Chapter 265 - Hear a Case in Hell at Night (1/2)

Rou’er sat on the floor on her knees and looked at the place in shock where the light scattered in the front, asking in fear, “Who, who is there?”

In the beginning, there was no sound.

She tried to support herself and walk forward to have a look, but when she was about to get up, she heard a deep and hoarse male voice from ahead. “The maid Rou’er!”

“I am here!” Rou’er subconsciously answered, and then a terrified feeling rose to her head from her sole.

Who was calling her?

There was only one person in the room.

However, when she started to think about this question, the deep male voice continued to grunt, “Are you going to admit your guilt?”

“What, what guilt?” Rou’er responded in panic and then looked around all of a sudden, but it was silent and there was nobody except her.

As soon as she finished her words, a loud and clear sound of knocking on the table with a wood appeared and scared her.

“Do you still want to find an excuse to justify yourself?”

The male voice in the front suddenly roared, and it came to her from afar, seeming to shout in her ear.

It was like a magistrate interrogating a criminal and scared Rou’er to have soft legs. She just wanted to protest, but she gave up the plan immediately. She merely replied while trembling, “I admit my fault. I admit it. Please spare my life, please, My Lord!”

“I am Bao Zheng from Kaifeng. Somebody accused you of killing him in hell. Is it true?”

Most of the common people had heard the story that Bao Zheng heard a case in the human world in daytime and in hell at night, and they were in awe of this impartial magistrate.

Of course, Rou’er was not an exception. She heard the story about Bao Zheng since childhood and was taught not to do anything evil. Otherwise, the victim or ghost would report to Lord Bao and sue her.

Then she would be unable to sleep well at night.

At this thought, Rou’er trembled, but then the expression on her face was stagnant for a moment.

When did she kill somebody else?

“My Lord, please observe clearly. Although I made a mistake, I never killed anybody. I don’t know what you mean by saying my guilt. Please investigate it carefully, Lord Bao…”

Rou’er hurriedly knelt on the floor and kowtowed desperately to ask for mercy.

The “Lord Bao” in front of her kept silent. After quite a while, he finally softened his tone. “Oh? You said that you didn’t commit a crime. Have you done something evil recently as the victim accused you in front of me?”

“Er…” Rou’er hesitated for a moment and didn’t want to speak.

Then another sound of knocking on the table with a wood appeared.

“How dare you! When I hear a case, how can you hesitate and refuse to tell the truth? Do you force me to use the instruments of torture?”

Rou’er was frightened and sat on the floor on her knees again. Then she trembled and planned to speak out everything. “I dare not. I will tell you everything.”

“Say it now!”

Rou’er gritted her teeth and told him that Leng Yan colluded with Mo Shujun and the others. Leng Yan wanted to marry Shi Junhe, as she planned to fight for the title of Duke Shi with the baby in her womb. And Leng Yan had told somebody to buy poison and prepared to kill Dong Hui and her unborn baby. Rou’er exposed their evil intentions clearly.

After that, she kowtowed crazily again and begged, “My Lord, please investigate it carefully. I am just a servant and can only do as the masters say. How can I have the right to make decisions? And Leng Yan and the others have decided, so I just went on errands and helped her bring the poison from the drugstore. I didn’t do anything evil except that. My Lord, please spare my life because I confessed honestly and regret it sincerely. I don’t dare to do anything evil in the future.”

Rou’er finished her words while trembling with fear, and it fell into weird silence again around her.

Unfortunately, she was scared out of wits. Otherwise, if she raised her head, she could find that the so-called Lord Bao was another person.

“Are you willing to sign and confirm the paper about what you said tonight? Then it can be the sworn evidence to show and confront others in court.”

The faint voice appeared again, and Rou’er hesitated once more.

It was fine to tell “Lord Bao”, but if she had to confront Leng Yan and even Mo Shujun and the others, she didn’t have the nerve to.

“What? Isn’t what you said tonight the truth? Do you know that if you cheat me, you will go to hell and your tongue would be cut off and thrown into an oil pan…”

Rou’er suddenly thought of the tongue with fresh blood on her bed, and she was so scared that her heart almost came out. She hurriedly shouted, “Stop, stop! I am willing to sign. As long as you can spare my life, I am willing to do anything…”

In order to stay alive, Rou’er ignored that she would offend Mo Shujun and agreed to any request.

Then, she saw that a paper with what she had said recorded flew down to her, as if it appeared out of thin air.

Rou’er didn’t feel doubtful anymore. She grabbed the brush pen in a flurry and signed her name on the paper. Then she put her fingerprint on it.

Afterward, the paper rose slowly and then disappeared on the roof.

Rou’er was so frightened. At last she couldn’t stand it and fainted as she could hardly breathe.

It was deadly silent in the room. After a while, the green light faded gradually, and the orange light was on.

A lady came out of the corner in front of Rou’er. She brought an oil lamp in her hand and wore the costume of Lord Bao, walking slowly before standing in front of Rou’er.

“Gee, she can’t stand the fear and even went into a coma. It’s a pity that I was worried that I don’t know how to end it.”