Chapter 74, Inquiry
At first, the two of them continued to curse each other. After two or three strokes, all they could do was cry and howl. In the end, both of them could no longer scream.
The only sound left in the hall was the sound of a board being hit on his body. Wu Ruijiang wanted to speak, but the magistrate dared not let him speak when Wang Qi had already spoken, so he quickly asked the yamen to shut his mouth and pull him down.
Although it was a surprise to be arrested before, Wu Ruijiang did not resist because he firmly believed that the Yamen had no evidence. Now he deliberately resisted. Although he was restrained by iron chains, these Yamen guards who relied on brute force could not suppress him for a while.
At this moment, Wu Ruijiang seized the opportunity and confessed, "Ren Xiuxiu committed suicide. She came to me last year and said she wanted to avenge Wenzhu. I didn't want to, so she used the excuse that Wenzhu and I had communicated in private, and I had a letter in her hand."
The letter to Wenzhu coerced me and forced me to help her. She said that I didn’t need to do anything. She only needed me to steal Wang Qi’s knife and pull out the murder weapon and throw it at Wang Qi’s house after she died. I really don’t know.
She will be so cruel to herself..."
Mrs. Chen, who had been beaten to pieces, was already exhausted. When she heard his words, she held her breath and cursed again, "Xiuxiu has been afraid of pain since she was a child. How can she be so cruel to herself? What else is she?"
How can you, a yellow flower girl who doesn’t understand, know how to have fun in the boudoir? Wu Ruijiang, you can’t even make up lies. It’s not a pity for you to die. You killed my daughter and ruined her reputation.”
The people outside the hall also felt that what Chen said was reasonable. How could a young girl understand those obscene things? Not to mention that Wu Ruijiang had long lost the trust of the spectators with his capricious words. In their view, Wu Ruijiang was just a person who dared not do anything.
Dare to recognize the brutal and perverted killer who bites everywhere.
Wu Ruijiang, who was dedicated to upholding justice, could not bear to see the people he risked his life to protect looking at him with such contempt. Coupled with Wang Qi's words, he absolutely could not die on the execution ground as a murderer, "Aunt Chen, you
Do you think you understand your daughter very well? She knows everything, she knows more things than you do, she hates Wang Qi, but what she hates most is her father!"
"What nonsense are you talking about again?" Ren Tao, who had hardly spoken since entering the hall, pointed at Wu Ruijiang and cursed.
"Don't believe him, everyone. His kindness to others and Gu Dao Rechang are all fake. Our whole village has been deceived by his reliable and decent appearance. Not only did he kill my daughter and destroy my daughter's reputation, he also wanted to frame me, an old man!
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"Mr. Magistrate, I beg you to close the case as soon as possible and sentence him to death so that my daughter can die in peace!" The embarrassment and poverty did not take away Ren Tao's literary character. Even if he kowtows and sheds tears, every move he makes makes him look like a man with no knowledge.
People on the border find it pleasing to the eye.
As soon as they saw him, they felt a fondness for such a bookish old man. They felt that he was really pitiful. He had lost his child and was still being slandered. Therefore, everyone was even more disgusted with Wu Ruijiang.
"This county still needs you to teach me how to do things?" The literati temperament sought after by the people was regarded by Guan Zhixian as nothing more than a fig leaf left by Ren Tao, who had nothing, and he scorned it.
"I, the ordinary people don't dare. The ordinary people just want the evildoers to be punished as soon as possible." Ren Tao bent his waist and lay on the ground more obediently.
In Xiao Chen Yuan's memory, Ren Tao, who was once a doctor in the Qing Dynasty Department of the Ministry of Etiquette and Ceremony, was an old feudal stubborn who talked about the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Permanent Rules. He never let go of his tight-knit face for anyone.
With him acting like this at the moment, Chen Yuan felt that the case might be more complicated than she initially thought. Due to limited intelligence, based on the autopsy results, she could only deduce what Wu Ruijiang had just confessed.
Now it seems that it may be more complicated. It depends on whether the magistrate will get to the bottom of it.
"Old man Ren, Xiuxiu committed suicide to retaliate against you and resist you. You, a father, have no conscience. Now that you are down and out, you want to sell your daughter. Xiuxiu has been pretending to be obedient in front of you. However, she was not what you wanted her to be in the first place.
Wen Zhu was at your mercy. When the news about Wen Zhu’s failure in the palace audition came out, you gave her as a gift as soon as you changed hands..."
This time, before Wu Ruijiang could finish speaking, the officer finally seized the opportunity to restrain him and stuffed the handkerchief into his mouth.
The magistrate Guan couldn't help wiping the sweat on his sleeves while he was enjoying the melons. It was okay to listen to the story about the exiled official's family as an interesting story to pass the time. How could he dare to listen to matters involving the palace, "Wu Ruijiang brutally murdered Ren Xiuxiuyi"
The case will be tried again tomorrow and he will be taken into custody."
Judging the case directly, Guan Zhixian is not that stupid, so he made up his mind to discuss it with his colleagues later.
In order to avoid being secretly copied by them in the future, he said that he decided the case privately based on Wang Qi's wishes.
Guan Zhixian threw down the gavel and ran away, leaving only a dark green shadow. His small steps were so fast that people thought he had passed the martial arts examination.
The magistrates and adults were all gone, and the murderer was also taken away. The common people, who had not been able to watch the excitement, felt that their trip was worthwhile, and they slowly left the house while happily discussing the twists and turns of the case.
"This village chief looks upright, honest and reliable, but I didn't expect him to be a beast."
"Dad, this is the sanctimonious interpretation that Mr. taught yesterday."
"You have to talk to your daughter well when you go home, and don't go to the ground after dinner. Who knows if there are such evil people in our village."
The people in Dumin Village were ashamed to leave with this group of onlookers, and they were still a little confused about the situation in the court today.
It can be said that Wu Ruijiang surrendered to the crime, but no official who wanted to please Wang Qi gave Wu Ruijiang a severe punishment. The only reason was that Wu Ruijiang himself did not kneel down to ask for it.
That level of slapping was not as good as Chen's, and Zhu's spanks were many. Even a scholar would not give in because of these few slapping blows, let alone Wu Ruijiang, who was still a martial artist.
"So, Wu Ruijiang really killed Ren Xiuxiu!"
"Then he later said that Ren Xiuxiu committed suicide?"
A woman from the village who was friendly with the Chen family and the Zhu family went to the hall and helped the two people who had been beaten unconscious.
If the village chief is arrested, the Dumin Village will not be in disarray. They are all officials who have held important positions in the capital, organized banquets and managed the house, so of course they will not be helpless.
"Madam, please take the ladies to find an inn and settle down between the two of them." Deng Peiming, who was once the left minister of the third-grade household department, was the person with the highest official position and the highest prestige in Dumin Village who managed to survive. If it weren't for his age,
Because he was feeling unwell, people in the village even more praised him for becoming the village chief.
"I don't have to." Jingchai's cloth skirt can't hide the graceful and elegant temperament of a big woman. Time has never failed to make a beauty. Even if her black hair has two or three gray hairs, Shu's is still very conspicuous among this group of women.
"Li Rengui, Hu Tingfang, Liu Yong and Mengyan, you each find your own children and ask about the whole case. This case... no matter what, we have to know it ourselves." At this point, Deng Peiming did not forget to add to Li Rengui,
"Be kind to the kids."
Chapter completed!