Master of Rebirth

County Magistrate Liu didn't take Xue's pleadings seriously at first, after all, Lianyi had already pleaded guilty and the case was closed.In Liu County Magistrate's view, the Xue family's request for a retrial of Xue's case should be the result of the fighting spirit between Xue Wang's family.But looking at Mrs. Chang kneeling in front of her now, County Magistrate Liu hesitated a little.

"Mrs. Chang, you said you came to surrender, so what did you do when you fell to the ground?" County Magistrate Liu asked.

"The women used to work in Linglongzhai." It was the first time for Mrs. Chang to speak so closely to the county magistrate, and she was nervous, and her mouth was a little awkward, "More than a year ago, the son of the women committed a crime. In order to repay the kindness, the woman agreed to Xue Boss to be the eyeliner of the second son of the Wang family in Linglongzhai."

After hearing this, County Magistrate Liu decided that things must not be simple.But he didn't rush to ask, but said calmly: "Although you are not honest to the boss, but you haven't broken the law, why did you surrender yourself?"

"We have to start from the beginning." Mrs. Chang raised her head and said, "Mr. Xue has always wanted the women to sneak into the kitchen, but the women don't have that ability. They procrastinated for a long time, but they didn't let Mr. Xue do what they wanted. Somehow, Manager Xue got on the line with Miss Lianyi, and since then, the women have often sent messages to them."

County Magistrate Liu's heart moved, and he asked calmly, "You mean, Lianyi is also Xue Cai's eyeliner in Linglongzhai."

"It should be. Back to the old man, the women don't know about the affairs between them. When Director Xue came to me, the women didn't think much about it, thinking that he just wanted me to sneak into the kitchen to help steal snacks." As for what he wants Lianyi to do, the women don’t even know." Chang Pozi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued: "A few days before Linglongzhai’s accident, Director Xue once met Miss Lianyi Unexpectedly, not long after, Linglongzhai's snacks were poisoned, and the second young lady of the Wang family was poisoned to death."

County Magistrate Liu said slowly: "You mean that Xue Cai and Lianyi conspired to kill the second young lady of the Wang family. But why did Xue Cai do this?"

"Mr. Xue should be doing things for others." Chang Pozi said hesitantly: "When Miss Lianyi didn't come to Linglongzhai, the mistress went to Wang's house to meet his second master. He let the mistress find a way to sneak in. The kitchen. I have long heard that the relationship between the second master of the Wang family and the second mistress is not good, and Director Xue should have followed his orders."

County Magistrate Liu said seriously, "Since you know so much, why didn't you tell me when the case happened?"

"My lord, forgive me." Mrs. Ma hurriedly knelt down and said, "At that time, the civilian woman just thought that there must be something wrong with Lianyi, but she was not sure. If it wasn't done by others, wouldn't the civilian woman want to offend Director Xue of the Wang family? Later, the civilian woman The woman was imprisoned together with other people from Linglongzhai. The woman was afraid that the adults would suspect that I did it, so she dared not speak."

If Mrs. Chang was telling the truth, the reason why she kept silent was simply because she didn't want to get involved and offend others.Now she opened her mouth again, probably because something happened in the middle.

County Magistrate Liu sneered and said, "Then why do you dare to speak up now, and you're not afraid of offending Xue Cai?"

"After coming out of the yamen, the woman heard that Lianyi had confessed to the crime. Although the woman didn't know about the poisoning, after all, it was because I passed the word on behalf of Lianyi and Manager Xue, so Linglong Zhai was cheated. The woman was afraid Manager Wang knew about it, so he didn’t dare to go home to live, and hid outside for a few days. It wasn’t until I went home today that I heard from my neighbor that people had been looking for me these days. I asked who it was, and it was Manager Xue.” Here, Mrs. Chang burst into tears and cried: "Oh, my Lord Qingtian, I am a poor woman who is only in charge of spreading the word and doesn't know anything else. Now there are rumors on the street that the person who killed the second young lady of the Wang family It's not Lianyi, it's the second young master of the Wang family. Lianyi is already in prison waiting to be beheaded, sir, you think they won't kill me too..."

