Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 377: Witnesses, Fury, Thrown into the Heavenly Prison!
"This is slander!" Li Qingmu said coldly, "This is merely your wishful speculation. As for the truth, we must speak of evidence!"
"Evidence?"
Upon hearing Li Qingmu ask for evidence, Chief Clerk Wang laughed heartily, feeling very pleased that this fool had taken the bait!
"At the Capital Governor Mansion, we are all about evidence. You want evidence? Here, men, bring the witnesses!"
Immediately, three men in black were brought in, bound.
"Your Majesty, I have been tracing them for several days and finally captured these three persons. They are among the perpetrators who killed hundreds in Qingshui Village that day!"
As he spoke, he kicked one of them, forcing him to the ground and yelled, "Scoundrel, before the Golden Hall, confess quickly!"
One of the three, timid and cautious, glanced at Li Qingmu, a subtle move noticed by keen observers, and their expressions toward Li Qingmu changed.
Did this person actually know Li Qingmu?
What does this imply?
It implies that Li Qingmu is the true mastermind behind this incident!
Yes, that’s right, he is the real culprit!
Indeed, the man cautiously pointed in Li Qingmu’s direction, perhaps too frightened to look directly: "It’s him!"
After saying this sentence, another man hurriedly knelt and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, spare my life, spare my life. I am just carrying out orders. I have elders above me and children below me. I need to make a living. This man promised me one hundred taels of silver when the deed was done, and I was tempted by that, Your Majesty... Your Majesty, kill me, but spare my family!"
The man frantically kowtowed and pleaded, eventually sobbing uncontrollably, pleading not for himself but for his family.
Instantly, the eyes of countless people looking at Li Qingmu were filled with even more anger!
"Li Qingmu, these are witnesses. They have all identified you. Do you still want to deny it?"
Chief Clerk Wang saw Li Qingmu, facing such bloody accusations, merely let out a scornful laugh, angering him further, and he rebuked harshly.
"He says it’s me, so it must be me? You can claim I’m framing the Seventeenth Prince, so why can’t I say someone is framing me? Perhaps the person framing me is you!"
"Nonsense, you’re twisting the facts!"
Accusing me of trying to frame him?
Chief Clerk Wang was so angry his face turned livid.
"These three people, I’ve never even seen them, and suddenly they appear to accuse me of directing them to massacre Qingshui Village? It’s utterly ridiculous!"
"You don’t know them? But surely you recognize these people?"
A peculiar voice suddenly emerged, and Li Qingmu’s handsome face stiffened slightly as he looked at the slowly approaching figures outside the hall.
He was startled!
Because he knew every one of them!
Not only did he know them, but he was very familiar with them!
Led by a group of armed guards, they slowly entered the Golden Hall and kneeled below.
"Commoner Chai Tieniu,"
"Commoner Huanhuan,"
"Commoner Wang Xiaoliu,"
"Salutations to His Majesty the Emperor, long live His Majesty!"
With a thunderous noise, as if a bolt of lightning struck, Li Qingmu’s face changed drastically!
"Chai... Brother Chai... Huanhuan, Wang Xiaoliu! You... what is your intention?"
He was livid, nearly staggered, as these were not mere acquaintances but those close to him or serving him, how could they... how could this happen?
They actually came forward to accuse him?
Moreover, Chai Tieniu and Huanhuan weren’t they in a small clinic in Qingtian County? How could they possibly be here?
"You scoundrels, you’re not them, who are you? Speak, why are you impersonating them, are you trying to frame me? Why!"
Li Qingmu went mad, his eyes reddening, as he rushed up, drawing a long knife from a guard and swinging it at the people.
"Presumptuous, presumptuous, quick, restrain him!"
Some cried out in alarm, some thrilled, as two strong Imperial Guards rushed up and seized Li Qingmu!
Despite this, Li Qingmu remained wildly frenzied!
"Liars, Your Majesty, they are liars, deceiving you, they are not them! Brother Chai is injured, gravely wounded, he’s recovering in a clinic in Qingtian County, impossible to be here..."
"Li Qingmu, stop pretending! You demon, villain, butcher! To frame the Seventeenth Prince, you slaughtered our entire village, those were your fellow townspeople, among them were your relatives and friends, and you still struck them! My parents died under your executioner’s blade!"
Chai Tieniu suddenly stood up, pulling open his shirt to reveal a body full of scars. A deep wound on his abdomen could be seen, which had bled due to the previous violent pull!
Li Qingmu stared at the identical wound, completely dumbfounded, incredulous!
Could it really be Chai Tieniu? The real one, unmistakably?
"Why... Brother Chai, why are you framing me? I saved you, what did they offer you that’s worth coming to frame me?"
"Bah, you demon, stop pretending here. This is the Golden Hall; with the Emperor above quelling your evil, you cannot stir up any trouble!"
Chai Tieniu shouted angrily, his eyes red as he thought of his parents’ tragic death at the hands of this childhood friend; he wished to pounce and tear him into shreds!
Huanhuan and Wang Xiaoliu beside him looked at Li Qingmu with expressions of pity.
"Sir, stop struggling. Face and admit what you’ve done; perhaps accepting it might grant you a decent end. His Majesty, considering your past merits, may spare your wife and family."
"You, you all..."
Li Qingmu, hands bound by two Imperial Guards, glared angrily at Huanhuan and Wang Xiaoliu, struggling hard, but couldn’t break free, with his hair and clothes in disarray.
"You treacherous beasts, animals, you won’t die a good death!"
"Presumptuous, daring to shout before the throne in the Golden Hall! Your Majesty, this man... is truly heartless!"
Pang Wenzheng, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, his face filled with painful grief, expressing his inner rage by thumping his head on the ground.
Qi Yun gazed coldly at the crazed Li Qingmu below, eyes flashing with anger and disappointment, and said icily: "Li Qingmu, when even your servants can’t tolerate your actions, what more do you have to say?"
"Your Majesty, I am innocent, I did not do it!"
"Hmph, didn’t do it? Bah, you little villain, little scoundrel, still denying it? We didn’t want to testify against you, wanted to save you some face, but now, we have no choice!"
Outside the Golden Hall, several more people ran in.
It was Mrs. Li Zhou and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Zhang!
Instantly, Li Qingmu’s pupils widened, utterly shocked!
Thinking they had left after going to Qingshui Village, unaware they were brought here, to deal a fatal blow at the critical moment!
Despicable!
The means of the person behind this were utterly vile!
"You all..."
"You little scoundrel —" Even before Li Qingmu could react from the shock, Mrs. Li Zhou knelt, cried loudly, "You little scoundrel, I am your mother! Yet you want to kill me? Just to frame the Seventeenth Prince?"
Oh heavens, you are so heartless, I... as a mother, have no face to live, I might as well die..."
After finishing, Mrs. Li Zhou suddenly stood up and attempted to crash into the pillar of the Golden Hall, fortunately stopped by the quick action of Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang.
"Mother, don’t do this, it’s not your fault, it’s... it’s his heartlessness, don’t die, if you die, we won’t live either! Boohoohoo..."
"Mother, bad people will be punished by heaven, don’t take your life!"
"..."
With these three in the hall, the scene instantly became loud and chaotic, irritating and confounding Qi Yun, who suddenly slapped the table, shouting angrily: "Silence, silence, all stop for me! Li Qingmu, you... you’re heinous! To frame my seventeenth son you even target your own parents? Fine, very well, so utterly inhumane... Men, throw him into the Heavenly Prison, into the Heavenly Prison!!"
