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One by one, the onlookers stopped shouting and began to stare at the lobby again.

Wang Shichong pondered for a moment and asked: "Since Liu Qi has a good reputation for doing business in Yingzhou City, and a copper bowl with two cents and seven cents in Jiangling can be sold for five cents in Yingzhou, you have been married to Liu Qi for thirteen years, so it is said that you should have saved a lot of money." ”

As soon as Zhu heard this, tears were about to fall, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Hui, in fact, since the folk woman married Liu Qi, he has done this bronze business, and the folk woman has done some needlework in her spare time to supplement the family, so many years we have been thrifty, a piece of bronze after deducting the consignment fee to the store, can earn about a penny, and finally saved seventy or eighty thousand dollars, Liu Qi has been talking about opening his own shop, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it......"

When Zhu said this, he cried like pear blossoms and rain, and he couldn't speak anymore.

Wang Shichong looked at Zhu coldly, his gaze was always dodging his gaze, and his intuition told Wang Shichong that there was something wrong with this woman, and what Zhu said just now made him find a flaw.

Wang Shichong asked: "Are all these 70,000 or 80,000 coins deposited in the form of copper coins in your family?" ”

Zhu still lowered his head and said softly: "Lord Hui, seventy or eighty thousand copper coins, the amount is huge, we can't all turn them into copper coins at home, and there is no place to put them, so we all opened the money tickets of Wanfu Qianzhuang." ”

Wang Shichong said "oh": "Then these money tickets are available now?" ”

Zhu suddenly cried again, and his voice became choked: "There was a fire that day, which burned all the account books and money tickets at home. Even a home is gone! My lord. The women are now empty-handed. Nothing! ”

The onlookers in the hall were in an uproar, everyone shook their heads and sighed at the tragic fate of the Zhu family, and some of them directly began to scold Liu San for taking advantage of the fire to rob and bully a weak woman, which really deserves to be a hell of tongue pulling. The crowd was indignant, everyone was angry, and all the vicious words that could be thought of were poured on Liu San, Rao was Liu San and a seven-foot man. was still said to be in a cold sweat, and his heart was pounding.

Wang Shichong waited for the noise outside to calm down a little, and continued to ask: "Zhu, do you remember when the seventy or eighty thousand money tickets were exchanged for huàn?" ”

Zhu shook his head and said: "It's not a one-time exchange, although I am in charge of the family's account books and cash, but the real master is Liu Qi, every time he saves six or seven thousand cash at home, the box where the money can not be filled, he will take five thousand to the money bank." The specific time for changing it to a money ticket is uncertain. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes began to sharpen: "So to speak." These money tickets can't be found in Wanfu Qianzhuang? ”

Zhu's face changed slightly, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes: "My lord, the matter of saving money was done by the deceased husband, the woman did not know, the woman never saved money by herself, she only knew that every time the deceased husband went, he would exchange it for a money ticket and hand it over to the woman for safekeeping, as for whether the money village had a record, the woman did not know." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Chai Guard, is Steward Zhang of Wanfu Qianzhuang here?" Ask him to come up and testify. ”

Suddenly, the tall and chubby Steward Zhang went to the hall and bowed to Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong was not polite, and went straight to the topic: "Steward Zhang, do you have any record of Liu Qi, a bronze merchant in the city, coming to redeem huàn money tickets?" ”

Steward Zhang shook his head and said: "Back to the stab Lord Shi, our money bank only recognizes money, not people, as long as the customer who comes to redeem huàn money tickets takes out enough cash, you can issue him a corresponding amount of money tickets, this is called silver money two receipts, as for who will redeem huàn, we don't make a record here." ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a moment and continued to ask: "Then do you often receive more than 5,000 yuan in exchange?" That's a lot of money, right? ”

Steward Zhang smiled slightly: "There is only one money village in this city, the travelers from all over the world, the local merchants, will come to the door every day to settle, some are to raise money, some are to save money, our money village has a daily transaction volume of more than 100,000, this 5,000 money is really not a big amount." ”

Wang Shichong then asked: "Then if you finally redeem the money, do you have to come with the money ticket in person?" Or does it matter who you are, as long as you have a money ticket in hand, you can give money? ”

Steward Zhang said: "Master Thorn Shi, the little one has already said just now, our money bank doesn't even recognize people when they collect money and open money tickets, don't make records, only recognize money tickets to speak, then it's the same when paying money, no matter who it is, as long as you hold the money ticket of the capital bank, then you have to give money, this is the credibility of our Wanfu Money Bank." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "There is Lao Zhang in charge, you can go down." ”

