The daily life of a charming girl who made a fortune in ancient times

Chapter 133 Who will be silenced next

Fang Caiwang heard his son's voice, turned his head and saw his grandson kneeling beside his son, and burst into tears, "Xing'er... grandpa's good grandson..."

Eight-year-old Fang Xing couldn't recognize the thin and dirty old man in front of him at all, and put his head in his father's arms, for fear that someone would take him away again.

The prefect Zhu signaled the yamen servants to let the father and son into the lobby, and Fang Jinye knelt and climbed a few steps to his father's side, crying, "Father, it was Madam who sent someone to rescue Xing'er, you can't be so confused anymore."

Fang Caiwang, who knelt and held his grandson in tears, listened to his son's words, and raised his cloudy and tear-wet eyes to look directly at his son.

Fang Jinye lowered his head, not daring to look at his father, and secretly pulled the son in his arms.Fang Xing cried out in fright, "Don't catch me, Daddy save me, save me—"

"Xing'er is not afraid, Xing'er is not afraid, father is here, no one can catch you." Fang Jinye was crying while coaxing his son, looking very pitiful.

The prefect Zhu used the gavel to suppress the noise inside the hall and the people outside the hall, and shouted, "Fang Cai is prosperous, you still haven't recruited it honestly!"

Fang Caiwang seemed to have been drained of all his energy, he was weak even when speaking, "My lord, in April this year, Lin Jinzong arrested Caomin's grandson Fang Xing and threatened Caomin to do things for him, otherwise he would kill Caomin grandson, the grassroots dare not disobey..."

At first, Lin Jinzong was just begging for some money, but later he asked Fang Caiwang to deceive Fang with the fake family letter that Mrs. Fang was critically ill and wanted to see her daughter. Fang and Lin Duheng were caught by bandits, but Lin Ruyu fell into the water but was nowhere to be found.

Therefore, Fang Caiwang was sent to the Lin family's shop in Qixian County, waiting for Lin Ruyu who came to ask for help.Unexpectedly, Lin Ruyu tricked him into a ruined courtyard and kidnapped him. After extorting a confession through torture, he was handed over to several beggars to guard him.

Immediately afterwards, there was a flood in Qi County. Thanks to the fact that the ruined temple where the beggars settled was not submerged in the water, they escaped. They were later arrested and returned to Xuanzhou by the people sent by the Lin family.

Zhu Taishou ordered someone to send Lin Jinzong to the hall for questioning, and then continued to interrogate Fang Caiwang, "Who sent you to Qi County?"

Fang Caiwang replied, "Caomin didn't know who he was at first, but later on in Qi County, he found out that he is... Master Caozheng Fan Genyuan and Fan of Qi County."

After saying this, Fang Caiwang subconsciously glanced at Lin Ruyu, for fear that Lin Ruyu would break his other leg with a stick.When Fang Caiwang was caught by Lin Ruyu, he really didn't know that Fan Genyuan was the person who joined the bandits at the foot of Matou Mountain. He only found out later when he was begging with the beggar Fan Huazi.

"Crack!" The prefect Zhu patted the gavel to stop the growing noise outside the hall, and said majesticly, "Fang Caiwang, falsely accusing an official is a felony, what evidence do you have to prove that the man is Cao Zhengfan of Qi County root yuan."

Fang Caiwang lowered his head tightly, "It's the grassroots people ordered by Mr. Fan himself. Mrs. Lin and the young master were also transported away by the grain boat in Qi County."

Eunuch Zhu glanced at the document that was brushing the records beside him, asked about the details related to Fan Genyuan, and continued to ask, "Why did they have to catch Lin Ruyu?"

Fang Caiwang had speculations in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out. He just said, "The grassroots don't know. The prefect, all the crimes were committed by the grassroots. The grassroots have been hiding it from their family members. The grassroots know that the crime is serious. Please punish the prefect severely." .”

After hearing his father's words, Fang Jinye, who was kneeling behind him, instantly relaxed his tense body, and followed his father to kowtow to plead guilty.

Lin Jinzong, the second uncle of the Lin family, was taken to the lobby, and when he saw Fang Xing in the hall, he felt a little lucky just now, and was instantly chilled.

