Early the next morning, Song Zhao went out on an errand after breakfast.

The hot spring village has changed from a city in the past to a crowd, and hundreds of people have nothing to do. The county lord of Huatang simply gave everyone a holiday, so that these busy and hard-working people in the past could also soak in the hot springs and have a good rest.

After arranging these, the county lord of Huatang entered the door with a heart and said with Qingrong: "I always feel that something is wrong with Mei Zhen. ”

Qingrong saw that the county lord of Huatang was full of uneasiness, and comforted: "I have already gotten rid of Song Zhao, and I will send someone to keep an eye on the mother and son of the Sun family today." ”

As soon as the county lord of Huatang heard that Qingrong had an arrangement, he instantly calmed down and said, "Let's not be idle, I will also send someone to keep an eye on it." ”

Qingrong got up in the morning, almost constantly thinking about what happened yesterday in the lobby of Shuntianfu.

"Send someone to disguise yourself and inquire if Mrs. Sun has ever read." Qingrong thought about it, and said, "I'm going to see how close the overall structure of the Sun family is to the neighbor's yard in the village." How the hell did Plum Mark's child die, and who saw Plum Mark's child. There is also whether the Plum Trace family has a servant class. ”

The county lord of Huatang wrote them down one by one, and said seriously: "Without further ado, I will arrange it." ”

Three days later, Qingrong went to beat the drum of Shuntianfu with Song Zhao, Huatang County Lord, and Runrong, accusing Sun Zhigao's mother and son and Meng of murder.

He Bingwen asked Song Zhao with some puzzlement, and said, "How did this Sun Zhigao's mother and son provoke Mrs. Zun and want to put people to death?" ”

Song Zhao said indifferently: "My wife is careless, Lord He continues to be your Qingtian Lord in a fair and strict manner, and my wife will naturally give you an explanation." ”

He Bingwen was a little inexplicable, he was not willing to get involved in this kind of personal grievance, so he naturally asked people to invite the mother and son of the Sun family to come.

When everyone arrived, the Sun family's mother and son, and the Meng family still looked unclear and wronged.

Qingrong didn't wait for anyone to ask, and asked Sun Zhigao directly: "You said before that your child was poisoned?" ”

Sun Zhigao was heartbroken and didn't want to mention it again, so he said weakly: "My poor daughter, let her mother be poisoned alive." ”

Qingrong said directly: "No, your daughter was not poisoned to death at all." She was beaten to death. ”

When the people in the hall heard this, they all looked at Sun Zhigao in surprise.

Sun Zhigao's face turned red and said, "Even if you are rich and powerful, you can't slander people's innocence like this." Sun Zhigao's rhythm immediately erupted outside the hall.

Qingrong was very calm, and said softly and calmly: "I am rich and powerful, it has nothing to do with whether you beat your own daughter to death or not." Even if I am rich and powerful, I can't change the fact that you beat the child to death. Qingrong said, immediately looked at He Bingwen respectfully, and said, "Please Lord He announce the certificate to the court." ”

He Bingwen said: "Witness." ”

The three of them carried a stretcher into the door with the servants, and Sun Zhigao's mother and son and Meng Shi were a little dumbfounded when they saw one of them.

One of these three people is a servant, the other is a famous bone-setting doctor in Beijing, and an old servant of the Liu family.

Qingrong said: "A few days ago, a girl's body was found in the funeral post, which is really unfortunate. As he spoke, he lifted the white cloth that covered the stretcher.

"The scars on the girl's body are the same as those on Liu's body. The doctor said that there were traces of being whipped by wicker branches......"

Before Qingrong finished speaking, Mrs. Sun immediately said: "This is not my granddaughter, it is not my granddaughter at all." You don't know where you got the corpse, so you're here to fool us. ”

Qingrong said: "This child's face can still be recognized, just let people recognize it." There are not only old servants of the Liu family here, but also neighbors, and there are always people who know her. ”

When Sun Zhigao heard this, his teeth clenched, and his body couldn't help but tremble a little.

He Bingwen ordered the old servants and neighbors to come forward to check immediately, and those who knew each other naturally moved forward curiously. At first glance, I couldn't help but be shocked.

Qingrong, please speak.

He said, "This child was poured arsenic after death, so the arsenic only went to the throat and did not enter the child's womb. ”

The girl was not yet fully ossified, and she still had some flesh and skin on her body, which looked terrifying and terrifying. Sun Zhigao's mother and son didn't even dare to look at it, and kept their heads pinched.

Qingrong smiled and said, "Old Madam Sun didn't even look at it, why did she say that it wasn't?" ”

Mrs. Sun was immediately speechless.

