Chapter 413 Intentional Homicide
Xie Chengrang had already thought about it. Now it is the time for Dali Temple to collect documentary evidence and confessions. His documentary evidence is crucial to convicting Weng Yi and others, so Cai Zheng and Xu Huaiyi will definitely be able to use it.
The yamen took away this evidence, which proves that he and Weng Yi and others are not accomplices.
After writing the last word, Xie Chengrang breathed a sigh of relief, decisively signed his name, and handed it to the civil servant next to him. When the civil servant left, Xie Chengrang no longer did anything else, but leaned peacefully in the corner, waiting for the government office to come to an end.
He is different from Xia Ziqiao, and the Xia family will clear the relationship for Xia Ziqiao. When the Xie family heard something happened to him, Xie Yizhi would only ask the court to investigate and deal with it strictly. After finally having the opportunity to show his fairness and integrity, he naturally would not let it go.
Xie Chengrang closed his eyes and a figure of a person gradually appeared in his mind, Xie, Daming Mansion.
The Guo family fleet just happened to pass by and help the yamen office catch Manager Li. It is logical that there is nothing suspicious about it. But he just kept thinking about this.
Maybe it was because the Guo family fleet appeared just right.
Is it really that coincidental?
Xie Chengrang couldn't help but frown. This time he would probably leave safely, but the Xia family was in trouble. He finally paved the road, and just waited to add another fire, and he could marry the Xia family on behalf of his elder brother.
But if the Xia Shangshu's career was hindered and the Xia family's status was much worse than before, how much benefit could he get from marrying Xia Erniang?
If it doesn't work out properly, it will become a burden.
He had to give up the Xia family and find a good wife for himself again.
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Xia Mengxian looked at the hourglass on the table. After he was transferred to the palace, he waited for the summons of the officials in the duty room. Before he knew it, three hours passed. The guards around the officials came several times, and it was said that the officials were still discussing matters with several officials, so he asked him to wait patiently.
Seeing that the sky gradually darkened, Xia Mengxian frowned and felt more and more wrong.
Rather than waiting to meet the official family, it is better to isolate him from the outside.
Xia Mengxian stood up and walked out, colliding with the guard who was about to enter the door.
The eunuch immediately said, "Where is the Secretary of Xia going?"
Xia Mengxian frowned: "There are still many official duties in the yamen office. Since the official is busy, I will arrange the official duties first and then go to the palace to wait."
"How can that be done," said the eunuch, "the official knows that he will blame him."
Speaking of this, he paused slightly: "I see that the discussion is almost done there, and it will be the turn of Shangshu Xia in a while."
Xia Mengxian took a deep breath, trying to see some clues from the eunuch's face, but these squads all had faces in front of each other.
However, Xia Mengxian is 80% sure that something happened to the Ministry of Justice, and the government did this intentionally.
Xia Mengxian was thinking about it when he heard the voice of the eunuch guards: "Shangshu Xia, the official family summoned you here."
Xia Mengxian followed the eunuch forward. When he walked to the Chuigong Hall, it was completely dark, but there was a bright light in the hall.
The eunuch took the squad into the hall to report that Xia Mengxian was outside.
The curtain was lifted, and the sound of talking in the hall came, and it sounded like a woman. Xia Mengxian couldn't help but frown. Chuigong Hall was a place where the officials summoned their ministers and discussed government affairs. How could there be a woman? Could it be that the Cining Palace is revived and is coming to interfere in government affairs?
Xia Mengxian listened carefully and the words gradually came to his ears.
"At that time, Mr. Shen was the prefect of Jiangning and arrested many people from the Holy Sect. So the Holy Sect thought of a way to capture two men from the Shen family to threaten Mr. Shen, but he never had a chance. On the Lantern Festival, he found that Mr. Shen went out to watch the lights. It was a coincidence that something happened to happen in the street market that night, so we took the opportunity to kidnap Mrs. Shen." Xia Mengxian was surprised when he heard this. The Sima Shen was lost. The Shen family kept searching everywhere but there was no news. Now the Shen family members were finally found?
