Ye Tongpuan guessed that Xu Sanshui might be severely unable to bear the accusation and betray him, but he did not expect that Xu Sanshui would dare to blame him in public. He was simply tired of living!
"I have never given such an order. You are not with me today. What you did has nothing to do with me."
Faced with Ye Tongpuan's ruthless shirk of responsibility, Xu Sanshui's eyes turned red and his face was ferocious: "I didn't follow Mr. Tongpuan, but I have been with the young master's family. If you don't believe it, look at the footprints on the ground. Are they still there?" There’s Ye Changlong from my young boss!”
As soon as these words came out, Ning Weiguo hurriedly released his left hand holding Ye Tongpan's collar and squatted on the ground to observe carefully.
After comparison, Ning Wuchang pointed to a line of footprints extending from the dense forest at the fork in the road to here, without turning back like other government servants: "Second uncle, here!"
Once pointed out.
Everyone then discovered that this line of footprints was indeed very special. They only went to the place where the incident occurred and did not return.
In other words, the owner of this footprint is not a person pretending to be a robber, but is most likely the mastermind behind the scenes squatting in the dense forest.
Everyone's eyes fell on Ye Changlong.
Ye Tongpan was so anxious that there were bubbles of fire at the corner of his mouth. If looks could kill, Xu Sanshui would be killed immediately.
In addition to resenting Xu Sanshui for betraying his righteousness, he also complained that Ye Changlong was careless and let Xu Sanshui grasp such an important information.
What should I do?
At this time, Ning Weiguo stepped forward and shouted: "Ye Changlong, come here and check whether these footprints are consistent with yours!"
"It doesn't matter if they are unanimous. I was also deceived by Xu Sanshui. He said he was short of manpower and asked me to come and help guard the sentry. That's why I came." Although Ye Changlong is not careful in his work, he is mixed up in the business world and sees many different religions and nine kinds of people. He is not smart enough. But after a lot of experience, I quickly figured out how to deal with it.
He pointed at Xu Sanshui pretending to be angry and cursed: "You have lost your conscience, Xu Sanshui. Your seventy-year-old mother is seriously ill. Thanks to my family paying for your mother's medical treatment, your two sons are still in Ye's shop." As the deputy shopkeeper, my Ye family trusts you so much, how dare you frame me?!"
broken!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ye Changlong deliberately used his family to threaten Xu Sanshui and force him to confess.
Ning Weiguo was about to say something when someone tapped him on the back. He turned around and saw Ning Wuhuang shaking his head at him with a calm face. Although he was upset that he could not capture Xu Sanshui in time, he also understood.
For people like Xu Sanshui who have an inseparable relationship with the Ye family, as long as a family member is in the hands of the Ye family, if Ye Changlong is arrested at this time, his confession will be reversed later.
"Xu Sanshui, tell me who instigated you to frame my nephew!"
Seeing that his eldest nephew had managed to escape the disaster, Ye Tongpian breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear, but he did not forget to cut off Xu Sanshui's escape route.
"Did you have a problem with Ning Zhaomo in the government office and deliberately use other colleagues to harm Ning Zhaomo? Whether you did it alone or you deceived others to do it together, since you have admitted your crime, you can't do it anyway. It’s all a death! You don’t want to die, have everyone reviled you, and have your family be implicated, right?”
Ye Tong and his uncle and nephew have already pointed out the path.
Xu Sanshui knew that he would not be able to escape today. His body's strength seemed to have been drained, and his back slumped. He laughed at himself: "Yes, I just don't like Ning Weiguo stepping on my head, so I deliberately set this up." Framing him and trying to kill him.”
"After being exposed by you, I was worried that I would be beheaded, so I simply attacked the young master's family. Everything is my fault, and other government officials did not know about this."
Said.
Xu Sanshui pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed in the direction of Ning Weiguo.
Although the distance between the two of them was about ten feet, Ning Weiguo was injured and pregnant, so most people's attention was focused on protecting Ning Weiguo.
Only Ning Wuyang stretched out his hand to protect Ning Weiguo while staring intently at the knife in Xu Sanshui's hand.
