After all the people involved in the case were summoned to the county office, Li Ke ordered the county officials to interrogate them separately. Don't give them any chance to meet.

The first person to be interrogated was none other than Guo Wang's daughter, Miss Guo. When Li Ke saw Miss Guo, he already knew that Guo Wang was not lying.

Because Miss Guo's eyes were empty at this time, although she could barely walk with the support of a maid. However, it can be seen that his physical health is very unsatisfactory.

When the county asked him why he used a night pot to smash Zhang Shan to death. Miss Guo fell to her knees with a thud, and explained the matter to the county.

And hoped that the county Cheng could absolve his father's sin, and she was willing to pay for Zhang Shan's life. If it weren't for Zhang Qiao preventing her from coming to the court to surrender, even if she had climbed, Miss Guo would have climbed to the county government office a long time ago.

However, this Zhang Qiao denied it in every possible way, and resolutely refused to admit that he had helped Guo Wang falsify the murder scene. Claims to have no knowledge of the matter.

In the end, Li Ke asked the county Cheng to bring the matchmaker up. When the matchmaker came to the court, she was already trembling with fear.

Now the matchmaker was already trembling with fright, so she told what she knew as if she was pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Zhang Qiao and Zhang Shan, the disciple of Deng, not only had an adulterous relationship, but also had a secret knot. In the end, Zhang Qiao's mother found out about it.

However, Zhang Qiao's parents disagreed, and Zhang Qiao married Zhang Shan, the son of Deng's apprentice. In the end, I spent money to hire this matchmaker and asked her to marry Zhang Qiao. It doesn't matter if you're a wife or a concubine.

And this matchmaker happened to be looking for the right person for Guo Wang to be a concubine. In the end, the matchmaker introduced Zhang Qiao to Guo Wang for money.

So in the end, this Zhang Qiao became Guo Wang's concubine, which is why Guo Wang's son was born prematurely.

After understanding this relationship, Li Ke completely understood the whole story. However, one thing that Li Ke couldn't understand was that Zhang Shan died of multiple blows to the back of the head.

But according to what Guo Wang and Miss Guo said, they only hit Zhang Shan on the back of the head once with a night pot, and Li Ke thought that Guo Wang and Miss Guo were not lying.

In addition, the case file records the crime scene in great detail. That is, there is a large pool of blood left near the rockery.

And if the scene of the rockery is a fake second scene, then there should not be such a large amount of bloodshed. And this blood should appear in Miss Guo's embroidery building.

Based on the above doubts, Li Ke suddenly had a bold idea. That is, Miss Guo did not beat Zhang Shan to death at all, and Zhang Shan did die in the rockery.

Immediately, Li Ke told the county Cheng about his conjecture. When the county Cheng heard it, he couldn't help but be shocked, and said to Li Ke: "Lord, if you follow what the prince said, then I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Qiao." ”

The county Cheng said well, if Guo Wang found out that Zhang Shan was not dead. It is absolutely impossible to kill him again.

And Zhang Qiao is different, only Zhang Shan is really dead, and he can also get rid of Zhang Shan's entanglement. and used this opportunity to let Guo Wang be identified as a murderer.

As long as Guo Wang confesses his guilt, he will pay for his life by killing people according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Guo Wang will definitely be sentenced to beheadment in the end. For Zhang Qiao, this is definitely a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone.

As for the Miss Guo who was defiled by Zhang Shan, Zhang Qiao had 100 ways to fend for herself. And in the end, a huge part of the family business went to the hands of his mother and son.

But it is not easy to get this Qiao to confess. So we're definitely going to have to find another way. Li Ke thought about it and said to the county.

"Lord Wang, what's so difficult about this. Forgive her for being a woman and a child, and she won't be able to last long in the face of the big punishment. The county Cheng said to Li Ke.

This couldn't help but make Li Ke think that torture to extract confessions at this time is nothing new. It is also an important way to collect evidence in court.

So he said: "Since this is the case, then please trouble the lord to officially open the court for interrogation." The king will sit by and listen. ”

Li Ke is not a pedantic person, but he will not worry that torture will lead to torture to extract confessions. After all, in some cases, torture is absolutely necessary.

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Soon, all the people involved were brought to court. Of course, including that, the matchmaker who was not implicated in the first place.

In the end, Zhang Qiao finally found out the truth of the matter when he was tortured. It turned out that since Zhang Qiao married Guo Wang, he didn't want to contact that Zhang Shan anymore.

But that Zhang Shan tried every means to coerce, and even threatened Zhang Qiao to tell Guo Wang about them. Unless Guo Wang's daughter can be married to him, and then the two of them divide Guo Wang's family property equally.

In the end, Zhang Qiao was forced to reluctantly agree to the matter. However, what Zhang Qiao didn't expect was that Zhang Shan was killed by Miss Guo.

This made Zhang Qiao very happy, but when Zhang Qiao helped Guo Wang create a fake scene, Zhang Qiao found that Zhang Shan had woken up.

After some mental struggle, Zhang Qiao finally made up his mind. That is to use this opportunity to completely get rid of Zhang Shan's entanglement.

So Zhang Qiao took advantage of Guo Wang's inattention and knocked Zhang Shan, who was already dying, to the rockery again. After repeating it several times, Zhang Shan completely lost his breath.

The case was finally revealed, and Miss Guo and Guo Wang were the victims, so they were naturally released on the spot. And the money-greedy matchmaker was kicked out of the county government by the county Cheng with 30 boards.

As for Zhang Qiao, he was directly sentenced by the county to be beheaded after an autumn. and was placed in a women's prison to be questioned.

As for Zhang Qiaosheng's son, the county directly ordered Zhang Qiao's parents to take him away. After all, he has no blood relationship with Guo Wang.

And Zhang Qiao also confessed how he bought the second child in the store. created the illusion that Guo Wang was the red apricot out of the wall. This made Guo Wang feel even more embarrassed.

However, in the end, the truth was revealed, allowing Guo Wang's father and daughter to clear their suspicions and regain their innocence. This has already made Guo Wang grateful to the county.

So Guo Wang knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes, kowtowed to the county and said, "Thank you, my lord, for making a decision, otherwise the grass people will be wronged." ”

"Guo Wang, if you want to thank you, you shouldn't thank Benguan. If there is no prince who strongly advocates the retrial of this case, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to have this person who is wronged. The county Cheng pointed to Li Ke, who was sitting on the side, and said.

Hearing that the county said that the prince had helped him, Guo Wang saluted Li Ke again and said: "Thank you for washing away the grievances of the grass people, the grass people have nothing to reciprocate, please accept the worship of the small people." ”

After speaking, he knelt in front of Li Ke again and kowtowed to Li Ke to thank him. Li Ke hurriedly got up and helped Guo Wang up, and said: "This king is the assassin of Qizhou, how can he let the people under his rule be wronged and humiliated. ”

"Guo Wang, this is His Royal Highness the newly appointed King of Qizhou. With His Royal Highness the King of Shu sitting in Qizhou, it will be a blessing for the people of Qizhou. The county Cheng said to Guo Wang again.

Hearing that it was Li Ke, the king of Shu, in front of him, Guo Wang's face suddenly changed, and then he asked: "The prince is Li Ke, the king of Shu, the eldest son of Concubine Yang Shu?" ”