There was also flour on the wall on the knife, and shoe prints on the wall and window sills. Zhuang Zhong basically concluded that the person who climbed over the wall was the murderer of Yuan Liangjun.
This must be a purposeful and planned murder, otherwise the murderer picked up Han Chuan's knife but sneaked into his room by coincidence, killed the person in the dormitory, and planted it on him. If it was for making money, when the house was searched just now, all of Yuan Liangjun's valuables were still in the cage, and there was no trace of turning them over.
Although the yamen servant later turned the house into chaos and destroyed the scene. But when Zhuang Zheng didn't get into it, he could roughly remember the scene. His memory is very good, especially for still images. As long as he deliberately remembers, it is almost like taking a photo and storing it in his mind. It will gradually fade over time. I do not know how to travel here, and after being a little smaller than before, my memory is better.
If the murder was caused by panic after being discovered, according to the analysis of the scene, the murderer was very calm and did not appear to have killed in a hurry. The attack was quick and accurate, killing him with one blow, and even disdain to make up the knife to confirm. Afterwards, he hid the knife under Han Chuan's quilt, and did not make any movement during his actions. Whether it was bold or premeditated, it was all boldness of a skilled man. It's just that Yuan Liangjun has a grudge with whom, which will make the other party want to kill? Or was it the killer brought in by Han Chuan who caused Yuan Liangjun to go to hell by mistake
All the clues are connected in series, and the truth emerges little by little before everyone's eyes.
Feng Huan asked: "Does Yuan Liangjun have enemies outside?"
Tang Baishan said: "Brother Yuan is a man of integrity and sincerity. No matter he is in Taixue or abroad, he is very popular, and he never causes trouble. As far as I know, he has no enemies. Except for a little disagreement with Jiang Xun, he has never heard of it. He said he had a quarrel with others. Besides, Brother Yuan is not from the capital, and he doesn’t know many people outside the country. He only goes out to taste tea and drink wine when he is resting, and every time he is with many people. If there is an enemy, we should all Knowing is."
Da Sicheng also said: "Yuan Liangjun is the son of a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. I also know the Yuan family well. It is quite famous in the local area. It is a benevolent family. I have never heard of any enmity between the family and others."
"Although it was Yuan Liangjun who died, according to various signs, it should be Han Chuan." Feng Huan nodded, and he didn't think it had something to do with Yuan Liangjun, after all, how could such a coincidence happen in the world. Just picked up or stole the knife of the bedmate, and then killed him. Even if the murderer had something to do with him, Han Chuan couldn't get away with it.
"Can Han Chuan have grudges with others?"
As soon as Feng Huan said this, the Tai students present didn't know how to respond. Han Chuan's temperament is really unpleasant, he likes to take advantage of others very much, and he has strong words. If the other party refuses to obey, he will be said to be too petty and ungentlemanly, and it will be spread in the whole Taixue. Although it's not a big deal, it's really annoying. He is obviously also a talented literati, but somehow he has been contaminated with the atmosphere of the market, but he is not ashamed, but calls it elegant taste.
If it happens occasionally, everyone mentions it in the future, and it is indeed interesting. It is not uncommon for scholars to be so funny. But every time this happens, it will change the taste, it is just greedy for petty gain, and it can't be covered up by wearing a scholar's robe. It's just that literati are not straightforward in speaking and doing things, and feel that it is really embarrassing to care about such a trivial matter, so they just turn a blind eye.
Han Chuan quickly denied, "I'm not from Beijing, and I'm no less popular than Yuan Liangjun. It's impossible for anyone to want to kill me."
The Tai students on the side bowed their heads one after another. Although what Han Chuan did would not be so angry that he would kill him, but he dared to compare his popularity with Yuan Liangjun, he really had no self-knowledge. The scene was suddenly silent, and everyone didn't know where to look. It should have been extremely embarrassing, but Han Chuan still didn't realize that there was something wrong with what he said, but he just looked puzzled.
Tang Baishan gave a dry laugh, smoothed things over, and said very reservedly: "Even though Brother Han sometimes acts surprising, it won't cause death."
Some people offend others without knowing why, so Zhuang Zhong asked in a different way: "Have you ever had an argument with someone outside?"
Han Chuan shook his head even more, "I have always been kind to others, and I don't go out much, and I have never argued with anyone, and I have never said a single serious word."
