I am the county magistrate in Daming

Arriving at the Lizheng Mansion, Zhao Mei felt his heart skip a beat when he saw Zhang Fu kneeling in the hall.

"My lord! The grassroots are innocent, it's all Zhang Fu's idea, Zhang Fu forced the grassroots to do this!" Zhao Mei pointed at Zhang Fu, lying on the ground and crying loudly, as if he was really coerced.

When Zhang Fu heard this, he couldn't stand on his knees, so he quickly excused himself.

"It's obvious that you insulted the Fourth Madam just because of your lust, and you were afraid that she would go back and talk nonsense, so you did it!"

At the very beginning of planning, they had already thought of a countermeasure for the incident to be revealed, and they had long ago decided to put all the blame on Zhao Mei so that they could be picked out.

"I only agreed to help you when I was in a trance." Zhang Fu pretended to be remorseful and annoyed, "I didn't expect to be a white-eyed wolf!"

Sitting by the side, Mu Qingtian watched Zhao Mei and Zhang Fu's dog bite the dog, and felt a little boring.Those who have the same interests call themselves brothers and sisters, and fly separately when disaster strikes.In the eyes of such people, there are no permanent friends, only common interests.

"Zhang Fu, let me ask you, how did you know that the fourth lady is in Ziming?" Mu Qingtian asked.

Shi Houjian glanced at Zhu Jingshou indiscriminately, and found that he did not express anything, as if acquiescing to Mu Qingtian's interrogation.After half a day today, all the signs showed that His Royal Highness King Qing treated Mu Qingtian unusually, even a little indulgently.Maybe it won't be long before Mu Qingtian will leave Zimingli.

Shi Houjian suppressed the speculation in her heart and turned her attention back to the case in front of her.

"My lord, the fourth lady was lost in Ziming." Zhang Fu replied respectfully.

"Missing?" Mu Qingtian frowned, "The concubine of the county magistrate must have never done any heavy work on weekdays, and she probably didn't even fetch a bucket of water. How could she walk from Chongming County to Zimingli alone?"

Zhu Jingshou covered up the flash of light in his eyes, picked up the teacup slowly, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you need to think about whether she got lost by herself or was brought here."

Zhang Fu broke out in cold sweat, and said with a stiff smile: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Madam did indeed come here by herself, and all the servants of the county government can testify to this."

The head of the police was just under the hall, and Zhu Jing's order guard brought him up for questioning, and got the same testimony as Zhang Fu.

"It happened to be Xiao Xiao who was on duty that night, and I saw a white shadow floating out of the small courtyard in a blur." Recalling the scene at that time, the chief arrester trembled.

"Everyone in the house knows that the fourth lady is crazy. She yells in the small courtyard all day long, and the maids and servants are not willing to come near."

Shuhui frowned, standing behind Zhu Jingshou, thinking quickly.She sneaked into the small courtyard to check, and the fourth lady's body was so stiff that her skin was as cold as snow, it was impossible for her to be alive.

Mu Qingtian saw that the fast-moving chief's expression was flustered and terrified, he didn't seem to be fake, and asked again: "Since it's vague, how can you confirm that it's the Fourth Madam?"

"This……"

"There is only the fourth lady in the small courtyard, and the little one subconsciously thinks that the fourth lady has gone crazy again, so she sneaked out."

Shu Hui suddenly stood up, knelt in front of Zhu Jingshou and said, "My lord, my subordinates have seen Mrs. Wang's corpse with their own eyes, and it stopped in the backyard of the county government office."

Yao Jingdao heard the voice familiar, and when he raised his head, he saw Shuhui who turned around and walked towards him.

"You! You!" Yao Jingdao spat out blood and stared at her angrily.

Unexpectedly, from the moment he gave Mu Qing the medicine, he fell into King Qing's trap.No wonder Mu Qingtian was able to retreat the next day when nothing happened, it was all Shuhui's fault!

Strange to say, everyone thought that Yao Jingdao asked someone to pretend to be the fourth wife, but Yao Jingdao himself didn't know who it was who was yelling in the courtyard.

At first, he thought it was someone pretending to be a ghost and discovered the secret of the small courtyard, so he broke into the room in the middle of the night when no one was around, trying to find out that person.

The room was silent, cold and damp.The wind seeping through the window slits blew the white curtains up and down.

