Yang Qiuchi was too lazy to care about these things, and asked Wu Xiang: "Miss Jin Keying of Drunken Yinglou, do you know each other?" Hearing this, Wu Xiang shuddered and avoided Yang Qiuchi's gaze.

As soon as Yang Qiuchi saw his expression, he knew that he had a ghost in his heart, and asked confidently, "Are you confessing by yourself?" Or wait until we tear down a few of your bones and then confess? After a pause, he continued, "To tell you the truth, your original shopkeeper Wang Fushun has already told you everything about instructing you to kill Miss Jin Keying, and the reason why I will let you say it again is just to see if you are honest or not." After thinking about it, he smiled again, "But you're really honest, you don't run away when you kill someone, and you stay at home and hook up with your sister-in-law." ”

When Wu Xiang heard this, even the shopkeeper Wang said that he had something else to hide, and said with a face like earth: "Master, I said, I said that the shopkeeper Wang gave me seventy taels of silver to kill Miss Keying, but I didn't kill her, I really didn't kill her, so I didn't run." ”

What the? Hearing this, Yang Qiuchi chuckled in his heart and turned his head to look at Song Zhixian. Song Zhixian's originally relaxed expression suddenly became serious. Song Zhixian asked, "You, what did you say?" ”

"I really didn't kill Miss Ke Ying," Wu Xiang sweated on his head and said tremblingly, "I went to look for her, and I was going to kill her, but I didn't find it for many days, and I spent some money in Drunken Eagle Tower to hear from Gui Gong's mouth, saying that Miss Ke Ying had been out for several days and had never come back." The shopkeeper Wang urged me again, I have spent a lot of money on the silver he gave, and I can't pay for it, I pondered, anyway, Miss Keying has disappeared, so I lied to the shopkeeper Wang and said that I killed it, and the body has been disposed of, and the shopkeeper Wang will not know. As soon as I said this, the king's shopkeeper believed it, and then he ran away. ”

Yang Qiuchi was dumbfounded now, there wouldn't be such a coincidence, right? Could it be that this kid wants to smash us? Yang Qiuchi glanced at Niu Baihu. Niu Baihu understood, and with a wave of his hand, the brocade guards began to torture Wu Xiang to extract a confession again, beating Wu Xiang to death.

Yang Qiuchi thought to himself, although he still didn't know if Wu Xiang was lying, but Wu Xiang had wanted to kill Jin Keying's girl, and he had also gone to look for it, so it had already constituted preparations for the crime of intentional homicide, and it was not too much to be beaten. Besides, in the Ming Dynasty, torture was legal.

Wu Xiang was beaten to death by Jinyiwei several times, but he still did not admit to killing Jin Keying.

In the end, Niu Baihu used his severed finger to extract a confession**, this Wu Xiang's resistance was not as good as that of Wang Fushun, so he was twisted off a finger, and he screamed and shouted that he was willing to confess.

Song Zhixian and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but when they inquired in detail about the killing process, they found that what Wu Xiang said was not the same as the horse's mouth, one would say that it was killed with a knife, one would say that it was strangled to death, one would say that it was killed in the drunken Yinglou, one would say that it was killed outside the city of Ningguofu, one would say that the corpse was thrown into the river, and the other would say that the corpse had been burned, and even the vegetable field in Guangde County, where the murder and burial body was buried, was not right.

Niu Baihu was so angry that he wrung off two of Wu Xiang's fingers, and passed Wu Xiang to death several times, but he still made it up, and it didn't match the actual situation at all.

Song Zhixian really had no plan, and began to induce confessions again, Wu Xiang's spirit had been completely destroyed, and he had been following Song Zhixian and admitting everything.

Judging from the interrogation process, Yang Qiuchi became more and more sure that this Wu Xiang was not a murderer at all.

Under normal circumstances, when the murderer is tortured to extract a confession, in order to avoid the unbearable and huge pain, he will generally tell the truth, because if he tells a lie, he will continue to suffer this kind of suffering, which will not play the role of exempting the pain, and second, even if he confesses indiscriminately, it is still a confession, and he can also be convicted and beheaded according to the confession.

The reason why Wu Xiang made up nonsense was because he couldn't be tortured and wanted to be exempted from this pain, but he didn't know the true situation of the murder, so he couldn't summon the real thing, so he had to make up nonsense or follow the interrogators' questioning.

