"Is Qiu Yueniang pitiful?" Li Li sneered, raised his head and looked at everyone. He said to An Ying: "An Sizhi, your investigation is indeed meticulous. But many things are not what you imagined."
He sat up straight, pointed at the jade pendant and said: "That is the jade pendant passed down from my family. I have carried it for many years. Qiu Yueniang met me and promised me to take one hundred taels of silver and leave. But when I was not prepared, she Secretly take this jade pendant, and then blackmail me again, asking me to reconcile with my wife, and she will be the wife of a high official in the capital, and she will enjoy happiness for the rest of her life."
"Wang Qingyan is a kind-hearted person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. He thinks he is saving a poor woman, but in fact, he is saving a poisonous snake."
He looked at the Duke of Qi's wife, kowtowed heavily, and said: "You were the matchmaker for me back then, and you were the one who pulled the strings. How could I, a commander of the Army and Horses Division with no foundation, He De, be able to marry the direct daughter of a doctor at Yushitai?" ." Madam Qi Guogong patted her heart and turned away.
He raised his head, looked at the crowd, and sneered, "In the story, I am a bitch-hearted and change my mind when things change. But I can't say I have a lot of money in Jingzhou, and I also have good land and shops. My family has arranged for me to be married to Qiu Yueniang, so I can't say much about it. I am happy for her, but I also want to live a good life with her."
"But she has to worry about how much water she drinks when she gets up in the morning, how many bowls of rice she eats, what kind of clothes she wears, and how many pieces she wears."
"She also has to take care of things at home, but she has no talent and can only do trivial things. My mother is seriously ill, and she can't take care of the disease. She can never cook the medicine well. My mother is gone and she can do nothing. No, she will just watch me over and over again to see if I drank the soup she cooked."
"The same thing happened when my father passed away. With each passing day, life at home became more and more difficult."
"There was really nothing I could do, so I decided to come to the capital to make a living. Oh, I read in dramas and scripts that I took away the family's money and left her struggling to support her."
Li Li sneered and said: "In fact, I left her ten acres of fertile land and five taels of silver. If she runs the business normally, she will have no worries about food and clothing. When I left home, I only took five taels of silver with me for travel expenses."
After hearing this, Liang Su also sighed. It was indeed a bit hard to travel from Jingzhou to the capital for five taels of silver.
"At first I corresponded with her, and every time she sent me a thick stack. I asked her all about what I ate and drank. I didn't have any money when I arrived in the capital, and I asked her for money for an emergency, but she didn't want to. Send money. You said she was willing to spend half a copper coin to send a letter, but she would be reluctant to give me half a copper coin to eat."
"This way I won't be willing to reply to the letter. The money for sending the letter is not as good as feeding myself. Her concern is all verbal. If she wants to pay for it, it is absolutely impossible."
An Ying and everyone in the Criminal Department were silent.
The letter has been read, indeed. The investigation in Jingzhou also confirmed what Li Li said. Qiu Yueniang has an extremely possessive desire for money.
Su Huangzhe said slowly: "Even if Qiu Yueniang is wrong in many ways, it is a big mistake for you to kill someone. What's more, you also killed Wang Qingyan. You can only take two lives."
"I didn't kill Qiu Yueniang." Li Li said slowly: "I just went to snatch the jade pendant, and she fell into the river by herself. I remember that when I was in Jingzhou, she had some water skills. I looked for her by the river for a long time, not sure about her. Is he dead or not, so I sent people to search nearby."
"There is no evidence of death, but Wang Qingyan must have been killed by you." Su Huangzhe said.
"I originally didn't want to kill Wang Qingyan." Li Li said to Qin Manyun: "I waited until he came out that night. I just threatened him to give me the remaining manuscript and not to publicize the matter. I can give him a sum of money."
"It's good for him. He said that if he wants to avenge Qiu Yueniang, he must destroy my reputation."
"I don't understand. He obviously has a wife and family, why would he do this kind of thing for a fellow villager, or even a fellow villager whom he has only known for a short time? You said he had an affair with Qiu Yueniang? But before he died, he begged me not to hurt his wife. "
An Ying saw Qin Manyun crying so much that he could hardly breathe, so he quickly asked Liang Su for help.
Liang Su took out nose salts for her to smell, and inserted silver needles into several of her acupuncture points. Only then did Qin Manyun regain her composure.