At this time, Fang Xiang's expression was not very good, his eyes flickered, and he hesitated to speak. Spotted by Feng Huan, who had been paying attention to the expressions of everyone on the field, he angrily reprimanded: "You, just say what you have to say, how tactful you are!"
Fang Xiang was so frightened that he hurriedly saluted, glanced at Han Chuan and finally said, "I owe, isn't the debt still a grudge?"
Han Chuan's expression turned pale immediately, and he glared at Fang Xiang angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not the kind of person who takes advantage."
Fang Xiang hesitated immediately.
Feng Huan narrowed his eyes, "Speak quickly! If you dare to hide something, get out of here immediately. If you don't even dare to say anything, even if you become an official in the future, you will be a stupid official."
Fang Xiang didn't dare to hide it when he heard this, "It's the tadpole powder shop. Ever since Han Chuan learned that the proprietress who opened the shop is from his hometown, he would go there to keep accounts and eat whenever he was resting. I will lead a group of people, but not as many people as yesterday, I, I follow every time, so I know that Han Chuan owes money on credit, and has never paid for it once."
Fearing that his reputation would be ruined, Han Chuan quickly explained, "I have no intention of not paying it back, it's just that it's worthless and it's troublesome to check out the odds and ends every time, so I said remember to pay it together in the future, and I never force credit The intention of the merchant! If you don’t believe me, you can ask the proprietress.”
"The proprietress? The boss of the tadpole powder is a woman? But marriage?" Feng Huan asked. In Dayou, women are not restrained as much as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and many women will show their faces to work. However, most of the shopkeepers are married women or widows, and those who are in their boudoirs generally do not come forward to do business.
"It's a woman's hair, and it has a husband, but it's not common. The shop is mainly run by the proprietress. I once saw a man passing by, and asked if he was her husband, and if he was also from the same village. ..." Han Chuan paused, frowning, thinking about something.
Feng Huan glanced sharply at Han Chuan, and Han Chuan hurriedly said: "In the end, I was distracted by that woman, and her expression was very strange. At that time, I told Fang Xiang that there is nothing wrong with my man admitting it, and I didn't explain it clearly." Isn't it confusing?"
Fang Xiang also recalled, "I remember you jokingly said that the two of you eloped to the capital, that's why you were so secretive. I also taught you not to talk nonsense and ruin your reputation, but you didn't take it seriously, saying that you still There is such a thing, it is said that a guard of a rich family abducted the concubine of the master's family, and offered a huge reward."
Zhuang Zhuang's eyes lit up, and he was very excited, "Yesterday Han Chuan invited us to eat tadpole noodles, and then everyone went back to Taixue directly. The knife probably fell in the tadpole noodle shop. And tadpole noodle is made of flour. made… "
Feng Huan shot the case, "Go to the tadpole noodle shop and arrest people!"
Feng Huan acted resolutely, and strode away directly. The guards and servants also rushed out of the Tai Academy and rushed to the tadpole noodle shop. Those guards were nothing more than that, they had to guard Feng Huan, but the guards were all under Guan Dawei's subordinates, but they followed him without even saying hello, which really made Guan Dawei very angry. Just stay in Taixue and don't get involved in the arrest. Doesn't King Si Zhao like to meddle in other people's business, so let him mess around. The best people have run away and found nothing.
At this moment, Jiang Xun was supported and walked over, Zhuang Zhong hurriedly greeted him, "Didn't you say you want to take a good rest? Why are you here?"
Jiang Xun coughed weakly. Although he was held up, such a long journey was enough to make him panting, "I, let me tell you what happened yesterday."
Zhuang Zhong didn't expect Jiang Xun to recover so quickly, but Jiang Xun didn't look well, his face was blue, his whole body was trembling, his voice was very weak, but at least he wasn't full of lifeless energy like before, but he was sober when he was out of spirits come over.
The supporter said: "Just now Jiang Xun suddenly got up from the bed and insisted on coming over, saying that he had something to report to the adults."
Guan Dawei snorted, "You really know how to pick time to wake up."
Jiang Xun was in poor health, and he didn't care about Guan Dawei's ridicule. He just wanted to finish his sentence quickly, calm down and recall yesterday's events: "I left from Library Library at about Maoshi last night, and walked to the southwest pavilion. I saw a black shadow passing by the woods next to me. I was suspicious, so I chased after the person in the direction where the person disappeared. The person ran very fast. I don’t know if I misread it or someone sneaked in. Then I walked Near Yuan Liangjun's house, I also saw Tang Baishan. I thought that if there was someone, he must have seen it. Seeing that he didn't care and turned away, I didn't stay where I was, lest the next day, Yuan Liangjun find out, and he would definitely see it again. It's for laughing at me for sneaking around at night."
