Shi Junhe stood blankly three meters away from the bed and seemed to be nailed, unable to move a bit. He just fixed his eyes on the dead body on the bed.
“Father.”
Shi Qingxue’s low voice dragged Shi Junhe back to reality and also attracted Zhang Qiuyan’s attention.
As soon as she saw Shi Junhe, Zhang Qiuyan suddenly got up and rushed to him, crying, “You bastard. It’s you. You caused my husband’s death. It’s your fault.”
Her unreasonable denouncement made Shi Junhe in a daze. Zhang Qiuyan even waved her fist and wanted to punch him.
Fortunately, Shi Baojing was swift-handed and stopped Zhang Qiuyan in time, shouting angrily and anxiously, “Mother, stop!”
Shi Baojing summoned some servants and stopped Zhang Qiuyan from making a scene.
Zhang Qiuyan would have accused this daughter of her husband’s concubine of disrespecting her in the past, yet now Shi Baojing was the second prince’s fia
Shi Baoning’s face stiffened and she stuttered, “No…way?”At last, she said in an uncertain tone.Shi Qingxue looked at Shi Baoning and didn’t waste energy to explain. She gave Shi Baoning room to figure it out herself.Shi Baoning still looked doubtful and then turned to Shi Junhe. She wanted to ask more seemingly, but his weary face made her unable to speak a word.When the atmosphere in the main hall became tense again, Zheng Liangcai rushed in excitedly and reported to Shi Junhe, “Lord Shi, I have found the murderer.”His words aroused an uproar.Shi Junhe sprang from the chair and asked in a hurry, “Who is the murderer? How did you find it?”“Lord Shi, you are wise. I listened to you and questioned all the servants respectively who served the second master. Then I found that his personal manservant Shi Wang was suspicious. So I instantly told my subordinates to capture him and inte
When Shi Qingxue returned to the Luotong Boudoir, her face was still unusually red, and her clothes were a little messy, but if people didn’t check her carefully, they couldn’t find anything wrong.The chief criminal Mo Junyang dressed like a gentleman followed her, looking distant, yet his bright eyes reflected his satisfaction.However, the person who dared to look into Mo Junyang’s eyes and even study the expression in his eyes seriously was grabbed by Xia Mang as the maid reported the situation in the Luotong Boudoir to her.Xia Mang gave Shi Qingxue a note with a signature, “the strange thief Ling Yang”.It seemed that the criminal was afraid that other people wouldn’t know that this theft case was caused by Ling Yang again.“Gee, they tried to draw a tiger yet ended up with the likeness of a dog. Only those people could do something so stupid,” Shi Qingxue glanced at the note and said with disgust.
Zheng Liangcai led some people to escort Shi Junfeng’s personal manservant Shi Wang and walked in.Shi Wang entered the room and knelt in front of Shi Junhe as soon as he saw the duke. He begged sadly in tears, “My Lord, My Lord, you must save me. I did everything as you ordered me.”Before Shi Junhe spoke, he was accused by Shi Wang randomly, so he turned ghastly pale and questioned furiously, “Bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? I don’t know you. Why would I order you to do something?”Shi Wang cried more loudly, “My Lord, you can’t say something so ungrateful. You said that the second master threatened your position, and only after he died could you keep the title of Duke Shi steadily, so you told me to find a chance to murder him. Then you would be worriless.“You promised to ensure my safety. Now it’s exposed, but you will leave me alone?”He tearfully pledged in all sincerity and seriousness and
