Back to ancient times selling biscuits

Let Ma Liu go. "

"Where is Ma Liu now?"

"The subordinate officer told him that the case was not closed and that he would be interrogated. He was strictly not allowed to leave the city. If he is not in the casino, he is at home." As soon as Wang Xiancheng finished speaking, he saw Wang Feng dragging the doctor in, "Doctor, what is this?" We are the magistrate of Taoyuan County."

"Caomin pays homage to your lord." The doctor knelt down on his knees.

"Doctor, hurry up, I have a question to ask you."

"My lord, please tell me." The doctor said respectfully.

"Can you tell if this woman is pregnant? How many months has she been pregnant?"

"What? Your Excellency suspects that Mrs. Zhao is pregnant?" Wang Xiancheng couldn't help interjecting, "Impossible! If Mrs. Zhao is pregnant, it is impossible for Zhao Yuanwai to take a concubine."

"Xiancheng Wang, let's listen to what the doctor has to say." Zhen Qingming was not sure either.

"The villain dares to ask the adults why they ask such questions?"

"At first glance, the deceased's abdomen seemed to have drank a lot of water. If it was full of water, it should have made a crackling sound when I slapped it just now, but now, listen, the sound is very small. Also, under normal circumstances, the swelling should be It's just the belly, and this woman's belly is protruding."

"Let's take a look." Chinese medicine pays attention to seeing, smelling and questioning. Although the deceased has no consciousness, according to the old doctor's experience over the years, "a small person can guarantee that the deceased was pregnant before his death, but he cannot tell how many months it has been."

"Wang Xiancheng, please bring the people from the Zhao family and Ma Liu into the courtroom. I will interrogate them one by one."

"Okay! However, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"But it's okay to say." Zhen Qingming signaled him to speak freely without thinking about it.

"None of the people from the Zhao family and Ma Liu had the time and motive to commit the crime, but who was the one who killed Mrs. Zhao?"

"This is what I'm curious about. I roughly estimate that if Mrs. Zhao was pushed directly into the water, it would be reasonable for the fetus in her womb to be replaced with water."

"Your Excellency is saying that Mrs. Zhao was killed first and then pushed into the water. Since Mrs. Zhao still had signs of life when she fell into the water, during the struggle, the mud and sand on her fingernails and water accumulated in her belly."

"Yes. But this is just my personal guess. After the consent of the deceased's family, the official will conduct a detailed autopsy on the deceased before confirming it."

"Father, what are you waiting for? I'll go find Ma Liu." When Wang Feng saw the new county magistrate just looking at the corpse, he solved his father's difficult problem that he had been thinking about for half a month, and ran out after speaking.

Wang Xiancheng was told by his son that he immediately went back to the county government office and sent a servant to the Zhao residence.

As soon as the two classes of yamen servants "mighty" stopped, the gavel slapped, and the new magistrate opened the court for trial, "Come here! Give Ma Liu a hard [-] blow!"

"My lord is wronged! My lord is wronged!" Ma Liu's body trembled, he collapsed on the ground, and immediately wet his urine.

"My lord..." Wang Xiancheng whispered, looked at him hesitantly, and said silently, "How can you hit someone when you come up, without even interrogating or asking questions."

Zhen Qingming glanced back at him, "Ma Liu, as far as I know, your house is completely bare, and you have eaten the last meal without the next meal. Why do you suddenly have 20 taels of silver? If you don't recruit from the truth, add another [-] taels of silver!"

☆, the first mystery revealed

Zhen Qingming saw that Ma Liu's face was ashen, lying on the ground turned into a dead dog, and he forced himself to scream, "Wang Feng, tell me!"

Wang Feng stood up from the side, "Yes, my lord! When I went to the casino to look for Ma Liu, I saw that the clerk of the casino found 20 taels of silver from him. The situation of Ma Liu's family is well known to the world. Out of curiosity, I asked the clerk about his money." Where did it come from.

The other party said they didn't know, but Ma Liu had lost a lot of money in the casino in the past half month.My lord, this is the guy who found the money from Ma Liu. "As he spoke, he winked at the other party.

The young boy took out a purse from his pocket, "Master, the money is with the villain."

"Ma Liu, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, what else do you want to say?" Zhen Qingming pulled out a command arrow and threw it on the ground, "Execution!"

"Say, the villain said, what does the adult ask the villain to say," Ma Liuyi saw that the new county magistrate was serious, and the tricks to fool Wang Xiancheng were not allowed to be used by him, so frightened that his mouth trembled and his teeth chattered, "My lord , please don't fight, don't fight, the villain said..."

