At this time, Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling hurriedly lifted the mat, carried the corpse and ran. The pen %fun %pavilion ran out of the three miles www.biquge.info, the two put down the corpse, lit the torch and took a closer look, it turned out to be a girl.

The two lamented: "Life is hard, I finally got a corpse, but it was a woman." ”

Late at night, Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling came to a small bridge dejectedly and squatted on the bridge to worry.

Suddenly, an old man riding a donkey came to him. The old man, who was in his sixties, dressed in a freshly made blue cloth garment, was hurrying on his way.

Seeing that the old man was about to reach the bridge, Wang Ling said to Zhou Cheng: "Brother Zhou, it's really a godsend, let's push this old man riding a donkey down the river and drown, wait for his skin and flesh to rot, and then carry him to the yamen for business." ”

Zhou Cheng was surprised: "Indiscriminately killing innocents, if someone finds out, you will lose your head." ”

Wang Ling persuaded: "In the dead of night, who would know if you kill someone in this wilderness?" Losing this opportunity will definitely be regretted. ”

Thinking of the taste of the meal, the two of them made up their minds, and at this time the old man also went to the bridge.

The small stone bridge was very narrow, and the old man slowed down the donkey. Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling rushed up to pull the old man down and pushed him down the river. The poor old man did not have time to cry out before he became a dead ghost, and the black donkey, seeing that his master had fallen into the river, howled twice and ran away. The two ignored it and hurried down the river to find the old man's body.

After a while, the old man's body was washed ashore. Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling were very happy in their hearts, they found a secluded place, tied a large stone to the corpse, and sank to the bottom of the river.

However, it was said that Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling happily went to see Lord Zhou Xian, and reported in unison: "The villain has found the clue of the corpse, please give me a few more days, and I will definitely carry the corpse to see the adult." ”

Zhou Xian was overjoyed in his heart, but he felt uneasy, so he lowered his face and shouted: "You two have fooled your own officials three times and five times, and the crime is not light. This time I will give you another five days, and if you come back empty-handed, see how the official cleans you up. ”

A few days later, Zhou Cheng and Wang Ling estimated that the old man's body had rotted beyond recognition, so they fished it out and carried it to the palace to hand over to Zhou Xian.

Zhou Xian was overjoyed and urgently ordered the official to pass the Luo clan to come to identify the body.

Luo came to the inspection yard, looked at the male corpse dressed in black slightly, and pounced on the corpse and cried, crying and reading: "This is my poor father-in-law, poor he died so miserably!" That Chang Qingqiu is really vicious, Lord Qingtian avenges the people's wife! ”

Luo sent people to carry back the corpse, and invited a group of monks to the ditch where Ma Xiaoqi was killed to pay tribute to the spirit, and also sold his gold and silver jewelry to buy a high-quality coffin, and buried the old man as a father-in-law.

At this point, the murder case can be closed, but after the document sentencing Chang Qingqiu was reported, for some reason, the Criminal Department did not approve it for a long time, and another case was involved during this period.

It turned out that the wife of the old man riding a donkey thought that his wife had not returned to his daughter's house for a few days, so she sent her son to her daughter's house to look for it.

When the son arrived at his daughter's house, the daughter and son-in-law said, "I persuaded my father to stay that night, but he didn't agree to anything, and rode away on a donkey." ”

When the son heard this, he exclaimed: "Eighty percent of our father has an accident, hurry up and find it!" ”

So, everyone went to various places to check the whereabouts of the old man.

After a day of searching, we didn't find any news, and when we saw that it was getting dark, we were going to go home and ask someone to look for it again tomorrow.

Just then, a man dressed as a peasant walked in the direction of the suburbs with a donkey skin on his back. The old man's son saw that the skin of the donkey was similar in color to the donkey his father's ride, so he stepped forward and snatched it. Everyone unfolded it to see that the donkey skin had just been peeled off, and the blood stains had not yet completely dried up, and it was the donkey that the old man was riding.

The old man's son was furious, and when he went up, he punched the man who carried the donkey's skin, and asked, "What have you done to my father?" Say it! ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Why did you beat me in broad daylight?" ”

Everyone asked in unison: "You still dare to quibble, where did you come from this donkey skin?" ”

When the man heard the donkey's skin, he couldn't speak.

So, everyone decided that he had something to do with the old man's disappearance, so they sent him to the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

After Zhou Xian listened to the old man's family, he interrogated the person carrying the donkey's skin: "What is your surname?" Where are the people? Why kill the old man? Recruit from the truth, lest you be punished! ”

The man kowtowed and replied, "The villain's name is Niu Er, a native of Tongzhou, who kills pigs and sells meat in the city every day for a living. A few days ago, when the villain was returning home from the city after selling meat, he saw an ownerless donkey running towards him on the way, so he grabbed the reins and pulled him home. That night they killed the donkey, stripped it and dried it, ready to sell it for a good price. Today, the villain carried a donkey skin around the capital, and because the price was too low, the villain was not willing to do it, so he carried it back. I didn't want to meet these people on the way, so I insisted that I killed someone. The villain is really wronged, please call the shots of the old man Qingtian! ”

Zhou Xian listened to Niu Er's complaint, his face sank and said, "There are a lot of pedestrians, why was that donkey bumped into by you?" The donkey was ridden by the old man, and you must know where the old man is hiding. It seems that you will not accept the punishment if you do not move. ”

At first, Niu Er gritted his teeth and insisted on not recruiting, but the punishment was too severe, and he couldn't bear it for a few days, and was forced to confess with grievances: "On the road, I saw that the donkey that the old man was riding was shiny, and when I saw no one around, I wanted to rob his donkey." Unexpectedly, the old man pulled the donkey and refused to let go, and shouted loudly, and the villain panicked for a while, so he killed the old man. ”

Zhou Xian asked, "Where is the corpse hidden?" ”

"Hiding in a place where no one knows."

Zhou Xian hurriedly sent someone to look for it, but found nothing.

Zhou Xian was sentenced to punishment, and Niu Er couldn't bear such suffering, so he had to confess and hide in another place where no one knew.

The officials went to look for it but did not find it, so Niu Er was naturally tortured again. In this way, Niu Er changed his confession several times, but never found the old man's body. Niu Er's body was originally relatively weak and could not withstand the repeated torture, and he died tragically in prison a few days later.

Later, the approval of the Criminal Department to behead Chang Qingqiu was issued.

Chang Qingqiu was escorted out of prison and taken to the execution ground to be beheaded. After more than a year of prison life, Chang Qingqiu lost his desire to survive more and more, and what he wanted was to die quickly. But when the official announced the order to him to be executed, his desire to survive prevailed, and he shouted injustice along the way.

Chang Qingqiu's wife, Wang, was a cowardly woman, and when she saw that her husband was about to be beheaded, she ran to the carpentry bureau to cry. Chang Gongchang has a generous personality and is very popular, and after listening to Wang's story, it resonated with the carpenters. However, the carpenter came from a humble background and was unable to avenge the foreman, so he had to follow the torture car and shout to vent his resentment.

The torture car stopped on the execution ground, and Chang Qingqiu greeted the workers: "I am wronged, if you still recognize me as the foreman, you will definitely find out the real murderer and avenge me!" ”