Concubine

Chapter 113

Yang Qiuchi didn't bother to care about these things, so he asked Wu Xiang: "Miss Jin Keying from Zuiyinglou, do you know her?" Hearing these words, Wu Xiang shuddered all over and avoided Yang Qiuchi's gaze.

As soon as Yang Qiuchi saw his expression, he knew that he had a ghost in his heart, so he asked confidently: "Are you going to confess yourself? Or wait until we tear your bones apart?" After a pause, he continued, "To tell you the truth, Your original shopkeeper, Wang Fushun, has already told you about killing Miss Jin Keying, the reason why I let you repeat it is just to see if you are honest or not." After thinking about it, he laughed again, "But You're really honest, you didn't run away after killing someone, and you stayed at home flirting with your sister-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xiang even told Shopkeeper Wang that he had nothing to hide, and said with an earthy face, "Master, I said, I said, Shopkeeper Wang gave me 70 taels of silver to kill Miss Keying. But I didn't kill her, I really didn't kill her, that's why I didn't run away."

What?Hearing this, Yang Qiuchi's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Song Zhixian.Song Zhixian's relaxed expression suddenly became serious.Song Zhixian asked: "You, what did you say?"

"I really didn't kill Miss Keying," Wu Xiang said tremblingly with sweat on his head, "I went to find her and was going to kill her, but I couldn't find it after searching for many days. The money was only heard from Mr. Gui, saying that it was Miss Keying who had been out for several days and hadn’t come back. Shopkeeper Wang kept urging me. I’ve already spent a lot of the money he gave me, so I can’t afford it. Yes, after I thought about it, Miss Keying had disappeared anyway, so I lied to shopkeeper Wang that I killed her, and the body had been disposed of, so shopkeeper Wang would not know. When I said this, as expected, shopkeeper Wang believed it. He ran away."

Yang Qiuchi was dumbfounded now, it couldn't be such a coincidence, could it?Could it be that this kid wants to tease us?Yang Qiuchi winked at Niu Baihu.Niu Baihu understood, and with a wave of his hand, the Jinyi guards began to torture Wu Xiang to extract a confession, beating Wu Xiang to death.

Yang Qiuchi thought to himself, although he still doesn't know whether Wu Xiang is lying, but Wu Xiang once wanted to kill Miss Jin Keying and went to look for it, so he has already constituted a criminal preparation for intentional homicide, and it is not too much to get a beating .Besides, in the Ming Dynasty, extorting confessions by torture was legal.

Wu Xiang was beaten to death several times by Jin Yiwei, but he still didn't admit to killing Miss Jin Keying.

In the end, Niu Baihu used his severed finger to extract a confession. Wu Xiang's resistance was not as strong as that of Wang Fushun's, so one of his fingers was twisted off, and he screamed and wanted to confess.

Song Zhixian and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but when they inquired about the killing process in detail, they discovered that what Wu Xiang said was completely wrong. Sometimes he said he was killed with a knife, and sometimes he said he was strangled to death. , Some said it was killed in Zuiying Tower, another said it was killed outside Ningguo Mansion, another said that the body was thrown into the river, and another said that the body had been burned, and even the place where the murdered body was buried None of the vegetable fields in Guangde County was right.

Niu Baihu was so angry that he wringed off two of Wu Xiang's fingers and passed out Wu Xiang several times, but he still made up things that didn't match the actual situation at all.

The magistrate of Song really had nothing to do, so he began to induce confessions again. Wu Xiang's spirit had been completely broken, and he kept following the magistrate of Song, admitting everything.

Judging from the interrogation process, Yang Qiuchi became more and more certain that this Wu Xiang was not the murderer at all.

Under normal circumstances, when a murderer is tortured to extract a confession, in order to avoid the unbearable pain, he will usually tell the truth, because if he tells a lie, he will continue to suffer this pain, and doing so will not relieve the pain Second, even if you make a confession indiscriminately, it is still a confession, and you can also be beheaded based on the confession.

The reason why Wu Xiang made up random things was because he couldn't bear the punishment and wanted to avoid this kind of pain, but he didn't know the real situation of the murder, so he couldn't get real things out, so he had to make up things randomly or follow the interrogators' questions. In words.

Master Jin heard that Wu Xiang was willing to make a confession, so he got a pen and paper to take notes. Yang Qiuchi waved his hand: "Forget it, don't write it for now." It is also known in the confession that Wu Xiang probably did not kill Jin Keying, but he was tortured. If he confessed indiscriminately, if he really wanted to settle the case like this, it might become the second wrongful case of Long Zixu's murder of his wife. It may not be so easy to wipe your butt after you make a mistake.

