Chapter 42 Chapter Sixteen

At noon, when Ma Rong, Qiao Tai, and Zhu Dayuan returned to the Yamen of the state capital from Shanyang Town, the gate of the Yamen was crowded with people watching the trial. Ma Rong said: "It seems that he will be promoted soon. Mr. Zhu, come with us and have a look." Tao Gan was already waiting at the gate of the yamen, seeing the three of them coming back, he hurriedly entered the main hall of the front yamen from Yimen, and chose a convenient corner to stop. Tao Gan said: "Master has preliminarily found out the root cause of several cases, and is now preparing to go up for trial."

Di Gong sat tall behind the desk in the middle of the lobby, his dark crimson official robes were like a raging fire.His eyes were sharp and cold, his pale cheeks were thinner, and his face was obviously much more haggard than yesterday. Di Gong patted the gavel, and said: "The case of Pan Ye's murder has been investigated and pursued by our office, and now we have a clue." The physical evidence was taken and examined in court." The Yamen understood, went down and took out a large oiled paper bag, spread another piece of oiled paper on the desk, and then placed the large oiled paper bag on the spread oiled paper.

Di Gong quickly took off the oiled paper on the package, revealing a snowman's head.Two sparkling rubies set in the Yeti's eyes cast an ominous gleam. There was a sigh of relief in the hall, and then the sparrow fell silent. Ma Rong and Qiao Tai looked at each other, suspicious in their hearts. Di Gong didn't say a word, his eyes only fixed on Zhu Dayuan.Zhu Dayuan stared at the snowman's head and slowly walked up to the court.Suddenly he stretched out his hand and shouted, "Give me back the ruby!" Di Gong patted the snowman's head with a gavel a few times, and the snowdrops fell one after another, revealing a woman's head with disheveled hair!

The people watching the trial in the hall panicked. Zhu Dayuan stood in the courtroom like a clay sculpture and a wood sculpture, bewildered.He quickly understood the meaning of all this, looked up at Di Gong's stern face, and then at the terrifying woman's head.He slowly took off the gloves, bent down and picked up the two rubies on the snow, and placed them on his swollen purple palm.While gently picking off the snowdrops stuck to the ruby, a calm smile appeared on his face. "A beautiful ruby, as red as blood..." he muttered.Di Gong sternly shouted: "Zhu Dayuan, do you know this human head?—Quickly report the details of your murder of Miss Liao Lianfang!" Zhu Dayuan woke up from the nightmare, looked at the head with disgust, and remained silent. Voice. "Zhu Dayuan, I will ask you again, where is Ye Tai now?" "Ye Tai?" Zhu Dayuan shook his head, and then he laughed out loud. "Ye Tai, he...he was also buried in the snow." Seeing this, Di Gong signaled the yamen guards to step forward and put Zhu Dayuan in the shackles, put on the shackles and shackles, and take him off to the court.The people watching the trial in the hall just woke up from the dream, and started discussing in an uproar.Mr. Di patted the gavel and said, "It was Zhu Dayuan who killed Miss Liao Lianfang, and I suspect he also killed Ye Tai. ——This head belongs to Miss Liao, and Pan Ye is hiding in Zhu Dayuan's house In the mansion, she is the accomplice of Zhu Dayuan's murder!" Di Gong waved his hand, and the excited crowd in the hall fell silent.He continued: "This morning, our bank searched the mansion of the criminal Zhu Dayuan, found Miss Liao's head among the snowman heads in his garden, and found Mrs. Pan Ye in a secluded house.——Now Bring Mrs. Pan Ye to the court!" Mrs. Pan Ye was escorted to the court and knelt down on the slate.Di Gongdao: "Mr. Pan Ye, please tell me the details of how you hooked up with Zhu Dayuan, how you abducted Miss Liao together with Zhu Dayuan, and brutally killed her." Pan Ye raised his head slowly, and whispered The confession said: "The little lady met Zhu Yuanwai in a jewelry store in the store more than a month ago. I saw that he bought a pair of gold bracelets inlaid with rubies. I was very envious. My husband is too stingy and never He made gold and silver jewelry with me. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanwai saw my thoughts with his eyes. When he left the jewelry store, he walked up to me and chatted with me. He said that he was very rich and had gold and silver in his family. There are countless slaves and maidservants. He asked my husband what kind of business he does, and I replied that he opened a small antique shop in Nanchenggen. He laughed and said, "So it's Mrs. Pan, I know, I know." He said he often came to I was very happy to hear that my husband bought antiques in his shop. He asked me if he could come to my house as a guest and buy some antiques. I agreed and said that I could come to meet my husband someday when he was out. .He was ecstatic, and immediately put a gold bracelet on my wrist, and when we parted, he asked me not to let him go."

"A few days later, my husband went out to do business, so I invited Zhu Yuanwai to my house. I made a few dishes and asked him to taste. The two really hit it off, but I hate seeing each other too late. He invited another A gold bracelet was also given to me, and a pair of golden hair clips. He proposed to marry me as a long-term couple. He said that although he had an eighth wife, no one was in charge of him, and he had enough food and clothing. Needless to say, those who wear clothes don’t have to worry. As for my husband, he said that he only needs to pay a sum of money. My husband is a wimp, and he lives with his kind of people, living in a cold and damp dilapidated house. Houses, rouge and pollen are not willing to buy, how can there be a gold bracelet to wear with me? Besides, I have saved some money through hard work, and my brother Ye Taina is betting on it. What do you mean, why don't you go with Zhu Yuanwai, and you can spend the rest of your life happily. He is a generous man, and his physique is ten times stronger than that of Pan Feng. Zhu Yuanwai asked me to help him with a small matter, of course I Agree and follow his orders."

