"Why?"

Song Ci was a little emotional, and blurted out directly, he didn't understand why he couldn't prove his innocence because he had found evidence.

"There are two reasons for this. First, I heard that this Taoyuan Town is going to be replaced by Xinzhi County, just because the current Zhang Zhixian's term of office has expired, and the officials are about to evaluate him, how can he overturn his verdict so easily for you, isn't this judging his own future? For the sake of his own future, why not be convicted of murder? ”

"Second, it's definitely not a matter of a day or two that the village chief has been poisoned by tetanus, but why hasn't anything unusual been found, and it wasn't until the two of you had a conflict that he suddenly died? We don't know what kind of truth is hidden in this, but the black hand behind this will definitely not let you successfully overturn the case easily. ”

After listening to Lin Chen's explanation, the flame of hope that had just ignited in Song Ci's heart was instantly extinguished.

Song Ci also figured it out at this time, now this county magistrate is a fool, although he has no political achievements during his reign, he is not at fault, and he can only be regarded as a mediocre. Now that he has reached such an important assessment stage, how could he take his own career and overturn the case for the two of him for the sake of a coffin boy with no money and no power and a tattered beggar.

"Ugh." Song Ci sighed and said pessimistically: "Ah Chen, in this way, even if you and I know that I am wronged, we will not be able to wash away my grievances." ”

"Of course not, the person who can help you clear your grievances has not yet arrived. When he comes, he will naturally wash away your grievances for you. Lin Chen said affirmatively, his face full of confidence, which made Song Ci feel a lot more at ease for a while.

Just as Song Ci was about to ask who it was, there was a knock at the gate of Yizhuang.

"Knock knock!"

"Someone must have come to pick up the body. Song Ci, now that people outside think you're dead, it's better for you not to show up, let's find a place to hide first. Lin Chen said.

"Oh." Song Ci didn't doubt him, agreed, and directly found a place to hide.

Lin Chen had just taken two steps out, then turned back and shouted to the place where Song Ci was hiding: "First cover the coffin of the village chief with me, so that others will not say that we are disrespectful to the village chief's body." ”

After Lin Chen restored the village chief's body and coffin to its original state, he came to the gate of Yizhuang and opened the door.

"Why are you so slow, knocking on the door for so long, and then opening the door."

As soon as Lin Chen opened the door, he saw a middle-aged man in a black shirt, looking at him with an angry face.

"What's the matter, can't go to the toilet, this Yizhuang doesn't come except for sending some dead corpses on weekdays, so I've been waiting at the door." Lin Chen said angrily, not afraid of this middle-aged man at all, and didn't give him any face.

"Brother Lin Chen, the housekeeper is a little impulsive, please forgive me for offending a lot."

Lin Chen looked in the direction of the sound and found that behind the middle-aged man stood a dignified middle-aged woman and more than a dozen servants dressed as subordinates.

Lin Chen pretended to be surprised and asked, "Mrs. Village Chief, why are you here?" ”

"Brother Lin Chen, I'm here to get the master's body ready for burial." The village chief's wife replied.

"Wouldn't it be too early to bury now, the first seven haven't passed yet." Lin Chen tried to keep it, he wanted to leave the village chief's body until the new magistrate came to the county and then buried it.

"No need." The village chief's wife replied: "I have asked the feng shui master in the town to calculate, these few days are just the right time for burial, but if you are buried after the first seven days, there will be a great omen." ”

Lin Chen saw that the village chief's wife had already made up her mind, and she didn't plan to persuade her anymore, anyway, according to the development of the plot, even if she was buried in the soil and turned into white bones, she could steam the bones to prove poison.

When Lin Chen came to the Yizhuang lobby with the village chief's wife and others, Song Ci had already hidden and disappeared.

Lin Chen walked to the village chief's coffin, pointed and said, "That's it, madam, you can take it directly." ”

The village chief's wife nodded, and was about to open her mouth to signal the servant to carry the coffin back, when the middle-aged man next to her leaned over, glared at Lin Chen, and then said to the village chief's wife: "Why doesn't Madam check the old man's corpse to prevent someone from destroying the old man's body, so as not to admit it when the time comes." ”

When the village chief's wife heard this, she nodded, and asked the servant to open the village chief's coffin.

When Lin Chen saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel funny, someone sent a pillow when he was really dozing, and he just couldn't find an excuse to let the village chief's wife open the coffin.

When the coffin was opened and the village chief's wife saw the village chief's body, she couldn't help but show an angry look on her face.

"Lin Chen, what's going on, how did the master's corpse become like this, did you do anything to him."

The village chief's wife asked angrily, because now the village chief's body was not only black on his fingers, but also black spots began to appear on his face.

Lin Chen glanced at it and said calmly: "Madame, don't be surprised, this is a normal situation. ”

"Normal! How can this be a normal situation, the old man's body was still fine when it was sent, and it turned black in less than a little bit, and said that it was not your hands and feet. The middle-aged man seized the opportunity and pointed at Lin Chen's nose and asked.

Lin Chen was not frightened by the middle-aged man, and said calmly: "If it is a normal death, this situation will naturally not occur, but if it is poisoning, it is a different matter." ”

"Poisoned?" The village chief's wife asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Lin Chen nodded, and just as he was about to explain, the middle-aged man interrupted Lin Chen with something to say.

"It's nonsense, the old man was obviously beaten to death by the coffin boy and the little beggar, how could it be poisoned to death. Madame, don't listen to this kid's nonsense, he must be trying to hide the fact that he damaged the village chief's body. ”

Lin Chen casually swept the middle-aged man and found that there was a hint of nervousness hidden in his expression. This made Lin Chen feel a little suspicious, could it be that the death of the village chief was related to this middle-aged man.

"If the lady doesn't believe it, you can ask the county government to do an inspection, and then you will know what the result will be."

Looking at Lin Chen's confident look, the village chief's wife couldn't help but believe a little.

"Little Brother Lin Chen, can you tell the concubine what the reason is."

Lin Chen paused and said, "Madame doesn't know, unless it is those particularly violent poisons that will appear on the corpse immediately after causing death, the rest of the less strong poisons will slowly manifest within a period of time after the death. ”

After listening to Lin Chen's explanation, the village chief's wife couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and it was obvious that she also questioned the death of the village chief.

"Madam, Hugh is going to be deceived by him, he and the coffin boy are friends, he must have wanted to overturn the case for the coffin boy, so he did something to the old man's corpse."

Hearing the middle-aged man make trouble again, Lin Chen's suspicion of him became more and more intense for a while.