The official slapped the table fiercely, "What a high-sounding reason, you clearly knew that someone sneaked into the courtyard with the intention of committing crimes, but you didn't warn in time, which caused Yuan Liangjun's death."
Jiang Xun's face was pale, and he hadn't fully recovered. Now that he was so excited, his eyes became dazed again, "Yeah, I was the one who killed Yuan Liangjun. If it wasn't for me cursing him as a short-lived ghost during the day, seeing someone and How could he die if he didn't want to say anything? It's all me, it's all me... "
Jiang Xun said to himself that his whole body was trembling badly, Zhuang Zhong hurriedly ordered someone to call for a doctor, pinched him, and kept trying to comfort him with words. "These are accidents and coincidences. Yuan Liangjun's death has nothing to do with you. The one who should be blamed most is the murderer."
Da Sicheng was annoyed, "My lord! This is Taixue, and all the students are the pillars of the country. How can you allow malicious speculation! Today you have repeatedly made trouble with my Taixue, do you really think I have no temper! Come tomorrow In the morning, I must have talked to the officials."
Taixue Da Sicheng can directly report the situation of Taixue to the emperor, and his prestige is extraordinary in the middle of the court. Most of the officials who have left since then also respect Da Sicheng, but Da Sicheng has a soft temper and doesn't like to argue with others. Seeing Feng Huan leave, Guan Dawei felt that the person who bullied him had finally left, so he vented his anger on Jiang Xun. If it weren't for these students who were always misleading by chance, how could he make mistakes in judgment and lose face like a fool. Who knew that Da Sicheng had turned his back on him.
Guan Dawei felt guilty in his heart, but insisted in his mouth, "Interrogation is like this, if you don't use some tricks, how can you get the truth out."
But Da Sicheng didn't want to have a deep talk with him, he just said: "Why does the official know for himself?"
Jiang Xun couldn't hold on and passed out again, and was carried back to the house. Da Si is intentionally depressed, and will have a public test soon, but such a thing happened, it is really troublesome. He was originally optimistic about Jiang Xun, so it seems that it will not be easy to persevere in the public test.
Half an hour later, someone came to report that the murderer had been caught.
This time, King Si Zhao directly surpassed Guan Dawei to become the presiding judge, and his solemn heart fluttered. Although King Si Zhao also intervened last time, he did not pass Fu Yin. This time he intervened directly, it seemed that he didn't trust Guan Dawei at all. Moreover, he is only an heir king and has not held any relevant official positions, so he cannot be the presiding judge. No matter how arrogant you are, you can't break the rules. Then there is only one explanation, King Si Zhao has already been appointed to a relevant official position, so he dared to act like this.
Although King Si Zhao gave him a lot of wine last time without knowing what to say, judging from these two cases, he is much more reliable than officials like Guan Dawei. If he is in charge, it will be a blessing to the people, and he will have the opportunity to stand out. Solemn can be sure that King Si Zhao still appreciates him.
"You are wronged, my lord is wronged."
Kneeling in the hall is a man and a woman, the owner and wife of Tadpole Fen, named Zhao Xiong and Xu Meiniang respectively. Zhao Xiong is tall and strong, and Xu Meiniang is as pretty as her name.
The gavel was slapped hard, and there was a sudden silence.
Feng Huan snorted coldly, "Since you were wronged, why did you run away?"
Zhao Xiong quickly explained, "Caomin was just scared."
"If you hadn't done something bad, how could you be afraid of the government servants! You have to quibble when you are about to die, and you should pay more for your crimes."
Xu Meiniang tugged at Zhao Xiong, wiped her tears and said: "Zhao Lang, let's recruit. You and I are destined to have no fate in this life. We only hope to meet again in the next life. Don't suffer like this life again."
Zhao Xiong grabbed Xu Meiniang's hand and vowed, "Meiniang, even if I risk my life, I will never let that rich dog snatch you away!"
"Zhao Lang..."
"Mei Niang..."
The two knelt in the courtroom and looked at each other affectionately, causing goosebumps to fall from the solemnity.
Snapped-
"Treating the courtroom as a stage?! Zhao Xiong, you sneaked into the Imperial Academy last night, killed the imperial student Yuan Liangjun, and blamed Han Chuan who slept with you. You didn't recruit quickly."
