Chapter 41
"Hmph, I don't even know this person, but you captured me and beat me up randomly.”
Hu Xiba looked at Pang Yu with an unconvinced expression.
"Why? Just because I'm the Marquis of An Le, I can even beat up a county magistrate if I want to, let alone a small local ruffian. What can you do?"
Pang Yu sat on the chair and said indifferently.
"I'll ask you again, did you kill Zhou Qingbai? Are you going to confess or not?"
Pang Yu asked again.
"There's no such thing. How can I confess?"
" Young Master Zhou! Young Master Zhou, save me!"
Just as Pang Yu was about to continue his punishment, a voice came from the cell.
Pang Yu turned his head in shock and saw a woman calling out to Zhou Qingsong.
"Bring her out ~"
Pang Yu said to an Imperial Army soldier.
Very soon, the woman was brought out. Pang Yu's gaze was sizing her up. This was a young girl who had developed quite well. It seemed that her family life was not bad. Of course, this was not the main point. The main point was that the service on her body did not look like the service of a brothel woman. Instead, it looked like the service of an ordinary commoner.
"Wang Pinger ~"
Zhou Qingsong called out softly, clearly not expecting to see Wang Pinger here.
"You know each other?"
Pang Yu looked at Zhou Qingsong and raised his eyebrows.
"Lord Marquis, she's Wang Kui's younger sister. I was being pursued in the mountains a few days ago, and it was thanks to her brother that I was able to escape.”
Zhou Qingsong looked at Wang Pinger and said,""Miss Ping 'er, why are you here?”
"Wuuu ~ Wuuu ~ Last night, a group of masked men suddenly broke into my house, killed my brother, and took me away by force. Later, I was brought to Nian Nujiao. However, not long after I was brought there, soldiers came in to arrest me, and I was also captured.”
Wang Pinger started crying as she spoke.
Pang Yu raised his eyebrows and beckoned over an Imperial Army soldier."Take a few people and call the bailiffs to take a look at Wang Ping 'er's house.”
"Here ~"
At this moment, Pang Yu looked at Hu Xiba with a cold gaze.
"What a good act of forcing a good girl into prostitution. Hehe ~ What I didn't do, a little local ruffian like you did it all. I'll ask you one more time, are you going to confess or not?”
"Hmph! I told you, I didn't kill Zhou Qingbai. I won't confess.”
Hu Xiba snorted coldly.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you don't confess. As long as I'm certain that you're one of the murderers, that's enough.”
Then he waved his hand and said,"Men, hit me with another 30 kills and throw me into the cell." Also, bring Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law to the county office.”
As he spoke, he walked out of the cell. Li Chengnan ran over with a happy face. It seemed that this guy had returned from opening the coffin and examining the corpse.
"Lord Marquis, there's an important discovery. During the fourth autopsy, a metal nail was removed from Zhou Qingbai's head. Lord Marquis, please take a look ~"
Li Chengnan said as he got someone to serve it on a tray.
Pang Yu took a look and said,"It's really mysterious to use a nail to drive into a person's head." I think you didn't check the inside of the head when you opened the coffin and examined the corpse. You only checked if the hair was poisonous, right?”
"Yes ~ Xiaguan didn't pay attention to the inside of the skull when he opened the coffin three times.”
Li Chengnan said happily.
"However, it's not too late to think about the interior of the skull at this time. It's commendable ~"
Pang Yu smiled. This Li Chengnan wasn't a bad person, but he was a little silly from reading.
"Luckily, I had a nightmare last night and told you about this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of this.”
"Your wife is quite smart. Not bad. Alright, this proved that Zhou Qingbai had died an unnatural death. I've already sent people to capture Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law. Once she was captured, the case would be closed.”
Pang Yu twisted his waist as he spoke. This case was actually difficult to talk about, but there was actually nothing difficult to talk about. The difficult part was the word evidence.
However, he wasn't prepared to gather all the evidence before doing anything like before. Hu Xiba was bound to die no matter what. Zhou Qingbai's death had something to do with him, and he wasn't sure if he was the one who killed him.
Even if it wasn't him, it was either his subordinates or Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law.
