Cure the cold-faced general by solving crimes

Chapter 62 Selling a Girl for Glory

Jia Gui stepped forward and knelt down next to Lin Wenhu. Lin Wenhu couldn't hide his nervousness and muttered in a low voice, "What are you doing here!"

Jia Gui ignored him and kowtowed to Mu Huairen respectfully, "Jia Gui, a common man, has met Lord Mu."

Mu Huairen looked at Jiang Xihe and said, "Lawyer Jiang, let's get started."

Jiang Xihe was sure of victory and asked Jia Gui softly, "Jia Gui, do you know the man next to you?"

Jia Gui nodded in agreement, "I know him. His name is Lin Wenhu. He is a frequent visitor to our gambling house."

Jiang Xihe was very satisfied, "Let me ask you again, what words did you occasionally hear in the toilet when you went to Chugong two months ago?"

Lin Wenhu stared at Jia Gui in surprise. He also wanted to know what Jia Gui had overheard.

Jia Guilue raised his head and said word by word, "Master Lin lost a lot of money in Xifang. As of today, he owes one thousand one hundred and twenty-five taels. Mr. Mu, this is the IOU."

Jia Gui took out a stack of written documents from his pocket, raised his hand and presented it to the yamen servant, and then said, "There is also a regular customer in our gambling house named Zhu Kaigang, who is familiar with Mr. Lin's family. I just came out of the toilet two months ago and overheard Zhu Kaigang talking to him. Lin Wenhu was planning something, so he hid behind the bushes and listened to everything."

Lin Wenhu was so frightened that he turned around and shouted at Jia Gui, "You villain, you actually eavesdropped on other people's conversations, you are a murderer..."

Lin Wenhu still wanted to shout, but a police officer came forward. Without waiting for Master Mu's instructions, he slapped his mouth. Bloodshot instantly appeared from the corners of Lin Wenhu's mouth, and his cheeks became swollen.

Jia Gui ignored him and continued, "Lin Wenhu said that he owed a lot of money and could not repay it, and wanted to borrow money from Zhu Kaigang. Zhu Kaigang said that he could borrow money but he had conditions."

Jia Gui glanced at Lin Wenhu coldly and continued, "The two talked for a long time. Zhu Kaigang was very happy. After a while, he suggested that he had another way to avoid Lin Wenhu's repayment, which was to let Lin Qiaoniang marry him and renew the relationship. The money Lin Wenhu owed, Zhu Kaigang It can all be settled for him.”

Everyone present was stunned.

Mother Lin struggled hard not to let anyone notice. Jiang Xihe walked to her side and lowered his head slightly, "Mother Lin, did you know that your son was going to sell his daughter?"

Mother Lin's face turned the color of pig liver, and she managed to tremble and quibble, "This person is talking nonsense. Qiao Niang is already married, how can she renew her relationship with Zhu Kaigang?"

When Guo Fumin heard this, he covered his heart and pointed at the Lin family's mother and son angrily. He was speechless and burst into tears.

Jiang Xihe lowered his face and took out a written note from his sleeve and presented it to Mu Huairen, "Master Mu, Lin Wenhu returned five hundred taels of silver to Xifang a month ago. This is the written note. I think this silver is the bride price that Zhu Kaigang gave to the Lin family. , as for how they agreed, please let Master Mu know clearly."

Mu Huairen looked at the people in the hall coldly and smacked the gavel in anger, "Ms. Lin, you've been talking nonsense here since you entered the hall. You don't tell the truth, right? Come on, beat this woman. One hundred boards, until he is beaten to death."

Mu Huairen had long seen that this woman was not a good person. She could push her daughter into a pit of fire. What kind of mother was she? These hundred boards can completely deter such selfish people.

Sure enough, before the police could come forward, Ms. Lin shouted loudly, "Go back to the lord, the woman did do something stupid, but I didn't kill Qiao Niang, she was killed by Zhu Kaigang."

Zhang Li thought he was sure of victory. After listening to the Lin family's side of the story, he felt that the case was almost certain. He had not yet covered up the one hundred taels of lawsuit money, so why did the Lin family's mother and son become accomplices?

Zhang Li didn't believe it at all. Tiger poison does not eat its children. How could the Lin family's mother and son kill their own relatives?

Zhang Li was speechless and didn't know how to defend Lin's mother and son.

Jiang Xihe raised his voice again, "Master Mu, I have invited Zhu Kaigang to the nearby teahouse before the trial. Please send someone to arrest the murderer immediately." Jiang Xihe raised his head, and the red jade hairpin in his bun shone brightly. Hui, she looked at Pei Zhizhao. If he hadn't helped her sort out the clues and visited and investigated in the past few days, they wouldn't have been able to reveal the truth of the case so smoothly.

