Shen Yi nodded, "I'll go over there and ask, and the town official can send people to other villages in Moshi Town to inquire. This person has obvious features, so it shouldn't be difficult to confirm his identity."
"Okay! If there is any news, let's go to the town." Liu Tiechui was quite confident in Shen Yi's work.
Shen Yi made this trip just to show off. In fact, like Shen Dagou, he was 70% to 80% sure about the identity of the corpse.
When he comes back from Zhuangzi, the result will definitely be nothing.
Shen Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but worry, "You said this person is not here nor on the other side of the river, who is it? It seems that he has been dead for a few days, but no one is asking about it? This is not right!"
Chen Yi comforted him, "Don't worry, village chief. Although someone died in the Daxun River, it's okay as long as they are not from our village. I have to go to the town. Please go to my house and tell Xiaotai the news so that she won't worry."
"Yes, yes. Just worry about it yourself." Shen Ying gave a few instructions and went back to the village.
It was somewhat unlucky to encounter such a thing on the first day of working in the fields in spring. The villagers were absent-minded while working and were all guessing the identity of the body.
Shen Yi rushed to Liu's house.
Liu Tiechui politely invited him in, and looked at him with a more inquiring look, "I have asked someone to find out the identity of the body, and I am waiting for his family to come and confirm it. Do you know who he is?"
Shen Yi slowly lowered his eyes, "To be honest, I actually have some guesses in my mind, not only that, but other people have also guessed a little, but we dare not speak out."
"What did you guess?" Liu Tiechui continued to test.
Shen Yi replied frankly: "I suspect it was Xiong Kai. The body had a broken arm, which happened to be the right hand, just like Xiong Kai. There was also a scar on Xiong Kai's face, and the body also had one, but I'm not sure if the wound was caused by the ice after falling into the water or if it was already there."
"You are so calm!" Liu Tiechui laughed and shook his head, "I guessed correctly, that person is most likely Xiong Kai, Shen Yi. Xiong Kai has a grudge against your family, and he died in the Daxun River. Aren't you afraid of being blamed?"
Shen Yi stood up straight, "I'm upright, what do I have to be afraid of? Besides, there must be a motive for killing someone. My grudge with Xiong Kai was settled when he was tried by the government. If I really wanted to investigate, I would have had plenty of opportunities to do it after so many years at the border. Why wait until Xiong Kai returned home and let him die in the river near Shenjiazhuang? Don't you think it's illogical?"
Liu Tiechui agreed, "I know you are a person who would never do such a thing. It's just that Xiong Kai's death was too coincidental. As a town official, I must ask you as a matter of routine. Besides you, does Xiong Kai have any other enemies?"
Shen Yi thought about it carefully and shook his head helplessly, “I don’t know much about this person. If he hadn’t taken the initiative to provoke my family, I wouldn’t even look at him. If you ask me about his enemies, I can’t answer any of them, but I know that there should be a lot of people who hate him, at least his daughter-in-law and father-in-law and mother-in-law, they hate him to death.
Of course, I heard all this from my father-in-law and mother-in-law. It’s all hearsay, and the town officials have to check it out before we know it.”
Liu Tiechui nodded and let Shen Yi go back first.
The officials from the county government arrived quickly, and the coroner only took half a day to finish examining the body.
Shen Yi had just returned home for less than half a day when the officials showed up at his door.
"Chen Yi, someone has accused you of murdering Xiong Kai. Please come with us." The yamen runners knew that Shen Yi had returned from the battlefield with merit and had a plaque bestowed by the emperor at home, so their attitude towards him was relatively gentle.
Shen Yi was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at Su Tai.
Before he could speak, Su Tai called Xu to help take care of the child. "Don't say anything. I'll go with you. I want to see who dares to put the blame on you."
When the group arrived at the county government office.
The county magistrate went to court.
Su Tai finally saw the culprit.
Mo Chunxiang, who was covered in scars and looked skinny, was kneeling in the hall, being protected by Mo Laotian and Guan, crying pitifully.
When Mo Chunxiang saw Chen Yi and Su Tai, strong hatred burst out of her eyes, "It was them, they were the ones who killed my husband! Wuuuuu. Sir, you must make the decision for my husband!"
"Silence!" The county magistrate slammed the gavel, and Mo Chunxiang shut up unwillingly.
The county magistrate asked, "Is this Shen Yi from Shenjiazhuang?"
"It's just me." Shen Yi answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Because he had a title in the military camp and was given something by the emperor, the county magistrate did not ask him to kneel, but gently explained the situation, "The body that was just salvaged from the Daxun River has been identified. It is confirmed to be Xiong Kai from Ximen Village. Xiong Kai's wife, Mrs. Mo, insists that you killed her husband. What do you say?"
Shen Yi had been on the battlefield and faced thousands of troops, so this kind of small scene meant nothing to him.
He just calmly asked back: "Sir, where is the evidence? Mo Shi accused me of killing Xiong Kai, there must be evidence."
"Ms. Mo, where is your evidence?" The county magistrate looked at Mo Chunxiang.
Mo Chunxiang was so frightened that her body trembled, and she hung her head and cried pitifully. She had no evidence and just wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge.
Seeing that the county magistrate looked unhappy, Mo Laotian immediately said, "Sir, my son-in-law died in the Shenjiazhuang River. Isn't this evidence?"
"Puchi!" Su Tai laughed out loud at an inappropriate time, and saw the three people from the Mo family staring at her unhappily.
She saluted the county magistrate slowly and said slowly: "My name is Su, the first wife of Shen Yi. I couldn't help laughing just now. Please forgive me, sir."
The county magistrate was quite satisfied with Su Tai's attitude and reminded him, "Don't be playful in court. Su, what do you have to say?"
Su Tai stepped forward and said crisply, "Sir, I want to say that Xiong Kai climbed over my wall and was punished by you. You should still remember this. Later, the court recruited soldiers and Xiong Kai was exiled to the border. My husband also went to the battlefield. If my husband wanted to kill Xiong Kai, he would have plenty of opportunities. After all, my husband has some say in the military camp.
But my husband did nothing, and even after Xiong Kai returned home, he never paid any attention to him. Our two families never had any conflicts again. What was my husband's motive for killing him?
For money? Is it necessary? If I guessed correctly, the Xiong family should be extremely poor! Jealous? A disabled person, there is nothing worthy of my husband's jealousy! Think about it, is it reasonable to say that my husband killed someone?
On the contrary, the Mo family was more suspicious! It was said that Xiong Kai's wife was unkind and unfilial, and ignored her mother-in-law and children. After Xiong Kai returned home, she hid in her parents' home and did not go out. Later, Xiong Kai asked his relatives to go to the house, arrested Mo and beat her up in front of the whole village. The villagers of Ximen Village could testify to this.
Mo's parents begged for help many times, but their family had a bad reputation in Ximen Village and no one was willing to help. They could only watch their daughter being beaten by Xiong Kai day after day and suffer every night. Who do you think had a greater motive to kill?
I think! These three people from the Mo family are guilty of their crimes and are trying to turn the tables on others! " (End of this chapter)
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