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Toda-san turned to look at the prefect.

The magistrate said: "There is such a thing. However, these three people are not criminals."

"why?"

"That Jijigui was working in the field at that time, and many villagers saw it. Moreover, his land is not near here, but on the other side of Dapo, about ten miles away from here. Therefore, he cannot Two places. That Jiji is even more impossible. He went to the house of his father-in-law and mother-in-law in a neighboring village eighty miles away two days ago to pay New Year's greetings. On the day of the incident, he was still having wine at a relative's house in that village. Many people in the village I can testify. He came back on the second day of the crime. That Ji Jifu had diarrhea dozens of times a day, and his feet were so weak that he was lying in bed on the day of the crime. There were several times that day. Called the creditors who asked for his gambling debts, and stayed at his house to demand the debts. Until the afternoon. These people can testify. He was lying in bed that day and never went out at all. ——The government has conducted detailed investigations to confirm that, Can't go wrong."

Toda-san was very disappointed, but he decided to check again.If there is a glimmer of hope, we must make a hundredfold effort.

hts asked other members of Jiji's family, and it was almost the same as what Jiji's boss said.

Toda-san decided to visit the three families who had feuds with Jiji's family.

They first came to Jijigui's house.The Li Chang who led the way stepped in quickly, and shouted in the yard: "Ji Jigui! Come out quickly, the magistrate and Toda Shan have come to your house to investigate the case! Hurry up and greet him!"

Najijigui was cooking in the kitchen, upon hearing this, he quickly dropped the spatula and ran out, limped out, knelt down and kowtowed.

Toda-san told him to get up and talk, and they entered his house and then came out again immediately, because the house was so messed up that it was like a barn, and there was no place to stay.

Li Chang said: "Forget it, take a few stools out, and we'll discuss it in the yard."

Ji Jigui quickly agreed, limped into the house, took out a few low benches, put them in the yard, took a few porcelain bowls with broken edges from the kitchen, scooped a few scoops of boiling water from the pot, and put them in the yard. He brought it out in a bowl and placed it respectfully in front of Toda-san and the others.

Toda-san said: "Don't be too busy, we will leave after asking you a few questions, we won't delay you."

Ji Jigui foolishly agreed, and stood bent over to the side.

Toda-san said, "What happened to your leg?"

Ji Jigui glanced at Li Chang, and said vaguely: "It's nothing."

Jiji didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Where were you the day the young master of Jiji's family was killed?"

"My wife, I, and two sons were farming. At that time, Uncle Jiji's family, sister-in-law's family, and a businessman's family from the capital city of Wuji Kingdom were also farming there until the sun went down. We They came back together. When I came back, I heard that the young master of Jiji’s family was killed. Jiji’s family insisted that I did it, and beat me up. I was sent to the Yamen. Their Jiji’s family is simply..., Our family name is also Jiji, we were a family 50 years ago, now..."

Speaking of this, Ji Jigui glanced at Li Zhang again, and swallowed the rest of the words.

The Lichang stared and said: "What are you looking at me for? You just answer what the old man asks you, and I won't go to Jiji's house to complain."

Jijigui smiled sarcastically: "I didn't mean that."

"Then what do you mean?"

Jijigui bowed his head and said nothing.

Toda-san said to the magistrate: "I want to go to the room with Ji Jigui to ask alone, is that okay?"

The magistrate hurriedly said: "Of course. Now you are investigating the case. The government has said that you can investigate as you want."

Toda-san smiled, stood up and said to Ji Jigui, "Go to the room and talk."

"The house is messy..."

"It doesn't matter!" Toda-san walked into the room with his hands behind his back.Walked all the way to the inner bedroom, stopped, turned around and looked at Ji Jigui who limped in, and said, "Where are your wife and children?"

"I went back to my mother's house."

"why?"

Unconsciously, Ji Jigui glanced back at the door, and said in a low voice with a mournful face: "I can't live anymore, if I don't leave, what else can I do?"

"what happened?"

Jijigui bowed his head and remained silent.

Toda-san said: "I am the capital of the capital of the Baoxiang Kingdom. Your village belongs to the Baoxiang Kingdom now. I came here to assist in the investigation of the case. I am not from your prefect. Tell me, I will not tell the third party. .”

Jijigui still didn't say anything.

Hu Tianshan said again: "I can guess that it must be related to Jiji's family. Let me tell you, this case is of great importance, and the government must find out the real culprit. Trouble you again. Only then can you live a normal life again. Therefore, you must answer my questions truthfully and provide us with as many clues as possible.

Ji Jigui nodded heavily: "My family was originally from Kyoto, but I came here later, because there is a big pond here, and there is a dragon king in it. Whenever the two countries fight, the dragon king will come out and stop it. So for hundreds of years , The Baoxiang Kingdom and the Wuji Kingdom have never fought a battle here, and the Dragon King has blessed it here, so the weather has always been good and the weather here, and it is a safe haven for people, but since this Master Jiji came, we..."

