This is Mengzhou, and the entire territory is divided into seven counties.
They are Mengdu County, Anxia County, Luochuan County, Mingshu County, Lanzhou County, Manxi County and Shengle County where Prince Yun's Mansion is located.
It can be seen from the name that among them, Mengdu County of the Lu family is the most respected. It is the capital of the entire Mengzhou territory and is far away from the royal capital.
As the eldest daughter of the Lu family, it goes without saying that Lu Anran has a valuable status, at least in Mengzhou.
Yu Zhixian was stunned. He never expected that the little girl who appeared in the middle of the way to perform a ritual was so big. A layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He glanced at the master secretly and thought to himself that the master had stopped him just now.
Otherwise, I really drag this young lady down to be tortured...
Just thinking about it, a layer of chill ran down Yu Zhi's back under the magistrate's official uniform.
The change in status is most reflected in the attitude of the county magistrate.
"You, ahem... you're a little girl who came to the execution ground. I'm afraid County Sheriff Lu doesn't know about it. It's almost 4:00 noon, so why don't you leave quickly?"
Just now she was punished for a serious crime, but now she is asking people to stand down, but the people actually think it's nothing after hearing this, just because she is the legitimate daughter of the Lu family - the jewel in the eye of the Lu family.
"No, I came here just to tell Magistrate Yu," he said, pointing sideways at the female prisoner, "She is not the murderer, there is someone else."
Just now, Magistrate Yu had no patience and asked people to throw Lu Anran out, but it was different now. How could he, a sixth-grade magistrate, dare to fight against the Lu people in Mengdu.
I had long heard that Governor Lu had a deep affection for his first wife. Even if his wife died, he had been alone for so many years and never remarried. He only put all his efforts into his only daughter. It can be seen that this daughter must be loved by the Lu family and grow up.
"It's impossible. There are all the witnesses and material evidence. It's impossible for me to be partial to anyone, and I will never tolerate any murderer."
Lu Anran raised his eyebrows and looked directly at the magistrate: "Can I ask where the witness is and what the physical evidence is?"
This time, Yu Zhixian did not speak. The master opened the book in his hand and loudly said: "Just after the second day of October, a neighbor of Liu Baoquan got up at night and saw a woman escaping in panic from Liu Bao's family. At that time, he only saw the woman's back. , but the woman was specially incense-scented, and later it was confirmed based on the scent that she was indeed Shan Honggu.
After the body was found, an examination by the widow revealed that the deceased was Liu Baoquan. His lips were black and his gums were also blue and black, which were symptoms of poisoning. Shan Honggu herself has signed and stamped her name, admitting that she took advantage of Liu Baoquan's unpreparedness and poisoned his teapot on their wedding night, causing Liu Baoquan's death. "
Needless to say, the witness was also among the crowd watching today. After hearing what the master said, he stood up and said: "What Xiaomin said is true. When he found Shan Honggu, Xiaomin thought Liu Bao's family was causing trouble and shouted A cry."
Lu Anran was noncommittal and said to his master, "Where is the physical evidence?"
"This... of course is at the county office." The case has been determined. As evidence in the case, it is customary to file it and collect it, and then classify it together with the crime statement.
Lu Anran shook his head and said, "The witness I'm talking about is not him."
This is hard to understand. This case is not complicated, and although many people have been to the scene, this neighbor is indeed the first witness.
"Give it to me." Lu Anran said to the back.
Yu Zhixian and his master looked over together. When they saw that the person Lu Anran was talking to was the government servant who brought Lu Anran here, a thought came to his mind at the same time - traitor?
A look of embarrassment flashed across the face of the tall and muscular government servant. His eyes flickered and he did not dare to look at the magistrate. He hunched his shoulders and took out something.
God knows why he listened to Lu Anran and not only brought her to 'please plead guilty', but he even dug out the physical evidence and took it with him.
Maybe it was because he saw with his own eyes the body that had its internal organs dug out and then filled in and stitched together. He felt like vomiting.
Yu Zhixian glared at the yamen servant with deep meaning. The yamen servant shrank his head and almost shrank into a turtle.
No one spoke yet, but there was a 'bang' and the sound of broken porcelain hitting the ground once again startled everyone's hearts.