Song Zhixian and others lost their minds and looked at Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi smiled wryly, he had no better idea, he had to wait until tomorrow to go back to Guangde County, Master Jin sent someone to look up the situation of the "pillar" and the surname Liu on the note, to see if there were any new clues.

After busy work, it was almost evening, Yang Qiuchi ordered Wu Xiang's sister-in-law, Mao Shi, to be released. He didn't want to care about their uncle's and sister-in-law's adultery, but let the people in Ningguo Mansion take care of it.Let Niu Baihu send Jin Yiwei to temporarily lock Wu Xiang in the Jin Yiwei Prison, find a doctor to help him connect the broken finger bones, and send him back to Guangde County to be detained early tomorrow morning, and deal with the case after the truth of the case is revealed.

Everyone was very depressed. They thought that the bone case had been solved, but unexpectedly, the cooked duck still flew away.

Seeing that everyone was unhappy, Song Qing smiled and said, "I told you to invite you to enjoy the flower boat, so let's go now."

This proposal quickly restored Song Zhixian's spirit.After Song Zhixian's elder brother passed away, Song Qing and her mother have been living alone. Song Zhixian blamed himself for not taking good care of the orphan and widow mother. Now he also wants to take this opportunity to visit Song Qing's in-laws to see how this marriage is going. Sample.

After Yang Qiuchi listened to Song Qing's suggestion, his expression became even more depressed, and he said lightly, "You guys go, I'm a little tired and want to rest early." Turning around, he walked forward slowly.Long Zixu pulled Chun Ya and said, "We will accompany the young master, you go."

Song Yun'er also said: "I will also accompany my brother, and I won't go."

Song Qing was a little embarrassed, but the words had already been said, and she didn't know what to do, her face flushed with anxiety.Song Zhixian chuckled: "Qing'er, since everyone is tired today, let's go another day."

Seeing that Yang Qiuchi was unhappy, Niu Baihu said, "Brother Yang and the others will live in the yamen of the official Baihu office tonight. I will entertain you well. If you want to watch songs and dances, I will invite the dancers to dance in the yamen. Let's drink and enjoy." He ran forward a few steps, walked side by side with Yang Qiuchi, and said, "Brother Yang, tonight I will pay you as much as you want, drink enough, do you think it's okay?" Yang Qiuchi forced a smile ,Nod.

Song Qing walked a few steps, followed Yang Qiuchi, looked at his indifferent face, opened her mouth to speak, looked at Niu Baihu and others beside her, but couldn't speak.

Originally, this matter was nothing, but Song Qing's actions amplified the grievance in Yang Qiuchi's heart, and the sorrow and grief flooded Yang Qiuchi's heart. He didn't want others to see him like this, so he accelerated his pace and walked forward.

Song Qing couldn't keep up, and shouted anxiously: "Brother Qiuchi, brother Qiuchi, can you wait for me?" She caught up a few steps and pulled Yang Qiuchi's sleeve.Yang Qiuchi stopped, and the others saw that they had something to say, so they went to the front and waited for them.

Song Qing gritted her silver teeth: "Brother Qiuchi, I'm sorry, it was my fault that made you angry... I didn't mean to..." It's good that Song Qing didn't apologize, but this apology made Yang Qiuchi feel sore Getting more and more provocative, he looked at Song Qing's beautiful face and wondered why he was so sad. Could it be that this is the legendary jealousy?
In modern society, Yang Qiuchi couldn't find a girlfriend, so he never tasted jealousy.Returning from a dead body, he came to the Ming Dynasty. Feng Xiaoxue, Song Yuner, Bai Sumei, and Qin Zhihui all liked to worship him like superstar idols. Even Mei Niang, the concubine of Songzhi County, tried to seduce him.

This doll-like beauty, Song Qing, had just met him not long ago, and secretly kissed him on a moonlit night, which aroused his feelings. Only then did he know that she already had a boyfriend, and he belonged to a wealthy family. Needless to say, it must be some kind of elegant young man like Yushu Linfeng. Song Qing just asked her boyfriend to invite them to go on a flower boat cruise, and Yang Qiuchi's five-flavored bottle was finally overturned.

Yang Qiuchi is actually a sentimental person, he often thinks he chose the wrong career.It stands to reason that what forensic doctors need to deal with are mostly cold corpses, which must not be influenced by emotions, but Yang Qiuchi often plunges into the virtual emotional world and cannot extricate himself. A girl on the Internet lent him a copy of "The Gathering and Scattering Two Yiyi". After he finished reading it, he was actually infected by the love story in the novel and felt sad for three days.

