The violent prince's wife as a small wife

Chapter 5 5, I Didn't Do It
Jiang Ci frowned slightly, this person... so strange.

The distance between Nanzhou and the capital is not too short, if this woman really came to the capital alone, she would be a capable person, but when she really met someone who could make decisions for her, she kept a secret and dared not speak out.

Shang Xingchuan didn't give her a guaranteed answer, he didn't even answer her.

On the contrary, Yang Tianfang breathed a sigh of relief first, and when she looked up again, her eyes were already scarlet. They all patted their chests and said that they could redress the grievances of the women, but after listening to what I said, they either asked for money or tried every means to hold me back, I was really... scared."

Yang Tianfang said: "My husband's name is Chen Zejun. Both of us are from Baoshan Village, Nanzhou. My husband was killed by Liu Lin, the son of the village head, because my husband wanted to go to Beijing to file a lawsuit. I saw Yang Lin push my husband into prison. in the river."

She seemed to have said these words many times, and when she mentioned them again, there was not even the slightest wave.

"Why did you sue?" Shang Xingchuan said.

"To sue for...Baoshan Village." Yang Tianfang raised her head and said in a hoarse voice.

"There is a river in Baoshan Village, and the ancestors called it Tianhe for generations. The whole village washes, cooks, and builds houses by the Tianhe River. Then one year, the Tianhe River suddenly dried up, and the old people in the village said it was caused by God's punishment. , we asked every household to take out silver and hand it over to the village head, and then the village head handed it over to a city god’s temple above.”

"In the beginning, they only asked for silver, but as the years passed, they asked for more and more silver. Later, they didn't even ask for silver, as long as...just girls."

Shang Xingchuan paused.

Yang Tianfang couldn't hide her excitement when she said this, she said: "I was only four or five years old when I paid tribute silver for the first time, and the old people in the family were all panicked. If we left Tianhe, we would have nothing. We raised enough money, but in the midsummer of the next year, Tianhe was dry again, so we raised money again..."

Shang Xingchuan seemed to have thought of something else, he said in a deep voice, "When did you start wanting a girl?"

Yang Tianfang said: "Last year, since last year..."

Her tears were already falling, "It's not enough to ask for one, we need many more. There are more than 100 households in our village, but all the girls who are older are sent to be selected. Last year, four were finally sent over. This year, it has become even more serious, saying that it will take ten... even married couples will not be spared."

Yang Tianfang said: "My husband has always felt that this is a bit strange. He secretly followed the tribute team to peek this year, but I don't know what he saw. After he came back, he didn't say anything, just told me , our whole village has been deceived!"

There was despair in her eyes, "Wait until next summer, should I be the one who pays tribute? Last year four, this year ten, next year, how much next year?"

Shang Xingchuan said: "When did you see Liu Lin pushing Chen Zejun into the water with your own eyes?"

Yang Tianfang wiped her face, "It was one and a half months ago, that night, my husband drank some wine, I knew he was hiding something in his heart, and I was afraid that he drank too much, so I followed him secretly, and finally saw him and Liu Lin There was an argument by the Tianhe River, the two wrestled a few times, and Liu Lin pushed him into the water!"

Her eyes widened and her breathing became short of breath, "I ran up, I was pregnant at the time, I didn't know... I didn't know... Liu Lin hit me, he hit me, my child just... ... a lot of blood... Later when I woke up, everyone in the village told me that my husband had slipped into the water, the current was fast, and he was gone..."

She murmured: "But I've seen it all, I've seen it all, can there be any fakes?"

Jiang Ci behind the bead curtain looked at her, the veins on her face were bulging due to excitement, and she was even a little scary.

She touched her flat belly and said, "My child is gone, and my husband is dead. What's the point of me living in this world? But if I don't run away, when they ask for tribute next year, the first Wasn't it me who thought of it? I escaped and wanted to avenge my husband. Now I just want to figure out one thing. Where did the money we paid go? Are those girls still alive? "

Shang Xingchuan looked coldly, and said, "Chen Zejun has a birthmark or something?"

Yang Tianfang nodded, and quickly said: "Yes, yes! He has a round red birthmark on his chest, about the size of a fingernail, not very obvious. He... is not fat, rather thin, born... It was born beautifully." Yang Tianfang couldn't help crying while talking.

Shang Xingchuan said: "Come here, help her to the inn."

Yang Tianfang looked at him in astonishment.

Shang Xingchuan said: "There is an unnamed corpse in Dali Temple. Dali Temple will identify it first today. You can rest for one night. In the morning of tomorrow, someone will take you to Yizhuang to identify the corpse."

Only then did Yang Tianfang feel relieved, she was about to kneel down as soon as her knees gave way, and was escorted away by the officials.

After Yang Tianfang left, Jiang Ci just came out from behind the bead curtain, and she said straight to the point: "If what she said is true, then this headless corpse cannot be Chen Zejun, because the time of death does not match, the death of the headless corpse The time is about half a month, not the one and a half months she said."

Shang Xingchuan looked at her, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Ci paused, "I thought His Highness knew I was there."

Shang Xingchuan walked towards the morgue, and Jiang Ci hurriedly followed. She is a person who, to put it bluntly, is a bit of a social bully, and she can chat with anyone.

The morgue is at the back, a bit far from the front hall, and Jiang Ci couldn't help but think of a question, "Your Highness, it's already so late, where will I sleep when I finish the autopsy?"

She didn't mention anything about Jiang's family at all, and she didn't seem to plan to go back.

Shang Xingchuan didn't even give her a look, and said in a flat tone, "The inn."

Jiang Ci blinked, "But I was in a hurry and didn't bring any money."

Shang Xingchuan raised his eyebrows, "So?"

Jiang Ciyi spoke uprightly, "I'm doing this for your Highness, otherwise I wouldn't even have a place to sleep, not to mention my house is surrounded by Jing Zhaoyin, if the weather is bad later, I will Worse."

While they were talking, the two also arrived at the morgue. Coincidentally, as soon as their front feet stepped in, there was a sudden thunder from the sky with their back feet, followed by a downpour of rain.

Jiang Ci was stunned for a moment.

Her first reaction was to look back at Shang Xingchuan, "I didn't do it."

Shang Xingchuan: "...I didn't say you did it."

Jiang Ci: "..."

(End of this chapter)