Detective in the Red Chamber

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How could such a fair and lovely lady be so ruthless as to murder her husband?

Hong Jiu stared at the white porcelain arm, salivating for a long time, but suddenly found Xu's small cherry mouth, which was constantly opening and closing.

What is she mumbling about?

Hong Jiu couldn't help being curious, and carefully moved towards Xu's side. After listening for a long time, she finally realized that what Xu was repeating over and over again were 'he's not my husband' and 'he's not Song Changgeng'. sentence.

Now, how could she still say this?

Hong Jiu was a little speechless at first, but when he looked closely at Xu's appearance, he really didn't seem to be lying—Hong Jiu was always quite proud of his ability to detect words and expressions, if he couldn't tell the height of his eyebrows, it would be a coincidence His mouth is like a rootless weed, unable to scratch other people's itches.

But if she wasn't lying, could it be that...

The dead man was really not her husband? !

Chapter 408 Mysterious Case of Killing Her Husband【Part [-]】

"Get a few wet towels and put them on the shelf, and prepare them for the master to wipe his sweat later."

"Put two cups of iced sour plum soup on the koan."

"Remember to freeze a few watermelons in the well, this one is the best for our master."

There was still some time before the end of the day, but the government servants were already busy in the lobby, sweating profusely, but their faces were full of joy after the catastrophe.

On the contrary, there were a few shirtless idlers in the side hall, staggering around, their faces as black as ashes from the bottom of a pot.

Seeing that everything was cleared up outside, the leading yamen servant went to the side hall, tapped the wall with an iron ruler, and yelled in a rough voice, "Brothers, wake up, put on your clothes and come out to work!"

"Understood Mr. Li."

"It's not time yet, why are you urging for your life?"

"God, this thief, don't you have to heat people to death?"

The side hall suddenly complained, and all the "idlers" cursed and put on soap robes and square scarves slowly, took water and fire sticks from the bottom of the wall, and left the side hall in a huff.

It turned out that these few were the unlucky ones who were on duty today, no wonder they were so leisurely just now, but no one envied them.

You must know that the soap robes of the yamen servants are made of coarse cloth, which is much more stuffy than the silk official uniforms, especially when they stand between them, they may not be able to move for an entire hour. The feeling in it is really painful.

When we arrived in the lobby, Captain Li urged again, "There is a bucket of well water at the door, go wash your face, wake up and take a nap, and give me some energy when passing the hall, if anyone dares to make a fool of himself in front of the master, Don't blame me for being ungrateful!"

All the yamen servants responded feebly, put water and fire sticks on the quiet plaque, rolled up their arms and sleeves and went outside.

But he said that there was still a long way to go from the bucket of well water, and the two yamen servants suddenly stood still, their four eyes were shining brightly, how could there be any sign of lethargy?

It turned out that when the lobby was decorated just now, Mrs. Xu was taken outside again. At this time, she was sweating profusely from being baked by the poisonous sun, and her emerald green skirt was already half soaked, tight and wrinkled, wrapped in a young man. The enchanting curves unique to women.

What's more, half of her sleeves were torn off, revealing a section of white porcelain arm, like peeking through a tube, like a leaf knowing autumn, which made people imagine more and more, only the spring under the skirt made up all kinds of charm.

Such and such, but what is the use of well water?

All the yamen servants got up in high spirits, chatting loudly

"What a handsome little lady, why did she murder her husband?"

"Nonsense! How many ugly women murdered their husbands these days?"

"Brothers, if your lord is going to punish you later, you have to follow me first. I have never..."

"Go away! It's decided that today is my prison sentence..."

Talking about the commotion, I don't know how to molested Mrs. Xu hundreds of times with their eyes, and then under the urging of Captain Li, everyone reluctantly returned to the lobby.

Because of this delay, Sun Shaozong walked out of the back hall with his head held high almost just two times before he stopped. He first sat down behind the public case, and then waited for Qiu Yunfei and Sun Chengye to arrive at the left and right auditoriums with pens, inks, papers and inkstones in their hands respectively. Then he slapped the gavel suddenly, and shouted, "Come on, bring the plaintiff and the defendant to the court."

"Mighty~Wu~"

The yamen servants, who were still full of wretched faces just now, immediately shouted in a righteous manner.

Amidst the beating sound of gongs and drums, seven or eight people came in, including men, women and children, all of them were filled with righteous indignation, obviously they were Song Changgeng's uncle's family.

Before these people knelt down in disorder, the two yamen servants escorted Mrs. Xu in again.

Originally, I wanted to bring her to the front and kneel down, but when Xu Shi came in, a woman inside jumped on her, scratching her teeth and claws, and cursed, "Shameless little bitch, return to my house quickly!" Chang Geng is here!"

After watching for a while, he first glanced at the performance of everyone in the hall. Seeing that the remaining two middle-aged women were also a little ready to move, Sun Shaozong hurriedly slapped the gavel and shouted, "Come on, let this roar Let me drag out the crazy woman in the court!"

