"This Liu Xiucai definitely did not commit suicide."
Zhang Yuan strode into the court from outside and said in a deep voice.
In the courtroom, Shaoyin and Gongcao from the Jingzhao Mansion were sitting sideways with some exhaustion. They had just dismissed the Liu family.
"Of course not." Gong Cao said, "You didn't see the momentum of the Liu family just now."
He clicked his tongue twice.
"You are so powerful in the capital, but in Jicheng you can imagine how could such a powerful young master commit suicide?"
Even if he is really guilty, he will not take it seriously, let alone live in this world with self-blame and shame. If that happens, the rich and powerful will have no descendants.
"Old Zhang, if you go see Fu Yin now, you can see if Luo Changshi has a crooked mouth." Shao Yin said with a wink.
Rumor has it that Luo Changshi has a crooked mouth, but he doesn't speak in daily life and has a straight face, but he can't hide his emotions once he gets excited.
At this time, Luo Changshi was arguing with the governor to catch the murderer.
Zhang Yuan was not interested in the officials' pull. He said, "Wu Zuo has already seen the body. There are no traces of homicide. Did the Liu family just tell me what enemies he had?"
Both the on-site investigation and the corpse examination showed that Liu Xiucai drank alcohol, grieved, wrote, then took off his belt, stepped on a stool, and hung himself from the beam.
However, Liu Xiucai definitely did not commit suicide. Zhang Yuan had seen many death scenes. As soon as he walked into this scene, it seemed that the murderer was telling him, look, I killed someone.
The meritorious Cao shouted: "Liu Xiucai according to the Liu family is a noble man. He ignores worldly affairs and is forthright and generous in dealing with others. He is also known as Liu Mengchang."
Being generous and generous when interacting with others sometimes depends on who you are with. For some people, what they see in their eyes is a person, and what they cannot see in their eyes is not a person. Zhang Yuan frowned and said: "Confession Letter
Is what is written above true?"
"Then we won't know until we go to Jicheng for inspection." Gong Cao said, looking at Zhang Yuan, "What? Do you suspect it is the victim's revenge?"
Shao Yin waved his hand: "Impossible." He pointed to the confession written on the desk, "According to what it says, the tenant only has one wife and one young daughter. If the tenant dies and his wife and daughter go to jail, will they be able to survive in prison?
Not sure, how could he come all the way out to kill someone?"
"Even if it means buying a murderer to kill someone." Gong Cao also became interested and stretched out his empty hands, "Then what money do the wives and daughters have to buy it?"
Yes, Zhang Yuan thought, this murderer is so powerful and he kills people quietly in broad daylight in the busy city of Beijing, so the price must not be cheap.
Because they had not sold any prey, they had no money to buy more rice, and they were too embarrassed to ask the villagers to help carry wood.
Qing Zhi didn't know when he fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already dawn.
She sat on the small bed. The small bed was made of bamboo by the lady. Although there were no patterns or carvings, it was simple and cute, and it was very comfortable to sleep on. It was no worse than the bed she slept on at home that was worth three wild boars.
Lu family.
Qing Pheasant held the edge of the bed and sighed.
There were footsteps outside and the braying of a skinny donkey.
Qing Zhi got busy and opened the door of the main room. Now she was sleeping alone in the main room, and the lady was in the room next to her. Because there were too many tools piled up, the lady asked her to sleep separately.
In the morning mist, Qixing was standing in the yard holding two branches with one hand and a bundle of cattails with the other. The thin donkey was braying to her happily.
“Miss—” Qing Zhi shouted hurriedly, “did you go move the lumber by yourself?”
She said her eyes were red, so much wood was heavier than a wild boar. Since there was no reward, the young lady did not want to ask for help, so she had to work hard on her own.
However, if you can't move it once, you can move it several times and you can always finish it.
Qing Zhi clenched his fist.
"I'll move it right away."
Qixing looked at the wonderful change of emotions on the maid's face and smiled: "I didn't move the wood to build the house. It would be too slow for us to move so much wood." She pointed to two branches, "I just used it to build the house.
A little thing."
Qing Pheasant groaned, and the energy she had worked so hard to cheer up was lost. Alas, it was too slow to rely on the two of them.
"Also, I have to go to the city again today."
Hearing these words, the blue pheasant raised his head again, feeling nervous. Yesterday's prey was still there. Do you want to try again? Go to another restaurant? Or go to the market?
"I'm not selling prey." Qixing said, "It's not just prey that I can sell."
She said and pointed indoors.
"You see I can also be a carpenter."
Qing Zhi looked back and saw that the room was no longer as empty as before. In addition to her small bed, there were square tables, chairs, small tables, and even a flower stand with wooden vases and the lady's flowers.
dried flower
Qing Zhi didn't expect at first that the strange tools the lady bought could be used to create so many things.
Although they are all uncarved and painted and look a little frivolous and funny, they are no worse than the Lu family's furniture in use.
so.
"I'm going to take a look at the craftsman's workshop we went to last time."
Qingzhi looked away, not finding new vitality and cheering, but still frowning: "Miss, but that Ning Twenty-fourth Lang will definitely make things difficult for us."
Ning Ersilang was instructed by the Lu family not only to prevent them from selling prey, but also to deny them a way to survive.
Then no matter what they do, they will be made things difficult for them.
Yesterday we had a fuss about the Shunde Building, today we can have a fuss about the Craftsman's Workshop.
Qixing Oh said: "No, what I'm selling this time is very expensive. If the craftsman's workshop likes it, it won't be afraid of Ning Twenty-four's threat."
Very expensive? Businessmen value profits. If it were really valuable, they wouldn’t care about the prince’s face.
Now, for Qing Pheasant, the young lady's dexterity is beyond her ability to guess.
What kind of delicate thing is this?
Qing Zhi suddenly became energetic and asked: "What is it?"
Qixing took out a handful of grass and handed it to the thin donkeys who were walking around to chew and play with it. He carried the others and walked aside to sit down.
"Straw sandals," she said.
…
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"Master——"
The two boys ran into the flower hall in a hurry.
"Those two little maids came into the city again."
Ning Ersilang, who was lying on the lap of the beautiful maid and eating pears, laughed: "These two little maids are quite indifferent!"
He said sitting up.
"Did I be too polite yesterday?"
The two boys nodded repeatedly: "Yes, sir, you were so gentle yesterday, not fierce at all."
Ning Ersilang smiled, raised his hand and touched the maid's face: "I can't help it, sir, I am so gentle."
"Young Master." The beautiful maid smiled sweetly, "Don't worry, those two maids are stupid and don't understand. Shunde Tower understands very well. It knows that the Young Master is not to be offended, so it will shut the door on those two maids. There is no need for the Young Master to come forward in person. Young Master
If you go there in person, it will give them face."
Also, Ning Ershiyang never did anything for others. He went to the restaurant to make a scene in person, and even left someone to watch at the city gate. He knew the movements of the little maid immediately. He was so caring, and it was not in vain.
My aunt always brings snacks.
If he wants to show up for everything next, it would be too flattering to these two little maids.
"Young master Huang and I didn't give this much face when we competed for the courtesan." Ning Ersilang snorted and said to the two boys, "Just keep an eye on her, no matter which family she wants to sell to, even if it's ordinary people on the street.
, drive them all away."
The two boys answered yes.
"But, sir." A boy hesitated and said, "They don't seem to have brought any prey."
"That's right." Another boy also nodded, "And they didn't go to Shunde Building, they went to Dongshi."