Zhen Qingming snorted coldly in his heart, you bastard!Then he asked, "I ask you, why did Mrs. Zhao ask you to meet outside the city?"

"What do you mean, my lord?" Zhao Yuanwai blurted out.

Zhen Qingming glanced at him, "Dongbao, shut his mouth!"

"My lord didn't ask you to speak, so just shut up." Dong Bao covered Yuanwai Zhao's mouth with a rag, "Ma Liu, hurry up and answer your lord's question."

"Yes, the villain said, say. When the villain was working as a part-time job in Zhao's mansion, he was stunned when he heard the maids say that Mrs. Zhao wanted to have a son. Zhao Yuanwai was planning to take a concubine for his son, so the villain was careful.

"The villain returned home from the Zhao Mansion, because the villain lost all his wages, the villain's mother scolded the villain, why don't you die, a son is better than a daughter."

"Your mother is right, even a dog knows how to take care of the house. Wang Xiancheng said that your father died early, and your mother dragged you so big by herself. Have you ever done anything wrong?" Cong Yizhuang On the way back to the county office, Zhen Qingming asked Wang Xiancheng about the situation of the Zhao family and Ma Liu's family in detail.

When he heard that Yuanwai Zhao married into Mrs. Zhao's house in his early years, he had promised Mrs. Zhao that not only would he treat her well, but he would never take a concubine forever.Unexpectedly, as soon as his father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away, Yuanwai Zhao would start arguing with Mrs. Zhao every day, saying that he wanted a son, but actually wanted to take a concubine in his heart.

Mrs. Zhao has a stubborn temperament. While holding back her husband and not allowing concubines to enter the house, she seeks medical treatment and worships Buddha everywhere. At the age of 30, she finally conceived a child again, but died unexpectedly.

Zhen Qingming looked at Yuanwai Zhao with disgust in his eyes, "Ma Liu, continue!"

"Yes. The villain talked back to the villain's mother at the time, 'No matter how good a girl is, she is not as good as a son. I didn't see that Zhao Yuanwai was crazy about his son.' The villain's mother continued, 'What is so difficult about having a son? I want a daughter in this life.'”

Ma Liu learned his mother's speech perfectly, and Zhao Yuanwai knelt aside and hummed, but he didn't dare to remove the cloth in his mouth, so Ma Liu continued, "The villain asked the villain's mother casually, 'Yes. Isn’t there some secret recipe?’ Then the villain’s mother dug out a handful of red grass from the box and said she would save it for my future daughter-in-law to guarantee the birth of a son.”

"Continue!" Zhen Qingming had already guessed the next words.The details need to be explained by Ma Liu, "then the villain found an opportunity to approach Mrs. Zhao and told her that the villain had the medicine to give birth to a son. Mrs. Zhao didn't believe in the villain at first, but she really couldn't stop Yuanwai Zhao who wanted to take a concubine. Letter to the villain once.

"However, Mrs. Zhao said to pay the villain [-]% of the fixed money first, and if the medicine is effective, she will give the rest of the money to the villain. The red grass is useless at home. It can be sold for a little money, so the villain He agreed to Mrs. Zhao.

"Two months later, that is, half a month ago, a beggar suddenly came to the villain and said that someone asked the villain to meet in the grove outside the city at no time.

"The villain's purse was cleaner than his face, so he went there without thinking too much. Who knows, it was Mrs. Zhao who wanted to give the villain the rest of the medicine money. Mrs. Zhao was afraid that she would be found out with the villain, so she asked the villain When people go outside the city, villains run into the city when they get the money, and you know the rest of the adults."

"Ma Liu, Mrs. Zhao really told you that she is two months pregnant?" If what Ma Liu said was true, he wouldn't have to do a laparotomy.

"The villain swears, if there is a fake, the villain will lose every bet!"

This kind of poisonous oath was issued, "Okay, I believe you!" Zhen Qingming raised his hand, and the servants on both sides pulled Ma Liu aside, "Mr. Zhao, what do you want to say?"

Zhao Yuanwai had Zhen Qingming's permission to spit out the rag from his mouth, "My lord, Ma Liu is nonsense! My wife can't possibly be pregnant!"

"The best doctor in the county has already seen it. Your wife was indeed pregnant before she died." He continued, "Bring the old doctor to court."

