After rebirth, I became a national teacher

I thought this matter was a sure thing.

Zhang slept soundly, waiting for the next morning when Zhang Gui would come to report to her that everything had been completed according to her plan.

Who would have thought that what came was Qingliu running in in a panic.

"Madam! Madam, something terrible has happened!"

Zhang was still recovering from her illness and didn't like people startling her. She frowned unhappily when she heard this:

"What's all the fuss about?"

Qingliu Road:

"Someone from the shop outside just came to report that the Marquis' Mansion had flouted the law and secretly replaced the death row prisoner. It has spread everywhere!"

"what?!"

A wave of dizziness came over Zhang, and she almost couldn't stand.

"What's going on? Where's Zhang Gui?"

"To answer Madam, Zhang Gui has not returned yet!"

At this point, Zhang was completely certain that something had gone terribly wrong with what happened last night!

"Go and find out what's going on!"

Zhang was so anxious that she could hardly eat, but Qingliu didn't come back for an hour or two.

She sent people out to look for it again, and finally found out what had happened.

Although she finally understood the whole story, it brought even worse news.

Yesterday at nightfall, Zhang Gui and his companions had just replaced He Wang and were walking out of the yamen on a street when they were caught up by the officers from the Nandu government office.

Zhang Gui desperately protected Liu Ma and her son and tried to escape, making a huge noise.

The people living nearby and the vendors who had not yet closed their stalls all saw it.

Later, when Zhang Gui saw that he could not escape, he stabbed Madam Liu to death and was arrested.

The officers found a business card from the Marquis of Jingnan's mansion on Zhang Gui.

The criminal was caught red-handed, and the evidence is irrefutable.

By now, nearly half of the southern capital city knew that the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion had flouted the law, secretly replaced death row prisoners, and killed people in the street.

Pei Xiao had finally managed to improve the reputation of the Marquisate, but now it was completely ruined again.

The reason why the maid who was sent later knew so much detail was because the case had been tried in public this morning.

The arrested Zhang Guijian claimed that he and Madam Liu stole the business cards and money, and it had nothing to do with the Marquis's Mansion.

Yan Tongzhi, who was in charge of the case, believed that the business cards of wealthy families were strictly guarded and could not be easily stolen.

If there are any doubts in the prisoner's confession, it must be investigated thoroughly.

The reason why Qingliu did not come back was that when he was watching the excitement outside the hall, he was recognized as someone close to the wife of Marquis Jingnan and was directly summoned to the hall for questioning.

The case will continue to be tried in the afternoon, so Qingliu cannot come back for the time being.

"The government said that the Madam is seriously ill and may not be able to manage the affairs. They have already gone to the garrison camp to ask the Marquis to go and respond to the complaint!"

"what!"

Zhang could hardly stand.

The last time, I was visited by yamen runners and forced by many untouchables to go to the yamen to respond to the lawsuit. It was already a very bad situation.

This time, it was ten times worse than last time.

She was completely certain that she was definitely being plotted against this time.

But now is not the time to pursue the culprit.

She had caused such a big disaster to the Marquis's Mansion that it even came to the point where the Marquis had to go to the government office to respond to the lawsuit.

There is no doubt that the Marquis will come back to punish us as soon as he leaves the yamen.

She didn't dare to think about how she would face the Marquis's wrath when the time came.

Moreover, how could she explain why she wanted to save He Wang at this critical moment?

*

The fact was just as Zhang had expected. When Pei Xiao, Marquis of Jingnan, returned from the yamen, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Tongzhi Yan refused to let go of the Marquis' Mansion.

In one afternoon, several maids around Zhang were summoned for interrogation.

Even though Zhang had instructed them in advance to insist that it was stolen.

But these maids could not withstand being brought into the court one by one for interrogation by Yan Tongzhi.

The more details we asked, the more inconsistent the maids' statements became, contradicting themselves or each other.

After being tortured by Yan Tongzhi, their defenses collapsed and they all changed their statements and told the truth.