If it were normal times, Zhou Ping might give Chu Wulang a little bit of sympathy, but today...
"Mr. Chu, even if you are from the Chu family, this is not a place where you can come casually." Zhou Ping narrowed his eyes, "Someone, take Mr. Chu..."
Snapped!
Chu Wulang snatched the whip from the jailer's hand and hit Zhou Ping with his backhand. The whip mixed with salt water hurt Zhou Ping, who gritted his teeth and cracked his mouth, "Chu Wulang, don't be too arrogant..."
Snapped! Chu Wulang ignored his warning and whipped him again, but this time Zhou Ping was on guard and the whip did not fall on him, but this still made Zhou Ping very angry.
"Chu Wulang, have you forgotten what you came back for this time? If you offend me, you can't take away what you want, even if His Majesty orders it."
Zhou Ping threatened him.
Chu Wulang's hand holding the whip obviously began to exert force, but he did not move again. Tao Yaoyao glanced at Chu Wulang while supporting her body in pain.
"Fifth brother, I'm fine. The top priority now is to investigate who killed Zhou Yu."
When Zhou Ping wanted to say that it was Tao Yaoyao who killed him, Zhang Jing led someone in, "Master Zhou, many people in Kyoto City saw Miss Tao entering our Criminal Department today.
If the matter does not come to an end and the person is gone, we at the Criminal Department may not be able to explain it. "
Zhang Jing raised his head and saw that Zhou Ping's face was not so good, and continued, "Although Miss Tao is not favored by the Tao family, she is the treasure of the Chu family. If she was the one who did what happened today, Master Zhou would naturally kill her to give her You love your son so much that I believe General Chu can’t say anything about it.”
"But if the final investigation reveals that this matter has nothing to do with Miss Tao... wouldn't Master Zhou have fallen into a trap?"
After Zhou Ping heard the meaning of Zhang Jing's words, he stared at Tao Yaoyao meaningfully. In the past few days, this girl has been plotted against countless times.
Even if she didn't do what happened today, it must have been because of her that his son lost his life. What happened to him hitting her twice since then?
If Chu Wulang hadn't arrived in time, he would have really wanted to kill her.
But he is not stupid, and he definitely doesn't want to be a knife in the hands of others. Now that he is almost angry, he must talk to the Ministry of Justice about the next thing.
"Five days, I will give you five days. If you can't figure out who the murderer is, I will report it to the court. At that time, whoever protects her will be against my Zhou family."
After Zhou Ping took the people away, Tao Yaoyao could no longer hold on and fainted.
Chu Wulang hugged her and shouted, "Doctor..."
Zhang Jing saw the injuries all over her body and her face looked pale as if she might never wake up again at any time. For the first time, a little worry appeared in his eyes, which were always calm.
"Master Chu, take good care of him. I'm going to investigate the case."
Zhou Ping let Tao Yaoyao go for the time being, but Mrs. Zhou was not willing to do so. After she found out about this, she first smashed her at home, and then rushed to Tao's house to beat and scold her.
"I only have one son. If your daughter kills my son, you are killing our husband and wife. Since you want our Zhou family to be extinct, your Tao family will not have a good life either."
Tao Shi'an saw this scene just after he came back. He really wanted to strangle Tao Yaoyao to death. Others also raised daughters, so how could it not be so bad?
"Mrs. Zhou, have you had enough trouble? There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. If you say that dead girl killed your son, you go find her. Don't mess around in my Tao family."
Zhou Ping's status is not low, but it cannot be compared with the Hou Mansion. If Mrs. Zhou hadn't been so angry, she would not have dared to come to the Tao family to make trouble. Just now, there was no one in charge of the Tao family, so she succeeded. Now Tao Shi'an is back, Naturally, Mrs. Zhou couldn't continue making trouble.
But before leaving, she put down her harsh words and said, "If Tao Yaoyao doesn't die, your Tao family won't be able to live well."
"Dad, Yan Yan is so scared."
Tao Yanyan hid in the pavilion next to her for a long time. It wasn't until Mrs. Zhou left her that she ran over pretending to be scared and hid behind Tao Shi'an.
Tao Shian's anger that had just been suppressed suddenly rose again after seeing Tao Yanyan looking so scared and at a loss.
"Don't be afraid. If she really kills someone, she will definitely die this time."
At this moment, Tao Shian's eyes were not worried at all. If you look carefully, you will find a bit of relief in his eyes.
When Tao Yanyan saw this, a flash of pride flashed through his eyes when he lowered his head.
In the afternoon, Tao Yaoyao woke up. In addition to feeling burning pain all over her body, the straw she slept on was also extremely pricking. She could neither stand nor sit.
She had never felt that she was a particular person before, but today she really wished that she could be more picky.
"Miss, you finally woke up." Qiu Gui wiped her tears and handed over the decoction.
"Why are you here?" Tao Yaoyao didn't think that the Ministry of Punishment would be so kind as to let her go to jail and bring a maid with her.
"It's the young master. After he saw the young lady fainting, he went to see the Minister of Justice and got very angry. The Minister of Justice was probably really afraid that the young lady would be like this... so he asked his servants to come in and take care of her."
