[Xianxia] Accompanying Longmian

The husband and wife both confessed that they had an affair with another person, and scrambled to point out that the other party killed the adulterer because of jealousy. This is the first time I have heard of such a thing. worthy.

Mu Bai was full of doubts, last night Ni Shizhuo really wanted to go home to catch the adulterer, because he met his wife having an affair with someone else, it is indeed possible to kill the adulterer in a moment of anger, but judging from Ni Shizhuo's fickle character and preferences It seems that it is not unreasonable to say that the deceased had skin-to-skin relationship with him and was killed after being discovered by Mrs. Ni and Zhang.

Now that the two hold their own opinions, isn't there a third person who has witnessed the truth?Where is the scholar who appeared in the ruined temple before?Last night, he was the one who told Ni Shizhuo about Mrs. Ni Zhang's affair with someone, and he also left with Ni Shizhuo afterwards. Now probably only this person knows the truth of the matter.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help poking Ming Yuan next to him, and said in a low voice, "Who do you think is the murderer between the couple?"

Ming Yuan's eyes flicked back and forth on a man and a woman, flicked his tongue and frowned: "Ni Shizhuo is very suspicious, his attitude is too calm, and his words are too skillful, besides telling everyone that it is his Apart from his wife killing the deceased, he did not disclose any extra information, whether it was the time, place, method, or weapon used to commit the crime, all of which were not mentioned, and a cunning murderer really would not want the official who handles the case to know these things. informational."

Mu Bai shook his head and said, "It's also possible that he hasn't had time to say it yet, but that doesn't mean he's the murderer."

Ming Yuan glanced at Mu Bai, and continued: "Don't worry, the county magistrate will ask the case in detail, we will find out after we wait and see. But if I were the county magistrate, I would definitely interrogate Mrs. Ni Zhang first, because she There's more to it than words."

Just as Mu Bai was about to ask again, the county magistrate said to Ni Zhang, "You said that Ni Shizhuo yelled at you and Tian Bin, did the neighbors around hear it?"

Mrs. Ni and Zhang firmly said: "There should be. We are just ordinary people. We do some small businesses to make a living. We can't afford high gates and deep courtyards. We can only live in West Street. There are four or five families around. It is impossible. No one heard!"

The county magistrate nodded to the master who was in charge of recording the confession, and signaled to find someone to go there for verification later, and then asked: "You said Ni Shizhuo was the one who killed last night, do you remember what time it was?"

Mrs. Ni Zhang shook her head and said: "At that time we were going crazy, how could we tell the time and geometry? After that... After that, I was terribly afraid, and I couldn't remember so much."

The county magistrate said again: "You said that Ni Shizhuo broke into the house suddenly, which means that he was not at home before, right?"

Mrs. Ni Zhang nodded and said: "That's true. He went out to buy goods these two days, and he didn't return until late last night. If he was here, I wouldn't dare to bring him home."

The county magistrate pondered for a moment, then said to Ni Shizhuo: "Ni Shizhuo, what else do you want to say?" Comparable officials, the several difficult cases they encountered after taking office have been resolved very smoothly. They understand that in this situation, there is no need to ask too much. Someone must be the murderer he was looking for.

Ni Shizhuo's originally calm expression also showed a crack, his lips trembled, and he said: "My lord has clearly noticed that the villain has indeed gone out these days, but he has already returned home when it was dark last night. Because I haven't seen Tian Bin for many days, I am a little impatient. So he coaxed Mrs. Zhang to drink a bowl of Mongolian sweat medicine, so that she can do things conveniently after she fainted."

County Magistrate Wu frowned in disgust, but continued to ask: "Why do you two insist...do you have to work in your house?" Dog men and women.

Ni Shizhuo replied honestly: "We can't do this either. Tian Bin is not a local. He has always lived in the inn. There are many people coming and going there, so he can only go to my place. As for the drug... I hide it by the bedside Under the mattress, if your lord sends someone to search, you will be able to find it, proving that what I said is true."

The more Mu Bai listened, the more confused he became. Sometimes he felt that Ni Shizhuo was lying, and sometimes he felt that Zhang's words were too far-fetched. When it came to the question of what kind of weapon Tian Bin was injured by, the husband and wife both began to hem and haw, unanimously reasoning that the room was too dark at that time, and nothing was seen.

The county magistrate Wu couldn't come to a conclusion for a while, so he had to ask Ni Shizhuo and his wife to be detained, preparing to collect evidence for a retrial at a later date.

Ming Yuan and Mu Bai left the yamen among the spectators, and moved to the original restaurant to find Heitan. This time, without Mu Bai asking, Ming Yuan preemptively said: "This case is full of weirdness. The two scrambled to discredit themselves, but they were vague when talking about the murder process of the other party."

