Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 801 - 752: One Trouble After Another (Part 1)

Chapter 801: Chapter 752: One Trouble After Another (Part 1)

When the injured Hidden Guard returned, carrying a warning letter from a mysterious masked figure, the Yu Wen father and son had already guessed that the Wei Family would sooner or later send someone to report the case.

However, as long as they did not admit, what could be done to their family?

Yu Wenbo brushed his sleeve with a cold laugh, "How can the matter of the guards be blamed on this Marquis?"

Yu Wenzan also said, "Mr. Song, do you have testimonies from the guards?"

Song Prefect said only, "Sir, all the witnesses and physical evidence are in this government’s office, you will know when you arrive."

Yu Wenbo flicked his sleeve, and said to his son, "Then let us follow Mr. Song, Erlang."

The two walked with heads held high, following Song Prefect and his entourage, leaving the Marquis Mansion.

The servants in the mansion all looked at them with confusion, not knowing what had happened.

Song Prefect did not directly take the Yu Wen father and son to the government office, but first took them to the Wei Family.

At this time, the Wei Family’s front gate was wide open, with lights blazing inside and out.

A number of government officials carrying knives were gathered at the entrance.

Next to the courtyard wall near the alley laid several corpses in disarray.

Scattered beside the corpses were some firewood and several wooden barrels that had contained kerosene.

"Marquis, Second Young Master, come take a look here!" Song Prefect nodded to the two and walked forward first.

The father and son exchanged a glance and followed over.

Song Prefect said to a man dressed in a white long robe and hat, "Forensic doctor, show the evidence to the Marquis and Second Young Master."

The forensic doctor opened a guard’s waistband, revealing the waist tablet inscribed "Marquis Zhongyi. Yong".

Upon seeing the waist tablet, the Yu Wen father and son’s expressions darkened immediately.

At this time, Prince Luling and his three sons, along with Mr. Wei and Second Master Wei, entered the house together.

The two masters of the Wei Family went to greet Song Prefect.

Prince Luling approached the Yu Wen father and son, laughed coldly, and pointed at the corpses on the ground, "Marquis, aren’t you going to explain? Why did several guards from your mansion come to my brother-in-law’s house in the middle of the night to set fire to it?"

Yu Wenbo stuck out his neck, "These people must be impostors; is it not easy to steal some waist tablets?"

Li Xingsheng smiled faintly, "Marquis, are you saying that these people are not your guards, but others pretending to be?"

"That is exactly what this Marquis means." Yu Wenbo sneered.

Since all the people were killed, he might as well deny everything to the end.

The two masters of the Wei Family were furious, their faces turning iron blue.

With Prince Luling as their backing, they were not afraid of the Yu Wen family at all.

Mr. Wei roared angrily, "Marquis Zhongyi, you’re talking nonsense! These people are clearly from your mansion; I even saw this person coming out of your mansion a few days ago."

He pointed to one of the corpses.

Second Master Wei also said, "Your mansion is heavily guarded, is it so easy to steal a waist tablet? Stop playing tricks!"

Li Xingsheng smiled and said, "Second Uncle, they are indeed playing tricks; watch me handle this."

He searched among the corpses and finally stopped in front of one.

Li Xingsheng kicked the person with his foot, "Hey, stop playing dead, get up and testify; if you keep playing dead, you’ll be taken directly to the crematorium."

"No—, I’ll talk, I’ll talk—" Strangely, the "corpse" that Li Xingsheng kicked indeed spoke, coughed twice, and sat up.

The Yu Wen father and son were suddenly wide-eyed, looking shocked.

"How did you get here, tell me exactly, if there’s a single false word—" Li Xingsheng glanced at the ground, "One of your companions ran away; I’ll confront him, and if I find your accounts differ, you’ll go into the crematorium."

The man was frightened pale, nodding repeatedly, saying "I dare not, I dare not."

He pointed at the Yu Wen father and son and said, "I’m called Wang Ping’an, a guard at the Marquis Zhongyi Mansion, I’ve been serving there for five years. This evening, the Marquis and the Second Young Master told us to move firewood and kerosene, to... to..."

"To what?" Li Xingsheng narrowed his eyes.

"To burn down the house of Prince Luling and his sons..."

"Ha, Marquis Zhongyi, what have we done to offend you, to make you do this to us?" Li Xing’an pointed at Yu Wenbo and cursed, "You old rascal, I’ll report you to the Empress Dowager!"

"Marquis Zhongyi, explain to this Prince!" Prince Luling also sneered.

"According to the laws of our dynasty, arson is a capital offense if it causes a disaster. Even attempted arson is a serious crime, punishable by over ten years of imprisonment, correct, Mr. Song?" Li Xingmao looked at Song Prefect.

"Marquis Zhongyi, Second Young Master Yu Wen, do you have anything to say?" Song Prefect looked at the Yu Wen father and son with authority.

"This Marquis is not convinced!" Yu Wenbo still refused to admit.

Song Prefect said, "If the Marquis is not convinced, then let the Ministry of Justice come to try the case. However, tonight, the Marquis and Second Young Master will have to be inconvenienced. Men, take the suspects away!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Several government officials rushed over and tied up the Yu Wen father and son, taking them away.

Yu Wenbo, unconvinced, shouted curses that could be heard from afar.

"Mr. Song, working through the night, you’ve had a hard time, I’ll invite you for a drink another day." Prince Luling clasped his hands with a smile to Song Prefect.

"The Prince is too polite, as the parent officer of the Capital, it is my duty to oversee the security of the prefecture. The night is late, I shall not disturb the Prince and the young masters’ rest, farewell."

"Farewell."

Song Prefect ordered for the corpses and the guard pretending to be dead, along with the Yu Wen father and son, to be taken away, leaving the Wei Family.

Watching the government officials leave, the people of the Wei Family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Second Master Wei puffed out his chest and snorted, "Such insidious people, dare to set fire to the Prince’s house, such people should be drawn and quartered!"

Mr. Wei also said, "So overestimating themselves, how dare a small Marquis Mansion challenge the Lu Ling Royal Mansion, courting death!"

The elder brothers cursed the Yu Wen father and son, showering praise on Prince Luling.

The Li brothers couldn’t help but twitch the corners of their mouths at the scene.

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The next morning, Prefect Song of Jingzhao Mansion, held an open court session to trial the matter of the Yu Wen father and son sending their guards to commit arson at the Wei Family.

The case was heard in public.

The crowd was packed layer after layer, surrounding the Prefect’s office like an impenetrable wall.

The people listened, eyes wide with shock; what kind of resentment or enmity did the Yu Wen family harbor against the Lu Ling Royal Mansion to harm them to this extent?

The Yu Wen father and son were of course unconvinced, demanding the Ministry of Justice to try the case, claiming that Song Prefect’s daughter and the eldest daughter of Prince Luling were on good terms, and that Song Prefect must be secretly protecting the Lu Ling Royal Mansion, hence their verdict of guilt.

According to the laws of Zhao Country, any civil case involving an official, after being judged by the State Government, must be reported to the Ministry of Justice for re-examination, and finally handed over to the Ministry of Justice for final decision.

If it’s not a civil case but a rebellion case, then the Ministry of Justice takes it directly.

Song Prefect granted the Yu Wen father and son’s request.

However, before the Yu Wen father and son could write a statement to the Ministry of Justice to counter-sue, the Ministry of Justice proactively approached the Capital City Government.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, personally brought two Chiefs, holding official documents, to the courtroom. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Yu Wenbo and Yu Wenzan, accused of conspiring to harm the Empress, and poisoning the Emperor, men, take them to the Ministry of Justice!"