12dz Chapter 132 Haunted
Chapter 132 Haunted
Thinking of the time when Yuan Fang was with him, Mr. Yuan was extremely distressed.
He was depressed all day long. He stopped reading and working, and even couldn't eat. He drank every day. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a walking corpse.
He knew that Yuan Fang was extremely conflicted during that period.
Thinking of Sun Xiaoyue, his heart ached.
Thinking of his teacher Sun Zhang, he felt guilty about his teacher's kindness and felt that he was just a superficial person. His entire faith collapsed.
I was depressed for a while.
Suddenly one day, he told Uncle Yuan that he wanted to go to Beijing to study!
Seeing that his son's spirit had suddenly returned to his former state, Mr. Yuan thought that everything had improved and was happy, so he agreed to his son's request.
Who would have thought that after this farewell, there would be no news from her son again.
Last year, I finally got some news about my son, but what I heard was his death. His wife also died of depression.
Jiang Xing looked at Old Man Yuan. "So, what you're saying is that Yuan Fang came to the capital for Sun Xiaoyue, and that he came to the capital to get her money back and seek justice for her?"
Old Man Yuan nodded, looking off into the distance with a melancholy look in his eyes, tears welling up in his eyes. "He's a man of justice, and having been educated, he believes the world is a bright and just place, and that justice prevails. So, he came straight to the capital, filled with passion!"
"After arriving in Beijing, he entered the Ji family, and the person he was looking for was Ji Cheng!"
Mr. Yuan's eyes suddenly turned into resentment, and the story behind it suddenly came to an abrupt end here.
After listening to this, Lu Xuan stared at Jiang Xing with a questioning look.
She wanted to know whether what Mr. Yuan said was true.
Jiang Xing immediately understood what she meant.
He nodded slightly in her direction.
Then he thought for a moment, smiled sarcastically, and shook his head.
Lu Xuan's heart skipped a beat.
Jiang Xing couldn't tell whether it was true or false?
Lu Xuan finally understood the difficulty of this case and the difficulty of whether Mr. Yuan could become a key witness!
The reason why Mr. Yuan's lawsuit failed was because he believed his son was motivated by righteousness, wanting to save Miss Sun from suffering and to persuade his teacher to repent. His main goal was to recover the 100,000 taels he had used to buy the official position and return to redeem Sun Xiaoyue.
But Ji Cheng was extremely cunning. He had the eight hundred taels as evidence of Yuan Fang's bribery. As long as Yuan Fang dared to sue, the Ji family would say that Yuan Fang also wanted to buy an official position.
Moreover, the Ji family has such power in the court that as long as Yuan Fang or Old Man Yuan sues them, it will be like killing one thousand enemies and losing twelve thousand of their own.
The key point is to find out whether Yuan Fang really wants to be an undercover agent beside Ji Cheng, or whether he really wants to buy an official position!
If Jiang Xing doesn't figure it out, and brings Old Man Yuan to the court as a witness, it is very likely that he will be in trouble.
If this point is judged differently, it will lead to life or death, two completely different results.
Jiang Xing's eyes were fixed on Old Man Yuan's face. "According to my people, Yuan Fang is a genius. His abilities far surpass those of his teacher, Sun Zhang. He is well-known in Huangzhou City."
"There's a good story in Huangzhou City. It's said that the county magistrate before Sun Zhang was in office for three years but did nothing. He always procrastinated and resolved every problem. It was Yuan Fang who always helped the people in need, avoiding offending either side and secretly offering advice to the county government."
He paused. "After Sun Zhang ascended to power, many of his initiatives were inspired by Yuan Fang's earlier actions. Such a respected genius, born to be an official, whose own teacher even chose to buy an official position, how could he be content with remaining unknown?"
Old Man Yuan was speechless. He had thought that after meeting Prince Jin, things would be different from before and everything would become hopeful.
However, after sitting there for less than half an hour, the familiar feeling of powerlessness came back.
He hung his head, looking dejected and listless.
Although Lu Xuan could understand Mr. Yuan's current mood, he had to admit that Jiang Xing's thoughts were correct.
She has lived two lives as a human and a ghost, and has seen all kinds of people. No matter whether they are from the top or the bottom, as long as they are human beings, there is no difference in their hearts.
Are there saints in the world?
Of course there are.
But since ancient times, they have been as rare as the morning stars.
Lu Xuan's eyes moved to the booklet of evidence that Old Man Yuan had brought over. "Old Man, where did you get this evidence?"
Only then did Old Man Yuan regain his wandering thoughts: "My son Yuan Fang left it outside the Ji family's manor at the foot of Qingxiu Mountain. I went to find him."
Lu Xuan's heart moved.
"How could it be outside that manor? It's so hidden, how did you know about it?"
Suddenly, Mr. Yuan's eyes rolled around, and he stammered twice, looking a little hesitant.
