The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 355 Li Shou's Case
County Magistrate Liu felt a little guilty, "Because Li Shou wore a mask every time he met Liu Xue privately for fear of being recognized by others, so the rest of the witnesses only judged from the general shape of his body and did not see it with his own eyes. This person."

"And Liu Xue's maid and the concierge at the back door of the Liu Mansion had seen Li Shou, but the concierge was killed by Li Shou, but she was the only one who confirmed that he had seen Li Shou's true face. We also confirmed Li Shou through her testimony. Shou."

The words of County Magistrate Liu made Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan serious in an instant.

This thing seems reasonable, but it is actually very weird.

Li Shou and Liu Xue were worried that others would discover their affair, so they put on masks to hide their identities.

But the question is, why did Li Shou hide his face and identity? !Instead of choosing to cover up his whereabouts.

Although Dazhou has developed folk customs and various costumes, it is not a glorious thing to get pregnant before marriage.

If Li Shou and Liu Xue really wanted to cover up, they should also cover up their relationship to prevent anyone from seeing their private meeting.

Just wearing a mask can not only hide the relationship between the two.If someone finds out that there is a man wearing a mask entering and leaving Ms. Liu's boudoir, it will be counterproductive and cause more gossip.

This is not normal.

"Then you use this as evidence!?" Di Zhiyuan questioned.

Yang Qingyuan continued to look through the file, thinking of the file he saw in the Ministry of Punishment before, and the two corroborated it.

The government found a bloody garment and dirty silver in Li Shou's home.

This bloody coat was an inner shirt, but what was left on the gate of Liu's residence were fragments of a brocade robe, which indicated that the murderer was wearing an inner shirt when he killed the person, and then put on his outer robe after killing the person.

Liu Xue and Li Shou were already close by skin, why did Li Shou kill Ms. Liu? !

That Li Shou hid the bloody clothes and dirty silver at home, indicating that he had gone home and changed the bloody clothes.

So the second illogical place appears.

If Li Shou had changed his clothes, why didn't he notice a tear on his back?
Yang Qingyuan had just inspected the brocade robe, and the gap was very obvious. If Li Shouzhen had changed his clothes, it was absolutely impossible not to notice it!

So why did Li Shou continue to wear the brocade clothes knowing that they were torn? !
"Magistrate Liu, when you arrested Li Shou, was he wearing this dress?!"

"Uh, that's not the case. At that time, Li Shou was only wearing a coat. He was arrested by the casino owner because he owed 3000 taels of debt."

"3000 taels?!"

Yang Qingyuan muttered to himself, and then said to the Wannian county magistrate, "Magistrate Liu, please continue talking!"

"When he was arrested, Li Shou had already been beaten so badly by the people from the gambling shop that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. If the arresters from Six Doors hadn't arrived in time, he would have been beaten to death!"

His nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he was out of shape.

Both Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan captured this key word.

"Why didn't magistrate Liu see Li Shou's face clearly?!"

Di Zhiyuan also questioned, "Could it be that County Magistrate Liu judged this person as a murderer just based on his figure?!"

Magistrate Liu, who was sitting next to him, became nervous again, "My lords, we verified Li Shouzheng's body. Although Li Shou's appearance was destroyed, we passed the test left by Li Shou before participating in the government examination. Comparing the fingerprints with the arrested person, it can be confirmed that it is indeed Li Shou himself."

Wannian county magistrate pointed to the evidence bag beside him and said.

Yang Qingyuan took out three pieces of physical evidence from a bag, which were the fingerprints of Li Shoufu during the test, the fingerprints of Li Shou's identity verification, and the fingerprints of Li Shou's identity verification before he was beheaded.

Dao Tong of Yang Qingyuan glanced over his body and knew that it was the fingerprint pressed by the same finger.

A person's appearance can be easily disguised, but a person's fingerprints are difficult to forge.

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan fell silent. This case seemed absurd, but as far as the case itself was concerned, the chain of evidence was relatively complete.

The bloody clothes and dirty silver in Li Shou's house; the murder weapon in the river outside Sanhe Village; Li Shou's torn brocade clothes.

Although the logic is weird, the above physical evidence is enough to judge the case!
The subjective standard for Dazhou officials to decide a case is not to rule out other reasonable doubts. As long as the chain of evidence is complete and the facts can be basically confirmed, the case can be settled.