You only have me in your eyes, and I only have you in my eyes. A couple who heard these words were so frightened that they couldn't understand.
"My lord, I was wronged. I was at home last night. Why did I go to the Tai Academy to kill people? Just now you came to arrest people. I just thought that I was finally found after I eloped with Meiniang, so I ran away in a panic."
"Yes, my lord, Zhao Lang and I were childhood sweethearts, but my family was poor, so I was sold by my father to a rich family as a concubine. I didn't expect to meet Zhao Lang again a few years later, and he became the guardian of this rich family. The owner is not a thing. He beat me and scolded me. Once almost killed me, but never found a doctor for me. Later Zhao Lang found out, so he bought medicine and asked someone to give it to me. I had already given up my mind and didn't dare to think about anything else. But later, I couldn't bear the abuse, so I eloped with Zhao Lang to the capital. And because I stole the rich man's money when I left, I was always uneasy, so As soon as he saw the yamen servants arresting people, he ran away. But Zhao Lang definitely didn’t kill those high school students!”
Xu Meiniang is articulate and knows how to express more emotionally. She expresses the helplessness and fear of a pair of fateful mandarin ducks very well. Although elopement with other people's concubines will also be punished, it is much lighter than murder.
Feng Huan laughed, but his eyes were still cold, "The story is very beautiful."
Xu Meiniang quickly kowtowed, "The women are just telling the truth."
Zhao Xiong also poked his neck and said: "My lord, Caomin knows that he has committed a crime, and if he is punished, he deserves it. But Caomin will never admit that he killed someone, please be careful."
Feng Huan sneered, "I knew you would be so quibbling a long time ago, that's why the servants started clamoring to arrest the murderer before they reached the store, but the idlers backed down. If it wasn't for killing people, how could they run away in fright. If they hadn't been in ambush, maybe they would have How to spend a lot of time."
Xu Meiniang hurriedly said: "My lord, we were busy at that time, so we didn't hear this sentence. We only heard the customers in the store say that the guards wanted to arrest people, so we were so scared that we didn't care about anything."
Feng Huan didn't tangle with the two of them, but with a look, the guard came up with a plate, a pair of shoes and a dagger on it.
"Zhao Xiong, do you know this knife?" Zhao Xiong glanced at it and shook his head, "I've never seen it before."
"you sure?"
"The little one dares to use the head on the item as a guarantee, I have never seen it before."
"Since you don't care about this head so much, I'll take it for you in a while." Feng Huan stood up and walked up to Zhao Xiong, "This knife is the one that killed the deceased Yuan Liangjun. A little flour. It must have been inadvertently contaminated by the murderer. It can be seen that he must have often dealt with flour. The footprints found on the wall of the Taiyuan Academy are the same as those on the window sill of the deceased, and a little flour was also found on the wall. The evidence is convincing. How dare you quibble!"
Zhao Xiong hurriedly said: "My lord, the villain is a tadpole noodle maker, and I do often deal with flour. But this does not prove that I am a murderer. There are many people who are usually exposed to flour."
Feng Huan ignored him, and continued: "The owner of this dagger, Han Chuan, has been eating Bawang food in your shop, and he is from the same town as you. He once suspected that the two of you eloped. And you have martial arts skills. Regardless of the motive, the conditions of the murder, and the traces at the scene, it can prove that you are the murderer!"
Zhao Xiong immediately yelled wronged: "My lord, the villain is wronged. Although everything happens, it is not enough to prove that I am a murderer! I have martial arts and be stained with flour, but it cannot prove that I am a villain."
Feng Huan stared at Zhao Xiong with a half-smile, "You still refuse to plead guilty at this juncture? I wanted to give you a good time, but now it seems that you and your little lady deserve to die."
Zhao Xiong's eyes widened, but Xu Meiniang took the first step when he was about to say something, "My lord! My husband is by no means the villain who murders and silences my husband. If only these things are used to convict my husband, the women will not accept it! There are so many coincidences in the world. Flour is not the only one in my family, and my husband is not the only one who knows martial arts. And we have never paid attention to Han Chuan. Could it be that we killed Han Chuan because of the money he owed us on credit? Then the people on this street I don’t know how many people in the shop have been bullied by him, should they all be arrested!”
Feng Huan did not refute, but brought over the plate containing the dagger, "Look carefully, have you seen this knife before?"
"Absolutely not!" The two said in unison.
