Chapter 423: Falling Out of the Shadows
Chapter 423
Ning Er paused and said, "Actually, Ren Diao Chan is not dead!" β
Cai Yan let out a long sigh and closed his eyes in pain. Inside and outside the hall, everyone was stunned, and Ning Er's words were too thunderous, didn't it say that the evidence was ironclad, what was going on? One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the following was like a boiling pot, and there were many discussions.
Zhao Yu slapped the shocked wood a few times in a row, and said loudly: "Silence! Quiet! Mrs. Ning'er, what is the situation, please tell me in detail. β
Ning Er said: "Since my lord has favored the fox and the sable cicada, my wife has been lamenting all night, and I am afraid that the master will be confused by the sable cicada and waste political affairs." Madame advised the lord to take state affairs first and refused to accept Diao Chan as a concubine, but she didn't want to have a dispute with the lord, and the lord went away in anger, and Mrs. wept all night. Later, when the lady left the White Feather Villa, the lady went to persuade Diao Chan, promising her a lifetime of glory and wealth, and wanted her to leave the master. But Diao Chan not only did not appreciate it, but also had a very arrogant attitude, and the lady had to make a plan to sink Diao Chan into the lake because it was difficult for the old man to change his mind. Madame is kind and pure, she refuses to step on an ant even when she walks, how can she kill someone? Therefore, the lady brought the sable cicada to the boat, so that the old man saw the sable cicada put it into the sack, but before throwing it into the lake, the lady had already asked the boat to prepare another sack with stones, and secretly dropped it, so it was not the sable cicada that was put into the lake but the sack with the stones. The boatman and the guards have been bought by me, but I can hide it from the master. Madame just wanted the lord to see with his own eyes that the sable cicada had sunk to the bottom of the lake. Thus completely dead heart. The lady didn't want to embarrass the master, so she came to the Criminal Department to surrender. What the concubine said is true, please ask the judge to find out. β
Zhao Yu couldn't help but hesitate, what Ning Er said was too unbelievable, but if you want to prove that what Ning Er said is true or false, there is only one way, and that is to let Diao Chan testify in court, and you can find out in one qiΔ.
"There is no evidence. Do you know that you are not excusing your wife? I'm here to ask you. Where is Diao Chan now? Unless you can get her to appear in court, the officer can't be sure if what you're saying is true or not. β
Ning'er said: "That day, Ning'er hid Diao Chan in the cabin, and after the ship docked, the lady and the master left one after another. Ning Er sent someone to secretly transport the sack containing Diao Chan out of the White Feather Villa. Now Diao Chan is in Tancheng City. Her Excellency may summon her to the court at any time. β
Zhao Yu immediately took out an order sign from the lottery holder, and Zhao Zhutou in front of the order hall quickly brought Diao Chan to it. Ning Er immediately ordered a servant to lead the way for Zhao Zhutou and go to pick up Diao Chan. Zhao Zhutou and his entourage left in a hurry.
Liu Ze stared at Cai Yan. He couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart at all, and choked up: "Yan'er, is what Ning'er said true?" Why are you doing this? Just to persuade me to turn back, you have to pay for your own life, Yan'er, you are so stupid, are you worth it? β
Cai Yan's love is very low, he carefully arranged this game, but in the end it was completely disappointed, soon, Diao Chan will appear in the lobby again, and will meet her husband again, and she will return to the starting point again, and this ending is the last thing Cai Yan wants to see, but now, can she still go back to heaven and have skills?
She smiled sadly, did not answer Liu Ze's question, but looked at Ning'er, sighed faintly, and said: "I did a thousand calculations, but I missed Ning'er, although I knew that she was loyal, but I didn't expect that being too loyal would become a bad thing, and Ning'er misunderstood me!" β
Ning Er sobbed and said, "Madam, Ning Er doesn't want to betray you, but Ning Er really can't bear to see your head in a different place." Madam, Ning'er begs you, the master will go with him, and he will accept a few concubines if he wants, nothing is more important than your life, Madame. β
Cai Yan sighed and said: "So far, what else do I have to say, since this is fate, I accept fate." β
The conversation between Ning Er and Cai Yan undoubtedly answered Liu Ze's question, Liu Ze's heart shook wildly, Diao Chan's status in her mind at this time has become insignificant, all he cares about is Cai Yan alone, Diao Chan is not dead, then it proves that Cai Yan is not guilty, what else makes Liu Ze ecstatic. He grabbed Cai Yan's hand excitedly, and said a little incoherently: "Great, Yan'er, it's really good, I didn't expect it to be like this......"
