Someone's death is a big deal, especially if he died in this prison.
When the Kaifeng County Magistrate learned that two people had died in the cell, one of whom was from the exiled group, he hurriedly got up from his bed and went to the scene to check the situation in person.
The magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture had a lot of trouble.
It’s not entirely true to say that the deaths of these two people have nothing to do with him, there is still some connection.
If I had known not to keep them, I should have let them go yesterday afternoon. Then it would have nothing to do with him whether they were dead or alive.
Now the relationship is booming.
"Does anyone know what's going on?"
The county magistrate asked angrily, but no one answered him.
Who knows this?
The man died in the middle of the night. When he was found in the morning, the thin blood on the ground had dried up.
It can be seen that he has been dead for at least one or two hours.
An hour or two ago, it was late at night, the time when people slept the most soundly and deeply.
The murderer obviously did it on purpose and didn't make any noise. Who knows what happened?
The county magistrate realized that he could not get anything out of them, so he started to interrogate them one by one.
Did he feel like he had offended someone during this period of time?
It's so unlucky.
He was almost crushed to death the day before yesterday, and now he has encountered this murder case, and it involves two lives.
Especially this group of people who were named to migrate, their number and even their names had been clearly stated before the emperor.
If he doesn't handle it properly, he might lose his job.
The lawyer led all the officers to the scene to interrogate and search for evidence.
The lawyer also took a pen and paper and took notes.
Everyone who was questioned answered the questions carefully and with trepidation.
They also testified for each other.
Some people have a clear conscience, but after being asked these questions, they all start to sigh.
"This family died tragically!"
“Who says it isn’t?
First, the old woman was beaten to death, and then the son and daughter-in-law had just received compensation money, but before they could even warm it, they were killed.”
As he spoke, the man glanced towards the Meng family.
In this situation, most people would think of the Meng family as the murderer first.
Because that man extorted a large gold hairpin with a ruby from the Meng family yesterday.
The county magistrate said that the ruby and gold hairpin is worth a hundred taels of silver.
What's more, the man extorted an additional thirty taels of silver.
It is not impossible that the Meng family killed people to silence them in anger.
"Yes, that man also said that he wanted to do some small business when he got there."
The person who was speaking had just chatted with that man yesterday.
Now, looking at the man who died with his eyes open, he shuddered as he spoke.
"I don't know which crazy person would do such a thing."
Everyone was talking and guessing who the murderer was.
But there are always people looking at the Meng family intentionally or unintentionally.
Many people speculated that it was probably done by the Meng family.
Not only these people think so, almost everyone thinks so.
Only the Zhou family, the Wang couple, and Xiu'er and her daughter who had been helped did not think so.
Because they have been together all the time, talking and laughing yesterday, and several families also rested together.
The main reason is that they believe in the character of the Meng family, and they are not that kind of people.
[Could it be the same thing that happened last night when I heard the noise in the middle of the night?
If I had known earlier, I would have opened my eyes and looked, maybe I could have found the murderer. 】
Meng Shuyan was a little annoyed.
The Meng family felt very distressed when they heard her words.
He's still just a baby who's not even a month old. Why is he blaming himself so much? They are the ones who should be blaming themselves.
"It's okay. A person with a clear conscience has nothing to fear."
Mr. Meng said this, and the others in the family nodded and said yes.
It is to comfort Meng Shuyan and also to comfort myself.
They haven't done it before, so don't be afraid.
But the lawyer didn't think so.
"Meng Shijie, what were you doing last night?"
When Meng Shijie saw his master coming straight towards him, he didn't know how to answer the question he asked.
"Master, of course you are sleeping in the middle of the night.
I have to travel again today, what else can I do if I don’t sleep in the middle of the night? "
"When I ask you a question, you should answer it carefully. Why are you answering so hastily? Are you feeling guilty?"
Even a fool would know that the master's question was targeted.
No matter who heard it, they would think that Meng Shijie was highly suspected of murder.
Meng Shijie was not stupid either. He was very angry, but he did not panic and took a deep breath.
"Master, what you said is true. I just feel that the question you asked is a little confusing to me.
Aren’t all the guys sleeping in the middle of the night?
Who would stay awake in the middle of the night and watch the moon in the yard?"
The lawyer looked straight at the Meng family.
"After you gave him the ruby, gold hairpin, and silver yesterday, were you very unwilling to give up?"
The master asked another question.
[Wow, this guy asked such a sinister question!
To say that there is no such thing is obviously false. Everyone is having a hard time now, and it would be a lie to say that you are willing to give out so much money for nothing.
If you follow his words and say you're not willing to give in, then you have a motive to kill. How sinister!]
Meng Shuyan's words enlightened Meng Shijie so much that he broke out in a cold sweat and almost got into trouble.
"When I gave him the gold hairpin and silver yesterday, I did so in front of the county magistrate and his advisors.
There's no need for me to say whether I'm unwilling or not now."
After listening to Fubao's thoughts, the Meng family now understood.
This lawyer did it on purpose, trying to pin the blame for the murder on them.
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