As soon as the old doctor waiting outside heard the county magistrate pronounce him, he hurried in to prove what the lord said was true.

"Impossible! Impossible!" Zhao Yuanwai murmured in disbelief, "Impossible! Ma Liu is a gambler! My lord, Ma Liu's words cannot be trusted!"

"I judge the case based on evidence! Ma Liu, I ask you if there is any red grass in your house."

"Yes, yes..." Ma Liuyi nodded hastily when he saw that the adults didn't hit him and his life was saved.

"Now go home with the yamen servant and get the red grass. If you can't get it, I will never let you go!" Zhen Qingming patted the gavel, "Temporarily closed!"

As Zhen Qingming entered the back hall, Zhao Yuanwai sat down on the ground, and everyone in the Zhao family who was frightened by the expression of the county magistrate gathered around him and asked, "Father, my mother is really pregnant with my brother?"

"Sir, how could Madam be pregnant?"

But Zhao Yuanwai's eyes were dizzy and his ears were ringing, he couldn't hear what everyone was saying.

Seeing him like that, Donglai Dongbao spat at him disdainfully and followed Zhen Qingming into the back hall, "Master, look at Zhao Yuanwai's dumbfounded look, maybe his wife really killed him."

"Donglai, in a criminal case, human life is at stake. The slightest difference can lead to thousands of miles. Don't jump to conclusions without evidence." Zhen Qingming gave him a hard look. Will kill Mrs. Zhao." He said, looking at the Wang family father and son, "Xiancheng Wang, send someone to find out if Mrs. Zhao has any enemies."

"Yes, my lord!" At the beginning of his promotion, the magistrate of Wang County did not approve of Zhen Qingming's execution of the sentence without questioning the case. Unexpectedly, Ma Liu would obediently tell everything before the [-]th punishment was passed.

"Master Yu, you go and question the members of the Zhao family. I want a complete statement."

"Yes!" Master Yu bowed out, Zhen Qingming raised his hand and rubbed his temples, "Dongbao, if Mrs. Zhao has no enemies, who would kill her?"

Donglai and Dongbao have followed Zhen Qingming since he was a child. When Zhen Qingming worked as an assistant in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the two of them were always by his side, and they went through many cases, big and small. "Robbery? Molestation?"

"No, I took a quick look just now, and there is no trace of struggle on Mrs. Zhao's face." She stood up as she spoke, "Is Ma Liu here?"

"It should be soon. Taoyuan County is not big, and Ma Liu lives in the city, so it won't take much time to go back and forth."

"My lord, Ma Liu will bring it here."

"I can't help but talk about it." Dong Bao muttered, and turned sideways to ask Zhen Qingming to go first.

Zhen Qingming sat under the upright plaque, picked up the gavel and slapped it on the table, "Successful!"

After singing "Mighty", Zhen Qingming said, "Old doctor, can you recognize the grass in Ma Liu's hand?"

"The villain seems to know me." The old doctor took what Ma Liu handed over, looked at it before his eyes, and smelled it again, "Ah!" He couldn't help but exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Zhen Qingming couldn't help standing up.

"My lord, my lord, my lord is lucky to have seen this thing in a medical book. This medicine is the legendary Jifulan. It is mainly used to treat depression and depression, and it also has the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. Unexpectedly, no Thinking of seeing the villain in my lifetime!" The old doctor was very excited, "The villain once checked Mrs. Zhao's pulse, and Mrs. Zhao's uterine cold is so severe that she should not be pregnant. She must have taken this medicine to cure the uterine cold."

"Zhao Yuanwai, I ask you, do you deserve to cooperate with me in finding out who killed your wife and children?" Zhen Qingming picked up the gavel again, and Zhao Yuanwai, who was pretending to be stupid, was awakened by him.

"My lord, my little man, my little man..." Zhao Yuanwai couldn't speak a complete sentence at all.

"My lord, my daughter begged my lord to find out the truth for my mother! My lord!" Zhao's parents knelt on their knees and kept kowtowing to Zhen Qingming.

"Well, I will go to Yizhuang to re-examine the autopsy now." Zhen Qingming stood up, "Ma Liu, I will summon you at any time, now go home and wait for my summons!"

"Yes, my lord." Ma Liuzhen was really frightened by him, and he lay obediently at home, not daring to run to the casino for a while.

And Ma Liu walked out of the county government office, Zhen Qingming changed his official uniform, and led a group of people straight to Yizhuang.But as soon as he went out, he heard noisy voices from the next door, and he couldn't help asking, "What happened over there?"

