During the Ming Dynasty period, Jiashan County, Chuzhou Prefecture, was located on the north side of the Jianghuai Watershed. As time went by, people gradually forgot about this ancient city.
According to the older generation, there was a story that happened here, and it is still talked about when it is mentioned.
There is a place called Jiangjing Village to the south of Jiashan County. There are many brick and tile kilns here, and one of them is a man named Wang Fugui, who is the richest boss of this generation.
Wang Fugui’s achievements today are not achieved through inheritance of family property, but through hard work. He was born in poverty and developed a hard-working and hardworking character since childhood. He was also flexible in mind and was good at studying things, so he found a way to make money by taking shortcuts.
As the saying goes, "Behind a successful man, the support of an excellent woman is never left."
Wang Fugui was introduced by a matchmaker when he was eighteen years old and married Ge Cuihua, the daughter of Ge Carpenter in the neighboring village. At that time, both families were poor. Fortunately, after they got married, one worked hard outside and was not afraid of hard work, and the other was taking care of things at home in an orderly manner.
A few years later, Wang Fugui opened the first brick and tile kiln with his efforts and made a fortune by firing acres of acres of bricks to build a house. Since then, Wang Fugui has played a shrewd role, and his business has become bigger and bigger, and his money has become more and more profitable.
As the saying goes, when a couple is poor, the wife is tested, and when a rich man is tested. The two types of people I respect most are women who live a hard life with men when I was young, and the other is men who live a good life with their wife when I was rich.
However, Wang Fugui's wife Ge Cuihua survived this test and accompanied her husband through the most difficult time. However, after Wang Fugui became rich, he ran out to drink wine with a group of friends every few days, and there was no sign of him at night.
When Ge Cuihua was a girl, she was also a famous beauty in the neighborhood. When she married Wang Fugui, she was attracted by him as honest and loyal, and she was down-to-earth and willing to work hard.
I didn’t expect that Wang Fugui, like those stinky men, became bad when he had money, and he was in the end he was unreliable. Fortunately, Ge Cui gave birth to a daughter named Wang Xianglan, otherwise the night would be long and there would be no one to say the intimate words.
Ge Cuihua has been working hard all year round and can no longer have children after giving birth to a daughter. However, Wang Fugui was unwilling to accept that the family businesses he earned would not be left without a successor in the future. So he ignored the dissuasion and married a woman who was only two years older than his daughter.
However, Wang Fugui's good life did not take long. The next year he died of excessive drinking and indulging indulgence, and he did not give birth to a son until his death. After the news of
was spread, everyone couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that God still had eyes, which was probably what people often call retribution.
After her husband passed away, no one kept the brick kiln factory at home, so Ge Cuihua took over. After all, many workers were waiting for dinner!
One summer, the mud bricks from the Wangjia Brick Kiln Factory were made. After the shade was dry, the fuel was in place to burn the kiln, so Ge Cuihua asked his friends to rest.
Just as Ge Cuihua was about to rest, she suddenly found a panicked man in the pile of materials in the kiln factory. The other party was covered in hair and beard and ragged, and was dodging in the mud walls and ridges.
Ge Cuihua knew at a glance that this was a beggar. Out of compassion, she called the beggar to enter the house to eat something, took out the razor she used for her husband during his lifetime, asked him to shave his beard, wash his hands and face, and put on her husband's clothes.
"Thank you, the boss lady. I am very grateful. If I have the chance in the future, I will come to thank you." After the beggar had enough food and drink, he suddenly knelt down on one knee.
"Look at your gentle and gentle look like a scholar, why are you so depressed?" Ge Cuihua asked curiously.
"Auntie, the young actor is called Wei Wenjie. The family is originally a scholarly family, but an uncle in the family was framed by a villain. That's why..." Wei Wenjie couldn't help but shed tears of bitterness when he said the sad part.
"Then what are your plans in the future?" Ge Cuihua asked with concern.
"The young student wants to get fame and honor, punish bad people in the future, and give me the innocence of the Wei family!" Wei Wenjie said firmly.
"Ah..." Ge Cuihua sighed and did a good job to the end. She went into the house and took some silver for the other party to mess with.
"The grace of a drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water. Auntie, I have recorded your kindness." Wei Wenjie thanked him deeply, and then turned and left.
This incident is an episode, and Ge Cuihua didn't take it seriously. It is indeed not easy for her to support such a large family business, but she has also become poor. Seeing such a person, she naturally can't bear it, so she can help her.
More than a month after this incident, I later heard that Wei Wenjie had won the top scorer in high school and successfully cleared the Wei family of charge, and brought the villains and middle-aged people to justice.
In fact, every family has a difficult sutra to recite. Since Wang Fugui's death, the Wang family's business has also flourished under the management of Ge Cuihua. However, there seemed to be some dissatisfaction within the Wang family. A huge conspiracy was happening quietly...
It turned out that the concubine Wang Fugui married during his lifetime was suddenly pregnant. She claimed that this was the Wang family's child. If he gave birth to a son, he would inherit all the Wang family's family business in the future.
"Mother, my father has passed away for so long. I think it's very strange that my second mother is pregnant at this time. Could it be..." Wang Xianglan said to her mother.
"Don't talk nonsense. She is pregnant with the Wang family. The son she gave birth to is your younger brother, and the daughter she gave birth to is your younger sister. We are all a family." Ge Cuihua interrupted what the other party said.
"Mother, I just think it's not worth it for you. Why did she snatch the foundation you and daddy? If it's a family, it's okay, I'm afraid that some people are in Cao's camp and have a heart." Wang Xianglan said aggrievedly for her mother.