Jijigui said bitterly: "He talks about benevolence and morality, but his heart is more vicious than a wolf.... Once my family borrowed 4 dans of millet from him, and we agreed to return 5 tans for the autumn harvest. But when I went to pay them back, he said The price of grain was very high that year. If his 4 dans of millet were sold in autumn, he could sell at least ten tans, so he asked me to pay back ten tans. I already agreed when I borrowed it. What? I tried to be reasonable, but he was unreasonable and went straight to my house to take away my cattle. I was so angry that I had no choice but to promise to return ten loads of cattle, but he refused to return my cattle, saying that the cattle had died of illness. The ten loads of grain will be offset against the compensation for the cattle. ——My farm cattle can be sold for twenty or thirty loads of grain! Naturally, I quit and approached my door to reason. They ignored me and refused to let me in. Come in. Just in time, I heard that the young master of Jiji’s family raped Jijicai’s third sister, and I became even more angry, so I stood at the door of his house and scolded him, saying that his old master was a fake merciful, real wolf. They just Beat me up. The teeth were knocked out."

Huda Shan didn't pay attention to that Dragon King, a small Tanlong King, he still didn't notice it, Huda Shan said: "The young master of Jiji's family raped Jijicai's third sister, is it really true?"

Jijigui said: "Of course! Jiji saw it with her own eyes. The two servants of the young master of Jiji's family pinned Sanniang's hands and feet and let him do it. Sanniang resisted desperately and even scratched his face!"

"Why didn't Jiji report to the police?"

"Don't dare to go! Jiji's family is not easy to mess with. His family is a high official in the Wuji Kingdom, above one person and under ten thousand people."

Toda-san smiled and asked, "Then what happened to your legs?"

Jijigui said: "Let Jiji's family beat it! After the young master of the animal was beaten to death, they suspected that I did it, and they arrested me and hung me up to torture me. I said I was farming, but they didn't Listen, if you force me to admit it, I will try my best not to admit it, and they will beat my legs like this!"

Toda-san said: "Didn't you have several families testify that you were doing farm work ten miles away that day?"

"Originally! But they said that I must have hired someone to do it. How could I have it! Although I hate their Jiji's family for bullying others and taking my cattle by force, I still wouldn't ask someone to kill him! Besides, My family is so poor, how can I hire people to kill people? My ancestors were all honest farmers, and I don’t know those killers!”

"Besides arresting you, who else did they arrest?"

"Both Jijicai and Jijigao were arrested, but I was beaten the worst. After Jiji's family beat us, they tied us up and sent us to the yamen. The yamen locked us up for a few days and then released us But, Jiji's family didn't let us go, and often picked on us. My wife was very scared, and after discussing with me, she took the child back to her mother's house to hide. I will come back when this room calms down."

Toda-san patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I will do my best to help you uphold justice!"

Ji Jigui said with tears in his eyes, "Thank you, sir!"

Toda-san and the prefect came to Jijicai's house.When he got to the door, he knocked on the door, but no one came out to answer the door.The head of the village called the neighbor next door to ask, and said that there was someone in their family, and he didn't know why they didn't open.

The chief got angry and kicked and shouted loudly at the same time.After a long time.Finally someone came out and opened the door, but it was a child.

The chief asked, "Where's your father?"

The child gave them a wary look.no answer.But the door was about to be closed again, so the chief pushed the door open and stepped into the yard.Loudly said: "Ji Jicai! I know you are at home! Come out! The magistrate is here to investigate the case!" He went straight to the door of the main house and knocked on the door, but the door was not closed, it was just closed.The headmaster pushed open the door and walked in.There was a smell of urine from inside, but it turned out to be a toilet in the corner of the room with the lid not closed.

Toda-san followed him in, and saw a man lying on the wooden bed in the back room with a sick face.The bed was hung with curtains, and something was wriggling behind the curtains.

The head of the village said angrily to the person on the bed: "Jijicai! What are you doing? I told you that the old man is coming to investigate the case. Why don't you get up to greet him? What are you doing lying on the bed? What time is it? Are you still here?" There is a dead body on the bed, did you not get up all the time, or did you just go to bed when you were ready? Where is your wife?"

As soon as he finished saying this, he listened to the back of the wooden bed.There was a scream, a woman's voice, as if something was going under the bed.

Toda-san squatted down and looked under the bed, only to see a thin woman crawling and hiding under the bed.His face was full of horror, and when he saw Toda-san, he kept shrinking into the corner under the bed, holding a pair of scissors tightly with both hands, and one of the pointed ends had already collapsed.

The head of the village briefly introduced several officials and masters. When Jiji heard it on the bed, she panicked and struggled to get up, throwing off the quilt to get out of bed.Toda-san had already stood up, seeing him staggering, unable to stand steadily, trembling all over his body, but his cheeks were flushed with heat, so he hurried over to support him, feeling his hands were hot, and hurriedly said: "You are sick. Yeah? No need to get up, just lie down!"

Gigi was supported by Toda-san to lie down, and she kept saying thank you.

Li Chang squatted down and saw the woman under the bed, he couldn't laugh or cry, and said: "Jiji, daughter-in-law, what are you doing hiding under the bed? Come out quickly! The elder is here! He is here to investigate the case!" Standing up, he turned to the magistrate. Tian Shan and the others said: "My lords, please don't be offended. His wife has been a little crazy since the last incident excepted."

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