The two yamen servants were accidentally scratched by the woman a few times, and when they heard this, they grabbed the woman with their backhands and dragged her out like a dead dog.

"grown ups!"

The woman was dumbfounded, and screamed with her neck up, "I am the Lord of Suffering, I am the Lord of Suffering! I am..."

When her piercing voice faded away, Sun Shaozong asked calmly, "Who are you suing and what are you suing?"

Seeing a disagreement, his mother-in-law was dragged out. Sun Changgeng's uncle was concerned, and when he heard the old man ask a question, he kowtowed cautiously, "Return to the old man, the villain Tian Dahai, today I am going to sue you." This little bitch... sue Mrs. Xu for murdering her husband and killing my nephew Song Changgeng!"

After hearing this, Sun Shaozong cast his eyes on Mrs. Xu, "Mr. Xu, is what Tian Dahai said true?"

Xu hesitated for a while with tears in his eyes, and then murmured, "The woman didn't mean to kill him, it was just a coincidence, and I don't know why..."

"grown ups!"

Before she could finish speaking, a middle-aged woman behind Tian Dahai sneered and said, "This woman is clearly lying. If she didn't use a kitchen knife to gesticulate, the Song Family Dalang would still be able to rush forward." Can't hit the blade?"

Being accused by this, Xu became more and more flustered, "I... I just wanted to scare him, no..."

In fact, in Sun Shaozong's view, the argument between the two is completely meaningless, because according to the rule of the Great Zhou Law, those who die due to "fighting with blades" should be treated as intentional homicide.

That is to say, regardless of whether Xu's intention was intentional or not, as long as she killed someone with a sharp blade, she will be deemed to have done it intentionally—and although "killing her own husband" is lighter than "murdering her own husband", it is also a form of beheading. death penalty.

So Sun Shaozong didn't bother to listen to them entangle this matter, observed for a while, and then asked with a pun, "Mr. Xu, so you confessed to killing your husband Song Changgeng?"

He deliberately emphasized the words "my husband Song Changgeng".

But Mrs. Xu was still in a daze for a long while, and then suddenly realized, and cried, "Master Mingjian, that person... that person is really not my husband!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman straightened her back when she spoke just now, and scolded angrily like a fighting cock, "What a poisonous woman! Back then you yelled at the brothers of the Song family one by one, but the big guys all saw it with their own eyes." See! Now that you killed the man, you said that he is not your husband-in-law—you are the only one who has the final say on feelings?!"

As soon as this woman took the lead, all the men and women of the Tian family also shouted in unison, some scolded the Xu family for being a wolf, some called for grievances on behalf of Song Changgeng, the hall suddenly became chaotic.

slap~

After observing carefully for a while, Sun Shaozong suddenly threw the gavel heavily, and the trembling sour plum soup jumped up high. Because of the lessons learned from the past, everyone in the Tian family was afraid that he would drive people out again, and they all closed their mouths obediently in fright.

Only then did Sun Shaozong say coldly, "Don't make a fuss about it, and when I ask you about it, it's not too late for you to talk about it."

Then, he asked Mrs. Xu, "You said that the deceased was not Song Changgeng himself, but what evidence do you have?"

"This……"

Xu lowered his face, and said in a contemptuous manner, "He...he used to have a bland taste, but now he only likes to eat the food in his mouth, and his body is much darker and thinner than before, and...and..."

"Xu Shi!"

Seeing that what she said were all trivial things, it was really not conclusive evidence for a person who had been missing for four years and had died without evidence.

Coupled with her hesitating words, as if she was covering up something, Sun Shaozong immediately raised his voice, and said in a deep voice, "If you can't provide strong evidence, I'm afraid I can only sentence you to 'kill your own husband'! "

As he spoke, he winked at Sun Chengye.

Sun Chengye immediately interjected, "According to the laws and regulations of this dynasty, killing one's own husband should be punished with punishments such as hanging, beheading, and beheading as appropriate."

After a pause, he made a four-word summary, "All are death sentences!"

Hearing these four words, Xu collapsed to the ground, and immediately bounced up again, ignoring the sudden tremors in his chest, and said anxiously, "My lord! The woman has evidence, the woman has evidence!"

"Because this thief is very familiar with my family's affairs, and his appearance is similar to my family's father-in-law, so the little lady did not suspect that he was a fake until last night..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Xu struggled a little, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "It wasn't until I shared the bed with him last night that I suddenly realized something was wrong. My husband's... that object is very thick and short. His But it's a slender one!"

"Even if we haven't seen each other for four years, that object... that object won't change its length and thickness out of thin air, right?!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall, not to mention everyone in the Tian family, even the yamen servants on both sides couldn't help whispering to each other.

No wonder she was secretive before, such a private matter, if it was not a life-threatening moment, who would tell others about it?

"What a silver lady!"

Sun Shaozong was about to order everyone in the hall to be clean, when another person jumped out from behind Tian Dahai, this time he was a young man in his early twenties, and he yelled harshly, "Brother Chang Geng has already been killed by you, you How dare you humiliate him like this!"