Cai Yan thought that Liu Ze was glad that Diao Chan was not dead, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Of course the husband should be happy, the beauty can be re-entered into his arms, what could be happier than this." The concubine is not a ruthless person, and she can't be poisoned after all, and now, the concubine can no longer stop her husband, and the husband can take whoever he wants to take as a concubine. β
Liu Ze was about to speak, but he saw that the head catcher had already returned, and reported in the hall: "Lord Qiqi, let Diao Chan bring it!" β
Zhao Yu said: "Pass on Diao Chan to the court." β
"Passing on Diao Chan to the court-"
The crowd of onlookers automatically made a way to come, Diao Chan was dressed in white, Tingting walked into the hall in a curling manner, and saw Liu Ze and Cai Yan in front of the hall, she was slightly stunned at first, she wanted to stand by Liu Ze's side, but Liu Ze's eyes were only on Cai Yan's body, and she did not change direction because of her arrival. Diao Chan's face turned pale at once, and he sighed in his heart, deliberately kept a certain distance from them, and stood on the other side.
Zhao Yu asked: "The woman in the hall, but is it Ren's?" β
Diao Chan bowed and said, "It's the little woman." β
Zhao Yu said: "Today's trial in this hall is the murder case of Mrs. Cai, since you are not dead, please elaborate on the specific circumstances of that day." β
Diao Chan didn't dare to hide anything, so he told in detail what happened in Baiyu Villa that day, about how Cai Yan tied her to the boat, and how to implement the bag drop plan, which was no different from what Ning Er said.
After listening to this, Zhao Yu bowed his head slightly, patted the wood, and said loudly: "Due to the new situation in this case, the re-judgment of Liu Cai's murder case is as follows: In view of the fact that the victim Ren Diao Chan did not die, Liu Cai's murder charge is not established, and he is acquitted in court!" Retire! β
The hall suddenly thundered with joy, and the case was full of twists and turns, and finally came to an end.
Cai Yan stood at the foot of the hall stupidly, his expression was indifferent, and he didn't know whether it was sad or happy, and two lines of tears gently slid down his cheeks. Suddenly, Cai Yan covered his face with his hands and sobbed silently, his shoulders trembling.
She had endured so much these days, and underneath her strong and cold exterior was a soft and delicate heart that even she didn't know that she had been able to walk so far on this unknown path, and she didn't know what kind of strength had sustained her. And now, when the qiΔ is over, her heart seems to be relieved of a thousand burdens, although she feels very relaxed, but her heart is empty and has nothing to rely on.
Liu Ze hugged her slender shoulders with pity, and said softly: "Yan'er, it's over, it's over, it's all over, let's go home, let's go home, okay?" β
Cai Yan nodded lightly, didn't say a word, snuggled in Liu Ze's arms, and slowly walked out of the hall.
Gan Ping, Mi Lan and Cai Qin all gathered around at this moment, experiencing such great sorrow and joy, the tears on everyone's faces were still dry, and the smiles were all on their eyebrows, cheering and hugging away.
The onlookers also sighed, sighed, and gradually left, but today's story will not be annihilated by this, it will become people's gossip after dinner, widely praised, as for the image of the heroine in the story, is praise or depreciation, that is, the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise.
At the end of the song, everyone dispersed, and the only one standing still in the lobby was Diao Chan.
From beginning to end, Liu Ze's eyes did not turn to her again, even if it was that glimpse, there had never been, Diao Chan saw from his gaze at Cai Yan how kind and affectionate it was, and in an instant, she finally understood that there was always only one person he loved, and that was his wife, no matter how much she tried her best to win his heart, no matter how much she tried her best to capture his heart, she failed, completely failed.
Looking at the backs of Liu Ze and Cai Yan drifting apart, infinite sadness surged in her heart, she once thought that she could find her love again, but the cruel reality still ruthlessly shattered her dream. She wanted to cry, but there was no tear in her eyes; She wanted to laugh, but her smile was full of bitterness, and she looked ahead blankly, and her heart was also at a loss.
Ning Er stood in front of her silently at some point.
"Ren Diao Chan, what Madame promised you, there will be no shortage of anything, how about it, have you thought about it?" Cai Yan offered her quite generous conditions that day in order to make Diao Chan leave Liu Ze, and Ning Er stepped forward at this time to tell SΓΉ that the promise made by his wife would never be broken.
Diao Chan didn't hear her words, and walked out of the punishment mansion in a daze.
Regarding the final whereabouts of Diao Chan, there are three versions circulating in Xuzhou. First, it is rumored that Diao Chan finally accepted Mrs. Cai's gift, with fine clothes and food, and enjoyed all the glory and wealth, but all kinds of things in this world have nothing to do with her; The second version is that Diao Chan married a wealthy businessman, left Xuzhou, and never returned; The third version is even more mysterious, saying that Diao Chan fell out of favor with Liu Ze, and all thoughts were lost, and finally returned to the shore of Baiyu Lake to see people go to the empty Baiyu Villa, and angrily committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake, and really died in Baiyu Lake.
No matter which of these three legends is true and which one is false, a generation of stunning beauties finally passed away with the wind and never entered people's sight again, and finally Diao Chan finally became a legend, a moving and poignant legend. (To be continued......)