Wife is hell

Chapter 22 Wu Possesses Defense

Most eye-catching?

A place where everyone can see it?

Hearing Jiang Mu's words, everyone present was completely bewildered, looking around the room and examining the surroundings.

where?
Why can't we see it?
Tang Jinxian felt inexplicably annoyed, as if she appeared fierce and brainless in front of Jiang Mu.

She asked impatiently, "Where exactly is it?"

Jiang Mu ignored her, his gaze fixed on Wu: "Young Master Wu, you seem a little scared?"

Wu, recovering from his earlier loss of composure, sneered, "Afraid? Why should I be afraid? That's absurd!"

"Fine, still being stubborn, huh?"

Jiang Mu smiled and said, "I analyzed the murderer's personality before. A person who has been under the strict discipline and physical punishment of his elders for many years has an extremely repressed inner self, which eventually leads to his distortion."

Wu, you must hate your mother very much, right? Besides hatred, what else is there? Is it fear? Or something else...?

"Nonsense!"

Wu's neck veins bulged.

"Since childhood, I, Wu, have only known to uphold 'filial piety'! My mother raised me with great difficulty and her kindness to me is as heavy as a mountain, why should I hate her!?"

Jiang Mu listened quietly until he finished speaking, then continued:
"It was this unvented hatred that gave rise to your twisted desire for revenge. Since you dared not resist her, you transferred this malice to women who resembled your mother but were powerless to resist."

"Shut up!"

"You pulled out the victim's fingernails partly to satisfy your twisted 'collecting desire' and sense of control. On the other hand, subconsciously, you wanted to use this method to humiliate your mother..."

"Shut up! Shut up!"

Wu's eyes were bloodshot, and he struggled even more violently.

If he hadn't been held back by the guards, he probably would have pounced on them long ago.

Jiang Mu's gaze swept over the string of Buddhist beads on Madam Wu's wrist, and finally settled on the small Buddha statue on the incense table that had been wiped spotless.

He stepped forward and picked up the Buddha statue.

Jiang Mu said to himself:

"You placed them in the most conspicuous place, which is also the most sacred and inviolable place in your mother's heart, to secretly humiliate them."

In this way, when your mother devoutly worships Buddha every day, she unknowingly burns incense and prays before these blood-stained pieces of evidence of sin, thus satisfying your distorted mentality.

Buddha statue!

Everyone suddenly realized.

During the previous search, because Madam Wu was a devout Buddhist, no one touched the Buddha statue out of respect; they only searched the surrounding area.

The Buddha statue is hollow inside.

Jiang Mu slowly took out a paper package from the bottom of the Buddha statue.

At this moment, the room was completely silent.

Madam Wu was dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning.

Wu Ze's face turned ashen.

As the paper package was opened, pieces of blood-stained fingernails came into view.

In a daze, everyone could imagine how much pain the victims must have suffered before they died when those fingernails were forcibly pulled out.

"brute!"

Tang Jinxian was furious and rushed forward, kicking Wu.

Wu vomited bile and collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Mu walked up to Wu and looked at him with pity:
"From childhood to adulthood, I never had a say in what I wanted to do. How I ate, how much I ate, what books I read, and until what time of night I was allowed to read them, and I wasn't allowed to play with the things I liked."

They were forbidden from making friends, and even from glancing at the girl next door...

Even the number of copper coins one could carry, the time one had to go to bed each night, and the sleeping position were all strictly regulated…

With each word Jiang Mu spoke, the veins on Wu's forehead throbbed.

You hate her, wishing you could devour her flesh. Yet you also fear her, like a mouse before a cat, not daring to cross the line even a step.

But the most tragic thing is that under this extreme repression, you develop a twisted and complex feeling towards the person who controls everything about you…

"Shut up!!"

Wu stared wide-eyed, his eyes bloodshot, trying to rush forward, but was held firmly back by the guards.

Madam Wu cried out in anguish, "My son, what has happened?"

Wu turned his head and glared at her.

As he stared, he suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, like a madman:
"Are you satisfied?"

"You shameless woman! Are you satisfied now? Huh?! Aren't you?!" "This is the obedient son you wanted?! This is the good son you raised?!"

"Is this what you wanted? Huh?!"

"You bitch, I hate you! I hate you!"

"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

Wu, who was pinned to the ground, was in tears. His eyes showed disgust and hatred, but also other emotions.

