The guards were ordered to bring in a man, and he saw that the man was wearing a pine robe, with a fat head and round ears, and was about fifty years old.

As soon as they saw this person, the people crowded at the gate of the yamen exploded.

"Li Yuanwai?"

"Should I try Su Xiuniang's case today?"

Su Mu is a famous embroidery girl in the south of the Yangtze River, once in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in the flower building of the yarn machine, embroidered the dragon robe for the first emperor, Jiangnan Naval Governor He Shanqi's sister Miss He wore a hundred charming pomegranate skirts when entering the palace is embroidered by Su Mu. Later, there was an accident in the palace, and somehow it was rumored that Su's mother was unlucky, and after she was kicked out of the weaving bureau, she returned to Gushui County with her family, and since then she has been closed, and it didn't take long for her to become ill.

Su Xiuniang is a filial daughter, she has served the decoction in front of her mother's bed since she was a child, but her mother's illness has not been improved, and the house has been emptied of the family in a few years, and finally had to dismiss the people to sell the mansion, and the family went to the north of the city to buy an old house to live in.

Listening to the neighbors, Su's mother was moody and often scolded her daughter, not allowing her to inherit the family education and touch embroidery again. Su Xiuniang everything is along with her mother, but she refuses to let go of the mind of learning embroidery, she picks up the lamp at night to steal the school, and when she goes out to grab medicine during the day, she secretly stuffs the embroidery work to the neighborhood, and asks the neighbors to take it to the market to sell, and sells it for money, and the neighborhood draws some oil and water, and she has some hard silver to give her mother medicine to cure the disease.

In the past ten years, Su Xiuniang has practiced a good stitch method with the embroidery books and embroidery patterns left by her mother, and the embroidery pieces taken to the market by her neighbors have become more and more eye-catching, and gradually some people have paid attention.

One day, Aunt Zhang next door came back from the bazaar, and told Su Xiuniang that Mrs. Li wanted to do a birthday, Li Yuanwai intended to offer a picture of a hundred years of peony for the old lady as a birthday gift, but this picture is a peony picture from a distance, and it is embroidered by a hundred longevity words up close, and the general embroidery girl does not work, so Li Yuanwai came up with a rich sum of money to ask Su Xiuniang to embroider this hundred years of peony. Su's mother was unlucky, Li Yuanwai didn't avoid taboos, although Su Xiuniang felt strange, but the money given by Li Yuanwai was really rich, she thought about it all night, and still responded.

The size of the peony picture of Baishou is quite large, the embroidery thread used in the forging surface is very expensive, Su Xiuniang can not take it home, can only go to the Li Mansion to work, there is a flower building in the back garden of the Li Mansion, and Su Xiuniang is allowed to come here to work during the day, and return home in the evening to serve her mother, so Su Xiuniang lied to the family, saying that she would be accompanied by Zhang Da Niang next door to the nunnery outside the city to chant and pray for her mother, and then went out of the house.

No one expected that Su Xiuniang was fine two days ago, but on the third day, somehow, she died in Li's Mansion.

Li Yuanwai said that at noon that day, he went to the flower building to inspect the embroidery, Su Xiuniang had a foxy heart, and if she failed to seduce her, she had a coercive heart, and she ran to the back window and threatened to jump down, asking the county magistrate to treat him for a murderous crime. He was frightened and wanted to pull her back, but he didn't expect her to fall out of the high window, hit the rockery, and hit her headlong and died.

Su Xiuniang is a famous filial daughter, thrifty and gentle, if it weren't for her mother's bad reputation, I don't know how many people rushed to come to the door to ask for marriage, how could she have a foxy heart for Li Yuanwai?

Back then, the person who went to the Li Mansion for an autopsy was Miss Dusk, she was not an official, and all the corpses she examined were all old twilight when she ascended to the church. The magistrate is the official of the old twilight, he judged the case to fall to his death, when he retired from the court, the old man shook his head and sighed and came out, and the discerning person knew at a glance that this eighty percent was an unjust case!

What is infuriating is that Li Yuanwai relied on his eldest brother to be the Lingnan Thorn History, and donated a Wupin Wailang for him in the court, and called him a brother and brother with the magistrate all day long, and ran rampant in the township, poor Su Xiuniang died in vain.

Su's mother went to the door of the Li Mansion on the day of her daughter's funeral to beg for her daughter's life, and the Li Mansion relied on the magistrate to judge the case, not only humiliating Su Xiuniang, but also ordering the family to beat Su's mother badly, and after ten days, Su's mother died at home.

Su's father went to the county government to beat the drum and complain about the injustice, accusing the Li Mansion of bullying and killing people, but the county magistrate said that Su Xiuniang's fall to death was self-inflicted, and Su's mother went to the Li Mansion to cry and disturb the people, and the Li Mansion should have taken her away, and did not violate any national law. Besides, the man did not die at that time, but died at home ten days later, clearly from illness, and it is a false accusation to say that the man was beaten to death!

Su's father was sentenced to 20 boards, and he was beaten in court, and as soon as he was dragged out of the county office, he bumped into the person who came to complain from the Li Mansion.

Li Mansion said that the old lady's birthday is approaching, there are dead people in the house, and the embroidery can no longer be used if it is stained with filth.

How can the Su family have the money to compensate the Li Mansion? Li Fu said that Su Mu was a famous embroidery girl in the south of the Yangtze River, and the embroidery books and embroidery samples she left behind were worth some silver, so she might as well pay these compensations, and the debts of the two families would be written off.

After a long time, the Li Mansion was greedy for the embroidery of the Su family, and the matter of the peony Baishou diagram was designed from the beginning, but the poor Su family was ruined.

Su's father almost went to Huangquan in a fit of anger, but fortunately, his neighbor Aunt Zhang's family asked a doctor to take care of him carefully, and he picked up a life.

Aunt Zhang blamed herself for Su Xiuniang's matter, she thought she was helping, but she became an accomplice, and she couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart, and she died of illness two years ago.

Now, there is only one Zhang scholar left in the Zhang family, he recognized Su's father as a righteous father, as a high hall at home, he was expected to be a teacher in the private school, but unfortunately the private school of the poor family is too little, in order to support the family, he gave up the pen to become a carpenter, but two years, a pair of hands are so rough that you can't see that you have been a scholar.

