Chapter 55: The Contemporary Lu Buwei?

Chapter 55: The Contemporary Lu Buwei?

Chapter 55: The Contemporary Lu Buwei?
The news brought by Li Xun was like thunder and lightning to Liu Shancheng, and he was stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect this matter to become such a big deal. If he had known this would happen, he should have destroyed the body completely. In this way, without the physical evidence, he would not be implicated no matter what.

But it was too late to say this now. In a panic, Liu Shancheng hurriedly asked Li Xun for help, begging him to help him no matter what.

Li Xun and Liu Shancheng have been friends for many years, so naturally he doesn't want anything to happen to Liu Shancheng. After all, Liu Shancheng is his money bag, and he can get a lot of benefits from Liu Shancheng every year. Once something happens to Liu Shancheng, his source of income will be cut off.

He told Liu Shancheng the truth that if he wanted to get over this, he had to pay money to bribe the perpetrators and never admit it. He also had to find a scapegoat to take the blame. As long as he could find a way out in this regard, there was still hope. Once it was verified, it would be difficult to resolve.

Liu Shancheng nodded repeatedly, saying that he understood, and that he had done the same thing in court today. Moreover, he already had a scapegoat. When he said this, he winked at Li Xun in the direction of the next room. Li Xun nodded knowingly, indicating that he understood his idea. Next, he would find a way to guide him in this direction. Although the case was Yu Zhida's, he was also a co-magistrate after all. It was impossible for Yu Zhida to completely bypass him, and he would always find an opportunity to help Liu Shancheng.

In addition, Liu Shancheng asked Li Xun to help him contact other relationships outside, such as channels at the Provincial Administration Office and the Governor's Office. As for the amount of money, he would never treat Li Xun unfairly. As long as he could get out, it would be better to have a good reward.

After getting Liu Shancheng's promise, Li Xun left the cell contentedly. After Li Xun left, Liu Shancheng looked at Lin Zhenzong not far away with a vicious look.

Just now, when Liu Shancheng and Li Xun met and talked, Lin Zhenzong had been paying attention. He only heard the first few sentences vaguely. Their voices were too soft afterwards, and he couldn't hear clearly even when he pricked up his ears. But now, seeing Liu Shancheng looking at him with such eyes, Lin Zhenzong's heart sank instantly, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Liu Shancheng in prison patiently waited for Li Xun outside to arrange things for him, hoping to get out early. The next day, Yu Zhida once again interrogated the prisoners, and this time he directly brought Lin Zhenzong out alone.

When he was brought to the hall, Lin Zhenzong originally wanted to wait and see what would happen, but he didn't expect Yu Zhida to beat him with a stick again without asking any questions. This beating was even heavier than yesterday's, and Lin Zhenzong cried for his parents. Especially when he was being beaten, a bailiff whispered something in his ear, which made Lin Zhenzong even more terrified. Thinking back to the meeting between Li Xun and Liu Shancheng in the prison yesterday, and the vicious look Liu Shancheng gave him after Li Xun left, Lin Zhenzong instantly realized that he had become Liu Shancheng's scapegoat.

"Sir... don't... don't hit me... I... I confess! I confess!" Lin Zhenzong cried and shouted to confess.

Yu Zhida raised his hand and shouted, and the bailiff stopped beating with the board.

Then they interrogated Lin Zhenzong carefully, but what was unexpected was that when Lin Zhenzong opened his mouth, he did not say that the death of the maid Xiaohuan was his fault. Instead, he blamed Liu Shancheng and confessed that Xiaohuan was beaten to death on Liu Shancheng's order. The cause was just a small matter. Unexpectedly, Liu Shancheng was in a bad mood that day, so he had Xiaohuan dragged away and beaten severely.

Who would have thought that the maid was too weak to bear the beating, and she died soon after the beating. After the death, it was Liu Shancheng who had people clean up the mass grave. Lin Zhenzong was just a housekeeper, and Liu Shancheng was the head of the Liu family. How could he, as a housekeeper, disobey the orders of the head of the family? He was just doing things for the head of the family, it was really unfair!
With a breakthrough in the case, Yu Zhida instantly became alert and asked Lin Zhenzong about the cause and effect. How could Lin Zhenzong not tell the truth in order to save his life? He immediately told everything he knew. After recording the confession, Yu Zhida asked Lin Zhenzong to sign and seal it. When he got the confession, Yu Zhida raised his eyebrows. When he was about to call for someone to interrogate Liu Shancheng, someone suddenly came to report that the second and third wives of the Liu family wanted to see the prefect.

Hearing that Liu Shancheng's two brothers wanted to see him, Yu Zhida was slightly stunned and subconsciously wanted to say no. At this time, the steward of the general's mansion sitting in the hall coughed and winked at Yu Zhida. Yu Zhida thought about it and asked someone to bring Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin to the hall.

When they arrived at the lobby, Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin knelt down when they saw Yu Zhida. Without saying a word, they kowtowed and begged the judge to make a decision for them, and handed in the petition.