After a while, he said, "I told you that Yuan Fang told me, but you definitely won't believe me."
Unexpectedly, Lu Xuan immediately responded solemnly: "I believe it!"
Old Man Yuan finally spoke, "At that time, I searched all the way to the capital for Yuan Fang, and finally found out that he was from the Ji family. It took a lot of time to find a servant of the Ji family who knew him. After careful investigation, I finally learned that he went to the Ji family's villa in Qingxiu Mountain, and no one has seen him since. The Ji family's steward said that Fang'er had a sudden illness and died."
Old Man Yuan wiped his face with his rough hands, hiding the tears that were unconsciously sliding down his cheeks. "I didn't believe Fang'er was really dead, so I went to that villa. It's a nobleman's villa, so an old man like me naturally can't get in. I thought about getting a job there and slowly figure out how to sneak in."
"That night, I had nowhere to stay, so I camped behind the farm. Who would have thought that in the middle of the night, I dreamed of Fang'er. He told me that there was an old pine tree on the hillside fifty feet behind the farm. There was a tree hole under the pine tree. He had hidden a very important book inside. He told me to take it and keep it safe, and if possible, give it to a good official!"
"When daybreak came, I dug under a tree on the hillside, and sure enough, I found it. The people in the village were all shocked to see me coming down the hillside. That's when I learned that many people say that hillside is haunted, with walls built on it, and many who enter it spend a whole day wandering around before getting out."
Jiang Xing's heart skipped a beat.
He glanced at Lu Xuan quickly, only to see that she was also looking at him.
The two of them thought of the same thing tacitly.
Lu Xuan turned his head to look at the sky outside the window. It was already late.
The heavy rain stopped, and many people from the Street Department came to the street below the attic and were clearing the messy obstacles blocking the road.
Jiang Xing glanced at Lord Ji's carriage, which was still parked in the middle of the road below the attic, and asked Lu Xuan, "Should we wait until the roadblock is cleared before returning to the palace?"
Lu Xuan stood up and said, "No need, let's go to Qingxiu Mountain Villa."
Lu Xuan didn't want too many people to discover his relationship with Xu Shu, so he asked Xu Shu to leave for a while before going out with Jiang Xing, others, and Old Man Yuan.
However, just as he went out, Lord Ji's carriage just happened to lift the curtain of the window.
Everyone looked at him, and Jiang Xing's heart suddenly twitched.
Everyone's heart was beating fast.
At this moment, Xuan Ge suddenly saw a person, Jiezi.
The killer aura on Jiezi was too strong. He had been ordered to investigate the servants in the Marquis' Mansion who had contacted the maid who murdered the princess, so Xuan Ge was very sure that it was the person in front of him.
Lu Xuan also saw the mustard seed because she recognized it.
Xuan Ge was about to lower his head and tell Jiang Xing about Jiezi's identity when Lu Xuan, who was walking in front of him, raised his hand to stop him: "I recognize him!"
After saying that, she immediately turned right, avoiding the gaze that was following her like a snake or scorpion.
It was almost dark. Xuan Ge bought some dry food and took it with him. The palace's carriage quickly headed towards Qingxiu Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing.
……
After two minutes, the roadblock on Xuanwu Street was finally cleared.
Officials from the Street Office led a group of subordinates to apologize to Lord Ji, but Ji Xiangli did not answer anything. He just had a cold face and asked Jiezi to rush to the Dali Temple prison.
The people in the street office were so frightened that they knelt on the wet street.
In the Dali Temple prison, Ji Cheng spent the day in fear.
Originally, Jia Ru had almost appeased the emperor and was about to be released from prison. However, who would have thought that Song Chuchu, that ignorant jinx, would actually poison the water source of Feihedu Waterfall in order to kill Lu Xuan, causing the mansion to not only pay 150,000 taels of silver as compensation, but also angering the emperor.
After Lord Ji left in a hurry in the morning, his eyelids had been twitching all day.
What he didn't expect was that his father, Lord Ji, had just come in the morning and was here again.
"Cheng'er."
Lord Ji strode towards the cell, his face showing an unusual solemnity.
Ji Cheng subconsciously asked, "What happened again, father?"
Lord Ji did not return to the cell, but stood outside the door somewhat uncharacteristically politely: "That slut Song Chuchu said that Lu Xuan knew all our family secrets. Are you aware of this?"
Hearing this, Ji Cheng's pupils trembled and he looked suddenly at Lord Ji.
Lu Xuan threatened Queen Ji with something that happened many years ago, but he did not tell Lord Ji about it.
Because many years ago, when he and Jiaru tasted the forbidden fruit and couldn't hide it, his mother was so angry that she fell ill and his father almost beat him to death.
This matter was a secret of the entire Marquis' Mansion, and no one else knew about it except them.
Why did Song Chuchu know that Lu Xuan knew all the secrets of the Marquis' Mansion?
It seems that these two people can’t stay!