Master Jin heard that Wu Xiang was willing to confess, and found a pen and paper and was about to make a record, Yang Qiuchi waved his hand: "Forget it, don't write it yet." "Actually, Master Jin and Song Zhixian also knew from Wu Xiang's indiscriminate confession that Wu Xiang probably didn't kill Jin Keying, but he was really punished, and he confessed indiscriminately, if he really wants to decide the case like this, maybe it will become the second wrong case of Long Zixu killing his wife, and if he has to wipe his ass after the wrong judgment, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Song Zhixian and the others ran out of ideas and looked at Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi smiled bitterly, he didn't have a better idea, he had to wait until he went back to Guangde County tomorrow to see, Master Jin sent someone to find out what was going on with the "pillar" on the note and the surname Liu, and see if there were any new clues.

After being busy, it was already approaching evening, Yang Qiuchi ordered Wu Xiang's sister-in-law Mao to be released, he didn't want to care about their uncle and sister-in-law's annihilation, and let the people of Ning Guofu take care of it. Let Niu Baihu send Jinyiwei to temporarily lock Wu Xiang in Jinyiwei prison, find a Lang Zhong to help him connect the broken finger bone, and escort him back to Guangde County to be detained early tomorrow morning, and then deal with it after the truth of the case is revealed.

Everyone was very depressed, thinking that this white bone case had been solved, but unexpectedly, the cooked duck still flew.

Song Qing saw that everyone was unhappy, and said with a smile: "I said that I invited you to swim on the flower boat, let's go now." ”

This proposal made Song Zhixian quickly recover his spirits. After Song Zhixian's brother died, Song Qing and her mother have been single, Song Zhixian blamed himself for not taking good care of this orphan and widow, and now he also wants to take this opportunity to visit Song Qing's in-laws to see how this family affair is.

After Yang Qiuchi listened to Song Qing's suggestion, his expression became even more depressed, and he said lightly: "Go ahead, I'm a little tired and want to rest early." He turned around and walked slowly. Long Zixu pulled Chunya and said, "Let's accompany the young master, you guys go." ”

Song Yun'er also said: "I also accompany my brother, and I won't go." ”

Song Qing was a little embarrassed, but the words had already been spoken, and she didn't know what to do, so she was so anxious that her face was flushed. Song Zhixian smiled: "Qing'er, since everyone is tired today, then, let's go another day." ”

Niu Baihu saw that Yang Qiuchi was unhappy, and said: "Tonight, Brother Yang and a few others will live in the yamen of the official Baihu. I will entertain you well, and if you want to watch the song and dance, I will invite the dancers to the yamen to dance. Let's enjoy it while drinking. Ran up a few steps, walked side by side with Yang Qiuchi, and said, "Brother Yang, tonight, my brother will compensate you for drinking enough, do you say okay?" Yang Qiuchi smiled reluctantly and nodded.

Song Qing walked a few steps, followed Yang Qiuchi's side, glanced at his indifferent face, opened his mouth and wanted to speak, looking at Niu Baihu and the others next to him, but it was difficult to speak.

Originally, this matter was nothing, but Song Qing's behavior expanded the grievances in Yang Qiuchi's heart, and the sourness surged into Yang Qiuchi's heart, he didn't want others to look at him like this, so he quickened his pace and moved forward.

Song Qing couldn't keep up, and shouted anxiously: "Brother Qiuchi, Brother Qiuchi, wait for me, okay?" He took a few steps and pulled Yang Qiuchi's sleeve. Yang Qiuchi stopped, and when the others saw that they had something to say, they walked to the front and waited for them.

Song Qing gritted her silver teeth: "Brother Qiuchi, I'm sorry, it's me who made you angry...... I didn't mean to......" It's okay that Song Qing didn't apologize, but this apology made the sourness in Yang Qiuchi's heart more and more provoked, he looked at Song Qing's delicate face, and didn't know why he was so sad, could it be that this is the legendary jealousy?

In modern society, Yang Qiuchi can't find a girlfriend, so he has never tasted jealousy. borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul and came to the Ming Dynasty, Feng Xiaoxue, Song Yun'er, Bai Sumei, Qin Zhihui and all the girls liked to worship him like an emperor superstar idol, and even Song Zhixian's concubine Mei Niang thought of ways to seduce him.

This doll-like beauty Song Qing, who had just met not long ago, also kissed him secretly on a moonlit night, which aroused his feelings, and then he knew that it turned out that the family already had a boyfriend, or a big family, needless to say, it must be some kind of jade tree Linfeng or something like the handsome son, Song Qing just proposed to ask her boyfriend to invite them to go on a flower cruise, and the five-flavor bottle in Yang Qiuchi's heart was finally overturned.

Yang Qiuchi is actually a sentimental person, and he often thinks that he has chosen the wrong career. It stands to reason that forensic doctors need to face most of the cold corpses, which must not be swayed by emotions, but Yang Qiuchi often devotes himself to the virtual emotional world and struggles to extricate himself, when he was in middle school, he was still popular to read Qiong Yao's novels, and a girl in the class borrowed a copy of "Gathering and Dispersing Two Yiyi" to him, and after he finished reading it, he was so sad that he was infected by the love story in the novel for three days.

