Although this is a banquet for the Ke family, the prince of Zhongqin County is considered to be a senior official.
The head of Jiaming County is his only biological daughter, so it is no exaggeration to say that she is noble and noble.
Besides, they asked everyone to help interrogate the thief, so it would be hard for anyone to refute the face of the county prince.
Ke Yutang laughed twice and said: "It would be best if the county prince doesn't want to see us, but I don't know what kind of thief he is?"
"This thief was so courageous that he actually wanted to assassinate my daughter! Fortunately, we caught him on the spot. I originally wanted to hand him over to the government. But this thief said that the person who instigated him was here, so I took him
Brought here."
When everyone present heard this, they were in an uproar. They couldn't help but look left and right, sizing each other up.
"Your Majesty, maybe this thief is making false accusations against good people!" Ke Yutang said, "We must take precautions."
"I thought so too, that's why I brought this thief here to question him face to face, and everyone helped to check it," Prince Zhongqin said.
"That's right, let's bring that thief here. I also want to see what this bold maniac looks like?" Ke Yutang is the master. He has said so, and naturally others cannot object.
Besides, there are many people who are curious.
Two servants from the Prince's Mansion came forward holding a man down. Everyone took a closer look and saw that the man's arms were tied behind his back with ropes and he was wearing a black night suit.
He lowered his head and couldn't see his face clearly. But his head was bald and there were ring scars on it.
He is actually a monk!
"Everyone, please see, this is the man who intends to assassinate my little girl." The county prince said, "Lift his head so that everyone can recognize him."
The attendant raised the man's face. He was in his early forties and looked indifferent.
No matter what happened to others, the Zeng family couldn't sit still.
This person was clearly Zhifan from their family temple, but how could she assassinate the head of Jiaming County?
"My nephew, your father is not here, so I will tell you." Prince Zhongqin looked at Zeng Li and said, "Is this person from your family?"
As soon as these words came out, the scene became even more silent.
Zeng Li stood up, nodded and said: "This is indeed the nun in our temple, whose name is Zhifan. It's just that we had no idea she would become a thief. Our two families have been friends for generations, how could we instruct someone to kill someone?"
what about you?"
"Of course it wasn't you who instigated it. Even you were kept in the dark." The prince said, "This person is hiding deep!"
Everyone became even more curious after hearing this. Prince Zhongqin said that the mastermind behind this was here, and that Zeng Li was also kept in the dark. This was obviously done by the Zeng family. Who was it?
"Let him say the rest first!" The prince looked at Zhifan and said.
"The little county chief Zeng Ci asked me to do it." Zhifan raised his head and glanced at Zeng Ci, then quickly looked away.
"You're talking nonsense!"
"How can it be?!"
Princess Zeng and Zeng Nian reprimanded Zhifan almost at the same time.
Zeng Li's eyes were gloomy, and he also didn't believe that his little sister would do such a thing.
There must be a misunderstanding here!
"I dare not lie. It was indeed the little county master who ordered me to do this. On the twelfth day, she went to the family temple to find me and asked me to help her with two things. One was to find a fan who repaired jewelry in Xianhua Pavilion.
Speaking of Dagu, the other thing is to kill the head of Jiaming County." Zhifan explained.
"I didn't, someone must have instigated him to do this! He was clearly slandering me! I did go to the family temple that day, but I went to burn incense and pray for my brother-in-law." Zeng Ci stood up, she must not admit it!
"Zeng Ci, it's a shame that you have the word "ci" in your name!" County Lord Jiaming looked at Zeng Ci and said, "I have never seen anyone more cruel and ruthless than you! I was just joking with you that day, you think I really want to
I fought with you Ke Wangchen. I sent people to kill me, but I didn’t know that I was already prepared."
When Zeng Ci heard what she said, not only did she not panic, but she smiled and said: "I know, you must be jealous that Wangchen and I are getting engaged. And the Holy Father has not returned to Beijing, so you can't go and propose marriage, so
That's why I used this trick to ruin our marriage.
Lord Jiaming County, don’t you understand this sentence if you force yourself to do something sweet? You even took advantage of the Ke family’s banquet to ask me to make a fool of myself in front of everyone.
In order to frame me, you did not hesitate to bribe people in my temple to help you set up a trap. The thief calls for catching the thief, who is the cruel one among us?"
Many people believe Zeng Ci's words. When they don't know the truth, most people will inevitably think that it is right for the father-in-law to speak to the public, and it is reasonable for the mother-in-law to speak of her mother-in-law.
What's more, the head of Jiaming County usually acts in a flamboyant manner, while Zeng Ci is more gentle and low-key.
People tend to have a favorable impression of people who act mildly, but people who are too flamboyant tend to be too sharp and will inevitably look sideways.
"Zeng Ci, I know you are clever with your words and good at disguising, but it doesn't matter. I have a lot of evidence in my hand, and there are more than just one witness. Let's try them one by one, one by one. If you can still survive the whole body,
Retreat, I'm willing to give up!" The county head of Jiaming is also unforgiving. She and Ke Wangchen fell in love at first sight. If it wasn't for the sake of the overall situation, how could Zeng Ci be allowed to deceive the world and steal his reputation!
"Zhifan, do you still have a conscience? When you fell ill on the roadside, who looked at you and saved you?" Zeng Ci asked Zhifan who was kneeling on the ground, "You said you were desperate and wanted to die. It was me.
I made the decision to let you become a monk in my temple and gave you a place to stay."
Zhifan lowered his head and said with a hint of guilt in his tone: "Little County Master, you are indeed kind to me. But today I can no longer help you hide it."
Everyone in the Zeng family still remembers that about four or five years ago, Zeng Ci went to the countryside to relax and picked up a woman who was about to die of illness and starvation.
Then she was sent to the family temple, where she became a nun and became Zhifan.
"Zhifan, what is your common name? Tell everyone about your origins." Prince Zhongqin spoke.
"The villain's original name was Sun Duoshou. He committed a crime in his hometown of Cangzhou in his early years and had to flee." Zhifan explained happily, "I met an old snake charmer in the rivers and lakes. He taught me a lot of skills.
My nature is hard to change. I kept two strangely venomous snakes and used them to commit murder and robbery. I committed murders in many places.
When I came to Beijing five years ago, I was bitten by a snake while catching snakes in the wild. The little county magistrate happened to pass by and rescued me. She saw that I was not a good person and said that she would twist me and send me to the government.
I begged hard, hoping she would let me go. She agreed, but told me that I would do things for her in the future and would never disobey her.
I thought that instead of wandering around, hiding here and there, it would be better to find a stable place to stay. Anyway, I have long been tired of this grass-like life after so many years.
The little county magistrate asked me to dress up as a man and go to her temple to become a nun. There is nothing wrong in the temple, so it is indeed a good place to hide."