The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 187 Ascension to Trial Case ([-])

Hua Niang's face turned pale, she took a deep breath, and looked at Qingchi, "Miss Yan, you are a suspect now, why are you interrogating me like an adult? This seems to be putting the cart before the horse, right?"

Just as Lu Ji was about to speak, Qingchi smiled and said first, "Aren't you the one who suffers? Since you testify that I am the murderer, then I have to confront you, right?"

Hua Niang tried to stay calm, "When you entered Master Du's room, you locked the door behind it, and my people couldn't get in for a while. You are a cabinet bachelor, the daughter of the Taifu, and a celebrity in front of the emperor. I naturally have to think about it before doing it."

She deliberately brought up Qingchi's identity at this time, intentionally or unintentionally borrowing the common people's dissatisfaction with the dignitaries, and wanted to provoke everyone's hatred towards Qingchi.After all, everyone saw what the Empress did a few days ago. The empress insisted on keeping her fame despite the remonstrance of the ministers and the troubles caused by the students. .The people were already dissatisfied with the empress' maintenance of Qingchi, and Hua Niang wanted to use the complaints of the people to escape.

Sure enough, the people hearing the trial outside the government office were talking again, and many family members of the victims were also among the people hearing the trial, and their voices became more prominent.

Qingchi's smile remained unchanged, "Really?"

That indifferent smile made Huaniang flustered again, "That's natural."

Qingchi raised his eyebrows, "I'm very strange, since I rescued Ah Qi, he has been staying in the Yan Mansion and has not gone out. How do you know that he is in my hands? It was the first time I took him out of the mansion that day. .”

Hua Niang faltered, "Of course someone tipped me off..."

Qingchi saw her hesitation, and asked: "That's even more strange, who reported to you?"

Lu Ji, who was sitting upright in the high hall, also suddenly said, "Hua Niang, your previous confession said that after you bought Aqi, you have been educated in the building, and no one should have seen him before you let him list to pick up customers. How did the messenger know that the boy next to Yan Qingchi is the young lady Yuqi in your building?"

Hua Niang is a little messed up now...

Some of the onlookers said angrily: "This old procuress has a group of thugs, and she looks for any handsome man on the street if she has nothing to do. Unless she is a son of a powerful family, she must do everything possible to get him in her building." What a black-hearted and rotten person, who specializes in the dirty things of forcing good people into prostitution!"

Qingchi suddenly realized, "It turned out that your minions were attracted to Aqi's beauty that day, no wonder you caught my eye when I took him out for the first time."

"No..." Hua Niang tried to explain in a panic.If she accepts the statement that she sent people to search for beautiful young men on the street, then she will be convicted of robbing civilian men and forcing them into prostitution, and she will really become a criminal.

"What's going on?" Lu Ji pressed on with a sullen face.

Hua Niang gritted her teeth and simply rolled her eyes and passed out.

This incident was somewhat unexpected, but Lu Ji seemed to have expected it long ago, and said in a deep voice: "Take her down for treatment, and bring her back to continue questioning when she wakes up. If she doesn't wake up, I believe that there are so many people here. They will also be willing to come out to testify whether the Green Bamboo House has forced good people into prostitution. According to the Daxing law, those who force good people into prostitution will be punished with fifty rods, their property will be confiscated, and they will be exiled for three thousand miles."

Hua Niang's body twitched almost invisibly, her eyelids moved, she slowly opened her eyes, and said weakly: "My lord..."

Lu Ji squinted his eyes with sarcasm, "I woke up so fast!"

Seeing this scene, the people who were watching burst into laughter.

Hua Niang knelt down slowly, and regardless of Lu Ji's ridicule, she said helplessly: "My lord, in fact, someone sent an anonymous letter to the Green Bamboo Hall, saying that Yuqi was in Miss Yan's hands, and that's why the mistress sent someone to follow Yan. Only in this way can we grasp their whereabouts in time. The women know that Miss Yan is a person of great fame, and they are afraid that she will enter the palace soon, and Yuqi will be brought into the palace by her at that time. To do the thing of kidnapping people from Cuiyuzhai. This Yuqi is actually from my Green Bamboo Pavilion, and the women may have gone too far, but you can’t say that it’s wrong to take back your own things, right?”

Aqi is a member of the Green Bamboo Pavilion, this is a certain fact, and it is also Hua Niang's biggest hole card.

"This is really strange, Aqi is yours, and someone reported to you, why did you hide your head? Unless..." Qingchi caught the loophole in her words and paused, "This person doesn't exist at all! "

Hua Niang was so anxious that she was about to cry, "Your Excellency was wronged! It really happened!" No matter what she said, Yan Qingchi would find loopholes. He was obviously guilty of beating him to death a few days ago, why did he change his sex today?

Lu Ji asked, "What about the letter?"

Hua Niang bite the bullet and said: "It was reduced to ashes in the fire."

Lu Ji sneered, "This fire is really useful, you can rely on it for everything, anyway, there is no proof of death."

Hua Niang said: "My lord, women don't want to turn all their efforts into nothing, so why..."

Having said that, she gave Qingchi a look full of hatred.

Lu Ji patted the gavel, "That means Yan Qingchi didn't know in advance that the little beggar she rescued was from your Green Bamboo House, but with compassion, he couldn't bear to see the person he regarded as his own brother being killed by others." There is no such thing as rivalry and jealousy for someone who was kidnapped inexplicably and then led someone to chase after him."

Hua Niang could only grit her teeth and say, "Yes, but it is true that she murdered and set fire!"

