Unexpectedly, before Li Jiange finished speaking, Wu Guanglu on the other side stared straight up and shouted: "That's nonsense. I have been in the Taiwei's mansion all morning. I have never seen you in the casino. What nonsense are you making in the secret room of the casino?" I think you were trying to escape three murders by selling me the knife!"
Chen Xiaomu interrupted Wu Guanglu and asked him: "Executive member Wu, can you guarantee that you have not seen Capt. Li in the secret room of the casino?"
Wu Guanglu's chest puffed up and he said resolutely: "I can guarantee that I have never seen Mr. Li in private in my Wu family casino, let alone what he said about selling knives!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded: "Are you sure?"
Wu Guanglu said decisively: "I'm sure!"
"Haha" Chen Xiaomu suddenly laughed and said: "This is easy to handle. I have a way to immediately verify who is the truth and who is the lie of what you two said!"
After finishing speaking, he first looked at Li Jiange, then glanced at Wu Guanglu, and then said slowly: "But I want to give you two another chance to repent. It's not too late to admit that you told lies!"
Li Jiange heard the sound and said quickly: "Master Chen, what I just said, I guarantee that every word is true. If there is a lie, I will be punished!"
Wu Guanglu had already decided in his heart that Chen Xiaomu was deceiving him, so he immediately vowed and promised: "Sir, if what I just said is a lie, I will die badly!"
"Okay!" Chen Xiaomu said helplessly: "Since neither of you admits that what you said is a lie, we have to verify it!"
After saying that, he said to Wei Yu: "Captain Wei, please release Capt. Li's hands and let him use a pen to draw on the paper the place where he met Wu Yuanwai privately, and the location of the objects in the secret room of the Wu family casino." and name, and then ask him to take you to the secret room in the casino to check. If his drawing is accurate, it proves that what he just said is not wrong. Otherwise, he is lying!"
"Yes" Wei Yuxin agreed and went to help Li Jiange untie him again. This time, Li Jiange not only did not hide, but also cooperated. He automatically turned around and brought his hands tied behind him to Wei Yuxin.
After hearing Chen Xiaomu's words, Wu Guanglu's face suddenly turned pale, and even his legs could not help but tremble slightly!
"Alas..." Zhuge Cheng suddenly sighed and walked tremblingly to the front of Chen Xiaomu's case. He put his hands together and made a straight bow to Chen Xiaomu. Then he smiled bitterly and said: "Chen Tongpian, it's better not to bother with those things." Well, what Li Jiange just confessed is true. I was too doting on my little wife, so I was confused and got involved. If you ask me, this case should be judged according to the laws of our country of Zheng! Wait until tomorrow morning. I will also report this matter to the emperor and ask for punishment!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he was startled at first, but then he immediately reacted and said with a smile: "I am still open-minded. If Wu Guanglu can plead guilty, the case can be closed now!"
When Wu Guanglu heard this, he knew that there was no hope, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "The common people plead guilty and let the adults handle it!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but sigh: "Wu Guanglu, Wu Guanglu! You are really a scoundrel who never looks back until you hit the wall. You have to rely on three points for no reason. I am patient and let you mess around. I just want to see how much you can do." What a trick! I don’t believe there are still thorns that I can’t cure! Now that you are willing to plead guilty, then tell me why you colluded with Wang Liangdi to frame Yu Chengwen!”
Since Zhuge Cheng himself had just stood up and admitted that he was involved in this case, the crowd watching in the hall was already in an uproar. Although everyone did not dare to loudly accuse him, a first-class official in the dynasty, some of them were too angry. The one or two scolding words that broke out from the crowd from time to time were enough to make him sit on pins and needles and feel uncomfortable all over. He wanted to find a reason to escape, but when he thought about it, he was accompanying the emperor on a private visit incognito, so he couldn't not even say hello. , just leave the emperor here and escape by yourself! If he dared to do this, he would probably end up as a lieutenant.
