Trigger warning

Description of SA and murder

“Second Lady couldn’t help but get married in a hurry, and Miss and I don’t blame her.” Jinghui said, “After all, no one can bear this kind of thing.”

“For so many years, she hasn’t cared about me and Miss, and Miss doesn’t blame her,” Jinghui paused for a moment, then continued, “She’s not easy either, relying entirely on that man to make a living.”

She kept saying “no blame”, but in the end strange or not, you can still hear the complaint in his tone.

“At first I thought she was doing well, but later I found out what she had been through over the years, and I no longer blamed her.” Jinghui bowed her head to the Guanyin statue in front of her and said “Amitabha.”

“She is not living a good life, but she wanted us to help her, and we are not unwilling.” Jinghui said, “But she should not have done anything to attract two jackals to kill the lady!”

Jing’an lowered her head and looked. The emotion on her face was unclear, but they could only see tears falling down.

Liu Yuan couldn’t bear to see it, and subconsciously turned to look at Lin Fei, but saw that there was still no emotion on his face.

This skill of keeping emotions and anger intangible was really good!

“You mean that Ruan Zhan and Han Jun are… towards Jing’an…” Liu Yuan glanced at Jing’an, who was bowing her head in tears and ashamed to speak, and said, “Were they lustful?”

A look appeared on Jinghui’s face. There was a hint of anger, and she nodded and said: “Even if those two are just scholars and have no power, they can still deal with us two weak women.”

That was true! A burly man who appeared strong and able to bully others might have encountered someone even tougher than him, just as a weak scholar without any martial prowess might have come across an even more vulnerable woman.

Things like strength and weakness always depended on who you compared with.

“They took advantage of me going down the mountain to look for Zhou Dagui and bullied Miss,” Jinghui said, her body trembling with anger. “If only… if only I hadn’t bothered with Second Madam! It’s her own fault for ending up in such a situation!”

When Liu Yuan heard this, he said with emotion, “Sure enough,” when Jinghui spoke earlier, he had a hunch that this was what Jinghui was going to say.

So, now, the deceased Ruan Zhan and Han Jun were momentarily attracted to Zhou Dagui’s wife, then it was Han Jun who was attracted to her, and now, it has become an attraction towards Jing’an here.

As an investigating officer, he couldn’t be biased about the truth of the case, but because the stories told by these living people have changed too many times, it was difficult for people to believe them immediately.

“Zhou Dagui was an honest man, and he occasionally comes to the nunnery to worship.” Jinghui said, “After learning about this, he was very angry. When Han Jun attacked the lady for the second time, he broke into Come in and beat Han Jun.”

This statement was the same as Zhou Dagui’s statement, and it matches the mark on Han Jun’s body.

At this moment, Lin Fei spoke: “Who gave the poison?”

“It was me,” Jinghui said, “I used ordinary arsenic, bought it from the pharmacy down the mountain, claiming it was for the rats in the temple. They sold it to me, and you can verify it with the shopkeeper.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately said: “Okay! Write me the name of the medicine shop later.”

Jinghui nodded, reported the name of the medicine shop, and then pointed to Hou’an. She pointed in the direction and said: “The leftover medicine is hidden in the flowerpot in my house. You can see it by digging out the mud.”

Liu Yuan knew it and immediately ordered two servants to go find the leftover arsenic. After a while, The officer came out with a large bag of leftover arsenic.

After looking at the leftover arsenic, Liu Yuan thought for a while and asked Jinghui: “When did you decide to poison? Was it after the two of them bullied Jing’an for the first time?”

Jinghui nodded and said, “That’s when I planned to poison them! I didn’t intend to involve Zhou Dagui at first, but… unexpectedly, when Han Jun was bullying Miss, he stumbled upon it, barged in, and beat Han Jun.”

“So, Zhou Dagui just beat Han Jun, but didn’t poison Han Jun?” Liu Yuan asked, “Who was responsible for the death of his wife and Zhuang Meiniang’s husband?”

“That’s just a coincidence.” Jinghui obviously hesitated for a moment, and then said, ” Those two people…”

Before she finished speaking, she heard Lin Fei suddenly say: “Is it a coincidence after trying it dozens of times?”

Jinghui paused, raised her eyes, and looked at Lin Fei in disbelief.

Lin Fei looked at Jinghui and the tearful Jing’an, whose movements froze and said, “All the way here, I’ve seen marks of axes stuck in the trees. They wouldn’t dare to publicize their extramarital affair, and they wouldn’t have mentioned encountering such incidents before. That so-called “divine retribution” must have been attempted many times!”

With one sentence, Liu Yuan suddenly came to his senses: The so-called God’s punishment turned out to be man-made!

Jinghui fell silent. After a long pause, she smiled bitterly and said, “I can’t hide it from you, sir. It was me who did it!”

Zhou Dagui was not a smart person and he was a Buddhist. So, the first reaction was to ask Guanyin for help.

“Because of Miss’s situation, I had already decided to kill. Whether it was staining my hands with one life or two or three, it made no difference,” Jinghui said. “Under the guise of divine retribution, I dealt with that adulterous couple. Zhou Dagui was deeply moved, and when he came to the temple to make offerings, he coincidentally encountered Han Jun bullying Miss. Out of anger, he acted against Han Jun.”

At this point, the story in Jinghui’s mouth had been pieced together.

Zhou Dagui beat people, she was the one who poisoned Han Jun and Ruan Zhan, and it was she who used “God’s punishment” to kill Zhou Dagui’s wife and Zhuang Meiniang’s husband.

“But Zhou Dagui said that Han Jun and Ruan Zhan were killed by him.” Liu Yuan glanced at Shang Feng, who was silent on the side, thought for a while, and said, “Which one of you is telling the truth?”

They all said that they were murderers, where did so many murderers come from?

Hearing this, Jinghui smiled bitterly and said, “Tell Zhou Dagui what I said. He will tell the truth if he knows I admitted it. He is an honest man!”

“The book boy should have been killed by him.” Lin Fei suddenly spoke at this time again.

Liu Yuan: “…”

An honest man who killed someone?

Jinghui fell silent once again, and after a moment, she said, “The servant boy witnessed us poisoning Han Jun, and he ran away. I couldn’t find him, so I asked Zhou Dagui for help. Perhaps he agreed because he thought that since he was already involved in killing someone, he might as well take the blame for everything!”

At this point, this explanation was not unreasonable.

Liu Yuan frowned and touched his slightly twitching eyelids.

Everyone’s version of the story made sense, but he didn’t know if it was because there were too many stories. Just like the story of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” had been told too much, it really made people worry that there would be another story.

“Sir!” Liu Yuan felt that he really couldn’t make the decision, so he raised his head and looked at Lin Fei.

Lin Fei nodded towards him and said, “Take them away!”

Jinghui, who confessed to her crime, naturally had to be taken away.

Before taking the person away, Liu Yuan glanced at Jing’an, who had red eyes, and lowered her head in tears. He hesitated for a moment and asked Lin Fei: “Lin Shaoqing, do we also take her…”

At this point, whether it was the story told by Zhou Dagui or Jinghui, it had nothing to do with Jing’an. On the other hand, she was also the most innocent victim.

Lin Fei shook his head, looked away from Jing’an who was bowing her head and weeping, and said, “No need for now.”

(End of Chapter)

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