conspiracy crime 2

Chapter 23
Wu Guodao: "However, the other hair found beside her pillow belongs to Mrs. Mei Ruofengmei."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall was astonished, they had already guessed what Wu Guoyi was referring to, but they couldn't believe it.

The daughter's obscene clothes are in the father's room, but the father's hair is left on the daughter's pillow. Although the meaning is self-evident, but...

Sima Hen couldn't hold back any longer, he hooked his feet suddenly, and tripped the two detainees unexpectedly, the pressure on his back was lightened immediately, before the remaining four detainees could react, he had already pushed his shoulders away from the palms of the detainees and broke free Kai Lai turned around, jumped up, rushed towards Wu Guo, and shouted: "I have no grievances with you, why do you insult my wife here?"

Wu Guo pushed it out with both palms, forced him away and said, "I don't want to do this either, you forced me to say it. I just want the truth to be revealed to the world. If you hadn't stubbornly resisted and refused to plead guilty, I would not have killed Mei Ruo. The wind shakes out such shameful scandals."

"Don't say it, don't say it." Sima Hen's expression was suddenly agitated, and he yelled again and again. He bent down and picked up the long sword on the ground. , Mei Ruofeng was indeed killed by a humble official, and has nothing to do with Wu Guo, nor anyone else."

7
Seeing Sima Hen bent over to pick up the sword, everyone in the hall thought that he was going to resist arrest and flee for his life, but at such a critical moment, he suddenly knelt down and confessed, which was really unexpected.

The magistrate asked: "Why did you kill Mei Ruofeng?"

Sima Hen stared wide-eyed, gritted his teeth tightly, and said: "He is disrespectful to old people, inferior to beasts, insults his own daughter, and holds a grudge against his lowly position, so he took advantage of the opportunity of his great sacrifice to kill him. Because he wanted to escape the crime , the story first leaves a note with a flying knife, writes a message, and attracts everyone's attention. Even if the incident happens, the people in the yamen will think it is an outsider who committed the crime, and they will never suspect me. In fact, the crime deserves death. At this time, the humble official is willing to receive the death penalty." After speaking, the long sword swiped across the throat.

"Wait a minute!" Su Wen shouted loudly, stretched out a pair of long and thin iron chopsticks from the right side, clamped the blade, the chopsticks slid down, and hit Sima Hen's sword-holding wrist with a bang.

Sima Hen was completely defenseless, he felt a numbness in his wrist, the long sword could not be held, it fell to the ground with a jingle.

He couldn't help being startled and angry, and when he looked back, he saw a person standing beside him, with a thin figure and high cheekbones, but a pair of bright eyes, as if he could stare at other people's bodies with a single glance. Even.And the pair of slender iron chopsticks are not only the tool for him to rummage through the corpse during the autopsy, but also his special weapon.

Sima Hen's expression changed, and he said angrily, "What do you want to do? Don't tell me I can't even die if I want to?"

Wu Geng smiled slightly, fearing that he would commit suicide again, hurriedly stepped forward, stepped on the long sword, and then bowed to Han Qingshan and said: "Master Zhifu, although Chief Sima bowed down and pleaded guilty, according to the investigation of the humble office, the case There is still a major doubt that has not been clarified, and if it is convicted, it will inevitably be suspected of rashness."

Han Qingshan let out an "oh", looked at him sharply, and asked, "Any doubts?"

Wu Geng raised his head slightly, and looked at the magistrate and Doctor Yi behind him.

He knew that Dr. Yi had already examined Mei Ruofeng's body yesterday afternoon. He was a well-known clerk in the magistrate's yamen and a genius doctor in Jingnan. Dr. Yi would also He must have already seen it, but he kept silent from the beginning to the end, not knowing what his intention was.It's just that at this time when human life is at stake, I don't care about the suspicion of leapfrogging, so I can only speak directly.

He said: "My lord, Mr. Sima's head-hunter's master is a famous swordsman in the south of the Yangtze River, and Mr. Sima's swordsmanship, after so many years of honing, has already reached the point where the best is better than the blue."

Seeing him suddenly mentioning this, the prefect lord didn't know what his intention was, so he couldn't help but frowned slightly and said: "This mansion has heard of it for a long time, so naturally it knows, let alone Jingnan mansion, even if you look at Jiangnan martial arts, the attainments in swordsmanship surpass Sima There are not many people who always catch heads."

Wu Geng said: "Just imagine, my lord, such a master of swordsmanship, even if he is dealing with loaches in the water and flies in the air, he must stab with his sword and sword, and he will never fail, right?"