Mu Bai bit his lips and said, "But what does this mean?"

Ming Yuan shrugged, "Perhaps it means that both of them are murderers, they conspired to kill Tian Bin, and they wanted to cover up the truth in this way, so as to escape the crime... Or maybe it means that they are not murderers, and they don't know what happened. Who is the murderer, so he desperately pushes the matter onto the other party, so as to get rid of himself."

He paused, and then said: "But you'd better stop holding any illusions, no matter what the truth is, then Ni Shizhuo is definitely not someone worthy of entrusting his body and mind." After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and strode away, Mu Bai was in a daze Shuidi trotted behind, not understanding why Ming Yuan made such a statement.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, the sun has gradually set to the west. It happened that the restaurant was in front of the restaurant, and the inn was behind it. Ming Yuan and the others simply planned to live here. When they were registering their names, they saw a farmer and a man They came out pushing and shoving, shouting "give me back my chicken" as they walked.

The guy was very stubborn, pushed him out of the door, and cursed: "We are the biggest restaurant in this town. Could it be possible that we will be greedy for your chicken? Walk around, don't be an eyesore at the door, don't dare Nonsense, I'm going to be impolite."

The farmer stood dead at the door and refused to leave, but he didn't dare to go forward. He said in a murmur, "These chickens were gathered together by fellow villagers in our village. Now I lost one. How do you want me to explain to others?"

Mu Bai saw that the farmer was about four or fifty years old, holding a chicken coop in his hand, in which four or five big roosters flapped their wings randomly, and there were several patches on his clothes. It is not easy to buy a chicken for money, and I can't help but feel a little pity in my heart.

But the guy obviously didn't feel sorry for the old farmer, he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Maybe it's just that you made a wrong count, so hurry up, I don't have time to spend here with you."

The farmer stood outside the door of the restaurant, looking at the waiter blocking the door with his hips akimbo, at the dwindling crowd on the street, at the darkening sky, at a loss, Seeing the county magistrate's sedan chair passing by, he hurried over to stop the sedan chair and cry for grievances.

That county magistrate Wu is really a good official, although he was still worried about the murder case, but when he heard someone calling for injustice, he immediately ordered him to get off the sedan chair, asked the whole story of the matter himself, and called the guy over for questioning.

The guy was eloquent, and he didn't panic when he saw the county magistrate, but said: "My lord, this man did come to our store to sell chickens this afternoon, and the villain did take his chickens, but the price was not agreed upon. I returned all the chickens to him, and there was no private possession at all. Besides, the little man is not in the town, and food and lodging are all provided by restaurants, so even if he wanted to privately hide them, there is nowhere to hide them."

The farmer said anxiously: "It's either you who are greedy for ink, or your restaurant who is greedy for ink."

The waiter smiled wryly and said: "Our restaurant is very well run, with countless customers every day, how can we be greedy for your chicken? If so, it will damage the reputation, how will we do business in the future?"

County magistrate Wu's family has been rich in scholars and has a solid foundation. Although he has a heart of love for the people, he can't understand how important a chicken is to a farmer. Making a fuss out of a molehill, now that I heard what the guy said, I felt even more that this guy was blackmailing me, so I scolded the farmer with a straight face and said: "Such a big restaurant, can it be possible to rely on you for a chicken? It's only a few How dare you come to me about hanging money, if everyone acts recklessly like you, how can this county magistrate have the energy to deal with those big cases?" After saying that, he tossed his robe sleeves, boarded the sedan chair again and left.

The man chased the sedan chair and flattered him a few words like "Your Excellency is wise", then he spat fiercely at the farmer's feet, and then swaggered into the shop, leaving the farmer standing there alone, not knowing what to do. At a loss, he finally squatted on the ground and cried with his head in his arms.

Mubai saw that he was pitiful, so he took out a small piece of silver that Mingyuan gave him for emergency use from his pocket, stepped forward and handed it to the farmer, saying: "Old man, it's getting dark soon, I'm afraid if we don't go back It's going to be difficult, I have some silver here, you can use it to compensate for the loss of the chicken."

Hearing this, the farmer quickly wiped the tears from his face, but he refused to accept the money, "Although the little old man is poor, he can't afford the loss of a chicken, but that restaurant is really deceptive." , They are obviously the ones who cheated on me, but they still refuse to admit it. The little old man has always had such a stubborn temper, if they don't give me an explanation, I will definitely not leave."

As soon as the words came out, it seemed that even he himself regained some courage, strode into the restaurant again, ignoring the diners, and shouted to himself: "Give me back my chicken! Give me back my chicken!" !"