"Brother Chang Geng has been home for more than two months, and you are a serious couple, how did you find something strange until last night?"

"Besides, you, a silver lady, took advantage of Brother Chang Geng's absence and hooked up with many men in secret. You spent the whole day measuring those objects. I'm afraid you can't remember what Brother Chang Geng's looks like?!"

"you you you……"

"Xu Shi!"

Xu's face was flushed with embarrassment, and she was about to debate a few words, but she heard Sun Shaozong asked in a deep voice, "Don't pay attention to this person's foul language, tell me first, what you just said, is it normal?" What's the difference?"

The usual appearance?

Xu was stunned for a moment before she understood what she meant, so she blushed and shook her head and said, "It seems that there is not much difference, but when going to bed..."

"Bah!"

Sun Shaozong snorted, half-truth and half-fake angrily said, "Now that Song Changgeng's death has no proof, yet you just say what he looked like when he went to bed?! Could it be that you deliberately amuse me to get rid of the crime?!"

"Women don't dare, women don't dare!"

Xu was so frightened that she grabbed the ground with her head and cried, "The woman really got into an argument with him because she realized something was wrong last night..."

Here she cried and complained, but everyone in the Tian family praised 'Master Qingtian' with lightning-like eyesight, and saw through the poisonous woman's sophistry at a glance.

slap~

The two sides were quarreling and entangled, and Sun Shaozong suddenly threw the gavel again, and said solemnly, "Mr. Xu, you said that you quarreled with him because you found something wrong. Then in your words, did you mention that' The imposter thing?"

"I mentioned it, I mentioned it!"

Xu seemed to have grasped at straws, and hurriedly said, "When I was arguing with him, I mentioned this several times, and a beggar outside the door happened to hear it. If you don't believe me, just ask the beggar to find out!"

Chapter 409 Mysterious Case of Husband Killing [Part [-]]

"Bring someone to prove Hong Jiu!"

With a melodious yell, Hong Jiu arrived at the entrance of the lobby tremblingly. Seeing that there were wolves and tigers on both sides, and a valiant old man was sitting in the middle, his legs and feet softened a little.

Coupled with the fact that the old injury hadn't healed, he tried several times, but he couldn't cross the one-foot-high threshold, and his face was curled up with embarrassment.

Just as he was about to hold the door frame and try again, he suddenly felt a strange gaze.

Hesitant, helpless, eager, begging!

These complex emotions, coupled with Xu's delicate face, transmitted an invisible force, allowing Hong Jiu to easily cross the threshold, and walked steadily to Xu's side step by step, kneeling down Said, "Little man Hong Jiu, I have seen Master Qingtian!"

Even his voice was a bit louder and clearer than usual.

"Hongjiu."

I heard Sun Shaozong ask solemnly after the case, "What did you hear and see outside Song Changgeng's house, and tell the truth quickly!"

Hong Jiu's heart was moved when he heard the words, thinking about Xu's muttering to himself before, he hurriedly said, "Returning to Master Qingtian, I happened to pass by, because I heard this woman say that my husband is a counterfeit. I found it very interesting, so I leaned over and listened to it a few times."

"At that time, the man kept saying that he wanted to drive her out of the house, but he didn't know what to do. He suddenly screamed, and then the woman came out in a panic, and she didn't know how to cover up when she saw the villain, so she kept crying. Said that he didn't intend to kill the counterfeit."

Although what he said was basically true, his position was completely biased towards Li Shi.

Mrs. Li was overjoyed when she heard that, but Tian Biao, the youngest son of Tian Dahai, couldn't help jumping out and questioning loudly, "Her house is not a porridge shed, how could you just run away when she killed someone like this by such a coincidence?" past?!"

As he said that, he asked sternly, "Tell me, did you get bought by this little bitch and conspired with her to kill Brother Chang Geng?!"

If Mrs. Xu was questioned so harshly by him, she might hesitate immediately.

But Hong Jiu has always made a living by talking about it, and without thinking about it, he kowtowed and shouted for injustice, "I am wronged, sir, please let the old man learn from you, let alone say that the villain has never had anything to do with this woman, just because the villain has hurt If I am alive, no one will bribe me to be an accomplice in murder."

Tian Biao snapped back and said, "Maybe your injury was caused just now..."

"You can tell if it's a new injury or an old injury!"

Hong Jiu lifted his trouser legs, and said, "Speaking of which, the villain's injury has something to do with the elder."

As he said that, he talked about how he went to You's house to please him and was beaten by evil beggars again, and finally kowtowed to thank him, "If it wasn't for being rescued by the servant of the master's concubine, the villain is now a veritable Hong Nine fingers."

"After that, the villain stayed at home for several days, and he didn't come out to beg until today. Who knows, he was followed by the deaf boss's subordinates again, so he didn't dare to beg for things seriously, so he walked around indiscriminately."

"If your lord doesn't believe me, just send someone to find the deaf boss's subordinates and ask them - before the murder happened, he was always behind me!"

He was used to singing the lotus falling, and he was so used to it that he didn't give Tian Biao a chance to intervene.