The death of the family is broken, Su Xiuniang's death implicates the Su and Zhang families, five years have passed since this incident, and no one has thought that there will be a day when Zhaoxue will be born.

"You say, has this case been solved?" The people were gathering at the gate of the county government to watch with bated breath, and I don't know who in the crowd lowered their voices and asked.

"If you can't overturn the case, what are you doing by tying up Li Fatzi to the court?"

The man said disdainfully: "You must not have gone to the teahouse to listen to those students talk about the government, I heard that the people in Jiangbei killed the people of the Heng Wangfu, but did not kill the Jin Wangfu, do you know why?" ”

The people around him couldn't stand him selling like this, and urged him to say quickly, and one of them bluffed: "If you don't say it again, the brothers will call the guard brother in front of you, and let the guard brother arrest you into the county office, see if you dare to say that this case can't be overturned in front of the saint and the queen's mother!" ”

"Don't!" The man hurriedly begged for mercy, lowered his voice and pointed in the direction of Jiangbei, "I heard the students say that the people over there are pinching Lingnan with the life of the King of Jin!" The king of Lingnan is a grandson of the king of Jin, and for the life of the king of Jin, he may ......"

I don't dare to say anything about rebellion, but there is something that people in the streets and alleys are talking about, it is said that on the day of the Holy Lord's pro-government, the congratulatory watches of all the states in the south of the Yangtze River arrived in Biandu, but the Lingnan one was missing.

Lingnan has a heart of disobedience, and Jiangnan, which has not been war-free for a long time, may fight in the future.

"Li Yuanwai is the younger brother of the Lingnan Thorn History, and the saint is at this juncture...... I shouldn't kill Li Yuanwai, right? ”

Jiangnan is rich, but the saint has just become pro-government, will he anger Lingnan for an unjust case of ordinary people?

The county government gradually stopped talking, and the people invariably looked into the court, three years ago, the woman who couldn't even enter the county government hall, and now she is wearing a phoenix robe, sitting behind the three-foot legal table, the golden plaque is brilliant, and the four characters hanging high in the mirror have never been so solemn.

The person is still the same person, but can this unjust case really be revealed?

The sky seems to know people's intentions, the morning light has not been collected, and the sky has heard rolling thunder.

The palace people came out by order, and still removed the threshold of the yamen, and let the people enter the public courtyard of the yamen, and the eight-sided avoidance card was placed three feet outside the public hall.

Li Yuanwai knelt in the public court, a smell of rotten wood and mud and corpses made him dizzy, two black coffins were placed in front of him, the coffin board was rotten out of the hole, and the coffin body was tied firmly with hemp rope, as if two yin coffins were restrained by corpse ropes, and there were evil ghosts in it to ask for their lives!

There was a sound of turning books in the hall, the paper shadow swept like a knife light, and the smell of moldy ash in the paper wind slapped on the Dharma table, and the sound was more shocking than the wood.

Li Yuanwai was shocked, and the blue brick surface was covered with a thin layer of gas, like frost in June.

"The person in the hall is Li Pang?" The woman's voice has not been heard for many years, and it is still as cold and detached as it was three years ago, but it can be heard adding a bit of majesty.

"Hui, Hui...... The queen is the queen mother, it is Weichen! "The maid who used to go to the Li Mansion for an autopsy is now flying on the branch to become the queen, and the saint favors her so much that he allows her to sit in the court and ask the case.

"Five years ago, you invited Su Xiuniang to the house to embroider the Baishou peony picture, and then the person fell to death under the flower building, do you remember this?" Twilight has never dragged her feet, and after confirming the person who arrived in the hall, she asked the case directly.

"This ......," Li Yuanwai swallowed.

Twilight slapped the file on the Dharma table, "I ask you if you remember, why do you need to be so spittering!" ”

"Remember! Remember! Li Yuanwai wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and a layer of sweat appeared on his back.

"Good!" Twilight Qing handed the confession to Fan Tong and ordered him to take it down and show it to Li Pang, "This is the confession of the year, you read it carefully, the confession of the year, can there be any change of words today?" ”

The confession was placed in the tray, Fan Tong held the dust in one hand, held the tray in the other, and handed it to Li Pang when he arrived in the hall, the wind blew the confession open, the paperweight was pressed on it, and the yellowed ink handwriting was circled with vermilion annotations, and the words swept in front of him with blood - fox, coercion, rolling down, falling to death, and killing non-employers!

The morning glow is gone, the rain is coming, the sound of the wind is as low as a person crying, Li Pang raised his eyes and looked into the black coffin, the rotten gas was like a yin wind, and he was so shocked that he hugged his head and howled: "Su Susu, Su Xiuniang, you, don't come to me, you fell off the flower building by yourself, it's really none of my business!" ”

Li Pang looked frightened and didn't look like he was lying, and the people were confused when they saw it.

Su Xiuniang really fell off the flower building by herself?

"Then let me ask you, why did she fall off the flower building?"

"She'......"

"Really?"

"This ......" Li Yuanwai stammered and kowtowed again and again, "Weichen didn't dare to deceive the queen, she really got off by herself!" ”

At the beginning, the magistrate showed him the corpse list, the person has been dead for five years, the corpse has turned into white bones, and the evidence on the corpse list has been put into the ground, don't say that the queen has the name of the judge of the Yin Division, that is, the real Lord Yama is here, and he doesn't want to take it out as evidence to overturn the case! He didn't meet Su Xiuniang that day, and he didn't believe that there would be evidence left on the bones.

Besides, the emperor's personal trial of this case is nothing more than knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and by punishing him to knock Lingnan, it should not kill him, otherwise, wouldn't it be to force Lingnan to rebel?

Li's mansion was broken into by the royal guards early in the morning, Li Pang was tied out of the mansion when he didn't even have time to put on the official robe, and when he arrived at the court, he saw two black coffins, which was really frightened that the six gods had no master.

But as soon as his mind was settled, he heard a startling sound, which frightened people so much that the three souls disappeared and the seven spirits disappeared.

"Good! It seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin! Twilight got up, brushed her sleeves and went to the side hall!

There is a brocade curtain hanging in front of the hall, no one can see the scene inside, about to wait for a cup of tea, the curtain is a dozen, only to see the twilight green plain clothes come out, no ornaments, Qingzhuo's posture is not like a female stream, only a hairpin pinned between the hair adds a point of beauty to her world.