Su Xingran heard everything going on around her in the crowd, and her face gradually became extremely serious. At this time, a word floated from not far away, which shocked her heart, "Oh! These soldiers are so pitiful. Not only did he die on the battlefield, but his family would still be bullied by these rich and powerful people!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard Wu Guanglu confessing that because he fell in love with Yu Yingnan and failed to propose marriage, he instead colluded with Wang Liangdi to frame his brother for forced marriage, then he remembered to take a look at Yu Yingnan who was sitting next to Mother-in-law Ji. Unexpectedly, Yu Yingnan was now He was also secretly staring at him. At this moment, the two of them happened to look at each other, and two red clouds flew up from Yu Yingnan's cheeks. He looked panicked and quickly lowered his head to avoid Chen Xiaomu's flying gaze. However, Yu Yingnan did not bring any amazing feeling to Chen Xiaomu. On the contrary, if it were not for her convex and concave figure, Chen Xiaomu would have doubted whether she was born as a girl. She was born with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and a face like a crown jade. She looked like a woman. Handsome young man!
After Wu Guanglu finished confessing, Chen Xiaomu ordered Wei Yuxin to untie the chains on his hands and ask him to sign the confession recorded by Master Ye Duzheng. Next, Chen Xiaomu asked Wang Liangdi a question that had been lingering in his mind. doubt! It stands to reason that Wang Liangdi was born into an official family and was so young and beautiful. How could she marry a street rogue who was over fifty years old, and become a concubine in the sixth house? She was willing to ruin her innocence and help Wu Guanglu to force her to commit suicide. Dear Yu Yingnan, you must know that this is simply unimaginable in ancient times where the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce was important!
After listening to Chen Xiaomu's question, Wang Liangdi was silent for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, everything the little girl did was for her brother. When the little girl was three years old, her parents had passed away, and the little girl was taken care of by her brother. When I was growing up, my family was very poor. When my parents left, they only left three acres of thin farmland for us and my brother and sister. We had to eat one meal and not another. In desperation, my brother had no choice but to grit his teeth and carry me on his back to help the rich man’s family herd cattle. I could still make a living by studying, but fortunately my brother was talented and smart. Two years later, he passed the exam as a scholar, and then passed the exam in the provincial examination held in the third year. Originally, my brother was planning to come to the new capital to take the examination, but Because I was young at that time, there was no one to take care of me at home, and the financial resources were not enough. In the end, although I was unwilling, I gave up the opportunity to come to Xinjing to take the examination. Later, due to the war and the lack of local officials in the court, my brother was taken over by Li Buquan. He was elected as the chief secretary of Yuntai County and has been serving as chief secretary for more than ten years. He has experienced four county magistrate promotions, but he could not be promoted no matter how hard he tried. I heard that he and his brother The county magistrates who took office together in Yuntai County have now taken the position of magistrate. Because of this, my brother is very depressed and often drinks to drown his sorrows. The little girl looks uncomfortable and distressed. She thinks that it was not because of the little girl that the brother was involved. If you come to the new capital city to take the examination and get the title of Jinshi, you won’t have no way to get promoted like you are now!”
Chen Xiaomu then interjected: "So your brother is willing to let you commit yourself to Wu Guanglu, a wealthy man in the new capital, and help him find connections in the capital to get promoted!"
Wang Liangdi shook her head: "I married into the Wu family, and my brother doesn't know yet!"
"Ah!" Chen Xiaomu was surprised when he heard this. He couldn't believe it: "Your brother doesn't know about such a big thing! Is it possible?"
Wang Liangdi said with a sad expression: "Brother really doesn't know that I ran away from home because I was angry for a while. Now I don't dare to think how anxious my brother will be!"
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu asked curiously: "What happened? I let you run away from home, and then you married yourself out without telling your family?"
Wang Liangdi frowned and thought for a long time, then said with anger: "The reason is that during the war against Chu, when the Chu army was only a hundred miles away from Yuntai County, all the officials in the city, big and small, fled and were left behind by them. All the people in the city were panicked and didn't know how to escape this disaster. At this time, my brother stepped forward and, in the name of the government, called on the people in the city to step up their food storage, strengthen the city walls, and form a team with some squires. The civilian army of more than a thousand people was responsible for guarding Yuntai County. Finally, when the Chu army came to Yuntai City, they attacked for three days but failed to capture Yuntai City. On the contrary, they suffered numerous casualties. In desperation, they had to resort to siege. No attack strategy! However, after they besieged Yuntai County for more than ten days, they still withdrew. Unexpectedly, after learning that the Chu army had retreated, those officials who had previously fled the city immediately wrote letters after hearing the news and returned to the city. When he went to the court to ask for credit, he shamelessly took the credit for defending the city on himself, but ignored my brother, the real hero of the city defense! I asked my brother privately why he didn't accompany them in writing to the court to ask for credit. At that time, my brother shook his head and sighed, Because there is no one above to speak for you, if you rashly submit a letter, the people above will question you for taking credit, and it is not the fate of a human being to end up like this!"
