Chapter 115: Fabrication of Evidence
Zhao Fu looked at the master tremblingly, and said tremblingly, "The master is the person who has worked with me for many years, and he is the murderer who planned all this?" β
Not only him, but even the master himself was pale at the moment.
As a result, Qu Youying's fingers shook and said to the master, "The person behind you." β
Zhao Fu turned his head to look and saw that the person standing behind the master to the left was Zhou Qing.
"Whewβscared me." Zhao Fu patted his chest, and his heart palpitated, "Young Master Qu, can you not gasp for breath, I was almost scared to death by you." β
"That's Lord Zhao is timid, look at the master, isn't it good!" Qu Youying smiled slightly, "Right, master?" β
"Master, master?"
The master who was called was standing straight at the moment, staring ahead with wide eyes, but no one called him back.
Zhao Fu stretched out his hand and shook him, but the master's eyes were doubled, and he fell straight to the back.
"Master!"
Zhao Fu shouted, Qu Youying was also startled by him, thinking that something had happened to him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to check.
As a result, she pinched the person, and the master woke up panting, he looked at Qu Youying, and said in a panic, "I, I'm not a murderer, no, I haven't killed anyone, really!" β
His face was pale, and his hand tightly clasped Qu Youying's sleeve, like that, Qu Youying didn't know how to react, this master's psychological tolerance was too poor, right?
She sighed, patted the back of her master's hand, and soothed, "I know you're not a murderer, it's okay, you have a good rest." Someone came, help the master over to rest. β
"Yes."
Xiao Wang and another official helped the master up and sat on the stone bench where Qu Youying was sitting just now.
But before he could sit still, he smelled the stench of rotting corpses, and immediately retched.
Qu Youying couldn't stand it anymore, so she could only take out a piece of ginger, let him hold it in his mouth, and then put sesame oil under his nose.
After doing all this, she walked back in front of Zhou Qing.
Zhou Qing looked at the "farce" they had just had, his face was very bad, and he could be said to be very angry.
"Gongzi Qu, I read that you and Gongzi Mu were sent by Xiangling Town to investigate the case, so we treated each other with courtesy. But isn't it too much for you to dig up my land without permission while I was not at home, and accuse me of being a murderer! I'd like to ask the Governor of Mu how he taught his subordinates like you! β
In the face of such anger, Qu Youying was not angry at all, still maintaining a smile and groaning, looking at Zhou Qing and not speaking.
This made Zhou Qing even if he was angry, and when he had a seizure, it was like a punch on cotton, and he couldn't stir up any waves.
"What do you laugh at all the time!"
"I want to laugh just like Master Zhou wants to be angry, it's the same reason!"
Zhou Qing's face was slightly stunned, "What do you mean?" β
Qu Youying continued to play dumb riddles and said, "That's what you mean." β
"You!"
Zhou Qing was angry, but he couldn't find a strong rebuttal, so he could only stare at her with wide eyes and look at her with displeasure.
But it didn't take long for him to realize that something was wrong.
He knew that Mu Jingzhu and Qu Youying were never separated, at this moment, one was not there, but the other was there, this strange way was really suspicious.
He glanced at the corpse behind Qu Youying, and said to the housekeeper beside him, "Steward Liang, it's almost time to prepare, since Lord Zhao and the gods from Xiangling Town have come to the mansion, we, as the masters, naturally have to be entertained well." β
"That's right, as the host's family, it is natural to entertain the guests well, but-" Qu Youying said, "Master Zhou, are you the master of the Liang family?" As far as I know, you didn't officially appoint everything to the Liang family, and you didn't report to the government, how did you become the master of the Liang family? β
Zhou Qing's face changed slightly, pursed his lips, and before he could speak, Zhao Fu over there took out the identity of the county master, and said to the master, "Master, you go to check if this is true, if this is the case, then the Liang family's direct bloodline is now broken, so go and contact their collateral bloodline, according to the regulations of our dynasty, as long as the people of the family are there, then this huge industry cannot fall into the hands of the people with the surname next to them." β
Zhao Fu's cooperation with this move made Qu Youying quite satisfied. She quietly gave Zhao Fu a thumbs up and expressed her appreciation, and Zhao Fu smiled and was very proud.
Only Zhou Qing stared at them, the corners of his lips slightly hooked, calm and calm.
"Lord Zhao is right, but the Liang family no longer has collateral relatives, and my sister actually wrote it by herself as early as after Xiaoyuan passed away, leaving everything in the two families to me to take care of. It's just that after the change of my sister and the busyness of the family business, I didn't have time to go to the yamen to report, at this time I was negligent, and I ask Lord Zhao to forgive me. It is allowed to pick up the handwritten copy below. β
"Since the thing exists, Jing Zhu hasn't come back yet, anyway, we are idle, so it's better to go and have a look with Master Zhou, anyway, this is your yard!"
Qu Youying smiled and made a gesture of please, Zhao Fu's stomach straightened, and the official posture of the county lord suddenly appeared, "Master Zhou, please!" β
Zhou Qing looked at the two of them, nodded, walked into his study, and went to get the handwritten book.
