mtlumby2d Chapter 174 2 The Butler Dies
Chapter 174 2 The Butler Dies
Wen Dai said, "And Shen Bai had a serious head injury. There were broken teapots and tableware beside him. It was caused by someone throwing teapots and tableware at him, hitting his head. It was obviously caused by a fight between Shen Song and Shen Bai."
The two brothers, whose heads were wrapped in gauze, immediately fell to the ground and struggled to cry out for justice. They were beaten so badly that they had no strength to speak since the beginning of the class and had a severe headache.
Ji Zichu took the on-site investigation record, looked at it and said, "You still dare to cry injustice! It is clearly written here that the footprints on Shen Song were kicked by Shen Bai, and the footprints on Shen Bai were kicked by Shen Song. The size of the pattern on the soles of the feet has been compared with the soles of your shoes, and they are completely consistent. Do you still dare to quibble?"
Both Shen Song and Shen Bai were dumbfounded.
Ji Zichu asked Wen Dai to continue.
Wen Dai said, "Shen Zhi and Shen Ju were lying not far away. There were handprints on their necks. Shen Ju had been strangled to death. The handprints on his neck and Shen Zhi's neck were also recorded. You will know after reading the transcript above."
Ji Zichu took the two records, looked at them for a while and said, "The size of the handprint on Shen Ju's neck turned out to be Shen Zhi's handprint, and the handprint on Shen Zhi's neck turned out to be Shen Ju's."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhi immediately cried out in injustice: "My Lord, it was not me who strangled Shen Ju's neck."
Ji Zichu said: "You are such a bold lunatic, you still dare to quibble. It was obvious that you were pinching each other's necks, but you pinched in the wrong position and accidentally broke his neck."
Shen Wen said at this time; "Sir! I can testify that he was the one who strangled Shen Ju to death."
Ji Zichu said: "So, you were there at the time?"
Shen Wen said, "Your Excellency, I guessed. Before I left them, I knew that they drank wine laced with Hua Xin San, which can drive people crazy. They acted crazy after drinking, and I was scared away by their behavior. I was afraid that they would also take Hua Xin San and become like them. It's too crazy."
Ji Zichu said, "I see! It has long been rumored that the wine from Baiji Noodle House can make people crazy and addicted. It turns out it's all true."
Manager Wan was fired by Baiji Noodle House. Thinking of the fate he had today, he no longer cared about the rules of the underworld. He also admitted, "Sir, I can confirm that Baiji Noodle House does add Huaxinsan to the drinks. As long as the customers can pay the expensive price and sign a contract that each party bears all the consequences, they will add it to them."
Ji Zichu slammed the gavel and said, "Shen Zhi and Shen Song, you are so bold! You drank the wine mixed with Hua Xin Powder, so you went crazy and beat each other. A murder occurred. What crime should you be punished for?"
Shen Zhi really cried this time. He couldn't figure out how things could turn out like this. This was too fucking outrageous! After all this trouble, they ended up killing their own people. He paid a storyteller to tell the story, but he couldn't imagine such a bizarre thing.
Ji Zichu continued, "You also raped the good woman Wan Lihua. Now you are being punished for multiple crimes. The verdict is as follows: Shen Zhi killed Shen Ju and is sentenced to immediate execution. Shen Song and Shen Bai defended and assaulted Shen Ju. Both families will pay for the injuries and medical expenses. In addition, Shen Bifeng, Shen Huifeng, Shen Zhi, Shen Ju, Shen Song and Shen Bai are guilty of rape and are sentenced to fifteen years in prison. They will be paraded through the streets until they kneel down and apologize in front of Wan Lihua's house."
There was wailing in the hall!
Ji Zichu continued, "Shang Haili, the county magistrate of Wei County, is a fatherly official who has turned black into white and bullied innocent people. He will be removed from his post immediately and put in jail. After all the cases of him causing harm to the local area since he took office are investigated, he will be re-sentenced and convicted."
Shang Haili felt his eyes go dark! In his dying struggle, he shouted: "I don't accept it! I am a senior official, and Master Ji is just a minister of the emperor. You are not qualified to investigate me thoroughly."
Ji Zichu said with a smile: "Not qualified?"
He walked away from the desk, drew out his sword with a "Canglang" sound, and placed the shining blade on Shang Haili's neck. He said, "You said I am not qualified to investigate you thoroughly. Do you recognize the sword in my hand? I will tell you, to broaden your horizons. This sword was given to me by the emperor himself, and I was asked to kill traitors, corrupt officials and treacherous ministers. Lord Shang, tell me yourself, are you worthy of having my sword cut your neck?"
Shang Haili seemed to have just remembered this. He was completely screwed!
When Manager Wan heard the verdict, he felt that the sentence was too light for these beasts. He kowtowed and said, "Sir, I know of their other crimes. I want to tell you everything. Your Excellency doesn't know! These beasts not only harmed my daughter, but they have also caused more than a dozen families to be ruined over the years! And this dog magistrate, he colluded with these beasts and killed too many people unjustly. They relied on the power of the Hou Mansion to make the people dare not appeal for their grievances and have nowhere to turn to. I have evidence, Your Excellency cannot let them go."
Ji Zichu pondered and said, "You said you have evidence? What evidence can a commoner like you have? If you really have evidence, you can take their confessions at the government office and write a petition to formally sue them. Today's case will be closed. If there is a petition tomorrow, we will continue the trial. Come on, put these prisoners in shackles and parade them through the streets for public display."
