Although the dress of this servant woman is unreasonable, this is the Dong family's business after all, and now I want to ask her about the situation at the time, not about her dress.

Li Rizhi waited until he came in, and then asked, "Were you the first to find out that your master was killed, and what were you doing at that time?" ”

This maid looked a little scared, but Li Rizhi didn't ask a particularly strange question, she stabilized her emotions, and then said: "The slave and maid were waiting outside the courtyard at that time, if my lord and the new lady have any needs, the slave and maid can go in and serve in time!" ”

Li Rizhi said: "In this case, then such a big thing happened in the courtyard, why don't you know, the murderer and the little maid of the You family have entered the courtyard, haven't you found out?" ”

The maid immediately showed a frightened expression, she snorted for a moment, and then said: "The slave maid was a little upset at the time, because it was the day when the old man got married, there were a lot of good things, and the slave and maid ate more, so they went to the toilet, so how did those two people enter the courtyard, the slave and the maid were not there at the time, so I didn't know, and when the slave and maid went back, things had already happened!" ”

This maid was very scared, she knelt on the ground, and cried out in fright, her master was killed because of her negligence, this matter will definitely be investigated, how could those masters of the Dong family be merciful to her subordinates, and when the case is over, it is possible to beat her to death.

After Li Rizhi listened, he didn't ask anything else, but was silent for a long time, and then said: "You go out, if someone asks you how the official asks you, you can answer truthfully!" ”

The maid then stood up and walked out of the room trembling.

Li Rizhi said to Cheng Zizi: "Call in another one!" ”

Cheng Zizi immediately went out, and after a while, he brought back another person, this person was an elderly mother-in-law, and Li Rizhi also asked her the question she had just asked the maid.

This mother-in-law was also waiting outside the courtyard gate that night, waiting to serve Dong Chao and You Baosu, but what she was responsible for was to send hot soup, that is, decanting soup, because that night, Dong Chao drank a lot of wine, and it was possible to drink decanting soup, and rich people, even if they wanted to drink decanting soup, they had to drink hot soup, so this mother-in-law was specially sent hot soup into the door.

And this mother-in-law was not at the gate of the courtyard at the time of the crime, according to her, because the sobering soup was cold, so she went to the kitchen to heat it up, after all, if Dong Chao wanted to drink the sobering soup, he couldn't let the old man drink it cold.

So how did the murderer and the little maid sneak in the yard, she didn't even know!

After that, Li Rizhi called a few more people in, all of whom were the servants of the Dong family who found out that Dong Chao had been killed that night.

However, these servants all came after hearing You Baosu's screams, and they were not the servants on duty at the gate of the courtyard, so they didn't know what had happened in the courtyard before.

Because these people can testify to each other, what they say is extremely credible, and it is basically certain that they are telling the truth.

After Li Rizhi finished asking, it took a long time before he let Cheng Zizi go out again and called the servants brought by the You family one by one.

Among these servants were maids and maids, as well as young and vigorous servants, and among them there was a coachman.

There is nothing suspicious in the confessions of these people, they are all very happy that day, drinking wine and eating meat, and living quite happily.

And after these people asked, Cheng Zizai said: "Among the people who came to the Dong family with Shopkeeper You, there is another coachman, but this coachman is not a servant of the Liu family, he was hired temporarily from outside, and the You family has only one coachman, but at that time, he had to drive two carriages over, so he temporarily hired someone outside." It's just that this person didn't stay at Dong's house that night, but drove his carriage to live with relatives in the city. ”

Li Rizhi said: "Of course I have to find and ask, is he here now?" ”

Cheng Zizi said: "It's here, after all, such a big thing happened to the Dong family, and because the car money was not settled for him, he came to ask for the car money the next day, and after he came, the Dong family didn't let him go, so he stayed here all the time, and now he is waiting outside!" ”

Li Rizhi said: "Then let him in!" ”

Cheng Zizi immediately went out and called the old coachman in.

The hired coachman, an old man in his sixties, kowtowed to Li Rizhi immediately after coming in.

This old coachman is very afraid, of course, this matter is also a flying disaster for him, for ordinary people, he may not encounter a lawsuit in his life, for him, being called by the official for questioning, it is already a disaster, especially this matter has nothing to do with him, don't mention the wrongs and grievances, this old coachman's expression is like this now.

Li Rizhi asked the old coachman: "Where did you stay that night?" ”

The old coachman said: "The villain is living in the city of a relative's house, the housekeeper of the Dong family said that there is no empty room for the villain to live, let the villain go out to find a place to live by himself, and gave the villain a hanging money, the villain is reluctant to spend money to live in the store, so he went to live in the relative's house, the housekeeper also gave the villain a lot of wine and food, so the villain is to bring the wine and food to the relative's house, until yesterday when the villain came to ask for the car money, only to know that the Dong family had an accident, but this matter really has nothing to do with the villain, the villain can swear to the sky, If it has a relationship with the villain, the villain is willing to be hit by five thunders from the sky, and he will not die well! ”

Li Rizhi waved his hand and said, "You just need to make things clear, you don't need to curse yourself!" ”

This old coachman doesn't seem to have any problems, after all, he is in his sixties, let him run into Dong's house to commit murder, and have the leisure to go to Baoxi, which is also unrealistic!

Li Rizhi waved him away, but Li Rizhi also told the old coachman not to let him leave the Yanzhou territory, and if necessary, he would be with him.

The coachman then left, and he was relieved to see him.

After questioning the servants, they didn't get any valuable information.

It was only at this time that Li Rizhi said: "Now you can call that little maid of the You family in!" ”

After calling the little maid in, Li Rizhi looked at the little maid silently, without saying a word, and scared the little maid so much that she cried.

At this time, Li Rizhi spoke: "The official asked a lot of people just now, you know, right?" ”

The little maid nodded hurriedly, it had been a long time, and the servants of the two families were in and out, how could she not know the reason.

Li Rizhi said: "The official has read your confession, what you said is very different from the people who the official asked just now, it is impossible for a group of them to lie, then it must be you who lies, now the official gives you a chance, you think about it, what the whole thing is like, think about it again, remember that the official only gives you one chance, if you don't tell the truth, then, even if you are not the real murderer, then you can be regarded as an accomplice, okay, now you think about it, think about it later!" ”

The judge and the scribe in the room glanced at each other, and thought in their hearts: "Those people didn't say how about this little maid just now, could it be that this Li County order is cheating this little maid?" But this little girl can't be a murderer, and it doesn't seem to be an accomplice! ”

However, just when the two of them thought that Li Rizhi wanted to cheat this little girl, it was a meaningless act, but they saw that this little girl was trembling all over, and she couldn't even kneel steadily, so she could only lie on the ground, and she cried loudly!

Li Rizhi didn't ask, and waited until the little girl was almost crying, and then he said: "I'm thinking about it, so let's say it!" ”

The little maid said: "The slave and maid did tell a lie, but the slave and maid were too scared at that time, so they talked nonsense, the slave and maid did not intend to harm Wen Gongzi, but because she was too scared at that time!" ”

When the judge and the scribe heard this, they were all shocked, they never thought that this little maid's confession at that time turned out to be nonsense!

But it's right to think about it, at that time, this little maid said that she saw Wendenko, but in fact Wendenko did not commit the crime, so she must have lied at that time, and the confession must have been false!

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