The two people's words seemed to explain everything.
However, Mrs. Zhao obviously didn't believe any of this. She only said coldly, "You are a family, and it's not all about what you say! And maybe you two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law colluded to confess."
Regarding Mrs. Zhao's question, the first half of the sentence is quite pertinent. After all, Aunt Ji's daughter-in-law Su and Aunt Ji are the same family, so the credibility of Su's testimony is indeed greatly reduced. However, it is absolutely impossible to say that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law colluded in the confession. After all, who doesn't know that Aunt Ji and the Su family have never dealt with each other.
Su's ability to help her speak out was probably for the sake of her father-in-law's husband.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to say that the two of them conspired to confess.
But now both sides have actually finished saying what they need to say.
Therefore, it is still up to the head of the village to judge the matter.
The chief looked at the two of them and said, "So none of you can prove your innocence, and none of you saw what happened! If you put it this way, there are indeed various possibilities in this case! So neither of you can That’s too much to say! Why don’t you just rest at your house for the night today, and I’ll go investigate this matter tomorrow?”
Li Chang's conclusion is that he actually has no conclusion now.
Although everyone was dissatisfied after hearing the words, there was no other better way. Therefore, under this situation, everyone could only go back to their homes without being convinced.
After a dreamless night, the Ji and Zhao families got up early in the morning of the next day.
Mrs. Zhao was thinking about the money, but she didn't even care about her husband and children. She just wanted to find the money as soon as possible.
Aunt Ji had never been wronged like this, and she was so angry that she didn't sleep for half the night. However, after this incident, the relationship between Aunt Ji and her daughter-in-law Su became somewhat harmonious.
After all, if it hadn't been for Su's family yesterday, she might have been dragged to see the official by Mrs. Zhao.
When Su saw Aunt Ji bowing her head, she naturally stopped worrying about the past.
So this morning, Mrs. Su accompanied Aunt Ji to find the head of the house.
The two families came to see the mayor at the same time, but they met at the door. As soon as Mrs. Zhao saw Aunt Ji, she immediately said, "Thief!"
After the words fell, Aunt Ji couldn't bear it, "Who are you calling a thief?"
"What's wrong with you? You're a thief!"
The two of them were noisy, which only broke the tranquility of Yunyong Lane, and they only made the mayor come out.
The chief looked at the two of them angrily and said, "Why are you arguing again!"
Aunt Ji immediately complained, "Chief, Mrs. Zhao called me a thief!"
Mrs. Zhao also refused to give in. "Did I scold you wrongly? Aren't you just a thief?"
"Mrs. Zhao, you must rely on evidence when you speak!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, the headman couldn't help but scolded loudly, "Okay! Shut up!"
Li's words were quite authoritative. As expected, the two of them stopped talking when they heard what Mr. Li said.
The chief then scolded angrily, "I'm a grandma, and it's really a joke to still act like this."
After saying this, the headman said to his mother-in-law, "I'll be back as soon as I go. You don't have to wait for me."
The mother-in-law in the room responded yes.
Then the manager left with his hands behind his back. At the same time, Aunt Ji and Mrs. Zhao naturally followed immediately behind the manager.
When the three of them arrived at the courtyard again, the courtyard was still as it was. Aunt Ji's daughter-in-law, Su, had been looking around since she came in.
When she saw the padlocked door, Mrs. Su couldn't help but ask Mrs. Zhao, "Mr. Zhao, did you really lock the door when you went out that day?"
Hearing Su's question, Mrs. Zhao thought that Su was trying to exonerate her mother-in-law and prove that she had forgotten to lock the door.
How could she possibly take the blame?
So when she heard Su's words, she said directly without thinking, "Of course it's a lock."
It's locked, and I not only locked the front door, but also locked many of the inner doors in this house. I don't know how your mother-in-law got in. "
Hearing what Mrs. Zhao said, Mrs. Su immediately said, "Yes, you have locked everything. How can my mother-in-law get in without the key? And there are so many doors. I just looked carefully at the door locks in your house." There are no signs of prying open at all. My mother-in-law is not a locksmith, but she has no ability to open so many doors. So you can think carefully about whether someone else has taken the key to your home besides you. My mother-in-law is definitely It’s impossible to get the key to your house, and you won’t give it to me!”
Upon hearing Su's words, the mayor seemed to have discovered a new world. He immediately said to Mrs. Zhao, "What Su said makes sense. You can tell that an acquaintance committed the crime, and most of the people who committed the crime are from someone special to your family." Someone you trust.”
After hearing what the Li Chang said, Mrs. Zhao finally began to seriously think about her family's affairs.
Later, in the process of thinking about it, she only really thought of one question.
