Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

I thought this matter was a sure thing.

Zhang slept soundly, waiting for the next morning when Zhang Gui would come to report to her that everything had been completed according to her plan.

Who would have thought that what came was Qingliu running in in a panic.

"Madam! Madam, something terrible has happened!"

Zhang was still recovering from her illness and didn't like people startling her. She frowned unhappily when she heard this:

"What's all the fuss about?"

Qingliu Road:

"Someone from the shop outside just came to report that the Marquis' Mansion had flouted the law and secretly replaced the death row prisoner. It has spread everywhere!"

"what?!"

A wave of dizziness came over Zhang, and she almost couldn't stand.

"What's going on? Where's Zhang Gui?"

"To answer Madam, Zhang Gui has not returned yet!"

At this point, Zhang was completely certain that something had gone terribly wrong with what happened last night!

"Go and find out what's going on!"

Zhang was so anxious that she could hardly eat, but Qingliu didn't come back for an hour or two.

She sent people out to look for it again, and finally found out what had happened.

Although she finally understood the whole story, it brought even worse news.

Yesterday at nightfall, Zhang Gui and his companions had just replaced He Wang and were walking out of the yamen on a street when they were caught up by the officers from the Nandu government office.

Zhang Gui desperately protected Liu Ma and her son and tried to escape, making a huge noise.

The people living nearby and the vendors who had not yet closed their stalls all saw it.

Later, when Zhang Gui saw that he could not escape, he stabbed Madam Liu to death and was arrested.

The officers found a business card from the Marquis of Jingnan's mansion on Zhang Gui.

The criminal was caught red-handed, and the evidence is irrefutable.

By now, nearly half of the southern capital city knew that the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion had flouted the law, secretly replaced death row prisoners, and killed people in the street.

Pei Xiao had finally managed to improve the reputation of the Marquisate, but now it was completely ruined again.

The reason why the maid who was sent later knew so much detail was because the case had been tried in public this morning.

The arrested Zhang Guijian claimed that he and Madam Liu stole the business cards and money, and it had nothing to do with the Marquis's Mansion.

Yan Tongzhi, who was in charge of the case, believed that the business cards of wealthy families were strictly guarded and could not be easily stolen.

If there are any doubts in the prisoner's confession, it must be investigated thoroughly.

The reason why Qingliu did not come back was that when he was watching the excitement outside the hall, he was recognized as someone close to the wife of Marquis Jingnan and was directly summoned to the hall for questioning.

The case will continue to be tried in the afternoon, so Qingliu cannot come back for the time being.

"The government said that the Madam is seriously ill and may not be able to manage the affairs. They have already gone to the garrison camp to ask the Marquis to go and respond to the complaint!"

"what!"

Zhang could hardly stand.

The last time, I was visited by yamen runners and forced by many untouchables to go to the yamen to respond to the lawsuit. It was already a very bad situation.

This time, it was ten times worse than last time.

She was completely certain that she was definitely being plotted against this time.

But now is not the time to pursue the culprit.

She had caused such a big disaster to the Marquis's Mansion that it even came to the point where the Marquis had to go to the government office to respond to the lawsuit.

There is no doubt that the Marquis will come back to punish us as soon as he leaves the yamen.

She didn't dare to think about how she would face the Marquis's wrath when the time came.

Moreover, how could she explain why she wanted to save He Wang at this critical moment?

*

The fact was just as Zhang had expected. When Pei Xiao, Marquis of Jingnan, returned from the yamen, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Tongzhi Yan refused to let go of the Marquis' Mansion.

In one afternoon, several maids around Zhang were summoned for interrogation.

Even though Zhang had instructed them in advance to insist that it was stolen.

But these maids could not withstand being brought into the court one by one for interrogation by Yan Tongzhi.

The more details we asked, the more inconsistent the maids' statements became, contradicting themselves or each other.

After being tortured by Yan Tongzhi, their defenses collapsed and they all changed their statements and told the truth.

Precisely because it was the truth, the confessions were surprisingly consistent.

It was said that it was Nanny Liu who came to see Zhang, and then Zhang summoned He Wang, and finally the lady gave the two of them business cards and banknotes.

If Pei Xiao had not responded properly, and had not immediately invited the most famous lawyer in Nandu City to respond to the lawsuit after learning that he was summoned for questioning,

The charge of instructing his servants to secretly replace the death row prisoner would be directly charged by Yan Tongzhi.

Fortunately, the lawyer lived up to his reputation, with careful thinking and eloquent speech. After some argument, he seized the loopholes in the maids' words.

First, when Zhang was talking to Madam Liu, there was no one around, so they were not sure why Madam Liu came to see Zhang.

Second, Zhang only instructed Zhang Gui to take care of Liu Ma's affairs, but they didn't know what they were supposed to do.

Zhang Gui was also loyal, and continued to defend Zhang at this time, saying that they had cheated Zhang of the banknotes and business cards under the pretext of other things.

Therefore, even though anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was definitely instigated by Zhang, Yan Tongzhi still could not convict Zhang.

Although the case was won, the reputation of the Jingnan Marquisate was completely ruined among the people.

After the last arson incident, the people were already somewhat dissatisfied with the Jingnan Marquis Mansion.

Although he failed to punish Zhang, at least he could kill a servant in the marquis's mansion to vent his anger.

Who would have known that they would actually rely on the power of the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion to secretly replace the servant who should have been beheaded.

It's absolutely abominable!

What’s even more hateful is that the matter is already so obvious.

They were able to hire the top lawyer in Southern Capital, and they even managed to get away with it with their eloquence.

The people were extremely indignant!

Besides, the law doesn’t punish everyone, and there were no consequences for smashing Zhang’s last time…

So, even though Pei Xiao's face was frighteningly cold, he was still surrounded by the people and thrown with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves all over his body and face.

That's right, rotten eggs.

Last time, we were inexperienced and wasted a lot of good eggs and vegetable leaves.

When people heard that Marquis Jingnan was coming to respond to the lawsuit, many people ran home at noon to get rotten eggs and vegetable leaves.

Pei Xiao had never been so humiliated and embarrassed in his entire life. He almost fled from the government office.

Even after returning to the Marquis' Mansion and washing again and again, he still felt that the disgusting stench was surrounding him.

Thinking that all this was because of that stupid woman Zhang, Pei Xiao gritted his teeth and ordered:

"Call that bitch Zhang to me!"

Just as the attendant was about to take the order and leave, Pei Xiao stopped him again.

"Come back, don't call her, and don't let her in even if she comes!"

He recalled the last time when Zhang cried and tried to commit suicide, which made him busy cleaning up the mess while looking for doctors for her everywhere. He felt very annoyed.

Tomorrow, I have to clean up this matter again, giving gifts everywhere, smiling and acting like a grandson.

He was completely impatient to watch Zhang crying, making a fuss and then threatening to hang herself.

*

When Zhang heard about Pei Xiao's miserable condition when he returned, she almost fainted.

She couldn't imagine how angry the Marquis, a favored son of heaven, must be when he was treated like this.

And how can she protect herself in the face of such rage?

However, she waited anxiously until late at night, but Pei Xiao still did not summon her.

This made Zhang extremely frightened.

After not sleeping well the previous night, he quickly packed up and went to see Pei Xiao early in the morning.

But I heard that the Marquis had already gone out.

When she came back in the evening and tried to ask for a meeting again, she was told by the attendant in the outer courtyard that the marquis had said he would not see her.

Zhang became more and more frightened.

However, she didn't know at this time that Pei Xiao, who was preparing to go out to give gifts again early the next morning, was even more frightened than her.