I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 601 Confession
Just when Jiao Lianyu was about to enter the room to check, Qi Changlin finally recovered from his anger, let go of his hand, and the blood-stained scissors fell to the ground with a clang.

Village Zheng grabbed Grandpa Qi's arm, his voice trembling, "That's the youngest son of Master Qiu, Changlin gave him to... what should I do?"

It's no wonder that the village is so worried. Grandpa Qi's face is also pale at this time. His old body seems to have been hit by the cold wind.

Just now, the grandpa of the Qi family only asked people to guard the door, and he didn't dare to confirm Qiu Huaixin's identity as an adulterer. He was worried about his identity, but how could he have thought that Qi Changlin would act so impulsively and recklessly, and kill him all at once.

The village and the Qi family will not rely on Qi Changlin's support in the future, but now they have formed such a life-and-death enmity, and the village has been targeted by the Qiu family. Grandpa Qi's family dare not think about the future.

"One person does the work and the other bears the responsibility." A hoarse voice sounded, Qi Changlin is not stupid to be able to get a degree in the exam, he is well aware of the worries of his grandfather and Muramasa, and at this moment, his red eyes are staring at his blood-stained hands every word He said: "In the future, Mr. Qiu will hold me accountable alone, and I will definitely not implicate the village."

Villager Zheng glanced at Qi Changlin who was in a state of despair, opened his mouth and finally remained silent, Changlin was also stupid in reading, even if Master Qiu really pursued it, how could he do it himself?

It doesn't even need Mr. Qiu's order. The servants in the yamen, including the nobles in Fucheng, will target the village in order to please Mr. Qiu, and make ordinary people like them suffer.

Not to mention, the village is remembering an old incident back then, because he offended the young owner of the Yulong store, and as a result, shopping in his village was twice as expensive as that of villagers in other villages.

If you can’t bear the money, then don’t buy it. These shops don’t lack the money to make money, but it hurts the villagers. Not only is the price of cloth expensive, but other oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are also expensive. The shopkeepers of these shops are united against them. , the left and right are not bad for this little silver.

Later, it was Qi Changlin who came forward to make peace. Although he was still white at the time, he was a scholar after all, and the young owner of the Yulong store wanted to give him some favors.

Furthermore, Qi Changlin and Jiao Lianyu had a good relationship, and they didn't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, so this matter is over.

At this time, the village is thinking about the scene when he begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother. It was just offending the son of a merchant and causing the whole village to suffer. Can't imagine what will happen to them.

"What happened? Why are we all gathered here?" Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the courtyard.

The villagers gathered in the yard just turned around and looked back at the noble young man in the gorgeous clothes at the door, but the cousin of the Qi family who was helping to cook, his eyes widened in shock, and he pointed at the person coming at the door, "There is a ghost..."

Qi Changlin also raised his head abruptly, his expression changed drastically, "You!"

"Huaixin?" Jiao Lianyu, who came back from the room when he heard the familiar voice, also changed his face greatly, and the eyes of the other three friends widened. Then they remembered something, and the three of them turned their heads to look at the blood-stained man behind him. Huai Xin was standing outside the yard on the bed, who was killed on that bed?

Before everyone could figure it out, another noise came from outside the yard, but it was the Yamen's arrester who was riding over.

"Wrap up the yard!" The head catcher had already started to order before dismounting his horse, and a group of catchers in police uniforms and swords quickly surrounded the yard one by one, and the villagers who were too late to get out were surrounded In the courtyard of Qi Changlin's house.

And the names of these villages standing outside the yard have long since retreated far away, and no one dared to hinder the poor man from doing business. Everyone was terrified, but they didn't leave either. After all, the village still has the grandpa of the Qi family All in the yard.

Zhifu Jiao and Lord Wei, who rode over in the next step, also hurriedly stopped their horses. The two adults couldn't bear it all the way. Begging for bones from the imperial court, the bones can be tossed and broken, so he might as well die in the line of duty.

"Third young master?" Seeing the noble young master at the gate of the courtyard, Mr. Wei, who dismounted from his horse, almost fell to his death when his legs gave way.

Zhifu Jiao took a closer look and couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. He just received the news at the Yamen that something happened to Qiu Huaixin, and Zhifu Jiao was anxious and uneasy.

Qi Changlin and Lianyu have a good relationship, especially during this period of time when they came to the mansion frequently, and Jiao Zhifu met several times, and Qi Changlin's temperament was also understood. After hearing the news, Jiao Zhifu knew that something was going to happen, and immediately took people with him. Come over quickly.

As soon as the group arrived at the entrance of the village, they heard a few women shouting loudly that they had killed someone. It was a false alarm.

