Early the next morning, the sound of drumming was heard outside the door.

Gu Qian hurriedly got up from the bed, and Qinghe complained while helping him change his clothes: "Childe, you slept late last night, I don't know who came to disturb your rest so early." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, as a parent official, of course I have to respond to my needs."

At this time, Angju rushed over, "Young master, it was the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion who beat the drum, and he brought a few people to identify the murderer." Now they have been left waiting in the side hall. ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to identify the murderer, Gu Qian didn't dare to slack off, so he walked directly to the lobby without having breakfast.

Steward Liu did not identify anyone else, it was Liu An who was imprisoned. Gu Qian lifted Liu An out of prison again.

"Steward Liu, you said that Liu An killed your son-in-law, can you prove it?"

Steward Liu said to a few subordinates beside him: "Why don't you hurry up and tell the truth!" ”

"Back to my lord, a few days ago, the little ones overheard my son-in-law scolding Liu An?"

Gu Qian asked, "Why did your son-in-law reprimand Liu An?" ”

"A few days ago, the son of Xinghua came to the house and said that he had lost something and beat my son-in-law. During that time, Liu An had been serving the two sons, and my son-in-law suspected that the thing was stolen by Liu An, so he reprimanded him. ”

Another subordinate said: "It must be this Liu An who took this opportunity to kill him because of his grudge against his son." My lord, you must seek justice for my son-in-law. ”

Liu An stammered: "You, you are talking nonsense, you are spewing blood!" ”

"I'm not talking nonsense, several of us can testify. You say, did Gongzi reprimand you that day? ”

Seeing that Liu An was silent, Gu Qian asked again: "Liu An, is there such a thing?" ”

Liu An nodded, "That day, the prince asked the little one about it, but the little one didn't see the object he said, so why did he steal it." At that time, the little one had already explained it clearly to my son-in-law, and he didn't blame him. Over the years, the little one has been loyal to the child, and besides, what good can the little one do if he kills the child? ”

Steward Liu snorted, "Then we don't know, you were the only one who stood in front of Gongzi's door that day, and you have the timing and motive for this killing." ”

Liu An listened with a face full of disberence: "Isn't there another person in the room?" Why do you lie to me, and what is your intention? ”

Steward Liu suddenly became angry, "What are you doing as a housekeeper scoundrel in my hall?" Even if Xinghua Gongzi is in Childe's room, how can a comatose person kill Childe? Who can believe this! ”

"Who knows if he really fainted or faked to pass out, and even if he passed out at the time, how can there be any guarantee that he never woke up later?"

Liu An tried his best to defend his own entry, and he said all kinds of possibilities.

"You're clearly quibbling!"

"You're clearly framing!"

Steward Liu and Liu An did not give in to each other in the court, if it weren't for the left and right officials to stop them, they were afraid that they would really have to make a move.

Gu Qian slapped the shocked wood fiercely, "Silence! What do you two think of the court? ”

Seeing Gu Qian angry, the two finally quieted down.

"Liu An, if you don't tell the truth about what happened that day, don't blame the official for serving the punishment!"

If you don't tell the truth, it is estimated that you will become a murderer, Liu An saw that the paper could not contain the fire, so he shouted: "Adult, the small ones are recruited, and the small ones are all recruited." ”

Liu An said: "That day, the little one knocked out the son of Xinghua and left the child's room, according to the little one's understanding of the son, he couldn't finish it in half an hour, so the little one left for a while." ”

"How long have you been away?"

"About two quarters of an hour."

Gu Qian's eyes lit up, "That means that during this period, even if someone enters and leaves Liu Rong's room, you don't know?" ”

Liu An nodded.

"Where have you been in these two quarters of an hour, and what have you been doing?"

Liu An's voice trembled, "The small, the small one is inhaling the incense." Waiting for the little one to go to the door of the son, but only a cup of tea, the kung fu Xinghua boy ran out, and at this time my son-in-law was already dead. ”

"Why didn't you tell the truth before that?"

"Before, I didn't dare to let people know that I was smoking black incense, so I said that I had been guarding in front of Gongzi's door. The little one really didn't kill the son, and the adults are invited to see it! ”

Gu Qian asked, "Do you have any evidence during the period of smoking black incense?" ”

Liu An shook his head, "The little one doesn't dare to let people know about this, where did the witness come from?" ”

Steward Liu said: "My lord, don't listen to his quibbles, he obviously wants to clear his name." ”

Since Liu Rong was able to drink this bowl of sweat medicine, it means that this person must be in Liu's mansion, and he is extremely familiar with it.

If Liu An lied in order to exonerate himself, then this person must be Liu An.

If Liu An is telling the truth, then it means that the murderer has someone else.

Just when Gu Qian was not sure, Gao Dianshi came in and replied, saying that he had indeed found Wuxiang in Liu An's room. It shows that Liu An's words are indeed somewhat credible.

The case became complicated again, and Gu Qian had no choice but to withdraw from the court first and then make plans.

