter to be spread on him?well!Zhou Wei sighed. In fact, if you want him to say, the case was indeed closed in a hurry, and there were too many omissions.Although the physical evidence is sufficient, there are only letters and nothing else.

As we all know, letters are the easiest thing to forge, but private printing is not easy to get.

As for those witnesses, it was even more of a big flaw.Look carefully, the content of the confession of Xue Haozhen's close entourage is somewhat different from that of other witnesses, and the details are not clearly explained at all.Moreover, some confessions are read over and over again without repeated verification at all, which is very unreasonable.

Zhou Wei couldn't help but think of Xia Qing. Xia Qing contributed a lot to the case of the extermination of the Xue family, and Xia Qing was the traitor who betrayed the imperial court and colluded with Daxing.If what happened back then was framed by Xia Qing, it is not impossible!
He couldn't help turning his attention to the incriminating evidence presented by Xue Shuyao in front of him. If he said that Liang Zhirui was collaborating with the enemy and traitorous to the country, he would absolutely not believe it.If he really colluded with Daxing, why did he resign and return to his hometown after he became the chief assistant?Wouldn't it be possible to continue to serve Daxing by staying in the court?
If the regent hadn't become an official through the imperial examination and became his disciple, I'm afraid he would never be able to return to the court in his life.Does he still have the ability to predict what will happen many years later?Isn't that a fantasy?
It's just that now he's a little undecided. If it doesn't work, he has to find a way to find out what the regent has to say.

"Lord Zhou, the villain is Ming Mo, the entourage of the lord! The lord ordered the villain to pass on the word that he will take care of Miss Xue carefully!" Ming Mo saluted Zhou Wei and passed on Gu Chengyu's instructions.

What the prince means is that Xue Shuyao cannot die, at least not until the matter is clarified.The imperial court still has Daxing spies, which must be eradicated.

Zhou Wei immediately replied with a smile: "It turns out that it is Brother Mingmo, Miss Xue is the orphan of the Xue family, and before the matter is really investigated, it is my duty to protect Miss Xue's safety." Please rest assured, my lord, I will take this matter to heart."

After Ming Mo left, Zhou Wei immediately stopped smiling.The prince's meaning couldn't be more clear, a hero is sad for a beauty!

After half a month, Yanbi finally set foot on the land of the capital again.She got off the boat and was escorted to the palace.

She clutched the booklet on her chest, a little flustered.

If it weren't for these so-called Zu Ziheng back then, she wouldn't have gone around many places and become the cast aside dark girl Chang!Looking back on the past, I thought it was over and those who wanted to arrest her had been completely released. Who would have thought that she would still not be able to escape.

"Yilan!" As soon as Gu Chengyu entered the wing room, he saw the fidgeting woman in front of him.

Yanbi trembled all over, this name has not been heard for many years.It is both familiar and unfamiliar to the ears.

"Yes!"

"I don't think I need to say more about what happened back then, just show the evidence of your crime!" Gu Chengyu had already heard the report from Fucheng's servants, saying that the woman did have a crime.

(End of this chapter)