The Liu family was very lazy, so after buying someone, they gave all the work to the child bride. She was more like a maid than a child bride.
Just seven years ago, the girl ran away in the middle of the night, and the Liu family searched for her for several days but could not find her.
A year ago, the Liu family came back from the market and said they had met relatives. Then the family went to seek refuge with relatives and never returned.
After seeing this news, Hua Yanxi already had concerns in her mind.
This family is afraid that it is a lie that they are seeking refuge with relatives, but that they have found this child bride is a real thing.
According to the villagers' descriptions, the spies also brought back a portrait of the woman. Although her appearance had changed after a long time, she could still be seen.
Hua Yanxi stared at the eight-year-old girl thoughtfully.
Ye Yibai glanced over and said, "Let's go, let someone make a few copies, take one to test Zhao Kuo's reaction, and put one on record and post it. The murderer should be her."
Hua Yanxi pursed her lips: "This girl doesn't look like she's capable of killing someone."
Ye Yibai raised his eyebrows and said: "You can tell just by looking at a portrait? I didn't expect that Yan Yan can also read faces. So, do you think my face looks like what you like?"
"That's right, people can't be judged by their appearance. People can change. Maybe she has resentment towards the Liu family in her heart." Hua Yanxi ignored Ye Yibai's nonsense words and continued talking about business matters.
"We'll find out when we catch the person." Ye Yibai hummed, lowering his head and giving Hua Yanxi a fierce kiss to "punish" her for her "uncomprehending amorous feelings".
The two of them rushed to Jingzhao Mansion in a carriage and were about to hand the portrait out when they heard the sound of drumming outside the door.
A person was brought in, a woman.
The woman's appearance is very similar to the portrait, which can be seen at a glance.
Hua Yanxi had seen the portrait, but others didn't know it. When Yang Lu saw the woman being led in, he frowned and said, "Why are you playing drums outside? Do you know what punishment you will receive if you play drums for nothing?"
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The woman came forward and knelt down to the hall: "Sir, the women of the common people are here to confess their sins."
"Confess?"
"The three members of the Liu family at the entrance of the alley were all killed by civilian women."
As soon as these words came out, Yang Lu was shocked. Yang Lu's eyebrows moved and he looked in the direction of Hua Yanxi, who nodded.
"Tell me the whole story from the beginning." Yang Lu motioned aside and started recording.
"Lin Qiao, a civilian woman, is from Xiao'an Village, Chui County. She was sold to the Liu family as a child bride since she was a child. They are my parents-in-law and my husband respectively," Lin Qiao said.
"Since they are your parents-in-law and husband, why did they kill you just because they found you and threatened you with your identity as a child bride?" Hua Yanxi asked.
Lin Qiao smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, they found me and asked me for money, otherwise they would report the deed to the official and tell my current husband."
"So you didn't want to kill anyone in the first place."
Lin Qiao pursed her lips: "If they ask for money, I will give it to them. After all, they bought me for ten taels of silver, but later, they were too greedy. I emptied all my savings and couldn't stop them."
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"They want more and more. I kneel down and beg them, but it's no use." Lin Qiao gritted her teeth: "People's greed can't make up for it. I can't be clean unless they die."
Hua Yanxi did not ask any more questions, and Lin Qiao began to tell the story of how she killed a family of three.
She did not clean the tea cup that was brought over, but put it at home and sent people to search it.