Chapter 172 Conclusive Evidence
Jun Moye looked at County Magistrate Hua impatiently.
"My Lord County Magistrate, it seems your words are not effective enough?"
Magistrate Hua hurriedly gave orders.
"Someone, shut up Zhang Qiao's mouth."
When Zhang Qiao heard this, she spoke hurriedly and panicked.
"No, sir, I have wronged you."
Soon, the bailiff came forward and blocked Zhang Qiao's mouth with a piece of rag.
Jun Moye then continued to speak.
"Zhang Dazhuang already had an old injury, and coupled with his excessive drinking today, his health was naturally not very good. Fang Zhitong was also a martial artist, so Zhang Dazhuang was no match for him and soon fell behind. Fang Zhitong learned that Zhang Dazhuang often came to Yue Manting for dinner.
Because he wanted to stay with Zhang Qiao forever, he and Zhang Qiao poisoned Zhang Dazhuang, and then put the blame on Yue Manting, hoping that Yue Manting would pay him a sum of money so that they could escape with the money. However, Yue Manting was upright and had nothing to fear, and Su Dongjia was also a hot-tempered person, so he reported the matter to the authorities.
Seeing Jun Moye speak so confidently, County Magistrate Hua had no choice but to ask.
"Then do you have any witnesses or physical evidence?"
Jun Moye pointed at the two men wearing conical hats who were being held aside.
"These two people were the ones who kept chiding Zhang Qiao when she was crying and making a scene in Yue Manting today. Now they've admitted that they accepted money from others and then started slandering Yue Manting."
The man wearing the bamboo hat thought of Jun Moye's methods and spoke with some fear.
"Sir, someone did give us money to cooperate with this woman from the Zhang Qiao family in a play today. We don't know who the person was who gave us the money, but we remember what he looks like. If he shows up, we will definitely be able to recognize him."
After Jun Moye and the other two finished speaking, they continued to speak to County Magistrate Hua.
"My Lord, as for Fang Zhitong's affair with Zhang Qiao, we can find out by calling Aunt Niu, who lives next door to the Zhang family.
The Zhang family has been making those noises many times when Zhang Dazhuang is not home, and Aunt Niu has seen Fang Zhitong coming in and out of the Zhang family many times. Last night, Fang Zhitong left the Zhang family very late and was seen by Aunt Niu who was up at night. Aunt Niu is waiting outside now. County Magistrate, why not let Aunt Niu speak for herself?
Things had come to this point, and County Magistrate Hua could only go with the flow and nodded slightly.
"Then let Aunt Niu come in and talk."
Seeing this, Zhang Qiao made a whimpering sound and shook her head.
“Woo… woo… woo… woo…”
Su Hanchu looked at her and spoke.
"Zhang Qiao, why are you panicking? The county magistrate will let you speak when it's your turn. You should just watch or listen carefully. When it's your turn to speak, you can slowly make your own excuses."
Soon Aunt Niu came in.
"I greet the county magistrate."
The county magistrate looked at her and spoke.
"Tell me, who usually comes into the Zhang family? Is there anything unusual?"
After hearing this, Aunt Niu bowed hurriedly and spoke.
"Sir, please give justice to Zhang Dazhuang. His parents died of illness when he was young, and he grew up relying on occasional help from his neighbors. Fortunately, he was smart and joined the army at the age of fifteen.
As he received his military pay and saved some money, we, who had watched him grow up, couldn't bear to see him alone, so we persuaded him to find a wife and start a family. This would allow him to carry on the Zhang family line as soon as possible and be worthy of his deceased parents.
It turns out that his wife is not a worry-free person. After he was injured and retired from the battlefield, she has been treating him badly all day long. We feel sad when we see this, but we don't want to interfere in the affairs of the young couple.
I didn't expect that Zhang Qiao was so shameless that she would get together with another man. I have seen a strange man go to Zhang's house many times when Da Zhuang was not at home. Once he entered the house, he would not leave for a long time. Many times he left after dark. I felt something was wrong, so I secretly eavesdropped and found out that this shameless couple was doing such a shameful thing.
After I found out, I mentioned it to Dazhuang in a subtle way, but Dazhuang was a well-behaved kid and simply avoided going out during the day. Yesterday, the strange man entered Zhang's house again, and Dazhuang came back not long after. It was very late when the strange man left. The next day, I heard that Dazhuang had gone..."
After Aunt Niu finished speaking, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Sir, Zhang Dazhuang has no parents to protect him, and he doesn't have any brothers or sisters. You must make a decision for him, otherwise this child will die in vain at the hands of this vicious woman."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Hua looked at Jun Moye.
"Master Jun, what about this Fang Zhitong?"
Jun Moye said affirmatively.
"I've already sent someone to capture Fang Zhitong. If nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to see him soon, sir."
At this time, Zhang Qiao's face looked as pale as death.
Hua Tiantian clutched her handkerchief and looked at her father nervously. Finally, the county magistrate walked towards her and spoke in a low voice.
"Miss, although you like watching the adults solve cases, it's getting late. You should go back to have dinner with the lady. Why don't you go back first?"
Hua Tiantian nodded when she heard this and took the opportunity to take Shuang'er away.
Jun Moye just glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and quickly looked away. Hua Tiantian's behavior in this matter was too obvious, and it might be related to this matter. However, even if she intervened in this matter for the time being, he could not touch her. After all, he still had to consider that she had a father who was a county magistrate.
Soon Fang Zhiyi and Lu Zhan arrived in a carriage, and Fang Zhitong was tied up and gagged and pulled off the carriage.
Jun Moye spoke.
"Sir, this is Fang Zhitong who had an affair with Zhang Qiao."
Aunt Niu also spoke angrily.
"Sir, this is the person who went to the Zhang family many times when Da Zhuang was not at home and did shameless things with Zhang Qiao, the shameless woman."
When County Magistrate Hua saw that Jun Moye had really brought all the people related to the case, he felt even more frightened. In such a short period of time since the incident in Yue Manting, Jun Moye had actually found several connected witnesses so quickly. This plan was too powerful. He looked at the two men in the bamboo hats.
"Can you identify the person who gave you money to bribe you to speak ill of Yue Manting?"
The two men wearing conical hats looked at Fang Zhitong carefully.
"Yes, sir, it's this man. When he gave us the silver, we could tell from his attire that he wasn't an ordinary person, so we took a closer look."
Jun Moye gave Lu Zhan a look, and Lu Zhan reached out and tore the rag from Fang Zhitong's mouth.
Fang Zhitong first took a few anxious breaths before questioning loudly.
"What are you doing? Jun Moye, why did you kidnap me? I don't know any of these people."
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