The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 129 The token was given to the 7th Master

With the token snatched from Shen Wen, those daring masters and servants would certainly not let go of this great opportunity. Even if they were discovered after a while, they would probably have already thought of a way out. They would find a scapegoat to put him in jail for a few years, and use their interpersonal relationships in the officialdom of the Shen Mansion to manipulate the matter, and then it would be over.

But what they didn't know was that Shen Shuchan, who had been watching them, would not give them this time, and had people watching them the whole time, and they got a lot of evidence they wanted, and they were accurate and fast. In just a few days, all the evidence was presented to the government official. The government official was not without a backer, and this matter was related to the young master Ji Zichuji who gave Shen Wen the token, so the government immediately sent people to the Shen residence to arrest people.

As soon as the Shen family saw the people coming from the government office and their tough attitude, the matter was reported to the eldest master. Several masters sat together to discuss it, and the eldest master's analysis was still thorough. The younger generation of each family had just received a big board from the palace the day before yesterday. If it was reported to the palace again today...

The best way to deal with this matter is to push it onto a few servants. As long as a few servants can bear it and are willing to sacrifice their lives, things will turn around. The rest is the third son of the Ji family, Young Master Ji. Fortunately, they know that the three brothers of the Ji family have a close relationship with Shen Wen, so they sent people to Shen Wen to make trouble. It can be seen that Shen Wen is an honest man who is easy to control in their eyes.

What they don’t know is that this Shen Wen is a changed man, and the development of things is unpredictable.

Lin Bao asked about the general situation and was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but was stopped by Shen Wen. Lin Bao asked what to do about this matter, and Shen Wen said: "Send them to kneel at the gate of the yard. We don't need to do anything. After a long time, someone will naturally take care of it."

Who would have thought that before Shen Wen could tell Lin Bao to go out and deal with him, the second housekeeper suddenly shook Mrs. Shi and exclaimed, "Oh! Mrs. Shi! Mrs. Shi! What happened to you? Seventeenth Master! Seventeenth Master! It's bad! Mrs. Shi committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

Shen Wen asked Lin Bao to go out and check.

Lin Bao opened the door and went out.

Lin Bao asked the second housekeeper, "What's going on? This criminal has suddenly become like this. Why are you yelling about this? What do you mean she's dead? How can you be sure she's dead?"

The second housekeeper replied hurriedly, "Yes! She is dead! Eunuch Lin Bao, you can tell at a glance that the old woman has stopped breathing. Her lips are still black, and there is black blood at the corners of her mouth. I saw it flowing out of her mouth just now."

The two of them were studying the circumstances of the old woman's death, while the other old women who were kneeling in the distance had already turned pale with fright, like frightened birds, and each of them felt as if they were at the gates of hell.

At this time, another middle-aged butler came hurriedly and greeted Lin Bao before saying, "Is the Seventeenth Young Master awake? Whenever you ask the eunuch to go in and check, you must tell the Seventeenth Young Master one thing... General Ji, the eldest son of the Ji Mansion, just rode a horse and broke through the gate of our mansion. He said that he must see the Seventeenth Young Master today, and he would not leave if he didn't see him."

When Lin Bao heard this, he actually laughed unkindly. When he was about to speak, several constables came in hurriedly. They walked in and greeted Lin Bao, and then said, "Sir, we are here to take this criminal woman back to the yamen for trial. To be honest, we have been waiting outside for a long time and can't delay any longer. I don't know what instructions you have, but if there is nothing else, we will take the person back."

Lin Bao rolled his eyes and said, "Wait a minute, this death is not a small matter, I want to go in and ask the Seventeenth Master if he wants to perform an autopsy on the dead woman here."

Lin Bao turned and went into the house, closed the door and turned back to ask Shen Wen anxiously. Shen Wen said, "I heard everything. Eunuch Lin Bao is indeed from the palace. He is very efficient. It is necessary to perform an autopsy on the old woman. Ask the constable to notify the coroner to come. I want to see what level the coroner in the government office is."

Lin Bao nodded and said yes, then asked, "Aren't you going to go out and take a look?"

Shen Wen lowered his brows and thought: "I am going to go out, but..."

Lin Bao said: "I don't know what General Ji means. He seems to have a bad temper and doesn't even take a family like the Shen Mansion seriously."

Shen Wen put his hands behind his back and rubbed his fingers together awkwardly.

Several detectives outside the house surrounded the dead Mrs. Shi and studied her for a while. They all agreed that Mrs. Shi died of the poison of the Gastroenterology Powder. The leaves of the Gastroenterology Powder can be refined into a colorless and odorless powder. This powder is difficult to be found when mixed with water or food, and the chance of poisoning is more than 70%.

The leading detective said, "Only after the coroner confirms the time of poisoning can we investigate further."

As they talked about this, a man came up to them. When they saw him, they immediately bowed and said, "Master Ji, why did you come here in person?"

