In the yamen, Lord Qian was tied up and knelt in the courtroom.
The yamen servants on both sides held sticks, and the county magistrate slapped his gavel deafeningly: "Qian Hu, are you convicted?"
"Hmph." Master Qian tilted his head, his eyes full of disdain.
"Contempt the court! Come here!" The county magistrate had never been so confident before, and shouted.
The yamen servants on both sides stepped forward and clamped Master Qian's neck with torture sticks, the county magistrate walked up to Lord Qian with his hands behind his back, threw the fish-shaped jade pendant in his hand in front of his eyes, and asked, "Is this your thing? "
Master Qian looked down and sneered: "It's mine, so what?"
"Okay!" The county magistrate snorted, "Then you can plead guilty?"
"What guilt?" Master Qian frowned.
"The crime of killing the second girl of the Su family!" The county magistrate pointed two fingers and raised his voice an octave higher.
Master Qian yelled: "Yongguan, I know you can't get used to me for a long time, but you don't need to pour dirty water on me, you just throw a piece of jade and say that I killed him, dare you?" Push it a little more!"
As soon as Master Qian finished speaking, Yan Shu came out from behind the screen of the yamen. The county magistrate saw him and hurriedly saluted.
Yan Shu walked up to Lord Qian, knelt down halfway, and looked at him at the same level. He picked up the jade that was just thrown on the ground by the county magistrate, held it up to Lord Qian, and asked, "Is this yours?"
Facing Yan Shu, Master Qian's attitude softened slightly, he nodded, and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Yes."
"It appeared in the alley where the second girl of the Su family died, how do you explain it?" Yan Shu asked.
Master Qian was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "What's the matter, I probably passed by before and accidentally dropped it."
Yan Shu added: "But it fell from the hand of the second girl of the Su family."
Master Qian was surprised: "How is it possible!"
Yan Shu said lightly, "Explain."
Master Qian struggled and shouted: "Explain what! I don't know about this, I didn't kill that girl, who saw that the jade fell from that girl's hand? How can I say that I did it? And this jade pendant Maybe I dropped it before and was picked up by others?"
The county magistrate tsk-tsk: "Excessive words!!"
Yan Shu thought for a moment and said, "See if there are any scratches on his body."
Several yamen servants stepped forward and took Master Qian to the inner hall, where they checked carefully several times.
But surprisingly, there were no scratches on Master Qian's body.
Master Qian knelt down in the courtroom again, with his neck stuck, and a hint of arrogance in his expression: "Oh! Stupid officials, only fucking stupid things, wait, wait until I get out, and tear down your shabby yamen!"
The county magistrate was trembling with anger.
Yan Shu closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Where were you the night the second girl of the Su family died?"
Master Qian frowned: "I! I..."
He seemed to think of something, his voice suddenly quieted down, he became hesitant, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
"Look, I have a guilty conscience, there must be something wrong!" The county magistrate said while stroking his beard.
Yan Shu waited patiently, but saw that Master Qian couldn't explain why.
Seeing this, the county magistrate yelled, "Put it in jail!"
"Wait!!!" Master Qian yelled, then gritted his teeth and said, "I said, I'm at Ewha's house."
"Pear blossoms? Willow pear blossoms?" the county magistrate asked suspiciously.
"Yes." Master Qian closed his eyes and nodded.
Yan Shu asked, "Who?"
The county magistrate replied: "My lord, this is a widow in our town. Her husband has been dead for more than two years."
Yan Shu said, "Call me over here and ask."
The county magistrate was ordered to do things quickly and asked the yamen servant to lead people.
Master Qian suddenly struggled, and shouted angrily: "She is a weak woman, don't tie her up, bring her here carefully, if you dare to hurt a single hair of her hair, I will definitely kill you in the future!"
The county magistrate scratched his mustache and laughed aloud: "Qian Hu, you can't protect yourself now, why are you worried about others?"
While the two were fighting with their mouths, Yan Shu got up and walked slowly back to behind the screen in the lobby.
Behind the screen, Li Changtian was leaning against the wall, with his arms around him, one foot slightly bent against the wall, thinking about something, when he heard the movement, he raised his head, saw that it was Yan Shu, smiled heartily, and then said: "Wait for that Liu. After Liu Lihua comes, ask her and Qian Hu separately. If it's the right caliber, then you should be able to find the flaw."
Yan Shu nodded: "That's exactly what I mean."
About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Lihua was brought to the court. She had obviously never seen such a posture before, and she followed behind the yamen servant, looking very scared.
