Chapter 66: Hard words or hard words?
Because Luo Yecheng got the benefit of Xuanfeng yesterday, he was very serious in investigating the case today. He set up a temporary court in the village ancestral hall of Xishan Village. The village usually holds gatherings, sacrifices, etc. here.
Now this gentleman is going to try the case here. The villagers are all crowded here to watch.
When Huang Yang went back to look for arsenic, Luo Yecheng also called Wang Guifen and Lin Yuniang for questioning.
Wang Guifen said that the little arsenic she bought was used to make rats look like that day, and she also handed the empty bottle to Luo Yecheng to prove her innocence. The village chief Zhang Yongfu also testified as a guarantee for her, and neighbors in the village also testified that she was still working in the fields at noon yesterday.
In this way, Wang Guifen got rid of suspicion.
Lin Yuniang was also quickly brought for questioning. She gingerly took out the arsenic she had just bought and had not had time to use to prove her innocence. She also said that she had been setting up a stall on the street all day yesterday. Several women who set up stalls with her also testified to her, confirming that she was at the market from morning to evening yesterday. She was also quickly freed from suspicion.
In this way, in Luo Yecheng's mind, there was no doubt that the criminal was Huang Yang.
Since Huang Yang could not find the remaining arsenic she used, she was quickly taken back by the two detectives. Luo Yecheng became even more convinced that she was the murderer.
But Huang Yangshi refused to admit it, and there was no witness to testify where she was at noon yesterday. Luo Yecheng hit her ten times, and Huang Yangshi cried out in pain.
The ancestral hall was busy. She got off the carriage when she returned on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. The eldest, second and third sons of the Huang family, who had been waiting at the door of her house for a long time, immediately knelt down to her and asked her to save their mother.
"Ms. Yuan... Oh, no, Mrs. Xiao, please save my mother. My mother was at home at noon yesterday, and she even cooked lunch for me. She is not the one who poisoned me! Please help us, Save her!" Huang Sanfu cried, "Master Luo doesn't believe what I said, saying that close relatives cannot testify to each other!"
Yuan Chuyi looked into Huang Sanfu's eyes and concluded that what he said was the truth. However, she didn't want to save Huang Yang's family, but she could still go and see if there was a lot of fun. By the time she arrived at the ancestral hall, Huang Yang had already been slapped ten times on her butt.
Seeing that Huang Yang still refused to confess, Luo Yecheng started beating her again, causing her to scream in pain.
Xuan Yue and Xuan Feng, who were watching the excitement in the crowd, saw Yuan Chuyi coming back and immediately went to her side.
"How did you check? Is it the Huang Yang family?" Yuan Chuyi asked in a low voice. Xuan Yue and the others used to be secret guards, specializing in helping Xiao Jing to find out information. Sometimes they also helped him deal with some people and things behind the scenes. It was natural to investigate this small case.
Xuan Yue shook her head and replied in a low voice: "No, the footprints don't match! Huang Yang has big feet."
Yuan Chuyi chuckled, it seems that Mr. Luo usually handles cases the same way. He sentenced people before they could investigate clearly. I don't know how many unjust, false and wrong cases have been caused. She couldn't care whether others were wronged or not, but she couldn't let go of the real culprit who poisoned her chicken. "Is there any clue?"
Xuan Yue whispered a few words to her. Yuanchu nodded, walked up to the people, and said loudly:
"Sir, is this Huang Yang the real murderer? If she is not the murderer, don't beat her up and unjustly accuse her! If she is the murderer, don't beat her to death. If she is beaten to death, no one will pay for my chicken. !”
When Huang Yang heard the sound, it was like seeing a life-saving straw. He cried and screamed: "Yuan Chuyi, I didn't poison your chicken to death. It really wasn't me. Please help me!"
Luo Yecheng followed the sound and saw that it was the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was this woman again! He suddenly felt dissatisfied, but he couldn't help it, so he could only shout in a low voice:
"You woman, is this officer trying the case or you? If you keep talking too much, be careful that I'm going to slap your mouth!"
Yuanchu smiled and said, "Sir, I'll just ask this Huang Yang, okay?"
Luo Yecheng saw Xuanfeng looking at him with a smile on Yuan Chuyi's side. That smile was meaningful, "Then you ask, just one sentence!"
"Thank you, sir!" Yuan Chuyi received the permission and looked at Huang Yang, "Huang Yang, who has been to your house recently?"
"Who, who has been to my house?" Huang Yang thought for a while, looked at the crowd in panic, as if he was looking for someone inside, and suddenly pointed at a thin little woman in the crowd and screamed, "She, she has been there My house! It’s her! She must have stolen the arsenic I bought and used it to poison those chickens!”
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, she looked where she pointed and saw the old woman of the Zhu family. When Mrs. Zhu saw Huang Yang pointing at her, when she met Yuan Chuyi's cold eyes, she suddenly turned pale and fell to the ground.
Luo Yecheng frowned and looked at Yuan Chuyi, wanting to hear what other opinions she had, but Yuan Chuyi had already fulfilled his wish and didn't say another word, so he ordered people to bring Mrs. Zhu up. The two children beside Mrs. Zhu were so frightened that they cried loudly.
Mrs. Zhu, who looked defeated, knelt on the ground tremblingly, "Sir, the common woman has been wronged, and it is the Huang Yang family who is the slanderer!"
"Have you ever been to her house and taken the arsenic?" Luo Yecheng shouted sharply.
"The people, the people's wives did go to Huang Yang's house two days ago to chat with her, and even borrowed a little salt from her, and then came back. So, what is arsenic? The people's wives really don't know! I've never seen it. !" Mrs. Zhu's body was shaking like chaff.
"Mrs. Zhu, you fart!" Huang Yang cursed immediately, "I put the arsenic in the little basket on the stove. When I scolded Mrs. Yuan that day, I took it out and told you ...I really want to find a chance to poison her... That arsenic, you, you have obviously seen it before but you say you have never seen it before, you clearly have something evil in your mind!"
"Ms. Yang, you are so slanderous!" Mrs. Zhu insisted that she did not take it. "My lord, it is clear that the peasant woman really did not take her arsenic!"
A man who looked like a master stepped forward and whispered a few words into Luo Yecheng's ear. He nodded as if he suddenly understood, and ordered the police to cut out the shoe prints of Huang Yangshi and Mrs. Zhu, and then took the footprints made at the scene yesterday. Comparing it, it immediately matched Mrs. Zhu’s shoe prints.
As soon as the footprints appeared, Luo Yecheng immediately jumped up and said, "You, mother-in-law, hurry up and get your crime punished, otherwise I will punish you with severe punishment!"
"This footprint... is that it was left by a common woman who went to dig wild vegetables in the wasteland on weekdays! Based on these footprints, the official concluded that the poison was poisoned by the common woman, but the common woman refused to accept it." Granny Zhu said through gritted teeth.
"I want to see if it's your words or my blows that are stronger!" Luo Yecheng immediately had Mrs. Zhu pressed down on the bench and hit her ten times.
Mrs. Zhu burst into tears in pain, but she did not cry as loudly as Huang Yangshi. And Huang Yang was lying on a bench nearby, looking at her and laughing, "Let's see if you dare to do it or not!"
The ten boards were finally finished, but Mrs. Zhu still did not change her words. No matter how Luo Yecheng pressed her, she would not change her story.
Xuan Yue finally couldn't stand it anymore. She cleared her throat and said, "Master Luo, I have a clue and I don't know whether to tell it or not?"