All the others in the room were confused by Shi Qingxue’s action.Shi Juncai asked with sarcasm, “What? Do you think that if you kneel in front of your grandpa’s memorial tablet, he will jump up and help you find the token granted by Emperor?”He mocked at Shi Qingxue and even showed disrespect to Shi Lei indistinctly.Shi Junhe frowned again and wanted to rebuke him, but he remembered that they were like water and fire now. It was pointless no matter what he said.Shi Qingxue ignored Shi Juncai’s “bark” and seriously kowtowed to Shi Lei’s memorial tablet for three times, murmuring to apologize, “Grandpa, I am sorry.”It was silent in the ancestral hall, and all people heard Qingxue say sorry yet didn’t understand what she was sorry for.She knelt for about fifteen minutes and then got up. Afterward, she took a few steps forward.She almost got close to the shrine for worshiping. Then s
Hearing Shi Qingxue’s firm words, Shi Juncai thought that it was bad news and then couldn’t help saying, “Shi Wang just told the truth. You don’t ask your father but criticize Shi Wang for lying. How can you do that?”Perhaps if Shi Qingxue asked Shi Junhe to confirm, Shi Juncai would say that Shi Junhe told a lie.No matter what she said, he would aim at Shi Junhe in the end.However, this time Shi Qingxue stated unhurriedly, “Judging from his answers to my questions, I can affirm that he was lying.”“How…how come?” Shi Wang asked in panic and still didn’t know when he exposed himself.He glanced at Shi Juncai subconsciously and looked flurried.Shi Juncai glared at Shi Wang ferociously, indicating, “Why are you in panic? She must trick you.”They exchanged glances secretly and thought that nobody knew it, while Shi Qingxue noticed everything.However, she didn’t say anyth
It was stipulated in the law of the Mo Country that the ordinary murderer should be imprisoned or more and a servant who murdered the master should be hanged.Shi Wang was Shi Junfeng’s personal servant. He wasn’t grateful to his master’s kindness but killed him, and he would surely be sentenced to death.Shi Wang turned pale with fear after he knew that.Facing the fear of death, Shi Wang suddenly had courage. He raised his head and looked at Mo Junyang, asking in a loud voice, “Your Excellency, don’t you want to know the truth?”He glanced at Shi Junhe with threat and his meaning was obvious. Anyway he would die. If he insisted that Shi Junhe had ordered him to do that, the first master would never disassociate himself.However, Mo Junyang laughed, with coldness in his eyes. “I don’t like to be threatened, especially by a servant who killed his master.”He also swept his eyes over Shi Wang’s famil
Shi Juncai thought that he could rest easy after Shi Junhe put up bail for him, so he didn’t show mercy to Zhang Qiuyan.He covered Zhang Qiuyan’s mouth and told the servants to drag her away.During the period, Shi Junhe looked on coldly and didn’t stop him.Shi Juncai was more sure that Shi Junhe was soft-hearted to him, so he was bailed.He moved closer to Shi Junhe shamelessly at once and expressed flatteringly, “Junhe, you really love your brother deeply. I knew that you would care about my life and death.”Shi Junhe leered at Shi Juncai coldly and stated casually, “Of course I care about my brother’s life and death, and I won’t let him die with a grievance.”Shi Juncai was nervous and stared at Shi Junhe. “What do you mean?”“Junfeng was killed, so all people who killed him should be punished according to the law, and nobody is an exception.” While speaking, Shi Junhe didn’t look
Shi Juncai lowered his head with a pale face and sat on the floor on his knees, trembling.When he raised his head again, he had tears covering his face, crying, “I admit that I stole Father’s skeleton, but…I did that for Mother!”After shouting, he suddenly looked at Mo Shujun and begged, “Mother, I did that because you love Father deeply and want to be buried with him. In order to satisfy you, I considered stealing his skeleton and giving it to you.”Shi Juncai did give the skeleton to Mo Shujun, and she couldn’t remain unmoved, although it was missing later.Shi Qingxue wasn’t convinced but asked coldly, “If you just wanted to steal Grandpa’s skeleton, why did you ruin his grave and even do something so evil to it?”It might be excusable to steal the skeleton, yet he couldn’t go unpunished after ruining the grave.Shi Juncai’s face stiffened, and after a long while, he tried to explain, “I was af