After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 160 Cheng Haoran will go to Beijing to plead guilty on his own
The Minister of Punishment glanced at him sideways, "Not everyone can afford a mutton-fat jade pendant. What's more, it has the word 'sixteen' engraved on it. Cheng Haoran ranks among the grandchildren of the Cheng family. Sixteen, right?”

When Mr. Cheng was about to deny it, the emperor spoke: "Jiang Hai, go and check whether this jade pendant belongs to Cheng Haoran."

Of course, there is nothing the emperor wants to investigate that cannot be uncovered.

Within three days, the past and present life of the open-carved unicorn jade pendant were thoroughly investigated. Where did the original stone come from, who carved it, and how did it end up in Cheng Haoran's hands...

Everything was clearly wrong, and the results were placed on the emperor's desk.

At this point, Cheng Haoran's guilt has basically been established, and there is no room for quibbles.

However, at this time, things suddenly changed.

Master Cheng brought another government official to court to confront Zhang San.

That yamen servant was none other than one of Zhang San's subordinates, Liu Quan.

I had followed him to Cheng Haoran's private residence to investigate the case before.

Liu Quan: "I remember clearly that at that time we only dug out 22 female corpses from under the flower beds, and there was no Fan Liniang at all."

Zhang San stared at him in disbelief, "Liu Quan, how dare you lie in front of the emperor! It was clearly 23 at that time——"

Master Cheng: "Zhang San! How can you be allowed to make noise here in the court hall?"

He turned and handed over to the emperor: "Your Majesty, according to what Liu Quan said, they only dug out 22 female corpses from the Cheng family courtyard at that time, and there were no corpses of No. 20 and three Fan Liniang.

"It can be seen that Fan Liniang's body was sneaked in behind Zhang San in order to frame Cheng Haoran!

"I don't know who would deliberately frame me, Mrs. Cheng, here. Please ask the emperor to clear my grievances, Mrs. Cheng!"

Master Cheng knelt down and pleaded with tears in his eyes, which sounded so sad.

As soon as he knelt down, the other courtiers also knelt down.

Only three people were still standing.

One of these three people was the Minister of Punishment, who was born in the Pei family. He was an upright man and always enforced the law impartially, regardless of whether the prisoner was a member of a noble family or a commoner.

The other two were veterans who had followed the emperor to conquer the country. They were from civilian backgrounds and had always sided with the emperor.

The emperor looked at the ministers kneeling below him, with anger hidden in his eyes.

Where are these people pleading?It was clear that he was coercing the crowd to force him.

The Minister of Punishment: "Master Cheng, no matter what Zhang San said before, you asked him to provide evidence. Now, why do you just believe what Liu Quan said? Why don't you let him provide evidence?

"How do you know what he says is true? Or do you believe it, regardless of whether it is true or false, as long as it is beneficial to you, the Cheng family?

"This is a murder case involving more than 20 lives. It's not just a few empty words that can be used as testimony."

Then he asked Liu Quan in a deep voice: "You said that only 22 female corpses were dug out at that time. Is there any evidence?"

Liu Quan glanced at Zhang San, and that glance made Zhang San's back feel cold and the hair on his hair stood up.

"Sir, of course the common people have evidence, and Peng Wuzuo from Qingyuan County can testify for the common people.

"At that time, after we dug out the 22 female corpses, we transported them back to the county government morgue and handed them over to Peng Wuzuo for autopsy. He naturally knew whether they were 22 or 23."

Emperor: "Xuan Peng Wu Zuo."

*
Qingyuan County, Mapo Town.

Today is the market day that happens every ten days. Villagers from all over the country will bring their local specialties to the town to sell.

The town was busier than usual.

Lin Xi was being held by Lin Chunniang's hand and was choosing at a stall selling piglets.

Lin Ji consumes a lot of ingredients every day, including flour, chicken, fish, pork...

Lin Chunniang planned to buy a few piglets and raise them. When they are fattened, they can be supplied to her own store without spending any more money.

