Wang Shan, who was being escorted aside, saw the chaos in the hall and was so frightened that he took a few steps back.
Who is so brave and dares to openly commit murder in court?
The one who was killed was Wang Yuan!
Wang Shan swallowed his saliva and hid his body behind a pillar in the corner. Who knows if someone will suddenly appear and shoot him an arrow!
Ji Wenxuan and Yun Zhi both gathered around Sheng Shaoqing and persuaded her, "It would be safer for the Queen Mother to go to the back hall for a while. It will take time for the hidden guards to investigate."
"No need, you are all here, so why should I hide? What's more, I'm right here watching, who dares to assassinate?!"
"Queen Mother!"
"The ones who can hurt people with sleeve arrows at this distance are either the people in this yamen or Wang Yuan's own people. Since they killed Wang Yuan in front of me, the target is not me, so don't worry."
Yun Zhi wanted to persuade her again, but Ji Wenxuan did not stop her. "Who do you think it could be, the Queen Mother?"
"If I heard correctly, what Wang Yuan was reciting before he fell down seemed to be Wang Jun."
Yun Zhi frowned and said, "But Mr. Wang"
"Wang's 30th generation descendants all follow this handsome character when it comes to ranking."
Sheng Shaoqing pointed at Wang Yuan who was lying down and Wang Shan who was hiding behind the pillar and shivering, "Then them"
"They are not direct descendants, so they cannot use this word."
Sheng Shaoqing's eyelids twitched, "Wouldn't it be easier to trace?"
Fortunately, Wang Yuan did not swallow his breath completely, otherwise, if he died, it would be difficult to trace who killed him, and he would really die in peace.
Yunzhi shook his head and said, "Even so, the Wang family has a great business, and there are at least dozens of people who follow Jun. What's more, Wang Yuan's speech was unclear at the time, and it is still unclear whether he was actually Wang Jun!"
"It doesn't matter, at least there is a direction to investigate."
"At least, we have been able to confirm that it was someone from the Wang family who harmed him."
Ji Wenxuan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked, "Why is that?"
"There are always motives to follow when doing things. Now we are in the fog, but we don't even know where the enemy is or why, just like ants scurrying around."
Sheng Shaoqing glanced at Guo Song who was still lying there, smiled and said, "Wang Yuan is gone, isn't there still Guo Song?"
Guo Song had been mute since he submitted the petition. Now that Sheng Shaoqing noticed him, he lowered his head and refused to speak.
"Weren't you still eloquent in the inn before?" Sheng Shaoqing took the handkerchief Ji Wenxuan handed over and wiped his hands, walked to Guo Song and whispered, "Why, you are mute when you come to the court?"
Guo Song raised his eyelids and hummed weakly, "If I tell you, there's no guarantee that I won't end up like Mr. Wang."
"Oh? In other words, you already knew that someone wanted to harm Mr. Wang?"
Guo Song's expression tightened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know."
"Wang Yuan has already admitted that he forged the letter to frame Wang Shan, so why don't you tell me, did Wang Yuan tell you who else was involved in this matter?"
Sheng Shaoqing looked at Wang Shan who poked his head out from the side of the pillar. It was really hard to believe that the person behind the scenes had set up such a big scheme and went through so much trouble just for a person like Wang Shan?
Sheng Shaoqing frowned and looked around the entire hall. Why did it feel like there was someone missing?
Ji Wenxuan and Yunzhi also reacted, "Where is Manager Lai?!"
"He must have just taken advantage of the chaos and ran away. He shouldn't have gone far by now. Chase him quickly!"
Sheng Shaoqing ordered the hidden guards summoned by Ji Wenxuan, "If he wants to run away, he won't be able to escape without a path. He will definitely return to the palace, so go quickly!"
Ji Wenxuan captured Wang Shan who was hiding behind a pillar, "Think about it for yourself, have you offended anyone in the past?"
Wang Shan looked up in surprise, "Me?"
"You mean me?"
Ji Wenxuan nodded, "Do you think there is anyone else in this class?"
"Wang Yuan is the one who died. What does it have to do with Xiaguan?"
Sheng Shaoqing:
Ji Wenxuan:
Even Yunzhi showed a hard-to-speak expression. Wang Shan looked at the three people without understanding, "If you say he offended me, it can only be said that he offended Wang Yuan. Otherwise, how could he go to such great lengths to frame Wei Chen?"
Woolen cloth?"
"Do you think Wang Yuan's death has nothing to do with you? Or do you think you were wronged for what happened today?"
