Zhang Yongan was suddenly surprised: "Sir, I said there was a note!" Maybe he remembered it wrong and handed the note to Ding Shan for safekeeping. No matter what, as long as there was that note, it could prove that it was Su Qing. seduce him!
Zuo Zuo handed the blood-stained note to the county magistrate Liu. The note was not big, but several names were written on it, most of them were women: "These are all women's names, how can you prove that the Su family seduced you? "
"What... what? The woman's name?"
Mu Yunyao suddenly said: "Sir, I remembered that the rich man Zhang and his housekeeper were fighting for something, maybe it was this note."
"What's up for a piece of paper? Wu Mei and Qi Yan..."
"Qi Yan?" The master clerk suddenly said, "Sir, the names you mentioned sound familiar to your subordinates, and I just read the file. This Qi Yan disappeared half a year ago, and her family reported it to the county government, but they have never been found. Man, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or…”
"Qi Yan... Wang Ni..." The more the magistrate Liu thought about these names, the more he felt that something was wrong. He thought about Mu Yunyao's words carefully, and suddenly stared, "Mu Yunyao, you just said People killed and buried the garden, what did you hear?"
"I...Did I tell you?" Mu Yunyao looked at Zhang Yongan, and when he glared at him, she trembled all over, so frightened that she couldn't say anything.
"Don't be afraid, think about it carefully, recall the scene you saw, don't worry, above the court, this official will definitely let someone protect your safety, you don't have to be afraid of anyone!"
Mu Yunyao lowered her eyes slightly, and a dark light flashed through her eyes. By this time, no one suspected that she was the murderer. After thinking about it for a while, she raised her head suddenly: "Yes, I remember, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Ding Shan fought and said that Ding Shan was ungrateful and dared to threaten him. Ding Shan said that if Mr. Zhang didn't give him money, he would tell the story of burying him in the garden..."
The magistrate of Liu County was shocked, looked at the master, and immediately gave a shock: "This matter will be re-examined the next day, and the person who comes to retire."
After the closure of the county office, Magistrate Liu, who had changed his clothes, summoned all the officials and headed for Xiayan Village. Within half a day, Mr. Zhang killed seven women and buried them in the garden, and rumors spread in Yancheng.
The next day, magistrate Liu opened the court again to inquire about the case, and most of the people of Yancheng gathered.
Approaching the prison, Mu Yunyao heard the loud voices of people. She came back to her senses and pulled her thoughts away from the past. With anxiety and fear on her face, she respectfully knelt on the lobby.
At this time, after staying in jail all night, Mu Yunyao developed fever one after another. At this time, her complexion became even worse, and she became more and more weak and pitiful.
Zhang Yongan had long since lost his original composure. When he heard the names of the seven women yesterday, he knew what was going to happen.
"Zhang Yongan, can you plead guilty?"
"Master Liu, I... I... "
"Crack!" Liu County magistrate slapped the gavel, "This officer has brought the yamen to the back garden of your Zhang residence, and dug up seven female corpses, and your servants have also confessed their guilt, saying that these women are all corpses. It was Ding Shan who helped you to find Zhang Mansion, and then tortured and played with you, and finally was killed and buried in the garden by you, you still do not plead guilty!"
Zhang Yongan was paralyzed on the ground, and in the winter, the cold sweat could not stop ticking out.
Outside the county office, there was a sudden drumbeat.
The yamen ran in quickly and presented the form: "Report to your lord, Qi Yan and Wang Ni's family have come to sue Zhang Yongan for murder and burial."
"Bring it in."
The two women's family members added up to more than a dozen. When they came to the lobby, they didn't even care to salute and hit Zhang Yongan. A crazy-looking woman stepped forward and bit Zhang Yongan's ear, pulling him off.
"Sir, Lord Liu, help, help! Caomin is willing to confess, anything!"
Liu county magistrate quickly sent people to pull people away.
The mad woman's husband knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Please forgive me, since Cao Min's daughter Qi Yan disappeared in the market, Cao Min's mother-in-law has been mad. She is crazy about everyone now."
In the face of a lunatic, Magistrate Liu didn't bother to care, and all his attention was now on Zhang Yongan's murder and burial case: "Zhang Yongan, why don't you bring your crime to the real world!"
"My lord, Caomin pleaded guilty... It's all Ding Shan, who flattered me. Seeing that I liked girls, he told me to find some for me. Those girls were too young and very tender. I just looked at them. I can't help the evil thoughts in my heart, I didn't want to kill them, I just accidentally made a heavy hand, and then I couldn't hold it back, please forgive me, please!"
"So, you killed all the seven girls?"
"No, there are two people who came to Zhang's house to fight desperately. They were tortured to death by Ding Shan and others. It's none of my business."
The people outside were furious. If there were no officers to block them, they would have rushed in and killed Zhang Yongan!
County magistrate Liu knocked on the gavel several times, which made the angry people quiet for a while: "So Dingshan was also killed by you?"
"No, my lord, I really didn't kill Ding Shan, it was Mu Yunyao, really Mu Yunyao!" Zhang Yongan turned his head, his chest was full of malice: You little bitch, you dare to plot against me, I am dead, you Don't even want to live.
Mu Yunyao smiled coldly in her heart, but her face was full of fear: "I didn't kill anyone, why do you always slander me? Is it not enough that you killed so many people, and you want to pull me when you are dying?"
"You... It's clear that you knocked me out, killed Ding Shan, and then put the blame on me, you little slut, a vicious little slut!"
"Master Liu, I don't understand what he's talking about."
The magistrate Liu disliked Zhang Yongan more and more: "It is an unforgivable sin that you don't change your bad habit when you are about to die! Zhang Yongan, don't go on and bite others, just killing seven women is enough to convict you to death! Now, tell me honestly, why did you appear in the Li family's room? What is the relationship between the Li family and you, did she participate in the murder and burial case?"
"It's Su Qing, it's really Su Qing who gave me a note to seduce me, my lord, please look into it!" Zhang Yongan knew that he was going to die, but he calmed down a lot.
Li shi screamed: "Sir, I don't know how he came, I don't know, and I don't know what happened to killing people and burying corpses!"
The people of Xiayan Village couldn't help but say: "Sir, Caomin is a villager of Xiayan Village. At that time, when we entered Li's house, Li's clothes were disheveled. This Zhang Yongan must be plotting something bad."
The officer stood up and said, "Reporting to your lord, we have all witnessed it with our own eyes that Mr. Li is indeed disheveled."
Thinking of Mr. Zhang's character, when looking at Mr. Li, who is about his age, many people suddenly spit: "This piece of Yongan is clearly like Mr. Li, right?"
"What about Dingshan?"
"Could it be that he also fell in love with the Li family, and then the two fell in love?"
"Bah, shameless!"
Li hurriedly shook his head: "I didn't, my lord, I've been a widow for many years, but I've never had a relationship with anyone. You can go to the village to investigate!"
"This kind of thing is behind people's backs, so naturally it can't be put on the table. What can the investigation find out?"
"That's right, she has nothing to fear, that's why she said that."
"Quiet, quiet!" Liu county magistrate stopped the people's discussion and called in Yang Ming, who was in Xiayan Village. "Yang Ming, tell me, is it really as the villagers said, Li's clothes were disheveled at that time?"
"That's true." Yang Ming told the truth, "At that time, when we went in, the Su family was asleep in the east room and not in the main room. Many people have witnessed it, and Su's husband was newly mourned, if it wasn't for the accidental fire the night before. , and will not move to the Li family's house."
As soon as these words came out, the magistrate Liu immediately understood that no matter how stupid this Su family was, she wouldn't steal someone from her mother-in-law...