Both the Han and Liao families were related to Beidi people, and the new in-laws of the Han family were from the public family. Moreover, the head catcher Chen mentioned by the boy happened to be the person responsible for taking over the acting county magistrate in the Qingyang case.
Are there really such coincidences in the world?
Zhou Yuan and Shen Chongming decided to go to the City God Temple to have a look.
There were crowds of people outside the Chenghuang Temple, and the darkness was crowded with people watching the fun.
The murder of the girl from the Han family had already spread throughout the town, and the word elopement added a hint of unexplainable, unexplained beauty. The good-hearted people came here specially to watch the trial begin.
The Han family and his wife stood aside, but the only person in charge came from the Liao family. Li Zheng set up a table in front of the altar table. At this time, he was stroking his beard and looking at Mr. Liao who was kneeling below.
"Liao Wenbin, tell me how you secretly met with Han Xiang and killed him!"
"I did not have a private meeting with Han Xiang, let alone kill Han Xiang!" Liao Wenbin clenched his fists: "I was wronged! When I came to this City God's Temple, Han Xiang was already dead. I don't know anything, don't do it again Ask me."
"Liao Wenbin!" Mrs. Han pointed at him: "Thankfully, I, Xiang'er, am so infatuated with you!"
"Madam!" Liao Wenbin turned around and saluted Mrs. Han, kowtowing: "I know Xiang'er is crazy about me, and I love Xiang'er as brightly as the sun and the moon. I don't want to live after Xiang'er dies, but I can't let her do this. I walked away confused and aggrieved. I am not a murderer. If I admit this crime and let the real murderer go free, Xiang'er will not rest in peace."
"Are you not a murderer? If you are not a murderer, who is?" Mrs. Han's eyes turned red: "My Han family did bring up the matter of breaking off the engagement, but don't you know why my Han family broke off the engagement? Isn't your father not clear? ? If you want to complain, then blame me, if you want to hate, then hate me, why did you kill my Xiang'er! Master Li Zheng, please avenge my Xiang'er's injustice, and please send this murderer to the government."
"Mrs. Han, don't be excited. Since I set up a hall in this City God's Temple, I want to investigate this matter clearly. If Liao Wenbin is really the murderer of Han Xiang, I will escort this person to the government without Mrs. Han saying anything. ." Li Zheng said and patted the table: "You said you were not the murderer of Han Xiang, then why is your jade pendant here?"
"The jade pendant was given to Han Xiang by me. It is a token of love between the two of us." Liao Wenbin leaned over and kowtowed. "Han Xiang's maid Xiaocui was also present when I presented the jade pendant. She can vouch for me."
Li was looking at Xiao Cui who was standing behind Mrs. Han. Xiao Cui immediately nodded and said, "That jade pendant was indeed given to my lady by Mr. Liao, but when I sent the letter last night, the lady asked me to send the jade pendant and the letter together. The lady said that if Mr. Liao is willing to go with her, the jade will be their token of love. If Mr. Liao is not willing, the jade will be given to his future confidants."
"I didn't see this jade!" Liao Wenbin said anxiously: "This is about your young lady, don't talk nonsense!"
"Xiao Cui is not talking nonsense. Xiao Cui watched the lady put the jade into the envelope with her own eyes. To prevent Madam from discovering it, the lady asked me to wrap the letter in a handkerchief, hide it in my arms and send it to the Liao Mansion."
Xiao Cui knelt on the ground.
"I arrived at the Liao Mansion at three o'clock in the morning. I waited at the front door for two quarters of an hour, during which time I knocked on the door many times, but no one answered. Then I went to the back door of the Liao Mansion. The back door was ajar, so I took the courage to I walked in, and as soon as I entered, I met someone.”
"Then what?" Li Zheng asked, stroking his beard.
"I explained my purpose of coming, gave him the miss's letter, and asked him to forward it to Mr. Liao. I also told him that my miss was waiting in the Chenghuang Temple, and asked him to tell Mr. Liao about this."
"I did receive a letter from Han Xiang, but there was no jade pendant in the letter." Liao Wenbin said, "What on earth is going on?"
"Of course you are lying. You killed my Xiang'er and you don't admit it!" Madam Han said and rushed towards Liao Wenbin. Shopkeeper Han subconsciously blocked it, then let go, allowing Madam to kick Liao Wenbin again and again. beat.
Liao Wenbin said nothing and allowed Mrs. Han to beat and scold her. It wasn't until she was tired from the beating that she wiped the blood from her mouth and said in a deep voice: "I did not see the jade pendant. Even the letter, I don't know. Who sent it to my room?"
"I think Mr. Liao is not lying." Seeing the chaos in the Chenghuang Temple, Zhou Yu'an couldn't help but said: "It is true that the lady put the jade pendant in the letter, and it is also true that the maid sent the letter to the Liao Mansion. It’s true that Mr. Liao didn’t see the jade pendant, so what’s false? It’s not false, it’s just that you ignored the most critical person in the whole incident.”
"The most important person?" Li Zheng stood up and looked at Zhou Yu'an: "The girl is -"
"I'm passing by to watch the fun." Zhou Yu'an smiled shyly and said to Li Zheng: "That maid sister is called Xiaocui, right? Sister Xiaocui mentioned that she gave the letter to someone, and Mr. Liao said that the letter was Who was the messenger he saw in his room? Does Sister Xiaocui know him? Does Mr. Liao know who he is? "
Xiaocui said: "He must be from Liao Mansion."'
Mr. Liao shook his head: "I only saw the letter, but not the person who sent it. I think he belongs to my Liao Mansion."
"It must be. Come to think of it, how can you two be so sure that that person must be from the Liao Mansion?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned.
Li Zhengdao: "If it's not from Liao Mansion, how can it be from Beifu?"
Zhou Yuan smiled, walked up to Xiaocui, and asked, "Sister Xiaocui, can you help describe that person?"
"The man was half a head taller than me, and he was wearing the clothes of a young man from the Liao family." Xiao Cui recalled: "He appeared suddenly. I was so startled that I didn't dare to look at him carefully."
"Is he fat or thin?"
"Zhuang, like a mountain." Xiao Cui frowned: "There was a smell on my body, which was quite unpleasant. I covered my nose."
"Does it smell like you haven't taken a shower?"
"No, it's not the smell of not taking a shower, it's a..." Xiao Cui thought in embarrassment: "It's a smell that only Beidi people have. I can't put it in words. I've smelled it before, but it's not It's on him. I can't tell, but it has a very special smell."
"Body odor is a smell you carry with you since birth." Zhou Yu'an turned to the steward of the Liao Mansion: "Does the Liao Mansion have such a servant?"
The steward shook his head. Zhou Yuan felt at ease and continued to ask Xiaocui, "What other characteristics does that person have?"
"Eye!" Xiaocui pointed to the end of his right eye: "There is a scar here, which is not very obvious and blends in with the drooping corner of his eye. I was scared only when I saw the scar, so I said a few words in a hurry and left. .”
"Is there such a young man in the Liao Mansion? Or, does Mr. Liao know such a person?"
"No!" Liao Wenbin shook his head: "There is only one boy beside me, his name is Laifu, and Xiao Cui recognizes him. The stewards who clean the yard also know that he picked him out personally."
"This person is not from our Liao Mansion." The steward said: "Xiao Cui said that she handed the things to such a person, but the things appeared in our young master's room, and the most important jade pendant was missing. Xiao Cui said Cui said she arrived at the Liao Mansion in Xu Shi, but our young master left in the morning. What is hidden here? Who framed our young master? "
The steward faced Li Zheng: "Please Li Zheng investigate carefully and give our young master justice!"
