Chapter 1643: Suspected Scapegoat

Chen Guanlou soon saw Zhu San, still in the Heavenly Prison C-sized cell.

One stood outside the cell door, one inside the cell door.

One is a prison warden, one is a prisoner.

Chen Guanlou was very confused, "What's going on? How can you do business to the Heavenly Prison? What did you commit?"

Zhu San looked at the old acquaintance, did not call for grievances or grievances for the first time, but sighed. A look of helplessness and heartache.

"I should have been calculated."

"Who calculated you, why calculate you?" Chen Guanlou frowned, "Who did you offend?"

"I should not have offended anyone, just happened to meet, I am an out-of-town merchant, I don't know many people in the capital. The person who calculated me, if I didn't guess wrong, should be the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion. Specifically which one of the Earl Mansion calculated me, I don't know."

Chen Guanlou was even more confused, "How can you be related to the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion?"

The Xiangcheng Earl Mansion belongs to the kind that is neither up nor down in the noble circle. To say it has fallen, it has not reached that level. To say it is very prosperous, it is not seen.

The Hou Fu does not wait to see the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion, small-scale banquets, there is no share of the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion.

Only that kind of large-scale banquet, opening a hundred tables, everyone must be in place, such as full birthday, such as wedding banquet, the Hou Fu will remember the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion.

Chen Guanlou has seen people from the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion in the Hou Fu, neither high-profile nor low-profile, ordinary, nothing to attract attention. Even the appearance is only upper-middle, not comparable to the Chen family's appearance.

Zhu San sighed and explained helplessly, "I got in touch with the Fourth Master of the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion, and did two businesses together, making some money. This time it was because the Earl Mansion invited guests, and the Fourth Master also sent me a post. I thought this was a rare opportunity, definitely couldn't refuse, so I prepared a thick gift to attend the banquet."

"Then what? What happened?" Chen Guanlou pursued.

Zhu San sighed again, feeling his bad luck, very discouraged.

He recalled the situation that day, "At first, everything was normal, socializing and drinking. I met several nobles with the Fourth Master. I don't know if it was because of the wind, or because the wine that day was too strong, my drinking capacity is usually okay, you know. However, that day, I only drank halfway, and I felt dizzy. Later, the little servant led the way and went to the side room to rest."

"Then something happened? You ruined the girl's reputation?"

Chen Guanlou opened his brain hole boldly.

Novels are written like this.

He carefully observed Zhu San, his appearance was quite upright, his age was not big, only twenty-five or six. He married early at home and had children. But his wife was thin, and she died of massive hemorrhage when giving birth to the third child, and neither big nor small could be kept. Now his identity is a widower, with two dragging bottles, plus a concubine.

This is the identity Zhu San publicly disclosed, recognized by the government, and confirmed to be credible.

Zhu San smiled bitterly, "If it was just ruining the girl's reputation, it would be simple."

"What exactly did you do?"

"I don't know what I did!" Zhu San held his head, very distressed, confused, and angry, "I only remember, I was drunk and went to the side room to rest, drank a cup of strong tea to sober up, and then fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up..."

"What happened?"

Chen Guanlou was so anxious, how could he speak halfway.

Zhu San licked his lips, it seemed difficult to speak, and it seemed more like he couldn't believe it.

"When I woke up... I was holding a dagger in my hand, and the dagger was covered in blood. I was also covered in blood, and my clothes were messy, and there were scratches on my body. It seemed that I had experienced an extremely chaotic scene."

After speaking, he pulled his clothes and exposed his chest.

There were indeed residual scratches on his chest, looking very cruel. Judging from the traces, it should have been left by a woman.

"Did you rape a woman?" Chen Guanlou couldn't believe it. Zhu San has money, if he is empty, he can spend money to solve it.

Zhu San held his head, very distressed, "I don't know, I really don't know. At that time, there was indeed a woman lying beside me, but the person was already dead, and she was abused to death. Later I found out that the deceased was not an ordinary maid, but a female guest who came to be a guest. It was a young lady from a certain mansion, and it seemed to be a cousin of the Earl Mansion."

Chen Guanlou questioned, "Did you do it or not, you don't know yourself, don't you have any feeling at all?"

Zhu San was about to cry, shaking his head miserably, "I really don't know anything, my brain is blank."

"What about the body? The body's reaction can't be fake. Did you do it or not, the body always has some feeling."

Zhu San is just an ordinary person, if he has vented, he can't be unaware at all.

"Don't ask, I don't know anything. I didn't lie, I don't know anything that happened after I fell asleep."

"What did Zhang Fourth Master say?"

The Xiangcheng Earl Mansion is surnamed Zhang, a very popular surname.

Speaking of the title of the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion, it was obtained by relying on women. Initially, the Zhang family was a military family, not qualified to be titled, and military merit was not enough. Later, the Zhang family produced a beauty, entered the palace for the draft, won the Emperor's favor, and was conferred as a noble concubine.

This Noble Concubine Zhang is very capable, and at the same time, Noble Concubine Zhang's brother is also very capable.

The brother and sister worked together, one whispered in the Emperor's ear, and the other worked hard to serve and strive for merit. In just a few years, the Emperor waved his pen and titled the Zhang family, which had the Xiangcheng Earl Mansion.

Unfortunately, Consort Zhang only gave birth to one daughter. After the daughter married, it turned into a chaotic mess, sparking many scandals and incidents. She gave birth to two children, neither of whom belonged to the Imperial Son-in-Law.

Noble Concubine Zhang couldn't control her daughter, and the Emperor was angry and annoyed.

It is said that later, this Princess divorced the Imperial Son-in-Law and lived a carefree life. In any case, there are many rumors.

Because the life experience of the two children was unbearable and born of adultery, the Emperor did not wait to see them. Even if they were his own grandchildren, he did not have a good face. After the Emperor passed away, the new Emperor succeeded, and this absurd princess began to keep a low profile and quickly fell. The two children lived awkwardly, relying on the Zhang family's relief. It is said that later they could not mix in the capital, and simply went to other places and never came back.

Zhu San gritted his teeth, "Zhang Fourth Master said at first that he believed I would never do such a beast-like thing. However, after I was arrested and locked in the Heavenly Prison, he sent someone to tell me to admit the crime and not make meaningless struggles. But I really didn't do it."

"How do you determine you didn't do it?"

"I..." Zhu San was speechless, and for a while didn't know what to say. He grabbed his head irritably, explaining awkwardly: "I don't have any strange habits in bed, I like normal, this point can be proved by the sisters in the brothel, and the maids at home can also testify. So, I absolutely couldn't abuse women, especially the women who went to bed with me. Secondly, I don't lack women around me, I don't need to use force. And, even if I want to take the opportunity to climb the nobles, I couldn't use such a low-down method to walk the road to death." ===== CHAPTER 1644 =====

"I..." Zhu San stammered, unable to find words for a moment. He scratched his head in frustration and explained awkwardly: "I have no strange habits in bed; my preferences are normal. The girls at the brothel can testify to this, and the maids at home can also bear witness. Therefore, it is impossible for me to abuse women, especially the woman I am sleeping with. Furthermore, I am not lacking for women, so I have no need to use force. Besides, even if I wanted to use this opportunity to cling to a powerful person, I would never use such base methods to ruin my own path."