After a while, the main house of the Qi family was not big enough, and today was considered a crisp autumn day, and with the fact that almost the whole village was standing around the Qi family, Zhifu Jiao simply held the trial in the yard.

"Thank you, Third Young Master." Seeing the tea brought by Shi Song, Zhifu Jiao was not polite, he thanked him and then took a sip of water. , which would indeed be dry mouthed.

Mr. Wei, who was sitting at the bottom to help record, was not polite. He drank a cup of tea in one go, and looked at Qiu Huaixin with a relaxed expression.

It was only a few days ago that the third son of the Qiu family forced the elders to death. Although it was later found out that Dou did not commit suicide by throwing himself into the well but was murdered by the murderer lurking in the well, Qiu Huaixin was cleared of his charges.

After a few days of silence, there was another rumor that the third son of the Qiu family molested his friend's wife through drunkenness.

Looking at Qi Changlin with his hands stained with blood, and the embroidered scissors of the murder weapon presented as physical evidence, Mr. Wei felt that it was not just that the Guizhou Road was not peaceful, but that Qiu Huaixin was definitely guilty of Tai Sui, otherwise, how could accidents happen one after another.

Because of his advanced age, the grandpa of the Qi family was allowed by Jiao Zhifu to sit on the bottom stool and listen in on the meeting. Muramasa and others stood aside, and the yard of the Qi family looked like a court.

There is no need for Zhifu Jiao to speak. Qiu Huaixin first explained the situation, "I was in a hurry to drink at noon, and I still had a headache after lying down in the Qi's guest room, so I asked Shi Song to accompany me to go out for a walk to let go of the drink."

It didn't sound like a problem. At that time, Qiu Huaixin was drunk and went to rest. Jiao Lianyu and Qi Changlin were still drinking in the main room. Everyone was a little drunk. They didn't notice that Qiu Huaixin who came out of the guest room was also normal.

"Who is the adulterer in that house?" A villager asked subconsciously, and when Zhifu Jiao and the others all looked at him, the villagers realized that they were talking too much, and they were talking too much in front of the official. Suddenly frightened pale, two trembling.

Jiao Zhifu and Wei Daren have handled many cases over the years, Qiu Huaixin did not open his mouth and they all knew about the conspiracy. At this time, Jiao Zhifu also followed the villager's words and asked: "Third Young Master, can you tell me who the murdered person is? Why are you wearing the third son's coat?"

Qi Changlin was too angry at the time, and the adulterer on the bed was lying on his side with his back to the door, and with the same color coat, Qi Changlin, who lost his mind, didn't notice that the adulterer was not Qiu Huaixin at all. The scissors go down and kill people.

"Respond to your lord's words." Shi Song, who was standing behind Qiu Huaixin, stepped forward at this moment, and said after saluting to Zhifu Jiao: "Young master, I accompanied you for a walk around the back mountain. I didn't expect to encounter an attack..."

According to Shi Song, the situation was dangerous at that time, and Qiu Huaixin drank a lot of alcohol. Although under the escort of Shi Song, he avoided the danger temporarily, who knows if there will be an ambush behind.

So Shi Song didn't do anything, he simply asked Qiu Huaixin to take off his coat, took off his crown, put an assassin who died under his knife on Qiu Huaixin's accident, and put on his jade crown again.

Then Shi Song carried the man back to the guest room of Qi's family, wanting to make a false one, making people think that Qiu Huaixin returned to Qijiale, and after doing all this, Shi Song went back to the back mountain to find Qiu Huaixin, the two of them dared not act rashly He found a cave and hid temporarily.

It wasn't until the reinforcements from the Qiu family rushed to the back mountain after receiving the signal from Shi Song that Shi Song returned to the Qi family with Qiu Huaixin, who was already sober. Before Qiu Huaixin could ask about the news, the police who rushed over had already surrounded the Qi family, and the prefect Jiao and Master Wei also rushed over.

"You step back for now." After listening to Shi Song's words, Zhifu Jiao motioned him to step aside, and then glanced at Qi Changlin who was kneeling below.

Although Shi Song said that he carried the corpse back and pretended to be Mr. Qiu, but Zhifu Jiao just went to the guest room to check, and the blood not only soaked the bed, but also splashed on the walls and the floor.

If this is really a corpse, based on time, Qi Changlin may have blood stains when he scissors a few times, but it will definitely not splash so high or so far. This shows that Qi Changlin killed a living person, not a corpse .

But when Shi Song said so, Jiao Zhifu had to think about it, killing Qi Changlin would ruin his life, no matter if the person was an assassin or not, if he just stabbed a few scissors on the body, he could be acquitted.

(End of this chapter)