All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 13
Zhao Cheng, the magistrate, received the report, and when he heard that it was a matter of Xuanpinghou's mansion, he hurriedly led his people to Mingyue Lane.

The yamen is only two streets away from Mingyue Lane, and it only takes two cups of tea to arrive quickly.

It was neither early nor late, and Liu Si's body had just been fished out of the well not long ago.

The commotion was so loud that it alarmed the entire family.

Although the owners of each house did not show up, they all sent people to inquire.

There are only a lot more people watching than before.

The concierge led the magistrate and Wu Zuoyamen to the well, and Zhou Ping, the chief steward next to Xuanping Hou Shenji, also arrived at the scene almost at the same time.

It is not a glorious thing to find a dead body in the heavily guarded general Hou's mansion.

Mother An stepped forward and told Guanshi Zhou the matter in a concise manner.

While ordering people to drink away irrelevant servants and maidservants, Zhou Guanshi asked people to move tables and chairs, served refreshments, and whispered in Zhifu Zhao's ear.

"...The meaning of Lord Hou, please raise your hand high, turn big things into small ones, and make small things into nothing. I have accepted the favor of my lord, and I will repay you in the spring in the future..."

Zhao Cheng came here in a hurry, just because of this sentence, he chuckled, "It's a small effort to tell Marquis Shen on my behalf. In the future, Shen's family and Zhao's family will come and go frequently, and the imperial concubine and empress will also miss Lord Marquis." That's good."

Zhou Pinglian claimed it was.

Seeing Zhao Cheng winking at Wu Zuo and Yacha, he was completely relieved.

Shen Lingxi watched coldly from the sidelines, taking in all their expressions.

Seeing that the guy could handle Zhao Cheng's hint, he hastily checked the body.

When the yamen servant picked up a wine jug by the well, Wu Zuo took advantage of the situation and came to a conclusion, "The deceased had no trauma to his body. He slipped into the water after drinking and drowned accidentally."

He fell into the water and accidentally drowned.

As soon as the results of such an autopsy come out, the government can close the case directly after the identity of the deceased is found out.

In this way, the discovery of the body in the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion today will be lightly exposed, and the face of the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion will be saved, and it will not become a topic of discussion in the capital.

Since Shen Lingxi had performed so much, she naturally wouldn't let them just fool around like this.

She walked up to the corpse, looked at Wuzuo, and asked in a soft and clear voice, "Dare to ask Mr. Wuzuo, the deceased was more than seven feet tall and fell into the well accidentally. There should be footprints or scratches around the well." There should be bump marks on the head and legs of the deceased, but without any of these two things, how can it be concluded that he fell into the well by mistake?"

Wu Zuo's face changed slightly.

The aunt in front of me is a knowledgeable one.

Wu Zuo: "If you want to die after drinking and jump down by yourself, there will be no wounds on your body. As for the other marks... This body should have been salvaged by the government, but your government took the initiative to salvage the body and destroyed the scene, so there is no way to verify it .”

Shen Lingxi chuckled, "If he committed suicide, his identity must be determined first. The government should investigate his motives for suicide before making such a conclusion. If you don't even know his identity, how can you judge that he committed suicide after drinking? What if it wasn't a drunken stumble?"

"That's why I just said that he stumbled after drinking." There was a hint of impatience in the eyes of the Wuzuo, and he bowed his hands in the direction of the magistrate, "As for whether he committed suicide, it is naturally up to the magistrate to judge."

Zhifu Zhao was at the side, talking happily with Guanshi Zhou, when he heard the two talking, he looked at them suspiciously.

Seeing this, Zhou Guanshi said in a low voice: "This is the aunt who was invited by the mansion to the Golden Immortal Temple today to have a funeral. She found the body when she performed the ritual."

"How?" Zhao Zhifu narrowed his eyes slightly, stood up, and took two steps towards Shen Lingxi, his eyes were full of scrutiny.

Shen Lingxi didn't realize it, and asked Wu Zuo for advice, "Since it was a mistake, according to common sense, 'the deceased had foam in his mouth and nose, water in his belly, and his belly was slightly distended, and he died by drowning.' 1, you said he If he stumbles after drinking, it means that he can still move before he dies. Since he can move, after drowning, he will definitely struggle in the water and choke into the well water. The well is narrow, and given his size, his hands and feet will definitely be in contact with him when he struggles. The walls of the well are rubbing..."

Having said that, she paused, pointed to the corpse, and asked pretending to be ignorant: "But this person's stomach is not distended, and there is no foam coming out of the mouth and nose, and the nails on his hands and feet are even more clean. There is no moss at all. With just a flagon, how can Wu Zuo determine whether he fell into a well and drowned, or was killed by someone?"

What Shen Lingxi said was clear and coherent, even people who didn't understand autopsy could understand it.

Although it is not stated, it is more convincing than his hasty conclusions.

Although some of the onlookers had been driven away by Manager Zhou, the ones left behind were all distinguished managers from each house.

Everyone thought that the Taoist nun wearing a mask just knew some divination techniques to exorcise evil spirits.

Unexpectedly, she actually knew how to do autopsies.

Wu Zuo was acting based on the magistrate's wink, and Shen Lingxi's questioning hit the nail on the head. If he continued to quibble, he would definitely reveal a bigger flaw, so he could only look at the magistrate Zhao Cheng for help.

"Wait." Zhao Cheng finally recognized that it was Shen Lingxi's voice.

He widened his eyes, walked in front of her angrily, and pointed to the mask on her face, "Okay! Shen Lingxi, do you think I can't recognize you if you wear a mask? I haven't told you about Yaoniang's case yet." Settle accounts, why don't you just stay in your coffin shop and come out to make trouble for me, right?"

Zhao Cheng wanted to strangle Shen Lingxi to death now.

No one in this capital knows that Xuanping Hou Shen Ji is the most concerned about face, if the dead body is found in the Hou's mansion, if it gets out, together with Yaoniang's case, the Xuanping Hou's mansion will be completely reduced to a laughing stock in the capital.

Shen Ji didn't want the government to investigate, and Zhao Cheng, the magistrate, didn't bother.

Let Wu Zuo experience "missteps and drowning", everyone is happy, and Shen Ji can be given a favor, which promotes the friendship between Zhao and Shen.

But now that Shen Lingxi suddenly ran out and intervened, the favor was gone, and he might have to make a vendetta. It was like setting him, the magistrate, on fire!
In the past two years, Shen Lingxi has ruined so many good things for him, and today, Zhao Cheng can't bear it anymore.

Today, he will definitely arrest this dead girl and put her in the government prison, so that she will have a hard time.

"Come on, arrest this witch who has been misleading the public and repeatedly obstructing the official's handling of the case!" Zhao Cheng ordered angrily.

Since Zhao Cheng brought the servants to the Marquis Mansion, they were Zhao Cheng's cronies. Knowing that he hated Shen Lingxi, they immediately surrounded him, drew out their sabers, and put them on Shen Lingxi's neck.

He also took off the mask on her face rudely.

Everyone gasped when they saw Shen Lingxi's beautiful face.

This is Xuanping Hou Mansion.

Everyone knew that "Shen Lingxi", who was born in the coffin shop, was the real daughter who was brought back to the mansion by Lord Hou yesterday.

What's more, she also has a pair of eyes that resemble the late Mrs. Hou An's eyes...

　1. From Song Ci's "Washing Injustice Records Collection"

　　
　
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