"That's Saburo's house over there, what could happen." Wang Feng turned around after saying that, "My lord, I'll go and have a look."

☆、Meet a rogue

Saburo had a lot of work today, and closed the stall nearly half an hour later than usual.And he was only focused on packing up and going home, and he didn't notice that his actions had been noticed by others.

Having said that, after Dapang learned from his grandparents that Sanlang was going to work in the county, he kept counting the days. No, March just ended yesterday, and he thought that the shop should pay wages today.Get up early, grab a big cake and run to the county.

He ran to the shop where his father introduced him to San Lang, and when he entered the door, he saw that there was no San Lang, and after inquiring again, he found that San Lang had never been there.Wu Dapang was so angry that he wished he could turn around and go home to complain to his grandparents.

But he didn't eat much in the morning, and he was a little hungry, so he dragged someone casually and asked, "Where can I buy breakfast?"

Fatty usually goes out for a good meal, and since he is only 13 years old, it's no wonder he doesn't know the breakfast shops in the county.If it weren't for Wu's village being close to the county, Wu Lai and the others wouldn't worry about Fatty running out by himself.

The other party glanced at him, and saw that the middle-aged man was dressed in ok clothes, unlike the children of poor families, "There is a shop selling sesame seed cakes at the intersection of the four forks. If you go late, you won't be able to eat them."

"Seed cake? Hey——" What is sesame seed cake?Before the words were spoken, the other party left.Fork in the road?Fatty thought about it, he knew it, so he ran to the intersection of the four forks, caught someone and asked, "Where is the sesame seed seller?"

"That's right." After the other party finished speaking, he gave him a blank look. Sanlang's car was so big that he couldn't see it. What else can he do in the future.

Fatty followed his fingers to look at him, straightened his eyes immediately, and murmured, "San, Sanlang?" He rubbed his eyes vigorously as he spoke, and looked again, it was still Sanlang.

Next to help Saburo with the car, are they twins?

Fatty was still young, so he couldn't figure out what was going on, and he was a little scared of Sanlang, so he asked someone, "The name of the sesame seed seller is Sanlang?"

Sichalu is the busiest place in Taoyuan County. As soon as he asked, someone rushed to answer, "Of course it is Saburo."

"Did he start selling biscuits half a month ago?"

"Who are you? Why do you ask this?" The other party stared at him warily.

Fatty saw his face change, and quickly said, "I'm his neighbor. I haven't seen him for a few days. I don't know what he's doing. I didn't dare to recognize him when I saw him just now. Sanlang seems to be fatter than before, and he has grown taller."

Fatty’s age is put there, he doesn’t look like an adult, the other party has no doubt about him, “Sanlang came here half a month ago, it seems that his parents drove him out, and Sanlang’s life is hard enough, every day Before dawn, I took my younger siblings out to sell cakes... Hey, young man, why did you leave before I finished talking?" The other party stretched out his hand to call Fatty back, but Fatty ran away long ago.

Firstly, he didn't want to hear about Saburo's suffering; secondly, he didn't pay attention, and Sanlang pushed the cart away, so he had to follow.

Saburo didn't feel it at first, but when he got home, he found a shadow behind him. To be on the safe side, he deliberately sent the twins away, "Xiao Wu, Simei, go to the county government office to see if Brother Wang is there. If he is, tell him." Say I'm looking for him."

"Why are you looking for Big Brother Wang?" Xiao Wu asked while nibbling on some biscuits.

"Go quickly, there is something urgent." Saburo said very seriously.

The twins ran to the county government office. When Fatty saw it, he mistakenly thought that Sanlang wanted to run too, and subconsciously shouted, "Wu Sanlang, stop!"

Sanlang paused, feeling that the voice sounded familiar, guessing if it was someone the original owner knew, turned around, saw the person coming, and couldn't help rubbing his forehead, "It's you? What are you doing in the county?"

"Why can't I come." As he spoke, Big Fatty paced up to Sanlang, looking at the round iron bucket on the cart, "You use this to sell sesame seed cakes? Why do you sell them?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Sanlang pushed the car to leave, but Fatty raised his foot to stop him, "You, you can't leave."

"Get out of the way!" Don't look at Sanlang smiling at everyone, his temper is far from being as good as it appears on the surface, seeing the fat man not moving, "Say, what do you want to do!"

