Qian Cui's eyes were lifeless; a year in prison was a devastating disaster for a woman like her.
Qian Fang, on the other hand, showed no other emotion besides resentment on her face.
Judging from past experience, Zhang Hongfu knew that the woman named Qian Fang in his household was no ordinary person.
Grandma Nan and Qian Lanfang rushed over, only to hear the final confirmation of the crime.
She tried to go in and argue, but Old Mrs. Nan stopped her.
“If you go in, you can go back to your Qian family from now on. My Nan family has no one like you.”
Qian Lanfang flinched and stopped in her tracks.
But since they were her own sisters, Qian Lanfang still couldn't understand why Zhizhi had sent them to the county government.
Nanzhi repeated, "My lord, what I'm about to say can help you."
Lin Chengyi was puzzled. The case was about to be closed, so how could something unexpected happen?
What exactly is this girl up to?
Suddenly, Zhang Hongfu realized that he could help the adults.
Lin Chengyi now seeks only two things: to be promoted and to clear up old cases and restore justice to the people.
Could it be...?
Nanzhi cupped her hands in greeting, "Does Your Excellency know about the case of the mountain wolf stealing people ten years ago?"
Lin Chengyi had heard rumors that mountain wolves steal people.
He heard about this incident in Lingshan County before he even took office.
It is said that the wolf packs in the mountains take advantage of the night when the people are asleep to come down the mountain and eat them, often leaving no bones behind when they eat the children.
However, since the disturbance was caused by wild animals, the county magistrate at the time told everyone to lock their doors when they went to sleep at night, and the matter was eventually dropped.
The county magistrate at the time was also transferred to another place because of this incident.
Lin Chengyi took up his post in Lingshan County two years after this incident.
Zhang Hongfu immediately said, "Could there be another hidden story in this case?"
Qian Fang, sitting below the hall, clenched her fists tightly. So many years had passed; how could she possibly know?
She kept reassuring herself that Nan Zhi, that young girl, couldn't possibly know.
Nan Zhi glanced at Qian Fang, whose expression was tense, with a half-smile.
"My lord, I presume that after you took office, you also reviewed the case files from that year. Is there anything amiss?"
Lin Chengyi frowned and thought carefully, although the case had been closed.
However, the coroner's examination report from that year clearly stated that it was not a wolf bite.
He had thought about this matter for a long time, but alas, the past was gone, and many years had passed, and the evidence had long since disappeared.
Despite my doubts, I had no choice but to let it go.
"There is indeed something wrong, but the evidence has disappeared, and investigating again is like looking for a needle in a haystack." It is impossible to overturn the case.
Nan Zhi said, "My lord, there is no need to worry. The murderer is on the scene today."
Lin Chengyi sat up abruptly. "Is that really true!"
Nan Zhi nodded, then walked up to Qian Fang.
"Qian, still won't you confess?"
Qian Fang looked up in alarm, forcing herself to remain calm. "Nan Zhi, you can't pin this on me just because I stole something."
Nan Zhi smiled and said, "It was indeed a wrongful conviction, allowing you, the murderer, to remain at large for so many years."
The case, which has been famous for many years, turned out to be solved by a village woman.
Lin Chengyi looked at Nan Zhi anxiously and asked, "Nan girl, what exactly happened?"
Everyone present was completely confused and eager to hear the reason behind it.
They listened intently as Nanzhi recounted her story.
"Qian Fang married into Xinghua Village. Her husband was a poor man, and her newborn daughter was sold by him. From then on, the two discovered a new way to make money. Since they had no children of their own, they set their sights on the people in the same village. They trafficked children to make money."
Zhang Hongfu interjected, "Didn't the other villagers notice?"
"Of course they were found, but those who were found were all murdered by the couple to cover their tracks and their bodies dumped on the mountain. Many people were victimized, ranging from elderly people in their seventies to infants in swaddling clothes."
Wang Yushu, who arrived later, never expected that he would hear such big news by accident.
This incident caused quite a stir back then, and his father still mentions it occasionally.
"But why did the county magistrate at the time fabricate a story that a wolf came down from the mountain to kill people?"
"To stabilize public morale," He Xiucheng replied.
However, how did Nanzhi find out about what happened ten years ago?
Ten years ago, she was just a six-year-old child.
When the big secret she had been keeping in her heart was suddenly revealed, Qian Fang's hands trembled slightly in her sleeves.
"You're talking nonsense!"
“I’m talking nonsense?” Nanzhi walked up to her. “You two have made enough money and retired from your life of crime, but after all these years you still haven’t been able to have a child.”
"Perhaps it is heaven's mercy that you two have come to this end. Your husband had another woman outside in order to have a child, and you were so resentful that you killed him to silence him."
Qian Fang suddenly stood up: "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"
She had finally managed to forget what happened back then, and now that it was being brought up again, it felt like a knife being plunged into her heart.
"Men, restrain the prisoner!" Lin Chengyi roared.
If this is true, then Qian Fang deserves to die!
Zhang Hongfu said, "Ten years ago, most of the people in Xinghua Village moved away, and that was the reason."
Nan Zhi nodded, "The government can't find the murderer, so in order to stabilize public sentiment, they can only pin the blame on the wolves in the mountains."
The county magistrate at the time was probably also depressed because of this incident.
Lin Chengyi: "Nanzhi, do you have any evidence?"
Qian Fang looked up at Nan Zhi. Ten years had passed, and all those old fogies in Xinghua Village were gone.
No one knows about this anymore.
She refused to believe that Nan Zhi, that wretched girl, could cause any trouble.
Theft only results in a year in prison, and she'll be out in a year. When that happens, she'll definitely make things difficult for Nanzhi.
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