Chapter 85: Self-Justification

Xiao Xie confessed that she had committed perjury in Kaifeng Mansion.

She didn't hear Zhang Xiaoniang and Wang Da Butcher talk about poisoning on the wooden bank, and before entering the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, she didn't know what kind of poison "strychnine" was.

Zhang Yaozhuo's confession on the day of the case was induced by the Kaifeng Mansion Arrester.

This point was corroborated by Dong Dahai's confession.

Guan Chang, as the head catcher of Kaifeng Mansion, induced a confession to Xiao Xie's family, tortured Dong Dahai, and intended to frame Xin Yi, however, on the day of the interrogation of Dong Dahai and Xiao Xie's family, when the Imperial City Division got the news to get someone, Guan Chang had committed suicide at home in fear of crime.

And Xin Yi's doubts were also answered in the interrogation of Xiao Xie by the Imperial City Division.

Xiao Xie's reason for hating Xin Yi is very simple, after she married into the Zhang family, she didn't like the cowardly and incompetent Zhang Erlang, and secretly admired the young and promising tall and handsome uncle Zhang Xun, and used to secretly rectify Zhang Xiaoniang, after learning of Zhang Xun's death, she was even more crazy, thinking that Zhang Xun was killed by Zhang Xiaoniang, and wanted revenge.

In the Imperial City Prison, Xiao Xie confessed that Zhang Xiaoniang's throwing into the river was done by her......

It was she who pushed Zhang Xiaoniang down the Bianhe River with her own hands.

However, there is one point, Xiao Xie did not lie, and the Imperial City Division also took evidence of this.

Zhang Xiaoniang did know Wang Da Butcher.

On that day, Zhang Xun held a funeral, and Wang Da Butcher came to Zhangjia Village to deliver meat, and greeted Zhang Xiaoniang, and the two looked very familiar. Therefore, the confession that Xiao Xie initially pointed out that she and Liu suspected that Zhang Xiaoniang had stolen and followed her to Sweetwater Lane was not entirely false......

It's just that what she didn't know was that Zhang Xiaoniang didn't go to Wang Butcher at that time, but went directly to the Eldest Princess's Mansion from Xiaotianshui Lane, and the person she tried to seduce was not Wang Butcher, but the king of Guangling County.

Of course, even so, at most, it is said that she does not abide by women's morals, which has nothing to do with this case.

The real disadvantage for Xin Yi in the file is that Xiao Xie confessed that after Xin Yi returned from Bianjing that day, he was scolded by Liu, and soon left home in anger and did not return overnight. The next day, at dusk on the eighth day of the winter month, I sneakily came back from outside, and the vamps of my shoes were soaked.

Xiao Xie happened to come back from the city at that time, the two met at the entrance of the village by the Bianhe River, Xiao Xie decided that she did not abide by the women's way, and stepped forward to scold her......

It was about a quarter of an hour before she cried out for help, saying that the third sibling had thrown herself into the river.

When the villagers heard the noise, they rushed over and searched along the riverbank to no avail, so they gave up.

No one would go into the water to rescue an unpleasant woman.

Everyone believes that Zhang Xiaoniang drowned, and so did Xiao Xie. Although she was a little confused in her heart, out of hatred for her, she insisted that she deserved to dieβ€”including when the Imperial City Division recorded the confession, and she still did not change her original intention. The most regrettable thing is not that she killed someone, but that she didn't strangle someone to death and then push them into the Bianhe River, so that she actually surfaced one day later, and the person was still alive......

Why did Zhang Xiaoniang disappear for a day and a night?

According to calculations, it is still after coming out of the eldest princess's mansion.

The Imperial City Division followed the clues provided by Xiao Xie, and after checking it, he was shocked.

She had appeared at Chen Chusheng that day, which was Cui Langzhong's residence on the north bank of Hongqiao at that time.

There are several confessions from the charcoal guys in this paragraph.

Next to Chen Chusheng's residence, there is a charcoal shop, in the winter is the time when the charcoal shop business is booming, this charcoal shop sells nearly 10,000 scales of charcoal a day, and the guys rotate almost day and night to contact the merchants who come and go......

The guys confirmed that Zhang Xiaoniang had appeared on the north bank of Hongqiao in despair, passed by the gate of the charcoal store, knocked on the door empty-handed and entered Cui Langzhong's house, and only came out the next afternoon, carrying a small green cloth purse in her hand, sneaky and different.

The Imperial City Division retried Xiao Xie, and she confirmed that when she saw Zhang Xiaoniang at the entrance of the village, she was indeed carrying a green cloth purse in her hand.

In order to verify, the soldiers of the Imperial City Division groundwater in the winter, felt the drain in the place where Zhang Xiaoniang fell into the water, and fished out the purse, but they didn't expect that the contents of the purse were actually the biggest physical evidence in the water ghost case - strychnine.

There was silence all around, and the smell of white gum incense in the smoker was more pungent and bitter.

Fu Jiuqu stared at Xin Yi, as if he didn't know her, his eyes were cold.