"Xibao, see which ones you like, let's buy them all."

Lin Chunniang had trouble choosing as she picked over and over. She really didn't know which piglets to choose. They all looked chubby and lively.

In the makeshift pig pen, little black piglets were humming and squawking inside.

Lin Xi remembered that when she was taking a cooking class in the system space, the teacher played a pig documentary for her.It is said that all pigs in ancient times were black, and it was not until the 50s that white-skinned pigs from abroad were introduced.

It also mentioned that pigs in ancient times were fishy and slutty, and were not popular with people.

It was not until later that someone discovered that after the pigs were gelded, the pork no longer smelled fishy, ​​that pork became popular.

Here, the method of grooming pigs has been discovered and popularized, so pork is still very popular.

It’s just that there are still many people who don’t like eating offal.

People at that time believed that pig offal contained toxins and would be poisoned if eaten. Only those who had no food to eat would eat pig offal.

Lin Xi pointed with her little finger, "Sister, buy these."

She seemed to be pointing casually, but in fact, she secretly used her mental power to scan all the piglets in the pig pen. The piglets she pointed out were all in the best condition.

Lin Chunniang had no objections and immediately paid the bill and took the three little piglets home.

After arriving home, she quickly placed the piglets, and Lin Chunniang returned to the store in the town.

Today was a market day, and there were a lot of people coming to the town to buy things. The business in the store was much better than usual, so she had to go back to help quickly.

Lin Xi stayed at home.

Holding a candy man in her little hand, she walked slowly to the small garden at the back, climbed onto the swing chair, and lay down.

She drew the picture of the swing chair, and Lin Dayou and Sanfu made it for her together.

She loves sitting here.

The sky above our heads is blue, clear and smooth, like a huge crystal candy.

Lin Xi licked the candy man in her hand.

On the left side of the swing chair is a pink cherry blossom tree, and on the right side is a delicate peach blossom. When the warm wind blows, the petals will fall on her head and body.

The breath of spring permeates the whole body.

She didn't brush the petals off her body, but picked them up and put them in her mouth, chewed them, and swallowed them.

It was like taking a taste of spring.

Xiaoyun gently pushed the swing chair, and Lin Xi lay on it and swayed, as if she had returned to the scene when she was just a few months old, lying in the cradle.

In such a comfortable atmosphere, Lin Xi easily became sleepy.

When he was about to fall into sleep, "Gu Gu Gu——"

Lin Xi opened her eyes and saw a dove standing on her chest.

"Xiaobai, you are here."

"Xiaobai" is the name she gave to the pigeon.

She stretched out her hand, her white and tender hands were pink in the sun, and the pigeon rubbed her palm affectionately.

Lin Xi pretended to take out food from her purse, but actually took out food from her pocket to feed it.

After Xiaobai had eaten and drank enough, she took out the letter from the thin bamboo tube on its foot.

"...One of Zhang San's government servants, named Liu Quan, gave false testimony to the Cheng family... Zhang San's testimony was overturned. The Cheng family seized on the flaw to fight back, and in turn slandered Zhang San to frame Cheng Haoran.

"The case was in a stalemate for a while. Under pressure from the courtiers, the emperor had to issue an order giving Zhang thirty days to find evidence, otherwise he would be found guilty of false accusation..."

After reading Lin Wushang's letter, Lin Xi played with the knife he gave her and fell into thought.

Since we have already made enemies with the Cheng family, we naturally have to suppress the Cheng family completely so that they cannot stand up.

In this case, we cannot let the Cheng family succeed and overturn the case for Cheng Haoran.

But in just ten days, what key evidence can be found to prove that Cheng Haoran killed the person?
Got it!

Lin Xi's eyes lit up and she wrote a reply to Lin Wushang: "You are holding your ground for the time being. In a few days, Cheng Haoran will go to Beijing to plead guilty. Then I will see how the Cheng family can still quibble."

(End of this chapter)