Suddenly, a thunderbolt strikes, and Yao Jingdao can clearly see the face of the person lying on the bed.The fourth lady was just like that day, staring at him sideways.A few days later, her body did not rot, her skin was pale, and under the light of the thunder, it seemed that she was about to shed blood and tears in the next moment.

Yao Jingdao was frightened out of his wits, and fled quickly, having several nightmares one after another.The voices in the small courtyard continued all day long, but there were only voices.Over time, Yao Jingdao gradually got used to it, and even stopped being afraid.Whether it's a human or a ghost, it's just the right time and place for people to appear now, and it has helped him a lot.

There was a discrepancy between what Shuhui saw and what happened in the county government. The two parties insisted on their opinions, but no one could produce evidence, and things became a little tricky for a while.

"Retrial tomorrow. Mu Lizheng and Shu Hui are coming with me." Zhu Jingshou put down his teacup and turned to leave.

"Yes."

Both Zhang Fu, Yao Jingdao and Zhao Mei were taken to a dilapidated house in Zimingli, guarded by soldiers from Suzhou Prefecture.After asking Zhu Jingshou for instructions, Shi Houjian asked the general to return to Suzhou Mansion.

Mu Qingtian sat on the bed with her chin propped up, fiddling with the tassels of the death-prevention gold medal, listening to the conversation between Zhu Jingshou and Shuhui not far away.

"This subordinate has neglected his duty and missed the important matter of the prince, please punish him."

At that time, she was in a hurry to come from Mingli, and only briefly checked the body of the fourth lady.Afraid of being discovered by Yao Jingdao, she only glanced at the jade pendant hanging around the fourth lady's neck, but did not take it away.

Who would have thought that things would develop to such a complicated point today, if she had taken the jade pendant at that time, Yao Jingdao would be convicted now.

"This king told you to rush to Zimingli as soon as possible to guard, and the fourth lady's matter has nothing to do with you." Zhu Jingshou said.

"Thank you, Lord."

Zhu Jingshou waved back the book flowers, shook his clothes and brought tea to the inner room, only to see Mu Qingtian, who was drowsy, wrapped himself in the quilt, nodding his head.

"You slept easily, and you don't worry about anything." Zhu Jingshou put down his teacup, supported Mu Qingtian's head with his hands, and gently laid him flat on the bed.

"I was thinking..." Mu Qingtian yawned, "I always feel like I missed something."

Zhu Jingshou caressed the bruises under Mu Qingtian's eyes distressedly, and said softly, "Don't think about it, just sleep well."

Mu Qingtian rubbed his hand unconsciously, and slowly fell asleep under the effect of the tranquilizing fragrance.

"Keep this place safe and don't allow anyone to come near." Zhu Jingshou opened the door and said to Xiaosan.

"Yes, my subordinate understands."

Zhu Jingshou didn't believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, let alone that the voice from the small courtyard was caused by Mrs. Wang.Someone is pretending to be a ghost, disturbing everyone's sight and hearing, including Yao Jingdao.What is certain is that this group of people is not on the same side as Yao Jingdao, otherwise Yao Jingdao would not be ignorant.

Wang's body was still parked in the backyard of the Lizheng Mansion. Zhu Jingshou took Shuhui to check it again, and then recalled and compared the situation of the day as it was.

"When my subordinates checked, there was no trauma on Mrs. Wang's body, and her lips were a little purple. The subordinates deduced that it must be poisoned." Shuhui used a pole to pick apart the white cloth.

The corpse was so decomposed that you couldn't even tell what it looked like, let alone the bruise on the lips.

"So, after Mrs. Wang's death, someone chopped off her hands and feet, smashed her chest, and finally dumped her body." Zhu Jingshou speculated.

"Where's the jade pendant you're talking about?"

"it's here."

"It's not right." Zhu Jingshou buckled a piece of soil on the jade pendant with a cloth strip, "There are no traces of maggots crawling on it."

Wang's chest was smashed, and the internal organs were exposed to the air, making it a paradise for maggots.The jade pendant hung around Wang's neck, very close to her chest.Although it was stained with soil, there was no sign of being infested by maggots.

Mu Qingtian was lying on the bed with cold sweat all over his forehead.He returned to the deep mountain and walked on the way up the mountain alone.The shadows of the trees were mottled, and the sound of the wind whizzed by, piercing people's backs.

He knew very well that he was dreaming, but he still couldn't help being afraid, wrapped his clothes tightly and walked forward.Soon, he arrived at the place where the body was found.

"Strange,... what?" Mu Qingtian murmured, he didn't know what he was looking for, so he could only wander in this corner like a headless chicken.