The palace people held copper basins, trays and other things and walked to the coffin with Duqing, and there was no burning of atractylodes or soaphorns in front of the coffin, only to hear the palace people report to Tianchang: "Open the coffin-"

A handful of paper money was sprinkled on the coffin, and Li Pang knelt in front of the coffin, like a filial piety keeper.

The palace people cut the rope of the coffin, and before the coffin lid was pried, the coffin fell apart and smashed on the ground of the public hall, and a rancid smell came out, accompanied by something like black slag spilled out of the two coffins, and the people covered their mouths and noses to look at it, and almost vomited out of breakfast.

The Su family has no money to bury it, the mother and daughter are all in a thin coffin when they are buried, it is rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, five years in the ground, the coffin is rotten, and there is a bunch of maggot shells hidden in it, as soon as the coffin is opened, the dense insect corpses are sprinkled on the court, Li Pang is the closest, and the first one leans over and vomits.

"Presumptuous! The emperor and queen dare to lose their dignity! Fork out! Fan Tong shouted loudly, and the guards got the order and dragged the person to the bottom of the steps outside the public hall like a dog.

The palace people moved the coffin outside, and after cleaning the insect corpse, they invited Twilight to come closer.

Twilight Qing wore gloves and took a brush, carefully cleaning the remaining insect corpses on the bones, Cui Yuan followed behind her with a copper basin, the smell of the coffin was a little uncomfortable, but he didn't feel terrible. On a trip to Jiangnan, he saw and heard so much that it was difficult to describe, people are like evil ghosts, and the wicked people in the world are much more terrible than the dead.

The dresses worn by Su's mother and daughter when they were buried were all rotten, and only a few strands of black and wet cloth stuck to the bones, exuding a rancid smell. Twilight used tweezers to clean up the rotten cloth attached to the bones, and gradually, two human skeletons appeared on the ground of the public hall, with their heads facing inward and their feet outward.

Twilight took the skulls out of the two coffins and placed them in the tray, ordering the palace people to show the back of the skull.

There was an uproar in the pile, and I saw that the skull taken out of the right coffin was broken, the hole was not big, but the bones around it were cracked like a net, which was terrifying. I heard that Su Xiuniang died by crashing on the rockery, and the bones in the right coffin must be Su Xiuniang!

The rockery was not big, it had been carried to the outside of the side hall, and the four guards moved it to Li Yuanwai's side and put it down, only to see that there were still blood stains on the ridge of the mountain, and the blood had dried black for a long time.

Twilight Qing came out of his bones, and put the holes in the bones to a pair on the edge of the mountain, only to see the flying lightning on the edge of the sky looming like a white rainbow, blood black and bones white, and the collapse was compatible!

Twilight asked, "The lethal wound is under the parietal bone, do you know what the wound represents here?" ”

Li Yuanwai looked confused, where can he answer?

"It means that she didn't roll down the stairs at all that day, but was pushed down!" These words were like thunder, and those who heard them got goosebumps.

"Generally speaking, when a person falls, both hands instinctively take support and protection actions, so forehead injuries are rare, and occipital injuries are more common, generally here." Twilight held her skull and pointed to the bottom of the back of her head, "If you push down and injure yourself, because most of the push is on the chest and head, the person's center of gravity will move up from the waist, and the place where the head lands will also move up when you fall to the ground!" The greater the thrust, the greater the displacement of the impact point, the faster the thrust speed, and the higher the position! The injury is three inches below the parietal bone, which is equivalent to hitting the ground with your head, if there is no thrust, why is the injury here?! ”

This reasoning is surprising, and Li Yuanwai listened to it with a look of ignorance.

"Don't understand?" Twilight had already expected it, snapped her fingers, and the palace man came out with a basin and splashed a basin full of black water outside the court.

Li Yuanwai was splashed with ink spots, and he didn't dare to hide.

The people gathered on both sides and were not affected, but subconsciously retreated, and the people behind raised their heads and pointed to the roof: "Look! ”

Everyone looked up and saw a row of white-clothed guards standing on the top of the county hall at some point, with white scarves wrapped around their heads, dressed strangely.

One of the guards jumped down, seemingly as light as a swallow, but when he landed, his feet slipped and fell into the dirty water with a pop. He propped himself up with the palms of his hands as he fell on his back, but the dirty water still soaked his white clothes, and he was very embarrassed when he got up.

But no one dared to laugh, and one man stammered: "Look! The bandana of the big brother of the guard! ”

I saw that the white-clothed guard had soiled his turban when he fell, and the stain was on the ground under the back of his head, exactly what Twilight had just said!

Only then did the people realize that the guards did not fall accidentally, but intentionally, in order to confirm the words of the queen?

While everyone was speculating, two more guards fought on the roof. I saw the rolling black clouds coming from the west, and the two of them swept between the black clouds and green tiles, the wind of the fists was as fierce as a tiger, and the heroic posture was like a divine soldier descending from the sky. The people's eyes lit up, and they were about to applaud when one of the guards slapped him on the chest and fell on his back to the sky.

The people were startled, and were worried, when the guard bounced up and spun around in public. I saw that the back of his body was jet black, and the stain on his headscarf was above the back of his head!

The people were still frightened, and the two remaining guards on the roof also came to beckon. After a few moves, a guard was pushed down by the throat, and after getting up, the dirt stain on his headscarf was under the top of his skull, which was not much different from the position where Su Xiuniang was injured!

The three guards stood side by side, the stains on their headscarves leaning closer to the other, confirming Twilight's words!

Twilight asked, "Do you understand?" ”

Li Yuanwai opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer.

"If you don't understand it, this thing should make you understand." Twilight raised her voice and commanded, "Someone! Take Su Xiuniang's dress! ”

The palace people were ordered to come out with their clothes and show their dresses in public!

The dress has been on for a long time, and there are mold spots on the skirt, but the large stains on the back of the skirt are still clearly visible, and they are very familiar, and they look similar to the dirty stains on the back of the three white-clothed guards!

"This ...... This is also like this! ”

"The wound on the head of the last guard brother is the most similar to the place where Su Xiuniang was injured, he was just pushed off the roof by someone by the neck, Su Xiuniang should have been pushed off the flower building by someone, right?"