Chang Pozi's subsequent words have been confused and illogical, obviously overly frightened.Fortunately, County Magistrate Liu has almost asked what should be asked.

When Mrs. Chang calmed down, County Magistrate Liu said: "Don't worry, as long as you don't harm anyone, I will protect you well. You said that Xue Cai often sent messages to Lianyi through you. What did they say?"

The old woman twitched and said: "This, the women don't know. Lianyi usually stays in Linglongzhai, and stays at Wang Sheng's house at night. These two places are not the place to meet and talk. Director Xue usually let I'll tell Miss Lianyi the time and place, and I won't say anything else. If they have anything to say, they will go out and talk."

This is reasonable, County Magistrate Liu continued to ask: "Then think about it carefully, when and where did Xue Cai ask Lianyi to meet."

Mrs. Chang thought for a while, and said truthfully: "Back to the elder, many women can't remember clearly, and can only remember the most recent ones."

County magistrate Liu asked her to say it, and ordered someone to write it down one by one, and then ordered the yamen servant to take Mrs. Chang down to resettle.

After everyone left, County Magistrate Liu looked at the master and said, "What do you think?"

"Respond to your lord's words." The master said: "Lianyi is not a local, but also a woman who stays at home. She was able to get such a large amount of arsenic through illegal means without anyone noticing. Abnormal. The students felt that there must be someone pointing her back. Wang Long and Wang Qi have been at odds for a long time. If Wang Long knew that Wang Qi had such a person who hated him to the bone, he would definitely use it. Just Use your lips to confuse a few words, and then help provide the necessary things, and you can kill people with a knife."

County Magistrate Liu nodded, and continued, "What about Mrs. Xue? Who do you think killed Mrs. Xue?"

"The dim sum bought by Mrs. Xue has also been inspected, and the poison in it is not enough to be fatal." The master said: "Of course, it is not ruled out that the dim sum that Mrs. Xue ate contained too much poison, which happened to poison her to death. But the student I feel that there are too many coincidences in this. I heard that the relationship between the second young master of the Wang family and the Xue family is very bad, but he is unwilling to reconcile. He has enough motives to kill his wife. If Wang Long knows the time when Lianyi poisoned , and encouraged other people to buy poisonous snacks for Xue Shi. Although the poison in the snacks is not fatal, as long as a little is added to other places, it can kill her. With Linglongzhai's dim sum as a cover, it is just right to marry The disaster is on Lianyi. Of course, this is just the student's guess, if Mrs. Chang is lying, Wang Long and Lianyi are not in collusion, and nothing can be done correctly."

County Magistrate Liu said: "You are right, I will interrogate Ripple again immediately to see what she says."

"My lord, the student thinks that you can hide the names of Wang Long and Xue Cai when you are asking, and see what Lianyi says." The master said: "Just to be on the safe side, the son of Mrs. Chang can also send someone to check it out. Is he really not saved by Xue Cai?"

County magistrate Liu immediately summoned the yamen servants and asked them to go to a neighboring county to check on Mrs. Chang's son.

After the arrangements were made, County Magistrate Liu said to the master: "I don't have a clue about the matter right now. If Lianyi is interrogated, I'm afraid it will attract attention. You might as well accompany me to the prison to see Lianyi."

The master said respectfully: "Students obey."

Lianyi had already received Zhao Jing's orders, and County Magistrate Liu's interrogation went well.Lianyi obeyed the order, at first she refused to give Xue Cai, but after County Magistrate Liu moved out Mrs. Chang, she pretended to be unwilling and told the truth.

"That is to say, it is indeed Wang Long and Xue Cai who encouraged you to poison the dim sum." County Magistrate Liu asked coldly.

Lianyi knelt on the ground, and said calmly: "The young master, the girl has only seen him once, and he is wearing a bamboo hat to cover his face. I don't know if it's the Wang Long girl that the adults said. The girl only knows the one named Xue. Wealthy. Oh, instigation is not enough, everything is voluntary by Minnv. Minnv has a grudge against Wang Qi, but she can't help him. Fortunately, God has eyes, so Minnv met Wang Qi when she went to the temple to offer incense. Xue Cai."

