manynovel Chapter 893: Witnesses and Evidence
Chapter 893: Witnesses and Evidence
"What nonsense! What abandoned mine! This general doesn't know anything about it!" Prince Yuanming felt panicked for no reason when he saw that Liu Muyun's words sounded convincing. He had a bad premonition.
"This iron mine has been reported to the court for scrapping, saying that there are no more mineral deposits. But I sent someone to check and found that there are still people mining in this mine recently.
I have captured the miners there and asked them about it. They said that they have been secretly mining since the mine was reported as abandoned last year. I don’t know how much ore they have mined. The mine belongs to Prince Yuanming. He ordered his capable subordinate, a deputy general named Zheng Ji, to guard it personally.”
"I have ordered people to arrest Zheng Ji, and he confessed everything! This is his confession. I have not wronged Prince Yuan Ming!" Liu Muyun took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and waved them to everyone.
When Prince Yuanming saw this, his eyes bulged and he wanted to grab it. Unfortunately, the guards around Liu Muyun had already blocked in front of him and drew their swords.
"Prince Yuanming, what else do you have to quibble about? We have the witnesses. If you feel that the physical evidence is not complete, I have the iron mine's account books here too! And I have already brought the body of General Dingyuan out of the mine!" Liu Muyun used his trump card and caught everyone off guard.
Everyone was shocked and the Wang family members collapsed to the ground.
Madam Liu trembled as she held Wang Xiao's hand tightly. Before she saw the general's body, she could still deceive herself that the general was not dead. But now that Liu Muyun said so, it was almost certain.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she couldn't believe that General Dingyuan had passed away.
"Father!" Wang Xiao and the bride Wang Rong both cried bitterly.
"Prince Yuanming, you killed loyal ministers and generals for your own selfish desires. You will not die well! I will go to the capital to file a complaint. Even if you are a member of the royal family, the emperor must give us an explanation."
Madam Liu was heartbroken, and there was resentment in her eyes as she looked at Prince Yuanming.
"Since today is our wedding day, let's talk about everything after the wedding. Even though General Dingyuan passed away, he died for his country! I will still keep my promise and will not let General Dingyuan rest in peace!" Liu Muyun looked at Mrs. Liu with a firm expression.
Madam Liu and Wang Xiao were immediately filled with gratitude, realizing that they had previously judged others by their own standards.
In any case, if the great general passed away, their Wang family would lose its backbone and would naturally go from being a wealthy family to a small one.
It would be considered as marrying up for that girl if she married into the Liu family. So it seems that Liu Muyun is still a man of affection and loyalty.
Seeing that Madam Liu and the others were relieved and did not mention breaking off the engagement again, Liu Muyun raised his eyebrows.
Then he turned to look at Jiang Youzhen, "Sir Jiang, please take charge of the situation! I have already placed General Dingyuan's body in the government office and will deal with it after the wedding."
However, before the wedding begins, please ask Lord Jiang to put the suspect, Prince Yuanming, in jail first and interrogate him later."
"Liu Muyun, I didn't kill Wang Yuanlu, you framed me! Maybe the real murderer is you, you are the one crying thief." Prince Yuanming was furious.
"Humph! I wanted to save your dignity, but you don't know what's good for you. Not only did you kill General Dingyuan, you also framed his deputy general Chen Xudao, saying that he accepted bribes and abused his power for personal gain. In fact, it's all false!
And you secretly imprisoned Chen Xudao, hoping to learn the whereabouts of the tiger talisman from him, is that right or not?" Liu Muyun sneered.
"So you have planned everything. I only have one question for you, Liu Muyun! Have you betrayed the court?"
Prince Yuanming knew that today would not end well. Liu Muyun was determined to frame him and he must have both witnesses and evidence.
Zheng Ji had definitely betrayed him, and it was indeed him who framed Chen Xudao. The truth and the falsehood were mixed together, and there was no way to explain it. In this case, it was useless for him to argue.
Turning to look at Jiang Youzhen, he found that she was silent, and Prince Yuan Ming was very disappointed.
The number one scholar who is said to be extremely talented is just like this!
"I am loyal to the court and the emperor, how could I betray him? You are greedy. You already have wealth and glory, but you still feel it is not enough!"
Liu Muyun waved his hand behind him, "Someone, come! Capture Prince Yuan Ming!"
"Wait!" Suddenly a loud shout came.
When everyone looked, they found that it was the imperial envoy Jiang Youzhen.
Jiang Youzhen walked out of the crowd and then looked at Liu Muyun.
"Master Liu, please don't worry. Since the death of the general is related to the safety of the border, we can't be careless! I am an imperial envoy sent by the emperor, so I must investigate this case thoroughly."
Jiang Youzhen turned his head and looked at Madam Liu and the others behind him, "Madam Liu, what happened today means it's not a good day for the wedding. It's better to postpone the wedding. General Dingyuan's body is still warm, so we should find out the cause of his death first!"
Mrs. Liu couldn't wait to see her husband's body. She wanted to see him alive or dead! She couldn't be sure whether her husband was still alive until the last moment.
"Okay!" She glanced at Prince Yuan Ming and decided to make the murderer pay the price this time.
"This?" Liu Muyun thought about it and could only sigh.
"Well! We can talk about the wedding later. Even if we get married now, it's too hasty!"
"Dear guests, I'm afraid I can't entertain you today. Please understand! I will come to your house to apologize one by one later." Liu Muyun bowed to everyone, acting like the host.
Everyone naturally expressed their understanding. Although they still wanted to know what would happen next, since the host had said so, they couldn't force themselves to stay.
"Wait! Since everyone is here today, let's be witnesses!" Jiang Youzhen said.
Liu Muyun frowned, "Master Jiang! It's better not to make this public, okay?"
"Why not? Lord Liu just said that the murderer was Prince Yuan Ming, but I have a different opinion. Since there is a disagreement, I can only ask you to be witnesses to avoid causing a stir in the city!" Jiang Youzhen stood with his hands behind his back, his tone indifferent.
"Oh?" Liu Muyun raised his eyebrows. "What do you think, Lord Jiang? I have all the evidence. If you want to see it now, I will present it all to you!"
He pointed to the hall hung with red silk and said, "We will use this place as the court for now. What do you think, Lord Jiang?"
When everyone heard that they could help solve the case, who would disagree? They all said they wanted to stay and must know the truth about the general's death.
"Then I'll follow your advice, Lord Liu!" Jiang Youzhen nodded.
Prince Yuan Ming thought he was going to be imprisoned, but unexpectedly, Jiang Youzhen stood up.
Although he was worried and felt that Jiang Youzhen might not be able to turn the tide, he still held out hope.
"Okay! Come on, bring both the witnesses and the physical evidence!" Liu Muyun sneered in his heart, it depends on what kind of trouble you can make.
Jiang Youzhen said, "I don't need to see your proof, because I have other witnesses and physical evidence."