Seeing this scene, Yu Zhida felt strange and asked them what they were suing for and what injustice they had suffered. The brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin cried and said that they came to the prefectural government to sue Liu Shancheng, the head of the Liu family. As the eldest son of the Liu family, Liu Shancheng had oppressed his brothers and embezzled public property for many years. Not only that, he also committed a horrific murder case.

Apart from the incident involving the maid Xiaohuan this time, Liu Shancheng has beaten to death or maimed several servants over the years. These are all proven facts. As the second and third branches of the Liu family, they really can't stand what Liu Shancheng did. In order to appease themselves and seek justice, they have sacrificed their own relatives for the sake of justice and have taken the initiative to come to the government office to testify today.

In addition to these, Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin also said something that was really surprising. They actually said that Liu Shancheng's only son was not actually born by Liu Shancheng, and his biological father was none other than Lin Zhenzong, the steward of the Liu family who was currently in the hall. Lin Zhenzong was nominally the elder brother of Liu Shancheng's concubine Xiangyu, but in fact, the two were not siblings. They had known each other long before Xiangyu was taken as a concubine by Liu Shancheng. After Xiangyu entered the Liu Mansion, Lin Zhenzong also went to the Liu Mansion under the name of her brother. Later, the two secretly colluded and gave birth to a son, who was publicly known as Liu Shancheng's son, but in fact, he was not of the Liu family's bloodline.

It was also because of this child that Xiangyu was favored by Liu Shancheng, and Lin Zhenzong also rose to become the chief steward step by step. As a child of the Liu family, the bloodline must not be tainted, and it is not allowed for outsiders to impersonate such a scandal to happen. Brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin came today not only because of Liu Shancheng's murder case, but also for this matter, begging the prefect to make a decision for them.

When this gossip came out, everyone in the hall was shocked. Even the knowledgeable yamen runners couldn't help but whisper to each other. This was simply too unbelievable.

No one expected that the head of the Liu family had actually been cuckolded for a long time. This cuckold had been doing this for so many years, and he had always treated the son born to someone else and his concubine as a treasure.

Lin Zhenzong is also a talented person. Not only did he secretly sleep with Liu Shancheng's concubine, but he also used this opportunity to become the chief steward of Liu's house. If Liu Shancheng dies of old age and frailty in the future, his own son will naturally become the next head of the Liu family. This operation is simply a replica of Lu Buwei! How could he think of this?
No wonder Liu Shancheng treated Lin Zhenzong so highly. But when the time came, Lin Zhenzong refused to take the blame for Liu Shancheng. After being beaten a few times, he immediately confessed and instead pointed out that the death of the maid Xiaohuan was actually caused by Liu Shancheng.

When you string all these things together and think about them carefully, they all make sense. If Liu Shancheng got into trouble because of a murder lawsuit, then shouldn't the eldest grandson of the eldest house be the heir to the Liu family?

But you have to know that Liu Shancheng's son is actually Lin Zhenzong's son. So doesn't that mean Lin Zhenzong has the final say in the Liu family from now on?

Wow! This plan is so brilliant. Lin Zhenzong is just like an actor! In order to achieve his goal, he even took two beatings before confessing. It was really well-intentioned.

At this time, Lin Zhenzong, who was in the hall, trembled all over and almost fainted after hearing this.

A thousand horses were galloping through his heart, and Lin Zhenzong cried out that he was wronged.

He swore to heaven that he and Liu Shancheng's concubine Xiangyu were really brother and sister, and the little master born to Xiangyu was indeed Liu Shancheng's son. The so-called affair and the cat-for-prince substitution were simply nonsense and slander.

The brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin have been suppressed by Liu Shancheng over the years. The eldest branch of the Liu family has the final say, and the second and third branches have no rights at all.

This time, because of the murder of a maid, Liu Shancheng was temporarily detained in the government jail. The brothers Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin clearly saw an opportunity to turn the tables and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize power in the Liu family. Not only did they want to kill Liu Shancheng, but they also used this dirty water to slander themselves and the young master, intending to completely deprive the eldest branch of the possibility of getting involved in the Liu family.

Their malicious intentions are simply outrageous. Lin Zhenzong can swear to heaven that what Liu Shanchang and Liu Shanlin said is not true. If what he said is false, I hope God will punish him. I hope the prefect will investigate it carefully!
For a moment, the hall was very lively. The husband said he was right, and the wife said she was right. Several people accused each other and said that what they said was the truth.

You can't usually get such a melon. The yamen runners, including the parents of the maid Xiaohuan and the manager of the general's mansion were all dumbfounded. The protagonist instantly became the fight between the Liu brothers and the Liu family's chief steward, and the original plaintiff and victim became a bystander, which was simply amazing.

An ordinary murder of a maid suddenly involved the private scandal of the Liu family, and because of the Liu brothers' sacrifice of their own family for the sake of justice, other murders were involved. Yu Zhida was not in a hurry. He sat in the hall and watched the development of the situation with relish, but he felt a little amused in his heart.

(End of this chapter)