Seeing Qian Hu who was kneeling on the ground tied with a rope, Liu Lihua was taken aback for a moment, and then shouted: "Master Qian? Why..."
"Liu Lihua." The county magistrate interrupted her and waved, "Don't talk too much, come quickly."
Liu Lihua seemed very at a loss, walking towards the county magistrate, while keeping looking at Master Qian.
Master Qian also kept looking at her, watching her walk behind the screen.
Yan Shu and Li Changtian were waiting behind the screen, when they saw Liu Lihua walking timidly, they couldn't help but look at her.
She is a woman with a gentle appearance. Even without makeup, her face is still beautiful and delicate. Although her hands are obviously chapped from doing farm work, her posture is decent and generous.
Seeing Yan Shu and Li Changtian's extraordinary temperament, Liu Lihua expected that they were not extraordinary, so she called weakly, "My lord?"
Li Changtian was also unambiguous, and asked straightforwardly: "The night the second girl of the Su family died, was Qian Hu really with you?"
Liulihua first showed a surprised expression, then lowered her head, twisted the handkerchief with both hands, and nodded for a long time.
"Ah..." Li Changtian had already reacted, covered his lips and coughed lightly.
Yan Shu asked, "What did he do with you?"
Li Changtian looked at Yan Shu in shock.
Fuck, how did you manage to ask
Liu Lihua muttered for a while, then said: "Master Qian ate a meal at my place first, then helped me fetch water, cut firewood, fed the chickens, and then left."
Li Changtian looked at Liu Lihua in shock.
Fuck, why is it a little different from what I thought.
"Feed the chicken for you? Are you sure you are right?" The county magistrate was even more shocked than Li Changtian.
Liu Lihua nodded.
"How much water is left in the tank before carrying the water? How long have you been chopping firewood? What did you use to feed the chickens?" Yan Shu asked one by one, and after Liu Lihua answered, she went out to ask Master Qian again.
To everyone's surprise, what Master Qian and Liu Lihua said was exactly the same, without any mistakes.
Could it be that, as Lord Qian said, his jade pendant was picked up by someone after leaving it behind
For a while, things became clueless.
Both Li Changtian and Yan Shu lowered their heads to think.
The county magistrate was still in disbelief, and asked Liu Lihua, "Did he really carry water for you to feed the chickens? Just him? Qian Hu?"
Liu Lihua nodded, and asked the county magistrate in a low voice: "Master, what did Master Qian do?"
The county magistrate said: "It is suspected that the second girl of the Su family committed suicide."
"What?" Liu Lihua suddenly yelled, her eyes widened, and she waved her hands again and again, "Impossible, it can't be done by Lord Qian, Lord Qian is very gentle to women!"
"Gentle?" The county magistrate sneered, "Just him? A bully, I have a lot of files on him beating people and committing crimes!"
Liu Lihua said: "My lord, what you said was about Master Qian beating Mr. Zhang three months ago?"
The county magistrate shook his sleeves and snorted, "This is one of them!"
Liu Lihua said: "Master County Magistrate, I'm actually to blame for this matter."
"Blame you? How to say?"
"Mr. Zhang lived next door to me. He always punched his wife. Once his wife hid from me and cried. I felt sorry for her, so I hid her. In the end, Mr. Zhang beat her too. Hey, Master Qian knew Afterwards, I took someone to abolish one of Daguan Zhang's hands."
"Hiss." The county magistrate scratched his beard and took a deep breath, "There is such a thing!! Half a year ago, Qian Hu beat up Xu Da from West Street, so what happened?"
"It's Xu Da who didn't raise his mother. His mother starved to death at the door of Master Qian. Master Qian said that he was angry and beat people because he felt unlucky. I know that he wanted to vent his anger on Mrs. Xu."
"A year ago, he called Brother Zhu in Nanxiang, what happened?"
Liu Lihua covered her lips and smiled: "That's because he was drunk, got angry and quarreled with Brother Zhu, and punched him a few more times. Later, he couldn't bear to apologize to others, didn't he secretly send money to Zhu's family? "
"Hey!" The county magistrate slapped his thigh, "He gave money as soon as he gave it, why did he wrap it in a black cloth? He threw it in at night, and smashed the tiled roof of Brother Zhu's house! The little brother thought it was a stone, so he lost the black package! Whoops!"
Liu Lihua: "Hey, hello!"
Li Changtian: "Hahahahahahaha."
Li Changtian: "Huh? Why are you all looking at me? Isn't it funny?"
Yan Shu raised his head: "Let him go."