"I said...I said it more than two hundred times, it really has nothing to do with me!" Li Qian said to Xu Zhen pitifully in the temporary interrogation room, "Three years ago, why didn't I want to go to Uncle Meng's house to attend the wedding? , have a wedding banquet, but I really don’t dare to go. I owe money to Zhilian, Zhixiao, Zhibin and several uncles and grandparents.
"If I go to a wedding, they'll have to charge me with the bill."
"Li Qian!" Xu Zhen slapped the table, "You're not telling the truth, are you? If you poison Meng Qinghui's family, your mother-in-law, Meng Shaojun, will be able to get the drug sales approval document and become the richest man in Yaochang Village, so you are a serious suspect. .”
"Oh, what is the richest man?" Li Qian grinned, "At that time, I had already been kicked out by her, so what does it have to do with me whether she is the richest man or not?
"Master Catcher, I offended you before. It's my fault. I can't apologize to you. I won't fight for the property of my mother-in-law's family. I beg you, please forgive me!"
Li Qian now looks like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - he is no longer human inside and out.
The villagers hated him deeply, and Li Youcai and others were also angry at him, so after being imprisoned, two groups of people took turns to cut him, almost beating him to death.
"Also," Li Qian thought of something and added again, "I was hiding in Thin Willow Town when the accident happened, along with Silhouette and others from the same village. They can all testify to me.
"Besides, we have been talking about this for three years. Fortunately we didn't go to the wedding banquet. Fortunately we didn't go to the wedding banquet..."
"Li Qian," Xu Zhen paused for a moment, his tone suddenly softened, and said, "Now... let's have a chat. What can you think of about what happened three years ago?"
"What?" Li Qian was stunned, "Three years ago, I...I wasn't even in Yaochang Village!"
"It doesn't matter," Xu Zhen said, "I just want to hear the truth. If your words can help me, I will not only let you go, but I can also intercede with the county magistrate and let you get part of Meng Chaojun's inheritance. .”
"Ah!?" Li Qian's eyes widened in excitement, and then he quickly organized his words and said quickly, "Meng Qinghui is a kind man, but I have never borrowed money from him because his family has a high threshold and I am not familiar with him. Sorry...
"Meng Qinghui and Meng Shaojun are the same great-grandfather, but in the village, there are too many people with this kind of relationship..."
"I mean," Xu Zhen corrected with a dark face, "What can you think of about the mass poisoning incident three years ago?"
"Oh... although Meng Qinghui is a kind-hearted person," Li Qian added, "but the villagers in Yaochang Village are not kind people. They don't say anything openly, but secretly they are very jealous! I guess... Meng Qinghui cast a curse, hoping that many of his family members would be destroyed..."
In this way, Li Qian kept talking and told everything he knew about Meng Qinghui.
Although there were generally no discrepancies, through Li Qian's description, Xu Zhen learned that the villagers in Yaochang Village did have very serious bad qualities.
Back then, after the mass poisoning case occurred at Meng Qinghui's house, the villagers' first thought was not how to find the poisoner, nor how to bury the dead or treat the injured.
But at the first opportunity, they impatiently went to Meng Qinghui's house to investigate, demanded exorbitant compensation, and robbed Meng Qinghui's house on the spot.
At that time, Meng Qinghui had not even been buried, and his bones were not yet cold.
Later, when Baozheng characterized the matter as poisoning by fake wine, the villagers did not protest or defend, but instead intensified their efforts and forcibly divided up all the property of Meng Qinghui's family.
Meng Zhichao and his wife were forced to move out of their ancestral home and live in a dilapidated hut.
During the past three years, many unscrupulous villagers still came to harass me from time to time, trying to extort more money.
Even when the couple wanted to leave the village, they were opposed by the villagers and they were not allowed to leave. They even said that they should make the couple forgive the sins of the whole village...
well……
Only then did Xu Zhen understand that no wonder why the upright Meng Zhicai framed Meng Zhichao and his wife after poisoning Meng Shaojun's family.
In the past three years, the two of them have been bullied and oppressed by the villagers, which is really pitiful.
Especially Yu Niang, who originally married into the richest family in Yaochang Village, thinking she could enjoy all the wealth, but unexpectedly, her family was ruined before the wedding was even held, and she ended up in such a miserable state.
Thinking of this, the next person Xu Zhen asked was Meng Zhichao's wife, Yu Niang.
This time, Xu Zhen interrogated alone, without Meng Zhichao accompanying him.
Yu Niang was indeed a beautiful woman, but it was a pity that she was destroyed by fate, and her body bore many traces of vicissitudes of life and fireworks.
According to Li Qian, in the past three years, many bad men in the village have tried to get her attention, but they were all chased away by Yu Niang.
In fact, with the family ruined and her husband disfigured, Yu Niang could have remarried and not have to suffer like Meng Zhichao.
However, she chose to stay in the end, and her quality was admirable.
"Yu Niang," Xu Zhen asked, "What happened to your husband Meng Zhichao's legs?"
"Report to the arrester," Yu Niang lowered her head and replied, "My husband was born lame and has nothing to do with the poisoning."
"Since he is lame," Xu Zhen asked, "then why did you marry him?"
"I..." Yuniang replied, "My parents make the decision, not Yuniang. Besides, Zhichao's family was the richest man back then."
"Then..." Xu Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that before betrothing you to Meng Zhichao, your parents had betrothed you to another family. Is this true?"
"Ah?" Yu Niang made a sound, her expression was unnatural for a moment, but she still replied, "Yes, the first person to be betrothed was Meng Qingxi's family in Yaochang Village, and they betrothed me to Meng Qingxi's son Meng Zhixiao. "
"Then why did you change your mind again?" Xu Zhen asked.
"Because... because..." Yu Niang said, "Because Mr. Meng Qinghui paid a higher betrothal gift and my parents were greedy for money, so they betrothed me to Meng Zhichao..."
"Yu Niang," Xu Zhen said with a long sigh, "What is the relationship between you and that Meng Jixiao?"
"Ah? This..." Yu Niang suddenly looked up. After seeing Xu Zhen's solemn eyes, she finally realized that nothing could escape Xu Zhen's eyes.
Sure enough, something happened. Xu Zhen confirmed the answer in his heart and said immediately: "There are only you and me here. In order to find out the truth, you better tell the truth!"
"I...I..." Lady Jade shed tears, "Before we got married, I was a good couple with Meng Zhixiao..."
"oh?"
Xu Zhen's eyes suddenly shone, and he thought to himself, could it be that... the murder case three years ago was a case of love?
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(End of chapter)