As for Li Shou's case, until now, the evidence is conclusive, and all doubts are just speculations by Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan.

It is not advisable to use speculation against physical evidence!

After Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan inquired about a few more details, they went to the post where Song Huifu was staying. They needed to meet Song Huifu.

Among the posthouses in Wannian County.

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan were stunned by the news that Song Huifu said.

"That's the truth. We spent a day visiting Wannian County, only to find that the traces of Li Shou seem to have been completely erased! In one day, we didn't find anyone who knew Li Shou! It seems that There is no one named Li Shou in Wannian County!"

This news shocked Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan.

Originally, the two thought that the people behind the scenes were just trying to silence those who knew Li Shou well, but they didn't expect that in Wannian County today, there was no one who knew Li Shou.

Father Song Hui continued, "Li Shou is a bookworm. Apart from studying at home, he usually attends classes at the county school. He has almost no contact with outsiders. The only thing I found out is that he once sold paintings at art exhibitions, but It is also sold wearing a mask, and its identity can only be known from the signature of its painting."

"So, the only ones who have seen Li Shou now are Grandma Li and the little maid?!"

"Let's go! Let's go to Liu's mansion and find that maid."

This maid is currently the only one known to have seen Li Shou in Wannian County, Yang Qingyuan must protect her first.

Yang Qingyuan immediately went to the place where the case started, the Liu Mansion.

Liu Mansion is the home of wealthy merchants in Wannian County.

The lord of the Liu Mansion, Liu is definitely not just a local rich man. His grandfather was once a high-ranking official in the former Qin Dynasty. After the fall of the former Qin Dynasty, he moved to Wannian County from Shendu and became a squire.

There is a lot of land in Wannian County, but they are willing to do good, and the family of accumulated virtues did not expect to encounter such a disaster.

At the gate of Liu's residence, the servant in charge of the night watch was a little at a loss.

More than a dozen people in black costumes were standing outside the door.

"I don't know how many are!?"

Yang Qingyuan took out his official certificate, "Yang Qingyuan, Shaoqing of Dali Temple! He came here to investigate the case! Please also inform the family!"

The servants did not dare to be negligent, one of them opened the door of the mansion to invite Yang Qingyuan and others to enter, while the other hurried into the mansion to inform his master.

Sitting in the study, Liu Jue couldn't help being shocked when he heard the servant's report.

"Dali Temple is here, why?!"

Liu Jue knew that he didn't have much time to think, so he got up and walked towards the main hall before he had time to think.

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan sat in the main hall, and soon there were servants serving tea.

Looking at the material of the servant's clothes, Yang Qingyuan's eyes flashed with astonishment.

The two waited for about a quarter of an hour before Liu Jue hurried over.

"Sorry! My lords, Mr. Liu has already fallen asleep and is disheveled, so I'm late!"

It was obvious that something like this happened at home, but this Mr. Liu looked weird.

"It's okay, it's rude for me to visit at night."

Liu Jue hesitated for a moment, and asked, "I don't know what the two adults are calling late at night?!"

"This officer is here for the Qianjin case?!"

Liu Jue's hand holding the teacup froze slightly, "Isn't this case already concluded, and the murderer Li Shou was also executed?!"

While speaking, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan were carefully observing Liu Jue's demeanor and movements.

"When the officer reviewed the case, he found some doubts, so he reviewed the case."

Liu Jue reacted immediately and turned pale with shock, "What?! Isn't that Li Shou the murderer?!"

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan looked at each other, the matter was not simple.

"Whether it is true or not is still under investigation. We are here to meet the maid who testified against Li Shou that day."

"You're talking about the little girl's former maid, Haruyuki, right? This..."

"Is there any embarrassment for Mr. Liu?!"

After hesitating, Liu Jue said, "This maid accidentally fell into the river while going out four days ago and drowned."

I didn't expect it to be too late!

"Oh?! I don't know where the body is?!"

"Chun Xue's body was buried on Cuihua Mountain in the suburbs!"

Domestic servants are nothing but private property in Dazhou. Although the law clearly stipulates that they must be reported, the local gentry did not take it seriously!

"Then dare to ask Yuanwai Liu, did you know the criminal Li Shou before that?"

"I don't know, I don't know at all! I have never heard of this person?! I don't even know what kind of enmity is there. He wants to kill the little girl like this!"

