Chapter 297: Mafeng County Case Five
"The folk girl is free, my lord." Bringing Song and Qing people into the house, the women cut a few cups of tea, which can be regarded as more thoughtful.
Song Qing probed the inside of the house, it was very simple, it could be regarded as a poor family, once it rained, it rained outside the house, and it still rained inside the house.
"Eldest sister, you have a pond at home, I don't know how the harvest will be in a year? How much money can you make?"
As soon as Song Qing mentioned this, she sighed, "Lord Song, don't you know, although this pond is said to raise fish, it can't stand others from stealing, and all the fish raised in a year have been stolen." ”
"Someone else stealing fish?" Song Qing thought to himself, this is also, as long as it is something valuable, what no one steals?
"Eldest sister, your pond was stolen, and you didn't report it? Wouldn't it be a pity that we couldn't raise these thieves for nothing for a year?"
The woman is helpless, she doesn't want to do this, but after all, she can't stop it, the pond is a little far away from the residence, let alone at night, even if someone steals it in the daytime, there is no way.
"Don't you know, my lord, there is no way to catch these thieves, sometimes they steal at night, even during the day, which is embarrassing, they can't be caught at all, especially in the year of my husband's death, they have intensified."
Song Qingen sighed and expressed sympathy for her, but this matter is not out of the way, and people can't return to heaven after all.
"And my lord, since my husband was saddled with this murderous crime, I still have to be coldly spoken by others, saying everything behind my back, and even coldly ridiculed, my lord, even I don't want to live anymore."
"Who do you think can stand these cold eyes, don't you? Adults, if it weren't for the children, I would have wanted to die.
Tang Yueyue comforted: "Eldest sister, don't be like this, people only have a few decades in this life, why do you have to think about suicide?" If you die, who will take care of your children?"
The woman sighed, obviously thinking of this.
Human nature is like this, you stand at the peak of life, some people applaud and cheer for you, if you fall to the bottom, some people will sneer at you, and even want to step on you a few feet.
Song Qingdao: "Eldest sister, today's incident came, Song wanted to know some cases about this case, someone claimed that your husband likes to gamble, right?" And lost ten taels of silver overnight?"
The woman said: "We can't do anything, my lord, although others like to gamble, but, this is also a life, don't you say?"
Song Qing did not speak.
"My lord, this dead ghost quarreled with me many times because of gambling before his death, and even made a few moves, and I can't do anything about it."
"Besides, he is playing small on weekdays, and winning or losing is just a few dozen cents, who knew that this time it was so big, winning or losing ten taels, and the people really couldn't accept it." Song Qing said that he understands that gambling people are like this, they want to turn over after losing money, but every time they gamble more and more, until they finally lose all their blood and can't turn over completely.
Either they change their minds and become new people, or they embark on the road of crime. Song Qing thought to herself, could this person really be killed by her husband? But the driver of this carriage is a little suspicious, which is really puzzling.
And this bachelor also has some suspicions, he wants to eat fish, could it be that he killed people here, and then deliberately deceived the murderer in this case to come here?
Song Qing didn't know this question, after all, both of the parties were dead.
"Eldest sister, I have one more question for you, that is, when your husband found the deceased, was she dead? Dead struggling in the water, or have you been drowned?" The woman shook her head and said, "My lord, I don't know about this question, and besides, I wasn't there, and my husband was arrested soon after."
Song Qing began to be silent, he was thinking about whether what the woman said was true, and at the same time, why didn't she say a word about the ten taels of silver?
"Eldest sister, after your husband lost ten taels of silver, how much silver do you still have in your family? And what about your husband, Hu San? Did he carry his finances with him all the time?"
The woman thought for a while and said, "My lord, although he lost the silver, but we can't even have a little money at home, on the day of the crime, my husband did bring some money, it seems that after fishing, he wants to go to the street to buy something."
Song Qing snorted violently, "You are talking nonsense, how can anyone go down to the pond with a large amount of silver to fish?" That's ten taels of silver, are you sure he won't have heartache?"
"Also, the conditions of your family are not very good, ten taels of silver is not a copper plate, if it falls, how can you find it?"
The woman fell to her knees,..... All that the folk girl said is the truth, why don't you want to believe it? Even if the folk girl has the courage to do so, she won't dare to deceive you. ”
Song Qing glared at her, "You still said that you didn't lie to me, let me ask you, if you continue to tell the truth in this matter, it is possible that I will not be able to help you, Song Mou will give you one last chance now, tell the truth or not."