"Medicine King Tower, you have made enough scenes for this king, are you taking this king for a fool?"

Xin Yi looked up from the file, "The king of the county has seen it with his own eyes, how can I act?" ”

Fu Jiuqu's face was expressionless, and there seemed to be a layer of gloom in his eyes.

"You and Chen Chusheng have long been in cahoots, but you pretend to be unfamiliar and confuse the public. There was a fire in the west wing of Zhangjia's house, and he came forward to testify for you, coaxing this king that you are pregnant with a widow who travels far away, and the medicine king Tari, he is ready to die, but he will give you the treasures of the "Medicine King Fragments" and "Chen's Materia Medica" ......"

After a pause, Fu Jiuqu sneered.

"Don't you tell this king that this is a year-old friend and a sympathetic relationship?"

Xin Yi looked at him without blinking, "Why did he speak for me, why did he give me books, I don't know the inside story, I have already told the king of the county that day......"

"It's not that you don't know, you think it's ...... There is no proof of death. ”

Fu Jiuqu looked at her coldly, his tone was full of doubt, but after reprimanding her angrily, she didn't know what to think, and eased up slightly.

"If you confess your sins now, and tell the truth and the truth, the king may be able to punish him lightly. If you must be stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

Xin Yi's brows furrowed, "What does the county king want me to explain?" ”

Fu Jiuqu: "On the eighth day of the winter month, what did you do at Chen Chusheng's house?" ”

Xin Yi couldn't figure this out, and she didn't know what the previous little lady Zhang had done.

Facing Fu Jiuqu's gaze, Xin Yi felt uncomfortable, it was too hot in the room, there was a faint sweat on her back, and she was very uncomfortable with her underwear.

"Chen Chusheng is Langzhong, I'll go find him...... What else can I do besides seeing a doctor? ”

She muttered to herself, and when she saw Fu Jiuqu's cold eyes, she raised her eyebrows again, "I can't hide it, I was injured in the water after falling into the water, and I don't remember what happened before, but I analyzed, on the eighth day of the winter month, I went to the county king's mansion...... According to the king, I tried to seduce ......"

Fu Jiuqu's face sank.

Xin Yi pursed his lips, "In the face of my posture, the county king will definitely refuse." I don't remember exactly what happened between us, but the king must have been well aware...... What did I say, and what did the king say? The king of the county recalled, did you ever humiliate my appearance? ”

Fu Jiuqu's eyes were slightly teased and he smiled angrily.

"Xiao Zhang, am I trying you, or are you trying me?"

Xin Yi coughed lightly and continued: "In other words, the county king must have revealed his hatred for me. So, what was the first thing that came to mind when I left your mansion and returned home, and I was humiliated by my mother-in-law again? ”

She touched her face and sighed.

"I think I must be anxious and ashamed because of my appearance, thinking that the king of the county looks down on him because of this face...... In order to cure the rash on my face, it is very likely that I will go to Cui Langzhong's house to seek medical treatment after leaving home......"

Fu Jiuqu smiled coldly, "How do you seek medical treatment, so that you can seek a day and a night?" A woman's family stayed overnight at a single man's house, you said it was to seek medical treatment? ”

Xinyi: ......

Can you not only stay for one day and one night, but also for a year and a half?

Isn't it permissible for a patient to be "hospitalized"?

Xin Yi looked at Fu Jiuqu's questioning gaze and couldn't help but sarcastically, "Instead of questioning me if I don't return at night, the county king should ask, why did I take out a bag of strychnine from Cui Langzhong's house?" After all, that's the key evidence in the case. ”

Fu Jiuqu took a slight breath, staring at her with a mountain fire in his eyes, almost about to explode,

The look was unprecedentedly cold.

Sun Huai stepped forward silently and handed over a cup of herbal tea.

Fu Jiuqu waved his hand and didn't touch the teacup, but his face was much calmer.

"Very well, then tell me, why do you have strychnine?"

Xin Yi thought for a while, "King of the county, strychnine can not only kill people, but also save people." Especially for the treatment of sores on my face, it is very effective. ”

As she spoke, she turned her face slightly to the side, smiled at Fu Jiuqu, and reached out to touch it again, "Look at it, the acne on my face is much better." To tell you the truth, among the drugs I use, there is strychnine......"

"Well said." Fu Jiuqu slowly turned his face, and an unfathomable cool smile appeared in his eyes.

"Since you know everything and your medical skills are not inferior to Cui Langzhong, why do you want to go to him for treatment? Still a night? How do you justify yourself? ”

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Xin Yi was stared at by him, and reflexively responded, "With your mouth." ”

Syllable! Fu Jiuqu slapped it on the table heavily, the tea cup on the table jumped up, and the splashed water stains flowed down the tabletop, Sun Huai wanted to come over and wipe it several times, but he was shocked by Fu Jiuqu's face, and he didn't dare to move.

"Clever words! What exactly are you hiding? It's not really recruited! ”