Xue Shuyao suddenly burst into tears and slowly let go of her hand. As a woman, she was stripped of her outer garments in public, how could she have any face to see others? The woman's reputation was gone.
Soon, she was put in front of the nail board. Looking at the long and dense nail board in front of her, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva. At this moment, her body was soaked with cold sweat, and she was shivering in front of the nail board wearing only a white middle coat.
trembling.
Zhou Wei frowned slightly and glanced at Xue Shuyao's trembling body, "Are you still going to continue?"
Xue Shuyao raised his head and glanced at Gu Chengyu, but did not reply. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes and rolled on the nail board. Gu Chengyu took a deep breath, feeling a little unhappy about using torture on such an innocent person. But fortunately, he had already ordered someone to nail him.
The nails on the board have been smoothed a lot, so if you roll over the nail board quickly, you won't be seriously injured.
It happened that Xue Shuyao had just been whipped, and her middle coat was stained with large blood stains. These people should not be able to tell any clues.
"Sir! She fainted!" A government official looked at Xue Shuyao who rolled off the nail board and stopped moving, knowing that she was fainting from pain.
"Splash water on him to wake him up!" With so many officials waiting, Zhou Wei would naturally not show mercy.
Gu Chengyu watched as a large bucket of cold water was poured on Xue Shuyao, who was lying on the ground. The white middle coat was soaked through, and the woman's curves were exposed. The cold water mixed with blood, soaking the ground.
Xue Shuyao was awakened by the splash. She snorted and tried hard to open her eyes. Even though her vision was blurry, she could still clearly see the young man's cold eyebrows when she raised her head.
"It's extremely indecent, put on your outer clothes!"
"Ahem! What the prince said is absolutely true!" After Zhou Wei was stunned for a moment, he realized that Gu Chengyu was referring to letting Xue Shuyao wear outer clothes. It seems that this woman has a close relationship with the regent!
The regent persuaded the emperor to take this case, so what is the relationship between this woman and the regent? Can the regent not even care about his teacher?
"Show me your evidence of crime!" Zhou Wei glanced at Gu Chengyu, he was a little unsure of what Gu Chengyu meant.
All the officials here were watching with their noses and noses in mind. The regent wanted to hear the trial in person, which showed that he wanted to intervene in the matter.
There are too many officials involved this time, and some of them are much higher in rank than them. They don't dare to do such a thankless thing. It's better to leave this matter to Zhou Wei, it's something that offends people.
There is absolutely nothing they can do.
Xue Shuyao barely stabilized her kneeling figure, and with trembling hands took out the letters and evidence that Gu Chengyu had returned from her outer clothes. These were Xue's hopes.
"I have read through the files of the Third Division. There are indeed doubts about the case of Xue's collusion with Daxing. However, the evidence of the crime was not completely preserved, and some of the witnesses have died one after another. What you have in your hand cannot be used as the most direct evidence.
Among them, there are only letters between Taifu Liang and others who collaborated with Daxing. Even if the private seal of this letter is authentic, it cannot prove that it was done by them. Although the private seal is a private thing, it is not impossible for others to steal it.
As for handwriting, there are many people in the world who can copy it."
Gu Chengyu suddenly spoke, causing Zhou Wei, who was about to ask a question, to look at him in shock.
Everyone in the hall turned their attention to Gu Chengyu. Sure enough, they were right not to show up.
"In this case, we can only wait until the investigation is complete before we make a decision! The matter will be handed over to Dali Temple for investigation again. When new evidence emerges, it will be transferred to the Criminal Department for interrogation. The witness witnesses from that year will also be retried! First,
She is in custody and will not be sentenced until the matter is settled!"
After Gu Chengyu finished speaking, he stood up and left the lobby, leaving everyone looking at each other in silence.
Zhou Weizheng returned to the office room and began to carefully search for omissions in the case.
There was no way, who told this matter to be laid on him? Alas! Zhou Wei sighed, in fact, he said that the case was indeed settled in a hurry, and there were too many omissions. Although there was sufficient physical evidence, there were only letters and no evidence.
Nothing else.
As we all know, letters are the easiest thing to forge, but private seals are difficult to obtain.
As for those witnesses, there are even more mistakes. If you look carefully, the confession of Xue Haozhen's close entourage is somewhat inconsistent with the confessions of other witnesses, and the details are not explained clearly at all. And some of the confessions
It’s all done once without repeated verification at all, which is very inconsistent with common sense.
Zhou Wei couldn't help but think of Xia Qing. Xia Qing had contributed a lot to the Xue family's murder case, and Xia Qing was the traitor who betrayed the court and colluded with Daxing. If what happened back then was framed by Xia Qing, that's not impossible!
He couldn't help but turn his attention to the evidence presented by Xue Shuyao in front of him. He would never believe that Liang Zhirui collaborated with the enemy. If he really colluded with Daxing, then why did he resign and return to his hometown after becoming the chief minister?
Can't I still continue to serve Daxing in the imperial court?
If the regent hadn't passed the imperial examination and become an official, and became his disciple, I'm afraid he would never be able to return to the court in this life. Could it be that he still has the ability to predict the future and know what will happen many years later? Isn't that a fantasy?
But now he was a little undecided. No, he had to find a way to find out what the regent was saying.
"Master Zhou, this little person is Ming Mo, the prince's attendant! The prince ordered me to send a message, saying that he would take good care of Miss Xue!" Ming Mo saluted Zhou Wei and passed down Gu Chengyu's instructions.
What the prince means is that Xue Shuyao cannot die, at least not until the matter is found out. There are also spies from Daxing in the court, and they must be eradicated.
Zhou Wei immediately replied with a smile: "It turns out it's Brother Mingmo, and Miss Xue is the orphan of the Xue family. And before the matter is truly investigated, it is my duty to protect Miss Xue's safety."
.Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely take this matter to heart."
After Ming Mo left, Zhou Wei immediately stopped smiling. The prince's meaning couldn't be clearer. A hero is saddened by a beauty!
Half a month later, Yanbi finally set foot on the capital again. She got off the boat and was taken to the palace.
She clutched the pamphlet on her chest, feeling a little flustered.
If it hadn't been for these so-called Zu Ziheng, she wouldn't have moved around many places and become the despised dark girl Chang! Looking back on the past, I originally thought that the matter was over and those who wanted to arrest her had been completely eliminated.
Who would have thought that she still couldn't escape.
"Yilan!" As soon as Gu Chengyu entered the wing, he saw the restless woman in front of him.
Yanbi shuddered. She hadn't heard this name in many years. It sounded familiar yet strange to her ears.
"yes!"
"I don't think I need to say much about what happened back then. Let me bring out the evidence of guilt on you!" Gu Chengyu had long heard reports from servants in Fucheng that there was indeed evidence of guilt on this woman.