An Ying said in a deep voice: "Qiu Yueniang may have added too much of her own emotions when telling stories with Wang Qingyan, and many things were not objective. And Wang Qingyan brought too much of his own emotions into writing scripts and dramas, and all of a sudden he was confused. I brought it in myself.”
Many things are unclear now. Perhaps Wang Qingyan promised her something on the way home.
Zhuang Kan from Cheng Bitang scratched his head, "Master Li, have you read the finale? How is it written? But revealing the identity? That's not right. After listening to Xiao An Si Zhi's words, Wang Qingyan didn't know who the unfaithful husband was at first. When he found out, he was killed. So there will be no identity reveal in the finale. Then why did you take the risk to come and kill me later?"
When Li Li heard this question, he smiled and remained silent.
Li Li said to Qin Manyun: "I burned the finale. There is also a volume of travel notes, which is obviously the work of Wang Qingyan. I will keep it in the study. When the people from the Ministry of Punishment find it, they can return it to you."
Qin Manyun wanted to kill Li Li with his own hands, gritted his teeth and cursed: "What kind of good person can you be?"
Yan Kuan added: "So later Hall Master Zhuang said that you had specially arranged to find the draft, rearrange it and publish it. Now there is no finale at all?" Liang Su also patted her thigh and said, "I still plan to spend money to hire someone to do it. Stand in line to buy books.”
Su Huangzhe stood up and said: "The three cases have been clearly heard. The witnesses and material evidence are complete. Li Li'an deserves to be executed. Huang Shangshu has issued the verdict, and the execution date is awaiting approval from the Holy Spirit."
The case was finally concluded today, and everyone else left work early and went home.
An Ying also packed her things and was ready to leave. She looked at Xiao Yi who was still dilly-dallying and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Yi said with a sad face: "Hey, I have been quarreling when I came home recently."
"Is it about your house?"
"Well, you have a good mind, help me think about it." Xiao Yi patted An Ying on the shoulder, "I'll treat you to dinner."
"Forget it, you better save some money. Let's go and eat some roast meat nearby." An Ying said as he walked.
"My sister-in-law has occupied the house on the east side. Xiao Liu'er's family came and said that if my sister-in-law doesn't move out, they will break off the engagement." Xiao Yi said, sighing again, "My parents don't know what to do. I worry at home every day.”
Why don't you know what to do at this time? An Ying thought to himself, if your parents don't interfere with your sister-in-law at this time, they are just standing by your sister-in-law's side, you fool.
"I can't get involved in your family affairs. I'll treat you to dinner today." An Ying paid for the roasted meat and bought some meatloaf and clove soup.
Said: "Eat more, I see you didn't eat much at noon. By the way, have you asked Xiao Liu'er what she thinks? She must also live in the house on the east side?"
"I haven't asked her. Her family doesn't allow me to meet her." Xiao Yi lowered his head and stirred the soup.
"Actually, I think you and Xiao Liu'er should discuss it first. If you can get back the money you spent to build a house for your parents, and re-build the house on the west side, see if she is willing. This may or may not be an option." An Ying said while eating: "If I don't even pay you back the money for the house, you should just break off the engagement. If you delay like this, you are harming Xiao Liu'er."
Xiao Yi nodded, "I think so too."
An Ying saw that he had made up his mind, let go of his belly and started eating, and couldn't help but smile: "Now that you understand, your appetite is back?"
Xiao Yi nodded.
"By the way, last time you talked about Mr. Chen and Mr. Su in the academy, you half said it. You can talk about it again. This time I saw Mr. Su's fiancée in the Duke of Qi's Mansion." An Ying said with a smile.
"Hey, you still remember. Mr. Chen Dong is the only son of Princess Huiping and the eldest grandson of Chen Ji, Duke of Anguo. He has made a marriage arrangement with Princess Yanqing a long time ago, but I don't know why the marriage has been delayed."
"Our Mr. Su's father is the right prime minister Su Tang. He has been engaged to the second young lady of the Duke of Qi since he was a child. We were supposed to get married a few years ago, but Mr. Su's mother passed away, so it has been delayed until now. Now that the Duke of Qi has passed away, The marriage is going to be delayed again. It seems that our lives, Mr. Su, are also miserable."
