I heard that the prefect was going to open the coffin for an autopsy, and the cemetery was surrounded by people.

"Where's the subject?" Liansheng wanted to see what kind of person the woman was, and he would get a lot of useful information by asking a few questions.

"Where is the subject? Yes? What about people? The prefect hurriedly looked around.

"Lord Prefect, that lady of the Yuan family, didn't come."

A scholar-like man replied.

"Who are you?"

The prefect blew his beard and glared.

"The student's surname is Cen, he is a local talent and a neighbor of the Yuan family."

"My lord, this is the one who accuses my father." Li Qingqing whispered in Liansheng's ear.

Lian Sheng nodded, this book is generally a bit obscene, for a woman who has just died of her husband to inform the county? He didn't look like someone who had the courage.

So Liansheng asked Na Xiucai: "Since you sued Li Zhixian for coveting the beauty of the Yuan family lady and detaining her for no reason, then you can represent the Yuan lady?" ”

Na Xiucai hurriedly waved his hand: "The student is just based on righteous indignation for a while, how can he represent the lady of the Yuan family, this melon field and plum, the adult said this, the student is sincerely afraid." ”

The coffin was opened for an autopsy here, but the victim didn't show up, which is obviously a problem. The more the prefect thought about it, the more frightened he became, secretly looked at Liansheng, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Hurry up and open the coffin." ”

The absence of the victim could not stop the pace of opening the coffin.

The officials all knew that the adults of Dali Temple had come to the capital, and the prefect had to follow the melon if he was not careful, so he dared to hesitate, and everyone stepped forward to dig up the grave with a few efforts, and then there was a burst of ping-pong. The coffin lid is opened.

"Oh my God!"

Everyone present was stunned, there were only some rubble wrapped in cloth sheets in the coffin, and there were no bodies at all.

Liansheng looked at the prefect: "Detaining a widow for no reason? Well? Prefect, where is this corpse? Where are the widows? You give the officer an explanation. ”

The prefect is already dead.

This is an empty tomb, there are no corpses, Li Xianling's suspicion is right, that widow Yuan Niangzi really has a problem.

The prefect is also an old man in the officialdom, so he turned around in an instant and hurriedly ordered the officials: "Quickly go to the Yuan family and arrest the woman." This matter is particularly strange and must be strictly investigated. ”

The officials took the order and left, and the prefect hurriedly said to Liansheng: "My lord." It's the lower officials who are short-sighted. was not strong-minded, and was deceived by the villain, and the lower official immediately released Li Zhixian. As he spoke, he pointed to Cen Xiucai: "Come on, take this false accuser down." ”

Cen Xiucai was so frightened that he shouted loudly: "My lord." I was wronged. I wrote it. But it was written by someone else at the instigation of me, and it was not the student's intention. ”

"Write it as soon as someone else instigates you? Devils believe it. ”

Li Qingqing was very red when the enemy met, and pointed at Cen Xiucai and asked indignantly.

"Yes. It was the man who gave me twenty taels of silver to the student, saying that as long as the Yuan Niangzi was released, there were still thirty taels, and the student believed it for a while. ”

"You are a scholar, and you have the fame of Xiucai, and you can reverse black and white and destroy your conscience for just fifty taels, and you dare to falsely accuse the local parents and officials. Even if a person like you is named on the daily gold list, he will be my silverfish in Dashun, and this official will definitely order the court to remove your official name. Liansheng's eyes were cold, since she had experienced the battlefield battle, her whole temperament had precipitated, and she was not angry and arrogant.

The prefect kept nodding in response, looking at the scholar Cen and hating it to the extreme.

"Who is the person who bought you?"

The prefect stepped forward and took Scholar Cen's clothes by the collar and asked loudly.

"The man said he was the brother of Yuan Niangzi, uh, I don't know anything else. The money is all in my house, and I haven't spent a penny. ”

When Shusheng Cen heard that he was going to lose his fame, his whole person collapsed. When the people around heard this, they all sighed in their hearts, the future of this Cen scholar was completely ruined, this female adult was too terrible.

