As the news of Shen Hai's audacious provocation of the court reached the capital, Mrs. Chen suddenly noticed that fewer eyes were looking at her.
When she first came to Beijing and a while ago, no matter where she went, many people followed her and watched her. Even when she went to buy vegetables on the street, the uncles and aunts would grab her and say a few words, asking her to think more positively and that God would be fair. But recently, no one was in the mood to do so. All they discussed was how hateful Shen Hai was and how the people along the coast were suffering.
She picked up some vegetables and radishes. When she heard the name Shen Hai, the expression on her face twisted for a moment. It took her a while to control her emotions. She pinched the radishes, leaving marks on them, paid the money, and got up to go back to her residence. She was the first defendant, not a prisoner, so she naturally could not live in the prison. So she rented a house in the capital to live in so that she could go to court at any time.
Although she was an official's wife, she had lost her husband and daughter suddenly, and had spent a lot of money to go to the capital to file a complaint. She could not rent a place where every inch of land was worth a lot of money. She simply rented a small courtyard near the Wong Tai Sin Temple. After she took her things and walked past the Wong Tai Sin Temple, she saw the house she rented and subconsciously quickened her pace.
But after she walked a short distance, she felt a dull pain in the back of her head, and then she suddenly fell to the ground with a dull sound.
Mrs. Chen was struggling with fear in her heart. She wanted to open her mouth and shout, but found that she couldn't even shout. Although she couldn't shout, her mind was clear. She clearly felt that she was being lifted up, and her heart suddenly sank.
How could she not know that she was being plotted against
Her husband died in the same way.
Now it's her turn.
However, how could she die before she had the chance to seek justice for her daughter, before she had the chance to see those people get their retribution? How could she die like this
If she died, who would testify against Xu Fengqing and Qiu Chuxing, and who would make Juhai Manor pay the price? !
She struggled hard.
"It's so annoying!" She kept moving, and the tall and thin man who was carrying her couldn't help but curse: "Why do you have to go through the trouble of throwing her into the well? If it were you, it would be the same if you just killed her directly."
A scarred man glared at him fiercely: "You know nothing! We just do what others tell us to do. Why are you giving us orders?! Shut up!"
The two men were arguing and cursing at each other, and soon they arrived at the abandoned ancient well near the Wong Tai Sin Temple.
The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds. Since the water from this well was bitter, it had been abandoned for a long time. Also, because it was dug very deep, the adults nearby did not allow children to play here. This place has always been a sparsely populated place. As long as Madam Chen was thrown here, no one would know. It would take perhaps ten or eight years to find her body.
By the time it is found, the person has already formed bones.
The dead cannot speak.
The tall and thin man spat and urged Scarface impatiently: "Brother, hurry up and finish your work soon so that we can have some fun! Damn it, if it weren't for this woman, we wouldn't have such a miserable life..."
"Alright, alright!" Scarface scolded him angrily, "Why are you in such a hurry? Lift that bitch up!"
He dug a few times himself, stretched his head to look at the ancient well, and nodded with satisfaction.
The tall and thin man immediately reached out to pull Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen knew very well that she was in danger of death, and tears kept flowing from her eyes.
Just as she realized that her head had been pushed into the well, she suddenly heard the scarred man beside her shout in panic, "Thin guy, something's wrong!"
Before she could finish her words, she felt herself being thrown down with a thud.
Tui Officer Zhang came running with a dozen officers. Seeing that Madam Chen was almost thrown into the abandoned well, he was frightened to death. He shouted at the two men to stop them, and without even saying a word, he rushed forward, ignoring the two men and grabbed Madam Chen first.
The rest of the officers ran towards the two men and chased them all the way to the back mountain. Relying on their numbers, they finally caught the man with the scar on his face.
Zhang Tuiguan was filled with fear. Thinking of Su Yao's previous suggestion that he should worry about someone taking advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Things have come to this point today, and the Ministry of Justice is still trying the case. These people are so bold and arrogant!
Seeing the officers escorting the scarred man back, Tui Guan Zhang snorted with a gloomy face and coldly ordered them to take the man to the Ministry of Justice. He then led a few other people to send Madam Chen back to her residence and called a doctor for her.
Fortunately, Madam Chen woke up under the doctor's treatment and was finally able to make a sound. Zhang Tuiguan's tense nerves finally relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "I'm so sorry that you suffered this great disaster and almost lost your life."
Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she lost her voice for a moment. Now that she had survived the disaster, she couldn't recover for a long time. It was not until Zhang Tuiguan said these words that her senses gradually returned. She shook her head slightly with a pale face.
She was too frightened this time. Tuiguan Zhang frowned and repeatedly assured her that such a thing would never happen again. He also left a few officials to protect her safety and turned back to the yamen to report.
Gao Ping was competing with Xu Fengqing. Xu Fengqing was a very cunning man. Although he admitted his guilt, when asked about his relationship with Juhaizhuang and who was behind the Huizhou merchant boss of Juhaizhuang, Xu Fengqing refused to say anything and kept avoiding the question.
Like a slippery loach that is hard to hold.
Hearing that Mrs. Chen was in trouble, Gao Ping was shocked and then became furious: "There is really no law! Has the man been caught?"
Zhang Tuiguan nodded: "One escaped, and one was captured alive."
As long as he's alive, that's good. Gao Ping sneered and looked at Zhang Tuiguan without hesitation: "Go and interrogate him. No matter what method you use, you must find out who is behind this. I want to see who is so bold as to kill someone to silence him!"
This was exactly what Tui Guan Zhang was waiting for. He turned around and left without any hesitation. He had the scarred man taken to the torture room. He raised his eyebrows and looked at him for a long time, but did not ask him anything.
Scarface felt frightened when he was looked at. He originally wanted to commit suicide when he was caught, but he was too late. Now he no longer had the chance to commit suicide. He also thought that he would be interrogated immediately after being caught. He even thought of how to shirk responsibility, but Magistrate Zhang did not ask a single question.