The magistrate nodded, but his face showed a lot of impatience with his rambling trembling words.

Wu Geng changed his tone, and suddenly raised his voice: "You said that such a master, if he kills a civil servant who is powerless and asleep, does he still need to stab a second sword?"

Only then did the magistrate understand his intention of going around in such a large circle. After thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but secretly nodded in agreement.

Wu Geng continued: "Besides, the first knife in Mrs. Mei's back was at least two or three inches away from the heart. Even an ordinary man who doesn't know martial arts at all can kill people without such a big deviation. Why? Besides, the chief arrester of Sima is also a martial arts master with perfect swordsmanship. This is a big doubt in the case, and I believe that adults must investigate it."

After hearing his incisive words, not only Mr. Han and Dr. Yi in the hall nodded in agreement, but Wu Guo and other people in the hall also nodded secretly, feeling that the case that had been gradually becoming clear with great difficulty just now suddenly appeared again. It became cloudy and foggy.

Could it be that the murderer was not Sima Hen?

"My lord." Sima Hen knelt down on the ground and said, "Although Wu Geng's words are reasonable, but he forgot that his humble job was to kill people in a hurry, so he was inevitably nervous, and there was a slight deviation in his attack, which is also reasonable. The second sword of the humble officer stabbed Mei Ruofeng to death? All in all, Mei Ruofeng was indeed killed by the humble officer and had no connection with others, please convict me, my lord."

Everyone saw that he tried his best to blame others at the beginning of the crime, but after the incident was revealed, he denied it in every possible way and refused to plead guilty. Now that the case has turned around, it is a good opportunity for him to find a way out for himself. Capital crime, front and back attitude, judged as two people, it is really unexpected.

When everyone was in astonishment, they suddenly heard the sound of "Wow" crying from the door, and a figure rushed up the hall, and threw himself in front of Sima Hen. This guy who deserves to be hacked into pieces, it turns out that my master was killed by you...Master, you died so badly, how will I live alone in the days to come...Woooo..." It was Mei Ruofeng's widow, Hua Xiangrong.

Mrs. Hua heard that today the magistrate is going to hear the case of Mei Ruofeng's murder, and she has been listening at the gate of the yamen for a long time. Now when she heard Sima Hen's confession in person, she was shocked and hated at the same time. In agitated mood, she couldn't bear it anymore and broke open the gate of the guard. Zaoli rushed in and kicked and punched him.

Sima Hen knelt in the hall, lowered his head and closed his eyes, and let him beat and scold him, but did not fight back.

Qingmei, Hua's close maid, hurried in to tease Hua, but she couldn't hold back.

Hua Xiangrong couldn't get rid of her hatred, she slapped Sima Hen more than ten times in a row, slapped and slapped.

Immediately, the courtroom was filled with the sound of Hua's weeping like beating drums and gongs.

The magistrate frowned, slapped the gavel, and shouted: "Presumptuous, how can nonsense be allowed in the court? Left and right, don't drag this woman down."

The left and right yamen servants agreed, and immediately stepped forward and dragged Hua aside.

Hua Shi was overwhelmed by the majestic shout of the prefect, her face was full of tears, her mouth was open, but she didn't dare to cry.

The magistrate took a look at Sima Hen, then slapped the gavel again, there was a loud bang, the whole hall was silent, and said: "Sima Hen is at the verdict."

Sima Hen used his knee instead of his foot, took a step forward, and said, "The criminals are here."

The magistrate stood up and pronounced the verdict loudly: "Sima hate, because your father-in-law Mei Ruofeng is old, disrespectful, immoral, incestuous, insulting your own daughter, and defiled your wife. You hold a grudge, and on the ninth night of the first month of this month, you died in the Minghuang Mountain of the General Waiting for an opportunity to murder in the temple, stabbed him twice from behind, resulting in his death. After trial, the evidence is conclusive and the crime is unpardonable. The government sentenced you to death. After reporting to Huguang Procuratorate for approval, you will be executed on a date. You Can I be convicted?"

Sima said with hatred: "The guilty people plead guilty."

The knife and pen official had already recorded his confession according to the facts, and presented it to him, so that he could sign it after reading it.

Sima hated not to look at it, so he pressed his fingerprints.

The prefect gave another order, and two arresters surrounded him, took out a pair of 35-jin heavy shackles, and restrained him.

The magistrate said: "Put it in the death row first, and choose another day to declare execution."