Qinghe walked in with a snack, "Childe, you haven't eaten much all day, and if you go on like this, Iron Man won't be able to stand it." I know you're worried about the reigning Xinghua Gongzi, but you can't starve yourself, can you? ”

"You can put it first, and I'll eat it when I want to."

"Originally, this case was clear and shouldn't have been too talkative, but I always felt that Liu An was the most suspicious, and his timing and motives were in line."

"But we have no evidence."

"This case is the work of the people in the Liu Mansion at a glance, except for Liu Yuan, who is also lying on the sickbed, haven't you interrogated the people of the Liu Mansion one by one before? Only this Liu An has no alibi witnesses. ”

Hearing Qinghe say this, Gu Qian suddenly thought of a person in his mind, but he didn't expect him to ignore this person. Combined with the clues of these days, he was a little more convinced in his heart.

"Gao Dianshi, you brought Song Jiao'e, I want to be re-promoted!"

After a while, Song Jiao'e was brought up by Gao Dianshi, and now Liu Rong has been killed, and Liu Yuanwai has a stroke. But there was not the slightest sadness on his face, not even a hint of pretense.

"Song Jiao'e, where were you on the day of the crime? What are you doing? ”

Song Jiao'e said: "On the day of the crime, the woman was sleeping in the house, and it was not until there was a commotion in the courtyard that she heard from her subordinates that there was a murder in the house. ”

"Do you have an alibi?"

Song Jiao'e shook her head and said: "Since the last time the folk woman made perjury for my uncompetitive brother, the lord felt that the folk woman had lost face to the Liu Mansion, and not only ordered me to be grounded, but also removed all the subordinates who served before. ”

Gu Qian said: "In other words, you didn't have any alibi evidence when Liu Rong was killed?" ”

"What do you mean, sir, don't you suspect that it was the woman who killed Liu Rong? Although he was not born to a people's woman, he was also the only son of the master, so how could a people's woman dare to do such a thing. ”

Gu Qian smiled: "Having said that, I didn't expect you to be planted in two cases because of the same problem. ”

"My lord, you can't just wronged the people's women."

"This official will never wronged people, but you are a butcher?"

"So what? Could it be that because the women of the people are from a low background, the adults will come and let the women be the scapegoats? ”

Gu Qian said: "It's not because of whether you are noble or low, but because of your murderous methods." Liu Rong was killed with a single knife, and the wound on his neck happened to be the knife technique used by the butcher. ”

Song Jiao'e reprimanded angrily: "Is it because of the origin of the people's women that adults have to convict the people's women? You clearly want to exonerate Xinghua! Song Jiao'e shouted to the onlookers again: "The villagers don't know, this magistrate and Xinghua in the prison have long been together, and he tried to put the blame on me this time." Is there no royal law in this world? ”

Suddenly, the people outside the door were talking again, and Gao Dianshi hurriedly asked, "My lord, do you want to give her a slap!" ”

Gu Qian shook his head, "It's true that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, pass on the cloves!" ”

At this time, a woman dressed as a maid walked in and knelt on the ground, "Lilac, a folk girl, I've seen an adult." ”

"Do you recognize this?"

The official handed the fragments of the porcelain bowl to Lilac for identification, and Lilac took these porcelain pieces in her hand and put them together for a moment, "Recognize, this is the bowl in the Ninth Aunt's house." ”

Song Jiao'e shouted angrily for a while: "You guy who eats inside and out, I usually treat you so well, why do you want to frame me?" Your Excellency, you can't just put this sin on the women with just one bowl! ”

Gu Qian ignored it and continued to ask Lilac, "How can you conclude that this is the bowl in the Song family's house?" ”

Lilac said: "This bowl is called Shuanglong Playing Bead Bowl, I heard that it is an object rewarded by the emperor in the palace." When the son of the prefect married the eldest lady of my family, this bowl was given as a dowry. At that time, several ladies were vying for it, and the lord gave it to Aunt Jiu. After that, Aunt Jiu often showed it off, and most of the people in the Liu Mansion knew about it. ”

Song Jiao'e hurriedly defended: "This bowl was lost later, how did the women know how it could appear in this case?" Someone must have been jealous and stole it, and now they are coming to frame it for the people's women! ”

At this time, the rest of the aunts and wives in the hall were shouting: "You don't want to spew blood, this bowl is very precious to you, which person dares to steal it?" What do you mean by this, didn't we order someone to steal it? ”

"That's it, don't come to frame us!"

At this time, Gao Dianshi presented the results of the drug residue for testing, and three words were written on the paper: 'Fetal medicine.' ’

Gu Qian immediately felt that this case was now clear, and the residue of the double dragon play bead bowl and the abortion pill were found in the same well, which means that it was very likely that the same person did it.

"Steward Liu, I wonder if anyone in Liu's mansion is pregnant?"

When Song Jiao'e heard this, her legs suddenly became weak, and she sat down on the ground for a while.

Steward Liu looked at Song Jiao'e on the side and said, "This, I don't know about this little one." ”

"I killed Liu Rong, I did it all!"