Chapter 165: Reversal of Confession
A two-meter-high courtyard wall was erected between the west courtyard and the east courtyard. However, despite the fuss of Mrs. Chu, who cried, made trouble, and hung herself, Lao An Guogong still ordered a small door to be left under the courtyard wall and sent a messenger. A group of cronies guarded the place, and the angry Mrs. Chu had a quarrel with Old An Guogong.
"You are guarding against thieves. Haoyu is your son after all. You don't recognize him even if you don't recognize him, and you even put him aside. How can you, a father, be so cruel?"
"I have been with you for more than thirty years, and you have never trusted me. You just guarded me. Now you are even guarding your son. Why don't you just strangle us two to death?"
Old Master Anguo refused to give in.
The old man became anxious and said angrily, "Beware of thieves, huh, he and his wife are more ruthless than thieves. Thieves only steal things. What they want is the lives of their eldest brother and his family."
"Even if he didn't take the position of Duke of the Kingdom, he would have been rich and prosperous, and lived in fine clothes and food for the rest of his life. But he was greedy enough and actually did something that was unreasonable and unconscionable."
"Then the title of power is so good? Is it better than the life of their eldest brother and nephew, their blood relative? Is what they did still a human thing? For the sake of power and fame, they even gave up their relatives and wanted to marry the eldest brother and his family of three. Even if I die, I don’t want such a son.”
"If I don't guard against them now, it will be too late to guard against them when Xuanyu and Jingqi are harmed by him."
Lao An Guo Gong continued his scolding, leaving Mrs. Chu speechless. She no longer dared to act rogue and asked Lao An Guo Gong to withdraw the guards guarding the small door.
Of course, these things have not been spread outside, and Master Shi does not know about it. He just remembered that someone seemed to have told him as a joke a few days ago that the east and west courtyards of Anguo Duke's Mansion were separated, and there was a door for each entrance and exit. door.
He sent his capable generals to lead people to the newly opened gate in the west courtyard of Duke Anguo's mansion.
After receiving the news, Mr. Chu hurriedly greeted him and said, "Captain Li, we are rare visitors. I wonder what the important business is for you to come here today?"
The yamen's catcher came to visit, so naturally he wasn't here to drink tea, so something must have happened.
Could it be that Chu Xuanyu handed over the evidence that Yu paid to kill him to the Yamen, and people from the Yamen came to arrest her?
Second Master Chu was thinking uneasily, but he greeted Capt. Li with a smile on his face.
Capt. Li is a well-known and selfless policeman in the capital. In his eyes, there are no officials, big or small, no distinction between men and women, only prisoners.
Even if the prince breaks the law and the superiors send him to arrest someone, he still dares to break into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den, not to mention that the person accused is just a branch of Anguo Gongfu.
"We are here to invite Miss Chu to the Yamen." Li Captou said expressionlessly.
Looking for Jingxiu?
What would Capt. Li do with a girl who didn't even have haircuts?
What case was the secret channel involved in?
The unexpected answer stunned Mr. Chu, and then he ordered the boy to invite Chu Jingxiu to come out, and invited Mr. Li to sit in the room, "I just got a box of good Longjing a few days ago, so I just invited Mr. Li to accompany me." Taste one product.”
Seeing that there were already people around who were curious to watch the excitement, Mr. Chu had no choice but to invite Mr. Li in. He quickly gave the guard guarding the door a wink and asked them to stop him.
"The road belongs to everyone, not to your family. Why don't we let us pass by?"
He unexpectedly met a daring rogue who was not even afraid of Duke An Guo.
However, Capt. Li, leading a group of official servants and Mr. Chu, had already entered the house. Seeing this, the guard had no intention of tangling with the scoundrel anymore and hurriedly returned to the yard. The door was closed, blocking the view of people outside. .
Under the kindness of Mr. Chu, Capt. Li sat down on the chair. The other four officials stood behind him and did not dare to sit down casually.
Although the second master Chu and the Duke of Chu were separated, they were brothers fighting tigers. The family could not write two characters for "chu", so the low-ranking officials naturally seemed a little restrained in front of him.
Second Master Chu asked the maid to make tea and put out snacks and fruits, and then sent the servants away. Then he asked, "I wonder what trouble my little girl got into outside, and she even bothered Capt. Li to make a special trip."
Both inside and outside the words were asking what the detective wanted to do with Chu Jingxiu.
Even if Mr. Chu had nightmares, he would never have imagined that Chu Jingxiu would actually kill someone. At most, he thought that Chu Jingxiu was accidentally involved in some lawsuit.
Before Capt. Li could say anything, the boy who went to invite Chu Jingxiu came to report, "Sir, the eldest girl is sick and can't get up from bed. My wife has just sent for a doctor, who is diagnosing her pulse."
It means I can't come.
Mr. Chu said with a sneer and embarrassment, "Captain Li, look, my little girl is sick, can you be accommodating?"
"Mr. Chu, I'm sorry. Miss Chu has committed murder. My official position is low and I dare not return empty-handed." Capt. Li refused expressionlessly.
As soon as he heard the word murder, Mr. Chu was stunned, then he jumped up and shouted angrily, "How is it possible? My little girl is only twelve years old and can't even hold a knife. How can she kill someone?" Mr. Li, you can eat this food randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. You know that your words can ruin your daughter's life. You can't harm your daughter. If you want to ruin her reputation, what are you going to do?"