The people whispered, and Li Pang's eyes were shocked.

Twilight said: "This dress is worn by Su Xiuniang when she died, she fell to her death in the afternoon under the flower building, it just rained before noon, and the rain on the tiles of the flower building hall has not dried, if she rolls down and falls to death, this skirt should be the front body, the back body, and even the sleeves are stained with rain stains!" But there is no mud on the front and sleeves of this skirt, and the dirt is only on the back of the body, just like the clothes of the guards! She didn't roll off the flower building at all, but was pushed out of the high window and hit on the rockery to death, otherwise she wouldn't have hurt here, and the stain wouldn't be just behind the skirt! This bone and this skirt are all evidence, what else do you have to say! ”

Twilight put her skull into the tray, and the wind on her clothes was like a knife, cutting Li Yuanwai's cheeks painfully!

Li Yuanwai couldn't think of a reasonable word for a while, so he could only argue nonsense: "Weichen...... Wechen misremembered! ”

"Misremembered? If you remember it wrong today, you can say that you are old and old, but on the day you died, you remembered it wrong? ”

"Wechen...... Wechen's day...... No, I didn't see it clearly! Li Yuanwai wiped his forehead sweat with his cuffs, "Yes, yes!" Weichen didn't see it clearly! At that time, Su Xiuniang was looking for death and life, and Weichen tried to persuade her with good words while trying to pull her back, she refused to give Weichen a chance to get closer, and she didn't sit down and fell down the flower building, and when Weichen ran to the window, she, she had already fallen. Weichen mistakenly thought that she was going down, which caused her confession to be wrong back then, and I hope that the queen will forgive her sins! ”

Twilight sneered angrily.

Bu Xihuan was blowing with tea, and raised his eyes when he heard the sound.

It's really rare for her to be popular.

The tea mist was like a cloud, and the man's gaze fell on the steps outside the hall, and the cloud seemed to be covered with frost.

Twilight asked, "You just said that she didn't sit still, so you mean she was sitting on the windowsill at the time?" ”

"Uh, exactly ......"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, sure!"

"Full of nonsense!" Twilight Qing snatched Su Xiuniang's dress from the palace people and unfolded it herself, "Take a closer look at the back of this skirt!" It had rained that day, and the rain had not dried on the windowsill, and if she had sat on the windowsill, there would have been a stain on her buttocks! But if you take a closer look, there is a dirty stain on the back of her skirt, but where is this dirty stain? ”

Li Pang saw that there was a muddy stain behind the skirt, and if it wasn't for Twilight Qing pointing it out, he wouldn't have noticed it.

"This stain is clearly on her back, indicating that she was not sitting on the windowsill at all, but standing with her back to the windowsill!"

The evidence was in front of him, and Li Pang saw that he couldn't quibble, so he immediately changed his words, "Yes, yes!" The queen mother was aware of everything, and Weichen remembered that it was indeed against the windowsill! There was a death in the house that day, and Weichen was a little frightened, so he remembered it wrong! ”

"What a mistake! Then you won't even forget how high the window of your mansion is, right? ”

"Uh, this ......"

"Su Xiuniang is standing with her back against the windowsill, and the windowsill is as high as her back, and the window must be a high window! If no one pushed her, how could she easily stumble and fall out of the flower building? ”

“……”

"When Su Xiuniang died, bruises were visible on her chest and inner thighs, but her clothes were intact and she was still in perfect condition, so how did the bruises on her body fall through her clothes that day? According to your words, she seduces you, and you don't sit still, so even if she grabs your hand and touches her, you should struggle to pull out, how can you exert force on her, or such a heavy force? ”

“……”

Twilight asked questions repeatedly, but Li Pang couldn't answer a word.

It was the first time that the people knew that Su Xiuniang had bruises on her body, and when Fan Zhixian tried the case, he only listened to Li Yuanwai's confession and closed the case.

"It turns out that Su Xiuniang was injured in the Li Family Flower Building!"

"How so? Back then, Fan Zhi County sentenced Su Xiuniang to death, someone chewed all the tongue behind her back, and the Su family didn't even dare to open the door, if it weren't for the help of the Zhang family, the Su family would have been gone! ”

"Dog officer bully! Are people harmed by you? ”

The crowd asked angrily and was filled with righteous indignation.

Li Pang bit the stone and refused to admit it, "Weichen is wronged!" ”

"Are you wronged?" Twilight entered the court and walked out with the corpse sheet in hand, "In addition to the bruises on the chest and thighs, the deceased also had crescent-shaped ecchymoses on his neck, which were caused by strangulation before his death!" After five years, the dead flesh of the person has rotted, do you think that the royal law will take you helplessly? Her flesh is rotten, but your hands are still there! Come! Take the ruler! ”

Li Pang was startled, and the two divine armor guards stepped forward to hold the person down, forcing him to stretch out his hand.

Fan Tong came out with a ruler, measured it at Li Pang's tiger's mouth, and said, "Your Highness, it is about five inches long." ”

Twilight Qing displayed the corpse of the year in public, and Li Pang looked up and looked at it, his face pale.

Fan Tongnian said: "The deceased, female, eighteen unmarried, was four feet seven inches long, with ante-mortem injuries visible on the chest and inner thighs, and crescent-shaped ecchymoses on the neck, about five inches and a half inches long. ”

The old eunuch dragged a long tune, which used to sound rigid, but now it sounds like a force, as if it can go straight to the sky and comfort the soul.

Twilight looked up and saw the black clouds coming with a torrential rain, and a drop of rain hit the tray, wetting a corner of the corpse.

It's raining......

There was silence outside the court, and the palace people retreated into the court, and Duqing said: "It's not that she wants to flatter you, but that you want to do something wrong when you see it." She struggled to resist, ran to the window and called for help, you rushed over and choked her, knocked her out of the high window because of the force, she fell on the roof, her head and feet, slipped and hit the rockery, causing her bones to be shattered and killed! Although a person is dead, there is evidence of her unjust death on her dress and bones, which is the language of an unjust soul, but what is the use of pretending to understand it? How many unjust cases in the world have been covered by corrupt officials and cool officials! You lead the court, but you only care about filling your pockets, how can you ever look up at the sky! It's all dark! ”

Li Pang subconsciously raised his head, only to see the black clouds pressing on the top, the yin wind coming from the east, the electricity was like a dragon and snake, and the sky was bright and extinguished like a soldier!

