After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 399 Murder and Silence

The Feng family was taken back to Jingzhao Prefecture.

With such an obvious punishment from heaven as thunder, even if the Feng family wanted to defend themselves, it would be unreasonable.

The prefect of Jingzhao felt that he had never handled such a simple case before. When Xiao He and Feng were struck by lightning, there were too many people who saw it, and all of them were witnesses.

The prefect of Jingzhao had received instructions from the emperor early in the morning that he should handle the Gu family case carefully and not wrongly accuse a good person, nor let a bad person go. At this time, he slammed the gavel and threatened to torture her, and little He was panicked and at a loss.

It didn't take long for Xiao He to tell the truth of the matter clearly.

Feng Sheng was more knowledgeable than the women in the inner house. He wanted to deny it, but Xiao He confessed too quickly and thoroughly, and he did not have time to clean up a lot of evidence. After the officials checked one by one, it was confirmed that Feng Sheng and Xiao He conspired to murder.

"It's a pity that this man is an official. He even poisoned his own wife to death. He is so evil!"

"Mrs. He gave birth to daughters one after another and did not allow him to take a concubine, so he hooked up with his sister-in-law. This sister-in-law was also a worthless person. Her own sister took her in out of kindness, but she turned around and poisoned her sister with her brother-in-law."

The nature of the Feng family's case was extremely bad. Feng Sheng was a court official, but he broke the law knowingly. After the prefect of Jingzhao reported to the emperor, the emperor personally ordered and sentenced Feng Sheng and Xiao He to death by hanging.

Originally, when the matter was exposed, Feng Sheng had prepared to be exiled thousands of miles away. Although he killed his wife, he thought that the court would most likely turn a blind eye to him because of his official status. However, who would have thought that because it involved the Gu family and because the incident caused such a big stir in the capital, the emperor would actually punish him severely.

"Sir! I have something else to say! I want to report to His Majesty!" When Feng Sheng thought about the fact that he was going to lose his life, he no longer cared about anything and wanted to tell everyone everything he knew.

As for his family? Feng Sheng only had his mother and four daughters. In his eyes, these people were not as important as his own life. If the person behind the scenes wanted to harm him, he could do so. He had to survive anyway.

The prefect of Jingzhao did not expect Feng Sheng to suddenly cause such a scene.

"Mr. Feng, do you have anything else to confess?" asked the prefect of Jingzhao.

Feng Sheng looked at the bustling crowd outside the gate of the Jingzhao government office. He had originally wanted to talk about it in private, but now he thought he might as well take advantage of the crowd to make things clear so that the person behind the scenes would not dare to touch him.

He said loudly: "Although I conspired with Little He to murder Big He, I was also instructed by someone! Someone wanted me to frame the Gu family and cause trouble for them!"

The prefect of Jingzhao had met with the emperor a few days ago. He knew better than anyone that the emperor was asking him to do his job impartially on the surface, but in fact the emperor was clearly biased towards the Gu family.

Now that the Gu family is involved, he has no choice but to be cautious.

No one expected that the case, which had already been settled, would be in turmoil again. The prefect of Jingzhao immediately said, "Who is behind this? Tell the truth!"

In the noisy crowd outside the Jingzhao government office, there was a short, ordinary-looking middle-aged man who was holding a bag of candies in his hand and was eating them with relish, but he quietly squeezed out of the crowd.

The common people who were crowded around to watch the fun didn't care at all that someone left. Although they looked at the man a little more because he was limping, they were more happy that there was one more empty seat.

"My superior, Lord Lu Longlu!" Feng Sheng said loudly.

The prefect of Jingzhao felt overwhelmed, and a court official was involved. Obviously, this matter was not suitable for ordinary people to hear, so he hurriedly ordered the officials beside him to close the door of the yamen.

The people who were clamoring at the gate of the government office were immediately dissatisfied: "What can't we see? Why are we closing the gate?"

However, they only dared to speak in the crowd because of their numbers. The officials came over with sticks, and the group of people immediately retreated faster than anyone else. The prefect of Jingzhao looked at Gu Mingda who was waiting on the side and said in a soothing tone: "Master Gu, I will ask someone to invite Master Lu Long to come over for questioning. Please be patient."

Gu Mingda cupped his hands and said, "I am naturally very confident in your work, but I don't know how I have offended Lord Lu Longlu. I am afraid there are people hiding behind him. In order to prevent him from being killed, please invite a few more people."

At the same time, in the Ministry of Works, Lu Long was busy handling official business. He heard his subordinates discussing Feng Sheng being struck by lightning and the fact that he had murdered his wife.

"Who would have thought that Feng Sheng looked like a decent person, but was actually such a person worse than pigs and dogs."

"Just because his wife can't give birth to a child, why can't he just take his sister-in-law as a concubine? Why does he have to go to the point of killing his wife? If his wife really doesn't want to, he should show his manliness and let her know who is the head of the family!"

Lu Long felt very annoyed after listening to these words. He always felt that these words seemed to be directed at him. He now just hoped that Feng Sheng would keep his mouth shut and not involve him.

"Sir Lu, there is someone looking for you outside the door. It's a little boy. He said something happened at your home." A clerk suddenly came to report.

When Lu Long heard this, he didn't think much about it. He walked outside the Ministry of Industry. He didn't see the child, but instead saw a familiar figure standing on the street corner from a distance.

After getting closer, he saw that the man seemed to be chewing something in his mouth. Lu Long was secretly amazed. This Mr. Wu was eating Baiweifang candy almost every time they met.

"Mr. Wu, why are you here? Is there anything you want to tell me?" Lu Long asked, cupping his hands.

It’s not that he wanted to be polite to this man who had no official rank, but the person this man represented was also the one who promoted him to his current position.

The man he called Mr. Wu nodded casually and said, "My Lord has something to tell you, but it's not convenient to talk about it here. Please follow me."

Lu Long immediately followed the short man who was limping and entered an alley near the Ministry of Industry.

When the officials from Jingzhao Prefecture arrived at the Ministry of Works, they received the news that Lu Long had just left.

"He said his family came to look for him, and then he left. It took about an incense stick of time."

"Lord Lu has always been devoted to his work. Even if he really wants to go home, he has to ask for leave from his superiors. He rarely goes out on his own. This is really strange."

The police were still questioning low-ranking officials of the Ministry of Works when suddenly screams were heard outside the Ministry's yamen.

"Dead! Dead!"

Hearing this sound, everyone immediately squeezed out.

"He was wearing an official robe, and the dead man was an official! He was a senior official in the Ministry of Works. I've seen him before!"

The officers followed the shouting crowd to a small alley not far from the Ministry of Works.

This was a dead end alley. Lu Long, who was wearing an official robe, was lying at the end of the alley. His whole body was in a pool of blood. There was a wound on his neck. At this moment, his eyes were wide open, and he looked like he was dying with his eyes open.

(End of this chapter)