"It's just your imagination. Who can prove that this corpse is Xue Miaoren? Xu Taihua snorted.

Yin Qianshan ignored her and continued, "You left alone. Everyone thinks you've been eaten by a ghost, and it seems like it's all over. ”

"Why did I kill Xue Miaoren?" Xu Taihua sneered, "She died by throwing herself into a well, and many people in the Xue Mansion know about it." ”

"The official has already asked, and no one directly saw Xue Miaoren throwing herself into the well, but only saw her shoes by the well." Yin Qianshan Road.

"My lord," Xu Taihua said lazily, "you should go to the well again to look for it." ”

Yin Qianshan smiled: "Yes, there is indeed a white bone in that well, but it is a man's white bone. ”

Xu Taihua snorted and did not speak.

Yin Qianshan continued: "That white bone is Xu Yingtang. Strangely, he was dressed in a woman's clothes. ”

"My lord, that's a woman, have you checked it out?" Xu Taihua sneered.

Yin Qianshan ignored him: "After an inquest, Xu Yingtang was poisoned and died." He was poisoned to death by mercury in conspiracy between you and Xue Miaoren! Late at night on Xue Miao's birthday, when Xu Yingtang rushed home in a panic in the middle of the night, Xue Miaoren gave him poisoned drinking water, and Xu Yingtang died of poison. Then, Xue Miaoren announced that Xu Yingtang had died of a violent illness, and invited a Taoist priest to do three days of ritual and set a funeral time. ”

Speaking of which, Yin Qianshan sent a young woman to the court and ordered her to report her identity. It turned out that she was Xue Miaoren's former personal maid Luo.

After Yin Qianshan nodded, Luo Shi said that on the first day, his wife was infected with wind and cold after crying, and on the second day, he was seriously ill but did not let Langzhong live, and most of the servants were dismissed at night. By the third night, she had simply closed the door and saw no one.

"On the morning of the funeral," said Roche, "I knocked on my wife's door and she didn't respond, and I was worried that something would happen so I went into the house to check on it." I saw my wife lying on the bed with me on her back, seemingly unconscious. I was about to walk over, but the British butler stopped me from behind. He said that the funeral was a major event that could not be delayed, and there were not enough manpower, so let everyone send the old man to the funeral first, and then he would find Lang Zhong to see his wife after he came back. Although I felt that it was inappropriate, I couldn't refute it, so I had to obey it. ”

Yin Qianshan continued her words again: "On the first and second days, it was indeed Xu Yingtang who was lying in the coffin. But on the third night, you first took away the subordinates who were keeping vigil, stole Xu Yingtang's body, and let Xue Miaoren put on men's clothes and lie in, so as to steal the day. Next, you change Xu Yingtang's corpse into women's clothes and put it on the bed to pretend to be Xue Miaoren. In this way, everyone will think that Xue Miaoren has not left the Xue Mansion all along. ”

"When they arrived at Yanshan, most of the people were scared away. Li Si refused to leave because of his loyalty, so you had to send him back to find someone to help. Subsequently, you suffocated Xue Miaoren lying in the coffin. Next, you return to the Xue Mansion and throw Xu Yingtang's body into the well. ”

"You must have discovered a hole in the bottom of that well before, and you went into the water to prevent the body from being found floating up. Then, you put another Xue Miaoren's shoe by the well. After doing this, you quietly leave and disappear from everyone's sight. ”

"My lord, what you said is really wonderful," Xu Taihua actually applauded, "but this is just your imagination." ”

Yin Qianshan sneered, but turned his head to look at the side. Xu Taihua followed his line of sight, and immediately breathless. Just on the side of the public hall, behind Yin Qianshan, in the lower left corner of the wall printed with Hai Tianri, a head appeared there at some point.

A decaying head with somewhat blurred features. However, he still recognized at a glance that it was Xu Yingtang's head! It still seems to be shaking slightly.

Xu Taihua screamed and fell to the ground. "Ghost, ghost!" He desperately crawled backwards.

Only he could see the head from that angle, and the people of Pinghu by the gate of the hall could not see it. So everyone didn't know why they watched this man suddenly go crazy.

"It's not that I'm going to kill you, who made you covet wealth and forget revenge!" Xu Taihua shouted, "If you want to blame, blame that woman for being ruthless, I just provoked it a little, and she will poison you." Haha, this stupid woman, she deserves it! ”

"I've seen the Xue Mansion's book of people. Almost all the slaves are locals, but Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Xue, you and Xu Yingtang are not. There must be a reason for this, Xu Taihua, and he hasn't recruited it from the truth! Yin Qianshan shouted loudly.

