The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 769: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (2)_1

Chapter 769: Chapter 769: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (2)_1

"Only in your family’s laws would a Third Rank Enjoin kneel, right!? Unfortunately, you lack the qualifications!" Pei Qian scorned her. That old vile harlot! She deserves death the most!

"You little wretch..." Lady Zhu opened her mouth to curse.

Pei Qin sat still, her gaze icy as she glanced over.

Lady Zhu suddenly felt a chill in her heart from her stare, sending a shiver down her spine.

Jiang Benxin came forward to greet Pei Qin and ask after her well-being. Without evidence to suspect that Pei Qin had bribed the wet nurse to commit murder, making her kneel down for interrogation would be the end of Jiang Benxin’s career.

Therefore, with a strike of the clapper-board, "Silence! I am investigating the case. Those not questioned shall not make noise!"

Lady Zhu was still dissatisfied but dared not question further, standing by and watching.

Jiang Benxin first asked the wet nurse if she recognized Pei Qin.

The nurse looked around and shook her head, "I do not recognize her."

"So many people in Yuanyang County recognize her, and you say you do not, aren’t you just exposing yourself!?" Qian Wanxiu sneered.

"How highly you regard me, thinking that everyone in Yuanyang County recognizes me." Pei Qin chuckled.

Jiang Benxin gave another knock on the clapper-board, "I ask you again, wet nurse! Do you truly recognize her? Has she bribed and instructed you to harm others? If you do not confess, do not blame me for imposing severe torture!"

The nurse, kneeling on the ground, cried out, "Sir! I am wronged! I am not the one who harmed people! I am truly wronged! If I had murdered someone, may the heavens strike me with five thunders and my son not die a good death!"

Hardly anyone believes in such oaths of thunder strikes; many have broken their oaths without being struck down. But swearing on her few-month-old son, Jiang Benxin nodded slightly.

Seeing Jiang Benxin actually leaning toward the wet nurse, Qian Wanxiu grew anxious, "Daring wet nurse! You swear on your son to escape your responsibilities. Aren’t you afraid that the wronged soul of Wenjie, who died from drinking your milk, will come back to find you!? Have you forgotten his dying gaze!? Aren’t you afraid!?"

The nurse turned her head in anger and looked at her, "I did not kill the person, my conscience is clear, I am not afraid! Whoever killed him, the wronged soul of the young master will go to find her! It will surely go to claim her life!"

Qian Wanxiu was furious with anger flaming in her chest.

"Well said! Whoever killed the person, their wronged soul will seek retribution. Right, Lady Chen? It was you who killed him, yet you want to frame me, the wife!" Pei Qin stared at Lady Chen with a cold laugh.

Lady Chen met her chilling gaze, unafraid, "Anyway, I did not kill anyone! I am wronged! You, wretch, don’t even think about framing me! It was you who bribed the wet nurse to harm others, setting me up!"

"If it wasn’t the wet nurse, and it wasn’t you, could there be someone else?" Pei Qin raised an eyebrow, glancing sidelongs at Qian Wanxiu.

Qian Wanxiu’s complexion slightly changed, "Pei Qin! Don’t think just because you are now a Lady of the Imperial Enjoin, you can slander people at will!"

"How interesting! Who decided on the rule that only you may slander me and that I cannot slander others?" Pei Qin nodded.

Mo Heng glanced at Qian Wanxiu, then said to Jiang Benxin, "Sir! As we are investigating the case, let’s summon everyone present that day and interrogate them one by one. I believe we will uncover the truth."

Qian Wanxiu’s face tensed slightly.

As the case proceeded with each party sticking to their own story, Jiang Benxin nodded, "Summon everyone from the Pei family for questioning!"

"Sir Jiang! All the involved parties are already present in court. How can you not interrogate them and listen to their side instead!? They are just creating irrelevant issues, trying to shift the blame!" Qian Wanxiu was extremely frightened, worried that her young son would reveal everything if he were interrogated and scared.

"It’s simply summoning your servants for questioning. What are you afraid of, Madam Preaching?" Pei Qin asked her.

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