Sudden Snow Sealing Poison

A few days later, Zheng Tingxue heard the news.Li Chengzhi, the youngest son of the Li family, was arrested and imprisoned for intentional homicide. The body of Sun Meng, the housekeeper of the Zheng family, was found in Jubao Mountain outside Qinggang City, and all signs point to Li Chengzhi.The government immediately sent people to arrest the suspect, and finally caught him in Chushui Pavilion, the largest flower building in the city.

When Zheng Tingxue arrived at Li's house, Li Chengzhi's father, Li Qing, was waiting at the gate of the mansion.

"Young Master Zheng." Li Qing stepped forward to hold Zheng Tingxue's hand, "This... this is really a great injustice. My Li family has never dared to covet the Zheng family in the slightest. Your father and Lingtang are famous An upright hero who spreads chivalry all over the world, our Li family is just a poor businessman, how dare we have those crooked ideas? Although the child is stupid, he never dares to do such outrageous things..."

Zheng Tingxue and Li Qing walked into the courtyard together.Regardless of whether Li Qing's words are sincere or not, they are extremely modest.The Li family has a wealth of wealth that rivals any country, and one mansion occupies almost one-third of the entire Qinggang City.The two walked quickly towards the main hall through the long corridor, the pond and the garden.Zheng Tingxue said, "It's good for Mr. Li to call this junior Tingxue."

Li Qing was over sixty years old, and his rich body was covered with greasy sweat.Even though Zheng Tingxue had deliberately slowed down, he still walked out of breath, "Tingxue, please be aware that Mr. Sun was murdered by a traitor, and our family was shocked..."

"Young Master Shen has been sitting at home with the government officials all morning, this is really..."

Zheng Tingxue stepped into the main hall.The light outside the door was disturbed by the corners of his snow-white clothes, like water waves in the shadows swaying for a moment, before returning to calm.

Sitting in the main hall were Shen Zhan, Mr. County Wei Wang, Mrs. Li, the main house of Li Qing, two policemen and several maidservants.

Shen Zhan was still wearing a black robe, black boots, and his black hair casually scattered on his shoulders, making his skin whiter and redder.He has a beautiful skin and peach blossom eyes with a natural smile. He has a feminine and amiable temperament, but when he sat there lazily, he didn't even dare to say anything to the county lieutenant beside him.

"Tingxue, why are you here?" Shen Zhan looked at Zheng Tingxue and smiled, "Come and sit down."

He patted the empty chair beside him, as if he had reserved it specially to wait for Zheng Tingxue to come.Zheng Tingxue walked over and sat down, Shen Zhan kept following him, as if when he came, everyone else disappeared.

"Mr. Zheng, the suspect Li Chengzhi has been taken to prison, and we are now collecting witnesses." The county captain respectfully explained to Zheng Tingxue: "Mr. Zheng will have a result soon."

Mrs. Li began to cry: "It will never be my son. That child is less courageous than a pea. How, how did he do such a heinous thing? Master, speak up."

"Tingxue, my family's Zhi'er must be innocent. Although he spends his days drinking and drinking, he is ignorant, but..."

Before Zheng Tingxue could speak, Shen Zhan said lightly, "Who are you allowed to call him Tingxue?"

Shen Zhan's eyes finally moved away from Zheng Tingxue and fell on Li Qing.Li Qing couldn't help shivering, and quickly changed his words: "Young Master Zheng."

Zheng Tingxue asked, "How did you find out the prisoner?"

The county lieutenant replied: "Mr. Shen sent people to search in the city with gems and embroidered beads found in the backyard of the tea shop, and finally asked for clues in Qiu's shoe shop. They just ordered a pair of shoes a while ago, and the uppers are very expensive. Quite, they specially bought cat’s-eye emeralds from the Western Regions to make embroidered beads and used them as decorations for the shoes. This pair of shoes is the only one in Qinggang City, and the buyer is Li Chengzhi, the youngest son of the Li family—”

"We found Li Chengzhi and compared his shoes, and it happened that this gem embroidered bead was missing."

Li Qing turned pale: "This, this is setting the blame!"

"We investigated whether there was evidence of Li Chengzhi's alibi the night Elder Sun disappeared. After checking, he was not at home that night, and he asked the girl in Chushui Pavilion, but no one said he had seen him."

Everyone in the city knows that Li Chengzhi is a slutty young man, even after he got married, he still runs to the flower house all day long, leaving his beautiful wife at home, and sleeps in the arms of the woman in the flower house every night.If someone wanted to find him, the chances of finding him in Chushui Pavilion were much higher than in Li's house.

Li Qing asked anxiously: "How many truths can those lowly whores tell the truth?"

"Your nobleman misses the land of smoke and willows day and night, but he doesn't even have a girl who is willing to speak for him. I don't know if the girls are too fickle, or Mr. Li is not affectionate enough." Shen Zhan said with a smile, "Speaking of which, the pestle made What was the result?"

"The body was divided into several pieces. The incision was made after death. The fatal wound was at the throat. The murderer is experienced and has deep internal strength. It is presumed to be the killer."

"Zhi'er has never practiced martial arts, so he must not have done this." Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Zhan said casually: "Mr. Li is precious, so naturally he won't do it himself."

Li Qing: "You, what do you mean?"

Shen Zhan raised his chin towards the two policemen behind him: "Call the man up."

After a stick of incense, the policeman carried a thin man into the main hall.The man was held down and knelt down, his head bowed and he didn't speak.

