"That's nonsense. Are you saying that he is the person that the Qingyang County Magistrate is afraid of? Then I say that I am the mother-in-law of the Qingyang County Magistrate. Will he marry our Xiang'er?"
"No!" Shen Chongming replied: "Qingyang County Magistrate is older than you. You will never let your daughter marry him. Even if you are willing, your husband may not be willing. Secondly, County Magistrate Wang Shi He and his wife are very affectionate, and there are no concubines or concubines in the mansion. He will never make this exception for Miss Han. Finally, the wife of the county magistrate Wang Shi is jealous and will never allow her husband to have a concubine."
"The Qingyang County Magistrate's surname is indeed Wang, and his wife is indeed a little jealous." Li Zheng walked up to Shen Chongming and asked, "Who is this sir?"
"Master Shen is responsible for investigating the Qingyang case." Zhou Yu'an took Shen Chongming's arm and said, "I won't show you the imperial edict. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Qingyang to ask the county magistrate. Pretending to be an official of the imperial court is a serious crime of beheading. , do you think we look like people with two extra heads?"
"It turns out to be Mr. Shen!" Li Zheng said with a smile on his face: "No wonder you two are so concerned about this matter. Han Xiang was taken back by her mother and is currently lying in the mourning hall of the Han family. We don't know what Mr. Shen wants to do. Come on, this scene, and this Miss Han... Miss, I'm afraid you won't be able to detect anything."
"Who said that?" Zhou Yu'an looked at Mrs. Han pointedly: "Please Li Zheng lead the way!"
A large group of people moved from the City God's Temple to the Han family.
Holding the sword, he approached Shen Chongming and asked quietly: "Will such a big fanfare cause us trouble?"
"No!" Shen Chongming said: "The most dangerous place is often the safest place. We have told everyone in a big way that we are imperial officials and live in Yuelai Inn. Do you think King Qi will send killers to attack the inn? Liu The people of Lin Town all know that we are here for the case in Qingyang County, no matter how powerful he is, how many mouths can he block?"
"His Royal Highness King Qi behaves differently from others." Zhijian said worriedly: "I'm afraid he won't be able to think about this much."
"He will think about it." Shen Chongming pursed his lips and smiled: "He is stupid, but he listened to the advice. Those around him will tell him not to fight us in Liulin Town, at least before we arrive in Qingyang. You have to let us do well.”
"Did Miss Zhou do it on purpose?" She glanced at Zhou Yu'an quietly with her sword in hand. She was asking Li Zheng about the details of the case, and Liao Wenbin stood on her right side with his head lowered.
They kept a certain distance from Zhou Yu'an. Everyone around them was listening to the case, and no one noticed the conversation between them.
"I seem to know why I like Miss Zhou."
"Why?" Shen Chongming frowned and looked at the sword.
He knew that he had a crush on Zhou Yu'an and that he wanted to marry him, but he didn't know what his crush on Zhou Yu'an was and why he wanted to marry her.
In his opinion, he has a good impression because she saved him from dying in Changming Mountain, and he wants to marry her because she wants to marry him, and he just lacks a wife. If that person is Zhou Yu'an, he has no reason to object, and he is willing to live with her for the rest of his life.
Zhijian didn't understand Shen Chongming's thoughts, so when he heard him ask, he said honestly: "Because Miss Zhou is smart, and her intelligence is different from the girls in the capital. Also, Miss Zhou is very powerful, and this is also different from the girls in the capital." Those girls are different.”
"It's indeed different!" Shen Chongming looked at her and felt a little clear in his heart: "Her intelligence is mixed with stupidity, her stupidity is mixed with stubbornness, her stubbornness is mixed with a hint of cunning, and her cunning is mixed with self-righteousness. Those in the capital Of all the ladies, no one is as interesting as her."
"Are you praising Miss Zhou?"
"No!" Shen Chongming walked a few steps quickly and left his sword behind.
Holding the sword and touching his head, he followed at a trot.
Zhou Yu'an asked about the key point: "Is it Miss Han Xiang that Mr. Liao discovered?"
"I discovered it, but before I came, I didn't know if anyone else was there." Liao Wenbin stopped and glanced at the Han couple walking directly in front.
There were two reasons why the Han family broke off the engagement. When Mr. Han was in prison, shopkeeper Liao took advantage of the situation and robbed a lot of the Han family's business. Mr. Han was imprisoned because someone reported him, and the person who reported him was a subordinate of Shopkeeper Liao. If he said that this matter had nothing to do with Shopkeeper Liao, Liao Wenbin would not believe it.
All the troubles in the Han family were caused by the Liao family. Mr. Han resented the Liao family and it was understandable that he wanted to break off the engagement. As the son of shopkeeper Liao, Liao Wenbin also had no face to face Han Xiang.
Last night, Liao Wenbin had another dispute with Shopkeeper Liao about Han Xiang and the Han family. Later, Shopkeeper Liao sent him to the ancestral hall to reflect. The person responsible for guarding him was the steward who was observing in the City God's Temple today. The steward knew that he was innocent and that he was unwilling to argue with the Han family because of Han Xiang's matter, so he remained calm and did not defend Liao Wenbin when he was beaten.
The Liao family has a good relationship with the government and the governor's office. As early as when Liao Wenbin was accused of being the murderer, shopkeeper Liao began to act. He kept silent because he knew that Liao Wenbin would be fine.
Liao Wenbin knelt in the ancestral hall all night. He came out of the ancestral hall only when the east was slightly bright. It was already Mao hour when he saw the letter, and it was already Mao three quarters when he arrived at the Chenghuang Temple. He didn't know if anyone had been to the City God's Temple before, but he only knew that Han Xiang was already dead when he arrived!
"How do you know she was dead when you arrived? Have you seen the body and confirmed that she was not breathing?"
"Her head is gone!" Liao Wenbin clenched his fists: "How can a person live without his head?"
"Headless? Han Xiang's head was chopped off?" Zhou Yu'an turned to Li Zheng: "If the head was beheaded, there must be a lot of blood stains at the scene, but we did not see any blood stains in the City God's Temple. Has the City God's Temple been cleaned?"
"No, I didn't clean it up, but this matter is a bit strange." Li Zheng looked at Zhou Yu'an uneasily: "Now, I won't hide the matter from the girl. Hanxiang's head was wrapped in a cotton coat, and the cotton coat was full of There is blood, but there is no blood on the ground. The neck is broken, and there is no blood under the neck, as if all the blood has flowed onto the cotton clothes."
"Is that what Li Zheng said?" Zhou Yu'an asked Liao Wenbin: "When you went there, where was Han Xiang's head? Where was his body?"
"The head was held in a cotton-padded garment and placed in front of the altar table in the City God's Temple. Her eyes were still open when I went there, and I helped her close them. There was no blood in front of the altar table, nor on the outside of the cotton-padded coat, just like inside. As he said, Han Xiang's blood seemed to be sucked by that piece of clothing."
Liao Wenbin took a deep breath and continued: "The body fell at the place the girl just mentioned. I didn't dare to look, and I didn't have time to look. Xiaocui came, and everyone knew what happened next. Han Xiang died. , when Xiaocui saw me, I was closing Han Xiang's eyes. I was the only one at the scene, and they suspected me of being the murderer. I had nothing to blame them for. If I were them, I would also suspect me of being the murderer."'
"Isn't Mr. Liao afraid? A normal person would be afraid when faced with a murder case, unless he has seen it too much and is used to it?" Zhou Yu'an examined Liao Wenbin's eyes. His eyes were filled with dead silence, as if he had seen through life and death.