Fatty's shoulders jumped uncomfortably, for fear that Saburo would beat him up, "I, I have no money." He said boldly, "I heard that you make a lot of money selling sesame seed cakes. Here, give me some money."

"No." Saburo threatened him, "If you don't get out of the way, I will bump into you."

"No, no!" Big Fatty said bluffing, "If you give me money, I won't tell grandma that you earn two hundred coins a day, otherwise, hum! I won't get you a penny if I call grandpa and grandma! "

"Don't talk nonsense, who told you that I earn two hundred yuan a day. Selling sesame seed cakes doesn't cost money? The house I rent doesn't cost rent? Wulang and Simei don't need to eat? Do the math yourself, how much money I can earn without these things."

"I don't care!" Fatty heard people say that Sanlang can sell two hundred biscuits in the morning, isn't it just two hundred Wen, "You must give me the money, and don't think about leaving if you don't give me the money!"

"No!" Saburo used to dare to beat Fatty, but now he dares to beat him even more, he raised his fist and said, "Go away."

"No!" Fatty reached out and grabbed the cart.

Sanlang got up early every morning and punched for a while, so that his body and bones were much better than before. Although the fat man was close to him, and he was much fatter than him, Sanlang stretched out his hand and pulled him aside.

But as soon as he pushed the scooter, Fatty blocked his way again.It looks like a dog skin plaster, no matter how Sanlang pulls or throws it, he just can't get rid of Fatty.

Seeing that Saburo was sweating from exhaustion, Fatty said proudly, "Give me money, give me money, and I'll do nothing if I give you money."

"No." Seeing his rogue face, Saburo felt stomach ache. His arms were swollen and sore from kneading noodles every day. In the first few days, he couldn't lift his hands when eating, and his fingers trembled when he picked up vegetables. "I'll say the last one." Once again, if you don't leave, I'll really hit someone!"

"Hit, hit." As he said, he jumped onto the cart, tilted his head and stretched his neck, and when he saw Sanlang raising his hand, he suddenly raised his voice, "Wu Sanlang is beating someone, Wu Sanlang is beating someone, come and see , Wu Sanlang hit someone..." The howling could be heard even from Santiao Street.

Wang Feng couldn't help wondering, "Sanlang hit someone?" How could it be possible, he and Yu Wei went to harm Sanlang and never saw him get angry, if it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Wulang made the fourth sister cry once, Sanlang was angry and wanted to beat him up Goro, none of them knew that Saburo would be angry.

"Brother Wang, my God, you finally came out." Xiao Wu suddenly rushed out, grabbed Wang Feng's arm and said, "Quick, come with me, Third Brother is looking for you."

"What's wrong with Sanlang?" Wang Feng was about to go over.

"I don't know, anyway, third brother is in a hurry." Fourth sister ran to the other side and grabbed his arm as well.

Zhen Qingming looked at the two children who came out suddenly, and was a little confused about what was going on in front of him, but when he thought of the braised pork, "Wang Feng, take the two yamen servants over."

"Ah!" Wang Feng was startled, and hurriedly said, "I can't do it, I can't do it."

"It's okay, go ahead, I'm going to Yizhuang, it's none of your business." Zhen Qingming raised his leg, walked a few steps and asked, "Wang Xiancheng, who is Wu Sanlang?"

"My lord, he is a villager from Wujia Village, he came to the county half a month ago to sell biscuits—"

"Wait a minute!" Zhen Qingming interrupted him suddenly, glanced at Zhao Yuanwai's uncomfortable face from the corner of his eye, "Zhao Yuanwai knows this Wu Sanlang?"

☆, first revealed the truth

Upon hearing Zhen Qingming's question, Wang Xiancheng said, "It's impossible for Zhao Yuanwai to know each other," he said for a while, "No! Gouzi said that Sanlang had a fiancée before, and he thought that Sanlang's family had no money and divorced Sanlang. In the village, a member surnamed Zhao became a concubine, so that Sanlang and his younger brothers and sisters only thought about making money every day, so as not to be looked down upon later.

"Hey, let me say, it can't be such a coincidence, the member who snatched his fiancee was you, Yuanwai Zhao?"

"Look at who else is there besides him like him." Zhen Qingming even despised Yuanwai Zhao who treated promises as bullshit.

