Chapter 41: The Spirit Woman
"Zhang Xiu, tell me in detail what you know about Wenhua Palace." Zhixian returned to his Taishi chair.
"They forced me." Zhang Xiu was muttering this sentence over and over again, obviously he didn't have much ability to think at this time.
"How did they force you?" The magistrate asked, "Is it Liu He who they fancy that asked you to send people over?" ”
"It was the spirit woman who said it." Zhang Xiu looked up a little stupidly, "Lingpo came over and said that woman would help the waiters of Wenhua Palace to practice, so I wanted to send it over." ”
"Who is the Spirit Woman!" The magistrate asked.
Liu Ping'an wondered, why did another spirit woman come out, didn't he say that the people of Wenhua Palace did evil?
"Yes......" Zhang Xiu was stunned, "I don't know what her name is, it's just an old woman, she is wearing the clothes of a waiter in Wenhua Palace." ”
"Who is she from Mandarin Palace?"
Zhang Xiu shook her head, "She's not from Wenhua Palace." ”
"She's a local?" The magistrate asked.
Zhang Xiu continued to shake his head, "I don't remember, it seems to be the accent of the Imperial City." ”
"Do you remember what she looked like?" The magistrate asked.
Zhang Xiu finally nodded.
The magistrate said, "Find the painter in your shop and draw this person's pattern." ”
The official immediately went out to find someone, and the magistrate tried such a murder case, where did he care if the painter could sleep, even if he fell asleep, he would be woken up directly.
"Zhang Xiu, what you said does not exempt you from the death penalty." The magistrate said, "You just said that you were instigated to kidnap the daughter of a good family, but this matter is your hand." ”
"Who moved the hand on Liu He, who left the handprint on her neck!" The magistrate asked loudly.
Zhang Xiu was trembling with fear from the magistrate, "It's the waiter of Wenhua Palace." ”
"What a waiter! Do you know what the other person's name is? "The magistrate can't wait to take people to Wenhua Palace to arrest people now.
Zhang Xiuyi reported five names in a row, and the magistrate asked the master to write the names of those people.
"How did you commit murder in the end, but you really brought it in!" The magistrate listened to the names of these people and saw the case file handed in by the servant next to him, and his face was extremely embarrassed.
These people don't die, he reads the books of the sages in vain!
The case was tried in public, and the magistrate only said half of the injuries on Liu He's body.
"Seven days ago, I knocked her unconscious, put her in a box and took her to Wenhua Palace." Zhang Xiu said, "When I went in the morning, I asked the guy to put the box on the carriage. When I got there, I gave them to the men, and they took them down and purified them. ”
Hearing these two words, Liu Ping'an frowned, she instantly understood what it meant, and why did the magistrate sigh and shake his head at the paper on the table before.
"What they did, I don't know." Zhang Xiu wanted to pick himself clean, "I stayed until late before leaving, and when I walked through the boundary of Dingxi Town, suddenly someone from the Wenhua Palace chased after me, and I knew that the woman was hiding under my carriage." ”
"The woman tried to run, but she didn't. Blame the woman, if she didn't run, there would be nothing to do. ”
The magistrate sneered and stared at Zhang Xiu, "Go on!" ”
"She just resisted too much, so those people were impulsive and heavy, which strangled her to death."
Liu Shun, who had been listening to the side, how could he still be calm, break free from the official who had been holding back, and gave Zhang Xiu a punch in the past: "You must not die!" ”
"Officer, control him." The magistrate turned his head and asked Zhang Xiu, "Have you ever pinched Liu He?" ”
"Nope!"
"Those five people did it?" The magistrate asked.
"Yes! It's true, I'm not lying. ”
The magistrate asked, "Will you identify them then?" ”
Zhang Xiu lowered his head and did not speak, and the magistrate said: "If you don't want to confess, then you can only bear these charges yourself." ”
"I do!" Zhang Xiu said excitedly: "I am willing to identify them." ”