Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 55
But when County Magistrate Liu came to the lobby, he saw that the body of Goddess Wang had been carried to the lobby, her face was covered with a white cloth, and an assistant was waiting beside her.

"Wu Zuo, tell me how this witch Wang died, and whether she was assassinated by someone." County Magistrate Liu shouted from the main seat.

The old witch immediately knelt down: "My lord, the death of this witch Wang is strange. Based on my many years of experience as a witch, this witch Wang died three days ago, and the body was covered with spots last night." Well, if Goddess Wang died yesterday, then the corpse spots would never rise so fast, and I heard from the night servant last night that Goddess Wang was shouting and screaming in the room last night, as if she was fighting someone. "

"Is that someone sent by the Li family?" Magistrate Liu asked hurriedly.

"No, no, she was the only one in Sorceress Wang's room that night, and there were no outsiders. The servants heard the movement and went in to take a look." Wu Zuo said.

"Who was on duty yesterday? Send him in." County Magistrate Liu said.

After a while, a yamen servant called in.

"Little Wang Chuan, I have met you." The guard named Wang Chuan respectfully knelt down and kowtowed.

"Tell me, how did Goddess Wang die yesterday?" County Magistrate Liu asked.

Wang Chuan said: "My lord, just at noon last night, there was a sudden yelling and fighting sound in Mistress Wang's house. A person was dancing and waving in the air in the room, and there was no one at all."

"The younger one thought that Mistress Wang was performing some kind of sorcery, so she didn't care too much. How could she know that before the cock crowed, there was no movement in Mistress Wang's house, and when the younger one went to check again, Mistress Wang had already lost her breath. died on the ground."

"So it's a no-brainer case."

County Magistrate Liu slapped the gavel suddenly: "You trash, what did you eat to grow up? Even a sorceress Wang can't stand it. This is an important witness against Li Dafu. Now that something happened, how do you take care of it?" .”

"My lord, forgive me." Wang Chuan kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"My lord, this notice was posted yesterday, is this case still going to trial?" said the master next to him.

County Magistrate Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Judgment, why not, Wang Chuan, I will give you a chance to make up for your mistakes, and you will bite to death in court later. Yesterday, Mistress Wang was assassinated by someone. You must not bring up Mistress Wang." Regarding the matter of your own sudden death, if you let go of your mouth a little bit, I will cut you off."

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Wang Chuan nodded quickly, but his heart was filled with distress.

Isn't this clearly framing the young master?If the Li family knew about this, how could I survive in Guobei County.

It didn't take long for Li's residence to receive the news that County Magistrate Liu was going to hold a court trial for Li Dafu.

The so-called public trial is to invite the squires in the county, nearby village chiefs, and respected old people to participate in the trial of this case, seeking fairness and justice.

Of course, the most important thing is to convince people.

"Is the county government going to hold a public trial?" Li Xiuyuan frowned. He sat in the lobby without sleeping all night, and only occasionally squinted for a while.

My father's safety is uncertain, how can he sleep soundly on the couch.

"Yes, young master, what should we do now?" Tieshan asked.

Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "What else can I do? I have already ordered everything that should be ordered. Since he is going to have a public trial, then I will go and see how the county magistrate Liu tried my father, and also see how he is today. Death is life."

"Come on, follow me to the county office."

He gave an order, and immediately went out with only Tieshan and a few guards.

But as soon as he walked out of the door, Tieshan let out a sigh: "Young master, look quickly, there are words on the ground."

Li Xiuyuan looked down, but saw a pile of paper ashes scattered on the stone bricks in front of his house, and the paper ashes fell on the ground to form two distorted characters: 事成.

"The handwriting is really ugly." He smiled lightly, stepped forward, and stepped on the ashes of paper.

Following the foot wind, the two big characters turned into ashes and disappeared, and there was no font anymore.

"Young master, that's it." Tieshan questioned.

"It was left behind by those two ghost messengers. They finished the matter, and the soul of Mistress Wang was taken away." Li Xiuyuan said.

Tieshan was startled and nodded.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "When you come back today, remember to find someone to choose a place in Guobei County, build a small temple, and make two statues for the two ghost messengers. In the future, I will order people to give them a few sticks of incense occasionally. Let them have a place to stay in Guobei County, so that they can do their best for our Li family."

Since these two ghost messengers got things done, it means that these two ghost messengers are still valuable.

In this way, it would be good to keep two ghost messengers, so let's build a house for them.

"Yes, Eldest Young Master, I have written it down." Tieshan nodded.

After a while, Li Xiuyuan came to the county government office in Guobei County.

At this time, the front of the county government office in Guobei County was already full of people, all of whom came from Guobei County to watch the fun.

"The young master is here, everyone, give way."

"Eldest young master, what happened to Mr. Li, and why did he file a lawsuit so well."

"Young master, don't say that the wealth of your Li family was obtained by witches Wang's sorcerer's magic, that it was Wang's witch who performed the five ghosts' wealth luck technique for your Li family, and removed the fortunes of other rich and noble families. That's why the Li family is so rich today, do you know if it's true or not?" Someone shouted.

Li Xiuyuan stopped, and immediately pointed at the person, "Who are you, dare to slander my Li family."

"Bastard, can you slander the young master? Do you want to be beaten?" Immediately, an idle man rushed out, punching and kicking the person who spoke.

Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan didn't stop him, but instead encouraged him: "Zhang Shun, you did a good job, come back to my Li family to receive the reward."

"That's great, young master."

The idler named Zhang Shun was overjoyed immediately, and fought harder and harder.

"Zhang Shun, people can be beaten, but the Li family doesn't care if something goes wrong." After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he stepped into the county office.

The idle man Zhang Shun heard the words and immediately dared not hit him so hard, lest he accidentally beat the man to death.

"Bah, what, the Li family has been rich for three generations, and it's been four generations for the young master. We are a well-known wealthy family in Guobei County. Can you, a vile outsider, be able to slander you?" Idle Han After Zhang Shun finished beating, he took another sip.

The outsider didn't dare to fight back after being beaten, so he could only accept his bad luck.

It's an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary approach, Li Xiuyuan will not be merciful at this juncture, he will beat what should be beaten, otherwise he would think that the Li family is just rich and has no dignity, and anyone can offend anyone. It couldn't be better.

Maybe it's because the Li family has been too kind all these years, so that no one dares to harbor evil intentions towards the Li family.

In the yamen, at this time, dozens of well-known squires and village elders in Guobei County have come here.

"Young Master Li." Many people saluted one after another.

Li Xiuyuan also returned the salutes one by one, after all, he was a junior in front of these people, and this seniority was still very important.

"Xiuyuan, what happened to Li Dafu, to be honest, we can't believe it no matter what, if the county magistrate Liu has some kind of torture and interrogation, I will wait for these old guys to help you The Li family speaks uprightly." Several respected elders said solemnly.

It can be seen that the Li family's status in Guobei County is not low, and their reputation is also very good.

"Please don't worry, everyone, I'm already somewhat prepared for this matter, and I won't let Magistrate Liu succeed." Li Xiuyuan replied.

"That's good." Several respected old people nodded.

"Ascension hall."

Suddenly, as soon as Li Xiuyuan arrived, there was a sound of a gavel in the lobby, and a rather majestic voice sounded.

(End of this chapter)