Liaozhai Great Sage

Seeing this scene, the civil servant screamed in fright, rolled his eyelids and passed out on the spot.

"Just this little courage?" Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly.

He saw that the relatives and friends who were mourning were scared away, and it was time for the autopsy, so he immediately walked over and inspected Fang Shengyu's body.

But Fang Shengyu's face was full of anger, his eyes were wide open, and his gray and silent eyes were staring blankly at the front, with a look of death, but there was blood oozing from his stomach, which should be the fatal wound where he was killed .

"Did Mr. Cui find anything?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Cui Wei immediately sized it up, and wanted to step forward to investigate carefully, but was stopped by Li Xiuyuan: "When the coffin is opened, the corpse will not move, and the eyes can see it if there are clues."

"Yes, my lord." Cui Wei nodded and gave up examining the corpse, he said; "From the wounds, it can be determined that the murderer must not be a martial arts practitioner. If a martial arts practitioner wants to kill someone, the sword must be on the chest, neck , it can’t be on the stomach, because stabbing a sword to the stomach may not necessarily kill people, and it doesn’t conform to the assassin’s method.”

"And there are no other wounds or bruises on Mr. Fang's body, which means that he never struggled before."

"It was neither an assassination nor an enemy's murder. The humble official can only judge that Mr. Fang died at the hands of people around him." Cui Wei clasped his fists and said, "Anyone in the government office is suspect."

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's not that complicated. I'm also a martial arts practitioner. The wound in this position is obviously caused by a novice who is not proficient in swords, and it's a woman."

"How can the adults see it?"

"Only a woman's height can stab the sword to the belly, and the wound is still slanted upwards, which means that the sword was stabbed from the bottom up." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "Put the body back and cover the coffin, the murderer I know who it is."

Cui Wei immediately ordered two captors to put the body back and cover the coffin.

"It's such a simple case that no one in the yamen has solved it. I really don't know what kind of waste the imperial court has raised. The struggle for power is so fierce. If you really want to do something for the country and the people, everyone will be dumb. It's gone." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

No wonder the country's fortunes are in a downturn.Monsters are rampant.

The imperial court is still lucky, but the time it can last is obviously running out.

"Where is Fang Shengyu's wife now? I have something to ask her." Li Xiuyuan walked out of the mourning hall and asked the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper was also a little scared at this time, after all, they saw Fang Shengyu's fraudulent corpse with their own eyes, so they pointed at the side room tremblingly.

"Thank you."

When Li Xiuyuan led people to the wing room.

Fang Shi, who was hiding inside, had a terrified face. She was panicked and at a loss. She wanted to run away but didn't know where she was going.

Until there was a loud bang, the door was forcibly pushed open.

"Mrs. Fang, we met again today after the farewell to Xiangguo Temple that day. Don't you plan to talk about Mr. Fang's death?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"My lord, what do you mean by that?" Fang's voice trembled, his expression flustered.

Li Xiuyuan said: "No other meaning, just want to know where Madam hid the murderer, or is Mrs. Fang's death also inseparable from Madam?"

Chapter 7 Fang Shi

Fang didn't dare to face Li Xiuyuan, even when he was questioned in public, his eyes were dodged, his voice was trembling, and he looked panic-stricken.

Anyone would doubt such a gesture, especially Li Xiuyuan was still asking about the murderer who assassinated Fang Shengyu.

"Could the murderer be Mrs. Fang?" Those who had the courage to look outside the door couldn't help guessing.

And it looks more and more suspicious.

If this is the case, it would be an incredible event.

"Sir, my lord, can I have a few words with my lord alone? Let, let those subordinates of your lord avoid it for a while." Fang, who didn't know how to respond, was vague, and he hesitated and said something like this. One sentence.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand, gestured, and said, "You are the host, and I am the guest. To save face for Madam, you go out and avoid it for a while."

"Yes, my lord." Cui Wei took the order and immediately left the house with his subordinates, then stopped the onlookers, and closed the door.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Tell me, did Fang Shengyu die at the hands of his wife, or at the hands of a certain woman? In fact, it is not difficult to find out what I want to find out at this point, but it is not convenient for my wife to do it in front of everyone." Speaking face to face, I will save some face for Madam, so as not to say that I, an unkind visitor, really don't leave any sympathy and leeway."

