Chapter 930 The Truth (Part 2)
"Three years ago, my father was convicted of negligence, and my mother hoped that the Lin family could lend a hand. However, I begged my husband again and again, but he was afraid of the old villain like a tiger. Not only did he not dare to beg, he even forbade me to talk about this matter with my father-in-law."
"In a desperate situation, I went to ask the old thief for help without telling him. Who knew that the old thief pretended to be crazy under the influence of alcohol and actually... actually forced..."
"shut up!"
Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan could not help but slam the table and stood up, angrily saying: "My father has a high moral character, is honest and upright, and is recognized by the government and the public. How can you slander him like this?!"
Then, he sighed with deep sorrow: "My Lin family thought we had treated you well, but we never thought that in the end, this would be the retribution we got !"
After hearing what he said, Shen Peilan lowered her head silently without saying another word.
However, besides Lin Xiuyuan, there were also Sun Shaozong and Zuo Si Cheng Yang Zhiming in the flower hall. How could they be willing to end the interrogation in such a whimper?
At that moment, Sun Shaozong said in a loud voice: "Please be patient outside the Lin Courtyard. There is no need to comment on your father's character. However, according to the rules, the interrogation of the prisoner must be done with a confession. As for the truthfulness of the confession, we can discuss it after she finishes speaking."
As he spoke, he raised his chin to Shen Peilan who was kneeling in the middle: "Go on."
Long before, when Sun Shaozong pulled the handkerchief out of Shen Peilan's mouth, Lin Xiuyuan was already very dissatisfied with him. After hearing these words, he was even more angry.
He didn't care about his manners and hinted blatantly, "My Lord, I dare not obstruct your investigation. However, my father has hundreds of students and friends in the court. If there is any injustice, they will not agree!"
Faced with such a threat, Sun Shaozong simply glanced at him and said calmly: "What I want is justice."
It was fate that the person who had insisted on reporting the case to the Dali Temple and tried his best to assist the government in the investigation was Lin Xiuyuan.
However, when he discovered that this case involved an incestuous relationship between a grandfather and his grandson, and that it was very likely to completely destroy the Lin family, his attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.
However, facing Sun Shaozong's calm attitude, Lin Xiuyuan felt his blood boiling and wanted to say a few more harsh words, but he understood that Sun Shaozong was not an ordinary person. Even when his father was alive, it would not be so easy to control him.
As for now...
Lin Xiuyuan went through all the support he could mobilize in his mind, but in the end, he could only sit back in his seat dejectedly.
However, although he was speechless, the impact of his words continued to manifest - Sun Shaozong and Yang Zhiming urged him again and again, but Shen Peilan still kept silent.
When she was urged to do so, she shook her head sadly: "It was indeed me who poisoned you. There is nothing to tell."
"Why did you poison him? How did you poison him? Where did you get the poison?" Sun Shaozong asked a series of questions. Seeing that Shen Peilan remained silent again, he sneered, "So, you admit that you had an affair with Liu Er, and because you were afraid that the affair would be exposed, you conspired to kill General Lin?"
Shen Peilan raised her head suddenly, her red lips opened wide, as if she wanted to clarify something, but seeing Lin Xiuyuan with a gloomy face beside her, she finally lowered her head silently.
"OK!"
Sun Shaozong sneered again: "Such a dog slave who is worse than an animal killed a famous and upright official like Lin Zongxian. I'm sure that within a few days, he will be criticized by thousands of people. Who knows, he may even be written into a book and be infamous forever!"
"No! That's not the case! He is a good man, a... a hero!"
Shen Peilan finally couldn't bear it anymore. She clenched her fists excitedly and shook her head like a rattle.
Sure enough, I was fooled!
In fact, long before she shouted, Sun Shaozong had already guessed what happened without Liu'er touching her at all - after all, this was also the most common trick used by a certain mysterious person.
So when he saw that she chose to remain silent and silently bear all the blame for the sake of her husband's family's future, he deliberately used provocation to provoke her.
