But when Magistrate Liu came to the lobby, he saw that the body of Goddess Wang had been carried to the lobby, with a white cloth covering her face, and a widower waiting next to her.
"Wu Zuo, please tell me how this Queen Mother Wang died and whether she was assassinated." Magistrate Liu shouted from his seat.
The old man immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, the death of this Goddess Wang is strange. Based on my many years of experience as a prisoner, I know that this Goddess Wang died three days ago, and her body had spots on it last night."
, if Goddess Wang had died yesterday, the spots on her body would never have appeared so quickly, and last night I heard from the night shift that Goddess Wang was shouting and screaming in the room last night, as if she was fighting with someone.
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"Is that someone sent by the Li family?" County Magistrate Liu asked hurriedly.
"No, no, she was the only one in Grandma Wang's room that night. There were no outsiders. The people on duty heard the noise and went in to take a look." Wu Zuo said.
"Who was on duty yesterday? Send him in." Magistrate Liu said.
After a while, a yamen servant called in.
"Young Wang Chuan, I have met you, sir." The officer named Wang Chuan knelt down and kowtowed respectfully.
"Tell me, how did Grandma Wang die yesterday?" Magistrate Liu asked.
Wang Chuan said: "Sir, at midnight last night, there was suddenly a sound of shouting and fighting in the house of Goddess Wang. I was worried and went over to take a look, but I only saw Goddess Wang.
A person was dancing and waving in the room, beating the air, but there was no one at all."
"The younger one thought that Goddess Wang was performing some kind of magic again, so he didn't pay much attention. Little did he know that before the cock crow, there was no movement in Goddess Wang's house. When the younger one went to check again, Goddess Wang had no breath.
Died on the ground."
"In this way, this is an unsolved case."
County Magistrate Liu was shocked: "You trash, what have you grown up on? Even a mere goddess Wang can't stand it. This is an important witness against Li Dafu. Now that something has gone wrong, how can you bear it?"
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"My lord, please forgive me." Wang Chuan knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
"Sir, this notice was posted yesterday. Is this case still going to trial?" said the master next to him.
County Magistrate Liu gritted his teeth and said: "Trial, why not trial, Wang Chuan, I will give you a chance to make amends for your past mistakes, and you will bite me to death in court later. Goddess Wang was assassinated yesterday. You must not mention Goddess Wang."
If you loose your mouth even a little bit about your sudden death, I will chop you up."
"Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Wang Chuan nodded quickly, but his heart was full of pain.
Isn't it clear that he framed the young master? If the Li family knew about this, how could he survive in Guobei County?
It didn't take long for the Li Mansion to receive news that Magistrate Liu was going to hold a public trial for Li Dafu.
The so-called public trial is to invite the squires in the county, nearby village chiefs, and respected elderly people to come to the trial of this case to seek fairness and justice.
Of course the most important thing is to convince people.
"Is the county government going to hold a public trial?" Li Xiuyuan frowned. He sat in the lobby and stayed up all night, only squinting occasionally.
My father's safety is uncertain, how can he lie down and sleep soundly?
"Yes, young master, what should we do now?" Tieshan asked.
Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "What else can be done? I have already given all the instructions that need to be given. Since he wants a public trial, then I will go and see how this County Magistrate Liu judges my father, and also see what kind of person he is today."
Death is life."
"Let's go, follow me to the county government office."
He gave the order and immediately went out with only Tieshan and a few guards.
But as soon as he walked out of the door, he heard Tieshan let out a light sigh: "Young Master, look quickly, there are writings on the ground."
Li Xiuyuan looked down and saw a pile of paper ashes scattered on the stone bricks in front of his house. The paper ashes fell on the ground to form two large twisted characters: It's done.
"The writing is really ugly." He smiled softly, stepped forward, and stepped on the paper dust.
With the wind from the feet, these two large characters suddenly turned into dust and disappeared, and there was no longer any font.
"Young Master, that is..." Tieshan asked in question.
"It was left behind by those two ghosts. They completed the matter and the soul of Goddess Wang was taken away." Li Xiuyuan said.
Tieshan was startled and nodded.
Li Xiuyuan added: "After you come back today, remember to find someone to choose a place in Guobei County to build a small temple and make two clay statues for the two ghosts. In the future, I will ask people to give them a few sticks of incense occasionally.
Let them have a place to stay in Guobei County so that they can do their best for our Li family."
Since these two ghosts got the job done, it means that these two ghosts are still valuable.
In this case, it would be good to leave two ghosts to serve, so let's build a house for them.
"Yes, eldest young master, the younger one has taken note of it." Tieshan nodded.
After a while, Li Xiuyuan arrived at the county government office in Guobei County.
At this time, people had gathered in front of the county government office in Guobei County. They were all people from Guobei County who came to watch the excitement.
"The young master is here, please give way."
"Young Master, what happened to Mr. Li? Why did he start a lawsuit so smoothly?"
"Young Master, don't tell me that the wealth of your Li family was obtained by using the magic of Goddess Wang. It is said that Goddess Wang used the Five Ghosts to bring wealth to your Li family and took away the wealth of other wealthy families.
That’s why the Li family is so wealthy today, I wonder if it’s true or not?” someone shouted.
Li Xiuyuan stopped and immediately pointed at the man and said, "Who are you? You dare to slander our Li family."
"You bastard, can you slander the young master? Are you asking for a beating?" Immediately, an idle man rushed out and punched and kicked the person who spoke.
Li Xiuyuan did not stop him, but rather encouraged him: "Zhang Shun, you did a good job. Come back to my Li family to receive the reward."
"Very good, young master."
The idle man named Zhang Shun was immediately overjoyed and started fighting harder and harder.
"Zhang Shun, you can beat people, but if something happens, my Li family won't care about it." After Li Xiuyuan said that, he walked into the county government office.
When the idle man Zhang Shun heard this, he immediately did not dare to hit him so hard, lest he accidentally beat the man to death.
"Bah, what is this? The Li family has been rich for three generations, and the eldest young master has been rich for four generations. We are a famously wealthy family in Guobei County. Can you, a dirty outsider like you, be able to slander us?"
After Zhang Shun finished the beating, he took another sip.
The foreigner was beaten so hard that he didn't dare to fight back and could only accept his bad luck.
Extraordinary moments and extraordinary actions. Li Xiuyuan will not be merciful at this juncture. He will hit what needs to be hit. Otherwise, he will think that the Li family is just rich and has no dignity. Anyone can be offended. At the moment, it is the best person to step forward and teach that person a lesson.
It couldn't be better.
Perhaps it is because the Li family has been too kind in recent years that anyone dares to have evil intentions towards the Li family.
Among the yamen, dozens of famous squires and village elders from Guobei County have arrived at this time.
"Master Li." Many people saluted.
Li Xiuyuan also returned the courtesy one by one. After all, he is a junior in front of these people, and this seniority is still very important.
"Xiuyuan, what happened to Li Dafu, to be honest, we can't believe it no matter what. If there is any chance that Magistrate Liu will be beaten and the trial is unfair, I and these old guys will definitely fight for you."
The Li family speaks out for justice." Several respected elderly people said solemnly.
It can be seen that the Li family's status in Guobei County is not low, and their reputation is also very good.
"Please rest assured, I have been somewhat prepared for this matter and will not let Magistrate Liu succeed." Li Xiuyuan replied.
"That's good." Several respected old people nodded.
"Shengtang."
Suddenly, as Li Xiuyuan arrived, there was a scream and a somewhat majestic voice in the lobby.