"Fetch the thick ink!" When Twilight spoke, the person was already beside Su's mother's coffin.

When the palace people approached, Twilight Qing took a pen from the tray and dipped it in ink, held a pen in one hand, and took a sternum from the coffin with the other, applied the thick ink to the bone, and then washed it in water after it dried. No one knew what her intention was, but she wiped the washed sternum dry and put it in the tray, and took a section of the sternum in the same position from Su Xiuniang's coffin, inked, cleaned, and dried it, and put it in the tray, and then ordered someone to take it to Li Pang.

"Look!"

"Oh my God......"

"Su, Su's mother's bones are broken!"

I saw that the sternum of the same part was also inked and cleaned, Su Xiuniang's bones were white, but Su Mu's sternum was soaked in ink, and the water could not wash it, and the traces of bone cracks were clearly revealed!

It's just that in addition to the cracked bones, there seem to be dark red spots on the bones, and I don't know why.

Twilight said: "Grind the thick ink, apply it to the bone, wait for it to dry, that is, wash off the ink, if there is damage, the ink will enter, and if it is not damaged, the ink will not be soaked." Obviously, Su's sternum has been cracked! Before she died, she went to the door of the Li Mansion to beg for her daughter's life, was beaten by the Li Mansion's family, and died a few days after returning home. If you want to know if she had any internal injuries before she died, you can do a bone examination! ”

Twilight's cuffs drooped, and a knife appeared in his palm like a trick, the knife was small and thin, and the sound of scraping bones made people's backs cold.

The people stared at the bones under the knife and did not dare to blink, for fear that they would miss the scene in front of them if they blinked.

Twilight said while scraping the bones: "If you are injured before your death, the blood infiltrates the bones, and dark red or dark brown bone blood spots will appear on the bones, which are called bone beds, which cannot be scraped by a knife or washed away with water!" If it is a fracture formed after death, there is no bone clotting phenomenon, because the blood clots after death, even if the bone is broken, the blood cannot be soaked into the bone! Therefore, the discovery of bone at the damaged end of the bone is the conclusive evidence of the injury before death! ”

Twilight Qing put away the knife, put the bone into the water, and then took it out and wiped it dry, and ordered the palace people to take it to the front of the person to see.

The people didn't dare to touch the bones of the dead, they only stared at the human bones on the plate, and saw that the bones were full of knife marks, but the blood spots did not fade at all!

Li Pang sighed, and sat down with a pop.

The heavy rain poured down, and Twilight Qing stood under the green eaves, and said in a cold voice: "You covet the embroidery book of the Su family, and covet the beauty of the Su embroidery girl, and the rape is not enough to kill people, and you beat her mother to death, snatch the embroidery book, and cause the Su and Zhang families to be ruined!" Today's coffin was opened for examination, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, what else do you have to say! ”

Li Pang shrank his head and regretted not being at the beginning. How did he know that people had been dead for five years and could still find evidence? How did he know that the twilight girl, who had not been heard from for three years, could return to Gushui County again, and become the queen's honor as soon as she returned? If he could have known today, he would have made some silver and asked the magistrate to sell the physical evidence, but the reason why he didn't spend that money was that he didn't expect the Su family to overturn the case one day.

"Weichen deserves death! Your Majesty forgives your sins, and your mother forgives your sins! Weichen and Weichen were also confused for a while, and they were confused by Su Xiuniang's beauty, so they did such things...... But, but Su Xiuniang's death was an accident, not Weichen's wish, and Su's mother was killed by a subordinate, not to do Weichen's business! Li Pang had nothing to argue with, so he could only find a way to reduce his guilt.

"You still want to get away with it?! If it weren't for your greed, how could there be such an accident? If you hadn't connived at your family, how could you have caused a lot of death? Twilight picked up Su's mother's bones, which were stained with blood and pointed out of the hall, "Su's mother suffers from depression and often scolds her daughter, which is known to the neighbors. But mother-daughter connection, how many things in the world are not known to the neighbors? As a mother, does she really not care for her daughter? She was afraid that her daughter would be burdened by honor and disgrace like her, so she was not allowed to study at home, and only hoped that she would be ordinary and nameless in her life. Pity the parents of the world, she just doesn't want her daughter to follow in her footsteps! Mother and daughter are connected, how can Su Xiuniang not know her mother's hard work? She is concerned about her mother's depression, serving by the side during the day, secretly practicing embroidery at night, practicing the skills of making a living for her mother, asking for medical advice, how do you know that the embroidery skills are becoming more and more exquisite, and the days at home are gradually looking forward to the time when you are targeted! ”

"Su Xiuniang is eighteen years old and beautiful, you know that she needs money, so you used a sum of money to introduce her to the house. You wanted to get both people and embroidery books, but you didn't expect to kill people. When Su's mother learned that her daughter died, her grief can be imagined, she went to the door of Li's mansion to beg for her daughter's life, people died in your house, the bones are not cold, if you still have a conscience, how can you connive at the family Ding stick to beat the bitter master, and afterwards the wicked person sued first, slandered the deceased, snatched the embroidery book, and did evil things? Now that the sky has eyes, and the unjust case is revealed, how can you still have the face to put the blame on the accident and the family? ”

"Do you know why they didn't send you to the hall this morning, but let the guards tie you up to the county office? Because when you are passed to the hall, you will definitely change into an official robe and come to see Your Majesty, you are not worthy! The wicked are officials, and it is a shame for the rulers! ”

This scolding can break the gold, Twilight Qing took off the autopsy and turned around and walked back to the hall, sat down beside Bu Xihuan, and said: "The bones have been examined, the case has been cleared, please the Holy Judge!" ”

She didn't have a respectful invitation at all, so she sighed happily and handed over the warm tea beside her hand.

The people's eyes widened, just when the autopsy was performed, the tea in the hands of the saint was changed several times, and each time it was just blown and put aside, and I thought that the tea prepared by the county government was not appetizing, and it was prepared for the queen for a long time?

