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Up to the trial of the case, Yu Gaoyi has been convicted of the crime bit by bit, but Wang Xingyan seems not to be involved, he is still out of it, the only thing he committed was spending money to buy Fang Zhishu.

Whether it was what Yu Gaoyi said just now that Wang Xingyan wanted him to suppress this matter, or the accusations made by Mother Qiao and Fang's father, at least it can be confirmed from the side that Wang Xingyan bought Fang Zhishu and tried every means to suppress him. Stay by your side, even if it costs a lot.

But so far there is no evidence of this.

But Fang Zhishu is such a young child, what would Wang Xingyan buy him for, not to mention he bought Fang Zhishu from the old bustard.

Ever since Fang Zhishu returned to Fang's father, his mental state has been very poor. Although he can't speak, he can sign language. He is not like now, no matter what Fang's father asks, he is completely unwilling to communicate.

In the style of Longyang in the middle of the capital, some high-ranking officials are fond of child molestation, and they prefer younger ones. It's not that Fang's father can't imagine how his son will be treated in Wang Xingyan's hands, but he has no evidence, and it's even more difficult to say anything. To say such words openly in the hall of the court.

Fang's father had nowhere to vent his resentment. He wanted to seek justice for his child, so he could only hold Fang Zhishu's shoulder, forcing Fang Zhishu to look at him. He said in a gentle and gentle voice, "little boy Book, you tell dad how you were bought back by that person, what happened after you were brought to his house, you can talk to dad, or you can write it down..."

Before Fang's father finished speaking, Fang Zhishu seemed to be stimulated, and his emotions were completely out of control. His eyes were terrified, he made gestures, and begged Fang's father in a begging voice, describing him as flustered and helpless, immature and pale His face was flushed red, and he was crying with his mouth open, but he couldn't make a sound.

Fang Zhishu tried to get up from the ground and run out. He exerted all his strength and struggled with his limbs. Fang's father couldn't even control his movements. After he hugged Fang Zhishu reluctantly, Fang's father hugged him tightly. In my arms, I couldn't help but shed tears, "Xiaoshu, daddy won't ask, don't ask..."

But Fang Zhishu's emotions were not appeased. Until the end of the trial, he was always held in Fang's father's arms, crying uncontrollably.

From a distance of more than ten feet, Shen Mingan behind the screen seemed to be able to sense his collapsed and helpless emotions, while Wang Xingyan stood up from the ground in a leisurely manner, and he even tidied up his clothes without haste. Clothes.

Shen Mingan only found it ironic.

Mother Qiao was beaten fifty times in court, and she was punished for one year; Yu Gaoyi was dismissed and assigned, and Wang Xingyan was charged with buying Fang Zhishu without knowing it and helping Fang Zhishu redeem himself. He was willing to give Fang Zhishu Going back, the rest of the evidence is not conclusive enough, so his charges are not even as serious as Mother Qiao's. Therefore, he can only be imprisoned for fifteen days as a punishment.

Even this was because of Lu Ciheng's will, and Lu Ciheng's attitude was tough. He thought the doubts were unclear, so he imprisoned Wang Xingyan for [-] days and tried again in a few days.

Otherwise, according to the law, it will not even be closed for fifteen days.

When the yamen guard escorted Wang Xingyan past Fang Zhishu, Fang Zhishu flinched and hid behind Fang's father. He pulled Fang's father's arm, and when Wang Xingyan approached, he screamed like crazy with distorted facial features. , but his throat couldn't make a sound, only a few intermittent cracking and breaking sounds came from his throat.

The voice was not sharp, but it seemed to have the effect of piercing and penetrating. Shen Mingan could even empathize with that kind of desolation, helplessness and pain. His chest was aching, and his throbbing heart made him tightly clutch his collar .

The similar situation and abnormal reaction seemed to repeat what happened to Fang Zhishu back then.

Basically only the Rong people know how to use the Husa knife, and the furtive Rong people who appeared at the gate of Fangfu for no reason, Wu Jitong who had been friends with Wang Xingyan when the case was tried, and Yu Gaoyi now, the suspicious points of the Shen family case It seems that they all correspond one-to-one with what was mentioned in Fang Zhishu's case.

Shen Mingan's heart sank. He thought of the undelivered letter from his father to Wang Xingyan, Wang Xingyan who happened to appear on the day when the Shen family died, and his enthusiasm and diligence when he held the funeral for his parents. were strung together.

Once you think about it in this direction, everything makes sense.

