Chapter 60: The Mother Interrogation

The county lord said seriously:

"Niangniang's words are serious, this case is indeed on the surface before, the suspicion of the Qin family husband and wife is indeed quite big, so the minister was confused for a while and handled the wrong case, but fortunately, Niangniang sent someone to re-examine the case, so that the minister had a chance to atone for his sins, and had a chance to make up for his mistakes, in the final analysis, the minister has to thank Niangniang, if there is no Niangniang's guidance, the lower official is afraid that he will handle the wrong case."

The queen then said:

"Okay, you don't have to say these flattering words to me, I just want to know what you have found out, who is behind this case, tell me quickly, don't talk about it in a hurry."

The county lord immediately said seriously:

"Qi Yu Niangniang, as you imagined and inferred, the Qin family husband and wife and Qin Meiniang were indeed deliberately wronged, and the poisoned deceased was actually not poisoned to death by others, but committed suicide by poisoning herself, that is, she poisoned herself to death."

When the queen mother heard this, she was suddenly startled, and said with doubts:

"What do you say! The woman who was poisoned to death committed suicide by taking poison herself, isn't this a big joke! You've been investigating for so long and you've found out such a result, and that's what you call a finding out? You are really bold enough to dare to tell me that you have an eyebrow in the investigation, you are obviously making me happy! ”

The county lord immediately knelt down in fright and said:

"Qi Yu Niangniang, what the minister said is true, the woman did commit suicide by taking poison by herself, and the lower officials will never dare to deceive you."

The queen smiled bitterly and said:

"Okay, then the evidence you get, you said that the woman committed suicide by poisoning, do you have any evidence to prove it? What evidence can you produce? County lord, you are better at handling this case than me, how important it is to collect evidence, you should know better than me, you don't need me to remind you. ”

The county lord then said:

"Niangniang, at first, the minister didn't believe that the deceased woman committed suicide by taking poison, but he Langjun, the only witness in this case, told me this fact personally, saying that his wife committed suicide by taking poison herself, so the minister dared to say this to the queen mother, if the queen mother didn't believe it, then the lower official could personally bring the deceased woman's Langjun to come, let the mother ask him in person to know clearly, and ask the mother to know clearly!"

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, a little unable to believe her ears, and said:

"What do you say! The witness in this case is also the deceased's woman's Lang Jun! This is really a bit surprising, he admitted that his wife committed suicide by taking poison herself, not by Wan Qing's subordinates? Or was he really poisoned by the Qin family and his wife? ”

The county lord said seriously:

"Hui Niangniang, the witness, that is, the deceased's wife Langjun, the lower official is afraid that you won't dare to believe it, so I specially brought him to you, if Niangniang doesn't believe it, you can interrogate him in person and know."

The queen mother's heart trembled suddenly, which made her extremely surprised, she thought that the deceased woman would be poisoned and murdered by Wan Qing's guards, or she was really poisoned by the Qin family husband and wife, but she didn't expect that this idea would be suddenly overturned, and the truth turned out to be that the woman committed suicide by taking poison herself, which was really unexpected.

The queen then said:

"Okay, since you have brought all the people here, then you bring the witness of this case, that is, the husband of the deceased woman, and I will personally interrogate and interrogate him, and if he dares to lie to me, I will not spare him."

The prefectural lord then got up, went to the door, and said to the witness standing outside:

"Come in quickly, the queen mother will interrogate you personally, you just say the truth, don't lie, otherwise, the official will not be able to save your life or death."

The witness then walked slowly into the room, full of timidity, and when he saw the queen sitting on it, so imposing, he immediately knelt on the ground in fright, and said in a trembling voice:

"Villain, villain, see the queen, the queen, the mother of the mother, the mother of the mother, the mother of the mother, the

The queen asked with a serious face:

"You are a witness in this case? The deceased woman is your wife? ”

The witness then nodded:

"Hui Niangniang, villain, yes, the deceased woman is indeed my wife."

The Queen Mother continued:

"Your wife committed suicide by poisoning? Is this true? Why couldn't she think about it, and wanted to commit suicide by taking poison? ”

The witness nodded:

"Yes, back to my mother, my wife committed suicide by taking poison, because I like to go out to gamble on weekdays, and lose all the valuable things in the house, sometimes lose money and have a bad temper and often beat her, she was angry at the time, and she committed suicide by poisoning in front of me in a fit of anger, I thought she was just scaring and scaring me, but I didn't think she really drank the bottle of poison, and after a while, she was poisoned, and everyone in my family can testify."

