The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Shocked and distressed, she looked around and discovered that the fire in the room was slowly growing larger, but objects could still be vaguely seen in the thick smoke, and the flames did not spread around the bed, so there was no risk of death.

But Liu Zhenzhen was indeed dead. Li Qiu was extremely sad. He stumbled to pick up the baby in the crib, and was horrified to find that the baby had also stopped breathing.

At this time, the fire had become mercilessly rampant, and the raging flames were running around like mad, devouring everything wantonly.

The sound of burning flames filled my ears. The smoke grew thicker and thicker, choking my throat and making it hurt. Tears welled up in my eyes and everything two or three meters in front of me turned into chaos.

The beams of the house could not withstand the roasting of the flames, and fell down heavily with flames all over their bodies, making a deafening roar.

Li Qiu was unwilling to run away like this, she suppressed the life warning from her body and tried her best to carry Liu Zhenzhen's body. But the body was too heavy, she fell to the ground after taking two steps, and her body was also stained with flames.

The flames burned more and more fiercely on her body, and she felt the severe pain of burns on her flesh.

Seeing that the whole room was about to collapse, she knew that she could not carry the heavy Liu Zhenzhen out on her back, so she had to give up, abandoned Liu Zhenzhen, and struggled to run out alone in the fire.

While running, Li Qiu's whole body was burned, and when she rushed out of the house, she almost became a fire man.

The three cooks who were fetching water outside were horrified when they saw this, and hurriedly brought a bucket of water and poured it on her, which saved her life.

But her body and face were severely burned, and she fell into a coma almost the moment the fire was extinguished.

When she woke up, she found herself in a prison cell.

She learned from the jailer that after she fell unconscious, the three cooks called the neighbors to put out the fire.

Although the house was destroyed, the bodies of Liu Zhenzhen and her son were not completely burned, so they were left intact.

It was almost dawn when Qu Zhengyan led his men back. He was furious when he saw the scene. After hearing that Li Qiu had been in a fire scene, he thought about it and reported to the police to have her arrested.

Later, Qu Zhengyan told the prefect that Li Qiu owed money from gambling and asked Liu Zhenzhen for money repeatedly, but Liu Zhenzhen refused to give it to him.

Later, she became resentful and, after stealing a lot of property, she burned Liu Zhenzhen and her son to death.

Li Qiu was shocked after hearing the jailer's words. She and Liu Zhenzhen were like sisters and he was always by her side. When did she go gambling?

She was alone, and Liu Zhenzhen saved a lot of money from her every month, enough for her to have food and clothing for the rest of her life. How could she steal the money and harm her master's life?

At first, she didn't understand why Qu Zhengyan accused her of such a crime. Later, after recalling, she thought that she clearly saw Qu Zhengyan in the room before the fire that night, and he even fed Liu Zhenzhen water. Why did he say that he came back at dawn?

Also, Liu Zhenzhen was fine when she drank the water, so why did she stop breathing before the fire? Could it be the glass of water...

Thinking of this, Li Qiu broke out in a cold sweat. He cried out for justice in prison, making a lot of noise and demanding that the government try the case.

This incident had a huge impact in Liuyue City. The prefect soon announced the opening of a trial, and almost all the citizens in the city went to the court to listen to the trial.

On the day of the trial, Qu Zhengyan was filled with grief and indignation, and angrily put all the charges on Li Qiu.

He insisted that she was the one who set the fire, and said that he found valuables that belonged to Liu Zhenzhen in her room.

Li Qiu was devastated and told everything that happened that night in court, accusing Qu Zhengyan of poisoning his wife and children. He also said that Liu Zhenzhen died before the fire, and was definitely not burned or fumigated!

She asked a coroner to perform an autopsy to check whether there was any poison in Liu Zhenzhen and the baby's bodies.

Whenever it is a homicide case, the body will be transported to the county government as evidence, and Liu Zhenzhen and her son are no exception.

Fortunately, their bodies were still intact and met the conditions for an autopsy.

In full view of everyone, Qu Zhengyan agreed to the autopsy.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the prefect did not even leave the court and immediately ordered the coroner to perform an autopsy.

A group of people waited in the court for two hours, and the coroner finally brought the autopsy results to the court.

The prefect read out the result, but it was not what Li Qiu had expected.

There was smoke in the mouths, noses, respiratory tracts and even lungs of Liu Zhenzhen and her son. It was confirmed that they were choked to death by the thick smoke from the fire, and no traces of poison were found in their bodies.

Li Qiu was stunned at the time. She couldn't believe the autopsy results and screamed at the court for a re-examination.

But in the face of irrefutable evidence, no one believed her anymore. Qu Zhengyan burst into tears and snot in the courtroom, crying for his wife and children, and for his little daughter who had lost her mother.

After his moving performance, public opinion quickly turned to his side.

The people who were listening to the trial were all extremely angry and shouted for Li Qiu to be burned to death.

If the soldiers hadn't stopped them, they would have rushed into the court and beaten up Li Qiu, the "arsonist."

But even so, Li Qiu still refused to plead guilty. He could not be convicted if he refused to plead guilty and sign.

So at the request of Qu Zhengyan and the common people, the prefect used all the tortures on her, torturing her until she was covered with scars and her life was worse than death.

Later, she couldn't hold on any longer, so she pressed her fingerprints on the confession with tears in her eyes.

In this way, Li Qiu's charges were confirmed, and he was put in death row and beheaded three days later.

The more Li Qiu thought about it in the death row, the more unwilling he felt that the young lady's death was unjust.

She didn't want to die and wanted to avenge her young lady, so on the eve of her execution she used her savings accumulated over the years to bribe a jailer.

The jailer made a substitution and gagged a condemned prisoner next to her who was about the same size as her. He covered his head with a black cloth, saying that the deceased could not face the public, and then beheaded him in her name.

She had no relatives or friends, so no one suspected that she had the ability to do something, and the matter was successfully covered up.

Later, the jailer quietly released her as agreed, and she gave all her property to the jailer, asking him to help keep the secret.

She had become a "celebrity" in Liuyue City and definitely could not stay in Liuyue City anymore, so after getting out, she quickly fled Liuyue City with her scarred body and wandered outside for more than ten years.

After feeling that everyone in Liuyue City should have forgotten what happened back then, he dared to come back quietly with his face covered, preparing to secretly investigate what happened back then and to bring Qu Zhengyan to justice.

After she came back, she specially built a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain where Liu Zhenzhen was buried. On the one hand, it was convenient for her to visit her former lady frequently, and on the other hand, the place was hidden and she would not be discovered and exposed by others.

After listening to her account of the whole story, the room fell silent. Everyone was stunned and looked at her blankly, no one spoke.

Qu Xiaoyou's face had lost all its color at some point, and was as pale as a piece of white paper.

Terror, despair, disbelief, and a variety of earth-shattering emotions emerged in her eyes.

She was completely stunned, like a puppet with her soul hollowed out.