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After leaving the Zhao residence, the two went straight to the yamen to report the situation to Luo Lingwei. After Luo Lingwei heard the two's report, she already understood in her heart. After saying that she understood, she ordered the two of them to rest.

After waiting for Xiaoqing and Zhang Long to rest for a while, Luo Lingwei also started her trial.

As Luo Lingwei gave the order, she sent out all of the local officials to surround Zhao Yuan's mansion. Then, a few servants came in and brought out Zhao Yuan and a bunch of servants from the Zhao Mansion.

After arriving at the hall, Luo Lingwei did not directly interrogate these people. Instead, she first took them all into custody and interrogated them one by one.

In front of him was the butler of the Zhao Family, Zhao Bao. At this moment, Zhao Bao was trembling in the court as if his soul had left his body.

Seeing that, Luo Lingwei slapped the wood: ”Insolent servant! Your old master has already admitted to it, and you were the one who incited your young mistress to kill him! ”

After the butler heard these words, he did not care about dignity. He was originally kneeling on the ground, but at this moment, he jumped three feet into the air and shouted at Luo Lingwei, ”The Empress has wronged you! I followed the orders of the old master and went to find a few servants to do some work! This was my master's idea! ”

A messenger on the side was secretly picking on Luo Lingwei's big brother, thinking that this esteemed wangfei was really too smart, cheating on him as soon as he came up, and even cheating on him.

Hearing this, Luo Lingwei nodded her head and said: ”You can tell me everything from the beginning to the end. If you're right, I won't let you die. If you're even the slightest bit fake, I'll let you lose your life on the spot!”

When the butler heard that he still had a chance to live, he immediately told him everything he knew.

It turned out that he was in the garden with the old master that day playing with birds when he saw a hoodlum dressed as a hoodlum coming home. Zhao Bao recognized this person. It was Liu Er. He was a famous rascal in Peng County and no one wanted to talk to him.

However, Liu Er said that his young mistress had adultery with someone, and described the matter vividly, as if he was watching it happen on the spot. However, Master Zhao thought that if this matter were to spread, not only would his daughter lose all face, even the wealthiest person would be looked down by others. Old Master Zhao was forced into a corner, but he had no choice but to spend some money to settle the matter.

After that, he sent Madame Zhao to check on his daughter's room and found that there was something amiss. For the next few days, he sent people to spy on his mistress' room. Sure enough, a adulterer was caught one night.

Master Zhao saw that his daughter was indeed involved in adultery and killed both of them in one go. The man was knocked out by the servant with a stick, while Miss Zhao was strangled to death by the infuriated Master Zhao.

Just as Master Zhao was about to deal with the corpse, he realized that he had killed the wrong person. The one who died was Liu Er, the main culprit, Chang Yu!

Because digging out the mud at the bottom of the pond would dirty the stone slabs. In order to not leave any evidence, Master Zhao placed the broken half of the door next to the pond to use to hold the mud. After burying the corpse, he chopped this half of the door into a pile of firewood and set it on fire.

The next day, he went to the county magistrate to report that Steward Zhao was a rich person and Chang Yu was just a small commoner. Adding on to that, Steward Zhao only wanted to put Chang Yu to death so he ordered for money to be given to the yamen. As a result, Chang Yu died in vain!