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Chapter 421: The Truth
Although Lin Chuyi didn't like others kneeling to her, after so many years, she had become accustomed to this behavior of the people and stood up to accept the salute.
"Everyone, get up. I just happened to be passing by and I knew someone had reported a crime here, so I came to see what was going on. You can continue with your case."
Lin Chuyi said the first sentence to everyone, but the second sentence was said to Zhang Qin and only one person, which made him feel quite pressured.
"Yes."
Everyone present stood up one after another. At Zhang Qinhe's signal, a smart bailiff immediately brought a chair and placed it in the courtroom. Lin Chuyi did not bother to be polite with them and walked over leisurely to sit down.
Lin Chuyi had gone to the county and prefectural government offices as the eldest princess to listen to the trial process many times in the past few years. They, the low-level officials, had heard about the eldest princess' deeds many times, but this was the first time they witnessed it with their own eyes. They couldn't help but be very alert and wanted to leave a good impression on this legendary princess.
After being interrupted by Lin Chuyi, Liu Sheng had an even worse premonition than before.
Zhang Qinhe returned to his seat, picked up the gavel on the table and slammed it, "Liu Sheng, what do you have to say about Shen Yunniang's accusation?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng knelt down again and replied, "Your Excellency, what Shen Yunniang said is true. Her parents were poisoned to death by me."
When Yagyu said this, everyone who heard it widened their eyes.
No, you didn't even struggle a bit? Although we have the testimony and witnesses, we haven't shown them yet!
Liu Sheng himself was also confused. What was he saying? Why was his mouth not listening to him? He originally wanted to say that what Yunniang said was not true, and that he could not have poisoned her parents. How did it turn out like this?
"No, sir! Please listen to my explanation!" Liu Sheng quickly covered his mouth. Ah! He was going crazy! What he wanted to say just now was to listen to his explanation.
Although Zhang Qinhe didn't know what Liu Sheng was thinking, he thought it was always right to seize the opportunity to win. "Tell me the truth about what happened back then!"
"I was born into a farming family. My family was not well off. After I passed the imperial examination, they could not afford the expenses for me to continue my studies. I thought about getting married to get help. Then I found out that Mr. Shen from the Silk Shop had only one daughter."
"If I can marry his daughter, after they are a hundred years old, all the family property will be mine, and I will have everything I want. Besides, his daughter is pretty, so it's not a bad match for me."
"So I planned to save Mr. Shen, and won the favor of Mr. Shen's only daughter, Shen Yunniang, and naturally became the son-in-law of the Shen family. But I also became a son-in-law of the Shen family. This is different from my original plan. Those two old men actually let me be their son-in-law. Are they worthy?"
"In the Shen Mansion, the servants in the mansion were respectful to me on the surface, but they often laughed at me behind my back for being a gigolo. The fire in my heart was getting more and more intense, but I knew that the more times like this, the more I couldn't be impatient, so I spent three years playing the role of a good son-in-law who was filial to his elders and a gentle and considerate husband."
"After I had completely established my foothold in the Shen family and gained a certain amount of real power, I secretly bribed the second steward of the mansion and worked with him to poison Mr. Shen and Madam Shen."
"We use a chronic poison that won't show up quickly, but it will cause organ failure. It will only take three months to send the person to hell, and no trace of poison will be discovered."
"After the two elders passed away, Shen Yunniang didn't hand over the family business to me. She managed the Shen family's property by herself. As a result, she soon fell ill due to overwork. I asked the doctor to tell Shen Yunniang that she had a physical defect and would not be able to have children in this life, so that she would feel that she owed me."
"The better I treated her, the more she felt sorry for me. To make up for it and to recover from her illness, she gradually handed over the Shen family's business to me."
"So I gradually took control of the entire Shen family's assets, and all the people in the mansion were replaced by my people. Even the plaque became the Liu Mansion. She stayed in bed all day to recuperate and knew nothing about it."
"In fact, there are many more things she doesn't know. I'm not afraid of him asking the doctor for advice, because it's a fact that she can't have children. But it's not because of her physical defect, but because I gave her a sterilizing drug the day after we got married. Since my child can't have my surname, there's no need for him to be born."
"You are a beast worse than an animal!" Madam Shen couldn't bear it any longer, so she stepped forward and slapped Liu Sheng's face several times. She was still not satisfied and wanted to hit him again.
Lin Chuyi turned around and looked at the county magistrate Zhang Qinhe. The county magistrate Zhang Qinhe couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned a blind eye and pretended not to see Madam Shen's behavior of disrupting the court and didn't intend to intervene.
As a result, after receiving a signal from Lin Chuyi, he quickly slammed the gavel and shouted, "Don't be so presumptuous in the court! Someone, quickly pull Shen Yunniang away, Liu Sheng, you continue talking."
The runners in the hall heard everything Liu Sheng said clearly, and they also felt that Liu Sheng was a good-for-nothing. So when they stepped forward to pull him away, they secretly hit him with their own water and fire sticks.
Liu Sheng felt bitter. These words were really not what he meant, but he just couldn't control his mouth. Once he opened his mouth, he could only tell the truth.
"After I completely took control of the Shen family, I divorced Shen Yunniang on the pretext of having no children. I threw her into the woodshed and left her to fend for herself. Later, my new wife scratched her face and sold her to a man."
"I originally wanted to kill her to prevent future troubles, but then I thought about how sick she was and how her face was ruined. I guess she wouldn't live long, so I let her go for the sake of our relationship as husband and wife. I didn't expect that I would leave her with troubles, and in the end, it ended up hurting me."
Everyone in the hall was disgusted by Yagyu's cold-blooded face and bad behavior.
Under Zhang Qinhe's questioning, Liu Sheng also admitted many other crimes. Ever since he killed someone, he liked the pleasure of dominating other people's lives and used similar dirty tricks in the business world.
Based on Liu Sheng's confession, the yamen runners found the poison that Liu Sheng had hidden in the mezzanine of the cabinet in the study in the front yard of Liu's mansion. After examination by the doctor, it was confirmed that it was a chronic poison, which confirmed that Liu Sheng's confession in court was true.
Zhang Qinhe immediately ordered people to investigate the causes of death of the multiple names provided by Liu Sheng. It turned out that the causes of death of those people were different, but because there were problems with their own organs and a complete disease process, their families did not find anything fishy.