Seeing that Shen Peilan had already fallen into the trap, Sun Shaozong immediately took the opportunity to ask, "A righteous man? This is really strange. He is just a servant, and he did such a thing as using a slave to kill his master. How can he be called a righteous man?"
"He...he is indeed a righteous man! When he knew that I was insulted by the old villain, he..."
"Let's start from the beginning!"
After eating and drinking, Shen Peilan paused for a moment, sorted out her thoughts, and then told the whole story:
"After I was humiliated by the old villain, I also wanted to die. However, the old villain said that as long as I survived, he would ensure that my father would have a smooth career in the officialdom and even take care of the future of my brothers..."
"Later, he really took action to save my father's official position, but he also used this opportunity to ask for sex several times."
"I didn't dare to disobey him openly, so I made excuses by saying I was afraid of being discovered."
"I never thought that he would secretly dig a secret passage under the pretext of renovating the inner house..."
"You can hide these things from others, but how can you hide them from the person you sleep with all day long?"
"But my husband was such a coward that he didn't dare to resist the old villain at all. Instead, he died of depression because of this."
"After that, the old thief threatened me several times and often acted violently."
"Once, after the old thief left, I was cleaning up the mess when Liu'er suddenly broke into the secret passage..."
"I was so shocked that I even forgot to cover my body, and he just stared at me for a long time without moving."
"Because he was so absorbed in looking at me, I thought he was just looking at this dirty body, so I shamelessly took off my clothes, intending to use my beauty to keep him steady. But who would have thought that he would scream and run away!"
"I chased after him for a few steps, but when I saw that I couldn't catch up, I was so frightened that I couldn't help crying."
"But because of the crying, he carefully searched back..."
"That night in the tunnel, I cried to him for a long time and told him everything."
"But he was like a gourd with its mouth sawed off. He didn't say a word from beginning to end. Only when he left did he say: I will keep the secret."
"He came to the secret passage several times afterwards. He was still very quiet and just listened to me talk..."
"Later, whenever the old thief was not at home, we would chat in the secret passage, but it was still me talking and him listening."
"It was not until more than half a month ago when the old thief submitted a petition to the court and applied to retire and return home that he took the initiative to speak for the first time, saying that he would help me get rid of the old thief completely!"
"After he finished speaking, he looked at me intently, and hesitated several times to speak."
"I was thinking to myself at the time, he really still has that in mind! But as long as I can completely get rid of the old thief, what's the pity of this dirty body?"
"So I tried to seduce him in every way I could. I had never been so promiscuous even in front of the old thief!"
"But he just stepped back step by step, and finally stammered with red eyes: Can I call you sister?"
"At the time, I just felt that I was dirty from the inside out and was not worthy of being his sister! But I couldn't help but hug him and cry."
"Then, he asked me to play along with the old thief and trick him into dismissing all the people around him. Then he waited for an opportunity in this secret passage and fed him poisoned wine."
"Later, Liu'er disguised himself as an old thief during the day, and at night, he quietly made preparations in the secret passage and blocked the entrance to my yard."
"That day, after we worked together to carry the old thief's body to the study, I advised Liu'er to leave quickly, but he smiled and said that there were still some things that needed to be dealt with."
"Later, I went to the study and found that the entrance to the secret passage was also blocked tightly, just like the one in my courtyard. Only then did I realize that he...he had never thought about leaving the Lin family from the very beginning!"
"It was me who killed him, it was me who killed him!"
At this point, Shen Peilan was already sobbing, and even Lin Xiuyuan, who originally had a gloomy face, now had a complicated expression.
"If what you said is true, he is truly a righteous man."
Sun Shaozong sighed, and suddenly asked loudly: "Did he make this plan himself, or did he get it from someone else?"
Shen Peilan was stunned when she heard this, and raised her head with tears in her eyes: "How do you know, sir, that this idea was thought up by someone else?"
It is true!
Taking advantage of people who have a sense of justice but have nothing to do with the matter itself is the usual method used by the owner of the black post!