Naturally, it was the third son of the Ji family, Ji Zichu, who came.

Ji Zichu was surprised and asked, "Hey? Aren't you here to arrest the suspect? Why are you all here?"

The head of the police, Mao Fengyi, said, "Sir, we are here to arrest the suspects, but the main suspect, Mrs. Shi, has suddenly died of poisoning. We are waiting for the coroner from the government office to come and perform an autopsy. Also, you previously asked me to inform the Seventeenth Young Master to report to the government office. I just did that, but I haven't received a reply from the Seventeenth Young Master yet. I wonder what you are here for in person at this time?"

Ji Zichu turned away from the corpse and looked towards the door. "Oh, nothing important. There have been too many strange cases in our government office these past two days. I just need some strong helpers. I was afraid that you couldn't invite the Seventeenth Master, so I came here in person to invite him."

Mao Fengyi then smiled and said, "Oh! So that's how it is. But the Seventeenth Master has been injured these past two days and I heard that he can't even get out of bed. I'm afraid even if you come in person to ask him to come, there's nothing we can do."

Ji Zichu said: "Like this?"

At this time, Lin Bao came out of the house and greeted Ji Zichu, saying, "Is it the young master who is here? It just so happens that the Seventeenth Young Master in the house is talking about you. The young master has come at the perfect time. Please follow me into the house."

Lin Bao let Ji Zichu into the house.

Ji Zichu was worried about Shen Wen's health when he first stepped into the room, but when he saw Shen Wen standing proudly, he smiled with relief and said, "So you're okay! You scared me, I really thought you were injured and couldn't move."

Shen Wen said: "I was seriously injured, but someone saved my life. I was injured by someone sent by the Shen family. I was too lazy to see the people in the Shen Mansion, so I hid in the house and refused to see anyone."

Zichu frowned and said, "I have heard about your situation in this family before. I have also seen those young masters in the Shen Mansion. They are indeed not very good. If I had known that you were in such a difficult situation, I should have come to this mansion earlier to support you."

Shen Wen smiled and said, "I won't use your power to deal with them. I already have the support of Eunuch Lin Bao. No matter how capable those bad guys are, they dare not go against the will of the emperor. You don't know that the emperor knows everything about me. He has issued an order to deal with those people. I think they should be more restrained."

Zichu nodded and said, "That's good. I should have thought that you have an old ancestor protecting you. He is very smart. Otherwise, he wouldn't be favored by the emperor."

He paused and continued, "By the way, I came here to tell you about my elder brother. I don't know what made my elder brother so angry today, he just stayed in the Shen Mansion and refused to leave. I just heard you say that you were injured, and I think he probably heard some rumors, so he came here to make trouble."

In fact, it was just as Zichu said. Ji Ziyin really rushed into the Shen residence to calm the situation after hearing about Shen Wen's injury.

Several soldiers under Ji Ziyin were addicted to gambling, and took advantage of Mu Xiu's time to go to Shunfa Casino in the capital to gamble. Unexpectedly, not only did they lose all their wealth to the cheating dealer, but they also owed a large amount of high-interest loans under the coercion and inducement of the casino owner. When they came to their senses and found out that it was a scam, how could these soldiers give up? Relying on their arrogance on the battlefield, they showed their weapons and wanted to fight the casino. At that time, the two sides fought fiercely. The casino owner watched his side lose to the soldiers and came up with another plan. He asked someone to take the token that Shen Wen had lost, pretending to be an official from the government office, and made a false judgment on the matter. He pointed at the soldiers and said, "You signed the agreement voluntarily. At the gambling table, you must accept defeat. I advise you not to cheat. It's best for you to stop and go back to raise money to pay off your gambling debts. Otherwise, we will take you to prison and you will suffer."

The soldiers were shocked when they heard this. Fortunately, there was a soldier who was watching them secretly. He was a spy arranged by Ji Ziyin. Ji Ziyin had long intended to deal with their gambling addiction, so he placed a new soldier as a spy, waiting to beat them up when he returned to the camp to maintain military prestige.

When the spy saw this was the outcome, he hurried back to the military camp and told Ji Ziyan the whole story.

The more Ji Ziyan listened, the more he felt something was wrong, so he immediately set off back to the capital.

When they arrived at the city gate, Ji Ziyan asked his adjutant to go to the gambling house to inquire, while he went to the government office to find Ji Zichu to find out the situation.

Ji Zichu then realized that his special token had fallen into the hands of the bad guys. Ji Ziyin said, "Third brother, I am afraid that my soldiers will really end up in your prison. Then I will lose all my face. Will the emperor punish me for dereliction of duty? Then the iron rules and regulations I have established in the army will become a joke, and I will forget about leading the army."

Ji Zichu said: "Brother, don't worry. I gave the token to someone. I only gave this token to one person, and that person is Shen Wen, the seventeenth son of the Shen family."