Chapter 27: How the Case Happened

"Your Excellency!" Jian Qingmai crossed the threshold, came in from outside, respectfully saluted Jiang Zhonglin, and knelt down according to the rules.

Jian Qing was reluctant to kneel to Zhao Di because her years of education made her unable to submit to the powerful. But she knelt in front of this hall with peace of mind because, at this moment, what she wanted to do was to expose the truth, return her innocence, and seek justice for the dead.

She knelt down with the four words "Mirror Hanging", these four words are not interpreted by Jiang Zhonglin, these four words are the faith in the hearts of all ordinary people, and she must maintain this faith.

"My lord, please say a few words, this little beggar's name is Zheng Dong'er, and he is the little beggar who reported He Donglai for killing people early this morning and handed a note to the county government." After Jian Qing finished speaking, she looked at Zhao Hong, she lowered her head and held the ground with her hands, Jian Qing could only see the top of her head clearly, and could not see her expression.

This maid who serves the top brand in the jade building looks very calm.

Hiss!

Jiang Zhonglin is a fool, and he can see at this time that the case is getting more and more complicated. From suicide to murder, it was enough for him to drink a pot, what else would happen next?

But in any case, the promotion is hopeless, and he can't help but start thinking, when he goes to the temple to burn incense this spring, should he step on his left foot or his right foot first?

When Jiang Zhonglin was distracted, Shi Zhong took over the conversation, he had a hunch that this case should be closed today, and that adult should let him go, so he hurriedly asked, "You go on, what happened?" ”

"My lord, this morning, when the grass people were washing their faces by the river, they were tricked into going to the city, and the man threatened the grass people and asked the grass people to send a note to the old men of the county government, saying that the person from the Xinglai Inn was killed by a man named He Donglai......"

"The grass people don't have it, the grass people are wronged!" He Donglai couldn't help but wail.

"Quiet!" Shi Zhong didn't have a startling wood in his hand, so he had to shout at the top of his voice to wake up Jiang Zhonglin, and he slapped it with a shocking wood, and the inside and outside of the hall quieted down.

After all, it was in the lobby, Zheng Dong'er was so frightened by this formation that he didn't dare to say any more. Jian Qing glanced at her.

Jian Qing is Zheng Dong'er's life-saving benefactor, Zheng Dong'er was encouraged by her eyes, and her whole body was full of strength, she took a deep breath and continued, "The grass people were forced to send a note, they thought they would escape, who knows, they didn't plan to let the grass people live at all. The grass people were locked up in the firewood room, if it weren't for Jane...... The people of the county lord have arrived, and the grass people are afraid that they have already walked to the Nai He Bridge! ”

Jian Qing's warning glance made Zheng Dong'er temporarily change his words, but fortunately, no one heard it inside and outside the lobby.

"Orchid, are you guilty?"

The name Lan Laobustard is not bad, but in this lobby, being shouted by Jiang Zhonglin in such a voice brought a sense of joy, and many people outside the lobby who watched the excitement laughed.

Jian Qing didn't smile, she squinted at Lan Laobustard, and the other party's slightly fat body trembled, "My lord, wronged, the grass people don't know about it, and they don't know when there was a little beggar in the building." The grass people are the ones who open the green building, what is the use of this little beggar? If only the big girl would be able to serve the guests! ”

Lan Lao Bustard didn't know that Zheng Dong'er was a woman, but it was no wonder!

So, is this matter the mastermind? But she's just a maid who makes the top card of Yulou, is there anyone behind her?

"It happened to you in the Jade Building, do you want to clean it up? Orchids, don't recruit from the truth! ”

The standing halls on both sides were about to come up to torture, Jian Qing couldn't accept the torture to extract a confession, she raised her head and shouted, "My lord, this matter really has nothing to do with the old bustard of the Yulou, it is related to the murder case of the Xinglai Inn, please allow the county lord to tell the little one the story of the case from beginning to end, and then give a verdict!" ”

A homicide?

Outside the door, there was a sigh, and then the discussion was like a wave, surging towards the narrow door of the county office, Jiang Zhonglin only felt that his brain was buzzing, and suddenly, he was dizzy.

"Ahem!" The sound of coughing came from behind the sill window, and the sound was so high-pitched that it made people feel furious to listen to.

It was the eunuch sent by Prince Ning, what kind of moth did he think of? Didn't you see that the prince had already come to say hello just now? What bothered Jiang Zhonglin the most was that until now, the eunuch had not told him clearly what he wanted to do?

Jiang Zhonglin shook his head suddenly, he found for the first time that the position of the county master was not so easy to do.

Jiang Zhonglin decided to listen to the case first, if he could not offend both, it would be the best, if not, he would only be sorry for Song Zhi, who told him not to be a good man?

"Jianqing, do you know what you're talking about? You said that you want to tell me about the case, could it be that you saw with your own eyes who killed the deceased? ”

"My lord, why don't you listen patiently to the little one first?"

"This official will give you this opportunity today, if you dare to talk nonsense, this official will not spare you!"

Jian Qing didn't bother to pay attention to him, "On the third day of the first lunar month, at the time of Shen, Wang Pu came from the south and got off the carriage at the city gate, he asked the coachman to go to the Xinglai Inn to book a room, and he went to the vacant house on the right side of the Qian family shop on the left back street......"

"That house, someone went in to clean it on the second day of the first month, the backyard wall was broken, and someone used branches in the yard to cover it."

It's the same as the truth, and many people don't know whether to believe it or not.

"Why the first day of the new year? Instead of the third day of the first month, or the fourth day of the first month? Jiang Zhonglin hated this little fool a little, pretended to be smart, and retorted impatiently.

"Xianzun, there are two pear trees in that yard, and the children of the neighboring families like to play in the yard, picking pears, playing house, and playing some games. On the first day of the new year, after the little one went down, the younger brother did not go home, and when the little one was looking for his younger brother, he passed by the backyard, and at that time, there were no branches behind the broken wall. ”

Makes sense!

It was very quiet inside and out, and many old people in Lingqiu County looked back on it, and it seemed that no one had ever been able to analyze a case in such a detailed way.

It's just like listening to a story, it's quite fascinating.

In the sill window, the white-faced and beardless father-in-law poked a hole in the window paper of the sill window, and secretly looked at Jian Qing, where did this little trick come from?

"This year, the weather in Datong Mansion is very strange, after the autumn, there have been a few light rains in the sparse Lala, the last two, yesterday's small fight, but the morning of the third day of the new year fell very big, muddy. On the sixth day of the new year, when I went to the backyard early in the morning, the branches behind the broken wall were still there, and after I pushed them away, the ground was dry and not wet. ”