Chapter 47 Counterattack

There is only one hole high up in the wall, and a few rays of setting sun shine into the dim cell. Having not seen the sun for years, even the air was turbid, and the damp air was mixed with the smell of blood. Qi Sui found a corner and sat down. When the officer locked the door, he kindly reminded her: "Sit somewhere else. The last person vomited blood and died there."

"Thank you." Qi Sui propped herself up and when her palm touched the ground, she felt a sticky and cold liquid. She thought of Seeing Qi Changsheng lying dead in front of her, she felt sick to her stomach.

Qi Sui suppressed her discomfort and smeared the blood on her hands hard on the wall.

The person in the next cell asked tentatively, "Is there a new person?"

Qi Sui ignored him.

The man continued to ask: "Are you a man or a woman? What crime did you commit to get you in here?"

"They said I killed someone, so I'm in here."

The man stopped talking.

The system concluded that her move killed one thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of her own. Qi Sui began to review what happened today. After an unknown amount of time, the setting sun outside the window gradually disappeared.

At this time, there was a sound of iron chains, and the officer opened the door and said to her, "Someone is here to see you."

Qi Sui's face disappeared into the darkness, and she looked up tiredly, "It's really you."

Zhang Wenchi couldn't see her expression. But there's a hint of resentment in her voice. He couldn't help but feel happy and smiled, "I'm happy that you always think of me."

Although it's dirty and smelly here, his smile made Qi Sui feel even more disgusted.

"You're really sick."

"Whatever you say." Zhang Wenchi glanced around and frowned in disdain, but seeing that Qi Sui did not change her expression, he asked in surprise: "How can you endure it?" He walked up to Qi Sui and sit down.

Qi Sui ignored him and closed her eyes, thinking out of sight, out of mind.

"I've come to see you in person, why don't you say a few words to me."

Qi Sui was too lazy to argue with him and replied directly: "Get lost."

"If I really leave, I'm afraid you will never be able to leave again." Zhang Wenchi's phoenix eyes slightly raised, like a snake hiding in the dark, staring at Qi Sui's face, "The little lady in your heart is trying to save you now."

When he mentioned Shen Yu, Qi Sui quietly clenched her fist, suppressed the urge to hit him, and said in a deep voice: "I am in this state now because of you, and you still want me to say good things to you?"

Zhang Wenchi raised his finger and shushed, and said softly: "Qi Sui, you can't talk nonsense, Qi Changsheng died because he ate the fruit you planted."

"Whose fruit can be poisonous to people? Will anyone believe it if I tell them?"

"The coroner is performing an autopsy right now, what do you think?"

Qi Sui was unable to speak. Looking at him in disbelief, "Did you bribe the coroner?"

Zhang Wenchi hissed again, looking anxious, and said, "I told you not to talk nonsense!" t's a pity that his eyes are full of banter.

"Do you really want me to die?" Qi Sui sneered.

"Of course I can't bear it, otherwise why would I come here to see you?"

"Just say what you want to say, don't disgust me."

"As long as you promise me that you'll break off your relationship with the young lady in your house, and wait until your mourning period is over, I will come to you. Just marry me, and I will find a way to overturn your verdict."

"Get out, get out now." Qi Sui moved to another place to sit down.

Zhang Wenchi froze the smile on his face, and lost interest in an instant. He stood up and walked to her side, looking down at her: "Qi Sui, you are a prisoner now, not a girl from the Qi Mansion. I'm trying to persuade you with kind words, because I really want to help you, you actually discarded it like a piece of trash."

"Master Zhang, isn't it you who caused me to be in this situation now? Your hypocritical appearance now is really disgusting!"

Zhang Wenchi was unwilling to admit this fact, still deceiving himself, and said: "It is you who is heartless and disloyal that have brought disaster upon yourself. It is Qi Changsheng who has a grudge against you. What does it have to do with me?" He leaned down, pinched Qi Sui's chin, and forced her to look up. "You can only rely on me now. do you understand?"

Qi Sui slapped him hard in the face and said angrily, "Get your dirty hands away from me."

Zhang Wenchi raised his hand to touch the face that was slapped with pain, and sneered: "You actually hit me three times." He laughed several times, and finally calmed down, whispering: "Sure enough, I can't go back to the past."

System: "Host, will you push him too far?"

"No matter what, I'll beat you anyway."

Qi Sui broke free from his hand, quickly stood up and distanced herself from him.

Seeing that she had not changed her mind, Zhang Wenchi stopped wasting time and said to her before leaving: "You are still as stubborn as before."

Qi Sui looked at him warily until the cell was locked again.