If he guessed correctly, this was just a bluff.
as expected.
Seeing the knife in Xu Sanshui's hand, when he was about to throw it out, he suddenly turned around and cut directly into his own neck.
Blood spurted out.
Xu Sanshui opened his eyes in confusion and fell headfirst into the mud puddle.
Killed on the spot.
The whole place was silent.
Ye Changlong breathed a sigh of relief and took out his folding fan to block his uncontrollable smile.
Ning Wuyan raised his lips slightly when he saw this scene.
He could imagine that Ye Changlong must be so happy because he thought he was safe.
only.
Ye Changlong, you are too happy too early!
"Ahem!" Ye Tongjian cleared his throat, suppressed the shock in his heart, cast an approving look at his eldest nephew, and then said to the other dumbfounded government officials: "The mastermind is dead, and the other government officials are unaware of it. Yes, Ning Zhaomo, magistrate, can this case be closed?"
"Is it okay if a person dies? That's all I'll give up. Xu Sanshui scratched the old boy's eyes with a knife. There is a suffering master, and this matter must be investigated strictly!" How could Ning Weiguo easily let the mastermind behind the scenes go?
Ye Changlong's footprints are here. As long as other government officials are willing to testify, they might be able to put Ye Changlong in jail for interrogation!
In order to protect himself, Ye Changlong could not let Ning Weiguo succeed, especially since Xu Sanshui had already confessed his crime and was executed. All he had to do next was to get money to settle the matter before him.
He put down the folding fan, looked at the one-eyed boy, and smiled contemptuously: "Ning Zhaomo, the old boy you are talking about is just a shopkeeper of the Ning family perfume shop. I remember correctly, one of his eyes is blind. I For the sake of Xu Sanshui's family's difficulties, I will compensate him with one hundred taels of silver. One hundred taels of silver will buy him an eye, which is not a loss."
Said.
Ye Changlong took out a wad of silver notes from the wallet on his waist and asked the one-eyed boy arrogantly: "If one hundred taels is not enough, I will double it. A one-eyed wounded soldier like you will never earn anything in this life." If you’re still not satisfied after getting so much money, how about you make a condition?”
Money can make the world go round.
Ye Changlong believed that as long as he gave him enough money, the one-eyed boy would definitely fall in love.
The one-eyed boy originally just wanted to find the truth, but now he saw that Ye Changlong, the commander behind the scenes who had made him blind, was so humiliated by him that he shouted angrily: "I don't want your money!"
"Everyone, please listen clearly. He does not need to compensate himself. The case can be settled." Ye Changlong still shook his purse with his fingers, and his joking tone added a bit of humiliation.
Ning Wuyang took a deep breath, walked to Xu Sanshui, and picked up the saber in the pool of blood.
"Second uncle, was it the knife that hurt Brother Tong's eyes just now?"
"yes……"
Ning Weiguo's tone was full of helplessness.
Everyone in Xu Sanshui is dead, so what's the point of hurting someone with a knife?
Ning Wuyang gently shook the blood from the blade and looked at Ye Tongpuan with burning eyes.
Ye Tongpuan was so frightened that he blurted out: "Not only will you be beheaded for murdering an official of the imperial court, but the Ning family will also be implicated!"
"Haha, Lord Tongxuan, you really think highly of me. I just want to ask you about a rule of law. What is the crime if you intentionally hurt someone and cause them to be blind?"
Ning Wuyan still plans to dwell on this issue?
What’s the point of discussing this issue after the person is dead?
Ye Tongpuan sneered and replied: "It is a minor injury to cause blindness. It can range from three years in prison to five years in exile in Lingnan or Mobei."
"It seems I remembered it correctly." Ning Wuyang smiled and looked at Ye Changlong, who was standing at the scene, "Did you hear that, Ye Changlong?"
A pair of eyes, not as serious as using a knife against a hostile official.
very nice.
so good!
Ning Wuyang tightened his grip on the handle of the knife.
Ye Changlong was suddenly called out. He was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "It's not the person named Tong who I injured. What does it matter whether I heard or not?"
