Chapter 96 The Young Woman Who Died Unjustly
"In that case, why not just sentence that scholar to murder?" Su Qianqian wondered why it was so troublesome.
"The case was originally being tried in the county government, but the scholar refused to plead guilty. Although he was not an official, he had passed the provincial examination. The county government did not dare to easily make a judgment on such a candidate. His parents complained everywhere and finally reported it to the Dali Temple."
Minister Yin explained.
"It's not easy to study hard for ten years. I don't want to wrongly accuse him, but I can't find any clues. The doors and windows in the room were closed, and they were the only couple in the room that night, so I still have no clue."
Lord Zhuang felt a headache just thinking about it and stroked his beard.
Su Qianqian has no beard. He strokes his chin with one hand, as if thinking...
The two adults were stunned: Su Qianqian's mole disappeared, and was replaced by a black mark, just like a goatee!
Qin Yuzhuo secretly thanked his luck that he did not follow Su Qianqian's example and point out that mole.
"Sir, have all the scholar's family members been interrogated?" Su Qianqian asked.
"We have interrogated them all, and there is nothing suspicious. His parents and brother are herbal farmers, and his sister-in-law is also an ordinary peasant woman. They are all taciturn and follow the rules. They are not evil people, and their confessions are flawless."
Lord Zhuang didn't care about Su Qianqian's beard and continued to explain the case.
[There are no flaws, it’s just that you haven’t discovered them. As long as the facts happen, there will be traces to follow. 】Systematic and profound evaluation.
Mr. Zhuang’s face turned red.
"Sir, can you try the suspect today? I want to hear what the scholar and his family have to say." Su Qianqian provided the system with the conditions for eating melons.
Half an hour later, the Dali Temple opened the court. The plaintiff was the brother of the scholar Hu. The defendant Qiu Mingxuan, as well as Qiu Mingxuan's parents, brother and sister-in-law were all in the hall.
Qiu Mingxuan was already a successful candidate in the imperial court, so he did not need to kneel. He had been detained in prison for almost a month, and although he looked pale and haggard, he was still calm and composed.
When Hu's brother saw Qiu Mingxuan, his eyes widened with anger, and he wanted to pounce on him and take a bite of his meat.
"Qiu Mingxuan, you keep saying that Hu had an affair with someone. Do you have any evidence?" Lord Zhuang started with Qiu Mingxuan's testimony.
"Sir, the fact that Mrs. Hu is pregnant is evidence. When I came home during the spring ploughing holiday, I asked her about how plump she looked. She was evasive and didn't say she was pregnant. Before that, I was studying hard and didn't have sex with Mrs. Hu for three months. Where did this child come from?"
Qiu Mingxuan answered frankly.
"You're talking nonsense! My sister is an innocent girl. Before she got married, all the guests in our house hurriedly avoided her. How dare you humiliate her like this! She lives in your Qiu family. Is she having an affair with someone? Are all your family members blind?"
Brother Hu scolded his brother-in-law.
"Don't roar in the court!" Lord Zhuang slammed the gavel and glanced at the screen next to him. Behind it sat Su Qianqian, Minister Yin, and Qin Yuzhuo who was listening with his ears perked up.
"Sir, if Mrs. Hu was suffocated to death later in life, where is the murder weapon? Why didn't Mrs. Hu struggle?" Qiu Mingxuan asked.
This is indeed a mystery, and it is for this reason that the county government did not dare to determine that Hu was killed by Qiu Mingxuan.
[This Mr. Qiu is really wronged!] 】The system sighed.
[Tell me quickly, how did Mrs. Hu commit suicide? 】Su Qianqian also wanted to know.
[Ms. Hu did not commit suicide. She was suffocated to death by someone who covered her mouth and nose with a pillow while she was sleeping! 】
The baby sound of the system is a bit heavy.
Qiu Mingxuan in the hall suddenly raised his head and looked at the screen. At this time, Lord Zhuang was also listening attentively, looking thoughtful.
[Who is that?] How was it done? Are the doors and windows closed? 】Su Qianqian asked three questions in a row.
[That man was both pitiful and confused. This was a group of fools who killed a poor woman and her child. 】
The system said faintly.
