Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked.

Only Gao Han's sharp rebuke broke the silence: "Sir, don't listen to his nonsense, he is slandering you!"

"Every word I said is true!" Jiang Zilin looked up at Chen Shao, the look in his eyes gradually changing from panic to anger.

Chen Shao quickly winked at Li Tianliu. After Li Tianliu waved his hand and the Yulin Guards drove Tao Ming and others far away, she signaled Jiang Zilin to continue.

"That bitch Xue Meilan married Shi Xing less than eight months after she gave birth to Shi Chengliang. Many teachers in the academy can testify to this!" Jiang Zilin said with disgust. "After giving birth to Shi Chengliang, that bitch blamed Shi Xing for being useless and not being able to buy a good house, which led to her falling and giving birth prematurely. Shi Xing was nearly 40 before he married and had children, and the girl was such a pretty girl, so naturally he didn't dare to doubt her. She accepted being beaten and scolded, and worked hard without complaint."

"Who knew that the bitch always sent him to work at her mother's house or at the homes of her brothers just to get him out of the way so that she could meet Gao Shanchang in private!"

Gao Han quickly glanced at Chen Shao and said in panic, "You, you are slandering me!"

"Am I slandering you?" Jiang Zilin looked at him with contempt, "After Shi Xing discovered your affair, you threatened him more than once that if he dared to tell the public, you would kill him and his family! Shi Xing hated that he thought that bitch was being threatened by you, and he secretly went to her brothers to save her from the fire, but was told that she had been having an affair with you for a long time, and was even pregnant with your bastard before the marriage!"

"This is just nonsense!" Gao Han asked him to testify several times, and he was already involved in it, unable to get out of it. Hearing the discussion of the students in the distance, Luo Zhengxin stood up and shouted angrily, "Please be careful, sir. This guy wants to climb up the social ladder. He disregards his friendship with Shi Xing for many years. He pretends to be Shi Xing's matchmaker, but secretly lures Wu Tao to Gao Shanchang's house many times. Gao Shanchang was not careful for a while, and after being deceived, he caught him and threatened him repeatedly! Two taels of his three taels of monthly salary are obtained by blackmail!"

"I admit it." Jiang Zilin confessed without him having to tell him since the truth had already been revealed. "I am indeed not a human being. Shi Xing told me all his sufferings. Not only did I not persuade him to get rid of their oppression, but I took advantage of his weakness to introduce Wu Tao to him. I also took advantage of Wu Tao's urgent need for money to buy medicine for her mother and brother, and gave her to them to play with, thereby increasing my monthly salary by two taels."

Luo Zhengxin didn't expect that he would even betray himself. His expression changed and he said, "You..."

Jiang Zilin mocked, "I know I am worse than an animal, but I am obviously far worse than you. Not only did you bully Shi Xing for being weak and incompetent, and wantonly used him to cover up your scandals, you also instigated Xue Meilan and Wu Tao's family to make him work like a slave, and to seize their houses and monthly salaries, just to laugh at him. What's even more shameful is that you not only asked him to help raise Shi Chengliang, the bastard, but you also asked him to help raise Shi Cheng'an!"

"Which of the two of you is Shi Chengan's bastard? I'm afraid you don't know it yourself, right?"

Luo Zhengxin knelt on the ground with a gloomy face.

"Please have mercy, my lord, please have mercy," Gao Han kowtowed and cried bitterly, "It was them, they were all despicable, and they were not disciplined, so I made such a mistake. I will never dare to do it again, I beg you to forgive me this time."

Although Chen Shao had already figured out from various clues that both of Shi Xing's wives might have been unfaithful to him, she was still dumbfounded when the truth was laid before her.

Looking at the heartbroken Gao Han, the cruel and gloomy Luo Zhengxin, and then the desperate Jiang Zilin, Chen Shao really couldn't judge their behavior.

Gao Han is the headmaster of the Imperial College, and Luo Zhengxin is the dean of the Imperial College. Although they are only in the county, they are still well-known figures. Not to mention that men are allowed to have three wives and four concubines in this era, even if it is not allowed, if they want to do something extraordinary, there are plenty of people to find, but they just want to...

Jiang Zilin was one of Shi Xing's few friends. How much courage did Shi Xing have to muster to tell him about his sufferings? But he didn't help, and even stabbed him in the back.

It can be said that each of them has made great contributions to Shi Xing's current situation.

Suppressing the contempt that was surging in his heart, Chen Shao first asked Fu Jiu to take people to seal off their residences before continuing to ask, "Who among you bought those pairs of shoes in Shi Xing's room?"

Luo Zhengxin said nothing, Gao Han cried bitterly, "Ding San bought it."

Chen Shao asked: "Who is Ding San?"

Gao Han: "He is an attendant of my family."

Chen Shao: "Why did he buy shoes for Shi Xing?"

Gao Han cried for a while before answering, "Earlier, Meilan... Xue Meilan saw him buying shoes for me, so she asked him to buy a few pairs for Shi Xing as well. I was seduced by her at the time, so I agreed. Later, Ding San got used to buying a pair for him whenever he bought shoes for me. I didn't think it was a big deal, so I didn't stop him."

No wonder Shi Xing didn't cherish it at all. Chen Shao asked, "Besides this house, does Shi Xing have any other houses?"

Gao Han stopped crying and said, "I don't know."

Chen Shao looked at Jiang Zilin.

Jiang Zilin said, "Probably not. He only had a monthly salary of one or two taels of silver. When that bitch Xue Meilan was still alive, he never got any money. When Wu Tao married him... when Wu Tao married him, she was less than twenty, and he was already over fifty. To show his love for her, he would give her all his monthly salary every time it came down. Sometimes, when he wanted to treat us to a meal, he would go out and do odd jobs for a few days."

Chan Yi said with disdain: "Even with this, you still plotted against him. How despicable!"

Jiang Zilin stopped talking.

Chen Shao glanced at Chan Yi and continued to ask, "Why did the horse suddenly go crazy?"

Jiang Zilin shook his head: "I don't know."

Chen Shao looked at Gao Han and Luo Zhengxin, who replied dryly, "The veterinarian came to see it afterwards, but couldn't see any problem."

Chen Shao asked: "Where is the horse?"

Luo Zhengxin said: "It has been sold."

Chen Shao: "Who did you sell it to?"

Luo Zhengxin mentioned the name of a horse dealer named Yuan Danian. After Chen Shao asked Li Tianliu to send someone to retrieve the horse immediately, he asked Jiang Zilin, "Besides this donkey cart, does Shi Xing have any other carriages?"

Jiang Zilin said sarcastically, "No. If there was, it would not have belonged to him long ago."

Chen Shaowei lowered his eyes and asked him to think about it carefully. After thinking about it, Jiang Zilin said, "He doesn't have it. At least I haven't heard that he has it."

The children in Wenhai Township might have made a mistake, but Sun Rende would not have made a mistake. The scars that could identify the murderer were gone. If the carriage could not be found, then the only way to identify Shi Xing as the murderer was to look at the murder weapon and the victim's belongings. If these two could not be found, then according to the principle of presumption of innocence, Shi Xing would have to be released.

No matter how many grievances Shi Xing has, it is not a reason to kill him, so he must not be released! Thinking of this, Chen Shao said in a slightly depressed tone: "Go and bring Tao Ming and the others over!"