Not long after, Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law was arrested. She was still wearing mourning clothes. Li Chengnan wanted to interrogate her in court, but Pang Yu didn't have the time to do so. He directly brought her to the prison.
Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law was 30% handsome and 70% charming.
"The seven-inch steel nail caused death, but there were no external injuries. This means that Zhou Qingbai did not struggle during his death. Since there was no struggle, it meant that he was defenseless. Presumably, only you, the person beside me, can do it.
Tell me, were you the one who nailed the iron nail down, or was it Hu Xiba?”
Pang Yu looked at the man and woman and said slowly.
Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law was very nervous. She didn't expect that it would be exposed so soon.
Seeing that Pang Yu was so submissive that he didn't dare to say anything, he glanced at Hu Xiba from the corner of his eye and quickly lowered his head.
"Speak. Although you are a woman, Da Xing will not recognize you as a man or a woman.”
Pang Yu said again.
"Yes... She's a civilian woman... It has nothing to do with Hu Xiba ~"
Zhou Qingsong's sister-in-law collapsed to the ground after she finished speaking.
"Haha, what a pair of lovers. Unfortunately, I haven't confirmed that you two are adultery, but you confessed. I asked the two of you who nailed it, and you said it had nothing to do with Hu Xiba?
In that case, it must be related to Hu Xiba. Zhou Qingsong said that you had committed adultery with Hu Xiba, and this matter is also true. Then, taking a step back, you murdered your husband because of Hu Xiba. Zhou Qingsong wanted to go to the capital to complain, but Hu Xiba sent someone to intercept him halfway and was finally saved by Wang Kui.”
Pang Yu's voice turned cold as he spoke. Murdering one's own husband was indeed a heinous crime. It was ironic that his wife wanted to kill him.
"Zhou Wu, you murdered your husband and deceived an official of the imperial court. According to the laws of the Great Song, you should be beheaded.”
Pang Yu said coldly. He then looked at Hu Xidao and said,"Hu Xiba, you committed adultery with another man's wife, and then you murdered Zhou Qingsong. You've made a mistake over and over again, killing innocent people like Wang Kui and his family. Hu Xiba and his men were sent to death row and killed on a certain day.”
Actually, Pang Yu didn't have any evidence. The nail was taken from Zhou Qingbai's head, but it couldn't prove that it was Zhou Qingsong's wife and Hu Xiba's doing.
However, this woman was ignorant and was frightened by Pang Yu. She thought that Pang Yu had solid evidence in his hands and could only admit it. Who knew that Pang Yu didn't have any solid evidence at all, it was just a psychological pressure.
"Pfft ~"
"I thank Marquis Qingtian on behalf of my big brother."
Zhou Qingsong fell to his knees with a plop. Pang Yu smiled and shook his head."Since you've come to me, I'll avenge you if I can. However, I still have something to give you.”
"Lord Marquis, please instruct me. I will do my best ~"
He looked at Wang Ping 'er and said softly,"Wang Kui's family was destroyed because they helped you. Now, Wang Ping' er is alone and has no one to rely on." I'll leave Wang Ping 'er in your care to repay Wang Kui's kindness. What do you think?”
"This commoner is willing. This commoner thanks the Marquis for his kindness ~"
Zhou Qingsong kowtowed once more. Pang Yu did not avoid it and simply endured it, even though he was older than him.
"Lord Marquis, Wang Kui's mother is still alive. Hu Xiba's men didn't kill his mother.”
Li Chengnan whispered into Pang Yu's ear.
"Hmm? He didn't die?"
Pang Yu was slightly stunned.
"Yes, when I came back just now, Wang Kui's mother came to the county government to seek justice. However, she was old and had suffered such a huge change last night. Her mind was blurry, so I temporarily placed her in the county government.”
Pang Yu nodded and said to Zhou Qingsong,"" I wonder if Wang Ping 'er and her mother are still alive. It's all because of you, so you should take care of them together."
"Lord Marquis, please seek justice for this commoner. This commoner has an injustice to seek justice for ~"
At this moment, another voice came from the prison cell, causing Pang Yu to be stunned.
"Damn it, could it be that there were so many people who were wronged in ancient times? F * ck, what are these parents doing?"
Pang Yu wailed in his heart.
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