Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 338 - 336

Chapter 338: 336

But Xing Tian wasn’t a compassionate father, he didn’t genuinely love this son of his. In fact, he was a man who looked out solely for his own interests. He raised his son, paid for his schooling, all because he wanted his son to help him live a life of wealth and luxury!

If faced with the choice of sacrificing either himself or his son, he wouldn’t hesitate to offer up his son.

So such threats might be effective against that woman, but they were useless against him.

However, like father like son, neither was much better than the other!

Having heard Xing Tao’s words just now, Xing Tian was absolutely livid! If he could, he would have gone up and thrashed the ungrateful wretch already. All he could do now, however, was sneer: "I was clearly tricked by your words into murdering that wretched woman. Now I’m about to be beheaded and you hope to get off scot-free? Don’t even dream about it! Please, my lord, see through to the truth. I am innocent! I am merely an accomplice. Xing Tao is the mastermind! The whole thing was his idea! If someone’s head should roll, it should be his, not mine!"

Upon hearing his father’s words, Xing Tao nearly coughed up blood in anger. Why did he not plot to kill his father instead of his mother back then? He now regretted it greatly!

If his mother was still around, she would certainly take all the blame to save her son!

"My lord, don’t listen to my father’s nonsense. He is the murderer of my mother. He even went so far as to frame others. If it hadn’t been for my persistence to report the crime, my mother would not be able to rest in peace! I would have to continue to live with such a man lacking even the basic human decency! Thankfully, you were wise enough to catch the real culprit! The net of justice is vast indeed; nothing escapes its sweep!"

"You ungrateful brat, you ingrate! I raised you for nothing. Now you’re trying to harm me? You... " In front of the crowd, the father and son turned against each other, each pointing fingers at the other!

The spectators were flabbergasted at what they had heard, experiencing a seismic upheaval of their morals and beliefs!

To think there existed such a son, such a father, such a husband! Absolutely inhuman, completely monstrous!

Poor woman, having such a son and husband, she must have had miserably rotten luck! It was indeed a blessing in disguise that she had died early!

"What is the truth of this matter? Confess immediately!" The Fu Yin, completely ignoring their squabbles, retorted icy cold!

Utterly beastly!

"My lord, it wasn’t as my father stated. He has been wanting to divorce my mother for a while, re-marry a few young concubines. But, because my mother’s cousin is a constable, he hesitated. Some time ago, my mother had a dispute with Marquis Shengping at the examination hall. He probably came up with this perfect plan, and, I, I’ve been kept totally in the dark!"

Lord Fu Yin is so furious he’s practically bristling with rage! These people won’t shed a tear until they see the coffin, right?

They must think he’s a fool! The mastermind behind all this still hasn’t been revealed!

"Take these two to the heavenly prison! Use heavy torture on them!" He has methods to make them tell the truth! What worried him wasn’t their refusal to confess, but them confessing too quickly! He hasn’t yet made them suffer enough to extinguish the rage in his heart!

Having held a government post for many years and tried numerous homicide cases large and small, he’s never seen a father and son as wicked as these two!

"Spare us, my lord!"

"You’ve got the wrong idea, my lord!" Both cry out in despair.

Unfortunately, not a single person present felt any pity for them!

They had taken a life so must pay with their own. Even if they were to die, they’d still deserve it.

These evil father and son, even their deaths are too good for them!

Some of the spectators even began to hurl rotten leaves and spit, "I spit! What despicable creatures! They have lost their minds!"

"My lord, these people, who even murdered their own mother and wife, should be immediately taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded, so as to serve as a warning to others!" cried an old man, dressed as a scholar, indignantly.

"Yes, serve as a warning to others! Serve as a warning to others!"

"No, a simple beheading is too good for them. They deserve to be cut into a thousand pieces!"

"Yes! Cut into a thousand pieces!"

"Cut into a thousand pieces!"

Hearing the crowd’s comments, the two of them were frightened into silence.

Jia Zheng silently thanked his lucky stars that he had reined himself in at the last moment instead of giving false testimony, otherwise, he would have been caught up in the mess too. That was a lucky break!

In the cell,

Xing Tian did resort to murder because of his son’s persuasion, but the truth was, he had long been tired of his wife, and had already wanted to replace her.

As for who was behind the plot to frame the Mistress of Rui’an County, he truly didn’t know.

Therefore, when faced with severe torture, all he did was scream out his ignorance like a slaughtered pig.

Xing Tao held the belief that the person behind the scenes would rescue him, thereby he gritted his teeth and refused to confess.

Unfortunately, his loyalty was not reciprocated, and in the middle of the night, both father and son silently died in the cell.

The killer remained unknown!

As for that grey-clothed man with jug ears, he had vanished like a stone sinking into the sea!

...

In April, both Shen Chengyao and Shen Jingrui successfully passed the district examination and not long after, the college examination as well.

Only after all three examinations were over did Shen Jiyao breathe a sigh of relief.

On the day the results of the college examination were out, the housekeeper sent someone to wait at the examination center before dawn to check the listed results.

Soon after Xiao’er woke up and left her room, she noticed two sparrows chirping excitedly in an apple tree.

Xiao’er smiled to herself, feeling that something good was about to happen.

And sure enough, not much later, a servant came running in to announce, "They’ve made it, they’ve made it! Master and the Young Master both made it!"

The housekeeper quickly found some firecrackers and set off two strings at the front door.

Mrs. Liu, hearing the noise, hurriedly ran out, "Did they both pass? Thank the heavens!"

"Which place did Master come in?" Xiao’er asked with a smile.

"The very last one!" Jingrui’s valet volunteered, grinning from ear to ear.

Being the last one shouldn’t be underestimated, passing the examination in the Imperial City was no small feat!

The Imperial City’s examination paper was distinct from other prefectures and counties, it was the most challenging!

Therefore, their Master was truly formidable. Having only attended the school for a few years in his childhood, he passed the Imperial Examination on his first attempt!

"And the Young Master?" Mrs. Liu wasn’t bothered by her husband being the last one; as long as he passed the examination, that was good enough!

"The Young Master came first. He’s the head of the list!" His valet could barely contain his excitement.

The Master was impressive, but the Young Master was even more amazing! The head of the list! A thirteen-year-old head of the list for the Imperial City college examination! This was a first in the entire Minze Dynasty! The youngest head of the list for the college examination had been fourteen, and that was Gu Shuoshu, the grandson of Imperial Master Gu Wenyuan. Now, their Young Master had surpassed him!

He was so excited that he stumbled several times while running back from the Government Office, yet he didn’t feel any pain at all!

"Good, good... " Mrs. Liu kept repeating.

Xiao’er handed a tael of silver to Jingrui’s valet, then said, "Tell the accounting room, today is a big day of celebration for the mansion, all the servants will receive an extra month of wage, while the servants in Master’s and Young Master’s wings will receive two months."

The valet accepted the silver and thanked her, then happily ran off to find the accounting room.

"Mother, since Brother secured the first place, we need to prepare a bigger purse for the officer who brought us the good news," said Xiao’er to the ecstatic Mrs. Liu.

"Right, I’ll do it right away. I’ll prepare it personally!" Mrs. Liu quickly returned to her room after hearing Xiao’er’s words.

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