Not long after, the official came to open the door again. Qi Sui said impatiently: "Are you done yet? I've already told you I won't..." She raised her eyes and found it's Shen Yu.

Shen Yu walked quickly to her, her eyes moist, as if she was about to cry. Qi Sui wanted to raise her hand to comfort her, but she smelled blood. She took a half step back, put her hands behind her back, and clenched them tightly. "Why are you here?"

Shen Yu didn't notice her cold tone, she just looked at her again and again and said, "Fortunately you didn't get punished."

"Go back quickly, this is not the place you should be."

Qi Sui was strange and cold. Shen Yu was startled and said in a trembling voice: "Why can't I come? You know..."

Qi Sui interrupted her, suppressed the impulse in her heart, and said in a calm voice: "Young lady, Please go back."

"What do you mean?" Shen Yu burst into tears, staring at her and asked, "Did you really promise Zhang Wenchi to break up with me?"

"Did he look for you?" Qi Sui hurriedly stepped forward. She hurriedly asked, "What did he say to you?"

Shen Yu told her about what she had just seen Zhang Wenchi: "I just came in and happened to see him leaving. I didn't recognize him, but he called me." She lifted her eyelids, peeked at Qi Sui's expression, and continued: "Zhang Wenchi said that everything is because i'm by your side. As long as you leave me, he will have a way to save you."

"He's talking nonsense!" Qi Sui explained anxiously. "I just chased him away!"

"Then why did you keep me away just now?" Shen Yu said aggrievedly.

Qi Sui held the corner of her clothes and wiped her tears carefully to prevent her hands from getting blood on them. Facing Shen Yu's questioning, she confessed honestly: "I'm worried... I'm afraid it will be difficult to get away this time. If I implicate you, I will feel uneasy."

"It's okay for me to be alone, but I'm afraid that Mother Song in the mansion will be so worried that she can't sleep or eat. If I'm in danger this time, I would like to ask you to..."

"Don't say it!" Shen Yu raised her hand to cover her mouth, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

Feeling her hands trembling, Qi Sui's forced calmness instantly collapsed. She pulled Shen Yu into her arms and hugged her tightly, "Okay, I won't say anything."

The two hugged for a while until both calmed down. Qi Sui suddenly laughed out loud, saying, "Why do you act like we're parting forever?"

Shen Yu also started laughing, saying, "I was the first to show my weakness."

The officer outside the cell waited for a long time, and when he saw that the time was almost right, he called out, "It's time to go."

Shen Yu's face was full of worry but she forced a smile, "Don't be afraid, I will definitely protect you."

Qi Sui nodded, and just as she turned around, she held her face, leaned down slightly, and Shen Yu left thoughtfully.

The officer looked at Qi Sui with a playful look and asked, "Is she your wife?" Before Qi Sui could answer, he went to eat and drink.

Qi Sui looked up at the window. It's pitch black outside. She said in a very low voice, "Yes."

The night was getting darker and darker. As soon as Shen Yu returned to the Qi Mansion, Mother Song came over anxiously, "Madam Shen, how is the miss?"

"It's okay. She will be kept in the cell today and will be trial tomorrow."

"Did anyone torture her?"

"Don't worry, Madam Song. Madam Qi is unharmed."

Madam Song kept repeating, "Amitabha, God bless us."

When Shen Yu saw that mother Song is no longer panicking, she slowly said, "This matter is indeed difficult. I want to ask the servant to go to Zhang's house to guard it."

"It doesn't matter, Madam Shen, just use anything. As long as the miss can be rescued, it's fine."

Shen Yu got her answer, and immediately called the housekeeper, arranged for a few servants to squat at Zhang's house, and carefully watched Zhang Wenchi's whereabouts.

She thought of what Qi Sui said in her ear, that Zhang Wenchi would find the coroner tonight at the latest, and she must stop him as soon as possible. Shen Yu glanced at the bright moon in the sky, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. When it's late at night and everyone is asleep, the lights in Zhang's house were on and the sound of stringed instruments and orchestras could be heard from time to time. At this time, a man fled in panic from a dark corner.

The servants of the Qi Mansion was hiding in the dark, when he was suddenly attacked by a person and turned his head in anger, but Chen Yun felt that this person looked familiar and stopped him from preparing to hit someone.

"This man seems to have been to Qi Mansion before."

When the man heard the word Qi Mansion, he said anxiously, "Take me to Qi Mansion!"

Everyone was undecided, so Chen Yun made the decision directly: "I will take him back to the mansion, and you continue to guard it."

