Liaozhai Great Sage

"No, no, I will definitely not be mistaken. Although I was drunk yesterday, I was not seriously drunk. I still remember that these servants who moved house had owners, and their owners were the same as before. An old friend from the same class, it seems to be called... It seems to be called, yes, I remembered, it is called Zhao Jing, yes, yes, yes, it is Zhao Jing."

County magistrate Liu slapped his head and finally remembered: "It's that Zhao Jing. When we took the talent examination together, this person ranked above me."

The master wanted to cry but said without tears: "My lord, don't scare the little ones. Didn't you say that you died of a sudden illness on the way to take office? Didn't you say that you died of a sudden illness on the way to take office? Your lord wrote a sacrificial letter for this. Have you forgotten this matter?" .”

"Dead, dead?" County magistrate Liu suddenly remembered that Zhao Jing was indeed dead.

But if he died, who was that person he saw yesterday?

The master suddenly suppressed his voice and said: "I heard that Zhao Jing passed a big river on his way to Guobei County to take office, and fell into the water. Although he was rescued, he couldn't get sick. Died of illness, my lord must have bumped into Zhao Jing's ghost."

County Magistrate Liu's face immediately turned pale, and he felt a little cold all over.

I have lived with ghosts for more than a month?

No wonder I have always felt that the house is a bit cold, and there is no other place for warmth. I am afraid that I will sleep with ghosts at night.

"My lord, are you alright?" Seeing that he lost his mind, the master shook slightly.

"No, nothing, I'm all right."

It took a while for magistrate Liu to wake up from his fear, and he took a few breaths before he calmed down a lot.

"My lord, are you still looking for the missing furniture? If ghosts and gods really took it away, then we have to go to Goddess Wang for help. She is still in custody in the yamen," said the master.

Magistrate Liu said: "No, I won't look for it anymore. If it is my classmate Zhao Jing who took the furniture, then I can give it to him. For those who are nostalgic, just give him ordinary furniture."

"If it's really the work of ghosts and gods, then that classmate before my lord is still a ghost of high moral character. Although a lot of things were lost in the county government office, some of the things we added later, as well as the money in the warehouse, were all gone. Less, what is less is left over from the former county government office." Said the master.

County magistrate Liu heard this, and then thought about it, but it was true.

Didn't the money I searched for over a month not move?

It's still Zhao Jingrenyi who knows to leave something for himself.

"My lord, it's not good, the big thing is not good." At this moment, a yamen servant hurried over and shouted.

"I'm fine, what's the point of yelling?" Magistrate Liu shouted angrily.

The yamen servant was startled and frightened: "Yes, yes, yes, I made a small slip of the tongue, please forgive me, my lord, something happened in the county yamen."

"What happened?" County magistrate Liu asked.

"Wang, Goddess Wang died suddenly last night." The yamen servant cupped his hands and said, and then secretly glanced at the face of County Magistrate Liu.

County Magistrate Liu's face suddenly darkened: "Dead? How could Mistress Wang die so well?"

"This, I don't know about this little one. Wu Zuo is doing an autopsy, maybe Wu Zuo can figure it out." The yamen servant said.

"Once Goddess Wang dies, the matter of Li Dafu will be suspended, and Li Dafu will be put on public trial today." The master said in a low voice.

Of course County Magistrate Liu understood this, and immediately ordered: "Follow me to the lobby, and I will interrogate that foreman in person to see if the Li family sent someone to kill Goddess Wang to silence her."

Chapter 55 Ascension

But when County Magistrate Liu came to the lobby, he saw that the body of Goddess Wang had been carried to the lobby, her face was covered with a white cloth, and an assistant was waiting beside her.

"Wu Zuo, tell me how this witch Wang died, and whether she was assassinated by someone." County Magistrate Liu shouted from the main seat.

The old witch immediately knelt down: "My lord, the death of this witch Wang is strange. Based on my many years of experience as a witch, this witch Wang died three days ago, and the body was covered with spots last night." Well, if Goddess Wang died yesterday, then the corpse spots would never rise so fast, and I heard from the night servant last night that Goddess Wang was shouting and screaming in the room last night, as if she was fighting someone. "

"Is that someone sent by the Li family?" Magistrate Liu asked hurriedly.

"No, no, she was the only one in Sorceress Wang's room that night, and there were no outsiders. The servants heard the movement and went in to take a look." Wu Zuo said.

"Who was on duty yesterday? Send him in." County Magistrate Liu said.

After a while, a yamen servant called in.

"Little Wang Chuan, I have met you." The guard named Wang Chuan respectfully knelt down and kowtowed.

"Tell me, how did Goddess Wang die yesterday?" County Magistrate Liu asked.

Wang Chuan said: "My lord, just at noon last night, there was a sudden yelling and fighting sound in Mistress Wang's house. A person was dancing and waving in the air in the room, and there was no one at all."

"The younger one thought that Mistress Wang was performing some kind of sorcery, so she didn't care too much. How could she know that before the cock crowed, there was no movement in Mistress Wang's house, and when the younger one went to check again, Mistress Wang had already lost her breath. died on the ground."

"So it's a no-brainer case."

County Magistrate Liu slapped the gavel suddenly: "You trash, what did you eat to grow up? Even a sorceress Wang can't stand it. This is an important witness against Li Dafu. Now that something happened, how do you take care of it?" .”

"My lord, forgive me." Wang Chuan kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"My lord, this notice was posted yesterday, is this case still going to trial?" said the master next to him.

County Magistrate Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Judgment, why not, Wang Chuan, I will give you a chance to make up for your mistakes, and you will bite to death in court later. Yesterday, Mistress Wang was assassinated by someone. You must not bring up Mistress Wang." Regarding the matter of your own sudden death, if you let go of your mouth a little bit, I will cut you off."

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Wang Chuan nodded quickly, but his heart was filled with distress.

Isn't this clearly framing the young master?If the Li family knew about this, how could I survive in Guobei County.

It didn't take long for Li's residence to receive the news that County Magistrate Liu was going to hold a court trial for Li Dafu.

The so-called public trial is to invite the squires in the county, nearby village chiefs, and respected old people to participate in the trial of this case, seeking fairness and justice.

Of course, the most important thing is to convince people.

"Is the county government going to hold a public trial?" Li Xiuyuan frowned. He sat in the lobby without sleeping all night, and only occasionally squinted for a while.

My father's safety is uncertain, how can he sleep soundly on the couch.

"Yes, young master, what should we do now?" Tieshan asked.

Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "What else can I do? I have already ordered everything that should be ordered. Since he is going to have a public trial, then I will go and see how the county magistrate Liu tried my father, and also see how he is today. Death is life."

"Come on, follow me to the county office."

He gave an order, and immediately went out with only Tieshan and a few guards.

But as soon as he walked out of the door, Tieshan let out a sigh: "Young master, look quickly, there are words on the ground."

Li Xiuyuan looked down, but saw a pile of paper ashes scattered on the stone bricks in front of his house, and the paper ashes fell on the ground to form two distorted characters: 事成.

"The handwriting is really ugly." He smiled lightly, stepped forward, and stepped on the ashes of paper.

Following the foot wind, the two big characters turned into ashes and disappeared, and there was no font anymore.

"Young Master, that's..." Tieshan questioned.