From Kowloon's Inheritance

Chapter 16 The Death of Qian Xiucai!
Endless anger was burning, and Sun Mengxi felt that she was underestimated.

What a humiliation it is to be delivered directly to the door, but to be rejected.

Suppressing the anger in her heart, Li Tanhua, the magistrate of Li County, has the capital to despise her, and her best choice is to leave with Buddha sleeves.

But looking at Li Tanhua, that shallow smile seemed to welcome her to leave, but it turned into a determination to stay no matter what, not for anything else, just to win her breath.

Besides, it was her best choice.

She is the daughter of a businessman. Although she has an uncle who was born in Juren, they are estranged from each other and cannot be relied upon when encountering major problems. Not long ago, the backer of the Sun family just left. Father is in prison.Now though, the truth was found out and he was released from prison.

But this does not mean safety, there is also inexplicable danger.

This county lord is a good choice.

Besides, she is a merchant's daughter and a concubine's daughter. Her status is too low, and ordinary people look down on her;Among many candidates, this county official is considered a good candidate.

"Fingerprint rubbing!" Sun Mengxi said.

"Yes!" Li Mu said, "The leaves have tree patterns, each leaf is different, and everyone's fingerprints are different!"

Sun Mengxi was silent, pondering, observing up and down, and suddenly thought of something.

I took out a makeup box from my arms, inside there was a mirror, rouge, gouache, and silver powder, took out the silver powder, and flicked it on the bowl lightly, very carefully, but gradually, a streak appeared on the bowl A clear fingerprint.

Immediately, Li Mu was stunned.

And this operation.

"Not bad!"

Li Mu happily said, "You can draw!"

"Little girl, learn a little bit!" Sun Mengxi said.

"Then draw the fingerprints on the bowl!" Li Mu said.It is not bad to let the fingerprints on the bowl be displayed, but it is difficult to draw fingerprints.

"Yes!"

Sun Mengxi said, took out the paintbrush, chose the thinnest brush, carefully looked at the fingerprints on the bowl, after looking at it for a long time, then closed his eyes and started to paint.Swipe.Soon, fingerprints appeared on the paper, compared with each other, they were extremely similar.

The moment you open your eyes, the painting is already finished.

"Not bad!"

Li Mu said, "You are very good."

Very satisfied, this is a talent, and he is always tolerant of talent.

Here comes my talent.

Without Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu are not bad.

In fact, the three brothers and sisters of the Liu family are good choices; it's a pity that they are too mysterious and unreliable.

"My lord, I'm satisfied!" Sun Mengxi said.

"Yes, yes!" Li Mu said, "Now, you are my maid."

"My lord!" Sun Mengxi said.

Li Mu said: "With the fingerprints, the murderer can be identified! Shuji Zhang is now going to Sun's house to rub the fingerprints of the servant girl Xiaocui. Zhao Xiancheng is going to the prison to rub the fingerprints of Qian Xiucai!"

All the subordinates are busy.

About half an hour later, the fingerprint rubbing was completed.

Fingerprint comparison started.

Comparing the fingerprints, Xiaocui's fingerprints were excluded, and the fingerprints on the bowl were different from Qian Xiucai's fingerprints.

"Qian Xiucai was wronged, Qian Xiucai is not the murderer!" Li Mu said.

"Qian Xiucai is not the murderer, who is that?" Sun Mengxi asked.

"I don't know either!" Li Mu said, "The murderer is in Qian's house, and the target is clear!"

"Qian Xiucai was wronged, did you let him go!" Sun Mengxi said.

Li Mu said: "Let him go, he is still in prison for the time being, let's continue to stay. When the suspect is not arrested, he can continue to stay. There is still a long time before the trial. Even if there is a trial, Isn't there still the autumn cut!"

In this era, the county magistrate has much more power than the county magistrates of later generations.

Although it is said that the county magistrate does not have the power of death penalty, after the trial, it needs to be handed over to the prefect above, and then handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, etc. for review.But in the case of the ninth floor, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment will agree, and rarely reject it.In addition, if you hit the board and were beaten to death, you deserve it.

In other words, it is reasonable to die in prison.

"It's getting late, it's time to eat."

Li Mu said.

After eating, Li Mu arranged a room for Sun Mengxi, and he didn't need it for the time being.

Start today with an assistant.

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At night, in the prison, Qian Xiucai lived in a cold cell, suffering unspeakable pain.

This is still the magistrate of the county, who sympathized with him and gave him a separate cell, as well as oil lamps, quilts, desks, books and so on.

"I was wronged!"

Qian Xiucai said unwillingly, but Xiaocui was killed, and he was the biggest suspect.

Even if the case is appealed to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the above-mentioned Dali Temple, it will be approved for review.Unless there is a major clue.

Dang!

At this time, the door of the cell opened, and a woman walked in with a food box.

"Sanlang, how is the cell?" the woman asked.

"Fourth aunt!"

Qian Xiucai said: "Why you. Yuaner, why didn't you come!"

The father's main wife is called mother; the father's concubines are called aunts.Si Yiniang, father's third concubine, was an oiran in a brothel, and she was just in her early twenties.

"You did something to kill your father, Yuan'er has brought her son back to her mother's house, and wants to make peace with you!" Si Yiniang said: "I am a brothel girl, and I have only been in Qian's house for more than three years. I have no children, no Rely on me. I originally planned to be a good woman, but now that your father has passed away, I can't stay any longer, so I can only go back to the brothel again!"

Concubine, if she has a son, the main wife and sons will be able to bear her, so as not to be called disrespectful.

But without a son, he can only go back to the brothel.

Si Yiniang said: "Da Lang, Er Lang are back too! This is the last time I will see you!"

Qian Xiucai said: "I was wronged!"

Si Yiniang said: "Eat more. My lord, I won't wrong you!"

Qian Xiucai was absent-minded, and opened the food box. There were three dishes, one soup and rice in it, but smelling the aroma, he still went forward to eat with chopsticks.After taking a few mouthfuls, suddenly his face twisted, he foamed at the mouth, pinched his neck, felt uncomfortable all over, and rolled on the ground.

Fourth Aunt panicked and shouted: "It's not good, something happened!"

The head of the cell stepped forward, opened the prison door, and went forward to test it. Qian Xiucai had already fallen to the ground, dead.

……

"What Qian Xiucai, died of poisoning, and is still in prison!"

Just as he took off his clothes, Li Mu was about to go to sleep, when suddenly a message came from the yamen servant.

Li Mu put on his clothes and walked quickly to the prison, only to see Qian Xiucai was foaming at the mouth, already dead from breath, while Fourth Aunt was trembling and knelt on the ground.

　PS: Ask for collection, ask for reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)