The news brought by Li Xun shocked Liu Shancheng, and he was dumbfounded for a moment.
He didn't expect that this matter would become such a big deal. If he had known it would happen, he should have completely destroyed the body and eliminated all traces. In this case, without physical evidence, he would not be implicated no matter what.
But it was too late to say this now. In a panic, Liu Shancheng hurriedly asked Li Xun for help, begging him to help him no matter what.
Li Xun has been dating Liu Shancheng for many years, so he naturally doesn't want anything to happen to Liu Shancheng. After all, Liu Shancheng is his pocketbook, and he can get a lot of benefits from Liu Shancheng every year. Once something happens to Liu Shancheng, his financial path will be cut off. .
He told Liu Shancheng truthfully that if this matter was to be dealt with, he would have to live and die without spending money to deal with it. At the same time, he should find a scapegoat as soon as possible to take over this matter. As long as a gap is opened in this regard, things will turn around. Once it is verified, it will be difficult to solve.
Liu Shancheng nodded repeatedly and said that he understood, and he did the same in the hall today. And he already had a scapegoat. When he said this, he winked at Li Xun in the direction next door. Li Xun nodded knowingly, indicating that he understood his idea, and he would find a way to guide him in this direction. Although the case was big for Yu Zhi, he also knew it. It was impossible for Yu Zhi to completely bypass him. He could always find an opportunity to help Liu Shancheng.
In addition, Liu Shancheng asked Li Xun to help him contact other relationships outside, such as the channels at the Chief Envoy and the Governor's Yamen, to manage more things. As for the amount of money, he would never treat Li Xun badly. As long as he could go out, he would be rewarded generously.
After receiving Liu Shancheng's promise, Li Xun left the cell with satisfaction. After Li Xun left, Liu Shancheng looked at Lin Zhenzong not far away with vicious eyes.
Lin Zhenzong had been paying attention to the meeting and conversation between Liu Shancheng and Li Xun just now, and he could only faintly hear the first few sentences. The voices they spoke later were too soft, and he really couldn't hear clearly even if he raised his ears. But now that he saw them Liu Shancheng looked at himself with such eyes, Lin Zhenzong's heart suddenly sank and his heart tightened suddenly.
Liu Shancheng, who was in prison, waited patiently for Li Xun outside to take care of him, looking forward to getting out soon. On the second day, Yu Zhida interrogated the prisoners again, and this time Lin Zhenzong was taken out directly.
When they were brought to the lobby, Lin Zhenzong originally wanted to see the limelight, but he didn't expect that Yu Zhida didn't ask anything and was spanked again. This spanking was harder than the one he got yesterday. The spanking made Lin Zhenzong cry, especially the spanking. While he was on the board, a yamen servant whispered something in his ear. This sentence frightened Lin Zhenzong even more. He thought of the meeting between Li Xun and Liu Shancheng in the prison yesterday, and the look Liu Shancheng looked at after Li Xun left. With his vicious gaze, Lin Zhenzong instantly understood that he had become Liu Shancheng's scapegoat.
"Sir...don't...don't hit...small...small tricks! Small tricks!" Lin Zhenzong cried and wanted to do it.
Yu Zhida raised his hand and shouted, and the Yamen servant stopped the board.
Then they interrogated Lin Zhenzong carefully, but what they didn't expect was that when Lin Zhenzong opened his mouth, he didn't say that he was responsible for the death of maid Xiaohuan, but instead blamed Liu Shancheng, confessing that Xiaohuan was killed on Liu Shancheng's order. , the cause was just a very small thing. Unexpectedly, Liu Shancheng was in a bad mood that day, so he had Xiaohuan dragged down and beaten severely.
Who would have thought that this maid was too weak to be beaten and died not long after the beating. After a person died, it was Liu Shancheng who had people clean up the abandoned graves. He, Lin Zhenzong, was just a housekeeper, and Liu Shancheng was the head of the Liu family. How could he, the housekeeper, not follow the instructions given by the head of the house? I was just taking care of things for my family. It was really unfair!
There was a breakthrough in the case, and Yu Zhi immediately became energetic and asked Lin Zhenzong carefully about his background and consequences. Why would Lin Zhenzong not say anything to save his life? Immediately, he knew everything and said everything. After waiting for the transcript, Yu Zhida asked Lin Zhenzong to sign it. When he got the confession, Yu Zhida raised his eyebrows. When he was about to call someone to interrogate Liu Shancheng, someone suddenly came to report from outside. The second and third bedrooms of the Liu family asked to see the magistrate.
Hearing that Liu Shancheng's two brothers asked for a meeting, Yu Zhida was slightly startled and subconsciously wanted to say goodbye. At this time, the steward of the General's Mansion sitting down the hall coughed and gave Yu Zhi a wink. After a brief thought, Yu Zhi had Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin brought to the hall.
When they arrived at the lobby, Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin knelt down with a plop when they saw Yu Zhi. Without saying a word, they kowtowed and begged Mr. Qingtian to make the decision for them, and handed over the petition.
