New widow

"Sir, please sit down." Suqiao stood up and returned the gift, asking Zhang Qing to sit down. Zhang Qing stood there without moving: "Ms. Kuang, I came here today to pay for the masons I hired to build the wall last time. matter."

"I have heard that that person is indeed the mason my family hired." After saying this, Suqiao said to Aunt Wu, "You know this best."

"Yes, we hired a total of four plasterers. They came for four days and repaired the collapsed wall. In addition to food and wine, each of them paid five cents of silver for their wages." Aunt Wu said respectfully, Zhang Qing's eyebrows were already furrowed: "Ms. Kuang, I'm not here today to ask you how much money you spent on building the wall. I just want to ask, it's a rainy day right now. Why don't you wait until the weather clears up before building the wall?"

"Master Zhang, you know, I am a widow." Su Qiao's tone was still so calm, but Zhang Qing felt that he was poking at Su Qiao's heart, so Zhang Qing's tone also changed: "Ms. Kuang, I'm the official Just asking as usual."

"I think Mr. Zhang thought it was very strange to build the wall in the summer and thought I was hiding something. Maybe Mr. Zhang thought that the plasterer had peeped into some secret, so I wanted to kill him and silence him." Su Qiao's words made Zhang Qing unable to refute. Zhang Qing's face also turned red: "Ms. Kuang, I don't mean this."

"You do. Although you came to ask me what you should do as an official, you still want to ask me why I built the wall in summer because you think I have the motive of killing people and silencing them." Su Qiao's words made Zhang Qing's face even darker. Blushed: "Ms. Kuang, I..."

"Mother Wu, take Mr. Zhang to see if the wall in our backyard needs to be repaired.

. "Su Qiao didn't give Zhang Qing a chance, and shouted loudly. Aunt Wu responded and walked up to Zhang Qing: "Master Zhang, come with me and take a look, and you will know why the lady has to build the wall in the rain. "

Zhang Qing followed Grandma Wu to the backyard. There were three rooms in the backyard for the Wu family. Grandma Wu pointed to the newly built wall in the backyard and said to Zhang Qing: "Mr. Zhang, you have also seen this wall. It has to be repaired.”

There is a big gap in the wall. I don’t know whether it was caused by rain or someone dug a hole in it. Except for Manager Wu, all the people in this room are women, and Manager Wu is already old. Such a hole is really not good. Great security.

Zhang Qing looked at it and nodded. Aunt Wu already sighed softly: "Originally, Madam thought that it would only be a while. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, the Wang family came to propose marriage. Madam knew that the Wang family was not easy to mess with, so she I just hired someone to repair the wall as a precaution, but unexpectedly, I was questioned."

"Proposal?" Zhang Qing asked in surprise. The only women in this room who could be proposed to be married to were Song Zhen and Xia Yun. Xia Yun didn't go to the temple fair, so it was Song Zhen. Thinking of the appearance of Prince Wang that day, Zhang Qing regretted that he had not punched Prince Wang a few times.

Aunt Wu nodded: "Yes, you asked our girl to have such a character. Our lady is not crazy. She refused herself because she was afraid that his family would come to play some tricks, so she had to repair all the surrounding walls. Who would know……"

Aunt Wu quickly shut up, but Zhang Qing already nodded: "Who knew that mason would be gone."

"Yes." Mother Wu sighed again: "These days are really not peaceful."

Normally, this would be enough to dispel Zhang Qing's doubts, but Zhang Qing always felt that there was something wrong.

It seemed as if he hadn't thought of something, but he didn't think of it for a while, so Zhang Qing walked out, and Nanny Wu followed him to see him off: "I don't know how I'm going to get through this day."

"This life will naturally go well." Zhang Qing comforted him smoothly, and saw Miss Song sticking her head there. Zhang Qing suddenly stopped and said to Aunt Wu: "When these plasterers came, some I didn’t molest the women in your house.”

Aunt Wu didn't know the reason for these words, but Little Sister Song was frightened. She screamed, and Zhang Qing had already looked at Little Sister Song: "It seems that there are still some words that have not been said."

"My lord, my lord, this matter, this matter has nothing to do with our lady." When asked by Zhang Qing, Little Sister Song was so frightened that she knelt down and shouted. Zhang Qing took a step back. Mother Wu Already staring at Sister Song: "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Yesterday, yesterday, auntie, you asked me to buy some things. On the way back, I met this mason. He wanted to molest me. In desperation, I poked him with a hairpin and broke free. This morning I heard that there was a man in the ruined temple. There is a dead person, so I guess it's him." Sister Song had already cried and said all those words.

"Where is your hairpin stuck?" Zhang Qing opened his mouth and said this. Little Sister Song was so frightened that she lost her mind: "I can't remember. Some stuck it on the hand, some stuck it on the stomach, but I really didn't hit him. neck."

"Regardless of whether you poked his neck or not, you have to go back to the Yamen with me." Zhang Qing naturally knew where the fatal wound was, but the woman refused to rape him, she used too much strength, and the hairpin was sharp. There is a record of killing someone by mistake. , Zhang Qing

I've seen it a lot.

"Yes, I will..." Little Sister Song was about to stand up when she heard Su Qiao's voice: "Master Zhang is so majestic."

"Ms. Kuang." Zhang Qing bowed to Su Qiao, and Su Qiao already looked at Zhang Qing: "Why, Master Zhang is going to take my people away without even saying a word."

Suqiao's words can be regarded as nonsense, and Little Sister Song has already reached out to pull Suqiao's clothes: "Ms. Kuang, this matter is indeed my fault, ma'am, please don't..."

"Why did this matter become your fault?" Su Qiao asked back. Little Sister Song was stunned. Su Qiao had already said to Zhang Qing: "How strong can a woman be in her hands without holding a knife?" , why he stabbed the man to death with a hairpin, that’s the first thing, and secondly, this man molested a good girl, and the girl resisted the rape, she should have been rewarded, but why was she arrested and taken to the Yamen instead.”

"Don't be like this..." Zhang Qing's face turned purple, but Suqiao took another step forward: "I know you want to solve the case, but to solve the case, you must carefully investigate the ins and outs."

As she spoke, Su Qiao said to Miss Song: "When did you meet that person yesterday and where was he? Please tell me in detail."

Little Sister Song calmed down and told everything that happened yesterday: "I was very panicked at the time, but I also remembered that I was only one mile away from home."

"Is there anything conspicuous there?" Su Qiao asked again, but Zhang Qing understood what Su Qiao was going to do. Zhang Qing frowned slightly, and then Zhang Qing said to Su Qiao: "Ms. Kuang, you are really like this... …”

"I'm helping you, why don't you allow it?" Su Qiao said to Zhang Qing: "You let people

Go to the same place as yesterday and see if there are any traces. "