Yang Qiuchi raised his eyes to look at the distant view under the setting sun, trying his best to divert his thoughts away, let himself think, in the modern city, it is difficult to see such a beautiful sunset without any pollution.

Song Qing looked at Song Zhi County and the others in the distance, and saw that their backs were facing this way. She obviously didn't want to embarrass them, so she hesitated for a while, looked at Yang Qiuchi's sideways face, gritted her little teeth, and made up her mind. Suddenly grabbed Yang Qiuchi's arm, stood on tiptoe, and quickly kissed Yang Qiuchi's mouth.

Just at this moment, the iceberg in Yang Qiuchi's heart collapsed instantly.He turned around, looked at Song Qing, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

"I don't know." Song Qing looked at him with big eyes, her round face was flushed with shame, and her dimples were even more charming, "This marriage was arranged by my parents when I was very young, but... But I like...I like being with you." Song Qing looked at Yang Qiuchi boldly, her eyes sparkling with the spark of her first love.

It turns out that the women in the Ming Dynasty were not all virtuous and virtuous ladies like dumb ducks, they also felt that they actively pursued love. There are many such descriptions in the novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The story of Pang Wenying, a scholar who boldly pursues handsomeness, is a good illustration.

"But you will marry him eventually..." Yang Qiuchi's heart ached again.

Song Qing's eyes also dimmed, and she bowed her head in silence.

Seeing Song Qing like this, Yang Qiuchi blamed himself a bit. Marriage in ancient times cannot be decided by oneself. Of course Yang Qiuchi understands this, and his own words are too childish. What do you want Song Qing to do?Elope with yourself?Go home and cry and ask for divorce?Let her be a girl to deal with things that she has no right to deal with, she is too selfish.

Yang Qiuchi also looked at Song Zhi County and the others in the distance, and suddenly found that Song Yuner was standing alone, thinking about something.Yang Qiuchi didn't have time to think about Song Yuner's thoughts, so he looked at Song Yun'er first, then took Song Qing's hand: "Okay, don't think about it, let's go." Song Qing nodded, and the two stood side by side They caught up with Song Zhixian and the others.

Now Yang Qiuchi has time to think about Song Yuner's thoughts.Yang Qiuchi already had a deep feeling for this unruly young lady's attachment to Yang Qiuchi, but for some reason, he didn't call Song Yuner, he just felt very happy with her.

Yang Qiuchi took a peek at Song Yuner, seeing that she was ignoring him, he wanted to say something close to her, but he was afraid that Song Qing would have ideas, so he would press the gourd and float the ladle, and the two ends would be human.Yang Qiuchi suddenly realized that he was sandwiched between these two girls, and he couldn't help but smile wryly.

A group of people came to the Baihusuo Yamen of Niu Baihu, not far from the magistrate's Yamen.After settling down in the residence, Niu Baihu held a big banquet, and invited many singers to sing, dance and drink to add to the fun, doing their best to flatter.He drank until late at night before he dispersed.

The next morning, after Yang Qiuchi and others woke up and washed, Niu Baihu was already waiting in the living room.Yang Qiuchi and the others were going to head back to Guangde County after breakfast. At this time, Menzi came to report that the magistrate of Ningguo Prefecture was visiting.Niu Baihu hastily greeted him out the door.

Didn't the magistrate go out for something? It's no wonder that he came back so soon. The deputy secretary of the prefectural committee was killed in the office.

Song Yun'er and Song Qing are female relatives, so they couldn't participate in this kind of official official meeting, so they retreated to the back hall, and of course Chunya also avoided to the back hall.Long Zixu is Yang Qiuchi's follower, following behind Yang Qiuchi.Everyone waited in the living room for a while, and then they saw Niu Baihu and the magistrate walking in side by side.

Niu Baihu smiled and led the magistrate to Yang Qiuchi, and said, "Master Zhou, I will introduce you to a good friend," pointing at Yang Qiuchi, "This is my good friend Yang Qiuchi who solves cases like a god." Brother Yang." Turning to Yang Qiuchi, he said, "Brother, this is the parent officer of our Ningguo Mansion, Master Zhou of Zhou Zhifu."

Yang Qiuchi bowed and saluted: "I will see you, Mr. Zhifu!"

The magistrate of the Ming Dynasty was a fourth-rank official, which is equivalent to the current high-ranking officials, and he can be regarded as the middle-level leading cadres of the country.

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