The bailiff immediately took the order, brought the shackles, and put them on the prisoners who were lying on the ground without mercy.
When the prisoner's carriage for parade drove out of the Wei County government office, common people rushed to tell each other, and the news spread all over the world. Soon, people inside and outside the capital knew about it, and they all came excitedly to see the truth.
Madam Lihua was so frightened last night that she did not stay in the rented house near Bai's Noodle House. Instead, she was taken back to Ke's home by Manager Wan.
Since Manager Wan lost his position as the manager of Baiji Noodle House, he moved three times and finally settled down in the countryside outside the city. This made life difficult for the Shen family. They were paraded through the streets to Baiji Noodle House, and then from Baiji Noodle House to Manager Wan's former residence. In one trip, they paraded through most of the capital city, and it was not over yet. They had to obey the orders of Young Master Ji, and even if they had to go to the countryside, they had to kowtow to Madam Lihua and apologize.
The entire parade was carried out in the company of Young Master Ji, Shen Wenwendai and others.
On the way back from the countryside, the drum at the gate of the Wei County government office was struck more than ten times, almost knocking the old drum out. After seeing the fate of the Shen family beasts parading them through the streets, the families who were abused and persecuted by the Shen family finally believed that the judge who could punish them had appeared, and they rekindled the idea of seeking redress and avenging themselves and their families.
Lord Shen heard the news of Shen Zhi, Shen Bifeng and others being paraded in the streets, and then he realized the seriousness of the matter. Lord Shen picked and chose among his descendants, and finally sent Shen Yifeng to meet Shen Wen.
Shen Yifeng rode his horse at full speed to find Shen Wen. He called Shen Wen to the side of the dirt road in the countryside, pointed at his brothers in the prison car and said to Shen Wen, "Why are you doing this? I know what they did was very bad, you could have brought the evidence to grandfather and asked grandfather to deal with them. Now you have taken the initiative to bring them to the government office and made such a big fuss. Grandfather is a model of a scholar family. Because of grandfather's saintly virtue, the reputation of Hou Mansion and Shen family's eternal glory is gone. Grandfather will be furious."
Shen Wen said: "It seems that Third Brother still has a little brotherly love for these people?"
He pointed at the people imprisoned in the prison van and asked Shen Yifeng to look carefully. He said, "A family of scholars can produce such scum? The Shen family will be continued for thousands of generations by this group of people? That person closed his eyes and deceived himself. Are you also closing your eyes and deceiving yourself? Is the way I did it wrong? No! It was the fact that they did this, and their actual behavior broke that person's wish!"
Shen Yifeng said: "But you shouldn't be the one to do such a bold thing. You can't bear the wrath that your grandfather will give you."
Shen Wen said: "So that's how it is. Thank you for your concern, brother."
Their conversation was watched by several people in the prison car, who had a bit of triumphant mockery on their faces. They knew that the Marquis would not let Shen Wen, a little bastard, do whatever he wanted, and the Marquis must have sent the Third Young Master to rescue them.
Shen Wen happened to catch their blatant provocative ridicule, and he asked Shen Yifeng to go and see.
Seeing their arrogant attitude, Shen Yifeng closed his eyes helplessly.
That’s all! You’ll suffer the consequences if you do evil!
Shen Wen said, "Third brother has been at the border for so many years, he must not know how many bad things they have done to damage grandfather's virtue by relying on his power. Why don't you come back to the government office with me and see it with your own eyes?"
Shen Yifeng had no choice but to do so.
After seeing the two brothers finish their conversation, Ji Zichu walked up to Shen Wen and said, "The son of your old butler, the second butler, is dead."
Neither Shen Wen nor Shen Yifeng had thought of this before, so they asked how he died.
Ji Zichu said, "Forty people died in the fur trader's shop overnight last night. The Ministry of Justice and the Patrol City Military Department jointly investigated the case. The Patrol City Military Department was catching suspicious criminals all over the capital, and they caught too many. Some suspects were taken to the prison of Yingtian Prefecture. Of course, some of the detained suspects were assigned to the same cell as the second butler. Unexpectedly, one of these people suddenly attacked and injured someone, and directly beat the second butler to death."
Shen Wen said to Shen Yifeng, "I didn't expect that. I was just wondering why it was you, Third Brother, who came to convey grandfather's instructions instead of Butler Shen. I guess the old butler knew about his son's death and went to the prison to see his son."
Shen Wen said to Ji Zichu, "You have also locked up the second housekeeper for some time. I guess you have also gotten something out of him, right?"
Ji Zichu first glanced at Shen Yifeng, then touched the back of his head and said, "I've been busy with the missing persons case in Hongwan Mountain recently, and I haven't found time to investigate this matter. After the case in Wei County is over today, why don't you go to Tianfu Prison to investigate."
Shen Wen said, "It's no big deal. Lord Ji has a lot of official business to attend to. I am a non-staff subordinate specially hired by Lord Ji. Lord Ji doesn't need to be here to criticize me. I will go back and accompany Lord Ji to Hongwan Mountain to check it out in person."
Ji Zichu was not angry with him, and just said: "That's great. Alas! It's not easy for me either. This is a case specially raised by the emperor. If I delay any longer, I will be dismissed from my position!"