None of the three of them are murderers?

No murderers?

What does that mean?

So who killed Mrs. He?

Seeing that they didn't understand, Lord Zhou sighed and explained: "From the words of the three of them, I guess I basically understand the details of the whole thing. Mrs. He's daughter had a mutual affection with the little blacksmith before, and she made a private agreement for life, but in order to have a sum of money to send her son to Beijing to catch the exam, Mrs. He wanted to give her daughter to the crazy little son of the Zeng family, a big family in the county, and you must have known about it. ”

Ye Feng and Zhang Fatzi both nodded.

That night, the little blacksmith wanted to be married to someone else because he couldn't stand his beloved, and the other party was still a fool, so he ran to Wuyi Lane in the west of the city late at night, wanting to elope with Mrs. He's daughter and go away. ”

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Mrs. He's daughter was very resistant to the marriage arranged by her mother inexplicably, and was naturally willing to follow the little blacksmith. Who knew that when the two of them just ran to the mouth of Wuyi Alley, they were intercepted by Mrs. He who rushed over. ”

Mrs. He had a big quarrel with her son that night, and her son did not return overnight, so she was upset and could not sleep. When he heard a noise in the house, he thought there was a thief, so he grabbed a pair of scissors in his hand to defend himself and drove out, but he saw his daughter trying to elope with the little blacksmith. ”

"How angry Mrs. He was! She immediately scolded, but the two young men were already determined to be together, and no matter how hard and soft she was, even kneeling on the ground and begging bitterly, she could not shake their determination to flee to another country. ”

"Seeing that her daughter is leaving, the marriage with the Zeng family will come to an end, and the cost of her son's exam in Beijing is gone, and her son's high school has become a pillow of yellow sorghum, and she was disheartened and helpless, she actually made an unexpected decision to kill herself with the scissors in her hand!"

"Huh?" Ye Feng and Zhang Fatzi both exclaimed involuntarily, they never imagined that this Mrs. He would be so extreme.

No wonder Master Zhou once said that none of the three of them were murderers, there was no murderer at all, it turned out that Mrs. He committed suicide!

Lord Zhou sighed deeply and continued: "Mrs. He originally wanted to use her death to force her daughter to marry into the Zeng family obediently, so that her son could get the dowry smoothly, so that he could go to Beijing to take the exam and be named on the gold list. She even sacrificed her own life for this!"

Her death struck a stupefier out of her daughter and the little blacksmith, and they were completely helpless and didn't know what to do. At this time, Mrs. He's son returned. ”

"This son has been very fond of his sister since he was a child, although he is extremely filial to his mother, but because of the unusually strong opposition to his sister's marriage into the Zeng family this time, he is never willing to push his sister into the fire pit in order to be able to go to Beijing to take the exam. ”

That night he had a big quarrel with his mother about it, and left home in anger, and did not return until late at night, but he did not expect to see such a tragic scene. But after all, he has suffered a lot outside since he was a child, and after being shocked, he quickly calmed down. ”

At this moment, his mother was dead, and he naturally didn't want his sister to suffer for him to marry into the Zeng family, so he urged his sister and the little blacksmith to leave quickly, go away from home, and live a new life. ”

After driving away his sister and the little blacksmith, he decided to turn himself in, first, because he did not want his sister to bear the charge of unfilial piety for forcing his mother to die, and second, because he consciously disobeyed his mother's will and had a filial piety, so he was willing to die in order to have peace of mind. ”

But when his sister left in a delirious state, he took away the scissors that his mother had taken when she committed suicide, so he returned home and found a pair of scissors on top of his mother's body

pierced more than a dozen holes, made the illusion that he was killed, and then after dawn, he came to the head of the county government to see the official, claiming that he had a dispute with his mother, and killed someone in a fit of anger. ”

Master Zhou sighed and said, "This is also the reason why when Aunt Cheng examined Mrs. He's corpse later, she found that the fatal knife was completely different from the murder weapon that caused other wounds. ”

I see, Fat Zhang nodded.

After a moment of thought, he couldn't help but ask again: "In that case, why did that sister not leave, but turn herself in?"

Master Zhou said: "The reason why this daughter left at the beginning was mostly because of the panic and fear in her heart, and when she stayed until dawn, her emotions gradually calmed down, and she heard that her brother went to surrender with scissors and confessed to killing her mother, she and her brother have had a deep relationship since childhood, how could she leave and let her brother die?"

So she lied to the little blacksmith that she wanted to go home to get some clothes and let him leave first, while she took the murder weapon scissors and came to the yamen to surrender, confessing to killing her mother and willing to die in order to restore her brother's innocence. ”

Zhang Fatzi asked strangely: "Since Mrs. He committed suicide, they only need to tell the truth, why are the two siblings in a hurry to admit that they are the murderers of their mother? This is an unforgivable capital crime!"

Ye Feng on the side understood a little: "Since ancient times, the marriage is a major event, the parents' order matchmaker said, this daughter is now going to elope with her lover, which originally meant that she was not filial, and she forced her mother to death because of this, and her crime is almost equivalent to killing her mother. It's better to bear the guilt and ask for death, which can not only seek peace of mind, but also exchange for my brother's life. ”

Zhang Fatzi nodded, he understood.

