Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Gao Han subconsciously wanted to deny it, but with Madam Gao watching him closely, he had no choice but to say, "I just said it casually. I didn't really intend to kill her."

Chen Shao looked at Mrs. Gao.

Madam Gao sneered, "I wanted to save your dignity, but since you only want to save yourself at this point, don't blame me for being heartless! You said you didn't really want to kill her, so why did you ask me to find Luo Jianyuan and ask him to use the poisonous golden silkworm to kill people?"

Luo Zhengxin, who had just walked to the door of the second hall, heard this and paused for a moment. He quickly looked at Madam Gao. Seeing her appearance, his heart sank suddenly, "What does Madam Gao mean by this? When have I ever harmed anyone?"

He, Gao Han, and Zhang Boshan were all among the people under Chen Shao's key surveillance, so he didn't know what had happened outside in the past few days. But compared to Zhang Boshan's dullness, his sense of smell was undoubtedly much sharper. Almost the moment he saw Madam Gao, he guessed that the gardens had been exposed.

However, after taking a quick look at Chen Shao, Luo Zhengxin didn't take it too seriously.

Although Chen Shao was the Supreme Court Justice, the four great families in the Jiangnan East Road were not pushovers. Moreover, he acted cautiously, believing that even if Madam Gao gave him up, there would be no substantial evidence.

Madam Gao was startled by his voice, but then she said without hesitation: "The golden silkworm poison that killed Xue Meilan was originally given by you! You also killed the two wives before you!"

Luo Zhengxin came over and stood beside Gao Han. After bowing to Chen Shao, he turned to Madam Gao and said coldly, "I did give you the golden silkworm poison, but Madam Gao, have you forgotten what you said when you asked me for it? You said that there have been many beasts that destroy crops on the farm recently, and we need to mix some poison to kill them. As for how my two wives died before me, I don't need to say more since the doctor has testified for me!"

Mrs. Gao shouted, "You are talking nonsense. I never said those words!"

Luo Zhengxin said calmly: "Then tell me in front of the adults, how did you get the poison from me?"

Mrs. Gao was afraid that he would not admit it, so she did not dare to hide it. She repeated what she had said word for word, "I was talking about the flowers planted in my yard that have not grown recently. They may need some fertilizer to grow better."

Luo Zhengxin sneered to himself twice, and silently cursed her as a fool, then asked, "And then I gave you the golden silkworm poison?"

Madam Gao said, "Not only did you give me the golden silkworm poison, you also told me that some people are useless when alive, but dying can save a lot of trouble!"

Luo Zhengxin said maliciously: "Words are not enough, where is the evidence?"

Madam Gao snorted coldly: "The evidence is..."

Luo Zhengxin looked at her coldly.

Mrs. Gao could not produce any evidence. Because the case involved murder, when she asked him for poison, she deliberately drove away all the people who served her.

Seeing Luo Zhengxin's sinister eyes, Madam Gao felt a chill in her heart, and she quickly kowtowed to Chen Shao and said, "My Lord, you are wise, that's what he said at the time. If I lied even a word, I will be struck by lightning!"

"Your Excellency is very clear-sighted," Luo Zhengxin also bowed to Chen Shao and said, "I did give her the golden silkworm poison, but I didn't know that she used it to harm others!"

"You don't know, then how did your two wives die?" Mrs. Gao questioned, "You said they died of illness, so why did their symptoms when they died exactly the same as Xue Meilan's?"

Luo Zhengxin stopped arguing with her and continued to say to Chen Shao: "Sir, when my two wives fell ill, we both invited doctors from Huichuntang. We can ask them whether they are sick or poisoned and we will know!"

Chen Shao asked calmly, "Where were your two wives buried after they passed away?"

Madam Gao quickly answered, "They are all buried on the mountainside in Anshan, in the southwest direction!"

Luo Zhengxin looked at her coldly.

Mrs. Gao didn't care.

Chen Shao picked up the gavel, knocked it twice, and then continued to ask: "Mrs. Luo said that you had taken 27 concubines. Is this true?"

Mrs. Gao interrupted again, "It's true!"

"Let him answer it himself," Chen Shao said this in a light tone, and then asked, "Where are your twenty-seven concubines placed?"

"I did take in 27 concubines, but they were all forced upon me by several ladies. I accepted them one by one because I respected them. But although I accepted these 27 concubines, I did not take all of them into my house." Luo Zhengxin said calmly, "I gave 25 of them to Madam Gao to settle down."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his waist and respectfully handed it to Li Tianliu on the side, saying, "This is the voucher of the twenty-seventh concubine that Madam took in for me three and a half months ago. I really couldn't refuse it, so I reluctantly accepted it and asked Madam Gao to arrange for me to settle her down."

Li Tianliu took the note and passed it to Chen Shao.

Chen Shao opened the note and glanced at the contents. His eyes fell on the signature on the lower left. It was signed by Gao Han. Gao Han's name was half pressed with his personal seal.

Luo Zhengxin explained: "Mrs. Gao did business with me, and the name of the business owner was also signed by Gao Shanchang. I once asked Gao Shanchang if he knew about it, and Gao Shanchang never denied it."

"I have never signed such a certificate!" Mrs. Gao immediately denied it.

Chen Shao handed the paper to Li Tianliu and asked him to give it to Mrs. Gao for identification.

Mrs. Gao took the note and looked directly at the signature without even reading the content. The first time she saw the signature and seal, she immediately shouted, "Impossible! I have never signed such a certificate. This is fake. You forged it to frame me! Yes, it was you who forged it to frame me. Otherwise, why would you still carry it with you for so many months!"

"There are 24 more copies of this evidence in my study." Luo Zhengxin still did not argue with her and said to Chen Shao, "I was originally planning to return this copy to Madam Gao so that she could find a good place for the woman. But before I could give it to her, Shi Xing was arrested and I was implicated, so I was delayed."

He was leading her to his study. His plan to escape was hidden in his study. After Chen Shao asked Li Tianliu to take the note back, he still asked, "So you don't know about Luoyanju, Bitao Garden, Qujing Garden and other gardens?"

Luo Zhengxin remained calm and said, "I have heard Madam Gao mention that the concubines were all placed in Luoyan Residence, but I have never been there and don't know what the situation is like there."

Mrs. Gao couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to refute him again. Chen Shao knew that she couldn't produce any evidence, so he stopped her by knocking on the gavel. Luo Zhengxin dared to clear himself so openly, he must have prepared a lot of tricks. If you want to deal with him, you have to produce evidence that he can't refute. And the most powerful evidence is undoubtedly the death of his first two wives.

After asking Li Tianliu to arrange for the Yulin Guards to take Gao Han and Luo Zhengxin away, Chen Shao asked Madam Gao: "Since you know that Luo Zhengxin's first two wives were buried in Anshan, you should also know the way there, right?"

Mrs. Gao was so angry at Luo Zhengxin that she even forgot about the injury on her leg: "I know. If you want to go, I can lead the way!"

Chen Shao asked Li Tianliu to prepare the carriage and bring more people and excavation tools.