Xu Qingming and Xu Lizheng were recruited by the county magistrate to answer questions, and they also helped to serve tea and water, and they knew more in detail.

Xu Qingming said that Wang Laohan was poisoned with arsenic by Xia. Xia also admitted that it was her who gave the drug, and after poisoning Wang Laohan, he was angry, and cut a lot of knives on him, and he had to wait until tomorrow when the case was tried to ask.

Xu Qingming and Xu Lizheng and a few others will go to the county office to testify tomorrow as witnesses. Not only them, but many people will go to the trial to help the Xia family intercede.

Xu Qingming is rarely in the limelight like today, and he is a little proud.

Thinking of Wang Jincai and Wang Sanni, although Xu Lanyin doesn't like these two people, she feels a little sorry for them now. asked, "Wang Jincai and Wang Sanni are not at home?" ”

Xu Qingming said, "I heard Mrs. Wang say that they went to Mrs. Wang's mother's house yesterday to celebrate her brother's birthday. Her mother's home is far away, in a neighboring county. ”

Mrs. Xu said, "If I were the Xia family, I would have taken a life anyway, so it would be better to kill the stinky girl who bullied me to relieve my hatred." ”

Xu Qingming was startled and said busily, "Mother, don't talk nonsense, if you spread this, you will cause trouble." ”

Old man Xu also glared at the old lady, and scolded rarely, "Stinky girl, your heart is more ruthless than Xia's." ”

Mrs. Xu said, "The Xia family was bought into the Wang family as a child daughter-in-law twenty years ago, and they haven't had a good life. Seeing that the man's son was glaring at her, he smiled again, "I just talk about it at home, and I won't go out to talk about it." If you say these things, people will say that the women of our Xu family are not virtuous. ”

Xu Lanyin didn't speak, she was also Mrs. Xu's idea.

As he was talking, Xu Jindou came. The villagers entrusted him to write Bao Xia's "Joint Letter" and present it to the county magistrate tomorrow. The vast majority of the villagers were demarcated, and several members of the Xu family sympathized with the Xia family and also put their handprints on the paper.

The next day, the people of Xiaozao Village went to the county government in groups with the "Joint Petition" to see the trial, not only men, but also some elderly women. Xu Lanyin also wanted to go, and as soon as she said half a sentence, she was glared at fiercely by the Qin family.

Soon I stayed up until the end of the day, and the people who went to see the trial came back one after another.

People were standing outside talking loudly. The pretending to be found arsenic in Wang Laohan's mouth and stomach, and the Xia family in the lobby also confessed that she had murdered someone.

Wang Laohan is an animal, not only forced Xia to sleep a few times, but also often touched her and kissed her. She couldn't bear it anymore, she went to the town a few days ago to buy arsenic, and put it in the tea for Wang Laohan to drink the night before, and after he died, he made up for it a few times. Mrs. Wang was sick and slept in the house without knowing it, and when she got up in the morning, she found that the old man was dead and made a fuss......

Catch quickly went to the pharmacy in the town to check that Xia had indeed bought arsenic five days ago, and she said that it was for poisonous rats. When selling arsenic as a poison, pharmacies have to ask for the reason and record it.

The human and material evidence is complete, the murderer pleaded guilty, and the case seems to be clear. Although the county magistrate did not close the case today, the evidence that the Xia family killed his father-in-law is conclusive, and everyone thinks that Wang Laohan was killed by the Xia family.

Zhao Wu still didn't go home that night, and Xu Lan couldn't ask more details because she wanted to.

The next day, a small number of villagers went to see the trial. They came back from time to time, saying that the case was closed, and the Xia family was so honest that they couldn't bear it anymore by their father-in-law Wang Laohan, and deliberately murdered Wang Laohan. Because the Xia family is also a bitter master, and there is a joint plea from the villagers, the understanding of the Wang mother-in-law, the county magistrate sentenced at his discretion, and did not sentence the Xia family to behead or chop the sentence, but to exile. However, if the murder case is reported to the Punishment Division, and the Punishment Division will be approved by the Upper Criminal Department after the trial, it is difficult to say whether the final result of the Xia family will be so good.

In this era, the murder of elders is a very serious criminal offense, and the murderer will be sentenced to death.

The verdict of the Min County Order made the people who watched the trial greatly moved, and they sang the praises of the Qingtian Lord in their mouths, and some people even kowtowed to him.

Mrs. Wang was also released and came back crying all the way. The villagers began to sympathize with Mrs. Wang again, and many women blocked the road to persuade her, and some people even brought her food.

The Qin family still sympathized with the "murderer" Xia family, and sighed for a long time.

Xu Lanyin said, "I think this case is suspicious. ”

From the perspective of criminal psychology, honest people are introverted, timid and fearful, and have stronger tolerance than ordinary people. If the Xia clan is really the murderer, after she poisoned Wang Laohan, she was still angry and slashed a few times. In this kind of mood, even if Wang Sanni, who usually stands by and watches, is present, she may be killed by her anger, not to mention the princess who has been bullying her......

Qin Shi said angrily, "The county lord is wise, and there are also big officials from the provincial capital, they often judge cases, how can they not see if there are suspicious points." The girl's family, don't think about it. ”

Of course, Xu Lanyin couldn't tell the Qin clan about this.

In the evening, Zhao Wu, who looked tired, came back, and even walked a little trembling. He was not only tired, but also hungry.

Last night, he listened to Tang Tongzuo tell him about the autopsy, and at night he followed him to the autopsy room to see the corpse with his own eyes, and watched Tang Tongzuo break open the corpse's mouth, and then pull open the corpse's throat and stomach, telling him the difference between poisoning and not poisoning, and the difference between taking poison himself and poisoning after death......

Zhao Wu vomited nauseously and didn't eat for a day.

He felt that he had come into contact with a dead person, so it was not good to go directly to Xu's house, so he went back to the house first to wash up and change his clothes before coming over.

Qin Shi said distressedly, "Ouch, why are you so tired, come and eat, my aunt specially stewed pork belly soup for you to make up for it." ”

Hearing the pork belly, Zhao Wu was a little sick to his stomach and couldn't eat.

Xu Lan understood and said with a smile, "Come, eat more vegetarian dishes." "He put a lot of sauerkraut stewed tofu in his bowl, which was appetizing and disgusting.

When the Qin clan heard that Zhao Wu actually went to see Wang Laohan's corpse and the contents of his stomach, he said angrily, "Little child, go and see what that thing is, how scary." ”

Zhao Wudao, "In the future, when I become a horse fast, I will definitely come into contact with these and learn first." ”

During the meal, everyone did not dare to ask more. After dinner, Zhao Wu returned to the house, and Xu Lanyin took the key to the West Chamber after washing the dishes.

The Qin clan heard the movement in the house, and knew that the girls were curious, so they didn't care about them.

Zhao Wu was wearing a shirt and pants, and his hair was scattered. Seeing Xu Lanyin's inquiry, he told the case again, Xia's expression and confession, Wang Pozi's testimony, and Wang Laohan's autopsy were more detailed than the villagers.

After hearing this, Xu Lanyin pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think it's the person killed by Sister-in-law Wang." She was coerced by the real murderer for some reason and was willing to be a scapegoat. And the real murderer, at present, is most likely to be Mrs. Wang. She has a strong personality, is often beaten by Wang Laohan, holds a grudge, and has a motive to kill. She killed Wang Laohan and tricked Wang's sister-in-law into helping her take the blame. ”