"So you gave Mrs. Su to him to bully?" Magistrate Zhang asked coldly.

Under his gaze, Madam Zhou lowered her eyes in shame, "The civilian woman didn't expect that... Madam Su may seem weak, but she has a very strong temper and refuses to fight to the death... Seeing her struggling, the civilian woman actually wanted to rush to save her several times.

She was forced by Chen Zongxian's power..."

"Until Madam Su suddenly grabbed the clog on the ground... and slammed it on the beast's head..."

"The civilian woman was horrified...but then she thought, it would be a good thing if that beast learned a lesson for this...she simply hid quietly."

"As expected, there was no sound in the back... Not long after, Mrs. Su ran out naked. She was very panicked and frightened at the time, and she didn't find the civilian woman hiding behind the stone wall..."

"After Mrs. Su left, the peasant woman quietly returned to the hot spring, and sure enough, she saw the beast lying on the ground... The peasant woman thought of all the bullying he had done to the peasant women, and couldn't help but feel resentful. She picked up the clogs and... again

I beat him hard several times until, until I tried, he seemed to have run out of energy..."

Mrs. Zhou burst into tears, "The woman just wanted to vent her anger and had no intention of killing him... Seeing that he looked dead, the woman was frightened and was afraid of being discovered... so she had to move him out of the hot spring...

...thrown from the mountain and pretended to have died accidentally..."

Madam Zhou cried remorsefully, "If a civilian woman knew that he was not dead at all, she would never do that, my lord..."

Magistrate Zhang listened to her quietly and asked, "Since you knocked the deceased unconscious with clogs, where did you hide the clogs?"

Madam Zhou paused and shook her head, "A civilian woman... a civilian woman doesn't know either..."

"have no idea?"

"Yes." Mrs. Zhou nodded blankly, "When the civilian woman goes back... Mrs. Su's things are not there... Probably, it was probably Su Langjun or one of the servants who put them away...

Housewives really don’t know..."

"Then how did you move him to the mountain?" Magistrate Zhang asked, "With your size, you can't do it, right?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Zhou said quickly, "The peasant woman has helped the family with farm work since she was a child. She is very strong. It was the peasant woman who carried him up the mountain. The peasant woman dragged him all the way and pulled his hair... Anyway, anyway, people

It was the women who moved away!"

"The deceased didn't wake up during this period?"

"No...absolutely not!" Mrs. Zhou said quickly, "The civilian woman just thought he was dead...so she wanted to destroy the body and eliminate all traces! She definitely didn't mean to kill him..."

Magistrate Zhang looked into her eyes, "Then where did you drop him?"

Madam Zhou was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously avoided his gaze, "A civilian woman, a civilian woman can't remember it, she just... she just pushed him down when she couldn't walk anymore..."

Seeing that Magistrate Zhang wanted to say more, Mrs. Zhou fell to the ground and cried bitterly, "Sir, please stop asking. It is absolutely true that Chen Zongxian was killed by a civilian woman! Arrest the civilian woman!"

"Nonsense!" Magistrate Zhang frowned and said coldly, "Ms. Wei, you think this is like picking a cabbage and radish at the market. What do you say?"

"The government has its own rules for handling cases. You can't even produce how the person was killed, where he was killed, witnesses or physical evidence...why should I trust you?"

"This is a murder case! Now Chen Zongxian is dead! Murder pays for life. Once this case is really convicted, you have to pay for the life of the deceased! Do you know this clearly?!"

Madam Zhou raised her head, looked at him with blurry eyes, and said in a daze, "But, the woman didn't mean it... she just made a mistake... If it wasn't for the autopsy, she wouldn't even know that he didn't do anything at all at that time.

Damn it... Your Majesty, it’s clear to you!”

………………………………

"Ms. Zhou has confessed?" Su Heng, who accompanied Song Yunpan here, looked surprised.

Magistrate Zhang nodded gloomily.

No one can interrogate someone until they cry twice a day...

"Then the master called us here because..."

"Although Ms. Wei confessed, she was vague about how she threw the deceased down the mountain, and the officer did not believe that she had the ability to commit the crime independently. Just now she fainted again during the officer's questioning. There are still many questions that need to be answered.

We won't know until she wakes up." Magistrate Zhang cheered up and said to Su Heng, "I have sent people to the hot spring on the mountain and the place where she said she pushed the deceased to conduct another investigation..."

But they also knew very well that after so many days of heavy rain, the chance of finding any evidence was slim...

Song Yunpan pouted awkwardly, "Then...then you——"

Magistrate Zhang glanced at Su Heng cautiously, and said after careful consideration, "Ms. Wei has confessed some matters, and since they involve you, Mrs. Su, I would like to confirm with Mrs. Su."

Song Yunpan subconsciously tightened the handkerchief in his hand.

Su Heng squeezed her hand comfortingly and said warmly, "Sir, please speak."

Magistrate Zhang saw that he deserved to be open-minded, so he simply told them frankly and honestly, "According to the testimony of the deceased's servant and Mr. Wei, the deceased Chen Zongxian had a habit of playing with his wife during his lifetime."

"On the day of the incident, Mrs. Wei went up to the mountain not on her own initiative, but because she was coerced by the deceased. Her purpose was to lure Bai Tan away from the deceased so that Madam Su would be left alone...and then——" County Magistrate Zhang always looked carefree.

He showed a rare serious look on his face and whispered, "Ms. Su, is she telling the truth?"

Song Yunpan's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Feeling the power coming from his hand... Song Yunpan bit his lower lip hard, "Yes."

Magistrate Zhang silently looked at the couple, and he knew something in his mind, and continued, "Mrs. Su may not know that after you left, Mrs. Wei sneaked in again..."

Song Yunpan's pale face was full of disbelief. She staggered, but luckily Su Heng held her in her arms, "Then she...she was..."

Magistrate Zhang couldn't help but nodded, "According to what she said, she witnessed the process of you knocking the deceased unconscious, and she followed the same pattern. After entering, she continued to hit the deceased on the head with a clog..."

"She thought the deceased had been beaten to death by her, so she moved him out of the hot spring and threw him from a high place... to create the illusion that the deceased had accidentally fallen to death..."

There was not much surprise on Su Heng's face. He patted Song Yunpan comfortingly. After the latter's mood stabilized, he said, "Sir, there is something unclear about the common people."

Magistrate Zhang nodded and said, "You say."

Su Heng pondered, "Since Madam Wei knew the entire process of her wife's defense, wouldn't it be better for her to just leave the body next to the hot spring after she thought Chen Zongxian was dead? In this way, she could clear her suspicions and save money.
Chapter completed!