Heroine: The beginning starts with gambling on the wife with two hundred kilograms of rubbish

The county magistrate frowned as she listened. She didn't know about the arrest, but the prime minister's people did give her the news that there were problems with Song Tingran's shelter, which might involve the development and reputation of Ping'an Town, so she had to investigate.

This was reasonable and in order to distance herself from the matter, the county magistrate agreed. She knew Song Tingran's character and was not afraid of an investigation. But only one night had passed and so many lives had been lost.

"Song Tingran, can you tell me in detail how these people died?" The county magistrate was very serious.

Song Tingran kowtowed with a resolute look in his eyes, and said, "Sir, these people originally wanted to take me away under the pretext of investigating me. It just so happened that Lu Zhong was also in the same group, and he put evidence in my shelter, so I had to go. But I knew if I followed him, I would not know whether I would live or die. It just so happened that my distant relative was at my house, and he brought a lot of followers with him, so he protected me."

The county magistrate listened very carefully, but he still didn't hear how these people died. He sternly rebuked: "Song Tingran, I'm asking you how these people died!"

"Sir!" Song Tingran kowtowed again, and fell to the ground, trembling. "Sir, it was too horrible. Let me tell you slowly. I really don't dare to recall that time."

In order to find out the truth of the matter, the county magistrate asked Song Tingran to slow down a little and turned his gaze to Village Chief Zhou.

According to what Song Tingran said just now, Village Chief Zhou witnessed most of it with his own eyes.

"Village Chief Zhou, tell me what you saw."

"Yes, sir." Village chief Zhou kept swallowing her saliva. Such a big thing happened in Daniu Village, and she, as the village chief, was responsible. "I was sleeping last night when I heard someone outside shouting that something happened to Song Tingran's family. I quickly got up to check, and saw Lu Zhong lying on the ground crying. Everyone in our village knows Lu Zhong. He used to be a beggar in the town and was brought back by Song Tingran. He also showed everyone the scars on his body, which were very horrifying. And Yong'er was also brought back from the town. He vomited blood and was unconscious. It was said that he was severely poisoned. A lot of messy things were found in the shelter, all those things, but I can guarantee Song Tingran's character. She will never do such a thing."

Village Chief Zhou said so much, and it was all true. After all, she was the one who saw all of this. However, these words are of no benefit to Song Tingran at the moment.

"Then, when did those officials arrive?" the county magistrate asked.

"Uh... we were just talking and it happened. Lu Zhong admitted that he was the one who reported it to the authorities in advance because he didn't want to be tortured every day. However, the food in the embroidery workshop was very good, even better than what many families in the village eat. They lived in a two-story building, and the shelter was also newly built."

The county magistrate thought for a moment and sent people to the Song family to check. If they met any villagers who were at the scene last night, they would bring them over as well.

"Village Chief Zhou, when did you leave?"

"I don't know the exact time, but it was in the late night. Song Tingran revealed that the official who came was not from our town, but from the Prime Minister, so I took the villagers and left."

"Why did you leave?" The county magistrate was very perceptive and grasped the key point at once. Logically speaking, with such a big thing happening in the village, people would only disperse after Song Tingran was arrested. Otherwise, the villagers would have run out in the middle of the night. It is impossible to leave at the most important moment of the matter.

Village Chief Zhou was also stunned, but he still told the truth, "Song Tingran said there was nothing wrong and asked us to go home and have a good rest."

After saying this, Village Chief Zhou glanced at Song Tingran. She was also a little unsure whether it was right or wrong to say this.

But on the way here, Song Tingran asked her to tell everything she saw and not to lie even a word.

The county magistrate looked at Song Tingran again, "Are you feeling better?"

Song Tingran was still kneeling on the ground, but he had calmed down a lot.

"Sir, in order to protect me, my followers had actually come to a standoff with the officers. That was not my original intention. I just wanted to have a good talk. My children were at the door, and I was afraid that the noise would scare them. I was also afraid that the villagers would be scared, so I said it was a misunderstanding and nothing serious, and let everyone go. I could also have a good talk with the officers. After everyone left, the officers revealed their true colors and told me to leave obediently so that I would suffer less. They also told me that it was a mistake not to kill me last time, and that they would not let me go again this time."

"Last time? Are you talking about the time when the Sihai Escort Agency transported goods in the gambling stone shop?"

"Yes, sir, and my distant relative also found out that the missing goods of the embroidery workshop were also pushed off the cliff by the same group of people. He came here this time to tell me about this matter and stay for a few more days. But there is something strange. When the leader of the observation saw him, he said that he had committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and wanted to take him away with him."

Song Tingran would stop talking after a while to look at the county magistrate's expression. This matter contained too much information, and it would not be a good thing for her to tell it all in one breath.

The county magistrate pondered and asked Song Tingran to continue.

"Sir, if they are here to seek revenge, I will not leave with them. We started fighting, and our people captured them alive, tied them up and locked them in the shelter. We thought we could give them a rest and send them to you for inspection in the morning. But when we went to check in the morning, we found that they had committed suicide by taking poison. Only two of them were still alive. We brought them here today."

The county magistrate looked and saw that there were indeed two people with their hands tied behind their backs. She did not rush to interrogate them, but continued to look at Song Tingran.

"How do you know that these people committed suicide by taking poison?" His eyes were sharp.

"Because my distant relatives' followers are trained, so they can tell."

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the followers stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "Sir, these people have no obvious external injuries, and they are vomiting blood and their lips are black, which are signs of poisoning. However, we can't tell what the poison is, and we don't know when they took it."

The county magistrate asked his entourage to withdraw. The signs of poisoning were obvious, and even she would have known it by looking at them.

"The coroner has gone to investigate and will probably have a result soon. However, these are just your one-sided statements. You said that the prime minister wanted to kill you and hired someone to do this. There is currently no evidence or motive for this."

"Sir, there is a motive. Six years ago, my family's embroidery workshop had just started, and had business dealings with the Moxiang Embroidery Workshop in Shengjing City. The Moxiang Embroidery Workshop was the property of the Duke's Mansion. The Duke's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion have always been competing for credit, so the Prime Minister's Mansion was dissatisfied with the fact that our family's excellent embroidery skills were only provided to the Moxiang Embroidery Workshop. At that time, it sent people to cause trouble. The prefect knew about this. In fact, the Duke's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion had a secret conflict, and I was on the side of the Duke's Mansion, so I was repeatedly murdered."