The cause and effect were connected in series, and Shen Mingan had a guess in his mind that was about to come out.

But if it's what he thinks...

Shen Mingan's breathing suddenly became short of breath, his throat was dry, and there was a sharp pain in his chest cavity. If it was really what he thought, then the death of his parents was all because of him.

Shen Ming'an's face was so pale that he turned blue, he was eager to find out the truth, so he turned uncontrollably and walked towards the direction of Dali Prison.

At the end of the trial, the originally noisy lobby became quiet, and the officials cleaned up in an orderly manner. Fang's father and Fang Zhishu were the last to leave. Fang Zhishu's emotions were not calmed down in the end. He was hugged by Fang's father. After crying so much, he began to retch, almost passed out, and finally fell asleep in Fang's father's arms when he was tired from crying.

Until the two left, Lu Ciheng seemed to still be able to see the scene of Fang Zhishu crying in front of his eyes. He sat in front of the case and looked through the case file and testimony. Thinking of Yu Gaoyi's ambiguous words and Wang Xingyan's attitude, he always felt that Very weird.

Wei Boran brought the records of the trial of the case to the front of the case, and Lu Ciheng looked through it carefully again, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Just now Fang Zhishu's father said that there was a fire in the mansion, and he suspected that Yu Gaoyi ordered it. Why is there no record of what the Rong people committed?"

This is what Fang's father said in a hurry. If Lu Ciheng hadn't mentioned it, Wei Boran would not have noticed this. He called a yamen servant to ask, but the yamen servant couldn't understand what he was trembling. "Indeed, there is indeed such a thing. I asked the neighbors of the Fang family, and several people can testify."

"Have you found out the truth? Why did the fire happen? Does it have anything to do with the Rong people?"

Wei Boran, as the Minister of Dali Temple, has always been harsh and unkind, when the yamen servant was asked by him, he faltered and couldn't answer anything.

Obviously, no one paid attention to this doubtful point, and didn't even check it down.

"What has Dali Temple found out these days?" Lu Ciheng glanced at Wei Boran, his voice was cold and he couldn't discern his emotions, "I remember that the general judge surnamed Sun in Shuntian Mansion used Rong people sell private salt."

Wei Boran pondered for a moment, "What the emperor means is that, as Fang Zhishu's father said, it was Yu Gaoyi who colluded with the Rong people and ordered them to set fire to the Fang mansion in an attempt to kill people? But why did he do that? , this seems a little unreasonable..."

"It's not Yu Gaoyi." Lu Ciheng interrupted him with a gloomy expression, "Get someone to check on that Wang Xingyan, check his house, contacts and business contacts, and check if he has anything with Lu Yushi and other courtiers Relationship, check carefully, there must be something wrong with this person."

Wei Boran responded one by one, and immediately sent someone to investigate.

Thinking that this Wang Xingyan was Shen Mingan's uncle, Lu Ciheng became very upset. What happened between Shen Mingan and Wang Xingyan caused Shen Mingan to react so weirdly and violently when he saw him outside Wu Jitong's house.

He made a gesture, and Li Xingyuan quietly walked in front of him, holding his sword on standby, Lu Ciheng was slightly stunned, if he asked the hidden guards to investigate, he would definitely be able to find out the whole story, it was only a matter of time.

But instead of this, it would be faster to use some means to interrogate Wang Xingyan in prison.

Thinking of this, Lu Ciheng and Li Xingyuan gave some instructions and walked out from the door.

The sky outside was dark and the wind and snow were raging. Lu Ciheng thought Zhang Ling was slow, so he simply held up an umbrella and stepped into the bitter wind and snow.

The prison of Dali Temple is on the westernmost side of Dali Temple, and Lu Ciheng walked there within a cup of tea. As soon as he put away the umbrella and threw it to Zhang Ling, he saw Liu Heyu standing beside the two prison guards at the door, with his hands in his hands. On the umbrella inside, the water droplets of snow water are slowly dripping down the umbrella ribs, and a small puddle of water is accumulated on the ground.

The sound of water droplets echoed clearly in the empty prison corridor, Lu Ciheng felt a little flustered for no reason, and asked him with a frown: "Why are you here?"

Liu and Yu were full of anxiety, when Lu Ciheng suddenly spoke out, his tone was cold and hard, which shocked him all over.

He turned around and was even more shocked when he saw Lu Ciheng's gloomy appearance. Under Lu Ciheng's questioning, it took a long while before he said with a sad face, "Mister won't let me in."