Chapter 1148: Chapter 1148: How to Explain Chapter 1148: Chapter 1148: How to Explain Gu Ya stepped forward.
Upon seeing Gu Ya approach, both Shopkeeper Sheng and Fan Wu felt a pang of guilt. Both of them looked at Gu Ya warily, with Shopkeeper Sheng especially anxious as he asked, “What are you doing? Mr. Gu, I warn you, the Magistrate is still here! Don’t do anything rash.” He was afraid of Gu Ya.
The voice of Shopkeeper Sheng trembled as he spoke.
Gu Ya didn’t even glance at Shopkeeper Sheng and walked straight up to Fan Wu, grabbing the purse tied around his waist, which was made of fine satin.
It was the sa purse that Shopkeeper Sheng had given to Fan Wu initially.
There were a hundred taels of silver in the purse.
However, after all this ti, most of the silver that Fan Wu and Liu Kui had was squandered away. Now, only about fifty taels were left in the purse.
Gu Ya presented the snatched purse to the Magistrate, “My lord, look, this purse is the evidence.” He too thought that Gu Ya actually had so evidence.
When the two saw that the so-called evidence Gu Ya spoke of was just a purse, they were both disdainful. A re purse? What could it prove?
“My lord, just an ordinary purse, how could it prove that we burned down the Zuixiang Restaurant?” Fan Wu snorted disdainfully, and the Magistrate also looked at Gu Ya asking, “Young Master Gu, such a purse indeed cannot serve as evidence.”
Gu Ya opened the purse.
“My lord, this purse was the bribe that Shopkeeper Sheng gave to Fan Wu and Liu Kui after they burned down the Zuixiang Restaurant; the purse is contraband and also evidence.”
Gu Ya’s voice wasn’t loud, but Shopkeeper Sheng and Fan Wu both felt a chill down their spines. Especially Shopkeeper Sheng, for the purse was made from the leftover fabric of his own clothes.
He too had a similar one around his waist.
After ripping the purse from Fan Wu’s waist, Gu Ya then went and snatched the purse from Shopkeeper Sheng’s waist as well, and upon comparison, although they were not identical, the materials and workmanship were the sa.
“My lord, look, not only are the materials of the purse from Shopkeeper Sheng’s waist and from Fan Wu’s waist the sa, the workmanship is nearly identical as well. Clearly, they are from the sa maker.”
The Magistrate stared at the two purses Gu Ya presented, and indeed, the two purses were not much different. They were only slightly varied from each other.
Shopkeeper Sheng continued to quibble, “My lord, there are many purses that are the sa, and just because of such a purse, my lord, you cannot hastily convict of a cri.”
“Shopkeeper Sheng, based just on a purse, I cannot convict you, but if there are too many coincidences combined together, then how would you explain that?” Su Yunjin said forcefully.
Without looking at Shopkeeper Sheng again, Su Yunjin turned to the Magistrate, “My lord, the purse was given by Shopkeeper Sheng to the two n; right after the Zuixiang Restaurant was burned, Shopkeeper Sheng gave them money, which is already suspicious. That day, Fan Wu and the other man’s conversation was accidentally overheard by ; afterward, they hid together at Shopkeeper Sheng’s place, which is even more suspicious. This series of events and coincidences clearly shows that the burning of the Zuixiang Restaurant was carried out by Shopkeeper Sheng and the two n.”
Su Yunjin directly pointed her accusations at Fan Wu and Shopkeeper Sheng.
Shopkeeper Sheng, having heard Su Yunjin’s words, secretly regretted being too careless when giving the money to the two n back then. He had actually given them the purses he usually used himself.
This provided Su Yunjin and her husband Gu Ya with the evidence.
But regret was now useless.
The Magistrate turned to look at Shopkeeper Sheng and questioned, “Shopkeeper Sheng, do you have any good explanation for what Mrs. Su said? Why did you give money to the two n right after the Zuixiang Restaurant was burned? Why did the two n seek refuge with you after their deeds were exposed? Why, when asked by , would you try to conceal your relationship with the two n?”
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