Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 577 - 575

Chapter 577: Chapter 575

"About fifteen minutes? Are you certain of that?" Feng Yang confirmed again.

Mr. Yang contemplated, having heard that Feng Yang’s martial arts are extremely formidable, the fifteen minutes would already be ample time for Feng Yang to kill them both, therefore he nodded: "I remember clearly, it was indeed about fifteen minutes."

Although Li Mingfang was killed thirty minutes ago, such a slight time difference cannot be distinguished by the coroner.

The presiding judge of Dali Temple was pleased to see Feng Yang taking the initiative to question, it lessened his responsibilities.

Especially considering the Sixth Prince’s silent, cold gaze from where he sat, it made it difficult for him to think straight.

"Then Mr. Yang, later when you went in, did you find out who was killed first, Vice General Li or his subordinate?"

"Of course, it was Vice General Li who was killed first." The coroner could distinguish this much, leaving no room for fraud.

"Gentlemen!" After hearing this, Feng Yang looked towards the three judicial officials.

Upon hearing Feng Yang call them, the Minister of Justice and the Censorate of Investigations, who had initially planned to be mere observers, instantly straightened their backs and adjusted their demeanors (The Sixth Prince was watching, they couldn’t afford to take a casual stance, or they would lose their positions), the two men simultaneously said: "Please speak, General Feng."

The presiding judge of Dali Temple was near fainting from pent-up frustration, those two old foxes were being pretentious! Weren’t they going to stay out of it? Now they were suddenly looking busy!

Feng Yang stepped forward to ask: "Which of you gentlemen had been to the crime scene? Who can recall the state of the bloodstains on the ground?"

All three of them had been to the crime scene, they recalled that there were two pools of blood, nothing unusual about that!

Both victims were stabbed to death, bloodstains were quite normal.

The Minister of Justice pondered for a moment and said, "There were two pools of blood, one large and one small."

"Who left the larger bloodstain and who left the smaller one?" Feng Yang continued to ask.

"The smaller bloodstain was left by Vice General Li." The Minister of Justice confirmed, then he gradually realized something wasn’t right!

Opportunity to be rewarded for a meritorious service was here! The Minister of Justice became a bit excited, he couldn’t stop himself from straightening his back and adamantly asserted: "General Feng is not lying, Vice General Li was not killed by him!"

The presiding judge of Dali Temple and the Censorate of Investigations couldn’t understand what meant by the old fox’s sudden enthusiasm, two pools of blood each of a different size were quite normal. Men’s figures are larger than women’s, thus they would bleed more.

How could this in any way prove that Feng Yang didn’t kill Li Mingfang?

"Minister Sir, why do you say so, aren’t two pools of blood each of a different size quite normal, considering the difference in male and female figures?" The Commandant of the Five City Forces, Mr. Yang argued.

"Mr. Yang, don’t you think that the bloodstain left by Vice General Li is too little? Mr. Yang, you just said that you arrived at the scene in about fifteen minutes, if Vice General Li was killed instantly, and had been dead for fifteen minutes, the bloodstain on the ground would not be that small! Women’s figures are petite, their bodies contain lesser blood than men’s, this is undeniable, but there shouldn’t be a significant difference! Hence, Vice General Li must have been moved to the room after being assassinated!" The Minister of Justice asserted unmistakably.

The presiding judge of Dali Temple and the Censorate of Investigations recalled that indeed, the blood that Li Mingfang bled was too little!

If she was killed on the spot, the bloodstain on the ground must have been a large pool!

"I think the coroner’s examination was not conducted at the crime scene either! If we have an experienced coroner take a look, we would know whether it is common sense for Li Miss to leave so little blood!" Xiao’er spoke at this point.

"There’s no need to look for that!" The presiding judge of Dali Temple came to realize what had been overlooked, if a person is stabbed straight into the heart by a sword, how could there be so little blood on the ground: "Vice General Li was definitely moved to the mansion after being killed! This proves that General Feng is not her murderer!"

"Or what if Feng Yang killed Mingfang, then carried her to the mansion?" Li Ming Jun glared at Xiao’er hatefully.

It was definitely her who asked Feng Yang to kill his sister!

"Am I so idle that I would go to great lengths? If I killed her, I would admit it outright, why would I bother carrying her to that mansion! Furthermore, if I carried her to the mansion, wouldn’t my clothes get stained with blood! This is the exact same outfit I have been wearing since the day the incident happened till now, I wonder which of your eyes saw any bloodstains. Li Mingfang was not killed by me! Mr. Yang is far more likely the culprit! If you just keep clinging onto me, you’ll be letting the actual murderer go scot-free, then your sister’s spirit won’t be able to rest in peace!"

"Stop shifting the blame onto others! How could I possibly be the murderer!" Mr. Yang almost jumped up on hearing that!

"If you are not the murderer, why would you fabricate a story!" Feng Yang swept him a cold glance: You are doomed this time!

"Why? Of course, to cover for the actual murderer. Then taking advantage of the opportunity to frame the Sixth Prince!" Xiao’er crossed her arms over her chest and calmly replied.

"County Mistress Rui’an, stop circulating baseless rumors. I am not the murderer! This matter has nothing to do with you, please refrain from speaking without reason."

"Mr. Yang is mistaken! General Feng has mentioned from the very beginning, I was kidnapped! Someone used this incident as a means to blackmail my father for 200,000 taels! And the dead woman happened to be the one who took away that 200,000 taels, how could this matter not concern me! I still need to seek justice from the person who blackmailed me!" Xiao’er directed her words, knowingly or unknowingly, in Mrs. Li’s direction.

Mrs. Li guiltily turned her head away.

"Mr. Yang, you claimed to have seen Vice General Li enter that mansion with your own eyes! Now the facts show that she was moved to the mansion only after being killed, what is your explanation for this?" The presiding judge of Dali Temple slammed the table, bellowing fiercely!

They even dare to slander the Sixth Prince, they were truly bolder than brave!

"I did not kill her, I must have mistaken her for someone else because my eyesight blurred!"

"The coroner’s report says that Li Mingfang died of a sword stab to the heart! Her expression was of shock, there were no other injuries on her body, and there were no signs of a struggle at the scene! This shows that she was stabbed unexpectedly by someone she trusted, hence her expression of shock, as she could hardly believe that the person would kill her! Mr. Yang always had a close relationship with the Li family." Shangguan Xuanyi said, flipping through the documents in his hands.

Not just close, Mr. Yang is in fact, Mrs. Li’s brother-in-law.

"Precisely, if both were killed by Feng Yang, Miss Li was skilled and wouldn’t have been easily killed by Feng Yang! Moreover, isn’t it also strange that the dead Li Fu didn’t die earlier? Otherwise, having seen Feng Yang kill his master, how could he not fight Feng Yang to the death! If that was the case, there would undoubtedly be signs of a struggle at the scene!" Xiao’er similarly added.

"Maybe Li Fu walked in later, saw Feng Yang had killed Mingfang, and was then silenced by Feng Yang!" Mrs. Li refused to believe that her brother-in-law would kill her daughter.

Her family didn’t have conflicts with other families, the Sixth Prince must have ordered someone to kill Mingfang in order to seek revenge for County Mistress Rui’an!

Who in the Imperial City doesn’t know about the extraneous affection the Sixth Prince has for County Mistress Rui’an!

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