Qiu Hong's heart skipped a beat.
"What letter?"
Gu Qingjue took out the letter, and Qiu Hong felt it looked very familiar. When he looked at it again, it was the letter he gave to Gu Qingjue, the letter Qiu Birong left behind when she left home.
But only he knew what happened to this letter.
But how did he know?
"This letter was left by a little girl. Is there any problem?"
Gu Qingjue chuckled a few times: "These letters were given to me by Madam Bi. They contain words written by Miss Qiu during her lifetime. I compared the handwriting carefully and it is slightly different from the letter you gave me, Mrs. Qiu." There are different."
"They were all written by a little girl, so there's no difference. Don't try to trick me here."
"Is it?"
Gu Qingjue said to Zhao Jin: "Sir, there is a Confucian named Shi Tiesheng in Mingguang County who is best at identifying handwriting. You can invite this person to identify whether the handwriting of these letters is from one person."
Zhao Jin glanced high in the sky.
Immediately, a guard wearing a black robe appeared in the courtroom. Zhao Jin stood up, took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to the guard.
The guard took the jade pendant and disappeared in front of everyone.
"I've asked my guards to fetch Mr. Shi, please wait a moment."
Some scholars outside the court naturally knew the name of Mr. Shi. Mr. Shi was over seventy years old and a famous Confucian in the Song Dynasty. It is said that he taught several prime ministers.
Three years ago, he returned home due to health reasons.
Such a great scholar really has to be invited by Zhao Jin's guards with tokens, otherwise they won't be able to invite him.
When Qiu Hong heard Shi Tiesheng's name, his body went limp.
But he still said stiffly: "If you hold this letter alone, anyone with eyes can see that you are implying that there is something wrong with this letter."
"Since Mr. Qiu has this suspicion, Ziyuan will put this letter together with the letter that Mrs. Bi gave me. Is there anything else that Mr. Qiu thinks is inappropriate?"
Qiu Hong sneered: "Even if it is proven that this letter was not written by my daughter, does it also prove that it was written by me?"
The two have known each other for many years, and this was the first time Zeng Shengji saw Qiu Hong's face.
He was extremely disappointed!
"Qiu Hong, the evidence is now conclusive. What you are doing is just a last ditch effort."
"Brother Jingyong, don't be deceived by this young man. We have known each other for so many years, but you have only known him for half a year. In the final analysis, I am more worthy of your trust."
Bi Xinyu smiled sarcastically.
"Some people are really good at pretending, like you. How did you promise my father and mother that you would be good to me for the rest of your life? But now, you want to put me to death. Qiu Hong, tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves are nothing more than that, you It’s just a white-eyed wolf that’s fed unfamiliar food.”
"Shut up, you have no place to speak here."
"Qiu Hong, do you still think that you are a Zuo Jianyi doctor and show off your authority? I tell you, if I don't kill you today, my surname will not be Bi."
Do you think the letter she gave Zeng Shengji was just a letter asking for help?
After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the Bi family. Her father is not as cold-hearted and heartless as Qiu Hong. As long as the news gets out, his father will know that she has suffered such great injustice here and will not be able to forgive him.
Zhao Jin's bodyguards were highly skilled in martial arts. Within two quarters of an hour, they invited Shi Tie Sheng, who lived in Zhuangzi outside the city, to the county government office.
Mr. Shi's hair is all gray and wrinkled, but his scholarly character is clearly reflected in Mr. Shi's body.
As soon as Mr. Shi arrived, Zhao Jin stood up from his seat and, together with Gu Qingjue and others, saluted Shi Tiesheng. This was an expression of respect for the famous contemporary Confucians.
Shi Tiesheng returned the gift, and then said: "You want me to verify whether the handwriting is authentic or not?"
"Yes, this letter involves a murder case. I'm sorry to bother you, sir."
After saying that, a government servant brought a tray with scrambled letters on it, and the letter that Qiu Birong ran away from home was quickly found by Shi Tisheng.
"Mr. Zhao, this letter is a forgery. The person who copied it also has a certain skill. You can't tell it without looking carefully. However, there is a clear difference between this letter and several other handwritten letters at the end of the handwriting. The end of this letter More crisp and clear, as if written by a man."
"Old sir, look at these handwritings again!"
At some point, Zhao Jin had a pile of paper in his hand. Qiu Hong glanced at it and saw that it wasn't the official documents he usually approved.
There are not only the official documents he approved, but also the manuscripts of the previous county magistrate.
The handwriting of several people.
I don't know this Shi Tiesheng, can you tell something from his deliberately imitated words?
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Shi Tiesheng took out the one he had written from among the official documents.
"These two pictures were made by the same person."
Zhao Jin took the handwriting that Shi Tiesheng had identified, and in front of a crowd of people outside, asked them to carefully read the writing and signature of the official document.
"Oh my god, it's Magistrate Qiu's handwriting."
"This conscienceless man would kill his own daughter without fear of thunder."
"Bah, I thought he was a good official, but I didn't expect him to be so cruel."
Qiu Hongji cares about his reputation.
He has been working hard for so many years just to have everyone praise him and not allow anyone to say anything bad about him. If anything is said about him that is not good for him, he will clear it up in advance.
Otherwise, Qiu Birong would not have killed her ruthlessly because she was pregnant before marriage and eloped with the scholar in order to protect his official reputation.
Now, the way the people looked at him and cursed him made Qiu Hong feel in a daze.
Qiu Hong knew that the situation was over and admitted that he had sent Fu Xin to hunt down Qu Zhisheng and Qiu Birong. Qiu Hong had also ordered the murder of the government officials who escorted them back.
He also admitted that he had tampered with Bi Xinyu's medicinal materials.
The doctor identified the dregs of the medicine and added a few chronic medicines. Taking it for a long time will damage the qi and blood, and in the end there will be no way to save it.
Fortunately, Bi Xinyu discovered it in time and took a small amount, so he can recover in the future.
Zhao Jin had a token given by an official to patrol on behalf of the emperor. Qiu Hong was just a county magistrate. Now that the matter had been found out, Qiu Hong was sentenced to death and beheaded at the Meridian Gate three days later.
And agreed to Bi Xinyu's request to divorce her husband.
It is shocking for a woman to divorce her husband.
However, the people who knew the whole story understood it.
The people were in mourning, and soon the news that Magistrate Qiu had killed his daughter, murdered his wife, and was sentenced to death spread throughout Mingguang County.
Qiu Birong was pregnant with Qu Zhisheng's flesh and blood. At Qu Zhisheng's strong request, before agreeing to Bi Xinyu's divorce, he agreed to his request and asked Qu Zhisheng to cremate Qiu Birong's body and bring the ashes back to his hometown in Jing County for burial in the Qu family's ancestral grave.
This can be regarded as the fulfillment of Qu Zhisheng's infatuation.
That night, Zeng Shengji and Gu Qingjue came to the county prison together and wanted to ask Qiu Hong if he knew what happened to the Zeng family a year ago.