Shen Zhan asked, "Who is your master?"

The man replied: "Li Chengzhi, the last son of the Li family."

Madam Li suddenly lost her voice: "Where did this person come from—"

"Be safe and don't be impatient, ma'am." Shen Zhan continued to ask with a smile, "How long has Mr. Li raised you?"

"More than three years."

"What do you usually do?"

"Wait for Mr. Li's order, kill people, steal goods, and deliver goods."

Shen Zhan raised his legs with great interest, "Tell me carefully."

"Three years ago, the second son of the Liu family and the twelve famous servants, two relatives from the Shangguan family, a female family member of the He family two years ago, a youngest son of the Baili family a year ago, and a butler of the Zheng family half a month ago."

Mrs. Li was about to faint, Li Qing reluctantly said: "I clearly remember that the youngest son of the Liu family died of illness..."

The man said: "Feed poison for three months."

"This is impossible, this is impossible! Zhi'er will never do such a thing!"

Shen Zhan took the time to ask the man, "Mr. Li, why do you want you to kill so many people?"

"Stealing the goods of the Li family, or making Mr. Li unhappy, first it is a warning, and then it is a murder."

"Oh? It's step by step." Shen Zhan acted very leisurely, "I remember that the relationship between your son and Tingxue is really not good."

Li Qing and Mrs. Li's faces turned pale.

The relationship between Li Chengzhi and Zheng Tingxue is very bad, which is well known in Qinggang City.Zheng Tingxue never said anything, but Li Chengzhi was a high-profile person, and his dislike for Zheng Tingxue was too obvious, so he just went around saying bad things about him, and even sent people to smash the Zheng family's signboard.The Zheng family started out with martial arts, and only had a tea garden as a source of income. Therefore, although the Zheng family is famous in the world, they can almost be called poor.Even so, Li Chengzhi has to suppress the tea price of the Zheng family from time to time, so that the Zheng family can't make ends meet several times a year.In desperation, Mr. Sun came to their door to reason with them. The Li family all protected their shortcomings and pursued profit, coaxing Mr. Sun on the surface, but still followed Li Chengzhi behind their backs.

With the Li family so rich, it seems too stingy for the youngest son to hold on to the Zheng family who is far from being able to compete with him.Everyone knew that Li Chengzhi did this because he was jealous that Zheng Tingxue was younger than him, but was more famous than him, and he couldn't compare with him in all aspects, so he relied on the shade of his family to mess around.But Zheng Tingxue didn't care, and she never cared what Li Chengzhi said or did behind his back, let alone relying on her martial arts strength to find a place for herself.So it's hard for others to say anything.

Just the day before Old Sun's disappearance, Li Chengzhi taunted the old man in front of everyone, telling him to stop messing around when he was an old man, and go back and watch his noble little patriarch hold his purse tightly and live his life.

"I'll ask you again." Shen Zhan said slowly, "Was Li Chengzhi with you the night Mr. Sun was killed?"

"Yes." The man replied, "Young Master Li has been watching me drag the corpse onto the carriage, and asked me to clean it up as soon as possible."

Mrs. Li fainted and was helped away by the servants.Li Qing was sweating like rain, and murmured: "No, no..."

Shen Zhan looked at him, as if he was watching something very interesting. He turned his head and approached Zheng Tingxue, "Tingxue, tell me how you want to be punished."

"Kill them all?" Shen Zhan's voice was soft, insignificant, and normal.

Hearing his words, Li Qing knelt down on the ground with a plop, and mourned: "Mr. Shen raised his hands high—the evil son was confused for a while, ah, for a while!"

Shen Zhan didn't even look at him, and let an elder kneel in front of him and weep bitterly.He just stared at Zheng Tingxue tenderly, "Tingxue."

Zheng Tingxue finally moved.After he asked a question at the beginning, he didn't speak or even move, sitting in a chair like a still white puppet, relentlessly watching the human farce in front of him.

He looked down at Li Qing who was kneeling on the ground, and remained silent for a long time.

"This matter has nothing to do with the rest of the Li family." Zheng Tingxue's voice was low and slow, "Don't get involved."

"Teaching such a good son, how can you say it has nothing to do with it?" Shen Zhan laughed, and then changed the subject, "But I heard Xue said that if I don't kill him, I won't kill him."

Shen Zhan turned around and asked the county lieutenant beside him: "My lord, the evidence is complete, when will the prisoner be executed?"

Li Qing: "Master Shen, Lord Wang! I beg your lords to be merciful! Li is willing to spend the rest of his life working for both lords! Zheng——and Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng, please forgive my unfilial son Master Zheng can punish him however he likes, but please save Zhi’er’s life—”

Li Qing knelt in front of them and kowtowed desperately, till the ground fainted with blood.Zheng Tingxue remained motionless, her fingers clenched tightly, and then quickly let go.

Mr. Wang said: "With all the witnesses and material evidence, the sentence can be executed within half a month."

Shen Zhan nodded in satisfaction, and said to Li Qing: "This time, I came here to inform you, so that you can prepare yourself mentally. If you owe money and pay for it, and kill for your life, it won't count if it doesn't happen to your son. "

Li Qing said: "I'll pay it back for Zhier, let me pay it back for Zhier!"

"This is not allowed." Shen Zhan said, "I heard that Xue said that you should not be involved. If this is the case, your family, except Li Chengzhi, will naturally have to live well."

The author has something to say: Shen Zhan: I won the Oscar this year