"You said you don't have any relatives in Pingyao County, and you usually stay in the bamboo garden, so why do you know Xue Cai?" County magistrate Liu asked.

Lianyi lowered her eyes, and said calmly: "Every time the daughters offer incense, they always accompany the sisters-in-law of the Qi family. People in the Qi family know Xue Cai. They say that Xue Cai belongs to Wang Long and has a relationship with Wang Qi." Revenge, let me not provoke them. Anyway, I have no relatives and reasons, and I am helpless about revenge, so I took the initiative to find Xue Cai. Unexpectedly, they really helped me achieve my wish."

Seeing that Lianyi is full of revenge, and now she still has no feeling for so many people who were poisoned by her, Magistrate Liu only felt his teeth cold, and he asked coldly: "The person who sold you arsenic/cream , Did Xue Cai tell you too?"

Lianyi nodded, "It was Xue Cai who told me. He said that the person's whereabouts were uncertain, and he would be in different places at different times. Xue Cai gave me a note with the time and place on it, and asked me to follow this to find .”

"Since Xue Cai is involved in this matter, I asked you before, why didn't you tell me?" County magistrate Liu was very angry.

Lianyi held her head high and said confidently: "Sir, I bought the medicine and poisoned it, and it has nothing to do with anyone else. They gave me a chance to take revenge, so why should I betray them?"

Feeling that this woman has been dazed for revenge, magistrate Liu didn't know whether to despise her or pity her.In the end, he could only sigh leisurely.

After leaving the prison, Magistrate Liu immediately ordered: "Go, bring Xue Cai." After thinking for a while, Magistrate Liu added: "Bring Wang Long too."

Wangjia

"What? Mrs. Chang's son disappeared?" Wang Feng looked at Xue Cai and asked sharply, "When did you disappear?"

Xue Cai said with a bitter face: "This... the little one doesn't know either. I have been busy with the funeral of the second young lady these days, so I didn't pay attention to it. Who would have thought that when I passed by today, I found that she was missing."

"What about Mrs. Chang?" Wang Feng asked hastily.

Xue Cai's face became even more bitter, "It's gone too. The young one personally led people to look for it for several days. I searched all over the house and outside, but I didn't see her. She should have run away long ago. Listen to Chang Po The neighbors of the son said that she has not come back since she was released from prison."

"Why did it just disappear at this juncture?" Wang Feng hurriedly wandered around the room.

At this time, Wang Liang came in from the outside and said, "Master, someone has come to the yamen, and they say they want to send the young master and Xue Cai to the yamen for questioning."

"Ah..." Wang Feng slumped down on the bench, feeling that something was wrong.

Hearing the yamen's summons, Xue Cai was terrified, he quickly kowtowed and said: "Master, you want to save the little one, the little one really doesn't know anything.

Wang Feng is in a mess now, he forced himself to calm down and think carefully.At present, Mrs. Chang, her son, mother and son are missing, and their whereabouts are unknown, and the Xue family has sued Wang Long to the Yamen. Wang Feng is also not sure why County Magistrate Liu sent Wang Long and Xue Cai for questioning.Is it because you know something?Or is it a routine inquiry to deal with the Xue family?

Not knowing what to do, Wang Feng was afraid that Xue Cai would go to the yamen and talk nonsense, so naturally he didn't dare to let him out.After deliberating for a while, he still said: "You should hide here first and don't go out, I will find a way to get rid of the people in the yamen."

"Thank you, master, thank you very much, master." Seeing Wang Feng's intention to protect him, Xue Cai was grateful and kowtowed repeatedly.

After leaving the room, Wang Feng instructed Wang Liang in a low voice, "Find a trustworthy person to watch at the door, and don't let him come out."

Wang Liang quickly winked at the two people around him, telling them to stare at Xue Cai outside the door.

"Master, the young master is delirious now, just talking nonsense, it's not suitable to meet an official." Wang Liang said to Wang Feng.

