Shen Yi nodded, "I'll punt over and ask, and the town official will send people to other villages in Moshi Town to inquire. This person's features are obvious, and it shouldn't be difficult to confirm his identity."
"Okay! If you have any news, I'll go to town." Liu Tiechui was quite relieved about Shen Yi's work.
Shen Yi made this trip just to show off. In fact, like Shen Dagou, he was 70% or 80% sure of the identity of the corpse.
When he comes back from Zhuangzi, the result will definitely be nothing.
Shen Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but worry, "You said this person is neither here nor across the river. Who is he? It seems that he has been dead for a day or two, and no one is asking? This is wrong!"
Shen Yi comforted and said: "Village chief, don't worry. Although people died in the Daxun River, as long as they are not from our village, it will be fine. I have to go to the town. Could you please go to my house and report to Xiao Tai to avoid her Worry.”
"What you want is what you want, worry about it yourself." Shen Ying said a few words and returned to the village.
It was somewhat unlucky to encounter something like this on the first day of going to the fields in spring. The villagers were also absent-minded in their work, and they were all trying to guess the identity of the corpse.
Shen Yi rushed to Liu's house.
Liu Tiechui politely invited him in and looked at him with a more probing look, "I have already asked someone to find out the identity of the body. I am just waiting for his family to come over to confirm. Do you know who he is?"
Shen Yi slowly lowered his eyes, "To be honest, I actually have some guesses in my heart. Not only that, but other people have also guessed something. It's just that we don't dare to talk nonsense."
"What's your guess?" Liu Tiechui continued to test.
Shen Yi replied frankly: "I suspect it is Xiong Kai. The corpse has a broken arm, which happens to be the right hand, just like Xiong Kai. There are also scars on Xiong Kai's face, and there are also scars on the corpse, but I am not sure that the injury was after falling into the water. Those who were stabbed by ice still have it.”
"You're calm!" Liu Tiechui laughed and shook his head, "You're right, that person is most likely Xiong Kai, Shen Yi. Xiong Kai had a grudge against your family and died in the Daxun River, so you're not afraid of being blamed. On?”
Shen Yi straightened his back, "I walk upright and sit upright, what's there to be afraid of? Besides, there must always be a motive for killing. The grudge between Xiong and I was settled long ago when he was tried by the government. If I really want to pursue it, why should I wait until Xiong Kai returns home and let him die in the river near Shenjiazhuang? "
Liu Tiechui was convinced, "I know what you are like, and I would definitely not do such a thing. It's just that the place where Xiong Kai died was too coincidental. As a town official, I have to ask him on a routine basis, besides you, what other enemies did Xiong Kai have?" ?”
Shen Yi thought about it carefully and shook his head helplessly, "I don't know much about this person. If he hadn't taken the initiative to provoke my family, I wouldn't have even looked at him. If you ask me about his enemies, I can't answer any of them. , but I know there should be many people who hate him, at least his wife and father-in-law and mother-in-law hate him with all their teeth.
Of course, I also heard this from my father-in-law and mother-in-law. It was all hearsay and the town official had to check it out to find out. ”
Liu Tiechui nodded and asked Shen Yi to go back first.
The official dispatch from the county government came very quickly, and it only took half a day for Gu Zuo to finish examining the body.
Shen Yi had just returned home for half a day when an official came to his door.
"Shen Yi, someone is now accusing you of murdering Xiong Kai. Please come with us." The Yamen knew that Shen Yi had made meritorious service on the battlefield and had a plaque from the emperor at home, so his attitude towards him was quite gentle.
Shen Yi was a little surprised, but didn't say anything, just looked at Su Tai. Su Tai called Mrs. Xu to help take care of the child before he could say anything. "Don't say anything. I'll go with you. I want to see who dares to put the shit basin on your head."
When a group of people came to the county government office.
The county magistrate ascended to court.
Su Tai finally saw the culprit.
Mo Chunxiang, who was covered in scars and skinny, was kneeling in the hall, crying pitifully, being protected by Mo Laotian and Guan Shi.
When Mo Chunxiang saw Shen Yi and Su Tai, strong hatred burst out in her eyes, "It was them, they were the ones who killed my husband! Oh wu wu. Sir, you must make the decision for my husband!"
"Quiet!" The county magistrate slapped the gavel, and Mo Chunxiang reluctantly shut up.
The county magistrate asked: "Is this Shen Yi from Shenjiazhuang?"
"It's just the common people." Shen Yi replied neither humble nor arrogant.
Because he had a title in the military camp and a gift from the emperor, the county magistrate did not ask him to kneel down, but gently explained the situation, "The body just fished out from the Daxun River has been identified. It was confirmed that it was Xiong Kai from Ximen Village, and Xiong Kai’s wife, Mo, insisted that you killed her husband. What do you say?”
Shen Yi has been on the battlefield and faced thousands of troops. This kind of small scene means nothing to him.
He just calmly asked: "Sir, where is the evidence? Mr. Mo accused me of killing Xiong Kai, so there must be evidence."
"Mo, where is your evidence?" The county magistrate looked at Mo Chunxiang.
Mo Chunxiang was so frightened that she trembled, lowered her head and cried pitifully. She had no evidence, she just wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge.
Mo Laotian saw that the county magistrate's face was wrong and he immediately said: "Sir, my son-in-law died in the Shenjiazhuang River. Isn't this evidence?"
"Pfft!" Su Tai laughed out loud at an inappropriate time, seeing the three Mo family members staring at her displeased.
She saluted the county magistrate unhurriedly and said slowly: "The young lady Su is Shen Yi's first wife. I couldn't hold back my laughter just now. Please forgive me."
The county magistrate was quite satisfied with Su Tai's attitude and reminded her, "Don't smile playfully in court. Su, what do you have to say?"
Su Tai stepped forward and said crisply: "Sir, I want to say that when Xiong Kai climbed over the wall of my house, you punished him. You should still remember this. Later, the imperial court recruited troops, and Xiong Kai was exiled for his crime. At the border, my husband is also on the battlefield. If my husband wants to kill Xiong Kai, he has plenty of opportunities. After all, my husband has some say in the size of the military camp.
But my husband didn't do anything. He didn't even pay attention to Xiong Kai after he returned home. Our two families never had bad relations with each other again. What was my husband's motive for killing him?
Looking for money? Is this necessary? If I guessed correctly, the Xiong family should be extremely poor! Jealous and unfair? There is nothing worthy of my husband's jealousy about a mutilated person! Think about it, is it reasonable to say that my husband committed murder?
On the contrary, the Mo family is more suspicious! It was said that Xiong Kai's wife was unkind and unfilial, and ignored her mother-in-law and children. After Xiong Kai returned home, she even hid in her parents' house and refused to leave. Later, Xiong Kai asked a clan member to knock on the door and take Mo's family back. He was beaten violently in front of the whole village, as all the villagers in Ximen Village can testify.
Mo's parents often begged their grandfather to tell their grandmother to come up with ideas, but their family's reputation in Ximen Village has long been bad, and no one is willing to help. They can only watch their daughter being beaten by Xiong Kai every day, and suffer every night. Who do you think it is? More motive for murder?
Let me see! These three people from the Mo family have a guilty conscience and should be beaten! "(End of Chapter)