"grown ups?"

Mu Qingtian turned his head abruptly, seeing Zhu Jingshou not far away, he was overjoyed and ran over quickly.Halfway through the run, he suddenly stopped and started to back up.

"Why don't you come here, my lord?" Zhu Jingshou held a long knife dripping with blood, and approached Mu Qingtian step by step.

Mu Qingtian turned and ran away, but found that the surrounding trees began to twist.Opening his eyes again, Zhu Jingshou was already in front of him.

The sound of the wind in the mountains and forests turned into a real voice, shouting "Qing Wang" loudly, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth, making people breathless.Mu Qingtian sat down on the ground, watching Zhu Jingshou raise the long knife.

Hey, am I still alive?Mu Qingtian opened his eyes, but when he wanted to sit up, his limbs felt stiff and his chest was oppressed and heavy.He watched "myself" approaching, knelt down and said, "Tingyun, if I want to cover up a shocking incident, what should I do most naturally?"

"Blood!"

Mu Qingtian woke up startled.He shook his dazed head, the dull and oppressive feeling in his chest hadn't dissipated, it was still a little wet, a little itchy...

"Handsome!!" Mu Qingtian blushed and pulled the wolf cub off his chest.

Realizing that there was nothing in his mouth, the wolf cub grunted and moved forward with his mouth open.

"What's the matter, sir?" Xiao San knocked on the door outside and asked.

Mu Qingtian wiped the saliva on his chest indiscriminately, and said: "Is the third son outside? Please go and call Cui Zhu over, and tell the wolf cub to be hungry."

He said why he was so aggrieved in his dream!

"hiss--"

Just as Mu Qingtian was about to put on his clothes and look for Zhu Jingshou, he felt a sharp pain in his right breast that had been rubbed by the cloth.Looking down, good guy, he has bitten his skin.

"Aww." The wolf cub who woke up didn't know what he was doing when he fell asleep, and after smelling Mu Qingtian, he jumped up and down on him.

Mu Qingtian picked up the stamina of the wolf cub, pinched his mouth and looked around.It's really teething, it's time to feed it some meat.

But teething is not an excuse to be presumptuous!Mu Qingtian handed the wolf cub to Cuizhu, and decided to sleep with it in a separate room for a few days as punishment.

Enduring the pain in his chest, Mu Qingtian rushed to Zhu Jingshou's room, and bumped into Zhu Jingshou who came back.Seeing this face, Mu Qingxia took a step back consciously.

After all, they had only met in a dream half an hour ago, and Zhu Jingshou who was holding a big knife left a big shadow on him.

Zhu Jingshou pretended not to see Mu Qingtian flinching, and asked with a frown, "What's wrong with you, where did you get hurt?"

That little fear dissipated immediately with Zhu Jingshou's concerned words.Mu Qingtian picked up the clothes on his chest, and said without hesitation, "Mu Yingjun has teeth, he bit me."

He will never say anything about the fact that the wolf cub regards him as his mother!

Zhu Jingshou's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the bite? Is it bleeding?"

"I told you before that wolves are not well-fed. Throw it away before it becomes a catastrophe."

Mu Qingtian didn't care too much, and comforted him and said, "It didn't bleed, it must have been accidentally touched. He is handsome and obedient, didn't you say that he can be tamed, I think I will start training when he is a little older."

"Let's not talk about that, my lord, I thought of Zhang Fu's weakness." Mu Qingtian was very excited, "Do you still remember the blood stains you found in the morning? That's the evidence!"

"Call me Chang'an."

"Ok?"

"Don't call me 'Prince', call me Chang'an." Zhu Jingshou smiled slightly, and stole a kiss on Mu Qingtian's cheek.

Master Mu who was attacked was very upset, covered his face and ran away.

Zhu Jingshou couldn't help laughing, and also followed, brazenly sneaking into Mu Qingtian's room.

"Mu Qingqing." Zhu Jingshou teased Mu Qingtian with his face on his side.

"What did you call me?" Mu Qingtian stared.

"Qingqing, Mu Qingqing."

It was the first time he said such an intimate title.I thought it would be difficult to say, but it turned out to be spontaneous, and it happened naturally.

Seeing that Mu Qingtian was going to drive him away, Zhu Jingshou put away his playful thoughts and said, "What's the matter with the blood you just mentioned?"

Sure enough, when it comes to business, Mu Qingtian concentrates.