The prefect hurriedly ordered someone to release Li Zhixian, Li Qingqing wore a veil and took a carriage to pick up his father, and Liansheng directly brought all the people to the Zhixian Yamen.

Everyone sat down, and the master bookkeeper stepped forward to deliver refreshments, and after a while, he went to the Yuan family to arrest the head of the criminal and brought someone to report: "My lord, the lady of the Yuan family has run away." ”

This head catcher is still very reliable, and he also understands the situation of this Yuan family clearly.

Yuan Dalang and his wife moved in three years ago, and the man almost never showed up, and he heard that he was sick, and his neighbors could often smell the smell of Chinese medicine from his house.

Yuan Niangzi is beautiful, mild-tempered, and smiles when she sees people, and the neighbors say that this person looks very virtuous, and always invites Lang Zhong to see her husband, but the head catcher can't find Lang Zhong who treats Yuan Dalang.

That's weird enough.

"The villain has turned over the Yuan family, and there are new discoveries."

The head catcher ordered a suitcase to be brought up, and when it was opened, there were some men and women's clothes.

"Your Excellency, please take a look." The head catcher ordered someone to bring a cloth bag, and when he opened it, there were two pairs of shoes. A pair of men's shoes and a pair of women's shoes.

The villain thought it was strange that the size of the shoes was the same, and Yuan Niangzi didn't seem to have wrapped her feet. And the clothes in this suitcase, regardless of men's or women's clothing, are the same size. ”

The head catcher said, then picked up the clothes, and shivered.

"You mean, it's very likely that these clothes and shoes belong to one person? This person pretends to be a man and a woman, and the so-called death of Yuan Dalang is very likely to be this person who escaped. ”

Lian Sheng looked at those clothes and felt that this head catcher still had some ability.

"Exactly, that's exactly what the villain thinks."

At this time, the catcher was grasping the clothes in his hands, and with a shake, a white object suddenly fell from the clothes.

The catcher picked it up curiously and took a look: "What is this?" ”

Liansheng sat there and could see clearly, this thing looked like a triangle, like a thong to be exact, and two straps.

There are people from the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who hurriedly stood up, stepped forward to take it, looked at it carefully, and said through gritted teeth: "My lord, this is the crotch pants of the Japanese people!" ”

"Yes, that's it." As soon as this man said this, Liansheng also understood.

How could this Yuan family have such a thing?

Liansheng suddenly thought of the ninjas he met at the inn last night, could it be that those people were not sent by the female emperor to assassinate me, but to kill Li Qingqing?

God, Li Qingqing went to pick up Li Zhixian.

Thinking of this, Liansheng hurriedly ordered Jinyiwei to catch up with Li Qingqing and go with her to pick up Li Zhixian.

Jin Yiwei doesn't know why Lord Shaoqing treats a magistrate so politely, but as Jin Yiwei, the important thing is to obey orders in everything.

"Today, this matter is extremely serious, and I am afraid that this is no longer a simple murder or impersonation case, but it is very likely to be a conspiracy of the Japanese people. Governor Lin, do you understand? ”

Governor Lin was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

The Japanese invaded the southeast coast during the Ming Dynasty, and of course he knew about these cruel things, and now he knew that there might have been a Japanese people lurking during his tenure, and he was already frightened.

"Lord Shaoqing rescued the lower officials, the lower officials really didn't know that there would be Japanese people in the governance."

In ancient times, foreigners were not allowed to stay in China casually, and they had to have government documents. If this Yuan family is really from the Wa country, what is the purpose of them quietly pretending to be Dashun people lurking here?

Liansheng suddenly thought of the so-called day when Yuan Dalang died of illness, looked at the prefect and asked, "Prefect Lin, what day did Li Zhixian see Yuan Niangzi?" ”

"It was six days ago."

Six days ago, it was also the day when the female emperor arrived in the capital.

At that time, Yuan Dalang suddenly fell ill and died.

That's a coincidence, isn't it? (To be continued......)