After returning home, the Crown Princess can no longer hide her vest!

Chapter 298 Unjustly Accused
Yu Linlang went out to greet him with a half-smile, "Oh, what brings Lord Huo here?"

Huo Zeyuan had worked with her for many days and was already familiar with her teasing tone.

After paying his respects in a serious manner, Huo Zeyuan spoke in a deep voice, "Lord Yuhu, this time the Demon Suppression Division has taken over all the affairs of Jingzhao Prefecture. Your Majesty is worried that there will not be enough manpower, so he ordered us to continue working with you until the governor of Junzhou returns to Beijing to take up his post."

The emperor has some conscience! Yu Linlang hummed in her heart, pretending to be polite on the surface, "Thank you very much in this case."

"It's just right. Lord Huo can go to Beishan with Tengshe. Even if we can't capture Yingui, it will be helpful to find out his whereabouts."

"Okay." Huo Zeyuan agreed without saying much.

After they left, the clerks of Jingzhao Prefecture also started to organize the files.

Yu Linlang followed her uncle and his entourage to a prison with a big hole in it.

Ximen Bugui looked at the hole and sighed, "It's been a whole night. Why leave it there instead of hiring someone to fix it?"

The jailer replied tremblingly, "We have already found a craftsman yesterday, and they said they will repair it before tonight."

"Repair it properly!" Ximen Bugui looked worried, "If it doesn't work, just build another wall outside to reinforce it! Do you still need me to teach you this?"

The jailer shook his head repeatedly, then nodded heavily, "Yes, yes, I can save myself the trouble."

"Have you found the source of the refined iron?"

"Yes, there are several suspects."

Ximen Bugui nodded and looked at Lei Bao who followed closely. "Okay, hand over those suspicious people to Lord Lei Bao."

"Yes Yes."

After everyone went about their business and left, Ximen Bugui finally shed a tear and cried pitifully, "Huhu, look at how busy my uncle is every day. His old waist can hardly stand up straight. Oh my."

Yu Linlang reached out and helped him walk out. "Then you go back and rest first, leave this to us."

Ximen Bugui patted Yu Linlang's hand vigorously and answered quickly, "Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll go back and lie down. I'll pack some food for dinner and come over to see you."

Chi Tu twitched his lips, looked at the old man's swift figure, shook his head and scolded with a smile, "You are the one who pampers him. Look at his legs and feet, he doesn't look like his waist is weak at all."

Yu Linlang laughed, "We only have this one funny uncle, so we'll just spoil him."

As soon as the two men came out of the prison, they saw an old woman sliding down from a cart. There was a wooden board tied to each of her palms. She slid over quickly and cried as soon as she saw people. "Sir, sir, my daughter-in-law is innocent. She is innocent. When can you release her?"

"Hey, old woman, why are you here again? Why don't you take her away quickly..." The jailer thought to himself that the old woman really knew how to pick the time to cause trouble!
"Stop!" Chi Tu shouted, and walked forward with Yu Linlang, "What's going on?"

"Sir." The jailer bowed obediently, "This is the mother-in-law of the criminal Li Cuihua."

“Sir! Sir.” The old woman shouted in shock, slid over and kowtowed to Yulin and Langchitu, “Sir, my daughter-in-law Li Cuihua is innocent, innocent! She didn’t kill anyone, and she definitely wouldn’t kill anyone!”

"Don't be anxious, grandma. It's okay to talk slowly." Yu Linlang waved her hand and asked Xiaogu and the others to help the old lady sit down on a stone bench nearby.

Behind the old woman were two women in their thirties, who looked quite nervous.

"Who are you to my mother-in-law?" "I, we..." A woman had just said a few words when she was pulled by another woman with a flowered headscarf, and she quickly shut up.

The woman with the flowered headscarf bowed and saluted, "Your Excellency, I am a neighbor of Granny Li's family."

The old woman wiped her tears and said, "Sir, these two are my neighbors, Aunt Cai and Aunt Da Zhuang. These days, after my daughter-in-law was imprisoned, they helped and took care of us two grandparents."

Yu Linlang nodded and asked about her mother-in-law's family. She learned that since Li Cuihua went to prison, she and her eight-year-old grandson Douzi were the only ones left at home.

"I heard from people outside that the foolish old man in the yamen was imprisoned, and His Majesty the Emperor sent several honest judges to handle the matter. So I thought my daughter-in-law might be saved. That's why I asked the neighbors to send me here..." The old woman began to cry.

"Sir, my daughter-in-law won't kill anyone. She's just a bit of a talker. We are an orphan, a widow, and three generations of grandparents. If my daughter-in-law wasn't a bit of a talker, we would have been skinned and eaten by others long ago."

"It's all my fault. I allowed her to be aggressive and fierce to others so that others wouldn't bully us. If I had known what would happen today, I should have restrained my daughter-in-law. I've ruined her."

Yu Linlang took the tea handed over by the servant and brought it to the old woman. "Don't worry, mother-in-law. I have already taken a rough look at the case file. If there are any doubts in this case, I will investigate it again in detail. It mainly depends on how the autopsy goes. Don't worry, the government will check it out clearly."

"Were you present when the incident happened, mother-in-law?"

"I was there, we were all there. Granny Li was unable to move around easily so she stayed in the house and didn't come out, but we all saw what happened." The woman with the flowered headscarf nodded repeatedly.

"The case file says that he was beaten to death. What was the situation at the time?"

"Oh my." The woman with the flowery headscarf stamped her feet repeatedly. "Sister Cuihua is just a big talker, but she actually has a kind heart."

"At first they were just arguing at the door, they didn't really fight! They were arguing for half an hour, yelling at each other. Then I don't know why, they suddenly started fighting. What can happen when women fight? They just pull each other's hair and push each other, and at most they'll just slap each other and that's it."

"But for some reason, Qian Maojia suddenly collapsed, convulsed all over, and foamed at the mouth. It was so scary."

Yu Linlang frowned and thought for a moment, "Then what?"

"Then we rushed her to a nearby clinic for treatment. The doctor said she died from a fight and reported the case to the police."

"In fact, they just pushed each other a few times. I don't know why Qian Mao suddenly fell to the ground. Usually, she would be fine even if her husband beat her like that..."

Yu Linlang raised her eyebrows, "Do they often fight as a couple?"

"I beat him a little bit every day, and a big bit every three days. All the neighbors know about it."

"Okay, we will send people to the neighborhood to investigate. You can send grandma back first." Yu Linlang glanced at the old woman and whispered to comfort her, "Grandma, don't worry. Go back and take care of Douzi first, okay? I promise you that within three days, I will give you a result no matter what."

"Sir." The old woman wanted to grab her hand, but when she saw the wooden board tied to her palm, she silently retracted it.

Yu Linlang held her arm with her backhand, smiled, and said firmly, "I promise."

After seeing off Granny Li and her group, the jailers tensed up and lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

"Where is the body?"

"Yi...Yi Zhuang."