"There is too little blood. If someone's hands and feet were really cut off, it would be impossible to only have that little blood."

They were disturbed by Shuhui's information, and preconceived that the fourth wife had died as early as in Chongming County, and then the body was dismembered, so it was reasonable that there was no blood at the scene.

But if Zhao Mei really killed the Fourth Madam, how could there be only a few traces of blood.

"I also found some clues on the jade pendant." Zhu Jingshou also shared his speculations with Mu Qingtian.

"It's closed." Mu Qingtian stood up and clapped his hands excitedly.

"They must have discovered something wrong with the jade pendant, so they created a cover-up to cover up the evidence that could kill them."

On the second day at Maozheng, Mu Qingtian brought up Zhao Mei, Zhang Fu, Yao Jingdao and the others.

"Zhao Mei!"

"How did you kill Mrs. Wang, tell me honestly!"

Zhao Mei fainted on the ground with blackness in front of her eyes, and was immediately woken up by the garrison pouring ice water on her.Zhang Fu on the side breathed a sigh of relief, and added embellishments: "Zhao Mei, Zhao Mei, I usually see you as being honest. The evidence is solid, so you better stop being stubborn."

"Damn!" Zhao Mei spat in Zhang Fu's face, "You shameless old bastard, you won't be able to be proud for long!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Mei eagerly stepped forward and said, "My lord, my lord, the grassroots are really innocent, please be careful!! Don't believe the one-sided words of this villain Zhang Fu!!"

"Silence!" Shi Houjian said angrily, "You can answer whatever Mu Li is asking."

Mu Qingtian said unhurriedly: "If you can't remember it, I can help you think about it."

"Ms. Wang went crazy. She walked into Zimingli by accident and went up the mountain. You happened to meet her. You see Mrs. Wang is beautiful and stupid, so she suddenly became malicious and attacked Mrs. Wang first. Post/kill."

Zhang Fu couldn't wait to interrupt Mu Qingtian, nodded and said: "Your Excellency is wise, that's exactly what it is!"

Zhu Jingshou was still enjoying Mu Qingtian's voice, but when he was touched by Zhang Fu, he suddenly became furious.

"To shut up."

Zhang Fu only answered "yes", and Xiao San came up and slapped him ten times.Zhang Fu's face was swollen worse than Yao Jingdao's, and he must not be able to speak in a short time.

"I'm just curious, did you strangle Mrs. Wang to death with a rope, or split her chest with a hatchet?"

"The Caomin didn't do anything, the Caomin didn't kill anyone." Zhao Mei cried in despair.

"I want you to choose one!" Mu Qingtian raised his voice, "If you don't choose, you will be punished."

Shi Houjian looked at Mu Qingtian in confusion.Is he going to beat him into a trick?

As soon as Zhao Mei heard that the punishment was going to be executed, his lips softened and he said tremblingly, "Caomin, Caomin use rope."

Zhang Fu couldn't speak, and could only nod frantically beside him.

"And chopped off her hands and feet with a hatchet?"

Zhao Mei nodded dejectedly, acquiesced.No matter how he explained, Mu Qingtian just didn't listen.This is not clear?It was clear that Mu Qingtian wanted to cover up Zhang Fu to the end.He, Zhao Mei, has no power or power, and his scoundrel father even made trouble in the Lizheng/Mansion. This is such a great opportunity, why doesn't Mu Qingtian take revenge?

"That's weird." Mu Qingtian smiled comfortably, "Since you killed the person, why is there no pool of blood on the ground?"

Zhang Fu's eyes widened in horror, he kept shaking his head, and even winked at Zhao Mei.

"What?" Zhao Mei was still immersed in hatred.

"My official asks, you are a villager, how do you kill without blood?"

Shi Houjian suddenly realized, and admired Mu Qingtian even more.

"My lord's lesson!" Zhao Mei's eyes lit up, "Caomin just obeyed the order to cut off the hands and feet of the fourth lady, and the fourth lady would have died at that time, so there was no blood!"

Zhang Fu opened his mouth and yelled, but he could only make a "whoosh" sound worse than a pig's snort.

"The blood on the ground is Zhang Fu's, and the ground has been turned over twice! Cao Min implores your lord to search Zhang's house!"

It doesn't matter if you don't search, after a search, you will find something that surprises everyone.

Mu Qingtian frowned and looked at the two identical jade pendants in front of her - one was on Wang's neck and the other was found from Zhao Mei's house.

