One early morning a few days later, Dongping County Government.
At this time, the county magistrate Li Mobai has summoned the capable officers in the yamen together, and they are jointly studying the three cases of pregnant women drowning in the river.
After many days of investigation by Wang Erhu, Xiao Yang, and Yan Qi, they now have a lot of clues!
But the real murderer is still following him, elusive!
Wang Erhu was the first to speak: "The third deceased, Xu Lan, was the only daughter of a member of the Xu family in this county. She had a sweetheart named Yang Wei. In the child examination in the fourth year of Yuanyou, Yang Wei once won the title of scholar in this county."
"Although Yang Wei has been selected as a scholar, the Yang family is a small family, and their background cannot be compared with the Xu family! But Xu Yuanwai has always been open-minded, and the Xu family also found out about the two of them, so they decided to get married on the eighth day of the next month! But now Xu Lan jumped into the river and died, so the marriage between the two naturally fell through."
"Yang Wei? You mean the fourth place in the provincial examination?"
Zhuge Lei suddenly interrupted.
"It's this person!" Wang Erhu said.
"I understand, I understand! Now that Yang Wei has passed the provincial examination, he is the master of the imperial examination, so he naturally despises the Xu family! But he made the Xu family girl pregnant, and now he wants to regret the marriage, and he is worried about ruining his reputation and affecting his official career. So let’s just stop doing it! Yang Wei is going to be Chen Shimei..."
"This provincial examination is a blessing from the Holy One! One to ten people will go to the capital to meet the Holy One! Before Xu Lan jumped into the river, Yang Wei was probably already in the capital! Even if Master Zhuge's reasoning was correct and Yang Wei was the murderer, he did not have time to commit the crime. !”
Seeing that he was getting more and more outrageous, Li Mobai simply interrupted him.
After hearing this, Wang Erhu thought to himself: I'm afraid Master Zhuge himself thinks this way! He looked well-dressed and handsome, but he was full of dirty thoughts and evil spirits!
After a brief silence, the little goat continued: "The first deceased, Wang He, had a childhood sweetheart named Ge Yiming. Their marriage was decided when they were young! According to their age, they were about to get married. But one thing is different, the Wang family seems to be dissatisfied with this marriage now, and has always wanted to regret the marriage!"
After Wang Erhu and Little Goat finished speaking, Yan Qi said: "The second deceased, Xie Ping, was the daughter of Xie Yuanwai from this county. Xie Ping's lover was Zhu Deng, a teacher hired privately by his family!"
"Zhu Deng was hired when he was at the end of his rope, so the Xie family can be said to be his benefactors, and the Xie family has also approved their marriage! Zhu Deng married into the Xie family, which is a high ranking! Killing Xie Ping does nothing to Zhu Deng Bonus! As far as I can see, Juden cannot be the murderer! Because he has no motive for killing!"
"These three cases may seem ordinary, but there must be some kind of secret hidden behind them! The daughter of a rich family, she got pregnant out of wedlock! They all committed suicide before marriage! Three things can lead to finding three people in such similar situations in Dongping County. It’s not easy!”
After listening to everyone's reports, Li Mobai's deep eyes were filled with doubts and contemplation.
Li Mobai's study fell into brief silence again.
Yan Qi suddenly said: "Little Goat, you said that the Wang family does not agree with Wang Ge's marriage. Why?"
The little goat replied: "The Wang and Ge families were originally big families in the county! But later the Ge family declined, and the Ge family's young master Ge Yiming became an actor. So the Wang family arranged a marriage for Wang He!"
"The Luo family in the new photo has a strong family background! The eldest son Luo Rui, who is said to be married, is still a good-looking scholar. Even though Wang He and the actor Ge Yiming are already engaged and have an intimate relationship, but The Wang family is still firmly opposed!"
"That's it!" Yan Qi nodded thoughtfully.
There are still differences between Wang He's death and the victims of the two subsequent murders!
Her marriage to her best friend was not facilitated by her family like the latter two!
"It seems we have to investigate Luo Rui and Ge Yiming!"
Li Mobai made a decision after thinking for a moment!
After hearing this, everyone stood up and prepared to start investigating.
When Yan Qi was about to leave, he was stopped by Li Mobai.
He has a sly smile on his face!
"Yan Qi, actually I have another way to find out the real culprit!"
"any solution?"
Yan Qi asked curiously.
Li Mobai smiled proudly and said: "We pretended to be together, you pretended to be pregnant, and then I pretended to propose to you, and made this matter a storm in the city. In this way, the murderer may lose his composure and jump out on his own! "
"Pretend? What if he didn't fall for it?"
"Then let's make it real!"
After hearing this, Yan Qi's eyes seemed to suddenly become gentle and bright.
She smiled slightly, slowly approached Li Mobai, and whispered in his ear: "Li Mobai, are you thinking too beautifully?"
After Yan Qi finished speaking, he left his study.
Li Mobai smiled awkwardly, turned around and asked other government officials: "What do you think of my method?"
He took hold of the Candide goat.
The honest little goat twitched the corner of his mouth, then secretly pulled out his sleeve and said, "Sir, I think you are daydreaming!"
After the little goat finished speaking, he ran away immediately without waiting for Li Mobai to curse.
Everyone else also found excuses to leave, leaving Li Mobai standing there alone and sighing.
Zhuge Lei, the only person who did not hide from him, came up to him and said, "Sir, I am a low-class person. If you want to get married, my sister..."
"Get out!"
Zhuge Lei felt bored and left, thinking: This county magistrate is really ignorant!