Thinking of the sadness, Liu Jue couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing this, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan couldn't continue to ask further questions. After they found out where Chun Xue was buried, they had no choice but to get up and leave, and returned to the posthouse.

"Have you gained anything?!"

Father Song Hui asked.

Di Zhiyuan was puzzled by Liu Jue's attitude, "This member Liu seemed to have a strange attitude when he heard that we were re-investigating the case!"

Yang Qingyuan who was on the side also answered, "This member Liu seems unwilling for us to continue to investigate this case!? I wondered if it was because of the reputation of the family, but I can confirm it now! In this matter of the Liu family, it seems that There's still something hidden."

While speaking, Yang Qingyuan caught a piece of rag with his fingertips.

"Isn't this the material of Liu's servant's clothes just now?!"

Yang Qingyuan nodded, "In the darkness just now, I secretly cut off a corner with sword energy and brought it back!"

Pass the piece of cloth in your hand to Father Song Hui.

"What did Mr. Song see!?"

Father Song Hui took the piece of cloth and looked at it for a moment, "This is..."

Halfway through speaking, Father Song Hui got up, took out a piece of rag from the evidence bag on the desk beside him, and nodded.

"Same material!"

Di Zhiyuan didn't know what code words the two were talking about.

"Mr. Song, where did you find this?!"

"The scene of the wildfire in Sanhe Village."

Yang Qingyuan then took out a shoe print mold, "This is the shoe print of the Liu family's servants that I just transmitted to Li Gang secretly! It is exactly the same as the one at the scene of the mountain fire in Sanhe Village. The Liu family should be the second batch of people who went to the scene of Sanhe Village that day. !"

What kind of role did the Liu family play in the whole case? !

What did you search for at the fire scene that day! ?

"Where's the maid Chunxue who met Li Shou?! Have you seen him?"

Father Song Hui also mentioned the real purpose of the two of them going to the Li Mansion.

"Dead! It is said that he fell into the water and died a few days ago!"

As expected, everyone who saw Li Shou was dead!

Originally, the three of them thought that this case was related to Li Shou, but now they discovered that Li Shou's appearance may have played a vital role in this case.

Putting it this way, even if Li Shou was resurrected and stood in front of Yang Qingyuan and the others, no one would be able to identify him as Li Shou himself!

There was a moment of silence in the room, and then Yang Qingyuan's voice sounded, "Everyone, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. At that time, there may not be no way!"

Then Yang Qingyuan said to Song Huifu, "Mr. Song, there is one more thing to trouble Mr. now!"

"Sir, please speak!"

"I also ask Mr. Song to go to Cuihua Mountain overnight to examine the maid's body!"

Song Hui's father heard the words and got up and said, "It's not too late, otherwise things will change. I'm leaving now."

Immediately, Song Huifu took ten police officers and rushed to the direction of Cuihua Mountain overnight. At the same time, Li Mochou accompanied him and was responsible for protecting Song Huifu's safety.

The remaining Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan continued to analyze the case.
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The next day, an urgent report from Dali Temple came to Shendu.

The Minerals of Pingshan County, Jizhou came to report that Grandma Li stumbled and fell off the cliff at the mine and died tragically on the spot.

Liu Wangshu was one step too late in the end.

Not long after Dali Temple received the urgent report, the people in Jinyi also knew about it.

"The old lady is dead! Did your people confirm it?!"

An old but mellow voice sounded.

The man in brocade clothes confirmed, "The emergency report said that they have identified the old woman's body, and there is no doubt that she is dead!"

"It won't find anything, will it?!"

"They didn't have any plan, they just pushed her lightly on the cliff, and the old woman fell! What can we find out?! This is clearly an accident!"

The Jinyi man's tone was full of complacency.

"So, your plan succeeded!?" The old voice was full of disdain.

The man in brocade clothes heard the sarcasm, and was not annoyed. He just picked up a glass of wine and said ironically, "If that girl is really dead yesterday, then there will be no flaws in this plan! Even if Yang Qingyuan finds out everything , He has no evidence to testify against me!?"

"Hmph?! Are you questioning the old man?!"

The old voice was slightly angry.

"Don't dare! It's just that so many people have been silenced, but this little girl's body has not been verified yet!! So far, there has been no news of her death. I have also received a tip that the ice cellar of Dali Temple has strengthened its defenses. ! I don’t know what Dali Temple is planning?! That’s why I want to ask you, is there any possibility for that girl to survive!?”