The woman was stunned at one moment, and the next moment she cried, "My lord, I.... I'll admit that some things I panicked about, but.... But my lord, in what I said, I didn't frame anyone, and I didn't deliberately hide anything, my lord, I was wronged. ”
Song Qing looked at her coldly, "In that case, then Song will give you one last chance to tell the truth about the matter, so that Song may be able to help you."
The woman cried for a while, and then finally spoke, "My lord, the matter is that my husband did not have any silver with him when he went out in the morning, and he found it from the deceased. ”
"My lord, this negative man recently went to gamble and lost money, and I had no choice, the fish was also stolen, and there was no money at home, so my husband secretly hid this matter, so I went to report to the official.
"Then it didn't take long for the magistrate of the Yamen to find out the case with the money, and finally convicted him of the murderer, my lord, now what the people said is true, I didn't lie to you at all, my lord, you have to believe the people's daughter.
Song Qing had a cold face, this may be retribution, if this case is really true, in fact, it is no wonder that this magistrate is the county, after all, the evidence he has is enough to prove Hu San's guilt.
"Eldest sister, what's the use of you saying it now? Song asked you, have you ever told Lord Zhixian about this?"
“...... No, my lord, I was worried that this case would involve me, so I didn't go to the yamen, I always thought that the magistrate could find out the truth and return my husband to an innocence, but who could have known that he was cut after half a month. ”
As he spoke, tears crossed his face again, and Song Qing thought to himself, if they had taken the initiative to admit this matter, it might have been a different result.
"Eldest sister, what you mean is that your husband didn't kill anyone, but he took the silver from the deceased, right?"
"Yes, my lord, that's the way it is, but my lord, my husband really didn't kill anyone, if he killed someone, how can he report to the official at this moment? You say, don't you?
Song Qingen sighed, followed by a sigh.
"If you had taken the initiative to confess, maybe your husband would not have died, or maybe, this may be fate, even if Song solves this case, it will not be possible to let the deceased survive."
"Okay, eldest sister, Song's current question is finished, but you have to stay at home at any time, because Song's evidence is also improving little by little, I believe that it won't be long before the truth will be revealed."
"Also, I want to know where this bachelor in your village lives? Song still had something to ask him. ”
The woman pointed to the east, "My lord, you walk along the east, there is an old willow tree a hundred meters away, and next to the willow tree is his house."
Song Qing sighed, and everyone walked out.
The deputy general had a question at this moment, "I said, my lord, I finally know something about this case, this Hu San may have been wrongfully killed." ”
Song Qing and Tang Yueyue laughed, "I said that the deputy general of the court, your comprehension ability is too strong, you already know the truth at this hour, it is really unguardable."
The adjutant general rubbed his head in embarrassment, "What's the matter, my lord, could it be that the little one said something wrong?" Isn't that right, don't you know that now?"
Song Qing didn't want to speak, only Tang Yueyue explained to the other party again, and after walking for a while, everyone finally came to the goal.
There is a pond next to the old willow tree, and there are lotus roots in the pond, and there are many fish swimming, which is somewhat beautiful.
Under the old willow tree, there was an old man in his early sixties, who was napping and did not seem to have woken up.
Song Qing and a few old people came to his side, and they also opened their mouths at this moment.
"Old man, sleeping in the current weather, there is a turn of Yaxing, right? It's just that in this early autumn weather, you're not afraid of catching a cold?"
The old man was awakened by this voice, and when he looked up and saw a few adults standing, he said respectfully: "This adult, I don't know what's wrong with you?" Why did you come here?"
Song Qing smiled, "Actually, there is nothing else, I just want to come over and ask about the situation, old man, I don't know how old you are?"
The old man sighed, sat in his chair and did not get up, and then pinched his hands as if he was a little confused.
"This adult, the younger one is just sixty this year, his body is not bad, and he doesn't do any heavy work on weekdays, so his body is relatively good.
"Hehe, but this adult, you don't come here just to ask about it, old man, I'm not so expensive, I need you to ask me."
Song Qing paused, he found the fish in the pond, and opened his mouth.
"Old man, is this pond yours? Look at this fish, you see how well this lotus root grows, every year in the summer, it must be very beautiful here. ”