"My lord, it's not what you think. The villain didn't snatch Wu Sanlang's fiancée. The villain didn't know that Ding Qiuhua was engaged. By the way, the vegetable farmer who delivered vegetables to the villain's house said that Ding Qiuhua's family in his village was very poor. Ding jingling, I can't afford a dowry, Jiji has been a year and no one has come to propose marriage, the villain sees that Ding Qiuhua is tall and juicy, so he feels something he shouldn't have."

"It's because you have never given up on taking concubines. Tell me, how did you know that Ding Qiuhua was engaged to someone else, and how did you meet Ding Qiuhua?" Zhen Qingming felt that this matter was very strange.

"The villain's wife asked someone to check Ding Qiuhua, and the villain knew about it. However, Wu Sanlang had already broken off the engagement with Ding Qiuhua at that time. As for seeing Ding Qiuhua, Li Si, who delivered food to the villain's mansion, told the villain when Ding Qiuhua would come. In the county, the villain met Ding Qiuhua at the right time, and we met."

"This Li Si is really enthusiastic." Zhen Qingming said indifferently, "What benefits can he gain by destroying people's marriages?"

"Little man, I will give him a tael of silver, and I will give him another tael after I promise." As he spoke, Zhao Yuanwai saw the indifferent eyes of the three girls, and wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

"That's right. Li Si is very smart, and he can earn two taels of silver with a few words, and ordinary people can save two taels of silver in two years." Zhen Qingming looked at him with a twisted smile, "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Taoyuan County."

"Well, my lord, let's go to Yizhuang." Wang Xiancheng was a little embarrassed, afraid that the shrewd county magistrate Zhen would ask something shameless, so he simply turned the conversation to Sanlang again, and first talked about the bad things in Sanlang's family What's on my mind, let's talk about Saburo's craftsmanship, the invisible foodie was unconsciously led astray by Wang Xiancheng.

When he came back to his senses, Yizhuang had arrived.

Seeing that Sanlang was fighting with others, Wang Feng hurriedly pushed aside the crowd, "What are you doing? Why are you fighting? Don't look at the place where you are fighting. Is this the place where you can make trouble? Hey, isn't this Sanlang? Who are you? Why did you arrest him? Don't let go of Saburo's car?"

"He's Fatty!" Xiao Wu said, "Brother Wang, Big Fatty used to beat me and Fourth Sister every day."

"Really?" Wang Feng said and raised his hand, "If you dare to fight at the gate of the county government office, I think you are getting impatient, arrest me!"

"I didn't, I didn't..." Big Fatty looked at the officials behind Wang Feng, and his hands and feet trembled in fright. Seeing that they were about to grab him, he stretched out his hand to grab Sanlang's arm, "Third Brother, Third Brother, save me, save me, Quickly tell the official that I was playing around with you and didn't hit anyone."

"Then you swear in front of your neighbors that you will never beat twins again." Sanlang really wanted to give Big Fatty a hard time, but when he thought of Wu Daming and Old Man Wu, he would start a lawsuit. "

"I swear, I swear, I will never beat twins again." She said looking at Saburo, wanting to cry, "Third brother, please, please."

"Two poor men, this is my younger brother. We didn't fight. I'm really sorry to alarm you two. I'll pay you two for these few biscuits." Sanlang said very humbly, Wang Feng endured the hard work with a smile, Feel sorry for him again.

As San Lang spoke, he took out the four sesame seed cakes he used for breakfast and handed them to the yamen servants, the two yamen servants saw the county magistrate nodding and took them with a smile, "In the future, stay away from playing tricks, you will suffer if you delay the adults' handling of the case. "As he spoke, he pointed at Fatty, "Especially you, we will remember." After saying this, he turned and went back.

Fatty saw them take a few steps and turned a corner, subconsciously asked, "What's over there?"

"That's the county government office." Sanlang took out the only two cakes left, "Here are these two for you, go back to the village quickly, there is a life lawsuit in the county, my lord has been investigating everywhere these days, if he sees you Walking around in the street, I will definitely arrest you as a suspicious person."

"Hmph! Don't scare me." Big Fatty took the biscuits and revived with full blood.

"Did you ask them to scare you?" He said, looking at the neighbors, "Did you see your lord just now?"

"Of course I saw it. My lord has gone to Yizhuang, and I should be back soon."

Fatty thought for a moment, "Where do you live, I'll go to your place."

"Dream!" Sanlang glanced at him, "If you don't leave, I'll call you an official. Anyway, this side is near the county government."

"Fuck you! Wait for me!" Saying that, Big Fatty ran out of the city with his sesame seed cakes in his arms.He has to go home quickly, he can't be caught by the official and taken to the county government.