The queen asked again:

"Then since your wife committed suicide by taking poison, why did you blame the Qin family and Qin Meiniang? Who told you to do this? Why do you frame good people like this? Hurry up and get it. ”

The witness trembled, stunned, and said with a panicked expression:

"Hui Niangniang, I was also persecuted, I had to do this, the villain and the Qin family husband and wife have no grievances, how could I deliberately frame them?"

"Oh, who are you persecuted by, then tell me who you are persecuted, isn't it Wan Qing?" The queen's face sank, and her face was unhappy.

The witness then shook his head and replied:

"No, no, no, Young Master Wan didn't instruct me, it should be a few guards under him who asked the villain to do this, I was also forced by them, if I don't do what they say, then they will poison my mother and children, and the villain is also forced to be helpless to do this, framing the Qin family husband and wife and Qin Meiniang, the villain now knows that he is wrong, and asks the mother to spare his life!"

When the queen mother heard the words of this witness, her face suddenly became depressed, and she was full of anger and said:

"Bold, you should know that if you dare to lie to me, you will not end well, you had better tell me honestly and clearly, let me ask you again, did your wife commit suicide by taking poison, did Wan Qing instruct you to frame the Qin family husband and wife and Qin Meiniang behind your back? You'd better make it clear to me, or believe it or not, I'll have someone drag you out and cut you down immediately, and let you bury your wife too. ”

When the witness heard the words of the queen mother, he immediately trembled with fright, his face turned pale, he could not help peeing the crotch of his trousers, he trembled and said:

"Mother's life, mother's life! The villain doesn't dare to lie, what the villain says is true! My wife did commit suicide by taking poison herself, and she has nothing to do with others, I haven't even seen Master Wan in person from beginning to end, it is several guards under him who have been forcing me to do these things, I am forced to be helpless, and the villain is also a victim! I don't want my wife to commit suicide by taking poison like this, but she just drank the poison ruthlessly and left our family, and in the final analysis, I am also to blame, if I don't go out to gamble and don't beat her, then she won't take poison, blame me, blame me. ”

After speaking, the witness suddenly couldn't help crying, full of sadness, and did not dare to cry out loud, but covered his mouth with one hand and sobbed.

Seeing this, the county lord immediately said to the queen:

"Niangniang, he doesn't seem to be lying, he doesn't dare to lie, the truth of the matter should be like this, it's useless for you to cut off his head, so please don't blame him, after all, there are still old and young in his family, and now his wife is also killed because of poisoning, he will definitely take on the responsibility of the family in the future."

The queen sighed and said:

"I thought I could take this opportunity to teach Wan Qing a good lesson, but I didn't expect that this woman committed suicide by taking poison, and this Wan Qing is really cunning enough, and he actually instructed his guards to force you to do this, framing the Qin family husband and wife and Qin Meiniang, this trick of the golden cicada is really powerful! almost really framed the Qin family husband and wife and Qin Meiniang. ”

The county lord then said:

"Niangniang, even if this case is closed now, at most, it is to return the innocence of the Qin family and the husband and wife and Qin Meiniang, and ask the guards under Wan Qing for questioning, there is really no way to take Young Master Wan, how to deal with this case next, and I want to ask Niangniang to guide the officials."

The queen mother was stunned, gasped, and said:

"Humph! I won't just be so cheap for this Wan Qing, those guards are his subordinates, and his guards and the Qin family husband and wife and Qin Meiniang have no grievances, how could they design to deliberately frame the Qin family and the husband and wife and Qin Meiniang, so the back of this case is inseparable from Wan Qing himself, and I can't just let him go so easily. ”

The county lord immediately said seriously:

"Then, this matter of arresting a few guards under Wan Qing, the official thought that it was better to ask Niang Niang to take action, but the minister did not have such great ability and right to take people to Master Wan's mansion to arrest people, so it would be better to ask Niang Niang to go out in person."

The queen mother nodded, and said with a serious face:

"That's natural, I'll leave for Wan Qing's mansion to ask him about it, I want to see how he explains this matter to me."

The county lord hugged his fists:

"Niang Niang is wise, the minister will go back, and immediately release the Qin family husband and wife without charge, and return their innocence."

Queen Mother says:

"Well, by the way, there is still something for you to do, after you release the Qin family husband and wife, immediately send someone to send the two of them to the inn on the outskirts of the city as soon as possible, there are people waiting for the two of them, you have to arrange it."

The county lord immediately hugged his fists and said:

"Yes, the lower officials will definitely do it, please rest assured."