The two witnesses who came were none other than Li Sheng's wife and Liu Yuan's wife. Both of them had experienced strange phenomena in Jiuquli. Now that they saw the freezing summer weather, they were even more frightened. For a while, their legs were shaking like chaff.
Fortunately, the two of them soon saw that Zhufeng and Qian Laoer were also there, so they stepped forward, knelt down, kowtowed, and announced their identities.
Wei Pingxiao asked the two of them: "Do you two know why you were summoned to court?"
Both of them were a little confused, shaking their heads and wondering. Wei Pingxiao continued to ask: "Who lived in the five houses in Jiuquli before April?"
Li Sheng's daughter-in-law glanced at Liu Yuan's daughter-in-law, who lowered her head and turned pale, looking frightened. She then answered by herself: "She is a young and beautiful woman. Because all the residents in the alley are...
I fetch water in the backyard outside the house, so I’ve seen the housewife several times.”
"Where is that woman now?" Wei Pingxiao asked again.
Li Sheng's wife became a little scared and stammered: "Dead...dead, he died in the first month."
He Zhi had a panic on his face. In fact, not everyone knew about what happened in that house. Even now, it seemed to him that their own explanation was full of loopholes.
But the problem is, I didn't expect that this matter would be brought to court six months later.
At the moment, He Zhi is really at his wits end. He cannot just say that the witness is lying without any basis.
He Mengyou was already half-conscious from the cold. After hearing the words of Li Sheng's wife, his spirits were shaken and he woke up again. Compared with He Zhi's attitude of breaking the jar and throwing it away, He Mengyou obviously still wanted to struggle.
He said with a trembling voice: "Sir, my wife occasionally goes to stay in that house for a few days. Maybe they saw her. One person did die in that house, but it was just a maid serving tea and water."
Wei Pingxiao asked Li Sheng's wife again: "How can you be sure that the deceased is the woman you saw?"
Li Sheng's wife said honestly: "The woman in that house would make strange noises every few nights. Because they were separated by two houses, the sound was not clear.
But one night, the woman's scream was particularly pitiful, which woke up the woman in the middle of the night. The woman... the woman really couldn't sleep, so she climbed up the wall of the house and eavesdropped a few words...
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"You're talking nonsense. There's nothing wrong with that," He Mengyou scolded.
"Stick his mouth." Wei Pingxiao shouted angrily, and immediately two government officials took a ball of white cloth, one pressed him down and the other stuffed his mouth, and blocked He Mengyou's mouth.
Li Sheng's wife was initially frightened by He Mengyou, but after seeing He Mengyou's mouth blocked, she became bolder again and spoke more fluently.
"The woman heard the young woman begging for mercy and saying, 'Stop fighting,' and she also heard the sound of things being smashed in the house. The woman wanted to see how it would end, so she kept lying on the wall.
The young woman screamed for about two or three moments, then lost her voice. Then the woman saw two people sneaking out of the house and out of the alley carrying a large sack.
The woman was frightened, thinking that the young woman must have been beaten to death, so she hurried home and told the woman's husband about the incident. After that, the woman never heard anything about the house again.
There was the young woman's voice in it.
Later, one time, the commoner woman pretended to be curious and asked the servant in the house where the previous mistress had gone. She didn't want the servant to deny that there was a mistress in the house, so the commoner woman couldn't ask more questions and let it go.
After a few days, all the servants in the house were dismissed and the house was empty. Then Qian Laoer started taking people to see the house. Only then did the woman know that the house had been entrusted to be sold."
Wei Pingxiao almost had a conclusion in his mind, and he asked again: "Have you met the owner of that house, but who is the person here?"
Li Sheng's wife shook her head and said, "The housewife only heard that it was the He family's house, but only one person lived in that house for a month, so she didn't see the owner."
At this time, Liu Yuan's wife, who had been silent, spoke. Although her face was still pale, her voice sounded steady.
She said: "I met the civilian woman once. At that time, the civilian woman was about to walk out of the alley, and she met a young man in rich and noble clothes. Because it was a face she had never seen before, the civilian woman secretly glanced at him.
My wife saw him entering the fifth house."
Wei Pingxiao nodded, "Can this person be in this hall?"
Liu Yuan's wife looked at He Mengyou carefully, then pointed at He Mengyou: "That's him."
He Mengyou turned his head and glared at Liu Yuan's wife. He pulled out the cloth from his mouth with one hand and punched Liu Yuan's wife directly without any warning. He even cursed: "You damn bitch, I told you to talk nonsense."
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Liu Yuan's wife was caught off guard and received a punch on her shoulder. She was beaten to the ground. She was so frightened that she didn't even scream. She just stared at He Mengyou blankly.
He Mengyou stood up angrily, rushed towards Liu Yuan's wife, grabbed her collar, and tried to punch her again.
At the same time, all the officials in the hall rushed forward and dragged He Mengyou away from Liu Yuan's wife.
Only then did Liu Yuan's wife realize that she screamed in surprise, and was so frightened that she jumped back.
Su Zhen, who had been watching the hall, started to speak: "Put him in shackles."
Soon, two government officials took the shackles and put them on He Mengyou's neck and hands. They then put chains on his feet and hands, and then forced him to kneel on the ground.
All this happened so fast that He Zhi didn't have time to react. When he came to his senses, all he saw was He Mengyou, who was still trying to struggle and yelling at people who were shackled by shackles.
He Zhi said to himself that it was over. Everything was settled in this moment.
Wei Pingxiao even said sternly: "He Mengyou, various evidences now prove that you are suspected of murder. Can you plead guilty?"
He Mengyou calmed down quickly, and then said with regret on his face, "Sir, the common people know their mistake. The common people are confused by the cold, so they do such crazy things. The common people are wrong.
I was wrong, I kowtow to you." As he said this, he turned to Liu Yuan's wife and kowtowed to her head.
Liu Yuan's wife held Li Sheng's wife tightly. Her hands and feet were cold and she did not dare to look at He Mengyou.
He Mengyou kowtowed twice. Seeing that Liu Yuan's wife didn't respond, the anger in his heart was suddenly ignited again. His face became fierce and he started to curse: "You damn bitch, I kowtowed to you to admit my mistake. What else do you want?"
Liu Yuan's wife was so frightened by this sound that she shivered and huddled up, not daring to look at anyone or speak.
Li Sheng's wife was so angry that she didn't have anything handy, so she simply took off her shoes and hit her with the sole of her shoe, "You were the one who killed me, you beat me to death. I heard that woman's screams for most of the month."
I'm sure I'll be beaten by you a lot."
"You stinky bitch, if you keep talking, I'll beat you to death if you keep saying that." He Mengyou had completely lost control. Even though he was shackled, he was still trying to kick Li Sheng's wife.
He actually committed murder under his nose many times. Wei Pingxiao immediately shouted angrily: "Come on, get on the tiger bench."