daughter-in-law next door

In the courtroom, Bai Yu knelt on the ground, her face pale, her body trembling, she stared blankly at the floor, as if she hadn't realized that she had become a murderer.

"Who is kneeling! What is the relationship with Zhou Lin! Quickly and honestly!" Xu Zhi slapped the gavel and shouted loudly.

The news spread quickly, and there were already many people outside the yamen, all whispering.

"Is this the girl who killed a servant in the yamen?" A middle-aged woman pointed at Bai Yu and said.

"Yeah, it is said that it was stolen and stolen!" A young boy said.

After hearing this, Su Jinshi turned his head and glanced at the young man, but saw that he was neatly dressed and looked like a scholar.

"Tsk tsk, this girl looks so thin, she can kill a yamen servant, I really can't see it." The middle-aged woman was amazed at this.

The scholar sneered after hearing this, "The relationship between this girl and the deceased is not ordinary!"

"Quiet!" Xu Zhi yelled, with displeasure already in his tone, the middle-aged woman and the scholar stopped talking.

Bai Yu heard the discussion from the people behind her, and she became even more nervous. She looked up at Xu Zhi, and said in a panic, "It wasn't me! I really didn't kill Zhou Lin! It really wasn't me..."

Bai Yu's voice became softer and she was about to cry, Zhou Lin's blood was still on her skirt, like red plum blossoms blooming on her white clothes.

Seeing that she seemed to be about to collapse, Xu Zhi thought about it, and said in a gentle voice, "Don't be nervous, tell me everything you know, don't lie, I will see clearly."

After listening to Xu Zhi's words, Bai Yu finally stopped crying. She raised her head with tears in her eyes, and finally pinned all her hopes on Xu Zhi.

She carefully told about the past between herself and Zhou Lin.

It turned out that Bai Yu and Xu Zhi were childhood sweethearts, but because Bai Yu's family was poor, his father was seriously ill, and he had a five-year-old son to support, Bai Yu's mother sold Bai Yu to a brothel. After Bai Yu was sold, Xu Zhi became a little confused After two years of chaos, I went to the Yamen to work as an errand and then returned to normal.

When Xu Zhi had some silver, he often went to the brothel to look for white jade, but the girl entered the brothel and was trained by the old bustard, even if she didn't want to, she still couldn't help serving those men.

Xu Zhi didn't care about these at all, he often visited Baiyu in the brothel and brought her some gadgets, but he never spent the night with Baiyu.

He also said that he would redeem Bai Yu from the brothel, but there was no further news.

Bai Yu thought her life would go on like this until she met Gao Mingde and Zhao Liang. These two rich children fell in love with Bai Yu and became obsessed with Bai Yu's body. They had the idea of ​​redeeming Bai Yu.

When the procuress of the brothel informed her of this, she was completely stunned, but it didn't take long for her to accept her fate.

After entering a brothel, how can she still be qualified to be happy?

Just when she was about to agree to the old bustard, Zhou Lin came to the door suddenly. He said he would take her away, and he really took her away, and she was kept in a hut since then.

This hut is in a small village outside Lancheng, the people in the village are simple and kind, no one knows Baiyu's identity, only that she was brought back by the village's police.

Zhou Lin came every three days to bring her some delicious and interesting things, but never touched her. She vaguely understood the reason in her heart, but she never asked.

One day, Zhou Lin seemed very tired, so he brought two bottles of wine with him when he went. Bai Yu's capacity for alcohol was good, Zhou Lin was drunk, but she was not.

Bai Yu asked Zhou Lin why he didn't touch her, but Zhou Lin's answer made her burst into tears.

She remembered him saying: I am dirty, you are so clean, I don't want you to be dirty too.

After that day, Zhou Lin didn't show up for a long time. She planned to go to the city to see Zhou Lin today, but when she woke up, she found that Zhou Lin had died in front of her, and she was actually a murderer.

After Bai Yu's story was finished, everyone present was silent for a long time.

Su Jinshi looked at Bai Yu, feeling that she had calmed down, but the sadness in her eyes was too strong to melt away.

"Then do you remember how long you slept?" Xu Zhi asked.

Bai Yu frowned, "I just remember that I fell asleep last night, and when I woke up, I saw Zhou Lin..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present felt that something was wrong. If she was not the murderer, then someone must have drugged Bai Yu and moved her into the mansion, deliberately creating a crime scene.

"You fell asleep all day and all night?" Xu Zhi reconfirmed.

Bai Yu also faintly noticed something was wrong, but still nodded.

"Did you see anyone acting suspiciously yesterday? Or do you still remember if there was something wrong with the food and water you ate yesterday?" Xu Zhi asked seriously.

Bai Yu thought for a while, then shook his head, "I made all the food I ate yesterday, and all the drinks I drank were homemade. There's nothing unusual about it."

"My lord, I'm really not a murderer! Zhou Lin rescued me from the brothel, how could I avenge him? Besides, he and I were childhood sweethearts! How could I..." The more Bai Yu spoke, the more excited she was, and the tears were unconscious flowed out.