Seeing this scene, Yu Zhida felt strange and asked them what they were telling them. What grievances are there? Brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin cried and said that they came to the prefect's Yamen to sue Liu Shancheng, the head of the Liu family. As the head of the Liu family, Liu Shancheng had oppressed his brothers and embezzled public property over the years. Not only that, he had also committed appalling lawsuits involving human lives.
Except for the incident of maid Xiaohuan, Liu Shancheng has killed and maimed several servants over the years. These are all conclusive facts. As the second and third bedroom of the Liu family, I really can’t stand what Liu Shancheng did. In order to calm my mind and seek justice, I decided to kill my relatives today and took the initiative to come to the government office to testify.
In addition to these, Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin also said one thing, which is really surprising. They actually said that Liu Shancheng's only son was not actually born to Liu Shancheng, but that his biological father was none other than Lin Zhenzong, the housekeeper of the Liu family who is currently in the hall.
Lin Zhenzong was nominally the brother of Liu Shancheng's concubine Xiangyu, but in fact they were not biological siblings. They knew each other long before Xiangyu was taken in by Liu Shancheng as his concubine. After Xiangyu entered the Liu Mansion, Lin Zhenzong also went to the Liu Mansion under the guise of his brother. Later, the two secretly colluded and had an affair, and they gave birth to a son, who was claimed to be the son of Liu Shancheng, but was actually not of Liu family blood.
It was also because of this son that Xiangyu was extremely favored by Liu Shancheng, and Lin Zhenzong also gradually became the butler. As a descendant of the Liu family, the bloodline cannot be tarnished, let alone scandals such as outsiders taking on the name. Brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin came today not only because of Liu Shancheng's murder case, but also for this matter, begging the prefect to make the decision for them.
As soon as this kind of gossip came out, everyone in the hall was shocked. Even the well-informed government officials couldn't help but whisper. This was simply unbelievable.
No one expected that the dignified head of the Liu family had been a cuckold for so many years. He had been raising the son born to someone else and his concubine as a treasure.
Lin Zhenzong is also a talented person. Not only did he secretly sleep with Liu Shancheng's concubine, but he also became the housekeeper of the Liu family. If Liu Shancheng died of old age and frailness in the future, his biological son would naturally become the Liu family's subordinate. For a generation of family heads, this kind of operation is simply a replica of Lu Buwei! Isn't it his fault that he could figure it out?
No wonder Liu Shancheng treated Lin Zhenzong with such high regard, but when things came to pass, Lin Zhenzong refused to shoulder the responsibility for Liu Shancheng. After a few blows, he hurriedly took action. Instead, he pointed out that the death of the maid Xiaohuan was actually Liu Shancheng's doing.
Putting these things together and thinking about it carefully, they are all right. If Liu Shancheng gets into trouble due to the life lawsuit, then shouldn't the Liu family logically be succeeded by the eldest grandson?
But we must know that Liu Shancheng's son is actually Lin Zhenzong's son, so in the future, the Liu family will not have the final say with Lin Zhenzong?
Good guy! This calculation is so clever, Lin Zhenzong is just like the best actor! In order to achieve his goal, he went out of his way to force his confession twice before confessing. It was really well-intentioned.
At this time, Lin Zhenzong, who was in the hall, trembled all over after hearing this and almost fainted.
In his heart, ten thousand grass and mud horses galloped past, and Lin Zhenzong shouted that he was wronged.
He swore to God that he and Liu Shancheng's concubine Xiangyu were really brother and sister, and the young master Xiangyu gave birth to was indeed Liu Shancheng's son. The so-called hookup and adultery, the civet cat for the prince were simply nonsense, all of this It's slander.
Brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin have been suppressed by Liu Shancheng over the years. The eldest member of the Liu family has the final say, and they have no rights at all.
This time, because of the murder of the maid, Liu Shancheng was temporarily detained in the government prison. The brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin clearly saw an opportunity to turn around and wanted to take this opportunity to seize the power of the Liu family. Not only did they want to put Liu Shancheng to death, but they also He wanted to use this kind of dirty water to slander himself and the young master, in order to completely make the eldest son lose the possibility of getting involved in the Liu family.
The viciousness of his intentions is simply outrageous. He, Lin Zhenzong, can swear to God that what brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin said is not true. If what he said is false, he should ask the magistrate to find out!
For a time, the hall was very lively. The public said that the public was right and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. Several people accused each other and said that what they said was the truth.
Such melons are not usually available. The government officials, including the parents of the maid Xiaohuan and the stewards of the General's Mansion, were dumbfounded. The protagonists instantly became the Liu brothers and the Liu family's housekeeper, and the original accuser became the bitter one. It's amazing to be a bystander.
An ordinary murder case of a maid suddenly involved a private scandal in the Liu family, and other murder cases were also involved because of the Liu brothers' righteous extermination of relatives. Yu Zhida was not in a hurry. He sat in the hall and watched the development of the situation with interest, but felt a little funny in his heart.
