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Chapter 2073 Xu Zhu Goes Crazy

Xu Zhu's eyes were red. Seeing the soldiers surrounding him, he couldn't help but burst into laughter: "I didn't expect that after all my tricks, I would lose to you!"

He stared at Wan Shufang behind the officers and soldiers, his eyes vicious and fierce: "Wan Shufang, do you think you have won? It's impossible. The goddess will not let you go."

"Hahaha, you will all die and be buried with the goddess!" Xu Zhu shouted like a madman. The officers and soldiers looked at each other and thought that Xu Zhu was crazy.

With all the witnesses and evidence, Xu Zhu could no longer deny his crime of murder. He was abducted by the soldiers and thrown into prison. In prison, Xu Zhu knelt down and prayed every day, muttering to himself, begging the goddess to save him.

But the goddess he mentioned never appeared.

Listening to what the county magistrate said, Wan Shufang pondered for a moment and said softly, "I heard that 20 years ago, a woman was hunted down by the government. Do you know about this?"

"Madam, I am a new official who has just taken office. Twenty years ago, I had not yet taken part in the imperial examination." The county magistrate smiled embarrassedly. He felt guilty for not being able to help Wan Shufang.

Wan Shufang didn't care about this. She just told him to keep an eye on Xu Zhu, and then left the county magistrate's mansion with Chen Changli.

"Changli, I think we should also investigate the corruption and murder case twenty years ago." She still wanted to find out who that woman was and whether she had any relationship with the original owner or her.

Perhaps guessing what Wan Shufang was worried about, Chen Changli nodded gently: "Okay, I will send someone to send a message back to Yongzhou City and ask An'er to help us."

"Hope everything goes well."

Wan Shufang took a deep breath. Although Yongzhou City was far away from here, having Chen An's help was better than going there unarmed.

After returning to the inn, Chen Changli arranged for An Yi to deliver the letter, and other secret guards were also sent out to investigate what happened that year. Chen Changli and Wan Shufang went to visit the people.

With multiple efforts, even though this old case was twenty years old, it was investigated thoroughly by Chen Changli and Wan Shufang in just a few days. After seeing the truth, the two immediately overturned the woman's case.

Wan Shufang also went to see Xu Zhu in person and brought him the news.

In the prison, Xu Zhu leaned against the wall, still kneeling, calling out to the goddess and praying for her protection.

"Xu Zhu, I have overturned your mother's case twenty years ago." Wan Shufang said lightly. The man in the cell seemed to pause for a moment, and then said nothing, but his trembling eyelids betrayed his excitement.

"Xu Zhu, I know you care. This is the document. Take a look and you will understand."

After stuffing the document into the cell, Xu Zhu hesitated for a moment, but eventually came over, picked up the document, and read ten lines at a glance.

After reading the contents of the document, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

"The verdict has been overturned. It's really overturned."

"Mother, my son, I finally did it." Xu Zhu's face was full of excitement and he clenched the document tightly, but the next second, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

This scene happened too suddenly, and Wan Shufang was so frightened that her face changed drastically. She quickly asked someone to open the door and took Xu Zhu's pulse herself.

"You actually hid poison in your mouth?" Wan Shufang couldn't believe it and glared at Xu Zhu angrily: "There must be a reason for this. You are not guilty of a crime that deserves death. Why are you doing this?"

"I should have died a long time ago. It is a fact that I killed someone. Madam, thank you for overturning my mother's case."

"Ahem, ahem, I am satisfied with my life."

Xu Zhu coughed up a lot of blood again, staining Wan Shufang's clothes red. She let go of Xu Zhu and left him lying weakly on the ground. The poison took effect very quickly and Xu Zhu didn't even have time to say a few words before he slowly closed his eyes.

Looking at his body, Wan Shufang showed a trace of pity and sighed deeply: "He is also a poor man. He lay dormant for 20 years just to overturn his mother's case."

As her thoughts turned to herself, Wan Shufang thought about the news she had found out in the past few days and felt a little touched.

Twenty years ago, Xu Zhu's mother was hunted by the government for reporting corruption by an official. She fell off a cliff and disappeared, and her life or death is unknown. From then on, the young Xu Zhu had to wander around.

Later, by chance, he entered Qingfeng Temple, but he never forgot to avenge his mother, so he pretended to be a ghost just to help the woman to avenge herself.

The news about Wan Shufang was found out by Xu Zhu's friends in the imperial city.

From the very beginning, Xu Zhu made up his mind to attract Wan Shufang's attention, so as to make the matter bigger and let Wan Shufang intervene in the case.

And the children he killed were all the grandchildren of his former enemies.

Thinking of this, Wan Shufang sighed a little and said calmly: "Forget it, at worst, I can tell the county magistrate and pay for your burial out of my own pocket."

After saying this, she left the cell without stopping and went to tell the county magistrate about the matter.

The person was already dead, and the county magistrate would not keep the body. After announcing Xu Zhu's death to the people, he allowed Wan Shufang to take him away.

On that day, Wan Shufang and Chen Changli went to find a quiet place to bury Xu Zhu, and everyone went to the temple to take back the bones.

Those people held the corpses of their children, crying heartbrokenly, and clamored to whip Xu Zhu. Only after they learned that the child was already dead did they give up. With no place to vent their anger, the group smashed the temple.

In just half a day, the temple was completely destroyed. Chen Changli and Wan Shufang didn't care about it. After burying Xu Zhu, they returned to the inn to rest.

But what they didn't expect was that after this incident, the people treated the two as honored guests, and went door to door, vying to entertain them, and the secret guards couldn't stop them.

Seeing this, Wan Shufang hurried out to calm the emotional people.

"Everyone, punishing evil and promoting good is what each of us should do. No matter where we encounter it, we will not stand idly by, so you don't have to take it to heart."

"Go back." She waved her hand, wanting everyone to disperse.

But the people refused and still insisted.

"My Lord and his wife are kind-hearted, and we should repay their kindness."

"Madam, let's go to my house for dinner. My husband is a good cook and has prepared a table of delicious dishes."

"My wife is also a good cook, come to my house."

"Why don't you go to every house, my Lord and Madam?"

"Yes, we should go to all of them so that we can express our gratitude."

After hearing everyone talking about the plans for the next few dozen days, Wan Shufang held her forehead slightly.

She pursed her lips, still firmly declining, and coughed lightly, saying, "We appreciate everyone's kindness, but there's no need to eat. We have things to do and can't stay long."

"Madam is right, you all should go back." Chen Changli walked out and followed suit.

Hearing this, the people looked at each other, gave up the idea of ​​persuading them, and left one after another. After the people left, the two returned to the room.

This time, they did not delay any longer, quickly packed their luggage, and left quietly that night.