Feng Huan's eyes turned cold, "I don't know how to live or die! Solemn—"
Solemn hurriedly stepped out from the side.
Feng Huan walked to the chair, shook his robe vigorously and sat down, "Let them be convinced."
Solemnly arched his hands: "Yes."
Zhuang Zhong put down the box on his body, opened it and said: "Everyone's fingerprints are different from others, and it is impossible to find duplicates in the world. Due to the body's natural secretion of sweat, it is easy to contaminate the fingerprints formed by dust and other transfers. Then when it touches other objects, it will leave corresponding lines on that object. Because it is not obvious, it cannot be seen with the naked eye, but it can be extracted with a special potion.
You said you've never seen this knife, so now I'll take your fingerprints. If it overlaps with the fingerprint on the knife, then it proves that the two of you are lying. It can even prove that you, Zhao Xiong, are the murderer! "
This time Zhuangzhuang did not deliberately convert some words into the habit of this world, and it has to be jerky to appear profound, which makes people feel intimidated.
Xu Meiniang's eyes were full of horror, she looked at the knife, "Impossible, there is nothing on it, how could there be fingerprints? Don't use this to deliberately frame it!"
Zhao Xiong's expression also changed dramatically.
"That's why people should read more books at all times, otherwise they will be killed by their own shallowness." Zhuang Zhong smiled very gently, but there was no warmth in his eyes. While talking and putting the magnifying glass on his eyes, Zhao Xiong was shocked by the 'bull's eye' for a moment, and couldn't speak fluently, "This, what is this?"
"Magnifying glass, tsk tsk, you don't even know this? This is the most common of my treasures. Hey, I still don't read too much."
Feng Huan sat in the hall with a suppressed smile watching Zhuang Zhong playing tricks, but after a while he reacted, he didn't know there was such a thing as a magnifying glass, didn't Zhuang Zhong scold him together with him? Feng Huan suddenly felt that he was not well.
There are a bunch of strange utensils in the solemn box, there are several pairs of scissors, and there are some things that don't know what they are at all, which makes Zhao Xiong and Xu Meiniang feel cold when they see it. Zhuang Zhong took out a few strange pieces of paper from the survey box, "This is the fingerprint and palm print card, come here, come here and press it, this is the left hand, this is the right hand, don't make a mistake, the lines on the left and right hands are also different. You should have heard the ballad about fingerprints, one snail is poor and the other snail is rich... "
Zhao Xiong shouted directly, "My lord! Yuan Liangjun was killed by me! I did it alone, please let Meiniang go, she doesn't know anything!"
Xu Meiniang was limp on the ground, her eyes were empty.
Zhao Xiong pleaded guilty, which made Zhuang Zhong heave a sigh of relief. I don't know how many people have touched this knife, and his equipment is insufficient, so it is not easy to collect fingerprints, and it is even more difficult to identify them. That's why he deliberately threatened like this, hoping to save this procedure. He didn't bring many related chemicals, and he couldn't make them himself, so he could save as much as he could.
Zhao Xiong and Xu Meiniang indeed eloped to the capital as just said, and stole a lot of money from the wealthy businessman. Zhao Xiong was a ranger in the past, and he also has some connections. It was to help Xu Meiniang get her household registration again, hide her name, and run away from home. Xu Meiniang also deliberately dressed up completely differently from before to cover it up, and Zhao Xiong also tried not to appear in front of others.
The two of them took the money to open a small restaurant in the capital, and they lived happily ever after. Who knew that Han Chuan entered by accident, heard Xu Meiniang's accent, recognized it as a fellow villager, and laughed and said that he seemed to have seen it somewhere before. Every time he came here, he never paid the bill and forced to pay on credit. This made the couple think that he saw something, so they dared to be so righteous.
Later, seeing Han Chuan becoming more and more arrogant, Xu Meiniang even heard him mention the word "elope" with her classmates, and she was even more frightened. Seeing Han Chuan's growing appetite, this made Zhao Xiong feel malicious. He, Zhao Xionghe, was never afraid of others, besides, this is a bottomless pit, if you want to avoid disaster, let it disappear.
Xu Meiniang extracted Han Chuan's specific residence from Han Chuan's mouth, and Zhao Xiong used the previous courtyard repairs of the Taiyuan College to work as a bricklayer to sneak in and step on the spot. Everything is available, just waiting for the right time. Seeing that Han Chuan had summoned so many people to eat and drink for free this time, Zhao Xiong's heart burned even more crazily, so he took advantage of the chaos and stole the dagger from Han Chuan's body.
