Chapter 105: Bone Dropping to Recognize Relatives
The case suddenly came to a halt here.
Cui Qingyi has been following the progress of the case ever since she heard about it. When she first heard that the authorities had dug out a skeleton from the Sun family's orchard, she thought the case had been solved.
Unexpectedly, according to the relatives and friends of the Li family in the alley, the Sun family refused to admit to the murder and burying the body.
Because of the easing of relations with the people in the alley, Konjac also went to the Li family to take a look after such a big thing happened. When he came back, he sighed when talking about the current situation of the Li family.
"Miss, do you think the bones the government dug out from the Sun family are really Li Ping from the Li family?"
Cui Qingyi put down the brush in her hand and stretched her wrists. Wangcai's two little cubs had grown a lot. Since they were able to control their limbs skillfully, they ran around on their short legs. Sometimes they bit the flowers and plants that Cui Qingyi placed in the yard, and sometimes they harassed Lai Fu who was taking a nap in the yard to cool off.
It’s strange to say, ever since there were two puppies in the family, Lai Fu, who had always been aloof, suddenly became close to his family. He often ran over when Cui Qingyi was writing, meowed, and then lay quietly on the table to sleep.
When it sleeps soundly, it will stretch its limbs and put its paws on the pages of Cui Qingyi's book. Although it is a cold big tabby cat, it has pink and tender paw pads.
Every time at this time, Cui Qingyi always reaches out to pinch it. The feel of a cat and a dog is completely different. Cui Qingyi has to admit that she still prefers the feel of a cat.
At this moment, seeing Cui Qingyi and Konjac sitting and talking, Lai Fu, who was annoyed by the two puppies meowing, jumped into Cui Qingyi's arms with cat steps and looked down at the two short-legged puppies.
That arrogant look made Cui Qingyi want to spoil it forever.
She stroked Lai Fu's back and thought for a moment before answering, "Most likely. The Sun family's previous explanation is untenable. Li Ping was raised in a good family. After being beaten by Sun Liang for three years, she just ran back to her parents' home and never asked for a divorce. Someone with her personality wouldn't run away with someone."
Besides, who has ever seen a wealthy businessman passing by? What is so special about Li Ping that would make the wealthy businessman take her away on charges of human trafficking?
There are so many things that are obviously unreasonable, but in this era, a simple statement of "running away with someone" can cause a girl from a good family to die an unclean death.
Konjac felt a chill run down his spine, and when he thought about what he had just seen at the Li family, his heart sank. "I saw that apart from Aunt Li, no one in the Li family cared whether Li Ping was really dead or not."
Aunt Li's husband and mother-in-law both looked indifferent, and even blamed Aunt Li for making a fuss. They were obviously blood relatives, and Konjac didn't understand why people could be so indifferent.
Cui Qingyi also sighed. Not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times, there are still many people who adhere to the perverse logic that "a daughter who is married off is like spilled water". As long as a daughter is married, no matter whether she lives a good life or not, her family will turn a blind eye to her.
It can be seen from the fact that no one in the Li family stood up for Li Ping when she was beaten so badly by Sun Liang three years ago.
I'm afraid that every time the silly girl runs home with injuries all over her body, she will be accused by her family of being ignorant. She has to make public the fact that something that can be easily overcome is known to everyone, making her family lose face in front of the neighbors.
Cui Qingyi even had a vicious thought: what kind of role did the grief-stricken Aunt Li play three years ago? Did she also hold Li Ping's hand and tearfully persuade her to be patient?
It can be said that the Sun family was the mastermind behind Li Ping’s misfortune, and the Li family was an accomplice.
When Li Ping's incident became public, it was probably because of the grief of the rabbit and the fox. In Huaihua Lane, even in broad daylight, one could no longer hear the voices of women chatting or girls laughing and playing.
The case in the county government office was proceeding with difficulty. Since there was no breakthrough for the time being, Zhou Yanxiu could only start with the wealthy businessman mentioned by the Sun family, although Zhou Yanxiu did not believe that such a person really existed.
But he has handled many cases and was recently inspired by "Jade on the Run" and "Washing Away Wrongs". He understands that he cannot handle cases based on his own subjective guesswork, and he needs to check all the existing clues.
At this critical juncture, Qi Moxuan's Moxiangzhai once again placed the four big characters "Mr. Nancheng" in a prominent position outside the study.
Song Xing was still the first one to rush to Moxiangzhai. Qi Moxuan had brought Mr. Nancheng's words to him before. The young man received encouragement from his idol, and his confidence doubled. He studied harder and harder in recent days, and his ranking in the academy was also steadily improving.
Song Xing's efforts attracted the attention of the teachers in the academy. They were shocked to learn that the student's progress was due to a storybook. They were afraid that the good student would be exposed to some bad reading materials, so "Xiyuan Ji Lu" was circulated among the teachers in the academy.
Among them were many gentlemen who had extensive research on the criminal justice system of the Jin Dynasty, and the name of Duke Song was spread by more and more people.
Song Xing's lofty ambitions were recognized and encouraged by the teachers. "Just work hard and down to earth. Even if you can achieve even one-tenth of Duke Song's achievements in the future, it will be a blessing for the Jin Dynasty."
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"Shopkeeper Qi, is this new book coming out very quickly?" Song Xing lovingly put the middle volume of Xiyuan Ji Lu into his book bag before speaking to Qi Moxuan.
Qi Moxuan answered while counting on his abacus, "Haha, actually the second volume was delivered together with the first volume. Recently, there have been so many people asking for it that I put it on the shelves early."
This was Cui Qingyi's specific instruction. Qi Moxuan didn't understand why but still did as he was told.
Inside the county government office
Although the case did not progress, the three members of the Sun family were naturally locked up in jail as suspects. Sun Liang was beaten again because he could not give a specific description of the so-called rich businessman.
Sun Liang did not deserve to be beaten with these sticks. The testimonies of Sun's neighbors recorded by Zheng Zhubu in the past few days were enough to make people shudder.
Sun Liang was a truly brutal man, beating Li Ping no less than a hundred times in one year, and each time he was brutal.
If it can be confirmed that the bones are Li Ping's, these testimonies can prove Sun Liang's murder.
Zhou Yanxiu was shocked by the thick stack of testimony. So he brought Sun Liang out for questioning and decided to give the beast a few lashes.
The people who beat people with sticks in the county government were extremely skilled. With their special technique, the sticks hit the body so hard that it hurt to the bones, but the skin and flesh would not bleed or fester. However, only the people being punished knew the feeling.
If it weren't for the fact that the two elders of the Sun family were so old, Zhou Yanxiu would even want to beat them with a few sticks. It was their fault for raising a creature worse than an animal, and now they were covering up for the animal everywhere, which was adding insult to injury.
This time, Ji Yunzhi went out to queue up to buy books and bought two books directly. He gave Zhou Yanxiu one book each to avoid the two of them fighting over them.
Zhou Yanzheng was leaning his head to think about something, and was shocked when he saw the volume of Xiyuan Ji Lu handed to him.
It was precisely because of the murder and corpse burial case mentioned in the previous volume that Zhou Yanxiu was able to successfully find the Sun family's burial site. However, the victim mentioned in the case in the previous volume had died not long ago and the body had not yet completely decomposed, so there was no situation where it could not be identified.
Zhou Yanxiu couldn't wait to take the middle volume, hoping to find what he wanted.
Turning to the catalog page, the words "dripping bones to recognize relatives" made Zhou Yanxiu feel that it was just as expected.
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