The Legend of the Farm Girl

Yang He was stunned for a moment. He immediately looked at Li Muwen and said, "Sir, I did meet Xu Baoer yesterday as Yang Di said. I didn't admit it just now because I was afraid that I couldn't explain it clearly. I met her just to let her tell me the whereabouts of Yang Di. I have been neighbors with Old Man Yang for many years and I can't bear to see his family. I am sad every day. Sir, I really didn't kill Old Man Yang's family!"

Yang He's words were very sincere. When the people outside the hall heard his words, some of them were still very suspicious of him because he had just lied, while others thought that he didn't want to get into trouble, so it was normal that he didn't admit that he had met Xu Baoer.

Li Muwen could tell that his panicked expression was very nervous, his eyes were darting around, and he was obviously thinking about how to lie.

Just then, one of the servants he had left at Old Man Yang's house came into the hall.

The officer was holding a thick hemp rope. When Li Muwen saw him coming, he immediately said, "Hurry up and bring the things up."

Li Muwen said to the officer, "Have you compared this to the murder weapon?"

Li Qi, the officer, answered respectfully, "Yes, sir. When you left, you told us to look for the hemp rope in the yard and compare it with the wounds on the victim's body. We fished out the hemp rope from the well in the backyard of Old Man Yang's house and compared it with the wounds on the body. The two are a perfect match."

After Li Muwen took the hemp rope, he carefully examined it for a long time, memorized every detail of the rope, and then said, "Okay, okay, you stand aside with the rope, I'll call you when I need you."

After Li Muwen told Li Qi to stand still, he turned around and said to Yang He, "Stretch out your hand so I can see it."

Yang He's hands were very rough, covered with various scars. Li Muwen asked seriously, "What's the matter with your scars?"

Yang He calmly replied, "Sir, when you till the land, you often use various tools, and your hands are often scratched, sometimes by stones, sometimes by ropes, and sometimes by firewood. It is very normal to have scars from time to time."

Li Muwen said angrily, "Oh? Then why are the scars on your hands from the hemp rope so obvious? They are obviously new wounds. If you confess, I can still give you some dignity, but if you keep denying it, then once I find out the truth, you will be dead for sure."

At this point, Li Muwen had already determined that the murderer of Old Man Yang's family of five was actually Yang He, but he did not have enough evidence.

If he said that he used the skills of judging micro-expressions that Yunfang taught him to determine that Yang He was lying, and thus inferred that Yang He was the murderer, and told this process to others, others would definitely not be convinced.

He wanted to shock Yang He with his words, but Yang He immediately showed a very aggrieved and desperate expression and said: "My lord, I am telling the truth. At this time of year, which farmer doesn't have some scars on his hands from the hemp ropes? My lord, if you want to use your power to force me to confess so that you can establish your prestige, then I have nothing to say."

After hearing Yang He's words, the discussion outside the hall became louder. People who had doubted him began to sympathize with him. They said, "Yes, how can we convict him without evidence? We don't know if the new governor, Lord Li, is a wise official."

There was endless discussion, and Li Muwen knew that he could not convict Yang He today, and he should find more evidence.

Just as he was about to announce that the trial would be rescheduled for another day, Yang Di cried, "My Lord, can you let me see the hemp rope?"

Li Muwen nodded and asked Li Qi to hand the hemp rope to Yang Di.

Yang Di hugged the hemp rope and burst into tears, as if he wanted to vent the pain of losing all his relatives. From his crying, one could also feel his self-blame and regret for causing the death of his entire family due to his mistake.

After a long while, Yang Di calmed down and said with a sob: "Sir, this hemp rope was woven by me and my nephew. Other people's hemp ropes only have six strands, while my hemp rope has nine strands. Not only that, my hemp rope also has some harder materials added every inch than ordinary ropes, which will cause deeper scars on people's hands. If someone has a wound like this on his hand, it must have been caused by this piece of rope."

At this time, Yang He's face showed a panic expression. He did not expect that the rope he found from Old Man Yang's house was different from ordinary ropes.

At this time, Yang He's face was in a state of panic, and no one needed to say or do anything, but Li Muwen still went through the process. He asked Li Qi to carefully examine Yang He's hand and confirmed that the wound on Yang He's hand was caused by the rope.

Then he asked, "Yang He, what else do you have to say? Why don't you tell me the truth about what happened last night?"

The expression on Yang He's face had completely changed, becoming very sinister, and he said, "Yesterday Xu Baoer clearly promised me that as long as I dealt with Old Man Yang's family, he would repay me. I have been observing the actions of everyone in Old Man Yang's family, so I knew that Yang Di and his sister-in-law were planning to elope, and I also knew that his sister-in-law was going to give Old Man Yang's family a knockout drug tonight. Sure enough, when I climbed over the wall, I found that Old Man Yang's family, except for his eldest daughter-in-law, were all lying on the table. I picked up a rope and strangled the woman to death. Only she took some effort to run into the yard, and I was able to catch her. I strangled the other four people without any effort. Then I saw that the time was almost up, so I hurried to find Xu Baoer, but she didn't come out to see me as promised, so I put the handkerchief I had secretly collected in the yard of Old Man Yang's house, and also placed the bodies of Old Man Yang's family of five in the yard, waiting for Brother Yang to come in and find them directly. If he can get rid of Xu Baoer, no one will suspect me. "

When he said this, Yang Di could no longer control his anger. He rushed to Yang He and punched and kicked him. The officers seemed to be a step too slow and did not try to stop him.

Only after Yang He's face was bruised and swollen and Yang Di had no strength left did the officers separate the two.

But Yang He smiled and said, "The one you should hit the most is yourself. You should also hit Xu Baoer. If it weren't for your knockout drug and if it weren't for Xu Baoer's promise to me, I wouldn't have killed your whole family."

After hearing this, Yang Di screamed in pain, and Xu Baoer seemed to be frightened and kept crying. She kept muttering, "I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it, I thought he didn't have the ability, I just didn't mean it." It seemed that if she said this sentence a few more times, she could deceive herself and let go of the guilt and fear in her heart.