Chapter 308 - Convict Him (2/2)
He looked indifferent, and he stopped Shi Qingxue just because he didn’t hope that they would make this matter too embarrassing.
However, hearing Shi Junhe’s words, Shi Qingxue was more irritated and her eyes were red out of anger. She retorted emotionally, “He is not my uncle. Father, do you know what on earth he did?”
“What?” Shi Junhe frowned and his face became tense.
Shi Qingxue glared at Shi Juncai ferociously with her resentful eyes and then took a deep breath before she finally calmed down with difficulty. “He doesn’t have Grandpa’s skeleton because he crushed the skeleton to ashes and poured them into a river.”
Shi Junhe’s eyes widened in shock. “What? Is it true?”
He was scared by this shocking news and got dizzy, moving backward before he managed with effort to steady himself, but he still looked astonished after a long time. It seemed that he couldn’t believe what he had heard.
Shi Juncai was also surprised and denied it subconsciously. “No, I didn’t. Father’s skeleton is still in my hands. Don’t listen to her bullshit…”
He stuttered. At the sight of Shi Qingxue’s piercing eyes, he had a shiver down his spine and cried feebly, “I told the truth. Shi Qingxue, don’t you want to get back your grandpa’s skeleton? If you don’t, I will really tell somebody to turn it into ashes and throw them into a river.”
Shi Juncai intentionally looked ferocious and said it with certainty.
However, Shi Qingxue had known the truth, so she certainly wouldn’t be cheated by Shi Juncai’s words.
She waited indifferently till Shi Juncai finished his words and then expressed coldly, “Since you like to crush a skeleton to ashes so much, please rest assured. After you die in the future, I will treat you in the same way in return.”
Nobody knew whether Shi Juncai was frightened by Shi Qingxue’s threatening eyes or her words, and he opened his mouth but couldn’t speak a word after a long time.
Qingxue didn’t plan to say more to him. Then she turned to Shi Junhe. “Father, the criminal who killed Uncle Junfeng has been captured. Just send him to the government.”
The words “send to the government” stimulated Shi Juncai in an instant. He struggled violently again and wanted to grab Shi Junhe’s sleeve. “Brother, save me. You can’t be so heartless.”
However, after Shi Junhe heard about what Shi Juncai had done to Shi Lei’s skeleton, he was completely disappointed at this so-called brother. He ignored Shi Juncai’s plea and just waved at Wei Zichao, gesturing for him to take Shi Juncai away.
Shi Juncai’s shrill cries became lower and lower till it disappeared in the end.
The rest of people in the ancestral hall of the Shi family remained silent for a long while.
After a long time, Shi Junhe moved his stiff body and then shook.
“Father!” Shi Qingxue called in a hurry and reached out her hand to support him.
Shi Junhe waved away her hand and stated casually, “No need. I am fine. All of you, go out now. I want to stay and talk with your grandpa.”
Shi Qingxue wanted to say more, while Shi Junhe had turned around.
She could do nothing but walk out of the ancestral hall with Mo Junyang.
When Qingxue reached the gate, she looked back worriedly, to see that Shi Junhe slowly walked to Shi Lei’s memorial tablet and then knelt down.
He remained unmoved.
Qingxue looked at him for quite a while and left with a sigh at last.
For the case that Shi Juncai had ordered Shi Wang to poison his elder brother Shi Junfeng to death, the evidence was solid. Even though Mo Shujun and Mo Junhao made efforts to help him, Shi Juncai was relieved of his official position and would be banished to one thousand five hundred kilometers away.
After Shi Juncai was imprisoned, Mo Shujun didn’t show up until he was sentenced to banishment.
At night before Shi Juncai was sent into banishment, Mo Shujun finally came to see him in the prison of the Ministry of Penalty.
After less than half a month, Shi Juncai lost a lot of weight with his face unshaven, looking like a beggar on the street.
Even though Mo Shujun was mad at Shi Juncai, seeing that her son was so haggard, she had tears in her eyes involuntarily. “Juncai.”
Shi Juncai raised his head and glanced at Mo Shujun coldly. Then he looked away and asked impassively, “What are you doing here?”
He said that in a distant tone. It seemed that Mo Shujun was less important to him than a stranger.
Mo Shujun couldn’t help but frown after hearing that, saying with displeasure, “Why do you speak to me like this? Don’t forget that I am your mother.”
“Mother?” Shi Juncai repeated with a forced smile and leered at Mo Shujun. “You are really a good mother. I have become like this because of you.”
Mo Shujun was rendered speechless and moved backward as she couldn’t stand steadily. Fortunately, the maid Rou’er supported her from behind, so she didn’t fall.
She trembled out of anger and cursed involuntarily, “Don’t you feel guilty till now? If you didn’t kill Junfeng, would you be in such a difficult position?”
At the mention of this matter, Shi Juncai cursed more emotionally, “If I didn’t take actions in advance, would the title of Duke Shi be given to me? I am your most loved child. Why did you consider leaving the title of nobility to Shi Junfeng who was good for nothing?”
Mo Shujun was astonished as she hadn’t expected that Shi Juncai still coveted the title of Duke Shi, so she said angrily, “I have planned a bright future for you, and you can enjoy wealth for a lifetime. Don’t you feel contented?”