Witnesses were quickly brought in.

They are the little maid guarding the side door of the Lelin Hou Mansion, the mother-in-law of the second gate, and a maid of the Lelin Hou Mansion.

When the three of them arrived at the court, they all knelt down tremblingly and reported their names and identities one by one.

Li Yuanbu asked: "It's the three of you, saying that the prisoner Gan Qizheng poisoned the maid Qiao'er?" ”

The four of them looked at each other, and after a while, the little guy guarding the door looked smarter, kowtowed, and said, "Yes, my lord." ”

As soon as he spoke, the other three said yes.

Li Yuanbu asked again: "Look at it, is the person you said about poisoning the maid Qiao'er the prisoner in the hall?" ”

A servant stepped forward and pulled the hair on the back of Ganqi's head, forcing him to raise his head.

I saw that Gan Qizheng's face was swollen, blue and purple, as if there was no good meat.

The four kneeling witnesses nodded yes.

Seeing that the situation was good, Li Yuanbu nodded and leaned back on the chair: "In that case, Master Zhang, what else do you have to say?" ”

Master Zhang saw Li Yuanbu handing him a message, saluted, and said, "Thank you, my lord, since this is the case, the villain will ask a few more words." ”

Master Zhang turned to look at the witness and asked, "As far as I know, the Zhao family's shop on Chengxi Street has always been two errand runners who send food to the Lelin Marquis Mansion together, why do you only refer to Gan Qizheng alone?" ”

The doorkeeper said: "The door of the Lelin Marquis Mansion is tight, how can people break in at will." On that day, I let only Gan Qizheng enter the side door, and the other person stood guard at the door. ”

Before the words of the gatekeeper fell, Master Zhang followed up and asked, "The door of the Lelin Marquis Mansion is tight, why did you let Gan Qizheng enter the door so easily?" “

The doorkeeper spoke in an orderly manner: "I remember that at noon that day, Sister Qiao'er instructed me to explain to the pastry shop on Chengxi Street and send a box of pastries, which the girl in the second gate was anxious to ask for, and asked me to open the door and let people send it in." “

"Sure enough, at noon, there was an errand boy who came to the side door with a box of pastries, and I let the errand boy enter the door......"

"Did you follow the people when they entered the door?"

Master Zhang followed one sentence after another.

A thin layer of sweat began to ooze from the forehead of the gatekeeper: "...... No, I didn't follow, but I pointed in the right direction......"

Master Zhang: "The door of the Lelin Hou Mansion is strict, but a person who runs errands and delivers pastries, enters the Lelin Hou Mansion, and no one takes it with him, so he can wander around?" ”

"No, no, no, no rambling, I, I showed the way......"

Master Zhang's words changed: "Have you ever let other errand boys enter the gate of the Lelin Marquis Mansion before?" ”

"No, no ......"

The thin sweat on the forehead of the gatekeeper has turned into large droplets of sweat. Drops of sweat ran down his forehead and into his eyes.

The doorkeeper blinked his eyes and wanted to raise his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, but when he saw Master Zhang's feet standing beside him, his hand trembled, and he forcibly held back, not daring to make a move.

Master Zhang snorted coldly.

The body of the gatekeeper couldn't help but tremble.

Master Zhang asked, "In that case, why did Dudu let Gan Qizheng enter the gate that day?" ”

"That, that, that's not what Sister Qiao'er ordered......"

Okay, it's all pushed to a dead man.

Dead people don't speak anyway.

Master Zhang saw that the doorkeeper couldn't ask anything here, so he turned to the mother-in-law who was guarding the second gate.

"Are you guarding the second gate of the Lelin Marquis Mansion?"

"Yes, yes, sir!" The mother-in-law's eyes rolled twice, and she dared to raise her eyes and glance at Master Zhang.

Seeing that Master Zhang was tall and had a serious expression, he was so frightened that he quickly took his eyes back and lowered his head even more.

"You put Gan Qi Zheng into the second gate?"

As soon as Master Zhang spoke, he hit the center directly.

The mother-in-law had already seen Master Zhang interrogating the doorkeeper, and hurriedly said: "How dare you, I don't dare, I didn't let ...... go"

"Since you didn't let people into the second gate, how do you know that Gan Qi is poisoning the killer Qiao'er?"

"This, this ......" The mother-in-law couldn't answer, so anxious that her eyes rolled around, and suddenly saw the maid kneeling beside her, and immediately pointed to the maid and said, "It was Sister Yu'er next to the young lady who told me." “

"You're Yu'er?"

The maid who was kneeling on the side prostrate on the ground, made a big salute, and then stood up her upper body and said softly: "Back to the official, I am Yu'er." “

"What is your relationship with the deceased Qiao'er?"

"Back to the official, the deceased Qiao'er and I are both personal maids by the side of the young lady."

"Were you there when Qiao'er was poisoned?"

"Yes, I was there when Qiao'er was poisoned."

Yu'er's breath was steady, and she asked and answered with Master Zhang.

Although he knelt on the ground and looked deferential, he did not panic at all.

Master Zhang asked, "You tell me about the situation at that time. “

"Yes." Yu'er responded and said, "At that time, the mother-in-law outside the second gate said that the pastries that the young lady wanted had been delivered to the second gate. So, Qiao'er and I went to the second gate to pick up pastries together. “

"I took the pastry and returned to the room, Sister Qiao'er said that it was just a meal, and she was really hungry, so she ate a piece of pastry."

