The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 47 Why did you stand by and watch when my mother died?

Listening to his clear reasoning, Lin Mowan's expression did not change from beginning to end. She even listened very carefully. At the end, she asked, "So, Lord Guo suspected that I was the one who instigated him to leave?"

When she said this, there was a hint of frivolous smile in her eyes and eyebrows, as if she was sure that the other party would not have any evidence, and there was also a hint of arrogance and domineering in her tone.

Guo Yinli was neither anxious nor annoyed. He still looked at her calmly and continued, "I was also confused before. I heard from the Jiang family that since Jiang Youxi got the black pimple, they have strictly prohibited people from visiting him. They even strengthened the guards and never allowed you to go in."

"Almost everyone can confirm that you never approached Jiang Youxi's yard when she was in solitary confinement. You even have a sufficient alibi on the night he got into trouble."

"I have always been curious about how you did it. It wasn't until today when I saw you easily subdue three strong men that I realized that if you know martial arts, then everything seems to make sense."

Indeed, it is not difficult for anyone with some skills to sneak into Jiang Youxi's yard. It's just a pity that in everyone's eyes, Lin Mowan seems to be weak, and probably no one would have thought that she knows martial arts.

Apparently, before today, even Guo Yinli thought so.

Although he was right, there was still no panic on Lin Mowan's face. She curled her lips and put away the contemptuous smile on her face.

Perhaps it had been a long time since she met someone who could tell the truth in one sentence. She showed a hint of appreciation in her eyes and continued, "Master Guo, your reasoning is really brilliant. However, you can't pin all these charges on me just because I know a few self-defense tricks, right?"

As she spoke, she frowned and said coquettishly, "This is so unfair."

Guo Yinli frowned, a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes. He suddenly asked Lin Mowan very seriously: "In your eyes, can life be calculated and trampled on so casually? Do you still have the law in your eyes?!"

When he said this, there was a hint of anger in his tone. Hearing this, Lin Mowan stopped laughing and looked at him more seriously, even slowly standing up straight.

She looked him straight in the face, without the slightest guilt a criminal should have, and even asked him, "The king's law? What is the king's law? The lives of the children of the rich and powerful are worth a thousand gold, while the lives of the common people are worth a blade of grass. Is this the king's law that Lord Guo is talking about?"

Hearing this, Guo Yinli's expression suddenly became complicated. He didn't know what made her have such an idea. He didn't dare to tell others. As for himself, as long as it was a case in his hands, he would do his best to find out the truth, and as long as he encountered injustice, he would definitely lend a helping hand.

He frowned and didn't speak for a long time, but Lin Mowan suddenly asked him again: "Do you know why I saved her today?"

Guo Yinli was stunned for a moment, then he understood in an instant that the "she" Lin Mowan was referring to was his wife. They were childhood sweethearts, had known each other since they were young, and had a very good relationship.

Thinking about what happened today, he still felt a lingering fear. If Lin Mowan had not taken action, if he had not arrived in time, he really didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would have been.

He was still frightened, but he only frowned even deeper, and remained silent and puzzled. Of course, he also wanted to know. After all, in his eyes, how could a murderer have sympathy?

Lin Mowan smiled grimly: "You know, when my mother died, she was like this. When I heard her crying, it was like hearing the voice of my mother when she was murdered. I couldn't convince myself not to care about her."

Hearing this, Guo Yinli's face changed. Lin Mowan looked at him, and a trace of ferocity suddenly appeared in her eyes. She walked towards him slowly and said, "Guo Yinli, aren't you very powerful? Don't you always say that the law can find out everything? Don't you claim to be an honest and upright official? Then why did you stand by and watch when my mother died?" As she spoke, she had already walked up to him, as if she had torn off her disguise. Her tone and expression were full of sadness, and her tone became colder and colder: "Ten years ago, my mother was the first case you took over when you took office. Do you remember what I said?"

As soon as she finished speaking, perhaps because he really remembered something, Guoyin Lin suddenly stood up from his seat, and the look in his eyes suddenly showed a bit of shock.

He took a few steps back uncontrollably, pointing at Lin Mowan with a trembling finger. After a long while, he finally spoke: "You, you, are you the child who disappeared that year?"

Lin Mowan stared at him without answering, but her resentful eyes proved everything...

Ten years ago, just after he took office, he received a difficult case. The daughter of the former naval commander had been missing for several days, and her ten-year-old daughter was also missing. Later, he investigated in every possible way and followed clues to find Lin Yirou, who had died tragically. She had already been buried, leaving two lives.

He was indeed the one in charge of this case at first, and the other party seemed confident and arrogant to the extreme, not even trying to cover up the matter at all. This made Guo Yinli overjoyed, and he quickly launched a swift investigation.

Soon, seeing that the case was about to be solved, all the evidence pointed to the fact that Princess Showa Gongshu Tingyue hired a killer to commit murder. However, at the last critical moment, the case was personally transferred away by the Dali Temple Minister with all the relevant files.

In the end, there was no public trial, and the response given by the Dali Temple was that it was damaging to the royal family's reputation. Later, despite sufficient evidence, the case was hastily closed with Lin Yirou accidentally falling off a cliff, and no one went looking for the missing girl again.

It's not that he didn't ask about this case. After all, he was fully responsible for the case from beginning to end. He personally did the filing, investigation, interrogation, and evidence collection. It can be said that no one knows this case better than him.

But every time he asked about it, his superiors would sternly warn him not to mention it again, and this happened several times, and they even directly threatened his family. Since then, he never dared to ask again.

The reason why he could remember the case from ten years ago when Lin Mowan only said so much was not only because it was the first case he took over after taking office, but also because even after ten years in office, he had never encountered such an unjust case that made him feel so upset.

It's not just the murderer's arrogance that makes people angry, but under such power, no one dares to resist, and the whereabouts of the missing little girl is still unknown.

Guo Yinli looked at her, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but for a moment, excitement, sadness, self-blame, happiness... several emotions mixed together, making his chest heave violently, but he couldn't utter a word.

Lin Mowan gritted her teeth, rushed over, grabbed his collar, her eyes red, tears falling one by one, she questioned him: "Aren't you the judge in the world? Can't you solve any case? You obviously found out the truth! You obviously wanted to solve the case! You obviously knew that Gongshu Tingyue was the murderer! Why didn't you catch her?! Why didn't you fight for it!!"

Her hands were shaking as she grasped Guo Yinli's collar tightly. In fact, she knew that officials protected each other. Power meant absolute right to speak and the right to decide right and wrong. Guo Yinli naturally could not interfere.

Guo Yinli was innocent, and her mother was innocent too, but she just had hatred in her heart and allowed Gong Shu Tingyue to live in peace for so many years.

Seeing her like this, Guo Yinli's face turned pale and his mind suddenly went blank. He wanted to refute, to clarify, to say something to calm Lin Mowan's emotions.

If it were any other time, after ten years of hard work, he would have been able to do all these things with ease, but this time, the deep guilt in his heart turned him into a mute.

(End of this chapter)