As soon as Big Fatty ran away, Xiao Wu hugged Sanlang's leg and asked anxiously, "Third Brother, what should we do? What should we do? Big Fatty must have gone back to the village to find his grandparents."

"What are you afraid of? The magistrate is here." Wang Feng came over when he saw the fat man leaving, "If they dare to bully you, let the lord arrest them all."

Saburo couldn't understand his words a little bit, "What's the matter with your lord?"

"My lord asked me to bring those two yamen servants, otherwise I wouldn't dare to instruct them, Sanlang, don't be afraid, my lord is very satisfied after eating the braised pork you taught my cook to make, and he will do it for the braised pork and sesame seed cakes." help you."

"Don't talk nonsense." Saburo breathed a sigh of relief, afraid of offending the ancient officials, "My lord came from the capital, so I haven't eaten anything."

"You can't say that. My father said that when he went to Beijing to catch the exam, the capital didn't sell braised pork and sesame cakes."

"That happened 20 years ago. If it didn't happen before, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist now." Sanlang picked up the table that was knocked down by the fat man, and asked casually, "Did Master Zhen find out who was the murderer of Mrs. Zhao?"

"No." Wang Feng sighed, "The clues were cut off at Ma Liu, and my lord will take someone to re-examine the autopsy. Sanlang, are you alright?"

Saburo smiled, "What can I do."

"Fourth sister said that you lied to your parents and ran out. If this fat man returns to the village, your parents will know everything." Wang Feng glanced at the twins who looked much better than before, "How about you Stop selling biscuits?"

"You can't hide if you should come here." San Lang said, "Didn't you just say that Master Zhen would help me? There is nothing to be afraid of."

"That's right. If there's something wrong, ask Xiaowu to go to the county government office and call me. My father said that the lord is very powerful, so he asked me to learn something from him. I've been in the county government office all this time."

Saburo nodded and said, "I know, let's go."

Wang Feng thought that Zhen Qingming's luggage hadn't been packed yet, so he went home and called a few maids, ordering them to clean up the rear office where Zhen Qingming lived.

At the same time, Zhen Qingming and his group came to Yizhuang again. After the old woman guarding the corpse in Yizhuang took off Mrs. Zhao's clothes and checked that there were no special injuries on her body, Zhen Qingming fell into deep thought and couldn't help scratching his head, "I have a crow's mouth. "

"My lord, what's the matter?" Wang Xiancheng asked curiously.

"Ms. Zhao has no wounds on her body. She was raped first. There is no sign of poisoning on her skin. Mrs. Zhao already knows that she is pregnant and she cannot commit suicide. Could it be that she was really pushed into the river?" Zhen Qingming said. Looking at Zhao's stomach, "Donglai Dongbao, ignore Zhao's lower abdomen, take a closer look at her stomach, is it much smaller than the drowning people we saw before?"

"Young master said that, it is much smaller. We have encountered similar cases in the Ministry of Criminal Justice before. Although the deceased was a man, he had a bigger belly than Mrs. Zhao."

"Ministry of Punishment?" Wang Xiancheng's heart shuddered. He came from the capital and had been in the Ministry of Punishment. His surname is Zhen. Could it be that he is the son of Prime Minister Zhen?Thinking of this, Wang Xiancheng is not calm, very not calm!

However, seeing that the magistrate was thinking about the case, Wang Xiancheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, "My lord, it will be difficult to deal with this, but anyone who appeared outside the city half a month ago in the afternoon is suspected."

"You have to do whatever is difficult. Let's start with the people Mr. Zhao knows and find out where they were that day." Zhen Qingming looked at his wife whose face was no longer visible, and couldn't help shaking his head, "Mr. You are not allowed to take a concubine, look, the family is so rich that they are not willing to wear a hairpin, why does such a simple and simple wife keep arguing with her?"

"Hairpin? My mother has a hairpin on her head." Zhao's eldest daughter said suddenly.

Zhen Qingming froze, "Are you sure?"

"Minnv is sure. My mother loved the silver hairpin that her father gave her the most during her lifetime. She would never take it off except when she was sleeping. Even if she didn't wear any jewelry, she would never forget to wear the hairpin."

"Why is this not recorded?" Zhen Qingming stared at Wang Xiancheng, "The lower officials were negligent, because someone saw that the deceased had met Ma Liu before he was alive, so he ignored the robbery and murder, my lord, this—" looked at him anxiously he.