Li Pang's heart was half cold, the emperor's love for the queen was known to the whole world, but if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that the queen would be so rude, and the saint would not think it was wrong? The saint favors the queen to such an extent, with the temperament of the queen who can't tolerate unjust cases in the eyes of the queen, even if the saint doesn't kill him today, it is estimated that he will have to pick a layer of skin from him!

"Spread the news that Su and Zhang are in the hall." The rain poured down, the green eaves drooped the rain curtains, and the emperor's voice was indifferent, and his mood was unpredictable.

No one left outside the hall, and everyone turned their heads in the heavy rain, busy looking for people.

Father Su and Zhang Shusheng are also there? Where?

The sound of heavy rain drowned out the creak of the door when it was pushed open, and a young man helped an old man out of the side hall, it was Zhang Shusheng and Su's father. Father Su is in the age of not being confused, his hair has withered and white, and he has difficulty walking, and he looks like an old man in a sixtieth year.

Seeing that the two of them wanted to bow down, Bu Xihuan said: "Excuse me, give Father Su to sit." ”

Su Zhang and the others were flattered, and before they came to their senses, the palace people moved chairs.

"Just now, the queen has re-examined the bones of Su's mother and daughter and the physical evidence of the year, and now the cause of death of the two has been clarified, Father Su, do you still have doubts about the case?" The emperor's voice came, like the power of heaven.

Father Su insisted on getting up, knelt down tremblingly, and his voice was like that of an old man, crying silently, "Thank you, Your Majesty, the queen's mother, for retrying this case!" The grass people's wives and daughters died unjustly, and the grass people can wait for this day, it is really a big eye...... The heavens have eyes! ”

The thunder in the west sky is mighty, and there is no sound in the hall for a long time.

After a while, Bu Xi sighed happily: "Let's be even, I am the king of a country, and it is my fault that the officials are not clear, and I will give the Su family an explanation." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Father Su trembled and wept, and was helped up and sat back by Zhang Shusheng.

Bu Xihuan looked out of the court, and his voice was as cold as the autumn wind after the rain, "You only have one sentence right - you deserve to die." I don't need you to die, one death is enough. ”

Li Pang raised his head suddenly, a shocking lightning cracked in the air, his heart was surging with horror, he never thought that death was coming, "Your Majesty!" Your Majesty, you can't kill Weichen! Aren't you afraid of Lingnan ......?"

"Aren't you afraid of Lingnan rebellion?" Bu Xi laughed happily and walked down the hall casually, "How do you know that the thirteen counties in Lingnan Prefecture are more important than the court officials in my heart?" My ambition, if I am only sitting on the world, why should I abandon that half of the country in the first place? The government is not clear, and the people's grievances are difficult to settle, what is the use of my pro-government? If the people's hearts are not peaceful, how can the world be peaceful? ”

When the words fell, the man was already under the eaves in front of the hall, and as soon as he raised his hand, the raindrops bloomed between his fingers, turned into rainflowers and flew down the steps, splashing on Li Pang's face, as cold as ice slag.

"If the corrupt officials are not eliminated, it will be difficult for the officials to be cleared, and you deserve your crimes today." The dragon and snake on the clouds covered the sun, the sky was dim, Bu Xihuan looked out of the county office, and his eyebrows showed a little disgust, "Such a beautiful place has been occupied by corrupt officials for several years, and I feel dirty when I stand here!" Come! ”

"In!" Li Chaorong, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, stepped forward to listen to the order.

"Li Pang bribed the magistrate and oppressed the people, and the law is intolerable! Ordered him to return the embroidery book of the Su family, remove him from his foreign post on the spot, and make a decision! ”

"Yes!"

"There is no need to escort to the court, just behead here, wash this dirty county government hall with his blood, and also sacrifice the souls of the Su family's mother and daughter."

"Yes!" Li Chaorong got up with the order, and as soon as he raised his hand, two armored guards escorted Li Pang.

Li Da was shocked, begging for mercy with a trill, "Your Majesty spare your life!" Your Majesty spares your life! Weichen and Weichen can persuade their brother to assassinate the King of Lingnan and remove a future trouble for His Majesty! We-Chen......"

Bu Xihuan turned around and entered the public hall, the sound of knives outside the hall was raised, only to hear a snort, a head flew up in the air, and blood was sprinkled on the green steps of the public hall, and was poured by the rain, and the steps instantly merged into a river of blood.

Li Pang's body was still kneeling straight, blood was gushing out of the broken cavity, and the sound of the head falling to the ground was like a muffled thunder, which shocked the hearts of the people, and saw the bloody skull rolling under his feet.

People died......

What a killing!

There was no sound outside the public hall, and after a while, a mournful cry came out, and Su's father knelt beside the coffin and cried to thank the saints, "Thank you, Your Majesty...... Hooray, hooray...... Zizhong, Yun'er's revenge has been avenged! ”

Father Su took Zhang Shusheng's hand, Zhang Shusheng only nodded and did not speak, the lamp was held in the court, and the young man looked pained, and his red eyes were full of tears.

Twilight Qing came down from the hall and personally brought Su Xiuniang's dress, which was put into the coffin along with the broken armor. At the time of the autopsy, there was still skin and flesh between this piece of broken armor and Su Xiuniang's fingers, and a piece of broken wood was inserted in it, which shows that she tried to save herself when she fell out of the window, but failed. She did not mention this matter, because it was useless to mention it, but only to increase the sorrow of the Lord. It's just that the dress covers the thin white bones, but it can't cover the broken skeleton, even if the old dress is still there, the old face is no longer seen.

Father Su couldn't stop crying when he saw it, and he couldn't even say the words of thanks.

In the past five years, the stone that pressed on my heart suddenly disappeared, but what poured out of my heart was not relaxation and happiness, but bloody grief.

Father Su took Zhang Shusheng's hand and cried so much that his voice was slurred, "It's all the fault of the father-in-law, the father-in-law shouldn't have offered you a sky-high dowry, if Yun'er is married to you, and the two of you live in peace and stability, maybe there will be no future." ”

I have heard of this in the neighborhood, I heard that it is Su and Zhang's two families who have been neighbors for many years, Zhang Shusheng and Su Xiuniang's childhood sweethearts, they have affection when they grow up, and the Zhang family does not dislike Su's mother, and has always regarded Su Xiuniang as a daughter-in-law who has not passed the door, Su Xiuniang's eighteenth birthday, Zhang Auntie invited the official media to the Su family to hire, I thought that this family business would be smooth and smooth, but I didn't expect Su's father to open his mouth is a dowry of one hundred taels of silver, even the official media felt that the Su family had been rich and noble before, and they couldn't live a poor life, and they wanted to borrow their daughter's family affairs to make a lot of money, persuade Aunt Zhang to choose another fate for her son, otherwise she is afraid that she will make the family restless in the future.

