"Xiaguan, here is a complaint against Lord Ji, written by Xiao Damin himself!" Hong Zengxian gestured excitedly, "Xiaguan hid it in the dark room of the study. Xiaguan, go get it now!"

Pei Wuyan winked at Lian Shurong.

Lian Shurong understood, stood up and waved to Hong Zengxian, "Let's go, I'll go with you."

Seeing that Hong Zengxian was gone, Jiang Xusheng was also ready to make a move.

Lin Ming took the initiative to stand up and said, "Just in case, Master Jiang and I will go find the gangster."

Pei Wuyan nodded.

Only Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyan were left.

Yu Qingfeng couldn't help but blame: "Why did Mr. Pei come here so silently? He didn't even call us."

"You are all focused on Uncle Tian. Even if I call you, you won't come. Why should I bring trouble to myself?"

Pei Wuyan was sour.

Well, it turns out that Lin Ming is not the only one who is jealous of Tian Lei.

"Besides, aren't the Dali Temple guards human?" Pei Wuyan motioned for Yu Qingfeng to turn around.

Yu Qingfeng turned around and realized that the two Dali Temple guards brought by Pei Wuyan had been standing in the corner. At this time, the faces of these two familiar faces were full of embarrassment.

Yu Qingfeng smiled bitterly at the two guards and nodded to apologize, "I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter. I've told you to train with the guards a long time ago. The doctor has already said that you are weak everywhere and are in urgent need of nourishment and exercise. After you return, let these two arrange an exercise course for you."

Pei Wuyan held back his laughter as he spoke, and couldn't help laughing out loud at the end.

The two guards also looked at each other and smiled.

Yu Qingfeng didn't want to practice with those big guys, so she hurriedly came to Pei Wuyan's side and coquettishly said: "Nourishment and training are fine, but I want Mr. Pei to give it to me personally..."

Yu Qingfeng didn't finish her words because the two guards behind her were already laughing.

Taking a closer look, Pei Wuyan's face turned green.

Yu Qingfeng later realized that these guys were so evil!

For the first time, Yu Qingfeng wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl in. But she couldn't dig out the hole, so all she could do was escape.

But wouldn't it be more embarrassing to escape in this situation now?

That's all, she wasn't embarrassed anyway, it was others who were embarrassed. She just pretended that she didn't understand why they were laughing.

In the midst of embarrassment, Yu Qingfeng felt a hand hold her hand, and with a strong pull, her whole body tilted and she sat directly on Pei Wuyan's lap.

"I see, you really don't regard the guards as outsiders. In this case, it's better to let them get used to it earlier, so that they can get used to it in the future."

Pei Wuyan's voice was hoarse and low, with a half-hearted smile, yet he showed such an inappropriate and charming attitude in front of the guards!

Yu Qingfeng was surprised, but when she thought about it, Pei Wuyan was trying to save face for her at the expense of his own image.

Sitting on Pei Wuyan's lap, it felt like he was being grilled.

Yu Qingfeng walked down from the Flame Mountain with a red face.

"To be serious," Yu Qingfeng made a sharp turn from her status to the topic, "Ji Houye has a distinguished status. Only Xiao Damin's complaint, Xiao Damin's wife and children's confessions and his widow's testimony can bring him down?"

The two guards behind who were covering their mouths and snickering were thrown off the car by this sharp turn and drift.

Pei Wuyan was extremely cooperative and instantly regained his rationality and seriousness, "Of course not."

"What should we do?"

"Open coffin and conduct autopsy."

"The corpses of three concubines?"

Yu Qingfeng suddenly realized that indeed, the three corpses had been buried for a long time. Although the skin and flesh had rotted away, the bones were still there. A sufficiently professional operator could see the traces of fractures. If they were bitten by a fighting dog, how could there be superimposed fractures on the old and new bones?

"Yes. The families of the three concubines also want to visit. I don't believe they know anything about their daughters' situation in the Hou Mansion."

"Actually, it's best to have a confession from someone in the Hou family, let alone the servants. Even Mrs. Ji is afraid of Mr. Ji, and with Xiao Damin's experience, how can the servants dare to testify?"

Yu Qingfeng thought about it. The workload was heavy, and it seemed that they would stay in Suzhou for a long time.

However, it's not that they didn't gain anything this time. They didn't catch Cao Ruyi, but there was another Ji Zongyuan who was even more hateful and damned.

Earn blood!

"If you can't bring down Ji Zongyuan, you won't leave Suzhou." Pei Wuyan said with certainty.

Not long after, all the four people who had just left returned. Xiao Damin's complaint was presented to Pei Wuyan, and the two magistrates knelt in front of Pei Wuyan.

Lin Ming must have explained to the two men the situation and serious relationship between Dali Temple's involvement. At this time, he gave them a look and the two men began to explain.

The two concubines concluded that the three concubines did not die from being bitten by fighting dogs, but were beaten to death.

At that time, Wu Zuo did explain the autopsy results to Master Jiang, but Master Jiang asked them to destroy the autopsy records, gag them, and force them to declare that the person was bitten to death by a dog.

Master Jiang told them that the three of them were involuntarily and that this was the only way to handle the matter, otherwise they would be throwing an egg at a stone and risking their lives.

Next is Xiao Damin's complaint submitted by Hong Zengxian. It clearly states that Ji Zongyuan threw the concubine's body into the kennel three times and asked Xiao Damin to control the fighting dog to bite the body.

At first, Xiao Damin did not dare to disobey Ji Zongyuan and complied, but the fighting dog only licked the wounds of the corpse and did not bite. Ji Zongyuan then beat the dog.