"Hmph! Absolutely impossible!"

The old voice did not hesitate at all.

"For the sake of unnecessary trouble, although my palm was struck with the power of Yuanhuajing, it is not something a little girl under five years old can bear. At the moment of the palm, the meridian in the girl's body was cut off, The life is cut off, Da Luo Jinxian can't save her!! On the contrary, Fang Baoyu's daughter is still alive!"

The Jinyi man nodded reassuringly, "But Yang Qingyuan is from Wuzhong, and he is on good terms with Sun Shichang, so will there be any life-extending pills that can save people!?"

"Sun Shichang is just the medicine king, not the medicine fairy! There are only two kinds of fairy medicines in the world that can save people in this situation! One is three Tianxiang cardamoms! It is rumored that as long as you take three Tianxia cardamoms, no matter how serious the injury is, It can be recovered. And this world has already used up one piece of cardamom! Even if Yang Qingyuan has one of them, it can't save this girl!"

The man in Jinyi nodded, "I've heard about this too. Rumor has it that Zhu Wushi has been looking for three Tianxiang cardamoms all these years. Then there is another kind?!"

"When I was in the Western Regions, I once heard a legend. In ancient times, there was an eye spring on Kunlun Mountain. The spring had three colors of gold, silver, and purple. The boundaries are clear and do not interfere with each other. Drinking it alone is ecstasy. It is highly poisonous, but once the three are combined into one, it will be an elixir for the living dead, flesh and bones! It can also prolong life and live forever!"

The old man's voice paused, "It's just the legend of the Western Regions! It may have magical healing effects, but it's just an exaggeration by ordinary people. If it really exists, how could Emperor Taizu die?!"

Hearing the old voice say this, Jin Yiren nodded in relief, as long as everyone who knows the inside is dead!
"Then why did Yang Qingyuan suddenly strengthen the defense of the ice cellar of Dali Temple!?"

But the old voice took it for granted, "Have you forgotten how Wenjie died?! Yang Qingyuan deliberately set a trap and caught him on the spot. The evidence is convincing! Strengthening the defense of the ice cellar is nothing more than trying to tell you through the spies in Dali Temple, It's just that the girl is not dead, if you believe it, go and check, you will fall into Yang Qingyuan's trap."

Yang Qingyuan's way of inviting you into the urn, he is too familiar with it!
The man in brocade drank the wine in his glass, "What you said is right!"

Then came another glass of wine, "I respect this glass of wine, sir!"

Just as the man in brocade finished speaking, a suction force came and sucked the wine glass away from the man in brocade.

"You are cruel and vicious, you are indeed the material for great things, don't worship me as your teacher?!"

The man in Jinyi smiled and shook his head and refused, "Thank you sir for your kindness, but it's a pity that my talent is not good enough!"

Seeing that the man in brocade refused, the mysterious man didn't force it either. They were just a cooperative relationship, and drank the cup in one gulp.
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At this time, Yang Qingyuan also received a summons from Shendu and learned of Grandma Li's death.

Although Yang Qingyuan was mentally prepared, he was still slightly angry in his heart. The people behind the scenes were really vicious.

"Zhiyuan, it's just a message from Pingshan County, Jizhou! Grandma Li is also dead! She stumbled and fell off a cliff!"

Di Zhiyuan laughed back angrily, "Stumbled and fell off a cliff?! How can there be such a coincidence in this world, we just found out that there was something wrong with Li Shou's case, and fell off a cliff!"

"The more fearful the people behind him are, the more important the information these people who have met Li Shou have is."

Not long after, Father Song Hui also came back!
"Mr. Song, how is it?! Was there any gain from the autopsy last night?!"

Father Song Hui nodded, and then shook his head again, "It's been too long, the body has been decomposed, and it's hard to get too much information. But I found some fine sand between its nose and mouth!"

Father Song Hui took out a paper bag from his arms.

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan looked at the paper bag in Song Huifu's hand and didn't understand what it meant! ?

"This is the capital of God surrounded by eight waters, but the tributary of the Wei River passes through the city of Wannian County. If you look carefully, these are not soil, but the unique fine sand in the water of the Wei River. This is basically confirmed, The maid Haruyuki was indeed drowned, but there are doubts as to why she fell into the water!"

(End of this chapter)