That night, he sneaked into Taixue, trying to kill Han Chuan. Just arrived at the door of Han Chuan's house, Tang Baishan next door just pushed the door out, Zhao Xiong rushed into the house and made noise. Tang Baishan was taken aback and questioned, just at this moment Yuan Liangjun turned over again, Zhao Xiong thought that the sound woke Yuan Liangjun up and killed him with a knife.
Originally, Zhao Xiong wanted to kill Han Chuan and let another person in the room be the scapegoat, so that the government would not find him when he came. Now that he killed another one, although he was unwilling, he did not kill Han Chuan. Just tuck the knife into the bedding and leave. He never thought that a knife would leave traces of committing a crime, so he had to absolve him of the crime.
"I, I don't know anything. I just, just said that I look familiar. And I'm only temporarily on credit, and it's not that I don't want to pay back." Han Chuan listened to the whole person and collapsed on the ground, no wonder the proprietress told him every time They were all very enthusiastic, and many conversations with him turned out to be routine. He also pretended to be affectionate and thought that Xu Meiniang had a charming heart for him, but he didn't expect that there were fangs hidden behind his back.
It turned out that everything started because of him, even if he is proved innocent now, it is impossible for him to stay in Taixue any longer, and his future is ruined.
Zhao Xiong and Xu Meiniang didn't like dealing with others because they had something in their hearts, so they didn't know that this was a common virtue of Tai students. A guilty conscience thought that Han Chuan knew something to dare to threaten him so boldly. Otherwise, ordinary literati would pay attention to reputation, and Tai students are not ordinary people, so how could they do such nasty things. In fact, in the final analysis, there is a ghost in the bottom of my heart, so the shadow of a cup bow and a snake.
Zhao Xiong and Xu Meiniang knew the truth at this time and it was irretrievable. They were dead, so they had to be responsible for their actions.
"My lord, this matter has nothing to do with Mei Niang, it's all done by me alone. If you want to punish me, punish me! Whether it's execution by Ling Chi or quartering, I'm willing to bear it." Zhao Xiong kowtowed fiercely on the ground, and his forehead was dyed in a short while. bleeding.
Xu Meiniang quickly grabbed Zhao Xiong and cried, "Zhao Lang, if you die, I won't live."
Zhao Xiong's tears also fell, "Meiniang, I was the one who killed you. If I hadn't been decisive enough to see you marry someone else, how would these things happen. It was me who made you abandon your glory again. Fugui, bumping with me all the way, I can only live in fear for the rest of my life. Now I have caused you to be tainted with right and wrong, I really, really... "
Zhao Xiong slapped himself fiercely, but was stopped by Xu Meiniang.
Xu Meiniang kept shaking her head, "No, no, these are all what I want, as long as I can be with you, no matter how bitter it is, it will be sweet."
Zhao Xiong smiled with tears in his arms and hugged Xu Meiniang, "Meiniang, promise me to live a good life."
Such a scene should be touching and beautiful, but as long as you think of Yuan Liangjun's innocent and tragic death, no one will sympathize. Zhuang Zhong looked even more annoyed, since he was so reluctant, why did he insist on breaking the law and killing people! Could it be that the life of oneself or one's lover is life, and other people's can be ruined at will? Now I know I regret it, why did I go there in the first place!
The gavel sounded, interrupting the lingering relationship between the two.
"The case of Zhao Xiong's murder of Yuan Liangjun, the evidence is solid, and he was sentenced to be executed in autumn. Xu Meiniang collaborated in the crime..."
"My lord!" Zhao Xiong suddenly shouted, "I have something here, and I want to exchange it for Mei Niang's life."
Xu Meiniang was terrified, "Zhao Lang, no."
Zhao Xiong smiled, "Now that we are all like this, why do we have any scruples? If you hand it over, there is still a glimmer of hope. If you don't hand it over, how can you be so fragile and end up in prison."
Feng Huan snorted coldly, "Although Xu Meiniang didn't directly kill Yuan Liangjun, she couldn't escape the responsibility. Although she is not as good as you, it is still a serious crime. If you want to atone for her felony, it depends on whether your things are up to standard."
Zhao Xiong looked confident, "My lord, I stole that rich businessman's money and abducted his concubine, the reason why he dared not report to the officials, only dared to offer a reward in private, was because I had something from him. "