After the news of this matter spread, Su's father received a lot of criticism, and everyone thought that the Su and Zhang families would have a feud because of this, but no one expected that Aunt Zhang still regarded Su Xiuniang as a daughter-in-law to help her, and even after the Su family had an accident, the Zhang family took care of Su's father regardless of his previous suspicions, and Zhang Shusheng also recognized Su's father as his father-in-law and raised him at home as a high hall.

People who know the old affairs of the two families all think that Su's father has accumulated great virtue in his previous life, otherwise how can there be today's blessings?

Zhang Shusheng shook his head and said: "Don't blame yourself, the Su and Zhang families have been neighbors for many years, how can the child not know the identity of the father-in-law?" The father-in-law is just thinking about Yun'er, and he is useless! ”

Father Su was even more sad when he heard this, beat his chest and cried: "Silly child, a useless person is a father-in-law!" My father-in-law and you are both scholars, and we know the sufferings of scholars in this world, and we are useless scholars! ”

It is difficult for the children of the poor family to enter the office, he was young and relied on his wife's errand in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to worship the Shi family, but the good times did not last long, just when he was expected to be recommended as an official, something happened in the palace, his wife was implicated, was driven out of the weaving house, he was also driven out of the Shi Mansion, and there was no way to enter the Shi.

After the family moved back to Gushui County, he felt that it was useless to study, his wife was in trouble, and his daughter was still young.

Yun'er thought that she was secretly learning embroidery, but her father and mother didn't know, but how could their husband and wife not know at all? She embroiders with lamps at night, serves medicine during the day, boils red eyes and needles on her hands, how can her mother not see? It's just turning a blind eye. The daughter is filial, they are distressed and blame themselves, if Zizhong is not a scholar, he will happily marry Yun'er to him. But he was a scholar, and he was worried that they would follow the path of him and his wife in the future, so he couldn't bear to ask for a dowry of one hundred taels of silver. It's not that he's greedy for money, he just wants Zizhong to retreat, but who knows that it hurt Yun'er? Yun'er wanted to embroider the picture of the hundred-year-old peony, because she thought that the embroidered gold given by the Li Mansion could treat her mother, and she could supplement Zizhong, so that he could scrape together enough money to come to the house to propose marriage.

"It was the father-in-law who harmed Yun'er, Zizhong, Yun'er's unjust case is revealed, but the father-in-law will not be blind when he dies!"

"Father-in-law......" Zhang Shusheng hugged Father Su, lowered his head and wept, his face was deeply painful, but he still comforted him and said, "Father-in-law, don't blame yourself too much, is there a father and mother in this world who does not plan for his children?" If there were no wicked people plotting to seize the embroidery picture, how could Yun'er die? Shouldn't the hateful people in this world be those who have evil thoughts? ”

This is reasonable, but Su's father can't listen to it, his wife and daughter are dead, leaving him alone to live in the world, although the unjust case Zhaoxue can comfort the soul of his wife and daughter, but he can't get rid of the pain of self-blame until he dies.

When Father Su looked down, he saw Zhang Shusheng's hand, and the pain on his face suddenly deepened, "Zizhong, your hand...... You hand of a scholar...... Father-in-law is ashamed of you, and he has suffered for you......"

Zhang Shusheng shook his head, and the two of them had nothing to say, just tears raining down.

Many people have heard about the affairs of the Su and Zhang families, seeing that Su's father and Zhang Shusheng don't seem to have a suspicion, and the people have also heard something else from the words of the two, and people who are not stupid can see that the dowry of the year is only afraid that there is another hidden secret, but people can't be resurrected after death, and the lives of the Su and Zhang families are still ruined.

Everyone couldn't help sighing, and the blood that the death of the corrupt official and bully had just stirred up in their hearts was extinguished in an instant. Ordinary people can't afford lawsuits, let alone unjust cases, even if the unjust cases are revealed, the rest of their lives will still be miserable, and they can't turn over.

The people are like grass, and their lives are not as good as dogs, which is really not false at all......

"Who said that useless is a scholar?" At this time, the emperor's voice came, and the people raised their eyes to enter the court, only to see that the bead curtain blurred the emperor's face, but the voice of the Son of Heaven was as powerful as the sound of heaven, "The queen was born in a family of servants, and her nationality is not as poor as the family, and she still has the ambition of no injustice in the world. The loss of a loved one is already the most bitter in the world, if you lose the ambition of a boy again, what is the difference between self-abandonment? If I were like you, the country would have changed hands long ago! ”

Father Su and Zhang Shusheng were only immersed in grief, forgetting the emperor and queen for a while, and at this time, they heard Long Yan's displeasure, and hurriedly knelt down to listen to the hadith.

"The death of the Su family and daughter is the fault of the officials, and the fault of the officials is the fault of me, and the court should compensate the people." Bu Xihuan called Fan Tong, the old eunuch went down to the hall with a tray, the bright yellow brocade was revealed, and there was an uproar outside the hall, only to see that the plate was neatly filled with white flowers of official silver, about four or five hundred taels, "Although the silver money cannot compensate for human life, the deceased has gone, and the living still need to live." You are old and lonely, this case is the fault of the court, and it should be done by the court for the rest of your life. ”

Father Su was stunned and didn't react for a while.

"Zhang Zizhong." Bu Xihuan looked at Zhang Shusheng, Zhang Shusheng raised his head when he heard the voice, and there was a look in his eyes, "You and Su Xiuniang have no chance to become husband and wife, but you are regarded as a high hall by your father, this is the righteousness of the world, and it should be rewarded." I will give you a plaque of filial piety and 100 taels of silver, so that you no longer need to work for your father-in-law to make a living, just study with peace of mind, and whether you can serve the court in the future depends on your ability. ”

Fan Tong took a tray again, followed by two palace people carrying the plaque, the bright yellow brocade was uncovered, only to see that the plaque had the word filial piety of the holy pen in the book, and there were one hundred taels of silver on the plate, and the gold was bright and bright, and it was like falling into a dream.

