Chapter 2062: Prison
Chapter 2062: Prison
"No, run..." Feng Huairen's face changed drastically and he turned around and wanted to run, but how could Chen Changli let him go? With a wave of his hand, he was surrounded by soldiers in an instant.
Looking at the officers and soldiers with indifferent faces, Feng Huairen's forehead was covered with sweat and he clenched his hands involuntarily.
He took a deep breath, turned around, and pretended to be calm and said, "Master Chen, what does this mean?"
"If you want to see my father, you shouldn't bring so many people. He is in poor health and cannot be frightened."
Feng Huairen deliberately brought up Old Man Feng, hoping that Chen Changli would let him go for Old Man Feng's sake.
But he was wrong after all. Chen Changli had been waiting for so long just to catch the two men in one fell swoop. He waved his hand, and the officers and soldiers immediately understood and controlled the two men.
"What are you doing? Let me go. Soldiers can't just arrest people, right?"
"Chen Changli, what on earth do you mean!"
Listening to the two people's angry rebukes, Chen Changli remained calm and took out a complaint.
"You two have maliciously spread the plague and committed murder for money. I have come here on behalf of the county magistrate to arrest you and bring you to justice." He made way for him, and on the ground behind him lay Lu Xiaoyue's body.
Her face was smashed and her original appearance could not be seen.
But Chen Changli had dealt with Lu Xiaoyue many times before, so he recognized who this was at a glance. When he saw the corpse, Feng Huairen finally accepted his fate and his body softened.
The two men were so disheartened that they were dragged away by the soldiers and thrown into prison. The evidence was conclusive and they were waiting to be executed the next day.
The matter came to an end here.
When it was almost dawn, Wan Shufang went to the prison. Seeing the dishevelled Niu Jinzhi, she froze in thought and pursed her lips: "Niu Jinzhi, who prepared those clothes for you?"
Niu Jinzhi was still wearing her wedding dress, and she seemed a little confused by Wan Shufang's words. Soon, she remembered that she seemed to have heard these words somewhere before.
"You...you are that young master?" Niu Jinzhi widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief, but looking at Wan Shufang's stature, she finally had to believe it.
Thinking about how she had been fooled for so long, Niu Jinzhi couldn't help but grit her teeth and said, "Wan Shufang, you treat people like fools, is that fun?"
"When did I fool you? Let me ask you again, who prepared those clothes for you? And who detoxified you and helped you escape from prison in Yongzhou City?"
Wan Shufang asked two questions in a row, which made Niu Jinzhi sneer. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Wan Shufang: "You care about those clothes, right?"
After all, since he had been asking her again and again, there must be something strange about those clothes. It was a pity that she didn't have the chance to investigate further.
Niu Jinzhi's eyes darkened, and she suddenly stood up and walked towards Wan Shufang, saying calmly, "Wan Shufang, if you let me live, I will tell you these things, okay?"
"I will tell you everything without hiding anything." Niu Jinzhi's eyes lit up, and her hands involuntarily grasped the cell door, staring at Wan Shufang.
Seeing her threatening look, Wan Shufang shook her head and turned away.
"If you don't want to tell me, I can find out for myself."
Hearing this, Niu Jinzhi was stunned. This was different from what she had expected. Seeing that Wan Shufang was about to walk out, Niu Jinzhi hurried forward and shook the cell door hard.
The iron chains on his hands and feet kept jingling.
"It's a mysterious woman, Wan Shufang. You can't find her without me. She said she would wait for me at Borneo Cliff in a few days!" Niu Jinzhi suddenly knelt down, her eyes full of pleading: "Wan Shufang, please let me out."
"Please spare my life and I'll help you catch her back, okay?"
After saying this, she kowtowed continuously, begging Wan Shufang to spare her life. It was not until she really faced death that Niu Jinzhi felt afraid. She did not want to die.
As long as she can avoid death, she can do anything.
Niu Jinzhi's roar also successfully made Wan Shufang stop. She turned around and stared at Niu Jinzhi with a dim eye for a long time, but said nothing.
She just moved closer to the cell door step by step, and while Niu Jinzhi was off guard, Wan Shufang clamped her chin and fed her a pill.
After swallowing the pill, Niu Jinzhi held her throat in horror, worried that Wan Shufang had poisoned her to death.
But she held it for a long time and couldn't spit out the medicine.
"Ahem... Wan Shufang, what did you give me to eat?" Niu Jinzhi was terrified and could only question Wan Shufang frantically, but was pushed away by Wan Shufang.
"It's just a pill. Don't worry, it's not poisonous. It will just turn you into an ordinary person."
As soon as she finished speaking, black liquid began to flow out of Niu Jinzhi's body, gradually wrapping her up. Outsiders could only hear her voice but could no longer see her appearance.
After the liquid had dispersed a little, Wan Shufang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered in a deep voice: "Come here, drag her out, wash her clean, and bring her to me."
"Yes, ma'am."
The jailer quickly took the order and called a few maids to drag Niu Jinzhi away.
Not long after, Niu Jinzhi was brought back again, and this time, the Niu Jinzhi standing in front of Wan Shufang had become an ordinary woman, completely changed, even her appearance had changed.
Looking at her masterpiece, Wan Shufang nodded with satisfaction and said in a cold voice: "Lock her up and keep a close eye on her. Don't let her run away."
"Yes, ma'am."
Niu Jinzhi was imprisoned again like a puppet, and Wan Shufang also left the prison and returned to the county magistrate's mansion. She found the county magistrate and discussed Niu Jinzhi's sentence with him.
"Mr. County Magistrate, although Niu Jinzhi did evil, she didn't kill anyone like Feng Huairen did. How about sentencing her to 20 years in prison?"
Hearing this, the county magistrate was slightly stunned and looked puzzled. He didn't understand why Wan Shufang was so indignant towards Niu Jinzhi yesterday, but started to plead for her today.
Although twenty years is a long time, it is considered kind to Niu Jinzhi.
"Why did Madam suddenly plead for her?" The county magistrate asked the doubts in his heart. Seeing the worry in his eyes, Wan Shufang smiled.
"Don't worry, sir. I certainly won't let the bad guy get away with it. I just don't think her crime deserves the death penalty." Wan Shufang's eyes flickered and she opened her red lips slightly: "Feng Huairen deserves the death penalty. Sentencing her to twenty years is enough."
"Since Madam insists, I have no objection."
The county magistrate agreed respectfully. Whether it was twenty years in prison or death penalty, it was the same to Niu Jinzhi, so he was willing to do Wan Shufang a favor.
Soon, the county magistrate drafted the verdict, and Feng Huairen was sentenced to death by hanging that day and was taken to the execution ground to be executed.
After Feng Dashan learned about the bad things his son had done, he completely gave up on him and no longer cared about him. He did not go to Chen Changli and Wan Shufang to plead for mercy and turned around and went home.
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