Chapter 85 The Truth
Chapter 85 The Truth

When Zhao Wu heard this, he thought it was a good idea, so he used other people's money to make friends with his own friends.

What's more, Zhao Wu was originally Fatty Huang's informant, and the two of them had similar interests, so it was not difficult for them to make friends, so he agreed immediately.

A few days later, the mysterious man found Zhao Wu again and said that the Liu couple from the restaurant in the south of the city owed him twenty taels of silver and could not get it back. He hoped that Zhao Wu would ask Fatty Huang to collect it in his personal capacity.

Originally, Zhao Wu often collected debts for the gambling house owners on the ground, and he originally wanted to show off in front of the mysterious man and collect the debts.

However, the mysterious man said that the Liu couple had a close friend who was the head of the Yingtian Prefecture, and he was also afraid of this relationship and did not dare to show up in person.

When Zhao Wu heard that the person opposite him was a squad leader, he immediately became timid.

So Zhao Wu lied that the Liu couple owed him twenty taels of silver and asked Fatty Huang for help.

However, who would have thought that on the night when Fatty Huang failed to collect the debt, the mysterious man found Zhao Wu again and confessed to him that the reason he asked Zhao Wu to get close to Fatty Huang was a setup, a setup to frame Fatty Huang.

Zhao Wu was shocked and made up his mind right then and there to report the matter to Fatty Huang the next day.

But who would have thought that the mysterious man would give him a large sum of money, claiming that he and Fatty Huang had an irreconcilable feud.

As long as Zhao Wu is willing to help, the one hundred taels of silver on the table is just a deposit, and another two hundred taels will be given after the matter is done.

And he doesn't need to do anything; he can easily make a fortune by just pushing it behind the scenes.

There is no loyalty among the scoundrels who live on the street. As long as they can get rich, they will not mind selling their mother.

So, following the mysterious man's instructions, he found the Liu couple late at night and claimed that he was a righteous man who could not bear to see the Liu family destroyed and came to inform them.

According to the lies fabricated in advance, Zhao Wu was a traveling merchant whose wife and children were separated by Fatty Huang who used the power of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to force him to lose his wife and children.

He lied that Fatty Huang raped his wife and daughter while he was away on business, and that his wife hanged herself because she could not bear the humiliation.

So he secretly collected evidence of Fatty Huang's crimes, but accidentally found out that Fatty Huang had fallen in love with the daughter of the Liu couple, and wanted to use the same trick again.

Under the pretext of collecting debts, he forced them to marry their daughters to him.

Zhao Wu himself came up with a plan to expose Fatty Huang's crimes. As long as the Liu couple cooperated, not only could Fatty Huang be driven out of office, but Zhao Wu would also get three hundred taels of silver as a reward for thanking the couple for helping him get revenge.

Because of the experience of Fatty Huang coming to their house to collect the debt in the daytime, the couple easily believed Zhao Wu's words and regarded Fatty Huang as a corrupt official who bullied men and women and took human lives.

Coupled with the temptation of three hundred taels of silver, he happily agreed to Zhao Wu's request.

At this point, Liu Ruyan, who recognized Zhao Wu, rushed forward in panic and grabbed Zhao Wu's collar tightly, "Impossible, my parents wouldn't be the kind of people who would frame others, you're lying!"

Zhao Wu's hands and feet were tied and he was unable to resist at all. He could only stick out his tongue and look at Ye Xuan and other Jinyiwei for help.

However, what Ye Xuan and others gave him in return was just cold indifference.

Although Fatty Huang had an average relationship with the people present, the fact that Zhao Wu, a small scoundrel, dared to fabricate lies to frame a Jinyiwei still made everyone feel a sense of solidarity.

Seeing that Zhao Wu's eyes were about to turn out, but the follow-up matters had not been explained yet, Ye Xuan could only step forward to stop him helplessly.

"Don't touch me, he is lying!" Liu Ruyan struggled excitedly and wanted to pounce on Zhao Wu to force him to tell the "truth".

When people are extremely stimulated, they will always burst out with much more strength than usual. Liu Ruyan is no exception.

Ye Xuan had no choice but to hug Liu Ruyan tightly in his arms and shouted: "If you really want to clear your parents' name, just calm down and listen to what he has to say!"

Liu Ruyan gradually calmed down, but she still couldn't control herself and lay in Ye Xuan's arms, crying and muttering to herself: "No, my parents are not that kind of people."

Ye Xuan sighed and cast his cold eyes at Zhao Wu again: "Go on!"

Zhao Wu, who had just taken a breath, was suddenly alerted when he met Ye Xuan's cold gaze and continued speaking.

When Mr. and Mrs. Liu heard that there were still three hundred taels of silver, they were immediately overjoyed.

Think about how hard they work, getting up early and going to bed late to run the restaurant, but they can only save a dozen taels of silver in a year.

If they could get three hundred taels, it would be enough for them to build a big house in the countryside, buy dozens of acres of land and live happily as a small landlord.

So he followed Zhao Wu's instructions, wrote a suicide note, and pretended to hang himself.

According to Zhao Wu, as soon as the two men hanged themselves, Zhao Wu immediately pretended to be a passerby who discovered the two men's suicide and called on the neighbors to come and rescue them.

At that time, not only can the couple create the illusion that they were forced to hang themselves by Fatty Huang, but they can also earn three hundred taels of silver without worrying about their lives.

However, after the couple hanged themselves, Zhao Wu did not call for help from the neighbors as agreed, but instead slipped away.

So, the poor Liu couple were hanged to death.

After Zhao Wu finished speaking, Wang Feihu sneered and said, "Where in the world are there such fools who actually believe that you will save them after they hang themselves."

"Even if what you said is true, is there really anyone stupid enough to put his or her name in someone else's hands?"

Seeing that Wang Feihu didn't believe him, Zhao Wu thought that Wang Feihu wanted to surrender, so he flattered him, "I have been in the streets since I was a child, and I am very eloquent. Besides, the mysterious man told me to go to the restaurant occasionally to eat. At that time, I didn't know the mysterious man's intention, so I just thought he was doing a favor for money, so I went there often."

"So I have some friendship with the Liu couple, and money is attractive to them. Plus, the couple is worried about their daughter's comfort, so..."

"So I believed your lies!" Ye Xuan said coldly.

Zhao Wu just smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to say anything more.

Ye Xuan snorted coldly, and then asked: "Do you know the identity of that mysterious man and his motive for doing this?"

Zhao Wu shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know him, and I just do the job for money. The mysterious man never reveals the reason."

At this point in the case, Fatty Huang can basically be cleared of suspicion.

But no one knows who that mysterious man is, why he goes to so much trouble to do all these things, and what benefits it will bring to him.

Politically, the Jinyiwei crisis caused by Fatty Huang has been resolved, but the victim’s grievances have not yet been avenged.

If it was just for the sake of getting the job done, then Ye Xuan could have stopped there.

As for whether to investigate the case, how to investigate, and who the mysterious man is, it can be left to the Yingtian Prefecture government and Mao Xiang to worry about.

(End of this chapter)