I won't do the task of traveling quickly

Chapter 172 Punish the World (35)

When everyone was at a loss, a woman's voice suddenly came from among the crowd watching.

"My lord, the woman has something to say."

The onlookers made way, and Tang Yi saw a young woman speaking.

He hurriedly ordered the officials to bring the woman to the hall, and then asked: "Who are you and what do you want to say?"

After saluting, the woman replied: "My lord, the women are just ordinary people and are not worth mentioning, but the women suspect that Wu Xiaolan is the murderer."

Tang Yi looked at her suspiciously: "Who is this Wu Xiaolan?"

"My lord, Wu Xiaolan was originally a widow, but she is now Song Wei's stepmother. The woman used to live next to the Wu family, and once saw her together with Song Wei by accident. Once I heard her say that it would be good if the woman died, so she could marry."

Tang Yi frowned and thought for a moment before asking, "Is what you said true?"

"Everything the woman said is true."

Tang Yi saw that her face was firm, and there was indeed no sign of lying.So he ordered the officials to bring all the members of the Song family to the hall.

Although it was already late at night, everyone still did not leave, instead they all gathered outside the hall and whispered.

After a while, except for the infant child, all three members of the Song family were brought to the court together.Song Wei's injuries from He Yu's beating hadn't healed yet, and his nose was still bruised and his face was swollen.

Seeing these people standing in the middle in panic, Tang Yi patted the gavel and asked coldly, "Who is Wu Xiaolan?"

Wu Xiaolan was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a plop.She was already in panic when she was brought here, but now she knelt under the hall and began to tremble.

She said timidly: "Sir, she is a common woman."

Tang Yi frowned, and then asked, "Wu Xiaolan, where were you when Zhou Min died?"

"This... it's been too long, even the civilian woman can't remember it."

Seeing the twinkle in her eyes, Tang Yi knew there must be something inside, so he slapped the gavel again and said sternly: "Don't hide it, and tell the truth quickly."

Although Wu Xiaolan was frightened by this situation, she still insisted that she couldn't remember clearly.

Tang Yi was very helpless when he heard the words, so he asked everyone in the hall: "Who among you has seen Wu Xiaolan before?"

Everyone looked at each other after hearing this, and couldn't help recalling it carefully.

At this time, a man stood up and said, "My lord, I seem to have seen her at that time."

"Do you remember when and where?"

The man recalled it carefully and said: "It seemed to be right in front of Song's house. At that time, everyone gathered together to watch the fun. I seemed to see Wu Xiaolan."

Although he hesitated, someone remembered it as soon as he said the words.

"Yes, I was still surprised at the time. This Wu Xiaolan usually loves to watch the excitement, but she left in a sneaky way that day."

"That's right." Another person said, "Now that I think about it, isn't she coming in the direction of the Song family?"

Seeing that the people around were discussing in a hurry, Tang Yi yelled for silence, and the people quieted down.

He then asked: "Wu Xiaolan, do you still not remember it?"

Facing so many witnesses, Wu Xiaolan did not dare to lie anymore.She had no choice but to say, "I, I did go, but I was there to deliver pork to the Song family."

"Oh? Then when you went in, you saw the deceased Zhou Min lying on the ground?"

Wu Xiaolan lowered her head and said, "I, I didn't notice."

"You lied." Jiang Chengcai, who was on the side, saw that things had turned around, and of course he wanted to get rid of the suspicion immediately.

So he asked: "At that time, the woman from the Song family fell near the door. If you entered the door, why didn't you notice it?"

Tang Yi didn't blame him for speaking without permission, but said sternly: "Wu Xiaolan, if you still don't tell the truth, I will have to use torture."

As soon as he finished speaking, two yamen servants were standing behind her holding sticks.

Wu Xiaolan turned her head and saw the dried blood on the bat, she was so frightened that her liver and gallbladder split.She hurriedly said, "I said, I said."

Then she kowtowed and said, "I did go to see Song Wei that day, but I really didn't kill anyone."

Tang Yi nodded: "Then tell me everything you saw that day."

"Yes."

Following Wu Xiaolan's narration, everyone learned about it.It turned out that she and Song Wei were indeed staying in the inner room that day, but the two of them did not hear the sound from outside.

Wu Xiaolan said anxiously: "My lord, when the woman went out, I did see Zhou Min lying on the ground. I was also very panicked at that time, and left secretly when there was no one outside. I never touched her at all."

"So, the head of the Song family was there at the time?" Tang Yi turned his head and cast his eyes on the man in the hall for the first time.

"Yes, yes." Wu Xiaolan hurriedly replied.

During their interrogation, Song Weiwei kept his head down and remained silent.Tang Yi was about to interrogate him, but he kowtowed heavily.

"My lord, I killed the man."

Unexpectedly, this person admitted directly, and everyone couldn't help but looked at each other.

Tang Yi frowned and said, "Did you kill him? Then tell the truth about what happened that day."

"Yes." Song Wei said lightly, "After Wu Xiaolan left, I realized that Zhou Min had woken up a long time ago. Seeing that there were only the two of us, she asked about my relationship with Xiaolan. Naturally, I refused to say, so she He also said that he would sue the officials and sue us for adultery."

"Because of this, you killed her?"

Song Wei nodded: "Yes, although the crime of adultery is not fatal, the villain is still afraid of being punished."

Seeing that the criminals have already confessed, Song Wei has both motive and time for committing the crime, so it seems that there is nothing to refute.However, Tang Yi was about to finalize the case, but Yuchi Xicheng said: "Master Tang, why don't you let me ask a few questions?"

"Yes."

Yuchi Xicheng thought for a moment and said, "Song Wei, when you killed Zhou Min, were there anyone else at the scene?"

"No, it's just me."

Yuchi Xicheng saw that there seemed to be a trace of panic in his eyes, so he continued to ask: "Just because she said that she wanted to report to the police, you hit her wound with a hammer and caused her death. You are cruel."

Not only He Yu, but also the other people who heard it suddenly became suspicious.

But at this time Song Wei said angrily: "She didn't just talk about it, I knew she would definitely go. She is just a reckless woman."

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words, what's going on?

Yuchi Xicheng stopped asking any more questions, and then nodded to Tang Yi.

"Bold Song Wei." Tang Yi also came back to his senses at this time, and said angrily, "How dare you lie in front of the king."

Song Wei was a little confused, but he still insisted: "The villain doesn't understand what the adults mean."

"You know, Zhou Min didn't die from being hit with a hammer, but was smothered to death."

Song Wei didn't expect that there would be a mistake here, so he hurriedly said: "Little man, the villain made a mistake."

But He Yu smiled lightly from the side: "You are so funny, you can even forget how you killed the people."

Tang Yi said: "Song Wei, are you taking the blame for someone, but that person is Wu Xiaolan?"

(End of this chapter)