With a "plop", Gong Laosan fell to his knees obediently, but he shouted that he was wronged.
"Master Qingtian, I didn't kill anyone, she was the one who wronged me!"
Zhou Zhongkang sneered: "Unjustly accused? Very good, as long as you tell me why you didn't call Liu Cheng when you called Liu Cheng's house, but called Mrs. Liu Cheng, I will clear your name!"
"This, this... I, I..." Gong Laosan was speechless and couldn't help but lower his head.
He never thought that he would expose a flaw in such a trivial matter, an insignificant sentence, and be caught.
The onlookers didn't react until then.
"Yes, Miss Fairy's question makes sense. Gong Laosan went to Liu Cheng's house to call someone. He should have called Liu Cheng, but when he knocked on the door, he called Mrs. Liu Cheng. I was nearby at the time, so I heard Clearly!”
"I'm here too, and I heard it too, but why didn't I think of it? Fairy girl is really amazing, amazing!"
Everyone was talking a lot, and everyone praised Shen Ning, and everyone scolded and despised Gong Laosan.
Mrs. Liu Cheng's eyes turned red and she rushed towards Gong Laosan. Her long nails scratched several deep blood marks on Gong Laosan's face.
Gong Laosan was caught off guard. He was so tall and powerful that he was thrown to the ground by the delicate and weak girl.
Mrs. Liu Cheng almost used all her strength to strangle Gong Laosan's neck and screamed: "Where is my husband? Did you, the damned one, kill my husband? Give me back my husband's life!"
Gong Laosan struggled hard, he wanted to quibble, but the facts were there, and he couldn't afford to quibble. He just pushed Madam Liu Cheng away, panting, looking around with his eyes, looking for an opportunity to escape.
Zhou Zhongkang had already discovered his intention and shouted:
"Someone, tie him up!"
The government officials on both sides immediately rushed forward and tied Gong Laosan into a rice dumpling, unable to move.
"If you don't follow the truth, I will be severely punished!" Zhou Zhongkang was shocked again.
Gong Laosan had no choice but to bow his head and confess his guilt and explain what happened.
It turned out that Liu Cheng left early that day, and when he arrived at the dock, Ning Yizhou hadn't arrived yet, so he put the package he brought with him in the cabin and fell asleep.
When Gong Laosan saw his heavy baggage and knew that he was going out on business this time, he should have brought a lot of money, so he got greedy and strangled Liu Miao to death while he was sleeping, and then He swung the boat to the center of the river, threw the body into the river, and then pushed the boat back to the dock. He pretended that nothing happened until Ning Yizhou arrived. He waited for Liu Cheng but did not see him and urged him to go to Liu Cheng's house to find someone. Went on pretense.
But he never expected that this matter would go unnoticed, and that the entire murder would be exposed by his inadvertent remark.
After listening to Gong Laosan's confession, everyone suddenly realized.
Lady Liu Cheng burst into tears and kowtowed to Zhou Zhongkang repeatedly.
Ning Yizhou was also very sad. He was almost accused of murder, and it was really difficult to get rid of it.
Zhou Zhongkang waved his hand and ordered the officials: "Take Gong Laosan and search for Liu Cheng's body. I will report the case to the Ministry of Punishments and wait for instructions. A murder like this must be beheaded in public!"
All the people cheered in unison and praised the magistrate for his wisdom.