"Just now, when I was in Qing Yue's room, I heard a noise in the corridor, so I jumped on the beam to hide from people. Before I came down, I felt something strange. There were some unevenness on the beam, because I couldn't see clearly.
He touched it repeatedly." Tian Languang looked at his hands and continued: "But I didn't think much about it at the time, so I missed the weird feeling in my heart. Now that I think about it, that weird feeling was not just because of the roof beam.
It’s a little uneven, and that’s because the beams are too clean!”
Tian Languang said, stretching out his hand to show Tian Lanqing: "Brother, I think even you don't care about the dust on the beams, right? But the beams are not stained with dust. I think it must have been recently.
It was rubbed by cloth or something!"
Hua Xiaogu watched Tian Languang gesturing with his hands and feet, pointing to the beams of the study room, pulling the fabric on his clothes, dancing and saying these words, and her heart gradually became clearer.
"If Qing Yue really hanged herself, that would be easier to handle!" A smile appeared on Hua Xiaogu's face. She touched her neck, pointed to the position behind her ears and said to them: "Those who hanged themselves were strangled with a rope.
Death is different. Because of the gravity of the human body, the rope will rub the area behind the ears and leave marks. If we can see the body and confirm that there are red marks on Qingyue’s head and behind the ears, then we can prove Qingyue’s true identity.
Cause of death!"
It was almost dawn, and the three people in the study finally made it before the class started and had a plan in mind. Because they believed in the magpie, although the three of them felt uneasy, they were still full of hope.
The three of them straightened things out again, then hurriedly washed themselves, changed their clothes, and went out early in the morning to go to Shuntian Mansion. Early that morning, it was the day when Magpie's trial was held.
When the court opened, because of the special case, the governor closed the door tightly and did not allow the people to watch. The incident happened quite suddenly, and even the people in Beijing had not heard much about it. Furthermore, death
She was just a prostitute in a flower house. Except for the old madam from Zuihua Pavilion, there were no other relatives of the sufferer in the lobby.
On the contrary, compared with the dead man standing alone with his head bowed and silent, Magpie, the "defendant", stood with two shining young masters from the "Tian family" and an eldest young lady, who looked more imposing.
The governor of Shuntian Prefecture is considered to be incorruptible, but after all, he is a seventh-grade official at the foot of the imperial city. When he goes out, any official in the capital will be more powerful than him, so he has become tactful, silent, and cautious in everything. Although
The defendant Magpie was not a girl from a powerful family, but after all, she was related to the Tian family of Huangshang, so the governor of Shuntian Mansion seemed to be extra cautious.
After the meeting, Magpie was brought up. She had a solid sleep again. Now that she was brought up by the official, she looked better than the three people standing behind with worried faces.
"The person in the hall is Yan Xique?" Fu Yin patted the gavel and asked straight to the point without sending anyone to shout out the authority.
Magpie knelt down and didn't understand any rules. He just nodded and said, "Sir, I am Yan Magpie."
It's not difficult to deal with.
Fu Yin felt relieved. He originally thought that this Jianghu woman would be arrogant with the Tian family as her backing, but now it seems that she is quite peaceful.
"The Madam Xu Niang of Zuihua Pavilion is suing you for murdering his daughter Qing Yue. What can you say?"
As soon as Fu Yin finished speaking, Magpie's expression became strange. She turned to look at the old madam who was kneeling next to her, and asked strangely: "Is that girl your daughter? You actually listed your daughter as a guest?"
"
The old madam had kept her head down since she came to the hall. She never looked at Hua Xiaogu, nor did she look at the magpie who was brought into the hall. It was only at this moment that she slowly raised her head and looked at the magpie when she was asked.
The magpie glanced at her, then quickly lowered her head and whispered: "The girls in our building are all pitiful people. Naturally, they are all my daughters. I feel pain for each one of them."
The governor was impatient and knocked on the gavel tree again: "Don't gossip, just tell me what you have to say."
Magpie turned his head and looked up at the governor of Shuntian Mansion: "Sir, I can only say that I did not kill that Qing Yue."
"Tsk, now you are the only one who has a problem with the deceased, and your kung fu is extremely high, so it is reasonable for the plaintiff to accuse you. You said you did not kill anyone, but what evidence do you have?"
"Sir!" Hearing this, Tian Languang finally couldn't help it anymore. He took a step forward and blurted out: "The night before yesterday, my brother and sister-in-law in Tianfu got married. Magpie had been accompanying my sister-in-law Hua Xiaogu in Tianfu. My sister-in-law testified!
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"You are all from the same family, you can't explain anything!" The old madam turned around and replied, but did not look at the Tian family members.
The governor looked a little helpless. This was not a big case in the first place. It was just a small prostitute who was killed. It only involved the Tian family, but it was a bit difficult to handle. Besides, the deceased's head was chopped off, which was indeed a bit difficult.
It's horrifying, but the murderer didn't leave any obvious clues.
"Ms. Xu is right. Do you have any other evidence to prove the defendant's innocence?"
Hua Xiaogu pulled Tian Languang who was still waiting to speak, then took a step forward and bowed respectfully.
"Your Majesty, we really don't have any evidence to prove Magpie's innocence." After Hua Xiaogu saluted, before waiting for Fu Yin to be confused, he continued to speak: "However, the deceased died in a miserable state, and he must be repaid.
A fair one. Although we have no evidence to prove Magpie's innocence, there are a lot of doubts about this case. I hope you will listen to the words of a civilian woman and then consider it."
Fu Yin waved his hand: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Your Majesty, I wonder if the daughter of the people can ask a few questions to your subordinates and husbands?"
Fu Yin didn't even bother to reply this time, he just nodded.
When Hua Xiaogu saw this, he looked around the entire lobby and blurted out, "Excuse me, is there an official here who has seen the scene of the deceased?"
Several officials holding long staffs looked at each other, and then one person walked out and replied: "We have all seen it before."
"My lord, can you describe the situation at the scene?"
As soon as Hua Xiaogu finished speaking, the official was kind-hearted. He looked at Fu Yin, saw him nodding, and told him the situation at the scene.
What he said was exactly the same as what Tian Languang described yesterday.
"Thank you sir, but I have something unclear about my daughter." Hua Xiaogu bowed and continued: "Since the deceased died because his head was chopped off, why didn't the blood splash all over the room?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials immediately reacted.