The two yamen servants agreed, pushed Sima Hen, and walked down the hall. Just two steps away, they suddenly heard the sound of "Tong Tong Tong Tong" drumming from the door. The drum was loud and urgent, just like a drummer Holding back all his strength, he wanted to pierce the grievance drum at the gate of the yamen.

The magistrate finished his trial and was about to leave the hall when he heard the sound of the drum, but sat down again, frowning and asked, "Who is playing the drum in the hall?"

A yamen servant at the door stepped forward and replied, "My lord, it is Mei Nuxue, the daughter of the magistrate of Mei County and the wife of Sima Hen, who is beating drums outside the door to express her grievances. She wants to see your lord."

The magistrate was stunned, and said: "Oh? There is such a thing, let her in."

The yamen servant went out and brought in a woman with a plain body and pale face.

Seeing Sima hated it, he couldn't help being shocked, and said anxiously: "Nuxue, why are you here?"

Mei Nuxue saw that her husband was under heavy shackles, her cheeks were red and swollen, and traces of blood ooze from the corners of her mouth, she felt pity and pain in her heart, her eyes were red, and she was about to shed tears. He said: "Brother Hate, how are you? I, I came to save you. I can't just watch you die like this. I must rescue you..."

Sima Hen's face changed slightly, and he stared at her and said, "Nonsense, your father died at my hands. I deserved it for my crime, so why should I be wronged? As long as you don't, don't be bullied by that beast again, I will Death is also reconciled. You, you go back quickly... I can no longer take care of you by your side, you, you have to take care of yourself, after I die, you, you can find another good man to marry..."

Hearing this, Mei Nuxue couldn't help lowering her head and weeping, she gritted her silver teeth suddenly, went to the public case and knelt down with a plop, and said with tears in her eyes: "Minister Mei Nuxue, please help my husband Make the decision. My husband did not kill anyone. He admitted that he was wrong. He just had a deep heart and took the place of death for others. He was wronged, and the real murderer was not him. Please be clear, my lord."

The magistrate leaned out from behind the case and asked, "You said he was not the murderer, so who is the murderer?"

Mei Nuxue raised her head, a trace of determination flashed in her tear-filled eyes, she gritted her teeth and said, "Returning to my lord, the one who killed my father was none other than Minnv herself."

8
Mei Nuxue had a happy childhood, but she also had a nightmare girlhood. Generally speaking, she is an unfortunate woman.

When she was ten years old, her mother, Mrs. Li, suffered from heartache, and unfortunately died of illness on the way to take office with her husband.Later, although Mei Ruofeng brought his father to live with him in Qingyang County, Mr. Mei lived in the Minghuang Temple on Jiangjun Mountain outside the city, and passed away soon.From then on, in the Mei family, only Mei Ruofeng and Mei Nuxue were left to depend on each other.

Mei Ruofeng and Li Shi were childhood sweethearts, and they were in love with each other. When they grow up, they become a husband and wife, and they are also in the same boat through thick and thin, and their love is strong.When Mrs. Li died of illness, Mei Ruofeng cried loudly for three days and three nights while holding the corpse, and never wanted to continue.

On the night of Li's death, it was the full moon.The moon is full and people are missing, which is extremely bleak.From then on, when the moon was full, Mei Ruofeng was always very sad and couldn't let go of it. She often looked sadly at the spirit of her dead wife and drank lovesickness.The only consolation is that her daughter Nuxue is well-behaved and obedient, growing up day by day, her eyes and brows are quite charming like her mother's back then.Looking at his slim daughter, he often has a strange illusion.

As she got older, Mei Nuxue found that the way her father looked at her became more and more complicated.

An unexpected turn of events happened when she was 14 years old.

It was a full moon night, as usual, my father drank alone in front of his mother's coffin, but suddenly he overturned the cup, fell on the table and burst into tears.

Except for the death of her mother, Mei Nuxue had never seen her father cry so sadly.

When she heard the sound and came out of the room, ready to wipe away her father's tears like an adult, her father suddenly stopped crying, raised his head from the table, and stared at her blankly, eyes full of tears. With a strange light.

She wore a snow-white shirt that day, because there is a word "Snow" in her name, so she always likes to wear snow-white clothes.

With a hint of drunkenness, his father stared at her obsessively, murmured his mother's name, and said, "Is that really you? Did you come to see me as a fairy in white..." Suddenly he hugged her As he kissed, the thick air from his nose sprayed onto her delicate face.

She was very flustered and frightened, but she didn't know what to do.