She stood up and almost rushed in front of Zhou Lin, but was stopped by the yamen servant in time.

The few people on the sidelines frowned, looking at Baiyu's appearance, it didn't look like a lie. If the murderer intends to blame Baiyu, it must be Zhou Lin's acquaintance...

Thinking of this, Su Jinshi's eyebrows twitched. Could there be more than one murderer in the dismemberment case?

**

Baiyu is in prison, Xu Zhizheng sent someone to investigate in the small village where Baiyu lived, Su Jinshi and the Tang brothers and sisters thought it was suspicious, so they went with him.

At this point in the case, everyone felt that the time to solve the case was not long.

Along the way, Su Jinshi was thinking about Bai Yu's words, she did not look like a murderer, but it cannot be ruled out that her acting skills are too good...

It's just that Zhou Lin's death was too sudden this week, and it happened to happen on the day they knew the murderer, which was too suspicious.

Su Jinshi recalled the few of them. The Tang brothers and sisters had always had a good relationship with Ning Xifeng, and the rest were her, Nian Su and Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi is the magistrate of this city, and he really wants to solve this case. Ning Xifeng also entrusted him with a secret mission...

She shook her head, not wanting to think about these things anymore.

"Jin Shi, are you thinking that the Sixth Prince might start to doubt you?" Tang Mingze suddenly said in a low voice.

Su Jinshi turned his head to look at him, not hiding anything, and said directly: "Yes, because of my relationship with Lu Jingchen, it might make him uncomfortable."

Tang Mingze looked at her with complicated eyes, but Su Jinshi looked at him calmly.

After a long time, Tang Mingze laughed, "Actually, he didn't doubt you, he doubted Xu Zhi."

Su Jinshi was taken aback for a moment, she recalled what Xu Zhi had done, she just felt like a normal magistrate would do, she frowned and asked: "Really? Xu Zhi looks like..."

"It looks like that, but we don't know what it is." Tang Mingze interrupted Su Jinshi.

He looked forward, his face sinking like water, and he said: "As long as you are an official, you can't judge this person by the first impression. Maybe the person who smiles at you today will stab you tomorrow."

Su Jinshi pursed her lips and said nothing. She really didn't understand what Tang Mingze said. She had lived a life at the lowest level and experienced some setbacks, but she had never really met such a person.

When she arrived at that small village, Su Jinshi felt as if she had returned to the original Peach Blossom Village. It seemed that as long as she opened one of the doors, there would be Su Xin and Zhao Shi, as well as Su Huaijin and Sun Shi.

She used to want to escape from that village so much, but now she seems to miss it.

It's just that she also clearly understands that she will never go back.

Several people came to Baiyu's residence. Su Jinshi and the Tang brothers and sisters went in to have a look. There was only one stove, one table, four benches and one bed in the room. The floor was muddy and the walls were very old.

According to the neighbor's description, Baiyu has been here for about a month. Because of her good looks and very easy-going personality, she has a good relationship with the people in the village. They all thought that Baiyu was Zhou Lin's married wife.

When Su Jinshi walked out of the house, he felt a little complicated. The house looked very much like his old home, even the layout.

Fortunately, I didn't bring the annual prime with me.

When Su Jinshi came out, a man from the next door also came out. The man was holding a sickle in his hand, and he seemed to be going to cut vegetables in the vegetable field.

Su Jinshi walked over and asked him with a smile, "Are you going to the fields now?"

When the man saw Su Jinshi coming from Baiyu's room, a look of guard appeared on his face, and he said, "Who are you?"

Su Jinshi continued to smile, but he had a panoramic view of his expression, "I came here to take a look. I have a good relationship with Baiyu. I was very worried when I heard that something like this happened to her, but I also believed that she would not do anything. For such a thing, I came here to see if there is any evidence."

The man looked disbelieving, "You have a good relationship with her, why have you never been here to see her?"

"This matter is more complicated. When Bai Yu disappeared, I searched many places but couldn't find it. I only got news about her today, but I didn't want to..."

After speaking, Su Jinshi lowered his head and pretended to wipe away his tears. The man thought of some rumors he had heard and believed Su Jinshi a little. He sighed and said, "Someone came to her before, but they didn't want to This happened a few days later."

Su Jinshi raised her eyebrows, knowing what she asked, but she was not in a hurry. She sniffed and said, "Perhaps she is also a friend of Baiyu. There are quite a few girls who have good relations with her. It is probably because she disappeared. Find here of."

The man had a strange expression on his face, and he murmured, "But, that's clearly a man..."

When Su Jinshi heard this, she thought that someone had put the blame on Bai Yu. She pretended to be a little confused and raised her head, "A man? But there are almost no men who have a good relationship with Bai Yu."

These words finally made the man change his face, he immediately waved his hand, clenched the sickle, and said anxiously: "I don't know, I don't know anything."

With that said, the man left.

Su Jinshi looked at his leaving back and was not in a hurry to ask anything. Asking now might be counterproductive.