So Chen Yun took the man back to Qi's house. Ruo Wei lit the candle for Shen Yu and prepared the pen and inkstone, then she picked up the pen and wrote the following words.

After a while, Mother Song came in and said, "Madam Shen, Chen Yun is back."

Shen Yu wrote the last word, put down her pen and stood up, "Is there any movement in the Zhang family?" Mother Song shook her head.

When Shen Yu walked outside, she found that Chen Yun had brought back a man with dishevelled hair and a dirty face. Although he was a strong man, he was squatting on the ground and trembling all over. She didn't understand why and looked at Mother Song.

Mother Song said, "He is the Fourth Master."

Chen Yun told Shen Yu about the Fourth Master's panicked escape. Shen Yu thought for a moment, then lit up the Fourth Master's face with a lantern and asked, "Why are you at the Zhang family? What did you do?"

"It's Zhang Wenchi!" the fourth master roared.

"What did he ask you to do?"

"Told me to find Qi Changsheng and give me money if I succeed. He is good at disguising himself, but I didn't expect that he has a dark heart! He actually wanted to kill me to silence me. If it weren't for the steward's persuasion, the murder lawsuit would be the most difficult and I would have died long ago."

Shen Yu asked: "What was his intention in asking you to find Qi Changsheng?"

"I don't know." The fourth master kept shaking his head.

Shen Yu felt furious, grabbed his collar and said, "Do you know that Qi Changsheng is dead? Now Qi Sui is in prison, and people outside are saying that Qi Sui killed him!"

The fourth master felt stunned. He seemed not to believe her words, his eyes were blank, and he said: "How could this be... I didn't know it would be like this..."

"Zhang Wenchi asked you to do things many times, could it be that he really had good intentions? Besides, how could he not know that Qi Changsheng hated Qi Sui? He is just using someone else's knife to kill someone!"

The fourth master was startled, knowing that he could not hide it, and worried that Shen Yu would vent his anger on him and report him to the government. He fell to the ground, his voice trembling, and said: "I...I did covet the money given by Zhang Wenchi, but I have no intention of harming anyone! I didn't know that this matter would affect Sui Jie'er, I...I I'm sorry, Dalang!"

Shen Yu stood up, feeling very tired, and said: "The most urgent thing is to redress Qi Sui's grievances and not let Zhang Wenchi get away with it."

The fourth master hurriedly said: "I am willing to prove that Sui'er is Innocent!"

After waiting all night, there's still no movement from Zhang's house. Shen Yu did not sleep all night. At dawn, a servant finally came back to report the news and handed her the joint letter.

Shen Yu glanced at the letter. It was full of handprints of various farmers and Lizheng in Yunyan Village. They were all willing to prove that the fruits and vegetables grown by Qi Sui were harmless. When the court session started, Shen Yu brought the joint letter and beat the drum with the fourth master in front of the yamen.

The county magistrate summoned them to come in together. Shen Yu held up the joint letter and said, "I am suing Qi Changsheng for falsely accusing Qi Sui."

The county magistrate had just read the letter and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? Qi Changsheng clearly died after eating the fruit planted by Qi Sui."

"Shen, given name Yu."

Xian Cheng was a thoughtful person. He immediately recognized Shen Yu. He whispered to the magistrate: "This little lady is Lord Shen's third child."

The county magistrate calmed down and said, "Now the coroner has examined the body and found that Qi Changsheng died of poisoning. What can you say?"

Shen Yu said, "I have a witness. Please investigate, magistrate."

The fourth master knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "I have seen the magistrate when I was a child. Qi Changsheng did not die because of Qi Sui's fruit, but Zhang Wenchi deliberately framed him."

"Are you saying that the words of the grave digger are also false?Who is Zhang Wenchi?"

Shen Yu remained calm and said calmly: "This matter involves many things. Please ask the county magistrate to summon the coroner to the hall. "

The coroner was nearly sixty years old. He wanted to finish this case and leave, but he was detained before he left, He stood in front of the hall, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

The county magistrate saw his panicked expression. he slammed the table and said, "Do you know Zhang Wenchi?"

"I don't know."

Shen Yu looked calm, stared at him and said, "Old man, if you tell the truth, this matter will never have anything to do with you. If you don 't say it, Zhang Wenchi will just let you take the blame."

The coroner shuddered and refused to admit that he had anything to do with Zhang Wenchi. Shen Yu couldn't figure it out, so She said, "Please ask the magistrate to ask the Coroner for an autopsy."

"Presumptuous!" The magistrate shot the case and said angrily: "How can you allow a woman in the public hall to intervene at will!"