Zhao Mei fainted when she saw the garrison soldiers pulling out the jade pendant from the cracks in the bed, and only woke up after being dragged back to Lizheng's mansion.

He recruited everything, including the origin of the jade pendant.

One day, Zhang Fu suddenly came to his door and asked him if he would like to get promoted and get rich.Zhao Mei's family was originally Zhang Fu's lackeys, and when they heard such a good thing, they quickly agreed.Zhang Fu promised that after the matter is completed, the position of Ziming Lizheng will be his.

This was the first time Zhao Mei saw a dead person, and his hands and feet were trembling.But thinking of endless wealth and honor in the future, greed still overcomes fear.He swung the shovel vigorously and buried the fourth lady in the ground.

Next, Zhang Fu asked him to memorize the way up the mountain, pretended to find the fourth wife's body, and then framed Mu Qingtian with "Xie Zhi angry".

"Don't worry, the county magistrate is on our side, and he will personally come and arrest Mu Qingtian when the time comes," Zhang Fu said.

But on the day when the body was found on the mountain, something happened.Zhao Mei dug the Fourth Madam out of the soil, but found that the jade pendant around her neck was missing.He clearly remembered that Yupei was buried in the soil with her, and he still felt it was a pity, why is it gone now?

Zhao Mei dug all around but couldn't find the jade pendant, felt that something was strange, so she ran down the mountain to report to Zhang Fu.

Zhang Fu thought that everything was safe, and when he heard Zhao Mei's words, he became anxious and cursed, "Did you hide the jade pendant?"

"How dare I take something from a dead person!"

The two sides could not settle down, so Zhang Fu could only send a letter of divorce to the Chongming county government, asking Zhao Mei to bury the fourth wife back.Soon, Yao Jingdao replied and sent a jade pendant.

Zhao Mei and Zhang Fu went up the mountain together with the jade pendant, dug some mud and pressed it on the jade pendant, then dug out the fourth lady and put the jade around her neck.Zhang Fu was afraid that others would see that the floor had been tampered with, so he asked Zhao Mei to chop off her hands and feet and throw them around.

After finishing, Zhao Mei felt unprecedentedly excited and relaxed.It's that simple, and it's not much different from killing a pig.

But on the day he took Mu Qingtian up the mountain, something went wrong again.

Zhao Mei looked at the jade pendant on the ground with cold hands and feet, and moved over to put the jade pendant back into his sleeve little by little.Zhang Fu's cover-up helped Zhao Mei successfully retrieve the jade pendant, but no one has yet discovered it.

Zhang Fu was so angry that he rolled his eyes, he regretted that he chose Zhao Mei, an idiot who was not successful but greedy.

The matter is already clear, one only needs to go to Chongming County to find out about Yupei.Yao Jingdao knew that his death was imminent, so he no longer defended himself, he just waited for King Qing's order.

"My lord."

At this moment, Shuhui hurried in from the outside.

"A woman came to the door, she said she was Mrs. Yao Jingdao's maid, and asked to see the prince."

"Yao Jingdao's wife?" Mu Qingtian's face turned serious, "What is she doing here, is she trying to excuse Yao Jingdao!"

Shuhui had never met this lady who stayed in the Buddhist hall all day long, so she didn't dare to make a judgment.

"Tell her to come in." Without waiting for Mu Qingtian to respond, Zhu Jingshou made a decision for him directly.

He had a premonition that she would bring news that would shock everyone.

The maid was dressed in mourning clothes and a mourning hat, and walked slowly into the lobby with sadness on her face, and knelt down in front of Zhu Jingshou.

"Slave Lingxiu kowtows to all the adults."

"Get up." Mu Qingtian said, "Your wife sent you here in mourning clothes, did you expect to collect Yao Jingdao's body?"

The maid shook her head, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Mrs. hanged herself in the county government office yesterday, and the maidservant changed into mourning clothes when she heard about it on the way."

She is the most trusted maid of the eldest lady, she never expected to hear the bad news as soon as she left, before leaving the boundary of Chongming County.

After speaking, she took out a purse from her sleeve and offered it with both hands.

"Madam ordered the servants to hand over this item to His Royal Highness King Qing."

She knew King Qing's name, and was shocked when she heard Madam's order.Now there are three people in the seat, and she doesn't know which one is King Qing, so she can only hand it over to the middle one.

The author has something to say: my bad taste hhhhh

small theater:

Yingjun is still a child, Yingjun doesn't know anything except drinking neinei