Chapter 467: Fatal Testimony
Although the officials from the Assassin's Mansion are not necessarily very clever in solving cases, they are meticulous in doing basic work.
For the record of the crime scene, it can be regarded as a rule, although it is impossible to deduce anything from the clues, but they have not let go of any detail, and they have done it.
After making the required records, the officials called for the little maid to be escorted up.
At this time, almost all the people in the house came around, and of course the shopkeeper You was also in the crowd.
On the night of her marriage, her daughter was murdered, and the one who died was her son-in-law who had just finished worshipping the church.
Now the shopkeeper You is almost vomiting blood, and he is even beginning to wonder if it was because his daughter didn't want to marry Dong Chao, so he killed Dong Chao on the wedding night, so that she could be a widow, and she was a very rich widow.
If this is really the case, then it can only be said that You Baosu is too naΓ―ve, even if she wants to be a widow, then she doesn't need to stab her husband to death with a knife, which is inevitably too anxious!
When the shopkeeper saw that his little maid was escorted up, he thought to himself: "Could it be that this little maid instructed by his daughter to stab Dong Chao to death?" Oh, this little maid can't usually see it, isn't she very timid, how dare she stab someone with a knife? β
The officials in the state glanced up and down at the little maid, and saw that the little maid was embarrassed, disheveled, her hair was scattered, the expression on her face was extremely miserable, and her whole body trembled.
The official asked the little maid, "Are you the bride's personal maid?" How did you end up at the scene of the crime, in the courtyard at all times? So what did you see, did you see who killed your master? β
The little maid was obviously not very comfortable with the words "your master", and she actually looked at the shopkeeper in the crowd.
For the little girl, of course the master of her family is the shopkeeper of You, of course she is the dowry maid of You Baosilk, but because she didn't run away when she got married, she didn't have any consciousness in this regard, and she didn't regard Dong Chao as the master of her family.
The official's face sank and shouted: "What about you, what are you doing looking around, do you want to find an accomplice?" Well, this official now looks like a murderer, or at least an accomplice! β
The little maid was startled, and she hurriedly shouted, "No, no, how can the slave be an accomplice?" The slave maid came to find my young lady, but was knocked unconscious by Wendenko, and then how Wendenko killed him, and the slave and maid didn't know about my master! β
Everyone present was very surprised when they heard the little maid call out Wen Dengke's name, of course they didn't know who Wen Dengke was, Wen Dengke was just a little famous in Qianfeng County, but this is Yanzhou, and few people know his name.
However, when Shopkeeper You heard this, he was taken aback, why was the murderer Wendenko? This is unlikely, how did Wen Dengke run into the Dong family, this is almost impossible!
The official was also stunned, he didn't expect that this case would be solved so easily, the little maid actually called out the name of the murderer directly, as for who Wendenko was, he didn't know, but it didn't matter, as long as he knew the name, he would always find out this person!
The official asked: "Who is Wendenko, you make it clear, if you don't say it clearly, then be careful, this official will torture you!" β
The little maid knelt on the ground, her whole body trembled, she said: "Wen Dengke is a scholar in our county, he and Miss have a private life, they are a pair of lovers, because Miss got married today, so Wen Dengke secretly ran here, wanting to take Miss away, but was discovered by my master, and Wen Dengke started to kill my master!" β
The official glared at the beads and shouted: "Nonsense, just now you said that you didn't know how your master died, but now you say that Wen Dengke killed your master, if you dare to say so much again, be careful that the official is really going to ask someone to slap you in the mouth!" β
The little maid was even more afraid, but she didn't dare to say it too quickly, because if she said it too quickly, she was going to be beaten, she had just suffered a major fright, and if she wanted to be beaten again, it was estimated that she would lose half her life if she didn't die!
The little maid said: "The slave maid originally lived in another courtyard, but because she was worried about Miss, she came here at night and wanted to talk to Miss!"
But when I entered the courtyard, I found that there was a person in the courtyard, and this person also found the slave and maid, so he pounced on him and blocked the slave's mouth, and then said that he was Wendenko, and he was coming to take away my young lady, and asked me not to speak!
However, his hands were not honest, and he desperately took advantage of the slave maid, who had never encountered such a thing before, so he was frightened and stupid, and he didn't hold back, so he wanted to scream!
As a result, Wendenko hit me on the head with his fist, and knocked the slave unconscious at once, and what happened after that, the slave and the maid don't know! β
What the little maid said can almost be regarded as ironclad evidence, almost biting Wen Dengke to death in the case, although she didn't see how Wen Dengke killed Dong Chao, but from her confession, it can be inferred very naturally that Dong Chao was killed by Wen Dengke!
This inference is a conclusion that any official, not even needing to be an official, can be said to be a conclusion that anyone can draw!
When the official heard this, because it involved the bride's privacy, he couldn't help but look at the old men of the Dong family, and his relationship with the Dong family was quite good.
Although Dong Chao is dead, he has brothers, his brothers can be regarded as big names in Yanzhou City, and such an official family, maybe one day there will be a person who is a high-ranking official, and the official is not a fool, so he can't offend people!
The official looked at the people of the Dong family, the meaning was very clear, this involves the privacy of your bride, do you want me to ask here now, or wait until you go back to the yamen to ask?
But in fact, when I went back to the yamen and asked, it might be that I was going to court, and this matter would still be unstoppable at that time, but at least there was no need to be embarrassed now, after all, Dong Chao's body was still parked in the wing, the deceased was the greatest, and the respect that should be given should still be given!
However, the masters of the Dong family nodded together, signaling the officials to ask clearly now, since this matter can no longer be covered up, the sooner they know the result, the better, and this can be regarded as the best explanation for the brother who died tragically.
These people from the Dong family didn't care, and the official definitely didn't care, so he immediately asked someone to bring You Bao Silk.
The official asked, "Dong Youshi, do you know who killed your husband?" Your little maid said it was a man named Wendenko, was he or not? β
This official was still saving face, and didn't ask You Baosu what the relationship was with Wen Dengke, but just asked if the murderer was Wen Dengke.
You Baosu had no master of the six gods at this time, and when she heard the official's question, she nodded and said: "That person is Wendenko, I really didn't expect him to be so bold that he would come here to kill people for me!" β