noffsinger Chapter 259 The cracks on the jade pendant couldn't be more obvious
Chapter 259 The cracks on the jade pendant couldn't be more obvious
"So Miss Qiuhe and I sneaked to the back mountain. We searched there for a long time and found a suspicious place. After we dug, we found Miss Wenwen's body. Miss Wenwen died in a miserable way. She was hit on the back of the head, and the whole back of the head was bloody. But after inspection, we found a jade pendant in Wenwen's hand. Even after Wenwen died, she was holding it tightly. I think it was torn off from the murderer. I recognized the jade pendant in Wenwen's hand. This jade pendant was a birthday gift from me to Du Chao. The jade pendant is quite special. I had someone custom-made it for me. However, on the way back, I accidentally tripped and the jade pendant fell to the ground, leaving a crack. If you don't look closely, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, but if you look closely, you can still see the crack on the jade pendant."
Wu Luo said this, taking out a jade pendant from his sleeve and holding it in his hand.
Cheng Song immediately stepped forward, wrapped the jade pendant in a handkerchief, and handed it to Xie Ci'an. Xie Ci'an waved his hand, and Cheng Song silently took the jade pendant back and examined it carefully in the light. "Your Majesty, there is indeed a crack on the jade pendant, but it is not very obvious."
Du Chao panicked instantly. He raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead. "You're talking nonsense! Maybe you're jealous of me and are deliberately using this clumsy trick to frame me in order to prevent me from being elected as the dean of Yousong Academy. Since you've been lurking in Baitong Academy for so long, maybe you stole it from Baitong Academy. Tell me, was it the dean of that academy who ordered you to do this?"
"If Du Chao doesn't want others to know, then he had better not do it. Do you think no one saw the process of you killing people?" Wu Luo sneered and looked at Du Chao.
Du Chao shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. It rained so hard that night, no one would have seen it. You said I killed him, but where is the evidence?"
Wu Luo smiled and looked at Du Chao. "I don't have any evidence. I just wanted to trick you. You admitted it yourself. You killed Wenwen. Besides, I found a hallucinogenic drug in your yard. It's exactly the same drug I took when Wenwen took me away that day. I asked around and found that you bought this drug from the drug dealer."
"No, I didn't. You are lying and framing me on purpose. There must be someone instructing you to frame me. I hope Your Majesty will understand." Du Chao knelt in front of the emperor and kowtowed heavily.
"Then how do you explain your collusion with the Fanyang County Magistrate and the frequent sending of singing girls and gold and silver to the Fanyang County Magistrate's mansion?" Xie Ci'an threw a confession in Du Chao's face.
The confession was provided by the soldiers in the Fanyang County Magistrate's mansion. After learning about this, Wen Zhu immediately ordered the arrest of the Fanyang County Magistrate.
Du Chao trembled as he picked up the confession scattered on the ground. After taking a look at it, he knelt on the ground with a look of horror and kowtowed repeatedly. "Your Majesty, I have seen clearly that I did not do these things. It was Wu Luo who deliberately framed me. He couldn't bear to see me become the headmaster of Baitong Academy and have the opportunity to go to Beijing, so he deliberately planned all this."
"The servants in the Fanyang County Magistrate's Mansion must have been bribed by Wu Luo to make such a confession. Your Majesty doesn't know that Wu Luo's family is extremely wealthy. He can even fake his own death to escape. What else can't he do?" Du Chao buried his head in the ground, not daring to look at Xie Ci'an.
"Du Chao, how shameless can you say such a thing? The evidence is solid, who else do you want to push the blame on?" Wu Luo forced himself not to step forward and attack.
Gu Jianchu took a sip of his teacup and asked in a cold voice, "Since you say this is an injustice, what evidence do you have to prove that you didn't do these things and that someone else framed you?"
"I..." Du Chao's brain was working rapidly. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head helplessly, "I have no evidence."
"This is the confession that the Fanyang County Magistrate made at the Imperial City Office. He not only admitted to accepting bribes multiple times, but also helped you capture Wu Luo and helped you get the position of the headmaster of Baitong Academy. Later, because the Wu family paid too much money, the Fanyang County Magistrate secretly released Wu Luo without your knowledge. To avoid attracting attention, he lied that Wu Luo was dead. The Fanyang County Magistrate also said that you wanted to see Wu Luo's body, but the county magistrate was afraid of being exposed, so he didn't dare let you see it and perfunctorily sent you away."
"What else do you have to explain?" Gu Jianchu waved a folding fan in his hand and looked at Du Chao with an attitude of watching a show.
Upon hearing that the Fanyang County Magistrate had confessed, Du Chao sat on the ground in despair, his face extremely pale.
"Send him to the Imperial City Division for a thorough interrogation to see if he has any other cases." Xie Ci'an waved his hand, and naturally someone came up and took Du Chao away.
Seeing Du Chao being taken away, Wu Luo looked like he had gotten revenge.
"It's such a pity for Wu Luo. If he hadn't been framed by that scumbag, the position of the dean of Baitong Academy would have been Wu Luo's. With his ability, the development of Baitong Academy would not be any worse than it is now."
Xie Qingzhi couldn't help but feel a little sorry.
"Wu Luo, now I have restored your status. You can study hard and participate in the election for the position of the principal of Baitong Academy." Xie Ci'an couldn't help but feel that it was a pity that such a talent was wasted.
Wu Luo didn't expect that the emperor would actually restore his identity.
Not only that, he was also allowed to continue to serve as the dean of Baitong Academy to realize his previous revenge.
Wu Luo knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, "Wu Luo thanks the emperor for making the decision for me. I will study hard and do my best to run for the position of the principal of Baitong Academy. I will never let the emperor down. I am willing to serve the emperor and the empress for the rest of my life and repay the emperor's kindness even if it means working like a slave."
Gu Jianchu clapped his hands. Yunhe presented another tribute of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone from Huzhou. "This gift was originally intended for the headmaster of Baitong Academy, but he has a bad character. Now, I give it to you. I hope you can keep yourself clean and realize your great ambitions."
"Thank you for the reward from Her Majesty the Queen. I will definitely keep Her Majesty's words in mind." Wu Luo took the reward from Yunhe with both hands.
After receiving the reward, Wu Luo was sent out of the palace along with Xiao Fuzi.
Xie Ci'an glanced at the crowd, each with their own hidden agenda, and said coldly, "Alright, it's just a small incident. Let's continue and don't ruin the fun."
After lunch, the banquet ended.
Xie Qingzhi followed Jiang Fengmian out of the palace. The other deans were picked up by their respective carriages, leaving Jiang Fengmian walking alone on the street. Xie Qingzhi ordered the coachman to stop, lifted the carriage curtain with her slender white fingers, and poked out a furry head. Her eyes were full of smiles, and even her voice was a little gentler than usual. "Where is Dean Jiang going?"