Soon he was shocked again. Isn’t the “holy religion” mentioned by the people in the hall a demon religion? Today, Xu Huaiyi caught the demon sect, and the palace talked about this matter, which must have been implicated.
Xia Mengxian seemed to understand why he was summoned to the palace for a few hours, but he didn't investigate any of them, which might cause a major incident to the Ministry of Justice.
The curtain was lifted, and the eunuch walked out, as if he didn't see the nervous expression on Xia Mengxian's face, but just stepped forward to guide Xia Mengxian.
Xia Mengxian took a deep breath, sorted out the official uniforms on his body, and tried to stabilize his emotions. When he walked into the hall, he immediately saw the nun kneeling on the ground.
Xia Mengxian's brows were locked deeper. He knew that this nun was the Mingzhen Master Xu Huaiyi caught.
Sure enough, something happened.
Not only did someone bring the nun into the palace, but he also met the official family.
The official did not speak, and Shen Chongzhen, who was standing aside, said first: "Since you have captured Si Niang, why didn't you send a letter to the Shen family?"
Master Ming Zhen said, "We used a sleeping medicine for Miss Shen, but for some reason, Miss Shen woke up halfway and ran away while we were leaving."
"We made a lot of noise in order to capture the Fourth Lady. Although we tied the person back, it attracted neighbors to inquire. The Fourth Lady was struggling so hard that Jingxuan and I stepped forward to comfort him and accidentally killed the person...."
After many years, Shen Chongzhen couldn't help but tremble when she heard her daughter being harmed: "It's obvious that she wants to kill someone, so why do you say to comfort..."
Just as Master Ming Zhen was about to defend himself, he heard a weak voice saying, "Either comfort or kill someone. Mrs. Shen was lost, and there were suddenly many patrolmen on the street. The first time we did such a thing, we didn't expect it to be like this, and we were immediately panicked."
"Keep Miss Shen Si in your hands, you will be discovered..."
"Put the person back, Mrs. Shen has seen our true face again. In addition to our nun, we will be found in Yunqi Temple soon."
If Jingxuan didn't speak, everyone in the hall would have forgotten that there was another nun in the hall.
Jingxuan stretched out his hand and pressed forward, as if there was Miss Shen Si under his hands: "I used force, and she also tried hard. Miss Shen Si struggled very hard, but neither of us let go."
"We are in danger at any time when missionaries do not allow people to be released. But if the missionaries 'accidentally' kill people in an emergency, there is no way for them to do so."
Jingxuan looked at Master Mingzhen: "We all said that we were accidentally... In fact, we all knew in our hearts that we were intentionally killing people. We were relieved only if we died and buried."
Master Ming Zhen said in a panic: "No...I don't...Don't talk nonsense."
Jingxuan's blood-covered eyes stared at Master Ming Zhen: "It took a long time to suffocate someone to death, for a long time... We all lost the strength but she was still moving."
"When you can't hold on..., you... sit on it until a long time ago, you haven't... get up."
"Her shoes fell off, her feet twitched, and her hands clenched into fists until her last pair of eyes were still open."
Master Ming Zhen, who was kneeling, heard this and collapsed in the hall.
"After killing Mrs. Shen Si, we buried the person in the temple, and no one was found," said Jingxuan's face suddenly changed, "But we all forgot, the Buddha saw it."
"Miss Shen Si died so miserably. The Buddha wanted to avenge her and asked me... to dig out the body of Mrs. Shen Si by himself."
Hearing this, Shen Chongzhen's face turned pale, reached out to cover her chest, looked at the two nuns, and then fell on Xia Mengxian.
"It's such a murderer... I killed my daughter... I have been arrested for more than ten years, but there are still people who have waived them."