After Luo Lingwei and the others finished reading the words written by the mute, they immediately understood.
No wonder that little Shamei was killed that day. In the end, it was because of her guilt that she received her retribution.
"When I was a child, I studied and studied. I knew that I was strict with the law, and that the rules of heaven were like iron. It was true that the Brightheart Temple's monks deserved to die, but this commoner had killed without a care in the world. He had come today to confess himself, and had personally kowtowed to the Empress and the other brave warriors to avenge his mistake! "In the next life, this commoner is willing to become a dog or a horse in order to bind the grass for his benefactor, in order to repay the grace of the heavens!"
After Wang Zhong finished writing, he took out a dagger from his chest and fiercely stabbed it into his heart. Then he knelt on the ground and used the last of his strength to kowtow towards Luo Lingwei.
Everyone looked at Wang Zhong's corpse and couldn't help but sigh.
"Such a deep affection is not in vain." Luo Lingwei sighed with emotion. Then, she ordered the soldiers to come and bury Wang Zhong's corpse. After the case was settled, they would bury him in the Bright Heart Temple, which could be considered as sleeping together with his wife after her death.
Under Xiaoqing's interrogation, a few major local people, as well as Zen Master Wu Xin and others, who were caught, confessed to their crimes. In addition, they also reported and exposed about a hundred or so people, including the landowners, yamen officials, and county officials in the three nearby counties. With so many prisoners, they even filled the local prison. Since this was a big matter, Luo Lingwei could not make her own decisions. Thus, she instructed the local yamen to report the case to the capital as soon as possible.
Ten days later, an urgent eight hundred kilometers of reply was sent to Luo Lingwei. The mastermind, Wu Xin, Zen Master and other influential families were sentenced to death by cutting, while the other accomplices were all beheaded without any property returned to the national treasury. The defrauded people's land and property, returned one by one, the remaining fields, stalls into the home with the local people. Excavate the body of the Minxin Temple, and bury it in its own tomb, Ming will tear down the Temple of the Heart and put up the original site of the tombstone to inform future generations.
Luo Lingwei and the others who were just passing by to look for a place to stay, had instead found such a huge case by chance. Even Luo Lingwei herself felt that this matter was somewhat inconceivable. Originally, when she interrogated Yuan Zhen, she only wanted to vent her anger, thinking that even if this monk wasn't terrible, at most he was just a scumbag, but she didn't expect that there were so many dirty tricks behind it. However, her time had also been delayed for a long time. Nearly a year had passed, yet Luo Lingwei had barely walked a third of the length of the Mystic Dynasty.
After taking care of Little Green, Little White and the others, Luo Lingwei once again left this place under the joyous greetings of the commoners.
The more places they could walk on these days, the more worried Zhang Long and Zhao Hu became. Although everything he had encountered along the way was shocking and not dangerous, if something really happened to Luo Lingwei, then even if he were to die ten thousand times, he would still not be able to apologize!
But everyone knew the stubborn temper of their esteemed wangfei. What she wanted to do, even Ye Lianhe wouldn't be able to persuade her. Moreover, in this incident, Zhang Long had even more respect for Luo Lingwei. She was alone and had arranged the troops like a god. Even a prince would not be able to match up to her ability in this battle.
On the way, the most heartless person would be the little Poria Cocos. That day, when the rebel army had attacked the county magistrate, everyone had almost fallen into despair. Even little Poria Cocos was crying in fear. However, when the matter was over, little Poria Cocos should still be eating and drinking.
On this day, they arrived at a beautiful place. "It was a scorching summer day, and many places were as hot as a furnace. However, the place was unusually cool and relaxed, allowing Luo Lingwei and the others to return to a peaceful state of mind.
According to the locals, this place is called Pan Shui County. It has always been full of spring. There are river banks, peach trees and green willows in spring, and lotus flowers in summer reflecting all over the pond. In addition, the local mountains were filled with all sorts of exotic flowers and plants, making it one of the most beautiful places there. Therefore, many literati have left their poems here.
"I've been here before!" After arriving at Pan Shui County, this was the first sentence that little Poria Cocos Park said.
"You were here? "When?" Luo Lingwei was obviously in a good mood as she chatted with little Poria Cocos.
"Yes, about a year ago, my foster father took me wandering around and came here." At the mention of his foster father, the expression in Poria Cocos' eyes dimmed.
These words aroused Luo Lingwei's curiosity. She couldn't help but ask: "Poria Cocos, what did your foster father do? How could he be chased all the way? "
"I don't know. I told esteemed wangfei the other day that my foster father treated General Zhenyuan's illness, but somehow he was killed, so he escaped overnight."
Hearing this, Luo Lingwei could only remain silent. Although all these signs indicated that Luo Tianhe's death was related to Ye Feian, there was still very little evidence to prove that he was the one who killed Luo Tianhe.
Along the way, this group of people had already walked for an entire day, and now they were all tired out. However, there was no one here.
"It seems like we'll have to spend the night in the mountain." Seeing that the sky was about to turn dark, Luo Lingwei said to a few people beside her.
When Zhang Long and Zhao Hu heard this, they looked at each other. Zhao Hu then rode his horse to scout the road. Not long after, he came back to report the situation to Luo Lingwei.
"Reporting to the Empress, there is a dilapidated temple up ahead. It can be tidied up a little, but it can still be used as a body."
After Luo Lingwei heard what Zhao Hu had to say, she instructed her men to hurry up. Before long, everyone had arrived at this dilapidated temple and went in to rest.
However, in the middle of the night, he heard footsteps. Zhao Hu turned around, held the steel saber in his hand and looked around.
He saw a man standing at the door of the temple. He didn't know what to do. He immediately unsheathed his long blade, jumped in front of the man and shouted, "Sneaking around! "What are your intentions?"
This time, Luo Lingwei and the others were awakened. They stood up one by one to hold the fire. After the lights were lit, they saw a thin man in ragged clothes standing there.
"Old masters, please don't kill me! I only wanted to stay in this crappy temple for the night, but I didn't expect that the old masters would already be inside. The man's face was full of fear as he begged for mercy.
Luo Lingwei knew that they had caused a ruckus, so she instructed Zhao Hu to put away his blade and let that person enter the temple.
"I scared you just now, so I'll apologize to you." As Zhao Hu spoke, he cupped his hands in a salute towards the beggar-like figure.
If it was in the past, Zhao Hu would definitely not be so modest. Not to mention scaring this beggar, even if he were to kill him, he would not hesitate at all.