After Steward Zhang retreated, Wang Shichong still had a calm expression on his face, but it was obviously not as calm as Zhu's just now, and said: "Zhu, Steward Zhang said just now, give money and only recognize money tickets to speak, and don't ask anything else." Then your family's money ticket is burned by a fire, which means that you are now penniless, and the money in the money bank cannot be recovered. ”

As soon as Zhu heard this, tears immediately fell like beads with broken threads, and he said while crying: "Lord Qingtian, how can I live here, the house is gone, the husband is dead, and now there is no money, Liu Qi, why don't I go with you for my wife." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and said, "No, you still have a place to go, that is your mother's house, will your father watch you be so poor and don't care?" I'm sure I'll get you back. ”

Zhu Shi was slightly stunned and stopped crying: "My lord, as the saying goes, the married daughter spills the water, and the woman is already a member of the Liu family, how can she go back to her parents' house?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "If you have children from the Liu family to raise, then there is really no reason to go back to your parents' house, but you and Liu Qi have no children, and now the house and property have been burned down by a fire, why can't you go back?" It's been seven or eight days since the accident, didn't your mother's family hear from you and didn't send anyone here to see you? ”

Zhu shook his head: "No, the folk woman has never returned to her parents' house for more than ten years, but every time Liu Qi went to Jiangling to buy goods, he asked him to say hello to my parents on my behalf." Gangneung is three or four days away from here, and the people have been in the lawsuit since they were struck. He was also imprisoned. I can't pass on the news to my mother's family. Maybe they don't know about the people's female defendant now. ”

Wang Shichong knew it in his heart, nodded, and said, "Zhu, now I come to ask you about the fire that day, you have to explain the situation at that time clearly, and you must not miss anything." ”

Zhu wiped the tears on his face, sat up straight, and said slowly: "It was the middle of the night. Liu Qi and the woman went to bed early, because he had to go to Tianmen County below the next day to collect a payment. ”

"When it was about time, suddenly Liu Qi woke up the women, and the fire outside had already burned, and we didn't care about wearing outer clothes, so we just wore middle clothes and fled for our lives, and we all escaped, but Liu Qi said that the account books and money tickets were still inside. He wanted to go back and get it, so he pushed the women out of the courtyard. He ran back to the burning room. As soon as he entered, the house collapsed and he never ran out."

In the end, Zhu was so grief-stricken that he almost fainted on the ground crying, beating his chest and feet, and could no longer speak.

Wang Shichong ignored the sighing sound at the door, and said in a deep voice: "Zhu, do you mean that Liu Qi was burned alive?" ”

Zhu sobbed: "Yes, when Liu Qi entered that house, he was still alive. ”

Wang Shichong nodded and continued: "Your house was burned down by fire, did it affect the surrounding neighbors?" ”

Zhu shook his head and said, "Stabbing Lord Shi, our family lives in a single-family house under the base of the city wall in the west of the city, and it is also dozens of steps away from the nearest neighbor's house, so it was only our family that was burned, and it was not burned to other people's houses." However, the surrounding neighbors all came over desperately to help put out the fire that night, and Liu Qi's body was also made with the help of Lord Li and Uncle Wang next door. ”

Wang Shichong guò Zhang Jin said that he summoned witnesses Li Daniu and Wang Jinbao again, and their statements were also consistent with Zhu's, saying that they felt a heat wave in the middle of the night, and Zhu desperately called for help outside the courtyard gate, and everyone helped fight the fire together, but no one saw Liu Qi enter the room at that time, and Liu Qi's body was still found in the next morning, after the fire was completely extinguished, everyone found it in that room, and it had been burned to charred corpses at that time.

After Wang Shichong listened, he continued to summon the Honshu Zuo, who also said that the corpse was burned beyond recognition and was difficult to identify, and as for whether there were other sword wounds on the body, it was impossible to judge because it was a charred corpse.

When Wang Shichong heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "This official has a way to make the corpse speak and explain the situation at that time. ”

When the people in the state yakou heard this, there was an uproar, most of them were dumbfounded, and let the corpse speak, which was something they couldn't think of, but the new Lord Assassin was in this hall, openly saying that he could do it, and for a while, the suspicious eyes focused on Wang Shichong's body.

When Zhu Shi heard this, his body shook slightly, and then he kept kowtowing on the ground: "Lord Qingtian, you want to give your deceased husband justice!" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "This is what this official does. Zhang Duwei, take Zhu and Liu San, go outside the South City Gate, and in addition, bring Liu Qi's charred corpse over, oh, by the way, bring two more pigs over. ”

An hour later, outside the south gate of Yingzhou City, a large number of people were surrounded by black pressure, there were four or five thousand people outside the state government in the morning, Wang Shichong said that he could let Liu Qi's corpse speak, and all of a sudden the whole city came to the momentum, and all the shops were closed early, from the octogenarian to the three-year-old child, all of them flocked to a vacant land outside the south gate of Yingzhou, stretching their necks to watch the excitement.

