Chapter 72： die for

Chapter 72 Substitute death

Ben just came to visit Wei Ziqing and Shen Yang who were imprisoned, and asked some questions by the way. I never thought that Hu Maoxi would let her look at the files easily.

This is really a surprise.

It seems that the two "teacher" calls to Mr. Nie and Mr. Chang were not in vain.

Chu Nanzhi secretly pleased, and immediately thanked: "So, thank you, magistrate."

Hu Maoxi also kept his word, and asked Sun Xiancheng to find all the files about the poisoning case in Tong'an Village, and handed them to Chu Nanzhi for her to read them one by one.

While Chu Nanzhi was looking at the file, the two old guys went aside to tease Erbao Lin Ruixi:

"Er Bao, you said that your mother beat and scolded you every day at home, why are you willing to come out with her, aren't you afraid that your mother will lose you?"

Er Bao casually ate the pastry, and replied fearlessly: "My aunt won't beat me now, my aunt treats me well now, I was afraid that the county magistrate grandpa would bully aunt, so I went with you." Let's protect her together."

Hu Maoxi pursed his mouth angrily: "Your aunt is so powerful, how dare Uncle Hu bully her, don't wrong me."

"Although my aunt is powerful, you are the county magistrate, grandpa, and you are the biggest official in our county. If aunt doesn't listen to you, of course you can bully her."

"Little ghost, you really know a lot."

Hu Maoxi smiled helplessly: "But you can't call me grandpa, you have to call me uncle."

"Okay, Grandpa County Magistrate."

Hu Maoxi and Prime Minister Sun smiled at each other, as if there was nothing they could do with this little devil.

Chu Nanzhi gradually finished reading the file in his hand amidst the noise of several people playing.

The record of the dossier this time is not as detailed as the last time. It is only one page short, plus two guilty pleas.

Fortunately, she already had a general understanding of this matter before coming here, and with the dossier in her hand, she came to some new conclusions.

As for the two charges, she dared not believe them.

Because judging by the crimes alone, not only Shen Yang, but even Wei Ziqing has confessed, confessed to the fact of adultery, and admitted that he conspired to poison the head of the Shen family, Shen Jianghe.

The heinous crimes stated between the lines are only enough to relieve the anger of people who want to tear the two into pieces at a glance.

Chu Nanzhi heaved a sigh, turned his thoughts around and carefully considered the contents of the dossier.

According to the dossier, Shen Yang personally brewed scented tea in his courtyard three days ago at the moment of Shenshichu to clear away the heat for the head of the family, Shen Jianghe.

Soon after Shen Jianghe drank half a cup of cold scented tea, he began to convulse all over his body, foaming at the mouth, gradually unable to breathe, and finally died suddenly in the hospital.

As the third sister Chu Nanzhu said, there was no outsider involved in this process.

The autopsy record was checked again, and the silver needle of the autopsy was silver-white, which ruled out the possibility of arsenic poisoning, but another unknown poison.

The record on poison names is somewhat vague.

The key point for the county government to determine that Shen Yang was poisoned was to find a stray dog ​​for the experiment with the remaining half cup of tea.

The stray dog ​​was killed on the spot shortly after drinking the poisoned tea. Coupled with the adultery, the whole case was brought to a conclusion.

After summarizing all the information, Chu Nanzhi began to have more doubts in her heart. She invited Hu Maoxi back, and first said calmly:

"Judging from the files and the autopsy report, the Patriarch of the Shen family was indeed poisoned and died, and there was an animal experiment, and the symptoms were completely consistent. There is no doubt about it."

It's just that after she said this, Wei Nian, who had just had a glimmer of hope, immediately sank down again.

Hu Maoxi and Sun Xiancheng put on a complacent look and nodded to each other to show their congratulations.

Hu Maoxi sneered with some sarcasm: "I also know that Mrs. Chu is smart, but I have already mentioned such small cases below, and there will be no mistakes. You can rest assured that I am not a stupid official who caressing about human lives." .”

"What your lord said is very true."

Chu Nanzhi frowned slightly, looked at him cautiously, and thought:

"However, the women have some humble opinions. I wonder if my lord will appreciate it?"

Hu Maoxi did not refute, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "I will definitely listen to you."

This immediately made Chu Nanzhi lose her worries, pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and said confidently and boldly:

"The most poisonous thing in this world is arsenic, which can only be tested with silver needles. Most of the autopsies use this method to determine whether it was poisoned. Do you think what the woman said is correct?"

"good."

Hu Maoxi took a long breath: "If it wasn't for testing the poison with animals, and even if there was adultery, I wouldn't dare to conclude that the Patriarch of the Shen family was poisoned just from the symptoms when he was poisoned."

"Since it is such a powerful strange poison, Shen Yang's intention to use this poison to kill her husband must be to deceive others, and it also shows that she is a person who understands poison."

At this point, Chu Nanzhi's eyebrows gradually turned cold, and his tone of voice became much more serious:

"Since she is a person who understands poison and can deceive others, why should she foolishly poison and kill her husband without knowing it, and then wait for the yamen servants to arrest her? It's kind of contradictory."

After hearing these words, Hu Maoxi's face suddenly darkened, and he began to doubt his previous conclusion.

He first signaled to Sun Xiancheng at the side: "Sun Wucai, take Wei Erniang and Erbao to the courtyard."

Sun Xiancheng immediately understood, and led the gluttonous Er Bao and the bewildered Wei Nian out of the living room.

Waiting for the hall to clear up, Hu Maoxi said slowly:

"According to Mrs. Chu just said, I do have some doubts about falling down. If Shen Yang really wanted to die together, then she really didn't need to beat around the bush and go through all these troubles. She could kill her with a single blow with the highly poisonous arsenic, but if She deliberately killed people to silence her, and since she has achieved the purpose of deceiving others, her modus operandi is so crude, which is indeed contradictory."

"So, the county magistrate also admits that there are doubts in this case?"

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Chu Nanzhi stopped hiding it and looked straight at him, forcing him to agree with her point of view.

The frosty eyes startled Hu Maoxi for a moment, hurriedly suppressed the reverie in his heart, and said:

"Miss Chu, although your reasoning just now is quite reasonable, but Shen Yang's poisoning was indeed done by her personally. I have not concealed this in the slightest. What's more, the case has been closed, and Mr. Nie is reviewing it. Evidence and evidence can’t be faked.”

After thinking for a while, he looked at Chu Nanzhi cautiously, nodded and said with a smile: "I know Miss Chu has kindness in her heart, but I pity that Erniang Wei has a miserable life experience. If you really want to save her brother, you can wait for the execution in Japan after autumn." The officer will think of a way for you."

"What method?"

Chu Nanzhi looked at him with both doubts and joy.

Seeing that she really wanted to rescue Wei Ziqing, Hu Maoxi moved closer to her and whispered mysteriously:

"There are not a few criminals in this prison, and some of them are even heinous. When Wei Ziqing is executed, it's not a bad idea for me to find someone to replace him."

"For the dead ghost?"

Chu Nanzhi was slightly surprised.

Hu Maoxi blinked sullenly, stared at her and nodded calmly: "It's just that he can only be wronged to hide his name and leave his hometown."

(end of this chapter)