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Zhang Yongan was suddenly overjoyed."My lord, I said there was a note!" Perhaps he remembered wrongly and gave the paper slip to Ding Shan to keep. No matter what, as long as he had that piece of paper, he would be able to prove that Su Qing was the one who seduced him!
The coroner handed the bloodstained slip of paper to Liu County Magistrate. It was not large, but there were a few names written on it: "These are all female names. How can you prove that the Su Clan seduced you?"
What ... What? The name of the girl? "
Mu Yunyao suddenly spoke up, "Milord, I remember now, Lord Zhang and his housekeeper are fighting over something, maybe it's this note."
"Qi Yan?" The Registrar Official then suddenly spoke, "Sir, the names you mentioned sounded familiar to your subordinate. I've just flipped through the documents and found that Qi Yan disappeared half a year ago. My family reported her to the county magistrate, but I don't know if it was a coincidence or ..."
"Qi Yan..."Wang Ni ..." As he repeated these names, County Magistrate Liu felt that something was wrong. He carefully thought about what Mu Yunyao had said, then suddenly glared."Mu Yunyao, you said you killed someone and buried them in the garden. What did you hear?"
"Don't be afraid. Think carefully and recall the scene you saw. Don't worry, I will definitely send people to protect your safety in the court. Don't be afraid of anyone!"
Mu Yunyao lowered her eyes slightly. A dark light flashed past her eyes, and at this moment, no one suspected that she was the killer. After pondering for a while, she suddenly raised her head and said, "Yes, I remember now."Ding Shan said that if Master Zhang didn't pay the silver, he would tell them about him killing people and burying the garden..."
County Magistrate Liu was greatly alarmed. He exchanged a glance with the Registrar Official and immediately slapped his palm on the wooden log, "This matter will be tried again the next day. Someone, please leave the hall."
After the county magistrate was closed, Liu County Magistrate, who had changed his clothes, gathered all the officials and officials and headed towards the Weir Village. Within half a day, the story of Lord Zhang killing seven women and burying them in the garden was widely spread in Yan City.
The next day, Liu County began to interrogate the court again, and more than half of the citizens of Yan City gathered around.
Nearing the dungeon, Mu Yunyao heard the noise of people. She came back to her senses and pulled her thoughts away from the past. With an uneasy and terrified expression on her face, she respectfully kneeled in front of the great hall.
At this moment, Mu Yunyao had stayed in the prison for the entire night, but she had a fever. Her complexion looked even worse, and she seemed much weaker and more pitiable.
Zhang Yongan had long since lost his calmness. After hearing the names of the seven women yesterday, he knew that something was going to happen. Now that he was brought into the hall, he was shaken into a sieve.
"Zhang Yongan, are you guilty?"
"Lord Liu, I ..." "I ..."
"Pah!" "I have brought yamen runners to dig out seven female corpses in the back garden of your Zhang Mansion. Your servant has also confessed, saying that these women were found by Ding Shan for you to abuse and play with, and then you killed them and buried them in the garden. Why don't you plead guilty!"
Zhang Yongan fell limply to the ground. It was a cold winter and he was sweating profusely.
Outside the county magistrate court, the sound of a drum suddenly rang out.
The bailiff ran in quickly and handed over a sheet of paper, "Reporting to the Lord, Qi Yan and Wang Ni's family members have rung the gong to report the murder and burial of Zhang Yongan."
"Bring him in."
The two women's families numbered more than a dozen. They didn't even bother to greet Zhang Yongan when they arrived at the main hall. A crazed looking woman stepped forward and bit Zhang Yongan's ear, directly pulling it off."Wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu
"Lord, Lord Liu save me, save me!" This commoner is willing to confess to everything! "
County Magistrate Liu quickly ordered his men to pull him away.
The deranged woman's husband knelt down and begged for forgiveness, "Please forgive me, my lord. Ever since this commoner's daughter, Qi Yan, disappeared from the market, this commoner's wife has been insane. She is crazy to anyone."
Facing a lunatic, County Magistrate Liu couldn't be bothered to care about him. His entire mind was focused on Zhang Yongan's murder and burial case."Zhang Yongan, why haven't you brought your crime over yet!"
"My lord, this commoner pleads guilty ...... It's all because of that Ding Shan, he fawned on me, and seeing that I like girls, he told me that he had a way to help me search for them. Those girls are still young, and are exceptionally tender, I just couldn't help but have evil thoughts in my heart as I looked at them.
"No, two of them came to the Zhang Mansion to resist with all their might, but they were tortured to death by Ding Shan and his men. It has nothing to do with me."
The people outside were furious. If it weren't for the bailiff stopping them, they would have rushed in and killed Zhang Yongan!
Liu County's magistrate knocked on the wood several times, calming the angry citizens."So, you were the one who killed Dingshan?"
"No, my lord. I really didn't kill Ding Shan. It was Mu Yunyao. It's really Mu Yunyao!" Zhang Yongan turned around, his chest full of malice, "You little slut, you actually dared to scheme against me. Even if I die, you won't be able to live."
Mu Yunyao coldly laughed in her heart, but her face still carried fear."I didn't kill anyone, why are you always slandering me? Could it be that killing so many people is not enough, and you still want to drag me down even before I die?"
"You ... It was clearly you who knocked me out, killed Ding Shan, and then framed me, you little slut, you vicious little slut! "
"Lord Liu, I don't understand what he's saying."
Liu Qingping felt even more disgusted with Zhang Yongan, "You still haven't changed your bad habits even when you're about to die. You are truly unforgivable! Zhang Yongan, stop trying to bite others. Just killing seven girls is enough to sentence you to death! Now, tell me honestly, why did you appear in the Li Clan's residence? What's the relationship between you and Madame Li? Did she participate in the murder case? "
"It's Su Qing! It was really Su Qing who sent me a slip of paper to seduce me! Sir, please look into it clearly!" Zhang Yongan knew he was dead for sure, but on the contrary, he was much calmer.
Madame Li cried out in alarm, "My lord, I don't know why he came here. I don't know, and I don't even know what it means to bury a corpse by killing someone!"
The man from the Weir Village couldn't help but say, "Sire, this commoner is a villager from the Weir Village. At that time, when we entered the Li Residence, Madame Li's clothes were disheveled. This Zhang Yongan must have been plotting something."
The bailiff stepped forward, "Reporting to our Lord, all of us personally witnessed Lady Li's clothes are indeed disheveled."
Thinking of the character of the rich man Zhang and then looking at the Madame Li who was about the same age as him, many people immediately spit."This Zhang Yongan is clearly on good terms with Madame Li, right?"
"What about Dingshan?"
"Could it be that he was also a lover of the Li Clan, and then the two of them started fighting?"
"Ha! How shameless!"
Madame Li quickly shook her head, "I have not. My lord, I have been a widow for many years and have never had an affair with anyone. You can investigate this in the village!"
"This kind of thing is all behind the person, naturally, it can't be placed on the table. What can the investigation reveal?"
"That's right. She has nothing to fear, that's why she said that."
"Quiet, quiet!" Liu County Order stopped the public's discussion and called Yang Ming to come in, "Yang Ming, tell me, is it really as the villagers said, Madame Li was not fully clothed at that time?"
"Indeed." "When we went in, the Su Clan wasn't in the main house even though they were sleeping in the east house. Many people have witnessed it, and if it wasn't for the great fire last night, the Su Clan's husband wouldn't have moved to the Li Clan's home."
When these words were spoken, County Magistrate Liu immediately understood what had happened. No matter how foolish this Su Clan was, they wouldn't steal from their mother-in-law ...
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