Faced with Mr. Chu's violent outbursts, Capt. Li appeared very calm and calm, even motionless. "In my humble position, I just follow orders."
Mr. Chu suddenly collapsed on his chair in despair, his face pale.
After a long time, he asked, "Who brought the case? Who did my daughter kill?"
"The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Changbei."
The tall and thick figure of Marquis Changbei immediately appeared in Chu Erye's mind, and his face turned a bit paler. "Is there something wrong? It's impossible for my little girl to kill someone. She is usually so kind that she can even trample an ant to death." How can you kill someone if you feel sad for a long time?”
It's like a teacher who suddenly hears someone saying that his most proud student is a gangster and can't believe it. Mr. Chu couldn't believe that Chu Jingxiu would kill people at such a young age.
But no matter what he said or how he begged for mercy, in the end, with his anger overwhelming and Mrs. Yu wailing, Capt. Li still led his men to arrest Chu Jingxiu.
Chu Jingxiu was so frightened that she shouted heartbreakingly, "Father, mother, I don't want to go to jail, please save me, wuwu... I didn't kill anyone, she accidentally fell into the water, I didn't push her."
That damn maid, after she was rescued from the water, she secretly agreed to give her two hundred taels of silver notes behind her back and asked her to keep her mouth shut. She also agreed. Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned to the Changbei Hou Mansion, She actually turned her back and refused to recognize him, and even confessed her.
That maid deserves to die.
Chu Jingxiu was taken away by Capt. Li while crying and full of resentment.
The gate of the west courtyard opened, and Chu Jingxiu was escorted out by two officers. Surprisingly, there were dozens of people watching the excitement standing outside the gate. Seeing Chu Jingxiu being escorted out by the officers, everyone pointed at her. There was a lot of discussion.
Although Chu Jingxiu didn't hear it, he didn't know what he said. It was definitely not a good thing.
After Chu Jingxiu was taken away, Mr. Chu hurriedly went to find Chu Xuanyu, and Mrs. Yu also hurriedly went to Prince Yujun's Mansion.
It was already evening when Xia Zihan heard the wind.
She called Chu Cong, "Go and find out why Chu Jingxiu was arrested by the officials and what crime she committed?"
"Yes, Master." Chu Cang bowed and left.
Xia Zihan frowned in thought.
Could Chu Jingxiu's arrest be related to the incident in which his cousin fell into the water in the afternoon?
Could it be said that the cousin fell into the water not by accident, but by man?
However, even if it was paid, it should be Miss Lu San. How could it be Chu Jingxiu?
Does Chu Jingxiu have a grudge against that cousin?
Xia Zihan was puzzled. She didn't even eat much at night. Mrs. Zeng kept picking up vegetables for her to eat. "Aqi is so attentive. Half of the dishes brought are your favorites. You want Eat more.”
"I've eaten everything for lunch." Only the roasted whole lamb was left uneaten, but I didn't expect that Chu Jingqi would send one.
However, she and her grandmother couldn't eat so much, so they picked a few dishes and sliced a lot of mutton, and sent them to Old Man Bai, Master Qi, and Master Lin to eat.
Under Mrs. Zeng's caring eyes, Xia Zihan ate a big bowl of rice and hurried back to the study.
Chu Cong had just come back. He didn't even have time to eat dinner, so he came back to report, "It is said that the Marquis of Changbei went to the Yamen to accuse Chu Jingxiu of killing his daughter, and he also brought a maid to the Yamen to testify."
Sure enough, that's what happened.
Xia Zihan frowned, and after thinking for a while, he told Chu Xing, "You go to eat first, and then find out where the maid is now."
"I'm not hungry. I'll go to the Yamen to find out." Chu Cong said.
"I left a plate of roast mutton for you. You should go and eat first." Knowing that Chu Cang also liked roast mutton, she specifically asked Chu Fei to leave a plate for her.
Chu Cong's eyes lit up, he quickly said yes and retreated.
It wasn't until mid-afternoon that Chu Cang walked in from the outside with a cold air.
Because she was very cold, she did not dare to get too close to Xia Zihan. She stood three meters away from Xia Zihan and reported, "After that maid testified against Chu Jingxiu in the Yamen, she was taken back by the Marquis of Changbei and imprisoned in In a woodshed.”
Xia Zihan frowned when he heard this, "That is the most important witness. Not only did the Marquis of Changbei not protect him, but he also locked him up in the firewood shed. If something goes wrong and the witness recants his confession, wouldn't Chu Jingxiu's case be just a joke?" .”
The maid had already testified that Chu Jingxiu had killed her girl today, and Chu Jingxiu could not be blamed for his crime. But once the maid recanted her confession and said that the Marquis of Changbei forced her to testify, Chu Jingxiu would still have a chance to escape.
This was a good time to ruin Chu Jingxiu's reputation, and it was also a good time to deny Mr. Chu a path, so she must not let the maid retract her confession.
"Then slave girl, go and kill her." Chu Cong said coldly.
Only dead people in the world cannot speak.
Only dead people are the most reliable.
As long as the maid dies, Chu Jingxiu's guilt is a certainty and no one can save her.
(End of chapter)