Mr. Zhao said: "What more evidence do you need? Qing Yuan killed my son. If you don't arrest him, you still want all my people to retreat. What are you worried about?"
Wang Zefang explained patiently: "I understand Mr. Zhao how you feel about losing your son, but this is a murder case and requires physical and personal evidence. You can't make a conclusion in just a few words."
Mr. Zhao said: "Are you saying that you are not protecting your cousin? As a parent official, you allow your cousin to commit murders in the city and oppress the people.
You have long disliked me, maybe you instigated Qing Qingyuan to kill my son, and then you are exonerating him, right?"
Wang Zefang looked very ugly, and he shouted angrily: "Mr. Zhao, please be careful what you say. It is a death penalty to slander an official of the imperial court."
Mr. Zhao, however, acted like a dead pig and was not afraid of boiling water. He said, "Did I say something wrong?"
Wang Zefang took a deep breath and said: "I am thinking of your unscrupulous remarks because of the loss of your son, and will not be held accountable.
If you want to seek justice for your son, please stop obstructing my handling of the case."
He waved his sleeves, turned around and asked Qing Qingyuan: "Did you kill this person?"
Gao Qingyuan said hurriedly: "No...it wasn't me. I just wanted to scare him. He bumped into it himself. Hongying, Hongying can testify for me."
Wang Zefang said: "Send Hongying here."
Not long after, the oiran Hongying was helped over. She greeted Wang Zefang and said, "I have met you, sir."
Wang Zefang asked: "How did Zhao Yaozu die? Please explain carefully what happened."
Hongying responded with a yes, and then told the story in detail: "Mr. Gao came to support you today, and later Mr. Zhao also came, and he wanted me to accompany him.
Mr. Gao was not happy, so he quarreled with Mr. Zhao and even made a move. Later, for some reason, Mr. Zhao died in the hands of Mr. Gao.
It was so chaotic at the time that I didn’t understand what was going on.”
After she said this, it was as if she had not said it. It could be said that neither party was offended.
Wang Zefang asked: "Can any of you see clearly?"
The boy next to Zhao Yaozu said: "I can see clearly, it was Qing Qingyuan who killed our young master. It was not our young master who bumped into him, it was Qing Qingyuan who stabbed him with the knife."
He pointed at Mother He and said, "Mother He was there at that time."
Mother He is the owner of Piaoxiang Building. When she saw the boy pulling her out, she could only bite the bullet and said: "Yes, I was there at the time. The two young masters fought in Piaoxiang Building because of Hongying, so I let him
Someone to stop it.
It’s just that the scene was too chaotic at the time, and I didn’t see clearly how Mr. Zhao died.”
Mother He is also a smart person. No matter how bad Gao Yuan is, he is still the cousin of the county magistrate. Now Wang Zefang has the final say in Changzhou City.
What if she comes out to testify and offends Wang Zefang?
Mr. Zhao didn't know that they were afraid of Wang Zefang, so they refused to tell the truth. He said: "As long as you stand up and testify, I will give you money, a lot of money."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little moved when they heard this.
Wang Zefang said: "Mr. Zhao, it is illegal to buy witnesses with money, and there is a suspicion of perjury."
Mr. Zhao's eyes were about to burst: "Wang Zefang, you are just a ninth-grade county magistrate who is arrogant and arrogant in Changzhou City just because he is related to the nobles of the capital. I will dispose of all my family wealth and go to the capital to sue you."
It will ruin your reputation."
Wang Zefang said: "Mr. Zhao, if you want to redress Mr. Ling's grievance, please be patient. I, Wang Zefang, sit upright and will never protect anyone."
He circled around Zhao Yaozu's body, and finally his eyes fell on the dagger stuck in Zhao Yaozu's body.
Wang Zefang turned back to the guard and said, "Go to the house and invite Young Master Feng. Tell him that I need his help for something."