Just when she timidly called "Father" and was about to push him away, he suddenly became rude, murmured his mother's name while hugging her, and put her down on the table , and then tore off the thin shirt on her body, and pressed her under him.

So this scene of inhuman tragedy happened in front of a mother's spiritual tablet.

After the father sobered up, he regretted it to death. He slapped himself, begged his daughter to forgive him, and even pulled out the town house sword hanging on the wall, and was about to commit suicide in shame.

She held him back, she felt like a poor daughter and he was a poor father.

She cried, but there were no tears on her face. She shed tears into her heart, and the tears that flowed in her heart were more bitter.

But on the night of the next full moon, the father broke down the door of his daughter's boudoir after getting drunk, and the unfortunate story of that night was repeated again.

Every full moon night since then has become a lingering nightmare for Mei Nuxue.

"Why did I prevent him from drawing his sword and committing suicide that day?"

She often sat by the window, thinking so regretfully and sadly.

If he had died that day, she would not have lived in this never-ending nightmare.

She even thought about taking out the prepared dagger hidden under her pillow and stabbing him quietly heart.

But she didn't do anything after all, she thought, this is her only relative in this world, if she killed him, what should she do?

From then on, that bright smile was never seen on the face of this beautiful girl again.

When she was 17 years old, she met the person she liked. This person was Sima Hen, a young head catcher in the county government.She decides to marry him.Her father reluctantly agreed.

Not long after she got married, her father remarried another woman, and she was secretly glad that she was finally freed from that family and that terrible "devil's lair", and could live happily with her beloved from now on , the man she called her father found her again, and he told her that he married that vulgar fan called Hua Xiangrong just to deceive others, but he never really liked that woman, and never had a relationship with that woman. She slept in one room.Father said he couldn't forget her mother, and he couldn't forget her either.He hoped that she could replace her mother and go home to visit him once a month, preferably on a full moon night.If she is disobedient, she will never see her husband again. He can put that man named Sima Hen on death row for any crime he chooses.

Although there is the word "nu" in her name, she is a woman who is so weak that she never dares to get angry.

She loved her husband deeply, and was afraid that he would be hurt, so she had to swallow the tears of humiliation alone again, and satisfied her father's beastly request.

Her only hope was that all this should not be known to her husband.If he knew all this, what would he do to her?

She couldn't imagine how he would react, but she knew that he would never be with her again, and he would never love her like before.But she really loves him and really doesn't want to lose him.

This humiliating day has passed for nearly three years.

Three years, to her who had been tortured and devastated, seemed longer and more painful than 30 years.

She didn't want to live this humiliating life again.

She was thinking about ending this dark, nightmarish life all the time.

And the only way to end all this is to kill him, kill that beast.

Some people say that a weak woman is like a volcano, the longer it accumulates, the more terrifying it erupts, and Mei Nuxue is undoubtedly this kind of woman.

When the words "kill him" flashed through her mind, they never lingered again.

Yes, the only way to get rid of him is to kill him.

She made up her mind quickly.

She originally wanted to plunge the dagger she had prepared into that naked body on a certain full moon night, but in that case, her shameful past would be like coals in a white paper, never to be seen again. Can't help it, once the truth is revealed to the world, what will the world think of her husband?

She is not afraid of others talking about her, but she is afraid that others' comments will hurt her husband.

But except for the night of the full moon, it is even more difficult for her to kill the person who has long been on guard against her in the heavily guarded Mei Mansion at ordinary times.

The only chance to kill him is on the day of her grandfather's great sacrifice, only a few of Mei Ruofeng's confidantes are guarding the foot of the mountain that night, and Mei Ruofeng is alone in the entire Minghuang Temple and even the entire Jiangjun Mountain.

If he could sneak up the mountain in the middle of the night and kill him while he was asleep, no one would suspect his own daughter.

But to avoid the eyes and ears of the entourage at the intersection at the foot of the mountain, go up the mountain into the temple to kill someone, and then escape down the mountain silently to avoid being searched, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult for a woman with no strength to restrain a chicken thing.

But this kind of opportunity only comes once in three years. If she misses it, she will have to wait another three years if she wants to kill him. But now that she has the intention to kill him, she doesn't want to wait even a day.

On the fifth day of this month, she was alone in the woods outside the north gate, walking while looking at Jiangjun Mountain not far away, secretly planning her murder plan in her heart, but she accidentally saw a white puppy, and suffered a lot. Injured, with a broken hind leg, squatting on the grass and howling.

She took the little white dog home and fixed the broken bone. Three days later, the puppy was able to walk.

(End of this chapter)