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The county government opened a trial of the tragic case of the He family's annihilation, attracting hundreds of onlookers.

Jiang Shi cried so much in the hall that he fainted several times, and the magistrate heard it in the clouds, obviously it was a cold winter, but the sweat on his forehead did not stop.

He covered his lips and muttered to his master in a low voice: "Didn't you say that the two outsiders yesterday had already found out their eyebrows?" What about people? ”

"I've already asked Xue Zhutou to urge, don't be impatient."

As a parent official, the magistrate only listened to Jiang's crying, and couldn't say a word of insightful speech.

Chen San, who was a witness, was annoyed, and said straightforwardly: "Isn't the county magistrate going to investigate this case thoroughly and approve the arrest of the thief?" Approaching the end of the year, there is such a unconscionable thing, how can we spend this year with peace of mind? ”

He shouted this, and the people watching from the periphery of the yamen also saw that it was not a big deal, and followed the coaxing.

Zhixian was shocked three times, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, only to see that Shen Ciwu and Wu Shiwei were like saviors.

She saluted Lou Zhixian under the hall, and heard Zhixian say in a solemn voice: "Are you sure you can find the murderer?" ”

Shen Ciwu nodded in response, then walked to Jiang's side and handed her a handkerchief, "Wipe your tears, don't cry anymore." ”

When Jiang was about to take over the handkerchief, Shen Ciwu suddenly let go and let the handkerchief fall to the ground.

The two reached out to pick it up at the same time, and Shen Ciwu's hand deliberately grabbed a handful on Jiang's wrist, Jiang was in pain, and quickly stopped with a muffled snort.

Shen Ciwu picked up the handkerchief and handed her to Jiang, listening to her sobbing sound did not decrease at all, "My lord, my husband is really wronged to die, please give him justice!" ”

"Of course your husband died unjustly." Shen Ciwei stood up straight and looked at her condescendingly, and said word by word:

"I was stabbed twelve times by my wife, and I wiped my neck alive, can I not be wronged?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and the voices of astonishment came one after another.

Jiang cried all night, and his voice had already become hoarse.

She stiffened her neck, and her face was slightly hideous and roared at Shen Ci worriedly: "You say it! He's my husband! How could I kill him? If you officials can't find the real culprit, will you wronged me and take my innocence to blame? ”

"I didn't wronged you. I'm telling the truth. ”

"Empty tongue to frame people! I have a very good relationship with my husband, why should I kill him!? ”

"Do you have a good relationship with your husband?" Shen Ciwu bent down and grabbed her wrist and pulled the sleeve of his shirt to his forearm.

Her severed white little arms were exposed in front of everyone, and the purple scars on them were one after another, which was shocking to see.

"You said you were on good terms with your husband, so where did these scars on your body come from? The scars, both new and old, indicate that they were not caused by accident. Yesterday, when Chen San's wife took you on the shoulder to comfort you, I saw that your expression was also different, It can be seen that the injuries on your body are not only in your forearms, but also more. ”

Seeing that Jiang Shiqi was about to quibble, Shen Ci did not stop worrying, and continued: "You have a good way to run a family, live in a simple house, and rarely have contact with outsiders, if these scars were not beaten by your husband, who else would have beaten them?" ”

"And whoever it is, your husband can see these scars when he is near you. He is a hunter, he has no other skills but great strength, his daughter-in-law is beaten like this, how can he bear it? ”

Seeing that the injuries on his body couldn't be hidden, Jiang had no choice but to say: "The two of them live together, and there are often quarrels, and the one in my family is more irritable, and occasionally says that it's not light or heavy to start in a hurry, what's the big deal?" When there is a dispute in the family, is it difficult to kill someone for such a trivial matter? ”

"Just a trifle?" Shen Ciwu clapped his hands three times, and then he quickly sneaked in and handed over a dossier.

She turned two pages and read according to the dossier: "Jiang Yan, marry the He family of Qi County." Twenty-two pieces of silver, two cows, three sheep. ”

She presented the file to the magistrate, looked at the Jiang family, who looked a little flustered, and continued: "I heard that the prize money for marrying a wife in Qijun County is up to five taels, and the He family has hired you to marry a girl from another county at twenty taels, but it seems that you bought it with money. ”

"Your mother's family, Jiangjiazhuang, is a well-known county for selling women in ten miles and eight villages. You were born beautiful, you have a literary belly of poetry and books, and you should also be a female celebrity, If it weren't for being sold by your mother's family, I really can't figure out how you would fall in love with a vulgar Orion like He Xing, who is seventeen years older than you? ”

Jiang Shi grabbed the hem of her clothes with both hands and kept rubbing it, her eyes dodged, and her tone became very stiff, "Even so, you can't say that I am a murderer just by saying this!" At the time of the crime, I was laying a straw mat on the roof, how could I go back to the house and kill people under the watchful eyes of Brother Chen? ”

Chen San also testified for her, "Yes, my insider and I can see clearly that when Sister-in-law He was on the roof, Brother He and the others were still walking around the house and busy preparing dinner. The insiders went back to get bacon as a gift, and I kept standing outside the door and talking to Sister-in-law He, it wouldn't be her. ”

He also said from the side: "The crime occurred in less than two quarters of an hour. The small examination was careful, and the blood at the wound had not completely coagulated, and it was speculated that the time of death of the deceased should have been within a quarter of an hour when he was found by Jiang. She didn't have time to commit the crime. ”

"Of course she has." Shen Ci said categorically: "The He family has provided three charcoal basins and the doors and windows are closed, the outdoor cold wind is cold, but the indoor is like an early summer afternoon, the higher the temperature, the slower the speed of blood clotting, so the time of the deceased's death can be set before Chen San and his wife come back." ”

"It won't be too far off, but if you want to kill, think that everything is planned, even if it is only a quarter of an hour over, you can do a lot more."

Chen San was puzzled: "But I really saw that Brother He's family was still alive when I went home from the stall." ”

Shen Ci looked calm and said, "Come, guess a riddle with you." He glanced at Wu Shiyi again, "You can prepare." ”

Wu Shiyi smiled and walked back and forth in the yamen, only to see that he moved a wardrobe, a table, a few candles, and a wide woven plain white screen.

The wardrobe was placed in the corner, and the table was placed two feet in front of the wardrobe, and candles were placed on top of it.

Shen Ci stood in front of the table, and his attendant moved the screen in front of her, covering everything including her.

Subsequently, Wu Shiyin closed all the doors and windows in the yamen, lowered the curtains, and blocked the light source.

The hall was as dark as night for a moment, only the dazzling candlelight lit up behind the screen where Shen Ciwei was.

The reflection on the weaving of the screen reflects the outline of her silhouette.

She paced back and forth behind the screen, but her movements seemed stiff, pausing with each step, or suddenly raising her feet above her head like juggling, as if juggling.

The magistrate wondered: "Ridiculous! What are you two doing here!? ”

Shen Ci smiled worriedly: "Guess what I'm doing here, Lord Zhixian?" ”

(End of chapter)