"I've got to go check it out." Liu Ping'an said to Xiao Zhiqi, "Otherwise, I will always think about this matter in the future." ”

It was completely dark, and Xiao Zhiqi didn't stop him, "I'll go with you." ”

Mancang put down his chopsticks and followed.

Liu Ping'an looked at Xiao Manniang, and Xiao Manniang immediately said: "Xiao Man and I won't go, I have to take him to rest early." ”

Watching Xiaoman and his wife return to the room, Liu Ping'an and the others left.

When I went out, I saw Xiao Er, who was standing on tiptoe not far away to watch the excitement, "Little Second Brother, let's go over and have a look?" ”

Xiao Er said casually, "I still have guests here." As a result, when the words came out, I reacted, aren't they just guests, waiting for guests to see the excitement, no problem! To talk about this matter, the proprietor has to pay two more wages.

There was still some distance from the mansion, and I saw that there were people over there.

"Hey, I can't see anything when I come." Xiao Er regretted it, "Where can you still see it when you are crowded like this." ”

These crowds are nothing to Liu Ping'an, when she grabbed the flowing water seat, she squeezed to the innermost in minutes.

It's the same now.

Xiao Zhiqi made a mistake, and Liu Ping'an in front of him got into the crowd.

Xiao Zhiqi is tall and has a large physique, and as soon as he moves, the people in front of him make dissatisfied sounds, in order to avoid unnecessary commotion, Xiao Zhiqi can only wait outside.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhiqi is tall, and when he moved two bricks elsewhere to pad them under his feet, he could also see Liu Ping'an.

The table and Taishi chair that were set out in the afternoon were still in their original positions, and the magistrate had already sat down on the chairs.

Zhang Xiu and others, who were originally taken into custody, were all brought out, all four of them were tied by wrists, and there was a servant standing behind each of them.

Torches were lit all around the mansion, and lanterns were hung everywhere, but the courtyard was illuminated.

Zhixian sat on the Taishi's chair and asked Li Zheng in Dayu Town, "Why hasn't this person been called yet?" ”

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment, I have already sent someone to shout, and I will be here soon." Li is bent over, slightly obese figure, looking like a potato at the moment.

Soon the crowd parted from the outside, and Liu Shun and Zhu Xiaochun were brought in.

Liu Shun saw the four people kneeling in the hall, his eyes were red, and he couldn't wait to go over and skin them alive.

Li Zhengdao: "Liu Shun, Zhu Xiaochun, hurry up and meet Lord Zhixian." ”

Zhu Xiaochun pulled Liu Shun and knelt down in front of the magistrate.

"Now that the people have arrived, let's begin, and you will get up and sit in on the trial." The magistrate was shocked, "Come on, bring evidence!" ”

Soon a box was lifted to the clearing.

"Open."

The official opened the box, and the magistrate got down from the Taishi's chair and walked in front of Zhang Xiu, "Do you recognize the box behind you?" ”

Zhang Xiu glanced back at it hurriedly, and immediately turned around, "No...... I don't know. ”

"Since you don't know each other, why did you put it in the backyard of your bookstore!" The magistrate turned his head and asked Zheng Hei, who was kneeling next to him, "Since it's not your owner's, but you secretly let it go by yourself?" ”

"No, how could it be me." Zhang Hei cried: "Lord Zhixian, this box is used by the calligraphy and painting shop to hold paper and pencils, and the neighbors know it, how could it be that I secretly put it." ”

The magistrate asked the onlookers, "Do any of you know this box?" ”

There was a sound of discussion in the crowd, and finally a middle-aged man stood up, "My lord, I know that box, it is indeed from a calligraphy and painting shop." ”

Zhixian nodded, "Okay, what's your name?" Do you know that if you are found guilty of false testimony, you will be exiled? Can you vouch for the truth that you are saying? ”

"My name is Qi Shan, I didn't give false testimony, what I said was the truth, if the magistrate didn't believe it, he could ask others." The man said.

followed the master of the county magistrate, "This big brother, the magistrate asked you like this according to the regulations, it's not that I don't believe you." ”

"It's good that adults believe me, my family lives across the door from the calligraphy and painting shop, and I have seen this box several times in his store." Qi Shan pulled the people around him, "They can all testify." ”

With Qi Shan's words, two more people stood up to testify.

After asking the names and addresses of these witnesses clearly, this will be counted as valid testimony, and whether Zhang Xiu recognizes it or not, it can be written in the case file.

"When you come to the present, you still want to deny it, if you can hide from it, then where will you put the law of the southern kingdom!" Lord Zhixian picked up Zhang Xiu, pressed him to the edge of the box and knelt down, "The official asked you, what is this!" What are the few dark blue filaments at this lock! ”

Zhang Xiu kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything.

The magistrate threw him away, and the official quickly held down Zhang Xiu and took him to the original place to kneel.

"Bring people! Take the corpse. "The magistrate issued an order.

After waiting for a while, the officials soon came over with the corpses, and there were also servants who came together.

Liu Shun couldn't help but reddened his eyes when he saw the person covered with a white cloth.

He lifted a corner of the white cloth covering the corpse, but because the corpse was damaged by wild dogs, he did not remove all the white cloth.

What is exposed is Liu He's hand, and it is the sleeve on his hand that needs to be seen.

The magistrate went over and grabbed Liu He and pressed him to Liu He's hand, "Do you see the scratch on the sleeve?" Same material as your chest! ”

"You have nothing to do with Liu He's death." Zhixian lowered his voice slightly, "I can directly sentence you to death based on these, but you have to be honest and tell the mastermind behind the scenes, maybe you can save your life." ”

Zhang Xiu, who has always denied it, hesitated when he heard that he could live.

He looked at the magistrate and said, "It's really not the one I killed." ”

Liu Ping'an, who was conveyed by Youjun throughout the process, was really a little puzzled when she heard what Zhang Xiu said, she turned around and faced the corner, "Didn't you say that he killed the person?" ”

Youjun nodded, "Yes, I killed it with others." ”

"Say, who killed Liu He?" The magistrate asked, "Who did it?" ”

"Yes......" Zhang Xiu looked at Zhixian, thinking in his mind who could survive and whether the people from Wenhua Palace would come to save him.

After thinking about it for a while, he could only save himself.

"It's the waiter of Wenhua Palace." Zhang Xiu said loudly: "It's really not my hand, I was completely coerced by them, they ordered me to do it." ”

The magistrate followed up and asked, "You tell me clearly, who it is." ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head, "They are a partnership, not a person, the waiters in Dingxi Town, none of them are clean, my lord, it has nothing to do with me, I was just coerced by them to give them away, I am just a coachman." Zhang Xiu made up a very excuse for herself.

The magistrate showed a clear expression and said to the master on the side, "You have to write it down word for word." ”