[We need to first ask the Qiu family about this case. Brother Qiu Mingxuan has been married for five years but has no children. Do he and his wife have any plans for this matter? 】
Lord Zhuang and Qiu Mingxuan were both stunned when they heard this. What does Hu's death have to do with his brother and sister-in-law not having children?
However, Lord Zhuang took the advice and after asking a few questions, he actually asked the couple. Unexpectedly, their faces froze, and Qiu Mingxuan's brother shook his head and said no.
【lie! The Qiu family spent all their money for Qiu Mingxuan's studies, but Qiu Mingxuan's sister-in-law has never given birth. Qiu Mingxuan's eldest brother feels that he has encountered all the bad luck and his younger brother has always taken the lead.
After Qiu Mingxuan got married, he was only focused on studying and had no children for a while, so Qiu Mingxuan's eldest brother came up with a bad idea: to try to see if Hu was also infertile for Qiu Mingxuan.
The two elders of the Qiu family were also confused. They actually thought that what their eldest son said made sense. If Hu was pregnant, it meant that the eldest daughter-in-law was unable to have children, so they should just divorce her.
If Mrs. Hu was not pregnant, this matter would be treated as if it had never happened. After all, she was their own daughter-in-law, and the child was from two brothers, so it didn't matter whose it was.
Qiu Mingxuan's sister-in-law Zheng could not hold her head up in the Qiu family. Although she was dissatisfied with this idea, she did not dare to resist.
The Qiu family has been herbal farmers for generations and they are very familiar with herbs. The eldest brother of the Qiu family used a hallucinogenic herb to stun Hu, entered his sister-in-law's room through a window that had been set up with a mechanism, and raped Hu.
Because Hu used hallucinogenic herbs, she thought she had had sex with a man in her dream and felt ashamed and panicked. She did not expect that she was actually pregnant. When Qiu Mingxuan came home, she looked worried but did not dare to tell him the truth.
Later, Qiu Mingxuan returned from the autumn examination and discovered something was wrong. The two had an argument, which was heard by Qiu Mingxuan's sister-in-law.
She was worried and anxious all day long, fearing that she would be divorced by the Qiu family. She had suffered a lot since marrying into the Qiu family, and all the money she earned was used to pay for her younger uncle's education, but in the end she would be divorced.
Her sister-in-law is pregnant with her husband's child. In the future, the family will live in harmony, and her husband will marry another wife and live a happy life with his uncle, but she has to live a life worse than death. How can she be willing!
If you can't get it, then destroy it all!
So Zheng used her husband's method. She first tied a spring to the couple's window with very thin copper wire, and then used hallucinogenic grass to make them fall asleep after they fell asleep.
Then he used a copper wire to lift the spring to open the window, jumped in, and suffocated Hu with the pillow he brought. People who were drugged with the hallucinogenic grass couldn't even struggle.
Zheng took the pillow and jumped out of the window. She lowered the spring with a loosely tied copper wire from the outside to jam it. She then pulled out the copper wire to destroy the traces. If you look closely, you will find copper wire scratches on the window.
Although the second elder and eldest son of the Qiu family suspected Zheng in this matter, they were afraid that the past events would be exposed, so they did not dare to tell Qiu Mingxuan. They just wanted to bury Hu hastily and cover up the past. Unexpectedly, the eldest brother of the Hu family took the case to court.
The two elders of the Qiu family wanted to report their daughter-in-law again, but Zheng threatened that if that happened, none of the four of them would be able to escape, and even Qiu Mingxuan would not forgive them.
They just hope that there is no evidence, so they can just let it go and release Qiu Mingxuan, and poor Hu will die in vain...】
The system ended its narration, and the truth of the whole case came to light.
By this time, Lord Zhuang had already unraveled the mystery along with his systematic narration, making the two elders of the Qiu family and the eldest son and his wife sweat profusely as they gradually uncovered the answer.
Qiu Mingxuan stood in silence in the hall, but he felt as if he was in the wilderness, watching the high-rise buildings he had worked so hard to build collapse and turn into new graves...
"Master Zhuang, it seems that you should hang a portrait of me in the Dali Temple. I sit here without saying a word, and your thoughts are clear. I am a good omen, and all bad luck will disappear!"
After returning to the back hall, Su Qianqian defined herself as a mascot.
"Master Zhuang, I heard that the real culprit of that strange case has been found? What is Mr. Su's opinion?"
A cold voice sounded, and a person walked into the back hall.
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