Splendid Pastoral: Space farmers are good for farming

Chapter 238 I Have Evidence
After listening to Xiao Laiwang's words, Ma Xingren sat there and frowned for a long time, and said: "From what you said, it seems that you have nothing to do with this poisonous water, but the county has verified that the well water in Qiao's house is not poisonous. , the poisonous water comes from the water tank, which means that the water was poisoned after it came out of the well, if everyone who touches the water is innocent, then where did the poison come from?"

What he said was obviously suspecting that Xiao Laiwang was not telling the truth, maybe it was because of Kikyo's face, so he couldn't say it directly.

Fenix ​​became anxious when she heard this, knelt down with a plop, and said, "Master Mingjian! My Laiwang family has always been kind and never caused trouble, let alone doing things that poison others. You must definitely not wrong him!"

Ma Xingren said hastily: "Miss Qiao, please hurry up. The county didn't say that. The county just felt that the matter was strange and suspected that there was something hidden in it. I wanted to ask if he missed any details."

Fennel turned around and pulled Xiao Laiwang, and said anxiously: "Laiwang, think again, did you encounter someone who threw something into your bucket when you fetched water?"

Xiao Laiwang thought for a while and said: "That's not true. I was the only one when fetching water. Two people passed by in the courtyard and greeted me, but they didn't come near. I didn't fetch the first bucket of water myself, it was already there. I thought it was one of you who couldn't lift it and put it by the well, so I carried it directly to the house. The water we drank happened to be the same. In that bucket of water!"

Fennel's eyes widened when he heard this, and said, "I haven't fetched water and put it there! Sanxi sister-in-law, did you let it go?"

Mrs. Zhao also quickly said: "No, no, I can't carry water. I don't fetch water at home, and I don't know how to fetch water when I come to your house."

Fennel asked several other women who helped cook, and they all said that they had never fetched water.

Ma Xingren then asked other people who were in Jijiao's house at that time, but after many inquiries, no one had fetched the bucket of water.

In the end, it was basically determined that the problem was in the bucket of water, but who made the bucket of water became a mystery.

Ma Xingren couldn't guess, so he asked everyone to recall who was suspicious.

Xiao Laiwang sat on the chair and thought about it, suddenly remembered Qi Yongcai, and exclaimed: "Ah, I remembered! When I came from the backyard to the front yard, I met Qi Yongcai at the gate! I saw him alone. Jin looked into the yard, and scared him a few words, scaring him away, and then I saw the bucket of water when I was fetching water, I guess he made the bucket of poisonous water!"

When he said this, some of the people watching the excitement outside the yamen circle also shouted: "Yes, I saw it too, that kid Qi Yongcai is here. When I saw him, he was squatting at the east side of the village and approaching Qiao. Look, that thief must have no good intentions!"

The others also shouted: "That's right, I saw it too. That kid stayed in the east of the village for a long time. He hadn't left when Laiwang and the others were poisoned. I don't know when he disappeared..."

Hearing what they said, Ma Xingren asked suspiciously: "Who is Qi Yongcai? Could it be that he has a problem with the Qiao family?"

Ji Jiao said: "This Qi Yongcai is from Linshan Town. He had a mutual love with my Erqiao Shanxing before, but we saw that his purpose was not pure, so we did not agree with the second sister to associate with him. The second sister was infatuated with him at that time. We asked the second sister to pretend to be sick to test his sincerity, but the man was a different person after the second sister was ill, and the second sister saw his true face, so she would empathize with Lu Ruo, a scholar who came to hire yesterday. It is impossible for the Qi family not to hold grudges, but it is unknown whether the poisoned water incident was really done by him."

Ma Xingren slapped the case on the table and said: "In this way, this Qi Yongcai is extremely suspicious. Chief Chen, quickly take someone to Linshan Town and bring Qi Yongcai to me!"

Chen Tiecheng quickly rode on a fast horse and rushed to Linshan Town with two policemen.

The public trial came to an end. Although the weather was getting warmer, it was still cold after staying outside for a long time. Platycodon and Ma Xingren entered the house to warm up. Fennel, Li Sanxi and others also carried Xiao Laiwang to the backyard to take medicine and rest. The bustling people also temporarily dispersed, waiting for Chen Tiecheng to wait for the police to arrest them before watching.

Everyone didn't notice that when Ma Xingren was adjudicating the case at Jujiao's house, Fang was wearing a thick cotton jacket with the collar covering half of his face. He hid behind the gate and quietly looked at the front yard. Looking for someone to ask, her heart was in her throat, and she was afraid that the next question would be her head.

It wasn't until she finally saw Chen Tiecheng and others going out to look for Qi Yongcai that she felt relieved, and went back to the house to keep warm. At the same time, she was thinking, fortunately, her cousin had a clever plan to get Qi Yongcai here in advance. With him as the scapegoat, she would definitely not be able to find out. to his head.

But she was even more regretful that she failed to poison the Kikyo sisters this time, otherwise it would be like what her cousin said, everything in the Qiao family belongs to herself and her three sons, and she can save Dashan by herself, so she can do whatever she wants in the future up.

Because of Qi Yongcai's appearance, Jujiao and others didn't think about Fang's head at all, they really thought that Qi Yongcai had poisoned them, and they were all waiting in the room.

Chen Tiecheng acted swiftly, and brought Qi Yongcai over in less than half an hour.

After they came back, Ma Xingren and Jujiao went out of the house again to continue the interrogation.

Maren asked Qi Yongcai who was kneeling in front of him, "Are you Qi Yongcai?"

Until now, Qi Yongcai was still in a daze. He never dreamed that he would be involved in the poisoning case. After all, from the beginning to the end, he never even stepped into Qiao's courtyard.

Hearing Ma Xingren's question, he quickly replied: "Yes, my lord, the villain is Qi Yongcai. I don't know what's the matter with my lord sending the villain here?"

Ma Xingren said: "I will ask you if there is anything, you don't need to ask me! Tell me, did you come to Shibantun yesterday?"

Qi Yongcai knew that many people saw him when he came to Shibantun, so he could only tell the truth, saying: "Yes, sir, the villain is here."

"As far as I know, you and Qiao Shanxing had an old relationship, and then they parted ways. Why did you come here on the day she was hired? And you wandered around her door, but you have bad intentions?!"

Qi Yongcai hurriedly said: "No, my lord! The villain didn't want to come by himself. The villain came for an appointment. Qiao Shanxing asked the villain to come over and said that she had something to say to the villain. The villain would come, otherwise who would?" Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to come here when my former lover was engaged to someone else!"

"Going to Qiaoshan Xing's appointment?" Ma Xingren looked suspiciously at Jigeng, as if asking.

Kikyo didn't even think about it and said: "You are talking nonsense! My second sister has given up on you a long time ago, why would she ask you to come here? You are clearly deceiving Mrs. Ma!"

Qi Yongcai quickly shouted: "No! I'm telling the truth, and I have evidence!"

(End of this chapter)