It turned out that Xu Taihua and Xu Yingtang were originally brothers, and they were both children adopted by a wealthy family surnamed Xu. One night 20 years ago, a pair of male and female thieves broke into Xu's mansion, ransacked all their belongings, and killed their adoptive parents who stood in their way before leaving. Subsequently, the male and female thieves came to Pinghu County, changed their faces and turned into the surname Xue, sold the looted property, and became merchants.

Xu Taihua and Xu Yingtang finally found this pair of incognito parents killers after many searches, and successfully used Xue Mansion to recruit and mix in, preparing to implement a revenge plan.

Who knew that not long after they entered the mansion, Old Lady Xue and Old Lady both died of illness. Unable to kill the enemy, the two brothers ignited the fire of revenge on the innocent Xue Miaoren.

Unexpectedly, the beauty of Xue Miaoren and the wealth of Xue Mansion made Xu Yingtang feel dizzy. Gradually, he no longer wanted to take revenge, and even prevented Xu Yingtang from doing it. He was tormented by pain, and Xu Taihua's urging and inner contradictions overwhelmed him. So, he chose to alienate Xue Miaoren and fight with Gong in order to escape everything.

Xu Taihua resented Xu Yingtang's cowardice and ingratitude, and a plan gradually took shape in his heart. So, he deliberately approached Xue Miaoren and revealed the details of Xu Yingtang and Gong's affection, and also made Xue Miaoren believe that Xu Yingtang wanted to kill her to monopolize the wealth of Xue Mansion. Finally, Xue Miaoren's heart gradually distorted, and she even prepared poison.

On Xue Miao's birthday, Xu Yingtang bought the best golden hairpin in Fenglai Pavilion and prepared to give it to her. Xu Taihua deliberately let Gong also see the golden hairpin, and Gong shouted that he also wanted the best golden hairpin. Xu Yingtang had no choice but to entrust Xu Taihua to buy another one in another name, and Xu Taihua not only bought the golden hairpin, but also bought the poison. He deliberately revealed to Xue Miaoren that Xu Yingtang had bought two identical golden hairpins, but he had smeared poison on one of them, and the non-poisonous one was prepared for the Gong family. Xu Taihua confessed his heart to Xue Miaoren and said that he would exchange two golden hairpins.

Next, Gong was really poisoned. When Xu Yingtang ran home in a panic and asked Xue Miaoren if he had poisoned Gong, Xue Miaoren finally broke down completely, and she completely believed that her husband wanted to poison herself.

Xue Miaoren didn't hesitate anymore, she pretended to admit her mistake, but brought out a decanting soup mixed with mercury...

…

There was a sigh in the hall. What everyone didn't expect was that things would be so twisty and bizarre, with a thousand twists and turns.

After listening to Xu Taihua's statement, Yin Qianshan said slowly: "A year later, on the ninth day of October, two candidates who went to Beijing to take the exam broke into the long-abandoned Huayu. ”

Lu Sheng, Liu Sheng and Liu were summoned. The three of them recounted their experiences one after another, and when Liu Sheng told how he had touched a stiff corpse in the well, Xu Taihua's face showed a hint of confusion.

"Come on, bring Xu Yingtang's body up." Yin Qianshan said slowly.

When Xu Taihua saw Xu Yingtang's corrupt corpse, he was first surprised: "What, why is it not a white bone?" Then he sat down on the ground again, looked at Yin Qianshan and said, "You actually deceived me!" Huh..."

"This is the only mystery in this case." Yin Qianshan said, "Why is Xu Yingtang's body almost immortal after a whole year, and soaked in water?" ”

"Perhaps," Xu Taihua muttered, "he doesn't believe that his brother would bear to sacrifice him for revenge, maybe..." He began to cry as he spoke, "This is God's arrangement. ”

…

After the verdict of the case was announced, Yin Qianshan returned to the study and felt a burst of collapse.

"My lord, why did you guess that Yanagi was a ghost?" Wang Qi said curiously.

"Didn't you notice that Xu Yingtang was wearing a white middle coat?" Yin Qianshan replied, "Why did Liu Sheng take off his clothes and run away?" It could only be that he wore someone else's clothes. ”

"My lord, that's amazing!" Wang Qi was sincerely admired.