At this time, Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "Is it enough for just one person to write a letter to demonstrate his merits, and the superiors don't send people to examine him?"
Wang Liangdi said sadly: "They all have various relationships. Even if they send people to investigate, it is just a formality. The person involved will find a few villagers who have been bribed to ask the matter!"
"Then what's the result?" Chen Xiaomu then asked.
Wang Liangdi sighed and said: "The result is that everyone who submitted the letter to ask for credit was promoted to a higher level. Only my brother remains in the position of chief executive!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded: "If what you said is true, then your brother is a great contributor to the imperial court. Not to mention being promoted to one level, even being promoted to three levels is not much!"
"Really?" Wang Liangdi immediately became energetic after hearing this, and said in surprise. But she immediately became discouraged and said regretfully: "Oh, if only you had the final say!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "What's your brother's name?"
Wang Liangdi blurted out: "The little girl's brother's name is Wang Liangcai."
Chen Xiaomu: "Okay, I have written it down. If your brother really has made such a great contribution, I will report it to the emperor. He will definitely be promoted to more than one level. Now that the imperial court is in the midst of hiring people, he will be promoted to the third level. It’s not impossible!”
Wang Liangdi suddenly remembered that in the secret room of the casino, Li Jiange had vaguely revealed to Wu Guanglu that the official in front of him seemed to be some kind of emperor's consort. In short, even Zhuge Cheng's lieutenant could not suppress him. She was excited when she thought of this. He almost jumped up and quickly thanked Chen Xiaomu.
Chen Xiaomu immediately waved his hand to stop her, and said to her gently: "Wang Liangdi, don't thank me yet. The case against you is not over yet! I have clear rewards and punishments, and I may give you a heavy sentence!"
With tears in her eyes, Wang Liangdi looked up at Chen Xiaomu and said slowly: "Now even if the official decides to sentence this little girl to death, she will die with no regrets in this life!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded: "Okay, then you can explain how you met Wu Guanglu in Xinjing City and how you were willing to collude with him to frame Yu Chengwen?"
At this time, Wang Liangdi no longer had any scruples in her heart, so she immediately poured beans into the bamboo tube and explained the whole matter clearly.
It turned out that she ran away from her home in Yuntai County and disguised herself as a man all the way to Xinjing City. But after entering the city, she had no one to see her, so she had to wander around the city, hoping to find opportunities to meet some powerful people. It happened that at this time Encountering Wu Guanglu marrying his niece into the Taiwei Mansion with great fanfare, after inquiring, she decided that Wu Guanglu's line could help her brother Wang Liangcai, so she went to the Wu Family Casino and recommended herself to Wu Guanglu. Beauty, of course, Wu Guanglu, who was already lustful, couldn't ask for it, but when Wang Liangdi asked him to ask the Taiwei Mansion to help her brother get promoted, Wu Guanglu also made a condition to her, that is, to let Wang Liangdi cooperate with his design to get his heart's desire. Yu Yingnan arrived, and Wang Liangdi thought to herself at the time that she didn't even have any feelings for Wu Guanglu, it was just a relationship of mutual use. As long as Wu Guanglu could help her get her brother promoted, she wished that Wu Guanglu would stick to Yu Yingnan every day. The two of them hit it off and started planning to force Yu Yingnan to marry Wu Guanglu as the seventh concubine. Unexpectedly, people are not as good as fate, and they met Yu Yingnan's mother, who only accepted death and was stubborn. Mother-in-law Ji, since Yu Chengwen's accident, has been going to the government office almost every day to beat drums and cry out for injustice. Fortunately, God has the foresight to meet Chen Xiaomu and easily see through the vicious plan agreed upon by Wu Guanglu and Wang Liangdi. case! "
