Chapter 229 Do these five dead people look familiar to you?
When the painter finished drawing the deceased's appearance and presented it to the county magistrate, the county magistrate was shocked when he saw the portrait in his hand. He quickly compared it with the one He Juan had just given him. These...these...five people are the same!!
Then he looked at the kneeling Shi Baozhu, his eyes looked worse and worse, and his face became extremely serious. He folded up the portrait, threw it in front of him, and said in an angry voice: "Shi Baozhu, take a good look at this portrait. Does it look familiar to you?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Baozhu picked up the ten portraits and began to look at them. The more he looked, the more frightened he became. These people were from his house. They were the five people he sent out to get the formula. How did they run into the murderer of Bai Yiyi and her daughter?
The two people he sent were not among the five people, but two others. What was going on? No! This was all a conspiracy, a conspiracy to harm him!
But what should he do now? ? Now that all the evidence points to him, how can he distance himself from the matter? ?
After Xu Zhiyi came out of the yamen, his family members and Dog Master hurried to greet him.
Looking at the people who were about to speak, Xu Zhiyi whispered, "Let's go back to the shop and talk about it in detail!"
After hearing this, everyone realized that this was the gate of the government office and quickly swallowed their words.
After returning to the shop, Xu Zhiyi closed the door and led everyone to the backyard kitchen: "Ask any questions you have now!"
Master Quan: "Boss, I have completed everything according to your arrangement. Now Xue Mei has been exiled! Shi Baozhu will probably be dead too!"
Xu Zhiyi shook his head after hearing this: "Not necessarily. This depends on how much the county magistrate loves Shi Baozhu's cousin! It also depends on how much Shi Baozhu's cousin cares about her cousin. Is it worth it for her to make trouble with the county magistrate?"
Master Quan: "What?? We have paved the way for Shi Baozhu to die, but he still can't die? Is the King of Hell blind? He won't accept such a bad person."
"But, Boss... um, boss, what about those five bodies outside the town? Were they really killed by Shi Baozhu?"
Xu Zhiyi heard this and thought, of course not, the murderer was her. On her way home, she deliberately dug up a random corpse and put the jade pendant in the dead person's hand. It happened that after a heavy rain, the soil was washed away and the corpse was discovered. What a good excuse!
She had ordered Quan Da Ge to steal the jade pendant after he found out that Shi Bao Zhu was involved in the poisoning. Quan Da Ge thought she was after money, but in fact, she was after her life! !
"No matter who killed him, the county magistrate now only suspects Shi Baozhu and Quan Da Ge. As for you, how did you convince He Juan to cheat?"
Master Quan: "She is not lying. Shi Baozhu did rape Bai Yiyi. He was afraid that people would report him to the government, so he did send people to kill her, but they only sent two people. So for her, as long as Shi Baozhu can be killed, the process is not important."
"Especially after she knew that there was a witness named Wei Jincai, she mustered up the courage to go to the government office to file a complaint."
"Now the two people who were sent out have done something that angered Shi Baozhu, and he ordered them to beat them with a stick ten days ago, but they accidentally beat someone to death. So Shi Baozhu has no way out now!"
"But shopkeeper, the portrait you repainted for He Juan was exactly five people, and the bodies dug up outside the town gate were exactly five people. Could they be the five dead people?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi spread his hands and said, "Oh, that's right! It's just such a coincidence. Therefore, the road to the King of Hell has been opened for Shi Baozhu! If Shi Baozhu doesn't die, can he be worthy of Lord Hell?"
Shen Changan, who was standing by, was a little worried when he heard this: “Madam, what do you think the county magistrate will think about this?”
Xu Zhiyi: "The county magistrate would think that Shi Baozhu sent five people to kill He Juan and her daughter, and then Shi Baozhu killed five more people to silence them. After all, only the dead can keep secrets."
"But it's useless to think about it. The county magistrate dare not make a direct judgment without notifying the county magistrate. I guess he will hand over the case and Shi Baozhu to the county magistrate, and let the county magistrate make the decision himself."
Hearing this, Master Quan glared angrily: "Hand him over to the county magistrate? I'm afraid this Shi Baozhu really can't die! Is this a disguised way of handing him over to the county magistrate for protection?"
At this time, in the court.
The county magistrate heard the results of the investigation and found out that the identities of the five dead were the same five people who wanted to kill He Juan and her daughter to silence them. They were also the guards in Shi Baozhu's mansion.
Witness: Wei Jincai, physical evidence: stone slab finger, jade pendant, all were found to belong to Shi Baozhu.
County Magistrate: "Shi Baozhu, what else do you have to say?"
Shi Baozhu heard this and closed his eyes. No matter what the county magistrate asked, he would just say, "I am innocent!"
The county magistrate struggled in his heart for a while, and finally said: "Come here, take Shi Baozhu to the county town and let the county magistrate make a judgment!!"
When Shi Baozhu heard the result, he opened his eyes in joy. Haha, hand it over to his brother-in-law? ? The county magistrate was quite sensible. Wasn't this just a disguised way of letting him go?
The county magistrate then thought of Xu Zhiyi and Xue Mei's words. He knew in his heart that Xu's Pastry Shop had poisoned the food, and he guessed that Shi Baozhu was involved!
After adjourning the court, he returned to his study and quickly wrote a letter to the county magistrate, asking the constable to hand over Shi Baozhu to the magistrate while he was delivering the letter to him.
At this time, the Xue family received the news that Xue Mei was imprisoned. The two elders of the Xue family couldn't accept it and fainted!
Xue Cheng looked at his fainted mother and father and shouted in panic: "Someone come! Someone come quickly! Go get a doctor!!"
After pinching their Ren Zhong points, the two elders slowly woke up. Old Madam Xue cried out, "Oh my Mei'er! She is so stupid! How could she do such a harmful thing? Woohoo!!"
Old Master Xue: "Woo woo! It's me as a father who has harmed her! I shouldn't have spoiled her too much. If I had been stricter with her, maybe this wouldn't have happened!"
Madam Xue was crying, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind: "Son! She is your only sister! You must save her! Let's go find the victim now. As long as they are willing to forgive Mei'er, any amount of money is fine!!"
Old Master Xue: "Yes, yes, yes, as long as the victim is willing to petition the government office, Mei'er can be given a lighter sentence!!"
Before Xue Cheng could speak, Wei on the side spoke first:
"Mom and Dad, you love your sister-in-law, but does that mean the victim deserves it? Fortunately, no one was killed. If someone was killed, your sister-in-law would be the murderer, but she could still be given a light sentence. Even God would not tolerate this."
Madam Xue: "What should we do? Are we just going to watch Mei'er go into exile? Two thousand miles away! She will die!!"
"I'm not asking the county magistrate to release Mei'er. As long as she doesn't have to be exiled, I'll accept it even if she's imprisoned for life. We can still visit her. At least seeing that she's still here will make her feel better!"
Xue Cheng looked at the two old people in pain, and his heart finally softened: "Mom, I will try my best to see if I can save my sister from the suffering of exile."
Upon hearing this, the two elders looked at Xue Cheng with hope! !
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