Wang Shichong was sitting in a makeshift canopy, calmly watching the crowds here. In an area of two miles, at least 10,000 or 20,000 people were crowded, and the scorching sun was in the sky, and the voices were boiling, making it difficult for people to hear the sound from ten feet away.

With this canopy as the center, a circle of about 20 zhang was formed, and hundreds of civil and military officials in Yingzhou City, headed by Hu Sizheng and Chen Ling, all stood in this circle, and Liu San and Zhu were also each sandwiched by two officials and stood aside.

Liu Qi's body was swept by the grass and put aside, because it had been dead for seven or eight days, and it was summer, the corpse had begun to decompose, emitting a foul smell that made people cover their noses, and the two white-haired pigs that Liu San took the initiative to offer were locked in two wooden cages, humming and chirping on the ground in the cage.

Outside the canopy, more than 1,000 soldiers from the city are forming a human wall. The people who watched the excitement should not crowd into the circle. Outside the entire South Gate, it resembles a huge volcano. It's so hot that it melts.

Wang Shichong looked at the sun that had reached the sky, stood up, cleared his throat, carried the qi of the dantian, and said in a low voice: "Ladies and elders of Yingzhou, I invite you to come here today to witness the truth of Liu Qi's murder case. ”

Wang Shichong is full of neutrality, and he can clearly let thousands of soldiers hear clearly on the battlefield. This opening gradually quieted down the boiling voice.

Wang Shichong looked around and continued: "Just now the official was in the state office, and he said that he could let the corpse speak, this is not a joke, and now, the official will let the fathers and villagers in Yingzhou see the truth of this case. ”

After Wang Shichong finished speaking, he commanded a few words to Zhang Jincheng beside him, Zhang Jincheng understood and waved his hand to several sergeants behind him. Immediately, a sergeant stepped forward and drew his saber from his waist. Through the fence of the wooden cage, a knife stabbed out, just stabbing the pig's neck, only to hear the pig scream, snort twice, limbs on the ground for a while, and finally died.

There was a small commotion in the crowd, and many people began to speculate about Wang Shichong's intentions.

"Lao Li, I can see it clearly this time, presumably the king is going to cast some kind of spell, kill a pig as a sacrifice first." This time, Sun Er and Lao Li grabbed a front position, and they could clearly see every move in the circle.

Lao Li said "hi" and said: "Wang Tingshi is a god, of course he has to show his magic skills, don't you know, I heard that when Wang Tingshi broke the Turks, he shot three crossbows with just one move, and shot all the three most powerful Turkic archers to death at once." I pondered that Wang Tingshi might use the Great Method of Soul Transfer to make Liu Qi's soul turn to this pig and speak. ”

Shen Liusheng blended in the crowd, with a sneer hanging on the corner of his mouth, listening to the conversation of these foolish men and idiots, he only felt funny in his heart, and he muttered to himself: "Wang Shichong, I don't believe that you can really make a dead man speak." ”

In the midst of the whispers of the crowd, several sergeants took out a few torches and lit fires on the two wooden cages, and with a burst of exclamation from the crowd, the two wooden cages suddenly burst into flames, and the other pig began to scream incessantly, and soon, the pig disappeared into the billowing smoke with the screams.

"Lao Li, what kind of medicine do you say is sold in this Wang Thorn Shi gourd, first killed a pig, and then burned a pig here, what does he want to do?" Sun Er grabbed his head and asked suspiciously.

Lao Li laughed and said, "You don't have to think about it, didn't you just say it, then Wang Tingshi must be going to perform some kind of spell, and then he has to sacrifice first, these two roast pigs should be enough." ”

An unknown thin man beside Lao Li said strangely: "Brother, if you say this, you only need to offer two roast pigs, why do you just kill them first and then roast them, and the other is just roasted alive?" ”

A middle-aged woman beside the thin man also shouted: "That's it, and I didn't even pluck the hair after killing the pig, so I roasted it directly, I have also seen sacrifices, but it's not like this, you don't add oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, if you are a fairy, will you be able to eat this kind of meat?" ”

Lao Li snatched it like this, his face was a little unbearable, and his voice was a little unhappy: "Now guess this, what's the use of guessing that, won't it be clear that Wang Tingshi will be clear when he casts the spell, let's watch your play well!" ”

Shen Liusheng's face was gloomy, standing in the crowd, watching the live pig on fire, struggling in vain on the ground, his heart was full of question marks.

After another half an hour, the fire gradually went out, and Wang Shichong instructed Zhang Jin to send the official to lift the mat covering Liu Qi's body, and a foul smell was emitted in the air, and even some of the sergeants and officials who were more than ten zhang away showed disgust on their faces, and unconsciously covered their noses and retreated.