"Zhu Yuanwai said that he wanted to invite a woman to his house, and the woman had already agreed, but there was an old woman who always followed the woman to death, so she couldn't get away for a long time. ——One day, accompanied by Zhu Yuanwai I went to the store, and I saw the woman. I tried several times to get close to the woman, but because the old woman followed her everywhere, we had no choice but to give up." Duke Di asked, "Do you know that woman?" "Master, the little lady didn't know the woman, so she guessed it must be a prostitute. A few days later we went to the store again. I remember that it was very cold that day. Mr. Zhu was wearing a fox fur robe and a black fur hat on his head. "

"On the T-shaped street of the store, a group of people were watching the monkey show by Jiang Hu entertainers. The woman and the old woman were also watching in the crowd. I squeezed in and got closer to the woman's ear, and said according to Zhu Yuanwai's instructions: 'Girl——Yu My husband wants to see you." When the woman heard this, she followed me out of the crowd secretly. The old woman was fascinated by it, but she didn't realize it. So I led the woman to a house designated by Zhu Yuanwai in advance, and Zhu Yuanwai followed We came behind us. After entering the house, Zhu Yuanwai told me to see me in the store in three days, then he closed the door, and I had to go home alone."

"Three days later, I met Zhu Yuanwai in the store. He said that the woman was getting worse and worse and had a bad temper, so he wanted to sneak the woman to my house and teach her a lesson. I said my husband Even going to Goat Town to buy an antique, I’m afraid it will take two days to get back, he said just right.” "That night, Zhu Yuanwai brought the woman to my house dressed as a nun. I was about to go up to talk to her, but Zhu Yuanwai pushed me aside and told me to prepare food and drinks. I had to go to the kitchen alone. When I prepared the food and wine and came to the bedroom to call them, I saw that the woman had been strangled to death on the kang. Mr. Zhu was sitting on a stool, accidentally sticking to the new paint on the coffee table, and was wiping it vigorously. Mr. Zhu sighed and said, "That bastard refused to listen to me and asked for her own death. Well, since she is dead, and she died in your bedroom, how do you get rid of this life? Now there is only one way to live. You quickly put on this woman's clothes and go home with me, and you will hide in my house from now on and be my ninth wife." He said, quickly took off all the woman's clothes and threw them to me, calling I quickly put it on. I had no choice but to obey. He took off the silver ring from my finger and put it on the woman's finger. After thinking about it, he took off the ruby ​​from the ring and hid it by himself, and told me to go outside the door. Waiting. I waited outside the door for a long time before I saw him come out with two big bundles and said, "I was afraid that people would recognize that the corpse was not you, so I chopped off her head and put it together with your dress, shoes and socks." Take them to my house together. From now on, everyone will say that you are dead, and you can be a loving couple with me for a hundred years." I shouted: "You fool, if you don't look at her attire, you are a future The married girl is a virgin, and I..." He laughed and said, "This slut is no longer a virgin, she and my kid Yu Kang have already cheated. Both of you have no scars on your body, and your skin color is similar How can outsiders tell the difference?" So the two of us went to the kitchen to bring food and drink, my God! I was terrified, but Mr. Zhu was still talking and laughing, and quickly ate all the food and drink. After clearing the dishes, cups and chopsticks, and tidying up everything, he sneaked out of the back wall in the dark and slipped away."

"When I arrived at Zhu Yuanwai's house, he threw the bundle containing the human head in a corner of the garden, and led me around for a while, to a very secluded place. He said: 'From now on, you will be here. Stay in the house, and have three meals a day served by someone, don't worry about it. I will come to see you tomorrow'. I saw that the curtains and bed mats in that room are very neat. The next morning, Zhu Yuanwai came to my room In the room, he asked me where I kept the gold bracelets he gave me at home, saying that I was in a hurry last night and forgot to take them out and brought them back. I told him that the pair of gold bracelets were placed in the interlayer of the suitcase. He said He will go to my house to retrieve the pair of gold bracelets. I asked him to bring back my favorite blouse and fox fur robe, and he agreed. But when he came home late at night, he only brought me back He said that the pair of gold bracelets disappeared somehow. I was timid and scared, and asked him to accompany me. He said that his hands were swollen badly, and he needed to ask the doctor to get the medicine, and he would come to see me some other day .But since then, I have never seen him again.—My lord, what I said is true, but I beg you to be merciful and spare the little lady."

Di Gongdao: "You conspired with Zhu Dayuan to kidnap and kill people. The methods are cruel. You should be executed according to the law. Hurry up and put me in prison!" Pan Yeshi drew the bet, and tears fell like rain.The secretary read the recorded statement aloud.Two Yamen soldiers stepped forward and put a ten-jin heavy shackle on her, and put her in the death row. Di Gong called Liao Wenfu to come to the court again, and reprimanded him: "Since ancient times, male colleges should be married, and female colleges should be married. Your daughter Liao Lianfang has been betrothed to Yu Kang. Why did you change your mind and delay your marriage? Married, resulting in such an unexpected disaster, regret it, and parents must learn from it. I ordered Pan Feng to deliver the coffin containing Miss Liao's body to you. Now you will match this human head The dead body was buried on an auspicious day. I will allocate a sum of money from Zhu Dayuan's family wealth as your compensation. The government has entrusted Yu Kang to act as an agent for Zhu Dayuan's family wealth. Except for returning to Ning, Yu's mansion and land property are all confiscated."