Then he asked, "What about the little blacksmith, and why did he turn himself in and claim that he had killed Mrs. Ho?"

Lord Zhou sighed: "This is a better explanation, Mrs. He's daughter lied to him that she went home to pick up clothes, but she never returned, he waited for a long time to no avail, and after inquiring, he learned that the two brothers and sisters all surrendered to the official, claiming that they killed Mrs. He." ”

The little blacksmith has a very deep affection for Mrs. He's daughter, how can he let her die alone, but he himself lives in the world? What's more, he feels that all this is caused by his own desire to elope with this daughter, and the blame is inescapable, so he resolutely turns himself in, admits that he is the murderer of Mrs. He, and wants to protect the two brothers and sisters. ”

Zhang Fatzi nodded and sighed: "What a loving and righteous person!"

After a while, he frowned and said: "Now there is only one point that makes no sense, that is, why would that old lady He have to send her son to Beijing to take the exam regardless of the cost, even at the cost of her own life? I have read those things written in his son's room, not to mention high school, it is difficult to even get the qualification for the examination, this is simply a pipe dream! Where did she get such confidence?"

Lord Zhou lowered his head and was silent, but Ye Feng on the side sighed: "That's because this son is actually not Mrs. He's biological son." ”

What the?

Zhang Fatzi looked at Ye Feng with an incredible expression, how is this possible?

When Mrs. He gave birth to this son, the neighbors in Wuyi Lane, including Mrs. Xu, were all witnesses, how could it be possible to say that this son was not born to Mrs. He?

"No, it's entirely possible!" Ye Feng looked at Zhang Fatzi and said, "Do you remember, that blind Mrs. Xu once said that when Mrs. He gave birth to her son, the neighbors could witness that the child had three cinnabar moles on his chest, and at that time it was considered a good omen, and this child will be in the future."

It's going to be extraordinary. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Feng and Zhang Fatzi's eyes all involuntarily looked at Lord Zhou, who was sitting on the side with his head bowed and silent.

However, a few days after the child was born, an incident happened, a wicked slave came to the door, forced Mrs. He to deliver a passing official family, and injured Mrs. He's husband. In desperation, Mrs. He could only take her newborn child with her. ”

But when she returned, the neighbors later discovered that the cinnabar mole on the child's chest was missing. In this regard, Mrs. He said for a while that these neighbors were mistaken, and there was no cinnabar mole on the child's chest, and then she deduced that the child grew up fast, and the cinnabar mole disappeared by itself. ”

"It's not surprising that some of the marks on a baby's body at birth will fade and disappear with time and the child's growth. However, the strange thing is that Mrs. He's statement is a little contradictory and flickering, which makes me think, is this one after the other the same child?"

As soon as he said that, Ye Feng saw a Master Zhou who was sitting there unresponsive, and his whole body suddenly trembled violently, as if he had been touched by some sensitive nerves.

Zhang Fatzi was a little confused, and asked in surprise: "You mean, her son was replaced by someone else?"

Ye Feng smiled and said, "It's not that someone replaced it, but she replaced it herself." ”

Zhang Fatzi was even more confused: "What the hell is going on?"

Ye Feng said: "Let me tell you a story, a package adjustment plan that happened twenty years ago. ”

His eyes looked at Lord Zhou and began his narration: "Twenty years ago, Mrs. He and her husband lived in Wuyi Lane, although the two families were not wealthy, but the strength of the man, the ingenuity of the woman, and the well-known stable woman, the life was sweet and sweet. Later, Mrs. He also gave birth to a son, and the family was really happy and full of expectations for the future life. ”

"But at this time, a passing official family suddenly came to Qingping County, I heard that he was still an official in the capital, and the official's wife was still pregnant, so even the county commander could not afford to offend, and he did not dare to slack off, and he waited respectfully and carefully. ”

Ye Feng suddenly changed the topic at this time, and asked Lord Zhou: "I remember that Lord Zhou's father also happened to be an official in the Beijing Tai Hospital twenty years ago, and with his superb medical skills, he often treated patients for high-ranking officials and nobles, which was very appreciated. Judging from your age, Lord Zhou, Ling Tang should have been about the same time when she was pregnant with you and when she was born, right?"

Lord Zhou did not deny it and nodded.

His family has a very good relationship with Zhang Fatzi's family, and Zhang Fatzi is very familiar with the situation of his family, Ye Feng must have checked these things with Zhang Fatzi before, and there is no point in denying it.

Ye Feng continued his story: "Coincidentally, the night that the official's wife came to Qingping County, she happened to be in labor and was about to give birth, so she sent someone to find Wenpo to deliver the baby. And Mrs. He is the most famous stable woman in this area, so naturally they came to the door under the guidance of the county magistrate. ”

Unfortunately, at that time, Mrs. He had just given birth to her son for a few days, the doctor was weak, and the baby needed to be fed, so she couldn't do without her mother, so she refused. It was also the person sent by the official family who was anxious for a while, and Mrs. He's husband was eager to protect his wife and children, and when they disagreed, the two sides had a verbal conflict, and later they even started to move, Mrs. He's husband was outnumbered and injured by someone who came. ”

In order to save her husband, Mrs. He had no choice but to agree to the come, and took her son to deliver the official wife. Who knew that her departure would change the fate of these people in the future!"