A distorted emotion.

Madam Wu stood frozen in shock, staring at the completely unfamiliar son before her, and retreated in terror, crying out, "No...you're not my son...you're not my child..."

The people inside the room had mixed feelings.

Unexpectedly, this Wu was actually one of the murderers.

Tang Jinxian was initially worried that Wu would be desperate and reveal that she had been Jiang Mu's dog in the cave, but seeing his crazy appearance, she was no longer worried.

At this point, no one would believe anything Wu said.

That guy is a madman.

"The young man is still too young and can't handle excitement."

Jiang Mu shook his head, then looked at Yan Qingshan, who remained expressionless, and said calmly, "Master Yan, things have come to this point, do you still want to take full responsibility and protect him?"

Before Yan Qingshan could speak, Madam Wu rushed over and started punching and hitting him, but was pulled away by the guards.

Madam Wu glared resentfully at Yan Qingshan:
"You ruined my son! You must have corrupted him! Yan Qingshan, you beast!"

"No, it must be you who threatened my son! Yes, it must be you who threatened him and made him do evil!"
"Yan Qingshan, tell me, isn't this true?! Back then, you killed your own wife for that vixen! Now, you want to harm my son too! You beast!"

Jiang Mu looked coldly at the hysterical woman, his heart filled with disgust.

Even now, she still refuses to admit that Wu, this psychologically twisted demon, was created by her suffocating desire for control over the years.

Yan Qingshan glanced at the deranged Wu, sighed softly, and said:

“That’s right, I was the one who instigated it. Wu was bewitched. He didn’t abuse or assault those women at all. It was me who did it.”

"Did you hear that!? Did you all hear that!?"

As if grasping at a straw, Mrs. Wu shouted excitedly, "It was all his doing! My son was forced into it! My son didn't harm anyone! He didn't kill anyone!"

Jiang Mu frowned.

Yan Qingshan was not lying about this.

The autopsy results clearly showed that the assaults and whip marks were all inflicted by the left-handed man.

Although Wu Chong was the owner of the spirit object, he remained an observer and did not directly participate in the violence.

It's unclear whether this situation will lead to a lighter sentence for Wu.

If that were true, it would be the greatest injustice to the deceased, and just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted.

Tang Jinxian said coldly, "No matter how Yan Qingshan tries to take the blame, he is the main culprit who used spiritual objects to harm people. His crime is unforgivable, and the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty will convict him."

Madam Wu ignored all of this and, with tears streaming down her face, cried out to Wu:

"Don't be afraid, son, your mother will definitely save you! Your mother will immediately petition the court and His Majesty. Your father rendered meritorious service to the country, and His Majesty will surely show leniency. You have done nothing wrong..."

Tang Jinxian could no longer bear it: "Those innocent women who were tortured and killed, did they do something wrong?"

Madam Wu cried out like a shrew:

"They're dead! The dead can't be brought back to life! Must my son pay with his life before this is over? He's my only son! He was just confused for a moment, he's still just a child!"

Tang Jinxian was utterly too lazy to argue with this unreasonable woman and sternly gave the order:
"Take all the criminals away!"

Tang Jinxian refused to believe that she couldn't kill this beast.

After dealing with the criminals, she turned to Jiang Mu, her gaze softening considerably: "Mu Jiang, you did well. Once this case is concluded, I will certainly report the truth to the emperor and recommend you for commendation."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu immediately bowed, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and loudly proclaimed:
"The case was solved entirely thanks to your strategic planning, sir. If you hadn't already foreseen the suspicious circumstances and secretly laid out plans, ordering me to monitor suspicious individuals and search for key evidence, and also sending me to thoroughly investigate the Wu residence, how could I have made these discoveries?"

Everything was under your command, sir. I merely followed your orders and did my utmost. I dare not claim any credit.

The other officers from the surrounding patrol station looked at Tang Jinxian with varying expressions.

There was admiration, fear, and deep thought.

Deep down, many people still don't want to believe that an unknown young constable could be the key to solving the case.

It is more likely that An Chenghu was guiding her from behind the scenes, or that Tang Jinxian herself was exceptionally capable.

Regardless, this case has established Tang Jinxian's authority as the new head of the department, enough to silence many skeptics.

Hearing Jiang Mu's flattery, Tang Jinxian's lips curved upwards.

To be honest, it felt pretty good to be licked by this kid.

(End of this chapter)