"Thank you for your understanding, but I still ask my lord to give you a way to survive." At this moment, Mrs. Fang no longer had the arrogant posture she had in Xiangguo Temple before, and now she was trembling with fear, crying constantly, and begging bitterly.

"Madam, are you telling me that you killed me?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Fang hurriedly argued: "No, it wasn't my concubine who killed me. My lord, you are the official who is in charge of investigating this case. Now everyone in the yamen thinks it was done by the monster of Wutong sect. Why don't my lord give up on the investigation and put the blame on everyone else?" On the head of the Wutong Sect, if the adults are willing to agree, the concubine has some small gifts here, and the adults are welcome."

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly took out a small box, opened it and saw that you were all jewelry, which was very valuable.

Li Xiuyuan took a look and said: "Madam, is this bribing me? It's a pity that I lack everything, even if I don't lack money. Madam, let's put it away. Since Madam didn't kill me, the murderer must be Fang Shengyu's side." However, looking at Madam's posture, I think it is inseparable, and I am afraid that she is also involved, even if she is not the mastermind, she is also an accomplice."

"That's how things are going to be simple, please ask my wife to go to the Yamen with me."

As soon as the words were spoken, Fang fell to her knees on the ground with a plop, grabbed Li Xiuyuan's sleeves, and begged while crying: "My lord, please spare this concubine for a while. I have parents who want to serve me. There are two children to raise, what will they do if the concubine is arrested? Please, my lord, as long as you are willing to turn over the concubine this time, the concubine will promise you anything. If you want money, as long as the government takes it Send all the ones out to you, my lord."

"Ma'am, I'm very embarrassed if you do this." Li Xiuyuan frowned: "It's as if I want your Fang family to be destroyed. Willing to bear the charges, but also thinking of extrajudicial favors, how can there be such a good thing in this world, and the imperial court was not opened by you, Madam."

"And ma'am, you made such a fuss, making it seem like I deliberately made things difficult for you, an orphan and widowed mother. In fact, Fang Shengyu's dead madam knows it well."

"The concubine knows, the concubine understands." Fang wept and sobbed: "But the concubine has no other choice now, the concubine has surrendered, what should the family do? How should the parents treat the concubine?"

"If I had known this before, why should there be only these things my wife should say? Then I am not worthy of my wife to chat here. After today's funeral is over, I will invite my wife to come to the Yamen to surrender. This official will handle it impartially. Add an extra charge to Madam, of course, if Madam is willing to say the murderer's words now, I can reduce some crimes to Madam as appropriate." Li Xiuyuan said.

Fang remained stubborn, grabbed Li Xiuyuan's sleeves, raised his head and sobbed, "What do you think, my lord? I think I still have some charms, and I am willing to cling to you if my lord likes you." , as long as my lord pushes this case to Wutongjiao's head, if my lord passes by the mansion later when I have time, I will definitely treat my lord well and not let you down."

After speaking, he showed a somewhat pitiful gesture.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at her calmly. Although this woman was disgusting, she still had some beauty. After all, she was the magistrate's wife, and Mr. Fang would not look down on Mr. Fang who was not beautiful.

At this moment, Mrs. Fang is dressed in a white filial piety dress. She no longer has the arrogant and fierce look before, but only has a pitiful posture of fear and fear. In addition, her husband has just died and there is no support in her heart. Outlined clearly.

No matter how you look at it, she is a poor and helpless beautiful woman.

And the helplessness revealed in those eyes, it seems that as long as Li Xiuyuan nods his head, this beautiful woman will obediently obey any of his orders.

A feeling that life and death are in his own hands surged up.

At this moment, as long as anyone has any interest in money and sex, they will go smoothly at this time, and they don't mind selling their favors, and they can get both money and sex without paying anything.

However, what Li Xiuyuan saw at this moment was not her beauty, but a kind of sadness and pity.

He squatted down, looked at Fang and said: "If I go out like this at this moment, my wife will be ruined, whether it is my reputation or my house, I will be ruined, but my wife can do it for my reputation and my house." Wouldn’t you be willing to reveal who the murderer is after making such a sacrifice? Besides, it won’t take me a day to investigate the murderer.”

"Madam, do you want to insist?"

Fang lowered her head and began to sob: "This, this thing was done by Xi'er, he accidentally killed her husband!"

"Which Xi'er?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"That maid that my husband bought on the Shangyuan Festival." Fang said.