Chapter 24: Whether there are outsiders

Zhou Ning's questioning was very slow, which made people feel as warm as a spring breeze, which eased Zhang Liu's tension a lot. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "Why didn't your man come to sue for such a big thing?" ”

One sentence poked at the sore spot of Zhang Liu's family, a man is the pillar of the family. There is no man in the family, and she has lived a widowhood for the past three years.

No matter how sad she was, she still had to answer the adult's question, and she replied truthfully: "My man has been selling in a foreign country for more than three years. ”

"Oh, who's in the house? What happened and you came out in a hurry to complain? ”

"There are only two people in the family, my sister-in-law and me, last night" Zhang Liu raised his head with resentment, held back his grief, and gritted his teeth and said: "She was killed." ”

Zhou Ning heard her tell Lin Zhutou when she was in the sedan chair, and he didn't have too much emotion and surprise in his heart, he asked very calmly: "So there is no one else at home?" ”

Zhang Liu's eyes, which he thought would never shed tears again, were filled with mist again, and he paused slightly, only to feel that his heart was like a knife: "Now there is only one old yellow dog in the family who can pant except for me." ”

"Old yellow dog? How many years have your dog been raised? ”

"It's been seven or eight years."

"Oh, who killed your sister-in-law?"

Zhang Liu was most afraid that the county magistrate would ask this question, because she didn't know who killed Zhang Caixia. She was afraid that the government would give up because there was no clue.

She really had no way to provide any clues, so she could only tell the truth: "I didn't see it clearly." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time, what's going on?" Zhou Ning could see her trepidation, and the yamen itself carried a formidable majesty.

Those who came to sue were full of grievances and had no way out to ask the Lord Qingtian to call the shots. The magistrate himself should be a parent official, and sitting in the county hall should have a heart that loves the people like a son.

However, how many officials really call the shots for the people? How many people came with hope and returned with despair?

Ideals and realities are no longer abundant. Full and skinny can be described, it is not an exaggeration to say that ideals and reality are almost the opposite, completely opposite.

How many people came to the yamen to beg the county magistrate to avenge the people's grievances, and finally made a fuss only to understand that the county magistrate would not punish the evil and promote the good at all, but deceived the good and feared that the evil would help the abuse.

This is how the people's hearts have cooled little by little, a case of unjust, false and wrongful conviction is nothing, what about ten, hundred, or thousand? The officials are becoming more and more greedy, the officials are becoming more and more slippery, and they are as fierce as tigers and as ruthless as wolves.

The people are becoming more and more afraid of officials, and they dare not sue if they are wronged. In a good atmosphere, there must be a group of bullies under corrupt officials.

If the vicious circle continues in the long run, the people will become miserable, and eventually the government will force the people to rebel. Only when officials are honest and honest can they hoe the strong and help the weak, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and can they create a prosperous world.

Zhou Ning didn't think about it so much, he didn't have such big ambitions and no such long-term plans. He just wants to do what he is supposed to do.

Zhang Liu briefly talked about how Zhang Caixia was killed: "Last night I was pushing a mill in the mill, and my sister-in-law was sewing clothes in the house. ”

"Usually I push to the time, yesterday was very tired, just after the hour I couldn't stand it, I wanted to go into the house to rest for a while, just walked to the door, the door was suddenly pushed open from the inside, a dark shadow stood in front of me and scared me."

"I thought there was a thief in the house, so I shouted, and the man pushed me, and I rushed up to catch him, but I didn't catch him, but I scratched him on the back and let him run away."

Zhou Ning frowned slightly, and asked lightly, "You grabbed him on the back?" It must be hard, right? Did you tear your clothes? ”

If you leave a strip of cloth, it's also evidence, but it's finally a little more clue, isn't it?

"That bastard is shirtless, and I rushed up to scratch him with all my strength." Zhang Liu raised his hands: "Yesterday, there was a strip of meat in the fingernails." ”

"Okay, you go on." Zhou Ning stared at Zhang Liu thoughtfully.

"When I entered the house, the lights in the house were also turned off, so I lit the oil lamp," Zhang Liu choked for a while before continuing: "My sister-in-law has long been breathing when she lies on the kang. ”

Zhang Liu couldn't suppress his grief, and he didn't dare to cry loudly. Zhou Ning sat on it and saw her kneeling on the ground, her shoulders trembling rhythmically, and sometimes a faint sobbing sound came out.

Zhou Ning waited for a while, and after her mood stabilized a little, she asked, "How did your sister-in-law die?" ”

"Yes...... Yes," Zhang Liu's heart hurt so much that he couldn't stand it when he thought of the scissors. "I was stabbed to death with scissors, and my sister-in-law didn't close her eyes until she died, and her mouth was also gagged, and a large ball of rags was stuffed."

"Are the scissors yours?"

"Yes, yes." Zhang Liu's tears were like bursting the embankment, she couldn't stop at all, she wiped the tears on her face: "My sister-in-law is still mending my clothes until she dies." ”

"What's your sister-in-law's name? How old is it? Your sister-in-law has a good relationship? ”

"My sister-in-law's name is Zhang Caixia, seventeen this year, I have been married to the Zhang family for thirteen years, and my sister-in-law grew up under my watch." Zhang Liu couldn't help but be sad, she and Zhang Caixia were called sisters-in-law, and they were sisters and even mothers and daughters.

"Well, don't you see the murderer's face clearly?"

"Nope." Zhang Liu shook her head vigorously, if she knew that the person had killed Zhang Caixia, she would definitely chase it desperately, but she didn't know, she just thought it was a thief who came to steal.

"Would you recognize the murderer if he was standing in front of you?"

Zhang Liu thought about it carefully, and then shook his head helplessly. "I really didn't look at it at all."

"How tall is he, fat or thin? How old do you estimate him to be? ”

"He's tall." Zhang Liu raised her hand and gestured upward, she knelt on the ground and couldn't draw too high, she turned her head left and right, pointed to a taller official and said, "It's about the same height as him, a little thinner than him." Age? ”

How did Zhang Liu judge the age of that person?

"Yes, maybe, he is probably Qi" Zhang Liu didn't know how old that person could be, and said that she didn't see the person's face clearly. "Anyway, it's a young man, he has a lot of strength, and he can run fast."

"Has the village been peaceful lately? Are there any outsiders who have gone to the village to loot, sell or have recently moved to the village? ”

Zhang Liu shook his head: "No, none of these." She thought about outsiders entering the village, and there were indeed yesterday, she suddenly raised her head and said: "Yesterday, Lao Niu's family married a daughter-in-law, and there were many people from other villages who sent relatives. ”

"When did the person who sent him leave?"

Zhang Liu really didn't pay attention to this matter: "I don't know." ”