Wang Shichong pointed to Liu Qi's corpse, which had been burned like a piece of black charcoal, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers in Yingzhou, please see, this is Liu Qi's corpse, which has been burned so much that it is difficult to detect the scars on his body, but there is one thing that the official can detect, that is, he knows whether he was burned after death or before his death. ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was like a fried pot, and there were even good deeds shouting in the crowd: "Wang Tingshi, how did you make this Liu Qi's corpse speak, let everyone see it." Otherwise, it's bragging. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, pointed to the big white pig that had also been burned into two piles of black charcoal, and said, "Now Wang will let everyone see how the corpse speaks!" ”

Wang Shichong said this. Turning his head and nodding to Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng had already prepared. stepped forward to put on a white cloth coat for Wang Shichong, put on a mask soaked in vinegar and garlic water for him, put two deerskin gloves on his hands, and stuffed a sharp knife into Wang Shichong's hand by the way.

Wang Shichong walked in front of the first pig corpse that was slaughtered first and then grilled, bent down, picked up a knife and pried it down, opened the pig's mouth, and reached into his mouth. After pulling for a while, he finally withdrew his hand in full view of everyone and raised it high, and everyone could clearly see that his hand was empty except for some blood.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and some people with bright brains had already begun to react, while most of them were still at a loss, staring at each other with big eyes, not knowing what Wang Shichong meant by this.

Wang Shichong didn't talk much. He walked up to another pig corpse that had been burned alive and repeated the same actions he had just done. In everyone's surprised gaze, Wang Shichong's hand was raised high again, but this time, everyone saw that his hand became pitch black, and pieces of pasty black mass fell from his hand.

Wei Zheng, who was standing beside Wang Shichong, took out an iron horn, put it to his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please take a closer look, Wang Tingshi didn't touch anything from the mouth of the dead pig, only some blood left in the mouth when the pig died; And in the mouth of a live pig, I touched this black and slimy ball, do you know what it is? ”

Some people in the crowd reacted, and Lao Li shouted: "I understand, if the pig is burned alive, it will breathe desperately, and it will inhale a lot of soot in its mouth, and if it is mixed with saliva in its mouth, it will become this kind of black and mushy ball, right?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded with a smile and continued: "What this brother said is not bad at all, that's it, the breath of the dead pig is extinct, and there is no soot left in the mouth, and when the live pig is burned, it is a mouth full of smoke and dust, so you can know whether the pig was burned alive or killed and then set on fire." ”

When Zhu heard this, his body shook and he almost fell to the ground, but the two soldiers on the left and right suddenly held him tightly.

When Wei Zheng said this, he glanced at Zhu, whose face was pale, and raised his voice: "Everyone, pigs are like this, and people are the same!" Now, let's check whether this Liu Qi was killed and then cremated! ”

Wang Shichong just took advantage of Wei Zheng's speech to change a pair of gloves, then walked in front of Liu Qi's body, squatted down, this time did not use the knife, but directly broke Liu Qi's mouth with his hand, reached into his mouth, and touched it vigorously.

After a long time, he stood up, raised his right hand high in the eyes of everyone, and slowly opened it, all the people in Yingzhou City could see clearly this time, Wang Shichong's hands were empty, and there were no large pieces of ash!

Liu San was the first to react, and was about to rush towards the Zhu clan beside him, his beard was open, his eyes were wide, and he roared angrily: "Okay, you snake and scorpion poisonous woman, everyone has deceived you, you return my brother's life!" The two sergeants on the side saw that he was out of control, and hurriedly pulled him tightly, so that he did not hurt the Zhu family, who was already stunned.

And the crowd of onlookers was like a volcanic eruption, and the momentum was higher and higher: "Wang Thorn Shi, kill this thief mother-in-law." ”

"Damn, we have all deceived the tears of this thief mother-in-law, Wang Tingshi, we must not let him go!"

Some people even came to their senses, and the thin and tall Sun Er shouted loudly: "Wang Tingshi, Liu Qi's money tickets must have been hidden for this mother-in-law, and they must be recovered!" ”

Wang Shichong unhurriedly took off his coat, took off his gloves, took off his mask, and ate another garlic to eliminate the poison of the corpse, he said loudly: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, the truth of this case has been revealed, Liu Qi must have been killed by this Zhu family first, and then destroyed the corpse." Now the official is going to escort this Zhu family back to the state office, interrogate him carefully, catch his accomplices, and avenge Liu Qizhi's grievances! ”

A burst of thunderous cheers erupted in the crowd, and everyone raised their thumbs and shouted for Wang Shichong, and Liu San cried bitterly and kowtowed to Wang Shichong again and again. (To be continued......)