"Qin Nian, do you admit your guilt?"
County magistrate Wen Xinglan's face was solemn, and seemed longer than the water and fire sticks in the hands of the yamen runners.
Qin Nian's face was calm, like a lake without ripples: "I don't know."
"I don't know?"
Wen Xinglan snorted coldly: "Last night, you sneaked into the county town and hid near Mr. Zhang's house.
When Mr. Zhang goes out to look at the lights, you follow behind him.
When we reached the main road where the Lantern Festival was held, there were too many people, so you took advantage of this opportunity and stabbed Mr. Zhang to death with a sharp knife. Do you still dare to deny your guilt?"
"Sir, did you see this scene with your own eyes?"
"That's not the case. But there were two people who saw it with their own eyes. They were two servants of Mr. Zhang's family, and they followed Mr. Zhang out.
They said that when they came out of Zhang's house, they saw you hiding stealthily nearby.
You have bought land from Mr. Zhang, and these two servants have seen you before, so they know you.
They walked in front and you followed behind. Because you were a little girl, they didn't think you were going to kill someone.
You just caught the opportunity, and Mr. Zhang died."
"Sir, it is true that I entered the county town last night, but I did not sneak into the county town. I entered the county town openly with my grandmother, my aunt, and my elder and second brothers.
They came in together and left together, and they can testify for me."
Wen Xinglan narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Qin Nian, the witnesses you mentioned are either your grandmother or your aunt, elder brother, and second brother, all of whom are your relatives.
They cannot serve as witnesses, and their words cannot bear witness.”
"Sir, those two servants are from Mr. Zhang's family, right? Why can they be witnesses? But my family can't?
Why can their words serve as testimony, but my family’s words cannot?
I am a simple-minded woman, please enlighten me, magistrate."
Wen Xinglan was stunned.
He underestimated Qin Nian too much. Because of his underestimation, the lies he fabricated were so contradictory that they couldn't stand up to scrutiny. The funny thing was that he didn't even notice it.
When Qin Nian asked this question, she immediately became furious: "How dare you! How dare you, a little girl like you, question me?"
"May I ask, sir, what's wrong with me? Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a rule that women have no right to speak.
Have you established new rules for the Emperor?"
Wen Xinglan was shocked: "You bold and cunning woman, don't think that you can cover up the murder by your eloquence.
If you tell the truth, it's fine, but if you dare to deny it, you will be beaten with thirty sticks first."
"mighty--"
The yamen runners on both sides holding water and fire sticks made low and intimidating sounds.
Wen Xinglan leaned forward slightly and shouted angrily: "Qin Nian, do you want to fight or not?"
Qin Nian knew that this was going to torture her.
Qin Nian stood up, his eyes firm: "I didn't kill anyone, so I have nothing to confess."
She was ready to enter the space and also had the idea of killing Wen Xinglan. With such a confused county magistrate, the people of Yi County would definitely suffer.
If she killed him, the worst that could happen was that she would live in the space with her grandmother. She had so many banknotes in her hands that she could go out and buy whatever she needed, and her life would still be prosperous.
"Hold this girl down and beat her with thirty water and fire sticks first."
A bailiff came up and reported, "Sir, there is an old man outside the door who said he is a witness."
"Whose witness?"
"The old man said that he saw the man who killed Mr. Zhang."
Wen Xinglan tilted his head slightly and exchanged glances with the master standing beside him. There was no other way. With witnesses, he couldn't stop the person from coming in.
He frowned irritably: "Let the old man in."
After saying this, he looked towards the entrance of the court.
Qin Nian also looked back.
As the door opened, an old man in his fifties walked in.
The old man was wearing a grey Taoist robe and had a long sword on his waist. He looked like an immortal. It was Lin Tiancheng.
Lin Tiancheng tortured Zhu Pi for half a month in the capital, and he returned to Zhu Pi all the suffering that Zhu Pi's family had suffered from him.
He shortened the ten years of suffering into a dozen days and let Zhubi pay for it.
Late at night on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Tianchen looked at the red seal that could not move except his eyeballs:
"I'm leaving now. I'll send you back before I go. Whether you can survive or not depends on your luck."
After saying that, he grabbed Lin Tianchen and ran towards the capital as fast as a meteor. When he reached the city wall, he jumped in just like he did when he came out last time.
When he arrived outside the wall of Zhupi Mansion, he picked up Zhupi with one arm and used all his strength to throw him into the wall.
If Zhupi was killed by the fall, it would be the retribution for his sins. If he survived, he would be paralyzed in bed for the rest of his life.
He panted every day and ordered his men to go west to find the people from Tianyuan Sect to take revenge.
There are only three people in his sect, and no matter which one of them, they cannot be touched by these people, including the master of the red-lettered seal, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Ji Lin.
He was respected by everyone in the capital and among the high officials, but in the eyes of a few people in his Tianyuan Sect, they were just clowns.
Apart from anything else, the first gate of Tianyuan Gate - the iron rope that must be crossed to climb the mountain, there are only a few people in the world who can pass through it.
After throwing the red letter in, he didn't care about its life or death and ran out of the city.
He had had enough of this place and had to go back.
After walking for two days, Lin Tiancheng suddenly felt that he had a handsome appearance and had a bit of an immortal air.
I simply bought a Taoist robe and put it on, and I felt more like an immortal.
He entered Yi County last night from the north gate. As soon as he entered, he saw the unique code left by Su Bi.
Lin Tiancheng chuckled:
"This kid follows me out as soon as I leave. He's just like when we were kids. My senior brother is the same, but I don't care about him.
How could he, with a look like that, attract so many young girls?
No, I have to take him back to the mountain and let my senior brother look after him while I go out for a walk by myself."
Muttering all the way, he found Su Bi's inn. The two men started fighting as soon as they met, and exchanged martial arts for half a night.
When they got up in the morning, the two went to a restaurant to eat, and the guests inside were talking about it.
"Brother, have you heard that the murderer of Mr. Zhang who was killed last night has been found. It's a little girl. What's her name?"
"My name is Qin Nian."
"Yes, it was a little girl named Qin Nian. I heard that she has been arrested by the police and taken to the county government office. She is currently being tried."
"Who knows? He might have been beaten."
"If a girl gets beaten with a stick and her pants get torn and her butt is exposed, I really want to go and see it."
Su Bi stood up and walked over, picked up the porridge in front of the man and poured it on his face, causing him to cry out in pain due to the burn.
"You deserve it! If you dare to say something disrespectful to Xiao Niannian again, I will slit your mouth open so that you can't even drink your porridge."
Everyone was stunned. No one dared to stop them and watched the two men walk away.
"Su Bi, you were in prison a while ago, and the jailers knew you.
Look at my celestial appearance, I will go and save Xiao Nian Nian, that's it."
After saying that, Lin Tiancheng rushed to the county government office.
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