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Chapter 76 Unexpected Action
Xiao Taoer described the other person's physical characteristics as soon as she opened her mouth, which made everyone present look at Cao Chenfeng.

Only Zhu Yu raised his eyes and looked at the little peach carefully.

Cao Chenfeng's face turned red and white, and because of his panic, he couldn't help but speak hastily: "You, you don't talk nonsense!

Who, who asked you to slander me here?!"

"Alright, stop arguing!" Cao Tianbao waved his hand and said to his nephew, "There's no guarantee many people have heart-protecting hair. It's nothing serious.

Now that things have come to this, to prove your innocence, why don't you take off your shirt and expose your back so that people can see if you have any red birthmarks? Then everything will be clear!"

He said this with great certainty. It was obvious that as an uncle, he knew very well that there was no red birthmark on his nephew's back. That was why he was so confident that this proof could completely clear up the previous slander.

But what he didn't expect was that Cao Chenfeng didn't do anything after hearing this. Instead, he looked at him with an embarrassed expression, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Cao Tianbao was a little annoyed. If they were a family of scholars, it would be fine if they cared about those red tape, but their family had been practicing martial arts for generations, and people who practiced martial arts had no problem with doing things like bareback. There was nothing to be shy about, especially since there were no other female relatives present except the maid Xiao Taoer.

He really didn't know what his nephew was being so shy about.

So Cao Tianbao pulled his nephew over, pulled the back of his collar open a little, and looked inside through the open collar.

Although he couldn't see it very clearly, he still noticed that there was a dark red patch of skin about the size of a palm on Cao Chenfeng's back. It was not exactly a birthmark, as it looked more like a piece of skin that had not yet healed after a burn.

Cao Tianbao's face changed drastically.

Xiao Taoer said that she chased the man who had an affair with her young lady out at night and saw a red birthmark on his back. In that case, it seemed reasonable to regard the unhealed burned skin as a birthmark.

"You..." He was so proud that his words were stuck in his throat. He could only stare at his most respected nephew with his eyes wide open.

Cao Chenfeng finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell to his knees with a thud: "Uncle, nephew...nephew was also confused for a moment...that's why he had an affair with that woman...please punish me, uncle!"

"You!" Cao Tianbao's beard was shaking with anger.

He went through so much trouble just to prove that no one in the Cao family had done such a thing as committing adultery and killing someone. After all, his nephew had always behaved honestly and diligently, and seemed to be obsessed with martial arts and working hard to make a name for himself in the martial arts examination.

It ended up being such a big fuss, and in the end it turned out to be him!

Cao Tianbao felt that he had lost all his face. In a fit of rage, he kicked Cao Chenfeng in the shoulder.

Although Cao Chenfeng was tall and strong, he could not withstand such a powerful kick from his uncle. He was kicked backwards and rolled on the ground twice before stopping in a mess, covered in dust.

"You are such a scoundrel!" Cao Tianbao was furious and pointed at Cao Chenfeng and cursed, "You are so stupid! You are so stupid!

How can you ruin the Cao family's tradition for the sake of your children's personal affairs!
If you really fall in love with a merchant's daughter, the worst that can happen is that you tell your parents and bring her home as a concubine!
You are so good! You have an affair with someone and even kill someone! You are really a big shot! "

Cao Chenfeng was originally trembling with fear after being scolded by Cao Tianbao, and dared not to talk back. However, he did not expect his uncle to say such a thing, and was dumbfounded for a moment. "Uncle! My nephew is wrong. I shouldn't have had an affair with that woman...but...but I definitely didn't kill her!" He didn't care about shame or not. After all, compared with the sin of murder, adultery is nothing. "I did have feelings for that young lady from the Zhuang family, but I didn't kill her!
I haven't looked for her since I left that night!

If I hadn't been called to the front today to ask these questions, I wouldn't have known she was no longer alive!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Zhuang Zhi's eyes bulged bloodshot when he saw Cao Chenfeng admit it. He wished he could pounce on him and strangle him to death. "Then tell me why you left my daughter's embroidery building in such a hurry that night?"

Cao Chenfeng opened his mouth, turned his eyes away, and looked elsewhere: "I left for other reasons... Anyway, when I left, Zhuang Lanlan was still fine.

Now whether she is dead or alive has nothing to do with me.

I admit what I did, but I absolutely did not kill her. I cannot admit this no matter what!"

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and moved towards Cao Tianbao: "Uncle, my nephew's secret meeting with a girl has brought shame to our family. I am willing to accept your punishment. Whether you whip me with a whip or beat me with a stick, I will bear it!

But my nephew really didn't kill anyone. If you accuse me of murder, I'm really wronged! Even if they chop off my head, I'll still cry out for justice even if I become a ghost!"

"Don't talk about anything else for now." The Jingzhao Yin was also feeling overwhelmed. Seeing Cao Tianbao was so angry that he couldn't speak, he hurriedly asked on his behalf, "Since you say you didn't kill anyone, why did you leave that day? Was there anything unusual about the young lady from the Zhuang family before you left?"

Cao Chenfeng opened his mouth, then swallowed his words back. He clenched his fists and put them at his sides, turning his face away.

His reaction made Jingzhao Yin at a loss for words. The current situation was extremely unfavorable to Cao Chenfeng. Zhuang Zhi had made such a big fuss and revealed Cao Chenfeng's affairs in front of all the high-ranking officials in the capital. Now he insisted that Cao Chenfeng had killed his daughter.

Cao Chenfeng refused to admit it and was unable to prove his innocence, so he could only stammer.

Now, nothing I do is right.

There is nothing wrong in handling the matter impartially, arresting Cao Chenfeng and then interrogating him to verify the facts. However, no matter what the result is, it is equivalent to offending General Cao.

But if he didn't want to offend General Cao, in this situation, under the watchful eyes of the public, he could be at risk of being reported by someone in the future.

"Boss Zhuang," Lu Qing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up. He wasn't asking Cao Chenfeng, but Zhuang Zhi on the other side. "You said you'd already reported this to the authorities? So, what happened to your daughter's body?"

Zhuang Zhi had been staring at Cao Chenfeng and had not paid attention to others. When he heard someone talking to him, he calmed down and then noticed Lu Qing who was speaking from the crowd.

"My daughter's body is being kept in the morgue of Jingzhao Prefecture," he replied quickly. "The Jingzhao Prefecture has been urging me to take my daughter's body away for burial as soon as possible to prevent it from rotting and stinking over time.

But the real murderer has not been found yet, and I can't let my poor child die in obscurity.

So I asked people to bring a lot of ice over there, and I haven't buried the body yet."

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