"What, what is this-" Magistrate Zhang looked furious and pointed at the little girl Afang who reported the news earlier, "Didn't I tell you to look at her? That's how you look at her?!"

Afang's face was full of tears, "Slave, I don't know... By the time I come in, I'll be already——"

"Where is Sun Wuzuo?!" Magistrate Zhang asked angrily, "Why don't you go and invite him over!"

Another older girl, Xiaoman, trembled and said, "I went to invite you, but Sun, Sun Wuzuo is drunk... He hasn't woken up yet... Master is calling him..."

"This ***!" Magistrate Zhang just couldn't help but cursed when Su Heng said coldly, "No need to look for it."

He laid Wei on the bed, put it under her nose and tried, "It's too late."

Song Yunpan's eyes turned red, and his eyes widened in disbelief, "Zhou, Mrs. Zhou..."

Su Heng nodded, "There is no breath anymore."

Magistrate Zhang severely kicked the stick that Ms. Wei kicked over when she was hanging, "These are two lives! Two lives! Is death so easy?!"

Song Yunpan was startled and subconsciously hid in Su Heng's arms.

Su Heng stretched out his hand to protect her.

A pin drop could be heard in the room, and no one dared to speak except for the occasional girl's sobs.

After a while, I heard Magistrate Zhang say in a cold voice, "Please tell me exactly what happened just now."

The two girls trembled in response and quickly started talking to each other.

Originally, the two of them were guarding Madam Zhou outside the house, but then they heard the noise and the one who called Xiao Man entered the house.

"The lady was in a very low mood and was crying all the time... When the slave girl asked her what was wrong, she said," Xiaoman's face turned pale and she recalled with tears, "She said she killed Chen Zongxian. She had sinned so much that she really had no shame in living.

In this world..."

"The slave saw that she was crying pitifully, so she comforted her a few words and told her to think more about the child in her belly... The lady seemed to feel better after hearing this. She also said that she was hungry and asked the slave to bring some food."

"The slave then went to the kitchen to get some food... and brought it to the lady."

A Fang nodded and said with red eyes, "When we brought the food in, my wife was still fine. Although she was not energetic, she didn't look like she was seeking death..."

"Because I felt a little hungry, Sister Xiaoman asked me to go and eat first... I was afraid that Sister Xiaoman would be impatient, so I hurried back in just a cup of tea..."

"We stayed outside for a while longer. The slave thought that it had been so long and it was time for the lady to finish her meal, so she wanted to go in and clean up." She said, remembering the scene just now, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble, "This, now

I found my wife..." The two couldn't help but cried while hugging each other.

Su Heng listened to them quietly. He glanced at the table and saw a piece of white paper with a few lines of words on it. He couldn't help but frown and said, "Sir, look..."

Magistrate Zhang followed his gaze, strode to the case, picked up the paper on the case, and glanced at it quickly.

"It's Wei's suicide note." He and Su Heng looked at each other and said solemnly, "She confessed to killing Chen Zongxian and said that she couldn't bear the condemnation of her conscience and the judgment of the world, and she was even more sorry for her husband.

...Since I have to pay for Chen Zongxian's life sooner or later, I might as well choose this honorable move..."

Magistrate Zhang clenched his fists, his cynical face full of self-blame, "I shouldn't have said those words to her... If I had known earlier..."

"Yuan Niang!" Before he could finish his words, a heart-breaking cry suddenly sounded in his ears.

When everyone asked about the reputation, they saw a decadent figure staggering in.

The man ran to the bed and knelt down next to Wei, "Yuanniang! Yuanniang, what's wrong with you?! You answer me! Answer me, Yuanniang!"

County Magistrate Zhang stepped forward with Wei's suicide note and whispered, "My lady left a suicide note, saying that she killed Chen Zongxian and committed suicide out of fear of crime..." County Magistrate Zhang handed over the suicide note, "This is your lady's suicide note.

Please take a look at her suicide note to see if it is her handwriting..."

Zhou Jizu took the suicide note tremblingly, looked down at it for a few times, and couldn't help but shed tears, "Yes... yes, it was written by Yuanniang..." He stared blankly at the person on the bed, and couldn't help but swallow more.

Said, "Yuan Niang...you, why are you so stupid? What will I do if you die...Yuan Niang..."

Seeing that the biggest breakthrough point suddenly turned into a cold corpse, no matter how much he doubted the person in front of him, County Magistrate Zhang could only console him in a good-natured voice, "The deceased is gone... You should also accept the change..."

Zhou Jizu looked sad and said with tears in his eyes, "Sir... Although my wife is guilty, if it weren't for that beast named Chen..." He couldn't help but shed tears as he said, "If it wasn't for me, my wife wouldn't have had to do it again and again.

I was coerced by him and had no way to appeal... It was all that beast, he was the one who killed my Yuanniang..."

Zhou Jizu couldn't help but think of it as he spoke. He knelt down in front of County Magistrate Zhang and begged with tears streaming down his face, "My lord, I have already paid the price with my life for my momentary confusion... I beg you to be lenient and let me

The spirit of the inner heaven can rest in peace..."

According to the laws of this dynasty, if the murderer commits suicide out of fear of guilt after the murder, he can no longer be held legally responsible after his death, and there is no need to adjudicate the case.

Thinking that Wei's suicide had something to do with him, Magistrate Zhang felt a little discouraged and blamed himself for a moment. He was about to nod in agreement when he heard a weak voice saying, "Wait...wait a moment..."

Everyone in the room was stunned and looked towards the source of the sound.

Even Su Heng looked at Song Yunpan next to him with some confusion.

Song Yunpan immediately blushed and stammered, "Sir, a commoner woman, can you..." She pointed at the rope where Wei's body was hung before, and asked seriously, "Go up and have a look?"

Su Heng couldn't help frowning, "Yunpan-" After all, he had just hanged someone, and even if Su Heng had no taboos, he didn't want Song Yunpan to touch those unlucky things...

Song Yunpan whispered, "Second cousin, just let me take a look..." She said, looking at Magistrate Zhang with pleading eyes, "Sir... is it okay?"

Although Magistrate Zhang didn't know why, he still nodded.

...Rearrange the teacup that had just been kicked aside to its original place. With Su Heng's support, Song Yunpan carefully stood on the teacup.

"What are you going to do?!" Seeing Song Yunpan taking the rope and trying to put it on his head, Su Heng couldn't help but screamed in fright.

Song Yunpan lowered his head and gave him a "reassured" smile. He held the rope loop that he could barely reach while standing on tiptoes. While demonstrating, he said to the crowd, "Look, this rope is hung so high that even I can reach it."
Chapter completed!