Chapter 852: Court Session (Part 2)
Hearing Sun Shaozong's insistence that his previous confession had exposed the truth, Ma Yizhen couldn't help but feel flustered.
But no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what fatal flaw he had exposed.
Thinking about the three seemingly sharp questions from Chen Jingde just now, but which he easily brushed off, Ma Yizhen couldn't help but raise his head and questioned: "I know that I have said nothing false. If you insist on accusing me of this, please show me the real evidence!"
"hehe……"
Sun Shaozong laughed, flicked his finger at the confession, and said calmly: "You once said in the Dali Temple that you saw Zhao Yixiong and Ma secretly meeting in the back garden on the twelfth day of this month. This is not a slander made out of thin air, right?"
Seeing that Lord Sun looked confident, Ma Yizhen couldn't help but feel suspicious.
But this part of the confession was one he had considered over and over again, so what could be wrong with it?
After a while, he gritted his teeth and simply threw out his last trump card: "Reporting to the Lord, in fact, in addition to the fact that I saw Zhao Yixiong and Ma secretly meeting, there was also another Taoist boy who saw them sneaking out of the back garden one after another!"
After a pause, he leaned down and continued, "I didn't mention this matter before because I didn't want to involve that Taoist boy. If you don't believe me, you can call him over for questioning!"
"Ha ha……"
As soon as Ma Yizhen finished speaking, Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing, then shook his head and said, "What a cunning thief, he even prepared other witnesses in advance, no wonder he was able to gain people's trust."
Bang~!
At this point, Sun Shaozong slammed the gavel and sneered, "It's a pity that your cleverness backfired! Let me ask you, you said before that the two of them entered the back garden one after another and hid behind the rockery to have a secret conversation. Is that true or not?!"
Ma Yizhen's heart was pounding because of the fright, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with the question asked by Sun Shaozong.
So after hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said, "That's right."
Then, he added: "I saw Zhao Yixiong enter the back garden at that time, and because I didn't want to meet him, I deliberately hid myself. But I never thought that not long after, the prostitute also followed him in stealthily."
"I felt something was wrong, so I quietly went to the rockery to eavesdrop, and then I found out that the two of them had been having an affair for a long time, and the whore was pregnant because of it!"
He didn't know how many times he had pondered these words in his mind. He was still a little hesitant at first, but as time went on, he spoke with more and more emotion, until he gritted his teeth and was furious.
Sun Shaozong took his performance in, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It is true that like teacher, like disciple.
Then, Sun Shaozong asked again: "According to this, the two of them really had a secret meeting behind the rockery?"
"Absolutely true!"
After receiving Ma Yizhen's decisive answer, Sun Shaozong suddenly shouted, "Come on, call Zhang Hu and Zhao Long to the classroom!"
Following the shout, two yamen runners hurried in, stood in front of Ma Yizhen and bowed, "I am Zhang Hu [Zhao Long], greeting you, sir."
Zhang Hu then reported in a loud voice: "We just followed your instructions and went to the back garden of Master Hongyuan. It turned out to be just as you said. The area behind the rockery is not only muddy but also uneven!"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhao Long turned sideways and showed the mud on his butt to everyone, then pointed at the muddy boots on his feet and said, "I stood there for a while and my shoes got stuck in the mud. I even fell down accidentally."
After listening to what the two said, Huang Bin's face flushed with excitement. Some subtle noises were also heard from behind the screen and in the tea room.
But the color instantly disappeared from Ma Yizhen's face!
"Ma Yizhen."
Sun Shaozong looked at Ma Yizhen with a half-smile and asked, "Has it snowed before the twelfth of this month?"
Ma Yizhen opened his mouth tremblingly, but could not utter a word.
Finally, Liu Yiwei at the side took the initiative to speak: "To answer your question, it snowed on the ninth day of this month."
"When did the last snow fall?"
"Four days ago."
"Which of the two snowfalls is bigger or smaller?"
"The one on the ninth day is bigger."
"That is to say..."
Sun Shaozong smiled coldly, "On the twelfth of this month, the mud behind the rockery will be even worse than today. Ma Yizhen, I want to ask you, are Zhao Yixiong and Ma blind or stupid? Otherwise, why would they meet in such a muddy and slippery place?"
"And after Ma and Zhao Yixiong had their secret meeting, how did they cover up the mud on their shoes without the two maids noticing?!"
“This…this…”
At this point, Ma Yizhen was no longer as calm as before. His strong body was shaking like a sieve. He remained like this for a long while, unable to say anything.
"This only proves that you are lying!"
Sun Shaozong shouted, then laughed and said, "But you just confessed that a little Taoist boy saw Zhao Yixiong and Ma come out of the back garden one after another. In other words, they did meet in the back garden."
"So what did they talk about? And why did they meet in the back garden?"
"this……"
Ma Yizhen was still hesitant to speak. Although he could make up a conversation between Ma and Zhao Yixiong in minutes, no matter how good he was at it, he could not fill in the previous hole!