It is difficult to overturn the unjust cases in ancient times, not to mention that the emperor and queen personally sat in the court to avenge the people's grievances, and the court gave money to support the bitter lord for the rest of his life.

However, this happened in this dynasty, and the emperor sat on the three-foot hall and behind the Dharma table.

"If a person with an upright body abandons his pen and quits, the country has no good people to use, and when will the people have a blue sky on their heads?" Bu Xihuan got up and looked out of the court, although his voice was lazy, but he could take the momentum, "In the future, the fault of the court cannot be shirked, and anyone who is aggrieved by the case can claim compensation." I am close to the political country, aiming at the peace of the country and the people, this will not give up, and the people who are upright in the world will not give up easily. ”

Zhang Shusheng held the silver, and his calloused hands trembled violently. He never thought that he would have to be a repeat scholar one day, but this day was just around the corner, and he would never have to run for a living again. He leaned over and kowtowed, his forehead slamming against the floor tiles, and there was a thud!

"Students should remember the hadith and study hard in the future to repay the emperor's kindness!"

"The grass people bow and thank the Holy One! Long live my emperor, long live! Father Su burst into tears and kowtowed.

"Long live my emperor, long live!" The people knelt down one after another, and the blood in their hearts was boiling.

"It's the queen's work to overturn the case, or Queen Xie." Bu Xihuan's tone softened a little, and he glanced at Twilight Qing with a smile.

"Not necessarily!" Twilight refused, got up and went down the hall, kneeling solemnly.

This kneeling suddenly, Bu Xihuan was stunned on the spot, and before he could speak, Twilight opened his mouth.

"Su Xiuniang's case is not a difficult homicide case, the cranial injury is a fatal injury, and the dress is ironclad evidence, and the case can be concluded without a bone examination. It can be known that the county bent the law for personal gain, causing the Su mother and daughter to be wronged for five years, and the Su and Zhang families were ruined. Today, although the methods of autopsy are different, the reason is the same as back then, the real culprit was ambushed on the spot, and the unjust case has been revealed, which shows that whether the superior is benevolent and loves the people is very important. Twilight looked up and bowed deeply!

This worship comes from the heart.

"Thank God for giving me a great prosperity!"

……

On this day, the emperor and queen sat in the court to try the case, beheaded the stolen officials, and comforted the people, the rain poured down, but no one left outside the court.

When the emperor and queen left the county government, the sound of the mountain rumbled, and the thunder roared for a long time.

The next day, the emperor and queen drove back to Biandu, in order not to disturb the people, Luan drove out of the city very early, the royal forest guard was ordered to go slowly, when he saw the city gate, but saw the deep rain and fog in the shadow of the people, as if the mountains covered the city overnight.

Li Chaorong listened to the young general's reply, and hit his horse to the side of the Luan car and said: "Your Majesty, the people of Gushui County gathered at the gate of the city to send off the holy car. ”

“…… Well. Bu Xihuan answered in the Luan car, his voice was quite faint, unpredictable and angry.

Twilight Qing looked at Bu Xihuan and saw him looking at the long street through the window, the sky was faint, his face was hazy and picturesque behind the window, and the person was as quiet as the person in the painting.

Long live the call of a thousand years old on the long street like a drum horn, the sound of the ancient city, the royal forest guard and the Shenjia army while escorting the people to retreat, Luan drove a whole hour of incense before seeing the city gate. Chenxia has climbed the city tower, Bu Xihuan did not get out of the Luan car, nor did he raise his head, only quietly listened to the people's congratulations and went away, without saying a word all the way.

Twilight endured all the way, but she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.

This man has been scolded by the people for many years, and it is really a miracle that he will be overwhelmed by the warmth of being treated by others at first glance.

"Have you laughed enough?" Bu Xihuan glanced at Twilight angrily, and suddenly leaned over and fished out a bag from the box in the corner of the Luan car and threw it to Twilight, "I'll change it when I've laughed enough." ”

Twilight Fox opened the burden suspiciously, and was stunned for a moment.

Inside the bag was a folded man's clothes and a mask, which was very familiar, it was the fake face she had used for many years, the face of the Tuesday Egg.

At this time, Bu Xihuan didn't know when there was an exquisite mask in his hand, made of purple jade gilt, he slowly covered his face, and half of his face was covered, quite like when he first saw it in the Assassin's Mansion.

Twilight shook her head, leaned lazily against the window, and admired her expression for a while before smiling: "If the lady doesn't change, the husband will have to serve the lady to change clothes." ”

Twilight: "......"

Starting today, I drove back to Biandu, and Bu Xihuan came out halfway, since the robes and masks had already been prepared, this matter was obviously planned for a long time. Wouldn't it be convenient for him to let her change into a man's robe when he woke up this morning? Why do you need to let her change clothes halfway?

This man...... How could she have thought he would be overwhelmed just now? He's clearly still the same!

The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, this statement is not deceiving!

Twilight gritted her teeth and shook her robe, and suddenly had evil thoughts in her heart, picked up the mask and put it on her face, and untied her clothes generously in front of Bu Xihuan with the face of Erdan.

He smiled happily, but his eyes did not take his eyes off.

After half a pillar of incense, the Luan car stopped on the official road, a sallow face, thick eyebrows and fine eyes of a young man with a gorgeous robe got off the car, the son smiled affectionately, the young man's face was quite cold, turned around, the sun shone behind his ears in the middle of the afternoon, and the roots of his ears were red and lovely.

When the attendants saw the young man's face, they subconsciously clasped their fists and saluted, and almost rushed out with a "Du Du".

The palace people brought two horses, and the twilight turned over the horse, and saw the summer flowers on the ancient bank, * The sun is warm, and today is a rare good day.

"Where?" She asked.

"Of course, it's back to Biandu." Bu Xi smiled and said, "Let Luan drive behind slowly, let's go back first." I heard that some children of poor families have gathered in the teahouse to discuss the government recently, since they are back in the city, they might as well listen to it! ”

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Happy winter solstice, friends! The northern girl said that she must eat dumplings today, what are the friends who don't make the south want to eat today?