Fang reported, "My lord, after finding out that Fang Caiwang was coerced because his grandson Fang Xing was arrested, for more than a month, the women have been sending people to look for Fang Xing's whereabouts. September 22 In the evening, Fang Caiwang was taken back to Xuanzhou by a woman sent by a boat to be imprisoned in the firewood house of the mansion. Lin Sanjiang, the steward of Lin Jinzong’s family, entered the firewood house at night to have a secret meeting with Fang Caiwang. The woman speculated that Fang Xing might be in the hands of Lin Jinzong, and sent someone to Searched in his shops and farms, and finally found Fang Xing in a mountain village [-] miles outside the city yesterday. Fang Xing's guards have gone outside the hall, please be careful, Lord Prefect."

Lin Jinzong in the hall turned his head and saw the steward of his own mansion who was escorted in by the nursing home of the old mansion, so he knew that he had lost, completely lost.

The prefect Zhu asked, "Lin Jinzong, are you convicted?"

"The grassroots are guilty." The evidence was overwhelming, and Lin Jinzong had no choice but to plead guilty.However, he pleaded guilty, but he did not admit that he was the mastermind. "It was Sicang Shu Zuo, Master Xu, who caused the grass people to do it. The grass people dare not disobey. Please be careful."

His words ignited the people watching outside the hall again.

Unexpectedly, the investigation of this case has become bigger and bigger, and two court officials have been drawn out in such a short time.The onlookers were so excited that they seemed to be pumped out, chattering, wishing they could rush into the lobby to ask questions for the prefect.

As long as Xu Luyuan's criminal evidence is confirmed, Xu Luyuan's letter written before hanging himself, falsely accusing the prefect of corruption and breaking the law and blaming him instead, is not enough to be believed.

Zhu Mengzhen, who had been tense for several days, relaxed slightly, raised his eyes to look outside the hall, and saw Shen Ge standing out from the crowd at a glance.

Thinking of the entrustment made by Marquis Wu'an before he left, Zhu Mengzhen looked at Shen Ge and Lin Ruyu with a much gentler gaze.

Shen Ge nodded to Taishou Zhu in salute. Seeing the change in Zhu Taishou's expression, Shen Ge knew that although Xu Luyuan was dead, he was absolutely inseparable from the case.

Xu Luyuan died, but his wife, son, staff, housekeeper, and stewards are still there.If no criminal evidence can be found on these people, the prefect Zhu will also dig three feet to dig out the mice in the Xu family's mouse hole to question the crime.

Sure enough, after the interrogation of Lin Jinzong, Zhu Taishou ordered the officials to arrest the people involved in the case of the Xu family mentioned by Xu Jinzong, and then choose a day for interrogation.

Because court officials were involved, the yamen will be closed on the day the case is retried, and the people will not be allowed to hear the trial.The more this is the case, the more curious the common people are, and there will soon be various speculations related to this case, no matter what kind, Xu Luyuan must be a hot topic of discussion.

This is what I wish the prefect is happy to hear.

These things were already guessed by Lin Ruyu after Shen Ge found out the contents of Xu Luyuan's suicide note.Zhu Taishou will definitely be sent by the imperial court to investigate the cause of Xu Luyuan's death. Before the officials arrived in Xuanzhou, they were hammered to pieces by Xu Luyuan who had "suicide".

Back at the mansion, Lin Ruyu informed the second uncle of the trial process in detail, and then said, "An Ziyuan's pleading against the fake An Ziyuan has also been handed over to the Xiacai county government. The fake An Ziyuan committed murder in Xiacai. The murder case will be reported to the prefect soon. After the prefect finds out the connection between the two cases, they should combine the two cases into one for investigation, but I don’t know how much truth can be found out.”

"Although Fan Genyuan and Xu Luyuan were both killed, Dong Wenyin, magistrate of Qi County, is still alive." Uncle Fang said, "I wish the prefect was young and once served in the Ministry of Punishment, and his sword is not old now. As long as he is willing to investigate, he will definitely be able to find out the truth." !"

Second Uncle Lin, who was drinking tea, was all excited, "Second Brother Fang, sister-in-law! Do you think they will kill Dong Wenyin to silence him?"

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