"Really?" Qingchi asked with a smile, "I entered Du Xi's room, but the door was locked during the period, and your people couldn't get in. You people don't even know what happened inside, do you?"

Hua Niang sternly said: "But when the door was opened again later, you were holding the candlestick in your hand, the curtains in the room had been lit, and Master Du was also lying on the ground covered in blood. This is what many people saw at that time. Yes, many of these people are still alive and can testify at any time."

"You just saw me holding a candlestick in my hand. You didn't see me murder or light a fire. It's just because I wanted to take Aqi away in your hands before, so you preconceived that I was murdering." The real culprit of arson."

Hua Niang was about to vomit blood. She pointed at Qingchi tremblingly, "You! It's up to you, my lord, to ask, the women believe that Master Qingtian will give the sufferer a satisfactory explanation."

She deliberately put a high hat on Lu Ji, and at the same time kicked the ball to him.

Lu Ji sighed softly, "Since only Du Xi, Yan Qingchi and Aqi were present in the room at that time, in order to find out the truth, I can only bring Aqi to court."

When he said this, he kept paying attention to Hua Niang's expression, and saw a flash of joy flashing across her face, as if he was sure that Aqi would be beneficial to her.

Looking back at Qingchi, her previous calmness became a little cramped, and she seemed to be struggling in her heart.

Lu Ji's face darkened slightly, and he was more cautious in his heart.

At this time, Aqi had already been brought up.The bright scarlet clothes on his body have been replaced by a men's prison uniform.Because he and Qingchi were the only ones in Du Xi's room when the incident happened, he was also listed as a suspect.Combined with his very beautiful face, the loose prison clothes on him made me even more pitiful.

Aqi quietly knelt beside Qingchi, and when he looked sideways at her, his eyes were filled with water, making people feel distressed.

Qingchi pursed his lips, turned his face away from looking into his eyes.

Lu Ji patted the gavel, and said in a deep voice, "Who is kneeling?"

Aqi raised his head, and said timidly, "Qi Yu, a grassroots man, I have seen you."

Lu Ji said softly: "Who is Qi Yu? Here is Yuqi, a young lady from the Huaniang Green Bamboo House, and Aqi, a little beggar whom Yan Qingchi treats like his own brother."

There was a bitter smile on Aqi's face: "Qi Yu is the real name of the grassroots, and he is the son of a criminal who was supposed to sit on the throne, because he escaped death at a young age and was punished as a slave. What the adults said are grassroots. "

"Does Yan Qingchi who saved your life know your true identity?" Lu Ji asked while looking at Qingchi, and saw that Qingchi was still kneeling upright, but the hand hanging by his side had been tightened.

Aqi glanced at Qingchi, and said sadly: "Sister Qing doesn't know the identity of Cao Min, and Cao Min was afraid that she would dislike me if she found out, so she kept it a secret."

When he said this, Qingchi showed a slightly relieved expression, but there was no nervousness on Huaniang's face.

Lu Ji continued to ask: "The **** was won by Du Xi, and he took him to the room. After that, were you conscious?"

Aqi was a little scared, as if recalling some bad memories, he nodded with a pale face, "He's awake."

"After Yan Qingchi broke into Du Xi's room, the door was locked. Do you know what happened?"

Aqi touched his wrist. There were bruises on it that hadn't faded away, which were left by the binding. He said with a pale face, "I know..."

Lu Ji gave a pat on the gavel, "Then why did Du Xi die? How did the fire in the room start? You tell the truth!"

Aqi is like a frightened little animal, blinking his eyes non-stop, looking at Lu Ji for a while, looking at Qingchi for a while, and finally, as if he had made a great determination, he gritted his teeth and said: "I killed the people, and I killed the fire." Let it go, it has nothing to do with Sister Qing!"

After finishing speaking, he took two steps forward, stretched out his hands, and said with tears in his eyes, "My lord, you should arrest me and behead me, and let Sister Qing go! She still has a bright future, so she can't be charged with this crime in vain!" "

As he stretched out his hand, the narrow-sleeved prison clothes shrank back, revealing his wrist with bruises after being tied up in front of everyone.

And the words of his confession, no matter how it sounded, it sounded like a sin for revenge.

"How could such a thin child kill someone? He looks kind and pitiful."

"Did you see the marks on his wrist? It was clearly tied up. How can a bound person kill and set fire?"

"Yes! It must be because Miss Yan saved him that he took the blame."

Lu Ji's hand on the gavel slowly tightened. He was about to pick it up and pat it heavily, but he heard Qingchi sigh softly. She looked at Ah Qi with a soft but firm tone, "Ah Qi, who will believe you when you blame me like this? They will only believe that I did it even more. If you really want to help me, tell me what happened at that time."

Aqi slowly turned to Qingchi, his face still pale, "Sister Qing... I am a damned person, my life is worthless, death is not a pity. You are too kind, if it is not for saving me, you don't have to do those things, it's all my fault!"

After finishing speaking, the tears in his eyes that had been swirling all the time fell from his eyes, which made people feel very pitiful, but his words were tantamount to admitting that Qingchi was the one who murdered and set fire.

There was some emotion in Qingchi's eyes for a moment, and she smiled, "I took the vase in the room and threw it at the back of Du Xi's head, smashing him to pieces, and he fell down covered in blood, and then I I lit the curtains in the room with a candle, and these pictures have been lingering in my mind, as if I was really a murderer. But my dear Aqi, I wonder how I untied the shackles in your hands. I have no memory, can you tell me how the rope that bound you was untied?"

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