As soon as he heard that the witnesses were these two, Du Ruhai was immediately deflated and kowtowed like pounding garlic:

"Your Highness spares your life, Your Highness spares your life! The grass people did make a false account, but the grass people didn't kill people with mercury, so I beg His Highness to find out......"

Zhang Fan and Li Guangcai, the heirs of the emperor's grandson, were the two Yangzhou compradors who sold Du Ruhai mercury and gold powder. Du Ruhai didn't know that they were actually summoned to Baoying, it seems that this time he has to fill in the lives of others!

Du Ruhai bought fifty catties of mercury from Zhang Fan, but seventeen bottles contained a total of fifty-one catties. And Li Guangcai only sold forty-five catties of gold dust to Du Ruhai. The ratio of mercury to gold dust is one to one, that is, in fact, only forty-five catties of mercury were used.

As for the forty-eight in the settlement, it is their usual trick of overstating the cost, so that they can settle more money with the temple. In this way, Du Ruhai did not have more than nothing, just two more bottles of mercury, a total of six catties.

"Then Gu is going to ask you, where did you use the extra two bottles of mercury?"

Last night, Xiao Yan took people to Yangzhou overnight, and the bottom of the porcelain vase was marked with the trade name "Yangzhou Zhang Ji". Zhang Fan and Du Ruhai were very familiar and knew where his gold dust came from, so Xiao Yan brought back the two shopkeepers along with the account books, and together with Baoying, as well as Xiao Zhengze, the younger brother of the bitter master Xiao Jiuru.

The imperial grandson has never tried a case, and last night he had a very happy conversation with Hua Qiao and Hu Yanjin. According to the analysis of the three people, the most perverted motive for killing should be Guo Qingchen's new fiancé Zhao Xifeng, but as of last night, there was no evidence pointing to him.

The imperial grandson decided to start the investigation from this bottle with "Yangzhou Zhang Ji" containing mercury on the bottom, and when Xiao Yan returned to Baoying, the imperial grandson and the goldsmith Du Ruhai were basically sure that they had nothing to do with the case. He was made the current number one suspect.

Where did the extra two bottles of mercury go? Du Ruhai opened his mouth and couldn't answer.

"Take Guo Cheng!" The imperial grandson did not wait for his ink, and summoned a second person.

Guo Cheng is the name of Guo Chengshilang. Cheng Shilang is a petty official with no real power donated for him by his father, but his status has been raised to a higher level.

As soon as he entered the lobby and saw the face of the corpse on the ground, Guo Cheng's eyes were like needles pierced, and he wished that he was blind immediately, so he couldn't see anything......

If it weren't for the evil fate planted in the City God's Temple that day, why would the daughter have died, and how could this person have been in the public court!

I thought that my daughter would marry Xiao Jieyu's younger brother Xiao Jiuru, and the whole family would follow the chicken and dog to heaven, but I didn't expect that the companion was like a tiger, and the Xiao family fell into trouble overnight. Guo Cheng was thinking about how to quit this family, and Zhao Xifeng, the son of the county government Zhao chief bookkeeper, came to the door:

"Guo Chengshilang, the day before yesterday, Young Master Ben met your daughter in the City God Temple, she stole my things, I will come over today to get them. I also asked Miss Guo to come out and testify with me face to face. ”

Guo Cheng was taken aback, how could Qingchen steal people's things? Don't get me wrong. Hurry up and let people in and invite the big girl.

Guo Qingchen came out to greet him, Zhao Xifeng immediately changed his face, he smiled shyly: "Miss Guo is really bigger and more beautiful!" That day in the temple, Miss Guo glanced at it and stole the heart of the young master, and the young master couldn't see the girl for a few days, it was like losing his soul, and the young master's heart was ...... Please return it to the girl. ”

Guo Qingchen panicked, he was willing to listen to him say such nonsense, and turned around to leave. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xifeng grabbed her arm and laughed: "If you can't pay it back, then marry into my house and let me hold it every day, so you don't have to pay it back." ”

He turned his head to the stunned Guo Cheng and said, "Lord Yue, my son-in-law sincerely marries your daughter, this is a great blessing for the Guo family." The eighth day of next month is a good day, and you have to be ready. ”

Guo Cheng said with a sad face: "No, my daughter has been married to the Xiao family in Yangzhou since she was a child, and she has also been hired, this family has not yet retired, how can she be married to someone else?" ……”

"Someone, carry me up!" Zhao Xifeng gave an order, and two subordinates came in with a big red box. Zhao Xifeng smiled: "Isn't it just hiring?" Young Master Ben has also been hired, I see that the Xiao family that has been copied from the bottom to the bottom, what is it to fight with me? ”

Guo Qingchen, who had been grabbing his wrist, was annoyed, and sneered: "You just come to the Golden Mountain, and I don't want to marry you!" "She and Xiao Jiuru have already fallen in love and made a private lifelong commitment, where are they willing to lose their lover and marry someone else?

But her father, Guo Chengshilang, was really moved.

Although Zhao Xifeng's father is just a small master of the county Yajiupin, but by chance, he recognized the father-in-law Qin in the palace as his godfather, and now although he is only the head of the palace in Yingtianfu, who dares not to buy his account in the entire Yingtianfu?

The Xiao family is like a lost dog, and when he uses the name of Father-in-law Qin to press, are you afraid that the Xiao family will not obediently quit his family?

After thinking about it, Guo Chengshilang smiled and said: "Then I will withdraw from my relatives here, and I will send the little girl's Nian Geng Bazi to the house." ”

Guo Qingchen saw that his father agreed so lightly, he was anxious and angry, and he wanted to hit his head to death, crying: "Dad, you can't be so treacherous and marry your daughter to this scoundrel again......"

The corpse in the hall was precisely because of the retreat from his relatives, and he came to Baoying, and his theoretical Yangzhou Xiao Jiuru.

Before he could get to the place, Guo Cheng's legs weakened and he knelt on the ground. Two officials dragged him to the imperial grandson.

The imperial grandson asked expressionlessly: "Guo Cheng, six days ago, your daughter Guo Qingchen died violently, what is the cause of death?" ”

"Back to ...... Back to Your Highness, my daughter...... Died by drowning in the river...... There is a county government to verify. "Guo Cheng really regrets it, he should have set fire to the morgue's courtyard.

"Your Royal Highness, on that day, Guo Chengshilang did not let the maid take off his clothes and conduct an autopsy on the grounds that men and women were different, and the people's daughter asked for a new autopsy." The buckwheat saluted. Of course, if you have to re-examine the autopsy, you can't use the conclusion that she picked up the coffin that night as evidence, right?

Xu Xian Ling hurriedly stopped: "Nonsense! The autopsy is a full-time member of the yamen, and you are a people's girl......"

The imperial grandson interrupted him and said, "Hua Qiao is the coroner of Lone, what's the matter?" Can't you? Hua Qiao, I will allow you to re-examine the autopsy. The official listened to the order and quickly went to the Guo Mansion to carry the coffin of the deceased Guo Qingchen to the county office. ”

Hua Qiao couldn't help but be excited: I really became a coroner? Daddy is a servant, a county official, and a coroner, but I only have an official position in the six doors of the capital, am I not more powerful than Daddy?

Hu Yanjin saw Hua Qiao's face smiling, and hurriedly clenched his fists and coughed twice on his lips, so that Hua Qiao came back to his senses, and hurriedly smiled and thanked him.

I only heard the imperial grandson say again: "In view of the need to wait for the autopsy, the hall will be adjourned for an hour." Huyanjin, Hua Qiao, you come in. ”

After speaking, the imperial grandson got up and went to the back hall.