Of course Meng Tianchu wouldn't, he just wanted to use palmistry to check whether there were any skin fragments of Lin Si in Zhang Xiancheng's nails. In the future, you can also use palmistry to induce necessary confessions, after all, the ancients believed in physiognomy very much. If what you say is consistent with the facts, you can often make the real murderer think that the real face has revealed the secret of heaven, and confess his guilt.

Zhang Xiancheng raised his hand nervously, Meng Tianchu carefully checked Zhang Xiancheng's nail seams, and there was some black mud in the seams, which showed that he had not cleaned his nails, and after careful inspection, no skin fragments were found.

Meng Tianchu was a little disappointed, if there was no support from skin fragments, just relying on blood type and Zhang Xiancheng's words, he couldn't conclude that Zhang Xiancheng was the real murderer, what should I do?

The thoughts in his mind flashed like lightning, but his face did not show it, and now he could only deceive him, turning his palm over and over again, and then said coldly: "Master Zhang, according to your palmistry, it is certain that the **** in Lin Si's body is what you left, what else do you have to say?" ”

Zhang Xiancheng was shocked: "No, no! It's not me, I'm waiting outside, and I didn't go into the room, how can I ......" As soon as he said this, Zhang Xiancheng's words stopped abruptly, because he suddenly realized that he had missed his mouth again, but he found out too late, because he saw Meng Tianchu and Cai Zhixian's sneering eyes.

Cai Zhixian said coldly: "You waited outside and didn't go into the room?" Master Zhang, in this way, there are still people going to the new house with you, right? Who is this man? ”

Zhang Xiancheng's forehead had begun to sweat, and he didn't know how to answer.

Cai Zhixian flicked his robe, and said in a good time: "Lord Zhang has already admitted to the new house just now, and participated in the rape and then murder of Lin Si, if you can't confess to your accomplices now, the official can only send you to the prefect Ke Ganke and let him personally interrogate you." ”

In addition to Cai Zhixian and Meng Tianchu in the new house used for interrogation, there are also Wang Yi, Song Xiangyu, and others. When it was sent to the prefect, it was all over, so I had to bite the root of my teeth, hang my head and say, "This matter...... Be...... It was done by the scribe Li Worm, and it has nothing to do with lowly duties. ”

"What the hell is going on, let's be honest!"

"Yes, last night, the lowly drunk, Li Worm helped the humble to go to the thatched house, on the way back, Li Worm suggested to listen to the root of the new house wall, the humble thought to himself, listening to the root of the new house wall is also a folk custom, but it is harmless, drunk and followed him. When I arrived at the new house, I accidentally found that the door was open, and it was dark and winter, and I could hear someone snoring inside, and the sound was very loud, it must be Yuan Tiehe, who said that they had slept and couldn't hear it, let's go, but Li Worm said that he went in to take a look, and then left. He had to ...... his position."

Cai Zhixian said: "As an official of the imperial court, you actually collaborated with your subordinate scribes to do this dirty deed, hum!" Let's move on! ”

"I was confused for a while, and I really deserved to die." Zhang Xiancheng's face turned pale, and he continued tremblingly: "I saw that Li Worm quietly entered the room and didn't come out for a long time, so he went out of the window and found that there was a hole in the window paper that had been pierced. The humble duty hurriedly returned to the gate of the courtyard to wait for him, and after he came, his expression was very flustered, and the humble duty did not ask too much, so he went back together. ”

Cai Zhixian said coldly: "Since Lord Zhang saw Li Worm stealing and raping someone's daughter-in-law, this has gone beyond the scope of eavesdropping on the roots of the walls of the new house, it is no longer a folk custom, but a crime, why didn't Lord Zhang stop it at that time?" Why don't you report it afterwards? ”

Zhang Xiancheng hurriedly said: "I just saw him crawl out of bed, whether he was stealing and raping someone's daughter-in-law, I didn't see it." ”

"Then how did you know that he raped Lin Si first and then killed him?"

"The humble position is based on the fact that he climbed down from the new bed, and he must have committed a traitor, and today he knows that Lin Si is dead, so it is speculated that he was raped first and then killed."

Cai Zhixian slapped heavily on the arm of the chair: "Since you have already estimated, why don't you report and expose it!" ”

"Humble ...... Ignorant ......"

Meng Tianchu sneered on the side: "You are not confused, you are very cunning!" Li Worm took advantage of the wine to propose a new house voyeur, which is allowed by customs, but it can be used to damage the reputation of Yuan Zhushu, of course, it is with you, you just want to go with you if they are found by Yuan Tiehe, just to see the excitement, I didn't expect Yuan Tiehe to be drunk and asleep, eavesdropping, and Li Worm saw that you did not stop the county but followed, this lewd thief was even more courageous, and finally entered the new house to steal adultery, you don't know this, but let it go, counting on Li Worm to be discovered by Yuan Tiehe, you look at the excitement, In order to damage the reputation of Yuan Zhushu, Yuan Tiehe was drunk and didn't notice it, and when Li Worm came out, your wishful thinking was gone. Isn't that right? ”

Zhang Xiancheng's face was pale, beads of sweat the size of soybeans were rolling down on his forehead, and his body was trembling.

