"The villain has no idea that these things are a pair!" Mei Xian Cheng crawled forward two steps, "Although those guests can prove that I took the dagger that day, who can see the murder?"
"You want to say that someone framed you?" he asked.
"That's right."
The magistrate twirled his beard and said, "That's true. After all, the murder weapon was placed next to the corpse. It seems like an unusual thing to do to give someone the clue."
"Unless it proves that he was flustered because of his impromptu intention." the deputy inspector added.
Seeing that he had no clue at this time, the magistrate slapped the wood to wake him up and said: "There are still unclear aspects of this case. We will resume the trial when all the witnesses and witnesses are available. Withdraw." Without saying a word, the government officials led Mei County Prime Minister down.
, drums were beaten four times outside the Yamen.
Wen Zhong easily obtained the confession in court through his connections in the government. After reading half of it, he roughly understood the truth, so he sent a man from a gambling house to invite the witness to his apartment.
The clerk was afraid that he would not believe it, so when they met, he lied and said that he was looking for him. The officer believed him and was afraid of losing face, so he hurriedly agreed.
When he entered the house, the waiter locked the door behind his back, making him at a loss. He stood at the door and shouted the waiter's name.
"What are you shouting for? I want to see you." Wen Zhong sneered and came from the back room.
"Just step outside the gate?" The officer and soldier pressed the door latch with their left hand.
"No," Wen Zhong put a pair of rough arms on his arms, "I am Wen Zhong, the shopkeeper of Jiangdu Gambling House, and I would like you to discuss something about a confession."
Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldier turned around and tried to leave, but Wen Zhong grabbed him tightly and could not resist at all.
He was surprised that this guy had such strength. He expected that he was also a powerful figure in the local area, so he didn't dare to do whatever he wanted.
"Shopkeeper, I don't know what case you are talking about." He started to pretend to be confused.
Wen Zhong smiled and took out six taels of silver from his waist.
"Six taels of silver, your annual salary, right?"
"This..." The officers and soldiers only stared at the few taels of snowflake silver, but immediately moved away: "You want me to give false testimony?"
"That's right. We are not on your master's side." Wen Zhong said.
The officers and soldiers were afraid that they would be involved, so they could not accept the money. They said goodbye quickly and went to open the door.
Wen Zhong's eyebrows suddenly raised: "Everyone, come out!"
Four or five more big men walked out from the back room, holding big swords, and frightened the military master out of his wits.
The men came up and grabbed him, pressing the bright knife edge against his neck, making him sweat and dare not swallow his saliva.
"Shopkeeper Wen, it's nothing to give false testimony, but if you accuse the Prime Minister of Mei County of committing murder again, wouldn't it contradict yesterday's testimony?" the officer asked cautiously.
"You don't have to worry about this." Wen Zhong said, "The next day, a few more witnesses will come from Jiangdu, and they will definitely tell you that Mei County Prime Minister sent you to Chen Mansion to see the hospital. The Yamen will suspect that Mei County Prime Minister has a premeditated plan, and will investigate the case in detail.
, a drag month
, it’s not good for me. I will compile a confession for you, and I will say, "It was the county magistrate who sent you there as a safety plan for the happy day, and the magistrate of Chamei County sent you there." Also, if you want to temporarily rebel, I have a lot of information.
There is a way to cure you, do you understand?"
He nodded, and the big men immediately put away their knives.
"Hey, take it." Wen Zhong still stuffed the money into him.
"Condolences from the Jiangdu family?" Lu Zhengfu asked Chen Tongpao, holding a white-covered letter.
Tongpao Chen sat down and said, "Yes."
Lu Zhengfu was still immersed in grief, so he raised his hand and opened the letter without any hesitation.
'A businessman from the dye house in Jiangdu visited Chuzi to express his condolences to the young master: I heard the obituary of Lu Gong and expressed my deep regret. I hope that you will take good care of your health, and there is nothing better than grieving and grieving. A certain person is willing to devote his money and money to choose a place for the young master to make him peaceful and peaceful, and to express his sincerity and sincerity.
Don't put it down.'
He closed the letter tremblingly, and then he had some doubts: There were always disputes between the Guo family and the Lu family, so why did they send someone to express their condolences? Moreover, the words in the sentence did not seem to be gloating about others' misfortune; if it was said that the money was used to choose the land, there was something else.
Picture, but can't see it either.
He sent the letter to Chen Tongpao and said to him: "I am very grateful to Yuan Wai for wanting to come here. I told his people that there is no need to pay any more. It is not worth the trouble."
Chen Tongpao asked the old housekeeper to go out and said. The latter went away for a while, turned around and came back and reported: "The man said that if Mr. Lu disagrees, he is afraid of being scolded by his master when he goes back, so he asks you to give a verbal agreement."
Lu Zhengfu coughed several times and his face turned purple from holding back. Chen Tongpao hurriedly replied: "I agree, I agree!"
Lu Zhengfu left that afternoon. He found that Chen Tongpao no longer cared about him very much, and the feeling in his heart was getting more and more bitter, so he simply left and did not suffer from the treachery here. He and his family
Several slaves pulled the coffin out of Taizhou City and wanted to return to Yizheng County via Jiangdu.
When he arrived in Jiangdu, he heard that the master of the government was going to retry his son's murder case. He wanted to find out the murderer immediately, so he put the coffin in and went to the government office to see the case.
The Prime Minister of Meixian County knelt in the hall, and the deputy inspector lowered his head and said nothing. The prefect first shouted: "Bring witnesses."
Several idle guests were pushed into the court.
"Give me your name."
They each reported their names, but did not look forward. They only stared at Mei County Cheng as if they wanted to eat someone.
The prefect showed the pair of daggers: "According to the case file, you said that the Prime Minister of Mei County took this dagger, but there were two daggers that day. Do you know?"
The idle guests were all dumbfounded and said hesitantly for a long time: "Master Magistrate, we don't know anything about this matter. But the suspect's behavior that day was very suspicious. We are gentlemen and we don't want to slander anyone..."
The prefect was furious: "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Where is the suspicion?" The deputy inspector became interested.
"Later, he led a team of people and suddenly broke into the study. Then he was called out. Mr. Lu died in a short while."
The prefect took a look at the inspector, turned around and said, "So it turns out that the Prime Minister of Mei County had a premeditated plan?"
"It's almost the same."
"This is strange." Mei County Prime Minister went through the last court trial and did not seem to be afraid this time. "If I really planned it, why would I go to kill people myself and throw down the knife and give someone the handle?"
Xianke hated the Prime Minister of Meixian County for defeating their Yaxing. They were thinking of putting him to death and killing him quickly, but they encountered such strong resistance that they had nothing to say, so they had to argue: "Anyway, you don't have any intention."
Good intentions! Maybe it’s not a premeditated murder!”
"It's not a premeditated murder..." Mei County Prime Minister was about to retort, but suddenly his mind changed and his eyes flickered, "The team I sent entered the house, Mr. Lu also saw it with his own eyes. Can I commit such a blatant premeditated murder?"
"How did the deceased react?"
"You can talk and laugh freely." Xian Ke told the truth.
"You are talking and laughing freely..." The deputy inspector frowned, "Could it be that you conspired with the deceased, but the result was failed and you were harmed..."
‘Yes! Yes!’ Mei County Prime Minister was ecstatic, waiting impatiently for the case to take a deeper step.