Tao Yaoyao took the soup and drank it in one gulp. After her body slowly adjusted to the pain, she asked, "Who is handling my case."
"Master Zhang."
Zhang Jing.
Tao Yaoyao had a good impression of him.
"More than that, the young master said that he did not trust the people in the Ministry of Punishment, and then went to the palace in person. After asking for your majesty's permission, Dali Temple also intervened in this case. I will listen to the young master and wait for Master Xiao to come over."
Xiao Shuo?
"You were right to reject me in the first place, otherwise I'm afraid you would be in jail now." Tao Yaoyao leaned against the wall, her face terribly pale.
Xiao Shuo thought she would complain about something after he came over, but he didn't expect that he was still in the mood to joke.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang and I will definitely return your innocence."
"Do you believe me?" Tao Yaoyao was surprised. After all, strictly speaking, they weren't familiar with each other. She didn't expect an outsider to say she believed him without asking anything.
Fifth Brother is a good friend, unlike Xie Fei who is so sinister and scary.
"I have been in Dali Temple for several years, and I have handled hundreds to hundreds of cases. Naturally, I have seen many murder cases like this." Xiao Shuo explained, "Today's affairs are full of loopholes. As long as you think carefully, you will find them. .”
So, was Zhou Ping so angry that his son suddenly died that he lost his instinctive reason? Or did he do it on purpose?
"The only child in the Zhou family is Zhou Yu, and Mr. Zhou is very fond of him on weekdays. Now that something happened to him suddenly, Mr. Zhou must be too sad, so he attacked you."
Xiao Shuo saw her thoughts and explained.
But Tao Yaoyao didn't believe it, "If you were Mr. Zhou, after something happened to your closest loved one, would you first be sad or think about the murderer?"
Xiao Shuo thought of something and his eyes flashed slightly.
But he was even more surprised that Tao Yaoyao could still be so rational at this time.
"I will send someone to investigate this matter." Xiao Shuo still has things to do and cannot stay here longer. Before leaving, he reminded her, "It is not safe here. You should be careful."
Not long after Xiao Shuo left, Zhang Jing came over, and he brought a quilt with him.
"Master Zhang, this seems to be the second time you have helped me." Tao Yaoyao was very grateful to Zhang Jing for being willing to lend a helping hand at this time.
Moreover, he thought of things that Xiao Shuo didn't even think of.
"Does Miss Tao really not remember to be dismissed?" Zhang Jing said after hesitation.
Qiu Gui was covering Tao Yaoyao with a quilt. Tao Yaoyao told her to make more beds there. Suddenly she heard this sentence and subconsciously raised her head, "Have we known each other before?"
Zhang Jing nodded, "Yes, in Yingzhou five years ago."
Tao Yaoyao carefully recalled the memory of the original owner, and finally found out the memory of the original owner's trip to Yingzhou, but there was still no information about Mr. Zhang.
When Zhang Jing saw this, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, "Xiaguan is from Yingzhou. He took the imperial examination that year, but was kicked out by the innkeeper because someone stole his money.
It was you who paid the room fee for Xia Guan and left the money for me. "
This matter was a piece of cake for Tao Yaoyao, but for him it was a timely help that he would never forget.
When Zhang Jing said this, Tao Yaoyao was impressed. But five years ago, he was really thin, but his eyes were so bright and scary. The original owner had never seen such vivid eyes, so he wanted to help him. .
Unexpectedly, many years later, they met again and he helped her.
This probably means good things come to good people.
"Master Zhang still remembers these little things, which shows that Master Zhang is a good person who knows how to repay his kindness." Tao Yaoyao did not intend to use the kindness of the original owner to ask Zhang Jing to do anything.
In her opinion, Zhang Jing was also the hope of the original owner at that time. They redeemed each other and no one owed anything to the other.
In addition, she is not the original owner, so naturally she cannot accept this kindness as she should.
"I will definitely remember these two kindnesses in my heart. If Mr. Zhang needs it in the future, I will be there for you."
After Zhang Jing understood what Tao Yaoyao meant, he said with some disappointment, "Don't worry, girl, the Criminal Department will definitely solve this case as soon as possible."
Dingbei Palace
"Zhou Ping tortured Miss Tao, and Mr. Chu arrived a little late. Fortunately, it was just some superficial injuries. Later, Mr. Chu went to the palace to meet the emperor and asked Dali Temple to investigate the matter thoroughly."
Chang Geng told Xie Lan the news he had just learned.
Xie Lan stood in front of the window, placing his fingers on the window eaves and tapping it, "Zhou Ping's heart is too big."
Chang Geng also felt that Mr. Zhou had gone too far this time. Although his son's death was indeed pitiable, he executed himself privately before the case was heard.
Tao Yaoyao is from the Tao family and the Chu family.
He was telling everyone that he was not afraid of their two families.
Why is he, a minister of the Ministry of War, so arrogant? Do you really think that everyone in Kyoto City is a fool?
"Let's release all the information we found."
Hearing this, Chang Geng nodded happily.
Early the next morning, a big event happened in the court. The third prince's ban was lifted.
When Concubine Xian heard the news, she immediately began to dress up and prepare to go to the imperial study room to thank her. The Third Prince's group was also overjoyed, while others saw His Majesty's preference for the Third Prince.
