Zhifan, also known as Sun Duoshou, honestly confessed the crime he had committed.
Unlike ordinary thieves, he can be said to be a murderous gangster, so he didn't feel flinching, but was as calm as if he was telling a story.
"She didn't want people to know the truth about the past, so she lured Meng Qiao out, and then asked me to silence him.
In fact, she had already harmed the eldest daughter of the Cen family several times before this. In addition to raising snakes, I can also train birds and animals.
That time in Zhongfang Garden, Miss Cen was frightened and fell into the water by a monkey. That monkey was also trained by me, but it was later beaten to death."
When he said this, everyone started thinking about it.
That time when Cen Yunchu fell into the water, it was Chen Siwen who rescued her.
"Later, she asked me to use snakes to harm Miss Cen. Twice, it was almost done, but I still missed it by some strange combination of circumstances.
I say there are only three things to do. This is the rule in the world. Thieves have their own ways, and people's lives should not be cut off. If you insist too much, you will only bring trouble to yourself." Sun Duoshou continued.
"You are talking nonsense! Ah Ci and Yun Chu have always been on good terms, why would she want to harm Yun Chu?!" Zeng Nian couldn't help but defend his sister.
"You are the chief of the county, right?" Sun Duoshou glanced at Zeng Nian and hesitated, "Do you really not know?"
"Mother, brother, sister, you have to believe me, I really don't have any." Zeng Ci cried so hard that she looked extremely pitiful.
"This is all nonsense on your part. Where is the evidence?!" Zeng Li shouted at Sun Duoshou.
"I helped contact the person who kidnapped Miss Cen. In order for me to do things smoothly, the little county boss gave me a lot of money and things.
I gave those people banknotes, but I still keep a lot of those gold and jade jewelry to provide for myself in the future. If you don’t believe it, you can go to the nunnery and search for it.
Those should be the little county princess’s own jewelry. If she hadn’t asked me to do something with those things, could it be that she gave them because she had an affair with me?” Sun Duoshou is indeed not a good person, but he is not a fool either.
Smarter and more flexible than the average person.
A stupid person cannot be a thief.
"My nephew, for the sake of fairness, you and Quanzi will take him to the family temple to search for him! Lest anyone say that anyone is partial." Prince Zhongqin said to Zeng Li.
Didn't the Tseng family keep asking for evidence? Don't worry, just find it bit by bit.
I also knew that Sun Duoshou couldn't put these things in the open, he would definitely hide them very secretly.
"Everyone, please sit down and serve the food quickly." Ke Yutang appeased everyone, "I hope this is just a misunderstanding. There is no need for us to discuss it further until the truth is revealed."
"A Nuan, are you cold?" Xu Chunjun and Jiang Nuan sat next to each other. She is pregnant now and needs to take extra care of her.
"Sister, don't worry, I'm not cold at all. There is a fire dragon under the heating platform, and there is a wolf skin mattress." Jiang Nuan whispered, "When I went out today, the Marquis insisted on letting me wear it.
Wearing sable boots, a chinchilla skirt, and a silver squirrel coat, I looked like a grown weasel."
"Mr. Huo really loves you," Xu Chunjun was sincerely happy for Jiang Nuan, "You have really fallen into a pile of blessings."
"Brother-in-law Zheng loves his sister so much now!" Jiang Nuan couldn't be happier for Xu Chunjun, "Sure enough, a man who is serious and loves his wife is the most respected."
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but sigh. Xu Chunjun knew what she was thinking. He just smiled and said nothing.
Jiang Nuan lamented that she and Xu Chunjun were not related by blood, but they were able to treat each other candidly and have sympathy for each other.
And Zeng Ci, a woman with a vicious heart, would not even spare her own limbs.
When the two confronted each other just now, Jiang Nuan was not excited at all.
It's not because she is mature and sophisticated, but to prevent her from being too excited today, I have told her everything in advance.
That's why she sat here calmly watching the show. This was Huo Tian's intention.
He was really worried that Jiang Nuan would be so excited that she would give birth prematurely after knowing the truth.
After a while, the dishes prepared by the Ke family were brought out one by one.
Xu Chunjun said to Jiang Nuan: "These things need to be explained one by one, and it will take time. Eat enough quickly, or you will be hungry soon."
Jiang Nuan listened and nodded.
Everything she eats now tastes delicious and her appetite is incredible.
Everyone laughed at her, saying that the child would be easy to raise after birth and would have a strong mouth.
Huo Tian and Zheng Wuji were both at the male guests' table opposite, and they looked over at them every now and then without any hesitation.
"Don't worry, sir. If Chunjun is with his wife, he will definitely take good care of her." Zheng Wuji whispered to Huo Tian.
"Yeah, I know." Huo Tian nodded slightly.
"Then why do you always look over there?" Zheng Wuji asked a little helplessly.
"Don't you always look at it?" Huo Tian said, "Then why?"
"I'm used to it, I like to see my wife." Zheng Wuji is thick-skinned and not afraid of people's jokes.
"Me too." Huo Tian replied.
After eating only half of the meal, Zeng Li and others left and returned.
Everyone put down their chopsticks and wine glasses, waiting for the results to be announced.
Zeng Li looked very unhappy. Sure enough, he found a package of gold and silver jewelry on the beam of Sun Duoshou's house.
Although he is a man who usually doesn't care about these things, he can still tell that the materials are handmade.
What's more, some of them carry the royal palace's secret mark on them, which is absolutely unmistakable.
"Zeng Ci, what do you think of this thing?" the head of Jiaming County asked Zeng Ci.
"There are a few things here that belong to me, but I don't usually wear them. I leave them all to the maid. Maybe the maid took them out secretly. After all, I have a lot and I can't count them one by one every day."
Zeng Ci said.
"Your excuse is too forced. You don't want to wear it, but you can't just say it's gone. There are so many maids and women around you. How can any servant afford to lose so many jewelry?
If it was really stolen by a servant, others would tell it out for fear of being implicated. How could you not know about it at all?" The Lord of Jiaming County pressed forward step by step.
"You're right, I know more or less. But the maid has already died of illness. Let me think about it, everyone is dead, why should I ruin her reputation for these external things?"
Zeng Ci blocked her words, "These jewelry are worth a lot of money in the eyes of the poor, but I don't care. I just didn't expect it to end up in his hands? Or maybe you have already started planning to harm me."
Already."
"Speaking of that girl, I have a witness here." Jiaming County Chief said, "Zeng Ci, no matter how sharp you are, you can't escape the irrefutable evidence!"
Immediately afterwards, a thin old man from Fanbang was brought up. His eyes were particularly large and their eyes were gray-blue.
Many people present knew him, not because of his distinguished status, but because many people had their jewelry repaired by him.