Wang Feng said: "Long'er's place is easy to deal with. Now go over and give him a bowl of perspiration medicine to make him fall asleep. I don't believe that the yamen servants can still carry a patient who can't get out of bed to the yamen."

"I'll do it now, old slave." Wang Liang hurried down.

Wang Feng met the yamen servant in the outer hall, and then bluntly said that Xue Cai had gone out to do some errands and hadn't come back yet.

The yamen servant is only here to bring people, not to take people, so it is not easy to search people's mansions, so he can only politely say: "If Xue Cai comes back, I hope Master Wang will tell him and let him go to the yamen."

"It's natural." Wang Feng said.

The yamen servant continued: "I don't know if the son of the manor is here, but our master also passed on him."

"Long'er." Wang Feng showed a hint of embarrassment, "Since my wife left, Long'er has been overly sad, and his health has not been very good. Recently, he was ill again, and he was groggy. He couldn't even get out of bed. I'm afraid he couldn't." Get up."

The yamen servant obviously didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "I wonder if Mr. Wang can take us to have a look. If Mr. Wang really can't get out of bed, we won't make things difficult for him. You know, we are listening to the yelling, the lord has already given the order, As a result, no one was taken back, and we really have a hard time dealing with business."

Thinking that at this time, the Mongolian sweat medicine probably had already taken effect, Wang Feng said with a smile: "This way please."

Seeing the pale and unconscious Wang Long, the yamen servants were naturally embarrassed to arrest him.

Wang Feng said with a smile: "It's not good to let a few of you go for nothing, why don't the old man go back with you, and when you see the grandfather, you can explain and explain, so as to save a few embarrassments."

"Since that's the case, I'll have to thank Mr. Wang." The servants were naturally happy and invited Wang Feng back respectfully.

County magistrate Liu was also a little surprised to see Wang Feng coming in person.After the yamen servant explained the ins and outs of the matter, County Magistrate Liu's original suspicion increased to eight points.

"I asked Mr. Wang and Xue Cai to come here. I have no other intentions. It's just that Xue's family came to sue, saying that Mr. Xue was actually killed by Mr. Wang. Out of emotion and reason, I have to intervene." County magistrate Liu also said. He's not stupid, he definitely wouldn't let his hole cards go, and directly use the Xue family as a shield.

Thinking of the missing mother-in-law, mother-in-law and son, Wang Feng did not dare to take it lightly, and quickly said: "Your Excellency loves the people like a son, and the Caomin admires them. Hey, I also blame the Caomin for not being able to teach their children well. In recent years, the relationship between the dog and his daughter-in-law has been really tense. This kind of thinking is also reasonable. It's just that my son is seriously ill and can't get up. When he can move, Caomin will definitely bring him to the Yamen to cooperate with the investigation."

"In that case, thank you very much." County magistrate Liu didn't insist, and got up with a smile to send Wang Feng out of the county office.

After Wang Feng left, the master was puzzled and said: "My lord, Wang Feng clearly delayed on purpose. Even if Wang Long couldn't get up, Xue Cai was not in pain. The funeral of Xue family has not been done yet, and since Xue Cai belongs to the Xue family He is also Wang Long's confidant, the Wang family can't let him go out at this time. Xue Cai must have been hidden by Wang Feng, why did you let him go?"

"Right now, Mrs. Chang and Lianyi are both pointing at Xue Cai, which shows that this person is very important. Since Wang Feng hid him, it proves that he really has a ghost in his heart." County magistrate Liu said: "Now we have no proof, no evidence, Just relying on Mrs. Chang's words can't convict Wang Long at all. If we attack rashly, we will only reveal our cards. If Wang Feng takes the risk and kills Xue Cai to silence him, there will be no proof."

The master was shocked and said: "Killing people, what is he doing?"

"In order to protect my son, there is nothing I dare not do." County magistrate Liu said, "Order Zhang to arrest them quickly and closely monitor every move of the Wang family. Once Xue Cai shows up, he will be arrested immediately."

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Try to settle the matter of Wang Long as soon as possible.