diskusbooks Chapter 438 Desire
Chapter 438 Desire
Before I knew it, it was noon. The sky was cloudless and the sun was shining directly, but there was not a trace of warmth, perhaps offset by the resentment rising to the sky.
When Li Changxiao was searching for the county magistrate's body, he found other clues and learned that Mengze City was a big city under the Kingdom of Dayu.
Dayu is a secular country that has existed for three hundred years. In fact, Li Changxiao had entered Dayu's territory some time ago, but he didn't pay attention to it at first.
The county magistrate's body was not in the yamen. Li Changxiao took some effort to find the county magistrate's mansion from the dream fragments of several guards, and flew away on his sword.
The mansion was also covered in blood, and no one was spared. There were women who were about to give birth, and young men who were studying... Li Changxiao walked past quickly, but still did not see the corpse of the county magistrate.
Perhaps he was killed when he was out, so he looked outside and finally found the county magistrate's body in a pharmacy.
It turned out that his wife was ill, and he went to buy medicine, but he never expected that an ordinary farewell would turn into a farewell forever.
Pick up dream fragments.
The county magistrate's dreams were mostly filled with scenes of him spending time with his wife and children, followed by scenes of him taking bribes and drinking with local dignitaries.
If you say he is a good official, he is also corrupt. If you say he is a bad official, he really puts a lot of thought into handling cases.
The case of Mr. Zhou's son's death was being investigated by the county magistrate. In the fragments of his dream, Li Changxiao saw the direction of the case and filled in all the doubts in his heart.
The incident began when a man from a downstream village came to the yamen and beat drums to report a case, claiming that a dead body was found in his village.
After learning about the incident, the county magistrate took three guards and rushed to the village downstream. When they arrived at the scene of the crime, they found a naked man stuck in the drainage ditch.
After asking from house to house, he found out that the deceased was not a villager, so he concluded that he had drifted down from upstream and was most likely from Mengze City.
He ordered people to draw a portrait of the deceased and post it at the entrance of the vegetable market so that relatives could claim the body. Sure enough, within a day, Mr. Zhou came to the door and cried.
At this point, the county magistrate was certain that the body was that of Zhou Zuo, the son of Mr. Zhou. After confirming the body, the next step was to launch an investigation into the identity of the deceased.
It was discovered that Zhou Zuo often visited Zuimeng Tower, and that he had recently been involved in a dispute with a certain young master over a woman. The county magistrate therefore suspected that this case was caused by jealousy.
After inviting the suspect, they found that this was not the case. The suspect happened to be sentenced to seclusion for a month because of something. He had an absolutely perfect alibi, and his motive for murder was not very strong.
After performing the autopsy, the coroner told the county magistrate that Zhou Zuo had lost three teeth, both sides of his face were swollen, and there were many bruises on his body.
These wounds were inflicted before his death; Zhou Zuo had been beaten and abused intermittently during his lifetime.
The coroner lifted up Zhou Zuo's clothes, exposing his wrists and ankles, and found deep rope marks mixed with blood.
It was proof of long-term bondage and confinement. The coroner then turned Zhou Zuo over to a prone position and pressed his spine with his fingers.
It was found that the spinal cord was severely strained and broken in some places.
From this, the coroner concluded that Zhou Zuo had been lying face down on the ground for a long time, with his hands and feet folded behind his back and tied together. This not only made him lose his ability to move, but also kept his spine stretched straight at all times.
This is a common way of tying people up used by human traffickers. When the county magistrate heard this, he became furious and immediately thought of the beggars in Mengze City.
So they arrested the beggar leader and tortured him to extract a confession.
Zhou Zuo’s clothes were found in the beggar boss’s den, and the beggar boss naturally had no way to defend himself.
He was identified as the murderer.
The case should have ended here, but one day a week later, the county magistrate met a beggar with a hairpin on his head on the street.
The county magistrate suddenly remembered the confession of the beggar leader, who said that Zhou Zuo's clothes were stolen from a female beggar named "Xiao Zhen".
At first the county magistrate did not believe it, thinking it was just an excuse by the beggar leader, but when he met the beggar, his heart skipped a beat.
So he called out softly, "Xiao Zhen?"
The young beggar girl really turned around, and when she saw that it was the county magistrate, she was startled and her face turned completely pale.
The county magistrate had a very clear impression of the look, which was full of fear and regret. It was from this moment that he began to suspect Xiao Zhen.
He noticed the hairpin on Xiaozhen's head, which was a new model this year. He went to the accessories store and asked Xiaozhen for relevant clues.
When Xiaozhen came to buy accessories, it happened to be the day when Zhou Zuo disappeared.
The county magistrate became even more suspicious. He then found Xiaozhen and asked her what she did that day. It turned out that she lied and did not tell the truth.
From then on, the county magistrate followed the clues and pressed the case step by step. He was almost certain that Xiaozhen was the murderer, but he lacked conclusive evidence.
During this period, he met Xiaozhen several times, and found that the other party had gradually changed.
The look in her eyes that had originally shown fear towards him gradually turned into impatience and disgust.
Her clothes were no longer dirty and smelly. She wore a brocade skirt, leather and silk short boots, a sachet and jade pendant around her waist, and her long hair was combed and washed like a daughter of a wealthy family.
He is totally different from the beggar he once was.
However, in the eyes of the county magistrate, no matter how Xiaozhen changed, she was still that dirty beggar, and he looked down on her from the bottom of his heart.
It was this kind of look that made Xiaozhen hate him. No, not only him, but also everyone else. She felt that everyone always treated her as a beggar.
If I am a beggar for a while, will I be a beggar for the rest of my life? Why can't I be a rich girl? Now I have everything that ordinary people don't have... Xiaozhen thought so.
The last side in memory.
It was the county magistrate who stopped Xiaozhen. He told Xiaozhen that if she knew what was good for her, she should go back with him and surrender herself. If she did not appear in the court before midnight tonight, he would send someone to bring her.
After that, he strode away.
At that time, the look in Xiaozhen's eyes when she looked at him was full of anger and murderous intent.
It was a look of long-storing resentment. The violence that had been lurking in Xiao Zhen's heart suddenly erupted under the relentless pressure of the county magistrate.
"I made a decision."
"My first wish is to kill all those who look down on me and know that I am a beggar."
That day.
The girl Xiaozhen told the man in black her first wish.