The summer wind carried lingering warmth. Across the noisy crowd, Pei Zhizhao and Jiang Xihe's eyes met. The two smiled at each other. There is nothing more heart-warming than this tacit understanding.

During a cup of tea, Zhu Kaigang was escorted to the court. Seeing Lin's mother and son, and the Xifang clerk kneeling in the hall, Zhu Kaigang explained the process of killing Lin Qiaoniang without making too many excuses.

Lin Wenhu asked him to borrow money, and Zhu Kaigang immediately thought of using it to spend a spring night with Lin Qiaoniang.

It's a long story. Zhu Kaigang had met Lin Qiaoniang before she got married. He had always coveted her beauty back then. Zhu Kaigang proposed to Lin's mother. However, Guo Fumin's business was booming at that time. Lin's mother compared his family background with Guo Fumin's and finally gave her daughter to him. When she married Guo Fumin, she received a large betrothal gift.

This matter was a knot in Zhu Kaigang's heart. When he learned that Lin Qiaoniang was doing well after her marriage, Zhu Kaigang was even more angry.

Lin Qiaoniang rarely returned to her parents' home after her marriage, but Zhu Kaigang often went to the east of the city to do business and occasionally met Lin Qiaoniang. Lin Qiaoniang became more and more enchanting after her marriage. Zhu Kaigang's heart always went up and down after seeing Lin Qiaoniang.

Two months ago, Lin Wenhu borrowed money from him, and Zhu Kaigang finally found an opportunity. His original intention was that as long as he slept with Lin Qiaoniang for one night, he would get any amount of money.

Unexpectedly, the Lin family was still thinking of marrying Lin Qiaoniang to him. Zhu Kaigang was so happy that he immediately gave the Lin family 800 taels of silver as a deposit.

The Lin family arranged it very cleverly. They found an excuse to let Lin Qiaoniang go home and let him into the Lin Mansion. Mother Lin thought that Lin Qiaoniang had just slept with Zhu Kai and would definitely not be able to live with Guo Fumin anymore. In this way, she could go along with the flow and let her daughter live with Guo Fumin. Heli married Zhu Kaigang.

Everything went well that night.

After Lin Qiaoniang fell asleep, Zhu Kaigang took advantage of the moonlight and walked into the house. Who knew that Lin Qiaoniang was sleeping lightly, and she woke up from her sleep before Zhu Kaigang took off her clothes.

When Lin Qiaoniang saw someone in the room, she called out loudly. Zhu Kaigang was instantly proud. Lin Qiaoniang's shouting was useless. The Lin family belonged to him, and there was no better place to do good things than in the Lin family.

Lin Qiaoniang heard that Zhu Kaigang entered her boudoir because of her mother and elder brother's instructions. Her mother and elder brother sold her to Zhu Kaigang as a concubine in order to pay off the debt. Knowing that she could not escape tonight, she picked up scissors and wanted to harm herself.

Zhu Kaigang definitely couldn't let her succeed. During the tug, Zhu Kaigang grabbed the scissors and pressed Lin Qiaoniang onto the bed.

Lin Qiaoniang struggled to break free, but Zhu Kaigang was upset and wanted Lin Qiaoniang to be quiet so that he could make things easier. He took a pillow from the bed and covered Lin Qiaoniang's mouth and nose.

Zhu Kaigang talked a lot, how Lin's mother asked Lin Qiaoniang to marry her, how he gave Lin Wenhu money to do good things, Zhu Kaigang even promised that Lin Qiaoniang would marry him in the future, and he would treat her well.

After saying a lot of good words, Zhu Kaigang found that Lin Qiaoniang was no longer struggling. He happily took away the pillow and found that Lin Qiaoniang was dead.

Zhu Kaigang broke out in a cold sweat and ran to the front hall in a panic. Lin's mother and son were sitting there waiting for him to do something good. After hearing the bad news, Lin's mother immediately ordered Zhu Kaigang and Lin Wenhu to pack their daughter away. The next day, at dawn, the two People worked together to throw Lin Qiaoniang's body into the Qingshui River.

After Zhu Kaigang finished explaining this, he did not forget to emphasize, "Master Mu, after Lin Wenhu and I sent Lin Qiao Niang away, the Lin family did not spare me. I took another two hundred taels of silver and gave it to the Lin family. According to Lin's mother's request, I have to give it to the Lin family again." I gave you two thousand taels of silver, but I have no money now, and I haven’t given you the money yet. Master Mu, it’s not a good thing for Lin to sell his daughter for glory."

(End of this chapter)