After rebirth, she turned around and married the emperor's uncle and tore the scumbag apart

Chapter 586: I will make these people pay double in the future

"Ms. Jiang, as the person involved, please tell us what you saw and heard."

Madam Jiang held Jiang Yan's hand and encouraged her softly, "Yan'er, speak up bravely. Your parents and your brother are here, so don't be afraid."

Jiang Yan nodded with red eyes, then looked at Duan Xu with a firm gaze.

"This morning, as usual, my mother and Ling'er accompanied me to the Buddhist temple to copy scriptures."

"Who is Ling'er?"

"Her name is Ling Ling. She's from Prince Su's mansion, which is my cousin's house. She's a year older than me and knows medicine. My cousin was worried that I might get sick, so she asked her to stay with me."

Duan Xu nodded, "Miss Jiang, please continue."

"After I finished copying the Buddhist scriptures, I found that my mother was not there, so Ling'er and I went back to the courtyard to look for her. However, after searching for a long time, we still couldn't find her. I asked the maids and the servants, but they also said that they hadn't seen her. I got anxious and ran to Su Nanxing's courtyard to look for her."

"Why did you think of looking in Miss Su's yard?"

Jiang Yan pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "My father is the Minister of Revenue, in charge of the country's money. My family is the richest in the world. This is well known. It's possible that Su Nanxing helped his father or the prince to frame me."

Hearing Jiang Yan say this, Su Nanxing immediately became angry and slammed the armrest of the chair and scolded: "Jiang Yan, don't make false statements without any evidence!"

Jiang Yan glanced at her resentfully, still remembering Madam Jiang's instructions. She wasn't lost in her argument with Su Nanxing. She looked at Duan Xu and continued, "I went to Su Nanxing's yard, but I didn't find Mother. However, Su Nanxing told me that Mother had gone down the mountain. Mother had never left me like this before. I knew something must have happened to her, so Ling'er and I took a carriage down the mountain to look for her. At the foot of the mountain, we encountered the kidnappers. They stabbed Ling'er, abducted me, took me to that yard, and tied me to the bed. Then Zheng Chengrui came in and said he wanted to be the Jiang family's son-in-law. It was a done deal. As long as I gave in, Mother would be safe. Luckily, Jiang Ting showed up and killed Zheng Chengrui at the last minute."

Su Nanxing explained nonchalantly, "I just wanted to tease you. I just said it casually. I didn't know there were robbers at the foot of the mountain. If you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck today. Lord Duan, please don't let others slander me."

"What is the truth? After the trial, you gentlemen will make your own conclusions." Duan Xu said, and then asked Madam Jiang, "How did Madam disappear from Qingshi Temple?"

Madam Jiang said, "Master Jinghua of Qingshi Nunnery told me someone was looking for me in the side hall. When Madam Liu and I went there, no one was there. However, I smelled the incense in the hall and passed out. I woke up in a cave in the mountain behind Qingshi Nunnery, my hands and feet bound and my mouth gagged. I often saw her in the nunnery, so I wasn't on guard."

Zheng Lun, who was on the sidelines as a juror, said, "Nun Jinghua was found dead in the temple after we went up the mountain. She was bleeding from all seven orifices. It was arsenic poison. There were finger marks on her face and wrists. It was obvious that someone had forced the poison into her. We have already interrogated the other people in the temple, and no one saw the murder."

Su Nanxing raised her lips when she heard this, feeling proud. How could her father's men be so dishonest?

Duan Xu saw the smile on Su Nanxing's lips, his eyes were heavy, and he roughly understood what was going on, but investigating a case requires evidence, and now there is no evidence to prove that Su Nanxing was involved.

Duan Xu looked at Yun Ting again and said loudly, "Jiang Ting, come forward and listen to the trial."

Among all the people present, Yun Ting had the lowest status, so he naturally had to kneel down to listen to the trial.

Yunting walked to the middle of the lobby, lifted his skirt calmly and knelt down.

"Jiang Ting, how did you happen to save Miss Jiang?"

Yun Ting bowed and replied, "My master was worried about the safety of the young lady and the mistress, so he ordered me to hide in the mountains to protect them in times of crisis. That day, while I was hiding in the mountains, I suddenly saw birds scattering below and smelled blood. I went down the mountain and around and saw the maid who had been accompanying the Jiang family and the mistress in the carriage had collapsed. Miss Ling Ling was injured and lying in a pool of blood. I woke the maid, inquired about the cause, and then chased the young lady to the mansion. There were too many kidnappers, so I took some time to deal with them. When I entered the house, I saw Zheng Chengrui tugging at the young lady's clothes, intending to molest her, so I killed him."

"Do you know that he is the son of Minister Zheng?" Duan Xu stared at him sharply, like an eagle.

Yun Ting knelt straight, meeting Duan Xu's gaze without the slightest fear. "I didn't recognize him at first, but after I killed him and looked closely, I remembered."

"Bastard! I'm going to kill you!" Zheng Zixu glared at Yun Ting and almost jumped up from his chair, but was pushed back onto the chair by the yamen runner.

Duan Xu slammed the gavel, "Silence!"

After saying that, he turned to Yun Ting and said, "He didn't succeed. You don't have to kill him."

"Master Duan!" Yun Ting shouted coldly, "In the Great Ning Dynasty, where a woman's reputation is more important than her life, if we keep him, not only will the son of a minister, but even a peddler or a young lady will have to marry, or they will die. I am a servant of the Jiang family, and my mission is to protect my master. How could I possibly keep him under such circumstances?"

"Do you know that you are the people's father and mother, and that you are the one who upholds justice for them? He was clearly at fault first, yet you refuse to convict the murderer and yet ask me why I didn't show him mercy?"

Zheng Zixu glared at Yun Ting and shouted, "You deliberately wanted to kill my son! I will never let you go!"

"Master Zheng, please be quiet!" Duan Xu clearly had lost his patience with Zheng Zixu. He didn't respond to Yun Ting's words, but instead looked at Li Huaizhi and asked, "Master Li, tell me what you saw after entering."

"Yes. After I led my men in, we first examined the body of the man in black in the yard, then went into the house to investigate. Inside, Master Zheng lay dead in a pool of blood. His clothes were disheveled, and there were nail marks on his chest that matched Miss Jiang's. The slap marks on Miss Jiang's face were also confirmed to be Master Zheng's. Miss Jiang's outer robe had also been torn by him. It was clear that this kidnapping was orchestrated by Master Zheng, who intended to force Miss Jiang."

At this time, Jiang Fu, who had been sitting there without saying a word, stood up, walked to the center of the lobby, stood next to Yun Ting, and swept his sharp eyes over everyone who was trying the case one by one.

"I'm sure you all have heard about why my daughter went to Qingshi Temple. On the day of my daughter's coming-of-age banquet, Zheng San came with the Crown Prince to celebrate, but he accidentally saved my daughter from drowning. He originally wanted to ask Your Majesty to grant me a marriage, but she refused. I donated half my fortune to Your Majesty to allow my daughter to practice in his place. Whether the drowning that day was intentional is impossible to determine, but this man had ill intentions. After failing in his first plan, he plotted to kidnap my wife and my daughter. According to Daning law, kidnapping is already punishable by death, and kidnapping the family of an imperial official is an even greater crime. How can he be pardoned just because he is the son of a high-ranking official? You all can report directly to Your Majesty on the matter, and he will make the final decision!"

Zheng Zixu was already in the wrong, and Jiang Fu's words made him realize that he could not get justice for his son today.

It doesn’t matter. If he can’t get it back today, he will make these people pay double in the future.