The Magistrate still wanted to make a circus, but was forced back by the county magistrate coldly, only to hear him say sharply: "Chuanqisui!"

Shen Yu saw Qi Sui coming in from outside the door, and they looked at each other from a distance, Qi Sui smiled at her and tried to comfort her.

Qi Sui knelt in front of the hall, and the county magistrate asked her: "Qi Changsheng died because of you, do you plead guilty?"

"I plead not guilty."

"If there is an injustice, just tell the truth and I will clear your name."

Qi Sui told the county magistrate what happened yesterday. The county magistrate thought for a moment, looked at the fourth master, and said, "How do you prove that Zhang Wenchi framed him?"

"Qi Cheng, the son of Qi Changsheng, was sentenced to exile at the beginning of the year, so he held a grudge against Qi Sui. Zhang Wenchi gave me a lot of silver and asked me to find Qi Changsheng and live in Zhang's house, so what happened today happened."

The country magistrate whispered, "It seems that this matter is indeed related to Zhang Wenchi."

The magistrate recognized Qi Sui, a woman with great ambitions for farming. He was unwilling to believe that Qi Sui had killed someone, so he followed the county magistrate's advice and summoned Zhang Wenchi.

Zhang Wenchi was drunk last night, and the steward woke him up and said anxiously, "Master, wake up! Someone from the yamen is here."

"Why would people from the yamen come here? "Zhang Wenchi said impatiently.

The steward didn't dare to mention the fourth master's escape, and said guiltily: "I don't know either, I'm afraid the coroner let it slip."

Zhang Wenchi then came to his senses a little, his face grim, and said, "How could he let the cat out of the bag? His wife and children all live in the mansion."

"Sir, please go and take a look. Don't neglect the people in the yamen."

When Zhang Wenchi saw the officer, he smiled gently and said, "Excuse me, sir, is there anything important that I can help you with?"

"There is a murder case in front of the hall that is related to you. Sir, please come with us."

Zhang Wenchi was and only glanced at the steward, and then followed the official to the Yamen. When he arrived in front of the magistrate, he saw Qi Sui kneeling upright at a glance, like a stele that would not fall.

Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Wenchi show up.

The magistrate asked, "Zhang Wenchi, do you know Qi Changsheng?"

"I don't know." Zhang Wenchi returned extremely quickly.Seeing that he was dead and did not admit it, the fourth master said anxiously: "My lord! What I said is true, Zhang Wenchi deliberately concealed it!"

Only then did Zhang Wenchi find out that the fourth master was also in the public hall, and he immediately turned a cold face and secretly cursed the steward for not doing things cleanly.

The magistrate pointed to the coroner and asked Zhang Wenchi, "Then do you know who he is?"

Zhang Wenchi's face did not change color, and said, "I don't know."

The coroner glanced at him secretly, his eyes showing cowardice, but he turned a blind eye.

The county magistrate said nothing, his eyes were inquiring, and he carefully scanned everyone's face.

At this time, Zhang Wenchi said: "I really don't know what I have to do with this. What does the case have to do with me? Could it be that Madam Qi is still obsessed with me, so she resorted to this desperate measure to get me to bear false witness for her Or drag me into the water?"

The county magistrate looked at Qi Sui with dissatisfaction.

"Master Zhang, you are a histrionic personality, right?" Qi Sui smiled contemptuously, and seeing that he didn't understand, she said, "Is Master Zhang possessed by evil spirits? That's why there are groundless assumptions about me."

The county magistrate looked away, but his brows were furrowed. Zhang Wenchi said again: "Although I don't know the details of this case, I heard that it was because of Madam Qi's selfishness that a life has died."

Now that Qi Changsheng is dead, there is no evidence, so whatever he says is reasonable. If the county magistrate was not here, Qi Sui would have wanted to stand up and slap him again.

Shen Yu suddenly said: "Does Master Zhang really think he has done it perfectly?"

"Does this young lady believe that I am involved in this case?"

"yes." Shen Yu raised her eyes, stared at him coldly, and asked again: "Master Zhang, people are doing it and the sky is watching."

Zhang Wenchi met her gaze, was silent for a moment, suddenly smiled, and said: "It's a pity that I don't believe in gods and Buddhas, otherwise I would be frightened by your words and really think that I have done something wrong.

The hall was silent, and drums were beating outside. Everyone looked outside. Zhang Wenchi didn't see who was beating the drums, but he heard Shen Yu say to the county magistrate: "Sir, I have a witness!"

Qi Sui let out a short laugh, raised her face to face Zhang Wenchi, and said, "Sometimes gods and Buddhas also show their spirits."