She immediately whispered to her husband, "My husband and son only have the key to our house. In addition, my nephew also has a pair of keys! But he can't do such a thing, right?"
When Mrs. Zhao said this, she was obviously a little guilty, and Aunt Ji seemed to have heard a breakthrough from it. She immediately said, "Why not! You only have a few sets of keys in your house, and I, as an outsider, naturally have no role. Your husband and son will definitely not be caught stealing, not to mention they are still in prison. Even if they want to be caught stealing, it is impossible, so if your nephew is not the most suspected at the moment, who else can be the greater suspect?"
Faced with Aunt Ji's words, Mrs. Zhao said nothing.
But in fact, she already believed this conclusion in her heart.
After all, her nephew's hands and feet are not very clean, and now her nephew is addicted to gambling, so it seems completely explainable if he stole her money and used it for gambling.
However, Mrs. Zhao obviously found it difficult to accept this statement.
After all, if it was really his nephew who took it, then her life would not be easy, so she just said without giving up, "This is impossible, my nephew has never been here, how could he take my money!" "
Hearing what Mrs. Zhao said, Aunt Ji immediately said, "He has a key to your house, so why can't he come? I don't have a key, and you still suspect me of stealing something from your house? Why are you objecting to me now?" What’s your explanation?”
"Everyone saw you entering my house!" Mrs. Zhao was not to be outdone.
Aunt Ji was even more unconvinced, "Didn't anyone see your nephew?"
Aunt Ji added, "Do you dare to ask?"
Mrs. Zhao immediately said, "Just ask! What am I afraid of!"
The two chatted quickly, which gave the mayor some inspiration. He only visited nearby homes.
It happened that the neighbor next door was also at home. He heard the mayor ask if anyone besides Aunt Ji had been to Mrs. Zhao's house yesterday. The man just recalled it, and soon he actually recalled something.
"Yes! Yes, a young man actually came to Zhao's house at noon. Because I had never seen this young man before, I couldn't help but take a few more glances. But then I saw him take the key and open the door. I thought she might be a relative of the Zhao family, so I left it alone."
After the words fell, the man just said, "Aunt Ji will leave in the afternoon."
Hearing this, Mrs. Su couldn't help but ask, "When my mother-in-law went there, was the door of their house actually open?"
Facing Su's question, the man thought about it carefully, and then he said in an uncertain tone, "I didn't pay attention to this, but when Aunt Ji went in, it seemed that she did not use the key, and soon she I went in, and I think the young man probably didn’t lock the door when he came out!”
After hearing what the man said, Su just thanked him.
Then Su looked at the director and said, "Now that the director is like this, doesn't my mother-in-law's suspicion become so great?"
Faced with Su's questioning, the head of the village cooperated
The nodded.
And Mrs. Zhao, who had been making a lot of noise from yesterday to today, finally stopped making noise.
After all, all she wanted was to get her money back and catch the murderer, so she suspected that Aunt Ji had taken the money. But now many things have proven that Aunt Ji is the murderer, so naturally Mrs. Zhao is gone. The reason to continue to struggle with Aunt Ji.
Afterwards, she thanked Tongli Chang and prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, before she could leave completely, Su suddenly stopped her and called her, "Mr. Zhao."
When Su Shi called her, Mrs. Zhao only thought that Su Shi was trying to cause trouble for her, so she immediately said vigilantly, "What's wrong with you calling me? I'm telling you, your mother-in-law can only blame herself for being suspected." "
Seeing her being so wary, Ms. Su couldn't help but smile and said, "We are not looking for any trouble with you. Moreover, this matter is indeed about my mother-in-law who shouldn't be standing under a dangerous wall, and she also took some things from you. I feel a little sorry in my heart. So I plan to return some things to you!"
After the words fell, Su took the initiative to hand over a few coins in her hand to the other party.
Mrs. Zhao was still a little dazed after receiving the copper coin, but she quickly snatched the coin from Mrs. Su's hand and said, "If your family had been like this, I wouldn't have doubted your mother-in-law."
After saying this, Mrs. Zhao left. She really missed her money. If the money was with her nephew, and if she had gone there later, then her money would probably be gone.
And seeing Mrs. Su handing the copper plate to Mrs. Zhao, Aunt Ji felt distressed, "Oh! Why did you give her the copper plate?"
"If you don't give it, I won't be able to stop her if she takes that handful of sunflower seeds and sends you to the court." Su said seriously.
Aunt Ji thought Su was trying to scare her, so she said, "A handful of sunflower seeds and an egg won't bring you to the official court, right?"
The head of the village also wanted to correct Aunt Ji's behavior, so he only cooperated with Su.