"Who knows, not long after eating the pastry, Sister Qiao'er had unbearable abdominal pain. I was so frightened that I hurriedly ran out and asked the mother-in-law guarding the second gate to come in and help. “

"Who knows, when I find my mother-in-law and return to the room, I will already see Sister Qiao'er......"

When Yu'er said this, her voice was choked, she couldn't speak anymore, she lowered her head and wiped her tears silently with a handkerchief.

"The poison attack is so fast...... Master Zhang groaned for a moment and asked, "What about after that?" ”

Yu'er shed tears and said: "After that, I hurriedly asked my mother-in-law to go outside the side door, and asked the little maid guarding the door to stop the errand and delivery of pastries, and I hurriedly went to tell the old lady ......"

"As soon as the old lady heard about it, she quickly ordered someone to come to the yamen to report the case and arrested the murderer!"

Yu'er raised her head and looked at Master Zhang with tears in her eyes: "Official, you have to be the master of Sister Qiao'er!" ”

Master Zhang was pitiful to Yu'er and was not interested in it at all.

He kept a straight face, thought for a while, saluted Li Yuanbu with a fist, and asked, "My lord, I want to see the autopsy record." ”

Li Yuanbu waved his hand lazily: "Look at it." “

A servant stepped forward with an autopsy record.

Master Zhang was not polite, took the autopsy record, and looked through it.

Li Yuanbu lazily asked, "How?" Did Master Zhang see a mistake? ”

Master Zhang took back the autopsy record with both hands: "The record is very detailed, and it is a dedicated work. “

"In that case, Master Zhang, what else do you have to say?"

Li Yuanbu is ready to close the case.

The face of the Three Princes' Mansion, he has already given it enough.

It was the Three Princes' Mansion, and he didn't seize the opportunity.

Master Zhang said: "My lord, I want to conduct an autopsy. “

"Autopsy?" Li Yuanbu was so shocked that his voice raised an octave.

The three people kneeling in the public hall looked panicked.

Even the ordinary people who were far away at the door made a loud noise, as if a drop of water had dropped into the hot oil pot and exploded into a boil.

Li Yuanbu said coldly: "Master Zhang, the dead are the greatest. The dead have already been buried in the ground, how can they be bothered again! “

Master Zhang straightened his back, his expression was cold, and he didn't let it go at all: "This case is very important, not only related to a life that died in vain, but also may create an unjust case." My lord! Request an autopsy under ! “

"Do you not believe in the Yamen's pretenses?"

Master Zhang said loudly: "I naturally believe in it, but I believe in my eyes and hands more. “

Li Yuanbu saw that the ordinary people watching outside the gate were talking a lot, and his voice gradually overshadowed the voice of the two of them, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

Li Yuanbu picked up the startling wood and slapped it fiercely.

The voice of the startling wood succeeded in calming everyone.

The sound suddenly stopped.

At this time, a soft voice sounded: "My lord, my lord, the little one has something to report." “

The maid Yu'er knelt under the public court and whispered.

Although the voice was soft, it attracted everyone's attention in the silence.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, the maid Yu'er said, "Sister Qiao'er, it has been incinerated." “

"Burned?" Li Yuanbu was also surprised.

Qiao'er's parents were originally kneeling aside, crying quietly, but when they heard the words of the maid Yu'er, they were also anxious, and shouted at the top of their voices: "The body is skinned, and the parents are affected." Why didn't we take it home for burial, instead, ...... Instead, it burned! “

Master Zhang's face was serious: "Qiao'er is not an emergency, nor is she infected with the epidemic, why do you want to burn the body?" “

Yu'er was still calm in the face of many questions, and said, "This is Sister Qiao'er's wish." We used to chat in one place, and my sister said that if we died in the future, she hoped to be able to use a fire to ...... herself Burn yourself, come clean, go clean. “

"Mademoiselle, the lord and the lady have treated us very well. I heard that Sister Qiao'er had such a wish, so I fulfilled Sister Qiao'er's ......"

"How can this be!" Qiao'er's parents were anxious: "I have to tell our parents." ”

Yu'er glanced at Qiao'er's parents coldly: "Sister Qiao'er, like me, signed a death deed!" Since he has entered the Lelin Hou Mansion, everything is decided by the masters of the Lelin Hou Mansion. signed a death contract and broke off the fate of his parents, why do you want to tell your parents now? ”

Yu'er's voice hid her anger, and her words were sharp, so that she lowered Qiao'er's parents.

Li Yuanbu raised his chin at Master Zhang: "Master Zhang, what do you think now?" “

Master Zhang said: "My lord, I still ask for an autopsy. “

"How? Examination of ashes? “

Li Yuanbu was a little impatient.

Why is this man so blind?

Master Zhang said: "Miss Qiao'er's body has not been incinerated, and Miss Qiao'er's body has been found below. “

As soon as these words came out, everyone was talking about it again, like a frying pan.

Li Yuanbu was also shocked: "Where is it?" “

Master Zhang raised his hand and pointed out the door: "It's right there." “

The people standing outside the door of the public hall were pointed at by Master Zhang, and they were inexplicable, and they exchanged their heads and ears: "Where is it, where is it?" ”

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Here! ”

"It stinks!"