"Since you don't want to talk about it, I'll do it for you."
"Because Ma was pregnant and tried to force you to run away with her, you decided to kill her, and then you planned to kill two birds with one stone!"
"In order to make others believe that the person who was having an affair with Ma was Zhao Yixiong, you deliberately designed a plan to have Zhao Yixiong and Ma meet in the back garden, and they were 'coincidentally' seen by a Taoist child."
"Then you used this as an excuse to frame someone else and, in the name of slaying your relatives for the greater good, you teamed up with Liu Yiwei to kill Zhao Yixiong and Ma!"
At this point, Sun Shaozong suddenly turned his head to the corner and said, "Master Hongyuan, do you think my inference is true?"
It was a long time after the words fell, that Hong Yuan Zhenren came out from behind the screen and walked step by step to Ma Yi Zhen.
Ma Yizhen had already collapsed since he heard his name. He was half lying on the ground, looking up with all his might, and said in a trembling voice, "Master...Master."
"How can I be your master?!"
Master Hong Yuan's face turned pale, and he shook his head and sighed, "With such scheming and such means, I should call you Master!"
As he said this, he no longer looked at Ma Yizhen, but turned to Sun Shaozong and bowed, saying: "Sun Shaoqing is indeed worthy of the name of a divine judge!"
This time, there was some sincerity and real feeling.
Sun Shaozong raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said: "I'm afraid you are already confused after this sudden change. Please go to the guest room and rest for a while. When I find out the rest of the case, I will give you a complete explanation!"
Upon hearing this, Master Hongyuan raised his head and looked at Sun Shaozong silently for a while. Finally, he sighed leisurely, then turned around and strode out of the living room.
He should have realized what Sun Shaozong was going to ask next, but he did not try to stay and stop him.
This was probably because, for the self-important Master Hong Yuan, being played around by Ma Yizhen was actually more difficult for him to accept than his wife's infidelity and pregnancy.
After Master Hongyuan left the stage, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Ma Yizhen, who was lying limp on the ground. However, just as he was about to speak, Liu Yiwei beside him suddenly roared, "How dare you lie to me!"
Then he pounced on him and bit Ma Yizhen's neck like a mad dog.
By the time the yamen runners reacted and rushed forward to separate the two men, Ma Yizhen's neck had been bitten by him and was bleeding profusely.
Fortunately, both of them had their arms tied. Although Ma Yizhen did not struggle violently, Liu Yiwei still bit him off target. Otherwise, he might have been bitten to death!
Afterwards, Liu Yiwei was gagged and tied up, and the wound on Ma Yizhen's neck was also simply treated and it didn't look serious.
But he looked dull and dazed, like a piece of rotten wood, without any energy at all.
"Ma Yizhen."
Sun Shaozong said calmly: "You are going to die anyway, why don't you confess it?"
Ma Yizhen seemed not to have heard it and still stood there in a daze.
Sun Shaozong did not feel discouraged and continued, "This case is against human ethics and heaven's will. You are Taoist priests of the Tianshi Mansion. The name Ma Yizhen is destined to be infamous for eternity."
"Since your reputation and life are at risk, why do you have to keep it secret any longer?"
"Being able to manipulate your rival, lover, fellow apprentice, and master into your own hands should be the last and most proud thing in your life, right?!"
" Instead of letting the truth of the matter go to hell, why not tell everything clearly?"
"Tell me everything!"
"In this way, in the future, when people mention you, Ma Yizhen, although they will still despise and despise you, they will inevitably marvel at your ability to deceive the world and use someone else's trick to deceive others."
Sun Shaozong's words were both coaxing and coaxing, and Ma Yizhen finally responded. He raised his head and smiled, "Your Excellency has really seen through everything. You are right. I, Ma Yizhen, will definitely die, and I will be infamous for eternity! But if that's the case, why should I let you control me?"
As he spoke, he raised his head and laughed, "Hahaha, if you want evidence to identify that man, go find it at the King of Hell's place!"
As he spoke, he arched his tongue out, as if he was about to bite it off to commit suicide.
But as soon as he moved, someone pinched his cheeks, making it difficult for his upper and lower teeth to close.
It was a case of self-defeating. Liu Yiwei clearly wanted to stop him from confessing that Master Hongyuan was also involved in the case, so he wanted to kill him to silence him.
However, he never expected that this action caused the yamen runners to be extra cautious and prevented Ma Yizhen from committing suicide.
"well."
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong gave up the idea of using words to induce a confession. He sighed helplessly , stood up from behind the desk and ordered: "Take this man back to the Dali Temple and have Yang Sicheng torture him severely."
When Chen Jingde heard this, he felt extremely unwilling as he was being taken advantage of by Yang Sicheng again.
It was obvious that Sun Shaozong still had no interest in talking. He did not dare to say anything more and could only stand up and announce in a rhythmic manner: "Adjourn the court~!"
