Chapter 1884 Li Sheng's End (6)

However, Li Sheng actually didn't see such a good woman. He was really blind and betrayed her for a prostitute. He couldn't wait to run back to his hometown to meet his old lover just two days after getting married.

He didn't object to Li Sheng loving Yi Yi. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Li Sheng liked a woman like Yi Yi and he couldn't do anything about it. But if he liked someone, he should use his own ability to make money, redeem her, and give her happiness. He shouldn't have cheated on Juhua. The reputation of women in ancient times was so important. Since he married Juhua, he should be responsible for her and love her well. But he actually did such a despicable thing. Not to mention that he let Juhua down, even if he let down a strange woman, he would feel sorry for that woman.

Liu Xi picked up the mandarin duck jade pendant, rubbed it and said: "Mr. Magistrate, although this piece of jade in my house is not expensive, it is worth two or three thousand taels. Now it has been stolen and sold by Mr. Li. I wonder what crime the magistrate will charge Mr. Li with?"

The magistrate heard this and said hurriedly: "Mr. Li stole first, and then took your jade pendant to Ningxiang Pavilion to defraud. Both crimes should be punished together. I think he should be caned fifty times and imprisoned for ten years. What do you think, eunuch?"

Liu Xi laughed and said: "Mr. Magistrate is wise, and I respect him."

When Mr. Li heard that he would be caned fifty times and imprisoned for ten years, He immediately ignored everything and shouted: "Sir, I am a student..."

As soon as he shouted the word "student", he immediately remembered that his title of scholar had been revoked, and hurriedly changed his words and said: "I am innocent, this jade pendant was given to me by my wife, and it was definitely not stolen by me, please understand!"

He didn't dare to say that the jade pendant was given by the queen, so he just said it was given by his wife. Anyway, the queen gave it to him for his wife's sake, so there was nothing wrong with saying that it was given to him by his wife.

"Wife? You actually married a wife?" The county magistrate looked at him suspiciously, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Yes, sir, my wife is Shen Juhua, the daughter of the former Qing County Magistrate Shen. I traveled to the capital last year and met Lord Shen by chance. Lord Shen saw that I was from the same hometown and that I was in poverty, so he asked me to be the shopkeeper in his fur shop. Later, seeing that I was obedient, he married his daughter to me. This jade pendant was not stolen by me. It was given to me by my wife."

At this time, the lawyer said on the side: "Master, what Li Sheng said is probably true. When Mr. Shen was still working in Qing County, he liked Li Sheng and wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law. Unfortunately, he was transferred to the capital before he could recruit him."

Hearing this, Li Sheng was relieved. With the lawyer's testimony, he should be fine.

But the magistrate laughed when he heard it: "It seems that Li Sheng did not travel to the capital casually, but went there on purpose. I didn't expect that Li Sheng, who looks gentle and polite, is actually scheming. Although Lord Shen and I have no friendship, I must tell him about this matter because he is my senior. Master, you should write a letter and tell Lord Shen what Li Sheng did." When Li Sheng heard it, his face turned pale. If Lord Shen knew what he did, he would definitely take away his marriage. At that time, he would not be able to get the Shen family's property. However, he thought again that saving his life was the most important thing. As long as he saved his life, even if he was taken away from marriage, he still had a capital of 1,000 taels of silver, and a fur shop worth several thousand taels. Even if he lost the wealth of the Shen family, he could still live a life without worries!