Qingrong said to the old servant of the Liu family again: "You have been in the Liu family for so many years, why don't you do it well." ”

The old servant said: "The owner doesn't need me anymore, and I can't help it." ”

Qingrong asked the old servant, "How is your Dong family?" ”

"Our host is a good person. They are all kind-hearted people. ”

Qingrong said again: "How is Sun Zhigao's mother and son to the Liu family? ”

The old servant said, "Not very good. ”

Qingrong's eyes roamed between Sun Zhigao's mother and son, and he seemed to smile and said, "What a bad law." ”

The old servant said: "My uncle has a bad temper, and sometimes he beats and scolds my aunt and grandmother." ”

Qingrong said: "You saw it?" ”

The old servant shook his head, "I haven't seen it, but occasionally I can hear my aunt's cry of pain, and I can see the bloody willow branches." ”

Qingrong stared at Sun Zhigao intently, and asked the old servant, "Don't you feel wrong at home?" ”

The old servant said: "We all thought it was a quarrel between the husband and wife, and we didn't take it seriously. ”

Qingrong was a little incredulous, and said, "Why shouldn't it be taken seriously?" ”

The old servant said: "Because my aunt obeys my aunt and grandmother during the day, and it is like my aunt kneeling down to admit her mistakes." We didn't take it seriously. ”

Sun Zhigao calmed down and asked Qingrong and the others: "If you say that, then how did the injuries on my body come from?" ”

Qingrong turned his head to look at the bruising doctor and said, "Go and take a look!" ”

Sun Zhigao refused: "Why? ”

Qingrong looked at He Bingwen and said, "My lord, since it is required that all human and material evidence be complete, then let's do it thoroughly, so that neither side can find a problem." Lest we toss it up like this, and the yamen of Shuntianfu is not specially opened for us. ”

He Bingwen was deeply impressed by Qingrong's words, and immediately ordered: "Sun Zhigao, let the doctor take a look at your injuries." ”

Sun Zhigao was a little resistant, and whispered: "I, my injuries have healed a lot." ”

Qingrong sneered: "Not necessarily, right? It's been four or five months since Liu left home, and if the injuries on your body can be healed easily, shouldn't they have healed in four months? Could it be that after three or two days of hard work, the injuries on the body can be healed? ”

He Bingwen saw that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the official to step forward and forcibly hold down Sun Zhigao, insisting on seeing what was going on.

The doctor looked at it and said directly: "This is not an injury, it is an injury caused by soaking the arm in water soaked in sumac trees." ”

The county lord of Huatang raised his eyebrows and looked at He Bingwen proudly, and said: "In this way, the mother and son of the Sun family abused and beat the Liu family and their daughter, causing the girl to be abused and died, and the human and material evidence is complete. ”

He Bingwen nodded reluctantly.

Song Zhao said briskly: "Lord He must enforce the law impartially, just and strictly!" ”

Runrong said: "What is the crime of murder? ”

Song Zhao said slowly: "Those who commit murder will be imprisoned for three years; Wounded, hanged; Those who have been killed, beheaded. ”

When Mrs. Sun heard this, she immediately sat down on the ground in fright, and said loudly: "Why, that child was born to my son, she gave birth to her and she died, it was all our own family's business." ”

Sun Zhigao said calmly: "Which article of the "Great Liang Law" has not said that we are guilty at any point. ”

Qingrong said coldly: "Just because she was born as a human being, you are guilty of killing someone." Whether she is your biological or not, "The Law of the Great Liang" does not say that parents are not guilty of killing their children. ”

Song Zhao echoed: "Although you gave birth to her, you can't easily decide the life and death of the child. Song Zhao said, turning to He Bingwen, "Lord He, you must enforce the law impartially!" ”

He Bingwen has a headache, how should this case be decided? There has never been such a precedent before, and whether it is a crime or not.

"Since the mother and son of the Sun family are guilty, they are innocent of doing the Liu family. Please sentence Liu and Sun Zhigao to righteousness. "Qingrong's words are sonorous and unquestionable," in "The Law of Daliang", the husband beats his wife and his children, and he must be righteous. ”

Qingrong's human and physical evidence is more convincing than Sun Zhigao's, how dare He Bingwen delay, so he had to sentence Sun Zhigao and the Liu family in court. In addition, Sun Zhigao's mother and son and Meng Shi were taken into custody and the case was sent to the Criminal Department.

The onlookers who ate melons couldn't help but sigh, they didn't expect that Sun's mother and son would be able to do such a vicious thing when they looked kind and kind on weekdays.

Sun Zhigao looked polite, but he was a sanctimonious hypocrite.

Everyone who was deceived by this mother and son before was a little angry, and some people still had a skeptical attitude.

After returning to the hot spring hall, the lord of Huatang had already sent someone to bring Mei Zhen back. Mei Zhen was tossed and couldn't look like it, and was immediately treated by the doctor arranged by the lord of Huatang.

"I understand the matter of Mei Zhen, but ......" The county lord of Huatang looked at the people coming in and out of the wing, and was a little worried: "But what are we going to do with Zhuangzi?" In the end, this matter is a symptom but not a root cause. ”

"The matter of Zhuangzi will be solved soon, and I am not worried about this at the moment." Qingrong obviously had a plan, but she didn't immediately tell the county lord of Huatang about her arrangements, but said with a solemn expression: "Before that, we need to find out the people who are fanning the flames behind us." ”

The county lord of Huatang looked at Qingrong in hindsight and said, "Fanning the flames? Are you saying that someone is trying to harm us about Mei Zhen? ”

Qingrong bowed his head unhurriedly, and said in a manly voice: "Mei Zhen has been in the hot spring Zhuangzi all day and has never been out, so how did Sun Zhigao know that Mei Zhen is here?" In addition, the fact that the water soaked in the sumac tree can cause the skin to form scars like beatings is something that few doctors in Kyochu know about. How did Sun Zhigao know? Mrs. Sun didn't know a single word, but she talked to us before with an idiom and a proverb. An uneducated old lady will not have the habit of quoting scriptures at all. ”

"So, someone wanted to harm us at all to plan all this?"