Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 406: Torture, leech bath?

"Sir, I want to sue him for imprisoning the manager of my shop for more than ten years. I have a witness and have brought him here. He is waiting outside the mansion."

Lord Lu nodded and signaled the officer to bring the person in: "Call the witness!"

Shen Wenting just felt a bad premonition, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Everyone saw a man sitting on a movable chair being pushed up. This man was Zhou Hao. He had been living in a separate courtyard recently. In order to make it more convenient for him to go out, Yao Qingnian drew a blueprint and had someone make this wheelchair for him.

Lord Lu asked, "Who is this person in the hall? Why don't you kneel before me?"

"Your Excellency, I am Zhou Hao, a humble commoner. It's not that I don't want to kneel, but my legs are broken and I cannot kneel. Please forgive me, Your Excellency." Zhou Hao bowed his head and bowed.

"I see. Considering your disabled legs, I will forgive you. What are you complaining about today?"

"Sir, I used to be a shop assistant in the Duke's Mansion. Later, I followed the eldest daughter to the Shen Mansion as a dowry and helped her manage some shops. Later, I was caught by Shen Wenting because he embezzled the money from the shop. I was locked up in the dungeon under the study for more than 20 years. During this time, Shen Wenting beat me up many times. I had countless injuries on my body. My legs were also crippled by him..."

Zhou Hao told the whole story in detail, and the onlookers were shocked. Some people who knew the story knew what happened back then. When they heard that the person in front of them was Zhou Hao, they immediately remembered that incident. One man said, "Didn't they say that Zhou Hao embezzled the master's money and fled because he was afraid of the crime?"

"I also heard at that time that many people were calling him a traitor and a slave, and they said they would beat him to death if they caught him."

"I didn't expect that he was locked up by Shen Wenting. This is too scary! Zhou Hao has been imprisoned for so many years and he is still alive. His ancestors are so proud of him."

"Yeah, I can't believe Shen Wenting is such a dark-hearted, double-faced devil."

No one could believe that the well-mannered Lord Shen could do such a cruel thing, imprisoning someone in the basement of his study for decades and crippling the person's legs. This was too horrifying. It was true that one could only judge a person by his appearance!

"Quiet!" Lord Lu slammed the gavel hard again to maintain order at the scene.

"Sir, it's unjust, he is just talking nonsense. It was clearly him who embezzled the master's money and ran away with the money. Now he comes back to blame me. He must have been instructed by someone! Tell me, who told you to do this!" Shen Wenting pointed at him and roared. If he had known earlier, he should have killed him with a knife. Not only did he not get the treasure map, but he also let him use his handle to sue him and the bitch Chen Shuhua in court.

Zhou Hao gnashed his teeth and said, "Am I talking nonsense? These account books can prove that everything I said is true. It was you who embezzled the money back then! In order to conceal this matter, you imprisoned me in the dungeon and tortured me inhumanely. For more than 20 years in the dungeon, I was living a life worse than death. In addition to the daily beatings, he also used inhuman means to torture me. The most terrifying thing was to bathe with leeches. Can you imagine that scene? The leeches drilled into my body and gnawed my flesh bit by bit..."

After hearing this, everyone felt their stomachs churning and got goosebumps all over their bodies. They couldn't believe that Shen Wenting, who was so gentle and polite, was actually such a disgusting pervert. No wonder Chen Shuhua wouldn't even let him into her room. If you angered a man like him, he would stab you in the back and you wouldn't know when you would die.

Lord Lu had been into the dungeon under the study and indeed saw signs of people being imprisoned. However, it was normal for a wealthy family to have a dungeon to imprison disobedient servants.

Lord Lu glanced at Shen Wenting and saw that he had lost his initial calmness and there was a hint of panic in his eyes.

"You said you were imprisoned in a dungeon, so how did you get out, and how did you end up in this court?"

“I don’t know, but a man in black rescued me from the dungeon. When I woke up, I found myself thrown on the street. Fortunately, I met a kind person who told Miss Chen about my situation and rescued me.

The lady asked a doctor to see me, and that’s how I got back to life.” Zhou Hao followed the explanation he had discussed with Yao Qingnian and the others and pushed the matter of how he got out to the man in black.

"Minister Shen, now that we have both witnesses and evidence, do you have anything to explain?" asked Lord Lu.

"I didn't do that. This is a false accusation. You said I imprisoned him based on his one-sided words. My lord, I don't accept it!" Shen Wenting refused to admit it. He swung his sleeves and glared at Zhou Hao. His eyes were full of threats and murderous intent, but Zhou Hao had been facing such a look from him for more than 20 years and had long been numb.

"Sir, I have handed over all the account books of his embezzlement to you. I believe there will be a result soon. Before that, I have witnesses."

"Bring the people up."

Soon another witness was brought up. When Shen Wenting saw the person brought up, his face was full of shock. Didn't he have someone deal with her? How could she show up? ! The person who came was Yingcao, the maid who had a secret meeting with Shen Wenting.

Shen Wenting rushed forward: "You, why are you here, aren't you..."

"You mean to say that if I'm not dead, why am I here?! Your Excellency, I was originally a maid in the Shen Mansion. I was just a lowly maid who cleaned the house. Later, I received the favor of Shen Wenting and became his woman. Later, under his instructions, I have been serving and monitoring the lady. The lady has a gentle and kind personality and has never suspected that I was sent by Shen Wenting to monitor her.

He and I often meet in the mansion's storeroom when the lady isn't paying attention, and I tell him all the news about the lady without reservation..."

"You slut! Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about? Believe it or not, I will kill you!" Shen Wenting wanted to rush up and strangle Yingcao to death, but was stopped in time by the officials in the hall.

"Quiet! This is a court! Minister Shen wants to take action? If you disrupt the order of the court again, you will be dealt with according to the law! Just keep talking!" Lord Lu scolded, and Shen Wenting suppressed his anger and restrained his expression.

"Later, my affair with Shen Wenting was discovered by his wife. At that time, I was already pregnant with his child. I thought he would let me go for the sake of the child, but he tricked me and said that he wanted me to go to the countryside to take care of the baby. In fact, he asked the person who sent me there to kill me on the way. Fortunately, I was rescued, but the child was gone."

"Sir, I have witnesses too! I can prove that she seduced me, and the baby in her belly is not mine. The reason why the lady saw me that day was because she drugged me!"