Later, Xiao Damin witnessed Ji Zongyuan abusing dogs again and again, and framed the crime of murder on innocent dogs. The lives of those fighting dogs were either for Ji Zongyuan's pleasure or to take the blame. He was really angry and planned to sue Ji Zongyuan.

After reading the complaint, Yu Qingfeng raised her head and looked at Hong Zengxian. The prefect was really frightened and confused. When he took out this complaint, he was not trying to atone for his sins. It was simply taking the blame!

"Lord Hong is indeed wise and well versed in the method of assessing the situation at trial. When he initially suppressed this complaint and condoned Lord Ji's crimes, he did not destroy it, but held it in his hand for future emergencies. Now that an unjust case has been discovered in Dali Temple

It seems that Mr. Hong is claiming credit for this complaint again. It’s true that you alone have taken advantage of all the good things.”

Yu Qingfeng really couldn't help but want to be sarcastic. Why were there so many dog ​​officials in ancient times? Is it worth traveling through time without being sarcastic?

Hong Zengxian burst into tears, "Oh, I can't help myself. That is Lord Ji, the title bestowed by His Majesty. He is a great hero who once brought peace and stability to peace. The girl just said that His Majesty did not grant Lord Ji an exemption from death."

Gold medal, but it’s not like that.”

"Oh? Was he given a gold medal for immunity from death, or a Shangfang sword and a yellow mantle?" Yu Qingfeng asked with a sneer.

Hong Zengxian replied helplessly: "When His Majesty was ennobled, he gave him golden armor! Isn't it self-evident that he gave you a protective armor made of gold?"

Indeed, the golden armor, on the one hand, rewards Ji Zongyuan for his military exploits, and on the other hand, it also implies that Ji Zongyuan has a protective shield given by the royal family.

Jiang Xusheng quickly added, "Ji Hou was injured on the battlefield and had no heirs, so he became violent and arrogant. Ji Hou once mentioned that His Majesty also knew about this, so he mentioned that he would give Mrs. Ji a royal title as compensation. Alas.

, Ji Hou frequently attacked the concubine, probably because he lost his manly dignity in front of the concubine and couldn't bear it..."

Yu Qingfeng translated it, Ji Zongyuan's physical disability led to mental abnormality. Even His Majesty can understand this matter, how can local officials like them dare to pursue it?

In this way, if there was no irrefutable evidence, and if the person who was investigating the case was not a popular person in His Majesty's eyes, and a talent appreciated by His Majesty the Crown Prince, Pei Wuyan, who wished to call him his brother, would really not be Ji Zongyuan's opponent.

It seems that we really have to stay here in Suzhou for a long time.

Before leaving the yamen, Pei Wuyan handed over the responsibility for the safety of the two coworkers to Hong Zengxian and Jiang Xusheng. If anything happened to the two witnesses, they would be blamed as well.

The task assigned to the prefect's Yamen was also to search for Xiao Damin's wife and children. The specific matters of visiting the families of the three deceased concubines and opening the coffins for autopsy were assigned to Lin Ming and Lian Shurong.

Pei Wuyan and Yu Qingfeng went to capture three more important witnesses - Mrs. Ji, Ji Zongyuan's two current concubines, Hong Mei and Bai Lian who had never shown up.

All this must be done secretly. Without the certainty of overthrowing Ji Zongyuan in one fell swoop, Ji Zongyuan must not be aware of it and alert the enemy.

If you want to avoid Ji Zongyuan's attention, you have to go slowly enough. In the next five days, Lin Ming and Lian Shurong only traveled half a day in the name of fun, and stayed in the Hou Mansion for the remaining half.

Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyan looked for every opportunity to meet the two mysterious concubines. But they all failed. The concubines were like two trees growing on the Linlang Waterside Pavilion, even the branches were locked in the waterside pavilion.

Don't even think about getting a glimpse of it from the outside.

When she couldn't see her concubine, Yu Qingfeng began to have Mrs. Ji's ideas.

However, this lady was always in trouble, euphemistically saying she was running the Hou Mansion to prepare for the Lantern Festival in a few days. In fact, she was hiding from Yu Qingfeng.

Yu Qingfeng knew that Mrs. Ji knew that the topic Yu Qingfeng wanted to talk to her was the one she wanted to avoid most.

That day, Yu Qingfeng went to Mrs. Ji's room alone early in the morning, hoping to catch her off guard.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Mrs. Ji sighing at the dressing table. She was completely immersed in her own world and didn't even notice that the maid had brought Yu Qingfeng into the room.

"Mrs. Ji?" Yu Qingfeng walked gently behind Mrs. Ji.

Mrs. Ji came back to her senses, saw Yu Qingfeng in the mirror, and stood up quickly.

"Miss Yu." Mrs. Ji panicked and tried to put the jewelry on the table into the jewelry box.

"Wow, this gold hairpin is so beautiful!" Yu Qingfeng hurriedly picked up the gold hairpin on the table, stopped Mrs. Ji's move with admiration and surprise, and started the topic by the way, "Master Hou is so generous, giving you so many luxurious ones.

jewelry."

The corners of Mrs. Ji's mouth twitched, and she muttered in a half-smiling tone: "Where is it for me? It's just here for the time being."

Yu Qingfeng continued to admire it and touched a pair of gold bracelets.

"Oh, Miss Yu, don't touch these!"

Mrs. Ji suddenly grabbed Yu Qingfeng's wrist, and then covered the glittering jewelry with a handkerchief on the table.

"What?" Yu Qingfeng was frightened by Mrs. Ji's sudden move and shrank her hands.

"These, these are all ominous things, bad luck..."

Yu Qingfeng smiled bitterly, why should she be afraid of bad luck? She has already worn the evil hosta.


Chapter completed!