Chapter 399: Murder and Silencing

The Feng family was taken back by Jingzhao Prefecture.

With such a clear punishment from heaven, even if the Feng family wanted to defend themselves, they couldn't.

The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture felt that he had never handled such a simple case before. When Xiao Heshi and Feng Sheng were struck by lightning, there were too many people who saw it. These people were all clear witnesses.

The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture had received the emperor's reminder early in the morning that he should handle all the cases of the Gu family carefully, and he could not wrongly accuse a good person, nor let a bad person go. At this time, his gavel was slammed down, and the threat of torture was there, and Xiao Heshi was panicked.

It didn't take long for Xiao Heshi to reveal the truth of the matter clearly.

Feng Sheng was more knowledgeable than the women in the inner house. He wanted to deny it, but Xiao Heshi confessed too quickly and cleanly, and he didn't have time to clean up a lot of evidence. After the officials checked one by one, it was a foregone conclusion that Feng Sheng and Xiao Heshi had conspired to murder.

"It's a pity that this man is an official. He even poisoned his wife. He is so bad!"

"The eldest He gave birth to daughters one after another, and he was not allowed to take concubines, so he hooked up with his sister-in-law. This sister-in-law is also a piece of shit. His sister took him in with good intentions, but she turned around and poisoned her sister with her brother-in-law."

The nature of the Feng family's case was too bad. Feng Sheng was an official of the court, but he knew the law and broke it. After the prefect of Jingzhao reported to the emperor, the emperor personally ordered and sentenced Feng Sheng and Xiao He to death by hanging.

Originally, Feng Sheng was ready to be exiled thousands of miles away after the incident was exposed. Although he killed his wife, he thought that the court would most likely let him go because of his official status. Who would have thought that because it involved the Gu family and because it made too much trouble in the capital, the emperor would actually punish him severely.

"My lord! I have something else to say! I want to report to His Majesty!" When Feng Sheng thought that his life was gone, he would not care much. He wanted to tell everything he knew.

As for his family? Feng Sheng only has his mother and four daughters. In his eyes, these people are not as important as his own life. The person behind the scenes can kill him if he wants. He will survive anyway.

Jingzhao Prefecture Yin did not expect Feng Sheng to suddenly make such a scene.

"Feng Sheng, what else do you want to confess?" Jingzhao Prefecture Yin asked.

Feng Sheng looked at the lively crowd in front of the Jingzhao Prefecture Yamen. He wanted to talk about it in private, but now he thought about taking advantage of the crowd to make things clear so that the person behind the scenes would not dare to touch him.

He said loudly: "Although I conspired with Xiao He to murder Da He, I was also instructed by someone! Someone wants me to frame the Gu family and cause trouble for the Gu family!"

Jingzhao Prefecture Yin had met with the emperor a few days ago. He knew better than anyone that the emperor was asking him to handle official business on the surface, but in fact the emperor was obviously biased towards the Gu family.

Now that the Gu family is involved, he can't help but be cautious.

No one expected that the case that had been settled would cause another disturbance. The prefect of Jingzhao immediately said, "Who is behind you? Tell the truth!"

In the noisy crowd outside the Jingzhao government office, there was a short and ordinary-looking middle-aged man who was holding a bag of candy in his hand. He was eating it with relish, but quietly squeezed out of the crowd.

The common people who were crowded to watch the excitement didn't care that someone left at all. Although they looked at the man more because he limped, they were more happy that there was one more empty seat.

"My superior, Lord Lu Longlu!" Feng Sheng said loudly.

The prefect of Jingzhao felt overwhelmed. Another court official was involved. Obviously, this matter was not suitable for ordinary people to hear. He hurriedly ordered the official next to him to close the gate of the government office.

The noisy common people at the gate of the yamen were immediately dissatisfied: "What can't we see? Why close the gate!"

However, they dared to speak in the crowd because of their large numbers. The officials came over with sticks, and the group of people retreated faster than anyone else.

The prefect of Jingzhao looked at Gu Mingda who was waiting on the side, and said in a soothing tone: "Master Gu, I will ask someone to ask Master Lu Long to come over for questioning, please be patient."

Gu Mingda arched his hands and said: "Master, I am naturally very relieved to do your work, but I don't know where I have offended Master Lu Long. I am afraid that there are people hiding behind him. In order to prevent him from being killed, you should invite a few more people."

At the same time, in the Ministry of Works, Lu Long was originally busy handling official business. He heard other subordinates discussing Feng Sheng being struck by lightning and involving his murder of his wife.

"Who would have thought that Feng Sheng looked like a decent person, but was such a person worse than pigs and dogs behind his back."

"Just because his wife couldn't give birth to a child, he could have taken his sister-in-law as a concubine, why did he have to go to the point of killing his wife? If his wife really didn't want to, he should have shown his manliness so that she would know who was the head of the family!"

Lu Long felt very annoyed when he heard these words. He always felt that these words seemed to be directed at him. He just hoped that Feng Sheng would keep his mouth shut and not involve him.

"Lord Lu, there is someone outside the door, a child, saying that something happened in your family." A clerk suddenly came to report.

Lu Long didn't think much about it when he heard this. He walked outside the Ministry of Works. He didn't see the child, but saw a familiar figure standing on the street corner from a distance.

After approaching, he saw that the man seemed to be chewing something in his mouth. Lu Long was secretly surprised. This Mr. Wu, almost every time they met, he was eating candy from Baiweifang.

"Mr. Wu, why are you here? Does the master have anything to tell me?" Lu Long asked with his hands folded.

It's not that he wanted to be polite to this person who had no official rank, but the person behind this person was the one who promoted him to his current position.

The man he called Mr. Wu nodded casually and said, "The master has something to tell you. It's not convenient to say it here. Come with me."

Lu Long immediately followed the short man who was limping and entered a small alley near the Ministry of Works.

When the official from Jingzhao Prefecture arrived at the Ministry of Works, he received the news that Lu Long had just gone out.

"It was said that his family came to look for him, so he went out. It's been about an incense stick of time."

"Mr. Lu has always been obsessed with official affairs. Even if he really wants to go home, he has to ask for leave from the masters above. He rarely runs around by himself. This is really strange."

The official was still asking the low-level officials of the Ministry of Works when a cry of surprise suddenly came from outside the Ministry of Works.

"Someone's dead! Someone's dead!"

Hearing this, everyone squeezed out immediately.

"Wearing an official robe, the dead person is an official! It's a senior official in the Ministry of Works. I've seen him before!"

The official followed the shouting crowd to a small alley not far from the Ministry of Works.

This was a dead end alley. Lu Long, wearing an official robe, was lying at the end of the alley. His whole body was in a pool of blood. There was a wound on his neck. At this time, he was wide-eyed, and he looked like he was dying with his eyes open.