He walked in front, Qu Youying and Zhao Fu were a few steps behind the master, Zhao Fu suddenly followed Qu Youying, lowered his voice and said, "If he really has it, what should we do?" β
Qu Youying smiled slightly, "You just said to take it and take a look, confirm the truth, and then stuff it into your mouth and eat it while he gave it to you, as long as there is no evidence, we all said that we didn't see it, he is a poor people, what can he do with us!" β
This idea made Zhao Fu startled, "Isn't this the government oppressing the people?" β
"Lord Zhao still knows that the government oppresses the people!" Qu Youying raised her eyebrows, and her smile was even more playful, "Anyway, it's not the first time, practice makes perfect!" β
Zhao Fu recalled his past style, twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, followed Zhou Qing's back, and stepped into his study.
Zhou Qing went straight to the bookshelf, took down the only box on it, and handed them a letter in the box very neatly.
"That's it."
Zhao Fu stretched out his hand to take it, and when he hesitated to swallow it, a slender hand on the side reached over and pinched one corner of the white paper.
"Lord Zhao, do you know Liang's characters?"
"I don't know."
"Then who knows Liang's words?"
She turned around and asked, and the butler quickly walked in, "Little acquaintance." β
Qu Youying decisively handed over the paper, he took a closer look, and presented it again, his eyebrows frowned slightly, "This is indeed Madame's handwriting, but-"
"But what?"
"But the ink on this paper hasn't dried yet."
He spread out his palm, and the place where he held the white paper just now was stained with ink, and the foot on the white paper was also pasted open.
"Seems to be true."
"Impossible! I obviously waited for it to dry before putting it in. β
"Oh?" Qu Youying's eyebrows raised slightly, making a touch of moisture appear in her watery eyes, "Why wait for it to dry up before putting it in?" And not when it was handed over to you, it was done? β
Zhou Qing's face changed slightly, and he pursed his lips before explaining, "This is because when my sister was writing, I was on the side, and she asked me to wait for the ink to dry and then put it away for preservation." β
"Then when did Liang write this?"
Zhou Qing snorted coldly and said very disdainfully, "I just said that it was written after Xiaoyuan's death and before she fell ill." β
"That's counting the days, it's time for a month to go by, right?" Qu Youying raised the white paper in his hand, "I want to ask Master Zhou, since a month has passed, why is there still a strong smell of ink on the handwriting on this white paper?" β
Zhou Qing was slightly stunned, "What do you mean?" β
"I know that." The master quickly reacted and explained, "It's already a hot summer, and the smell of ink written on the white paper will quickly fade when it is stored after it is dried. Only when it has been written for a short time, especially on the same day, will it leave a strong smell of ink. β
He reached for the blank piece of paper, put it in front of his nose, and sniffed it, "The smell on it is indeed strong, it should have been written this morning." β
"Master Zhou, did you hear that? How does this explain? β
"I-" Zhou Qing was speechless for a while, he never expected that Qu Youying would expose his lie just by the smell of the ink.
"Nothing to say? I thought you'd argue with it. β
Outside the door, a low and steady voice suddenly came to mind, Qu Youying looked up and looked up, her face was happy, "You're back!" β
Mu Jingzhu walked in alone from outside the door, and every step he took seemed to be stepping on someone else, just standing slightly, and he couldn't make the person under his feet stand up in resistance.
He walked a total of ten steps, and stopped at an arm in front of Zhou Qing.
Because his person was a head and a half taller than Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing had to look up at him.
"Now that you've found out, I don't need to argue. I faked it, and that's because I wanted to protect my sister's inheritance, and I couldn't let it go of what she had worked hard all her life for. β
Qu Youying smiled slightly and interjected, "I'm afraid that the drunkard is not in the bar!" β
Zhou Qing hates this person quite a lot, her laughter, hiding a sword in secret, is definitely not a good type.
But he also doesn't like Mu Jingzhu, this person's eyes are too sharp, just looking at each other, it will also make people feel pressure.
After meeting that day, he knew that the two were not easy to deal with, but he didn't expect that there would be today's situation.
"Qu Gongzi, what does this mean?"
He took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, adjusting the anger that was gradually rising in his heart, and asked in a low voice.
Qu Youying Nunu mouthed, turned his head to the chair on the side, crossed his hands, and sat down with Erlang's legs crossed.
Her attitude made it clear that she didn't want to answer this question, which also made Zhou Qing's face twitch, and her expression was very embarrassed.
"His consciousness is to say, you want to swallow the Liang family's property first, and be kind to the Liang family later." Mu Jingzhu looked at him condescendingly, invisibly exuding an oppressive aura, "Master Zhou should know this truth very well." β
Mu Jingzhu doesn't speak as well as Qu Youying, depending on the mood.
He has one thing to say and two things to say, especially when facing prisoners, he is more serious than ordinary case handling.
"Nonsense, it's ridiculous, how can I covet the Liang family's property, Xiaoyuan is not in good health, my sister has no intention of cooking, only I can help her, other than that, I don't have any second thoughts!"
"Is there really nothing?"
Mu Jingzhu suddenly smiled, that smile made Qu Youying happy, Zhou Qing instinctively shook it, and took half a step back.
"What do you want to say?"
"I want to say-" Mu Jingzhu deliberately lengthened a final note, his ruddy lips moved slightly, and he slightly revealed a ruthless and cold speech, "Since you don't have two hearts, why don't you return everything of the Liang family to Liang Yuan?" β
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