Wang Shan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "The Empress Dowager Mingjian! The most wrong thing Wang Shan has ever done in his life is to let Wang Yuan's son replace my son, but I really wouldn't kill someone just for this! Wang Yuan's death can be compared with
It has nothing to do with being a lower official!"
Sheng Shaoqing:
"Of course I know it wasn't you who killed him, but he also died because of you! Haven't you ever thought about why Wang Yuan wanted to harm you?!"
Wang Shan lowered his head, "Isn't it because Xianguan didn't agree to his request later?"
"It's already a sin for a lower official to make him the head of a township. How can he be transferred to a county? That's really a wrong step!"
Sheng Shaoqing snorted coldly, "Now you have some principles."
"Then since the Queen Mother knew that Wang Yuan was deliberately framed, she also knew that it was really Wang Yuan who told me that his son was willing to suffer for my son. Later, it was impossible to rescue him, and Wang Yuan pressed on him step by step.
Only when I was a low-ranking official did I make up my mind to ignore Wang Yuan."
"I originally thought that I would wait for Dali Temple's judgment. If there was really no chance of a change, I would take Yu'er to ransom Wang Qing, but I didn't expect that this would happen."
"The person is dead, now you can say whatever you want."
Wang Shan said anxiously, "Everything the official said is true! If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, you can go to my study and look for it. There is already my apology letter behind the secret compartment!"
Sheng Shaoqing's eyes signaled, and Ji Wenxuan sent someone to look for him.
"I really didn't expect that the Queen Mother would come to Qingshiban Township in person, nor did I expect that Wang Yuan would deliberately frame her."
Sheng Shaoqing frowned and said, "Are you the county chief?"
Wang Shan nodded, "Yes."
"Then Chen Liu is really unlucky."
"What did you say, Queen Mother?"
"It's nothing," Sheng Shaoqing muttered in a low voice, "You have no enemies in the Wang family, and you don't have any enemies with anyone?"
Wang Shan affirmed, "No!"
"Then", Sheng Shaoqing suddenly thought, "have you seen the land and population register reported by Chen Liu some time ago?"
Wang Shan asked doubtfully, "How did the Queen Mother know?"
"Xiaguan's full-time job is to verify the population of the county," Wang Shan said with a sad face. "Xiaguan is not very smart, but since he has this important responsibility, he must do his duty faithfully!"
Sheng Shaoqing and Ji Wenxuanyun glanced at each other, and then asked, "Then what strange things have you seen or heard recently?"
Seeing the Queen Mother's solemn expression, Wang Shan began to think seriously. After a long while, he suddenly exclaimed, "It's true!"
"Xiaoguan found that the population of Chenliu has really increased by leaps and bounds since Yun Shangshu came. However, the number changed too fast. When Xianguan went to check again, he found that several record books had disappeared.
Already."
"Your Majesty has already reported this matter, and I think it will be recovered soon. The strange thing is that there are only a few keys to the room where the book is stored. No one except the minister can get in, but the book is not there."
It flew away."
"However, it's also possible that the official put it somewhere else and doesn't remember it."
Sheng Shaoqing said speechlessly, "You can actually become an official with your brains?"
Wang Shan lowered his head and did not answer, which made Yun Zhi blush slightly. After all, his grandfather's family had become like this. As a person with Wang's blood flowing through his body, it was difficult for him to stay out of the matter.
"How can you forget such an important thing?"
Wang Shan said helplessly, "If I wasn't a low-ranking official, I'm afraid no one would want to do such a thankless thing."
"Since you know that your efforts are not rewarded, how dare you let Wang Yuan pester you?"
Sheng Shaoqing felt more and more that he was getting closer to the truth, but Wang Shan was too stupid. He was so arrogant and domineering just now, and he still didn't realize who all this right and wrong was aimed at.
After a long time, Wang Shan slowly figured out the joints, and said in a trembling voice, "Wang Yuan designed Xiaguan from the beginning, not for his promotion, but to make Xiaguan lose his official position?!"
"Otherwise, if you think he is an upright man, how could you dare to threaten the county chief Shi?"
"If his letters hadn't been exposed, I would have believed him, thinking that you were running rampant in the county and forcing people to lose their lives!"
Wang Shan's voice trembled, "Xiaguan. Xiaguan." "Do you believe that once I deal with you today, there will be a basin of dirty water poured on you tomorrow?"
Wang Shan's mind finally came to an idea for a while, "They. They want to frame all those discarded records on me?"
Sheng Shaoqing did not answer, only to see that the people who had just been sent out to pursue Lai Guanshi had returned.