Yang Qiuchi raised his eyes to look at the distant view under the sunset, desperately trying to divert his thoughts and let himself think, in the modern city, it is difficult to see such a beautiful sunset scenery without a little pollution.

Song Qing looked at Song Zhixian in the distance, and saw that they were facing away from this side, obviously not wanting to embarrass them, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Yang Qiuchi's side face, Xiao Bei bit his teeth, made up his mind, suddenly grabbed Yang Qiuchi's arm, stood on tiptoe, and quickly kissed the corner of Yang Qiuchi's mouth.

At this moment, the iceberg in Yang Qiuchi's heart collapsed in an instant. He turned his face, looked at Song Qing, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing?" ”

"I don't know." Song Qing looked at him with big eyes, her round face was flushed with shame, and the small dimples were even more charming, "This family business was decided by my father and mother when I was very young, but ...... But I like it...... Loved being with you. Song Qing looked at Yang Qiuchi very boldly, her eyes flashing brightly.

It turns out that the women of the Ming Dynasty are not all virtuous ladies like dumb ducks, and they also feel that they take the initiative to pursue love, and there are many such descriptions in the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as "Troubled Flowers", which describes the story of the young girl Yurong's bold pursuit of the handsome scholar Pang Wenying, which is very revealing.

"But you have to marry his ...... eventually," Yang Qiuchi felt another cramp in his heart.

Song Qing's eyes also dimmed, and she bowed her head and said nothing.

Seeing Song Qing like this, Yang Qiuchi blamed himself a little, he couldn't be the master of marriage in ancient times, of course Yang Qiuchi understood this, and his words were too childish, what should you do with Song Qing? Eloped with yourself? Do you go home crying and ask for a divorce? It's too selfish to let her go to a girl's house to deal with things that she doesn't have the right to deal with.

Yang Qiuchi also looked at Song Zhixian in the distance, and suddenly found that Song Yun'er was standing alone, not knowing what she was thinking. Yang Qiuchi didn't have time to ponder Song Yun'er's thoughts now, so he took Song Qing's hand and said, "Okay, don't think about it, let's go." Song Qing nodded, and the two caught up with Song Zhixian side by side.

Now Yang Qiuchi has time to ponder Song Yun'er's thoughts. Yang Qiuchi has been deeply touched by the attachment of this unruly daughter to Yang Qiuchi, but I don't know why, he just doesn't call Song Yuner, he just feels very happy with her.

Yang Qiuchi secretly looked at Song Yun'er, and saw that she ignored herself, and wanted to say a few words to her, but she was afraid that Song Qing would have ideas, so she pressed the gourd and floated the scoop, and the two ends were not human. Yang Qiuchi suddenly realized that he was sandwiched between these two girls, left and right, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The group came to the yamen of the hundred households of the cattle hundred, not far from the prefect's yamen. After settling down in the residence, Niu Baihu held a banquet and invited many singers to sing, dance, and drink to help the fun. I drank it until late at night.

The next morning, Yang Qiuchi and the others got up and washed up, and Niu Baihu was already waiting in the living room. Yang Qiuchi and the others were about to have breakfast and then drove back to Guangde County, when Menzi came to report that the prefect of Ningguo Mansion had come to visit. Niu Baihu hurriedly greeted the door.

Didn't the prefect go out for something, and he came back so soon, no wonder the deputy secretary of the prefectural party committee was killed in the office, this is a major event, and he, as the first leader of the prefectural party secretary, of course had to rush back overnight to deal with it.

Song Yuner and Song Qing are female dependents, so they can't participate in this kind of official official meeting, so they retreated to the back hall, and of course Chunya also avoided the back hall. Long Zixu is Yang Qiuchi's follower and follows behind Yang Qiuchi. Everyone waited in the living room for a while, and then saw Niu Baihu and the prefect walking in side by side.

Niu Baihu smiled and led the prefect to Yang Qiuchi, and said, "Lord Zhou, I will introduce you to a good friend," pointing to Yang Qiuchi, "This is a good friend of the lowly position, Yang Qiuchi Yang Brother who solves the case like a god." He turned to Yang Qiuchi and said, "Brother, this is our parent official of Ningguo Mansion, Lord Zhou of Zhou Governor's Mansion." ”

Yang Qiuchi bowed and saluted: "See the prefect below!" ”

The prefect of the Ming Dynasty is the fourth grade, which is equivalent to the current secretary of the prefectural party committee, and can be regarded as a middle-level leading cadre of the country.

(To be continued)