Meng Tianchu paused, and then continued: "If Li Worm is caught at that time, this is what you hope for the most, then you can watch the excitement, and Master Yuan will be disgraced, even if Li Worm reveals that you came with him, this is a one-on-one confession, you can't take you if you don't admit it." However, if you are not discovered at that time, you will not be able to speak out afterwards, let alone report afterwards, otherwise after further investigation, you, the whistleblower, will be cocooned and unable to run away from the charge of conniving at others to commit adultery. That's why you insisted on refusing to confess this matter, hoping to hide it from the world. Hehe, Lord Zhang, it's really a good move. ”

"Despicable and confused......! Damn ......! Zhang Xiancheng trembled and bowed vigorously.

According to the investigation, Zhang Xiancheng and Li Worm are likely to be the real murderers of Lin Si, and since the suspect has been discovered, it is now necessary to make a confession record. Meng Tianchu instructed the catcher to hurry back to the yamen and call Murong Yuxue to record the confession.

After a while, Murong Yuxue arrived, Meng Tianchu called her to the side first, and told her the general situation of the case, so that she had a bottom in her heart, so that she could clearly focus on the place to record when recording.

At this time, the table, chair, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone had been prepared, and Cai Zhixian asked Zhang Xiancheng to recount the experience, Murong Zhenxue recorded it quickly, and the penmanship was neat and beautiful, and the confession was recorded truthfully, and Zhang County's painting was stamped with a handprint.

Of course, Cai Zhixian knew what to do, touched his rosacea, and shouted: "The county is relaxed, conniving at others to be traitors, come here!" Take him down, and when the case is solved, he will be sent to the Supervision of the Imperial History Office. In addition, the suspect Li Worm, who raped and killed Li Si, was arrested and brought to trial! ”

Zhang Chi knew that it was useless to talk more at this time, fortunately, his crime was only connivance, not instigation or instigation, it was a big deal to lose his official position, but he would not lose his head, if he could confess truthfully, have a good attitude, and assist in investigating the case, maybe it was just a demotion, and it was unknown if he could keep Wusha.

The head catcher Wang Yi and the others stepped forward to take off Zhang Chi's black gauze hat and twisted him away. After a while, Li Worm was tied up by Wuhua and brought in, holding down and kneeling. Li Worm was already frightened.

Cai Zhixian turned his head to look at Meng Tianchu and asked, "Sir......, what should I ...... next?" ”

Meng Tianchu leaned into his ear and whispered, "Beat him first, and then ask him how he raped and killed Lin Si." ”

Well! Cai Zhixian nodded, slapped the chair, and shouted: "Bold Li worm, dare to steal and rape the newlywed daughter-in-law of the master bookkeeper, bold, come, drag it down first, and hit the thirty boards!" ”

When Li Worm heard this, she was so frightened that she shouted for mercy. A group of catchers grabbed him, dragged him to the platform outside the door and pressed him down, and crackled a mess of sticks, beating Li Worm like a pig.

After the thirty boards were played, Li Worm'er's buttocks and thighs had already bloomed, and they were drenched in blood. He was dragged in and thrown on the ground.

Cai Zhixian said coldly: "Li Worm, Zhang Chi of Fangcai County has already truthfully confessed that he connived at your rape and murder of Lin Si, and now the official wants to hear how you explained, if half of the sentence is untrue, the official can use the punishment to serve, so that you can't live or die!" ”

As soon as Li Worm heard Cai Zhixian say that Zhang Xiancheng had truthfully confessed, she knew that the general trend had gone, and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The big man spares his life, and the little one must confess truthfully." ”

"Speak!"

"Yes, last night, when Zhuo Xin was in the new house, the little one saw the bride Miss Lin Si and ...... I was a little moved, and then I drank a few more glasses, and I was bolder, and I had a good relationship with Zhang Xiancheng, so I took advantage of the wine and Zhang Xiancheng to say that I wanted to go to the new house to listen to the wall, but I didn't expect Zhang Xiancheng to say that he would also go, so that the two of us went to the thatched house for an excuse, and came to the courtyard of the new house, and the servants of the maid ring went to the front to be busy, and there was no one else in the courtyard of the new house, and the small one saw that the door was open, so he went to the door to take a look, only Yuan Tiehe's snoring, and there was no other movement, and the small one was bold to enter the room......"

Cai Zhixian asked, "Didn't Zhang Xiancheng stop you at that time?" ”

"No, I said let's go to the door together to take a look, he asked me to go by myself, he was waiting for me at the gate of the courtyard, but he didn't say anything else, after the villain heard Zhang Xiancheng's words, he became bolder."

Cai Zhixian said coldly: "That's nature, dignified county, seeing that you are going to do this dirty thing, not only did you stop it, but also instigated it in disguise, no wonder you are emboldened, continue to speak!" ”

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PS: During this time, the wood worked all day and night, and there was no time to code words, so the update was relatively slow, and it stands to reason that I was embarrassed to ask for a monthly pass, but the wood really tried my best during this time, looking at the monthly pass was pitiful, and it was not yet three digits, so I could only be cheeky and call for reinforcements from the monthly pass. Thank you!