"Queen Mother!"
"He despised his duty. When we chased him, Manager Lai had already hanged himself in the courtyard of the palace."
"What?!"
Ji Wenxuan also stood up from the stool and asked, "Are you sure it was suicide and not homicide?"
The hidden guard replied firmly, "I am sure that he hanged himself, and I found his suicide note nearby."
"Bring it here quickly!"
Sheng Shaoqing opened the suicide note. As soon as he unfolded it, the smell of blood hit his face and made Sheng Shaoqing unable to recover. The suicide note was actually written in blood!
After reading it, Sheng Shaoqing silently handed the suicide note to Ji Wenxuan. His expression changed from shock to realization to silence, "They had a good plan."
"I just didn't expect that person to have a backup plan."
Yunzhi watched the enigmatic conversation between the Queen Mother and Ji Wenxuan, and took the blood letter from Ji Wenxuan.
Lin Jin, who chased the assassin, also returned without success. He said dejectedly, "Your Majesty, my subordinates are incompetent. That person... he... he has committed suicide."
Sheng Shaoqing nodded silently, "I understand."
"Then who is that person?"
In order not to make his failure look like a failure, Lin Jin had already found out the identity of the assassin before he came back, "He is the guardian of the palace. Wang Yuan loves ostentation since he became the mayor of the village, so he didn't know where to find many of them."
Nursing home at home.”
"Probably from Chenliu."
Sheng Shaoqing walked up to Guo Song again, "Are you still unwilling to say it?"
Guo Song lowered his head and said, "Shouldn't the Queen Mother already know this when she saw Manager Lai's suicide note?"
"I just didn't expect you guys to be so brave."
He actually included himself in it.
Guo Song struggled to raise his droopy eyelids, looked at Sheng Shaoqing and said, "Then, will the Queen Mother deal with him?"
Sheng Shaoqing turned his head and said, "Of course I will."
"But why would you, a waiter in a small inn, get involved in this?"
Guo Song used his last breath and said, "Prime Minister Ji, do you still remember what Xiao Xiao once said? Xiao Xiao has a grudge against the Wang family?"
"Of course I remember."
Ji Wenxuan waited for a long time without waiting for his answer. He walked over and took a closer look, only to find that his face was pale and without a trace of blood. He quickly said to Sheng Shaoqing, "Queen Mother, he seems to be dying!"
Only then did Sheng Shaoqing see the defeated expression on Guo Song's drooping head, "Go find the doctor quickly!"
Wang Shan was so shocked by these events that he couldn't react. Wang Yuan had just died, and now the manager of Wang Yuan's house was also dead, and now even the person who sued him was dying.
Obviously these things are directed at me, but why is it not me who dies, but these unrelated people?
Sheng Shaoqing looked at Wang Shan with hatred, "If you have a brain, you should know that you can survive the disaster now, everything."
"Queen Mother!" Ji Wenxuan interrupted Sheng Shaoqing, "Since Mr. Wang has confessed his crime, why don't you take him down and keep him under surveillance? We can choose a day to return to Chenliu for another trial!"
Sheng Shaoqing knew that Ji Wenxuan had something to say, so he had no choice but to agree.
Yunzhi remained silent for a long time after reading the suicide note, and his eyes became complicated when he looked at Wang Yuan's body.
Wang Yuan knew from the day that man came to his door that he might not survive.
Regardless of whether he refuses that person's request or agrees to that person's request, he can only survive for a few more days.
But he will use these days to protect his family as much as possible.
He didn't believe that that man would leave a way for his wife and son to survive. They had been wronged by following him for so many years, so how could he let them die by following him?
So, he pretended to agree to the man's request, designed to frame Wang Shan, and later exposed him in front of the Queen Mother.
Wang Shan was stupid, and this plan went extremely smoothly. Wang Shan really let Wang Qing replace Wang Yu.
And Wang Yu really went to Qingshiban Township at the instigation of that person, but what he encountered was not the assassin sent by Wang Yuan, but a real bandit. If Wang Yuan hadn't sent someone to save him, Wang Yu's life would have been
He should have died in that valley long ago.
That man was always cautious, and the letter in Guo Song's hand was what they had painstakingly obtained from Wang Shan. It was evidence that the man instigated Wang Shan to replace Wang Yu with someone else.
As for what happened in the hall, he originally wanted to find a way out for himself by using a fake letter to expose his faults and make the Queen Mother suspicious. If he took the opportunity to reveal the reason, the Queen Mother might be able to let him live, regardless of his previous accomplices.