Zhen Qingming sighed heavily, "You really don't know how to investigate cases at all!"

"My lord, I'm an official, I can do everything except investigate cases." Wang Xiancheng hurriedly told his boss that he was not useless.

Zhen Qingming couldn't help shaking his head, "The previous county magistrate has been out of office for two months, but the people of Taoyuan County have not been affected in any way. I have seen your ability." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and Dong Lai hurriedly put on the gloves for him.

"My lord, this is it?" When Wang Xiancheng was told by him, his old face blushed, and he asked when he didn't understand at first.

"If Mrs. Zhao is robbed and killed, she might leave clues on her head." Zhen Qingming used a thin silver needle to brush away Mrs. Zhao's hair little by little. Seeing that the scalp above was intact, Zhen Qingming couldn't help frowning, "No Maybe."

"Don't worry, young master." Dong Lai said while wiping his sweat, "Young master has read a lot of books, are there any similar cases in the book? There are no wounds on the body, and there is no blood on the body, and the water in the deceased's stomach is not enough to drown." She doesn't have mud on her clothes, unlike someone who was pushed into the water—"

"I see!" Zhen Qingming stood up straight, and Zhen Qingming's waist hurt, "Quickly, turn Mrs. Zhao over!"

☆, Surprise the murder weapon

"Didn't you just look at it just now? There is no scar on the back of the deceased, and there is no trace of being strangled on the neck." Dong Bao muttered, Zhen Qingming stared at him, and he quickly shut his mouth.

Zhen Qingming and other yamen servants put Zhao's body down, and stretched out their hands to brush away the hair at the back of her hair. When they saw the black spots hidden deep in the hair, their hands trembled and their hearts shuddered, "Desperate!"

"My lord, did you find something?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Look for yourself." Zhen Qingming couldn't bear to look directly.

Wang Xiancheng walked a few steps towards him, stretched his neck, hooked his head, "It's nothing."

"Look carefully." Zhen Qingming said.

"Hey, there is a black pimple on the scalp of the deceased." He said and stretched out his hand.

"What are you doing?" Zhen Qingming raised his leg and kicked him, "Don't die, you dare to touch the corpse without taking any protective measures?"

Wang Xiancheng was taken aback, "Your official is reckless, my lord is reckless, please don't be annoyed."

"Let me tell you that the deceased's body has been maggoted in some places since it has been parked for many days. No matter who it is, you must not touch the body without taking any protective measures. Once the official finds that you have touched the body with bare hands If you contract a strange disease, I will treat you as a plague." Zhen Qingming said seriously, and the yamen servants who came with him showed a serious look, and Wang Xiancheng took the lead and said, "Yes!"

Zhen Qingming glanced at everyone and stretched out his hand, "Come east, pliers."

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Lai dug out a small pliers from the treasure chest. Zhen Qingming took the pliers and punched the dead man's scalp for a while. Finally, with all his strength, he pulled out a five centimeter long iron nail.

"Ah!" Wang Xiancheng screamed in fright, unable to form a sentence, "Too, too cruel, too terrifying, too vicious, too—"

"Shut up!" Zhen Qingming said expressionlessly, "According to my observation, the murderer heated up a brand-new iron nail in advance, and drove it into the skull of the deceased at one time when the deceased was not prepared. The hot iron nail entered the back of the deceased's head and burned the area around the nail." The skin of the deceased, that is, the black piece that Wang Xiancheng saw just now, and the hot iron nails also blocked the blood from flowing out, so we did not find any blood on the deceased.

"The murderer then snatched the ornaments from the deceased, and then pushed the deceased into the river. Since the deceased was still breathing, he drank a small amount of river water in his stomach during the struggle, and a small amount of sand was stained on his fingernails. This can also explain why the deceased's swollen abdomen It is smaller than the drowning person, because the deceased was not thrown into the river after death, nor was he drowned, but was thrown by the murderer when he was not dead.

"Since the murder weapon was a brand-new iron nail, I guess the murderer decided to kill Mrs. Zhao on the spur of the moment. As for why he took so much trouble to heat the nail, we will not know until the murderer is found.

"Fortunately, the management of iron products in my dynasty is extremely strict. Wang Xiancheng immediately took someone to check the local blacksmith's shop, and must find out who bought iron nails half a month ago. Also, check the pawnshop in the county. See if there are any jewels of the dead in there."

"Yes!" Wang Xiancheng stooped and took the oil paper.