On this day, Wang Fugui's concubine Liu Ruyan brought a man back home. She introduced to Ge Cuihua: "Sister, this is my cousin. I want him to learn business with my sister, so I can help you in the future."
"Hello sister, my name is Liu Feng." The man greeted him with a smile.
Ge Cuihua knew the other party’s mind’s plan, but said politely: “It’s okay if you have such a plan. I’m tired over the years. With Liu Feng’s help, I can save some fun.”
“Since my sister has said everything, the sister should share the burden for her. After the child is born, we are all for him.” Liu Ruyan said with a smile.
After the two of them left, Wang Xianglan walked to Ge Cuihua and said angrily: "Mother, look at the things she did, she obviously wanted to drive us out of the Wang family."
"She was right. If the one who gave birth to a boy, the Wang family was indeed inherited by his son." Ge Cuihua looked at the backs of the two and sighed deeply.
Ge Cuihua has made a lot of money for both the Wang family and the brick kiln factory over the years. She can't bear to hand over the family business that the couple has worked hard to others, but what can she do?
At that time, the law stipulated that women were not allowed to inherit the family business. If there was no son in the family, they had to force the nephew of the same clan to be descendants. Therefore, as a daughter, Wang Xianglan was deprived of almost all inheritance rights.
So under what circumstances can a woman inherit the family business?
Unless there are no brothers or brothers within the five blessings, these five blessings refer to the five generations, that is, from oneself, generations of , which is: Great-grandfather, grandfather, father and himself.
As long as the blood relationship is related to these five generations, all people from the same Emperor Gaozu are related to each other. If there is a male in the Five Dynasties, he will have the right to inherit the family business, and his daughter will get married in the future, even if she is bloody, she will not have the right to inherit.
A few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is also the day when Liu Ruyan is about to give birth. Unexpectedly, she also gave birth to a daughter in the end.
Liu Ruyan originally wanted to have a son and then naturally inherit the family business. In this situation, there is naturally no chance.
However, these days, Liu Feng she brought back was not idle. The other party had already secretly operated it, and secretly learned all the techniques of the Wang family brick kiln, and transferred a large amount of funds.
Liu Ruyan found Ge Cuihua and said, "Sister, since we all gave birth to daughters, I don't think so. What about half of the Wang family? It saves the advantage of Wang Hao."
The Wang Hao she mentioned was the son of Wang Fugui's brother. According to the Ming Dynasty law, after Wang Fugui died, Wang Hao could take over the Wang family's business when Wang Xianglan got married.
However, Wang Hao would rather live a hard life than step into Wang Fugui's home, let alone inherit his family business. This situation occurs in
, in fact, it starts with the grudges between the two families. At that time, Wang Fugui and his brothers had an honest and honest brother Wang Ronghua in front of him.
When Wang Fugui opened the brick kiln, his brother Wang Ronghua also showed all his family support, but unexpectedly, after Wang Fugui became rich, he forgot his brotherly relationship completely.
Later, Wang Ronghua fell ill and continued to treat his illness. For this reason, his nephew Wang Hao came to borrow money. Unexpectedly, he was ridiculed by Wang Fugui and said, "Brother, I asked him to invest money at the beginning, and he took half of the win or loss, but he refused to do it. Later, I made money and even returned the principal and interest to you. Now you still have the face to borrow money from the door. Didn't you give enough money before, and you came to blackmail again?"
Wang Hao was so angry that his face turned pale when he heard these words. He turned around and left, and before leaving, he said: "From now on, our two families will never have anything to do. You have your Yangguan Road, I will cross my single-plank bridge!"
After this incident, Wang Hao learned about Wang Fugui's death, and did not come to see the last time, let alone the family business that Wang Fugui built.
But for Ge Cuihua, this family business is not only a guarantee of life for her and her daughter, but also a great significance to her.
Therefore, after Ge Cuihua and her daughter discussed it, she personally found Wang Hao, hoping that he could help the mother and daughter.
Wang Hao had no good impression of his second uncle, but he knew that his aunt was a good woman, so he agreed and promised to inherit the family business and wait until Wang Xianglan gets married in the future and treat all the family business as a dowry.
Ge Cuihua knew that the other party was still resentful, so she said: "Child, this brick and tile kiln belongs to the Wang family. It cannot be used as a dowry, it needs to be passed on!"
After the mother and daughter's repeated requests, Wang Hao finally agreed, so he followed them to the Wang family and announced in public that the Wang family would be inherited by Wang Hao.
As Wang Fugui's nephew, it was natural for him to inherit the family business, but during the announcement process, Liu Ruyan and Liu Feng were in a bad mood throughout the whole process.
. Another month later, Wang Hao has been following Ge Cuihua for a while to learn to manage brick and tile kilns and do business.
That morning, Ge Cuihua got up very early because today is the first anniversary of her husband's death. They are going to the cemetery to sweep the grave, but they are not seeing Liu Ruyan, so she asked the maid Xiaoling to call him.
Xiaoling ran to shout a few times, but after a while, she ran out of the room in panic and kept screaming, "Come on now! No, something big happened, the second wife was killed!"
Xiaoling heard Xiaoling's shout, so she rushed over, and Wang Hao and Liu Feng also hurried over to check the truth.
The death of the Wang family soon became a hot topic. After a while, the county government rushed over after receiving the report. They guarded the Wang family's gate and did not allow anyone to enter and exit, and drove all the villagers who watched the fun.
After Captain Xing entered the door, he went straight to the room of the second wife Liu Ruyan. He saw the other party lying horizontally on the bed, his body was covered in blood, and what was even more shocking was that the head of the deceased was missing!
After the scene and body were examined. What is surprising is that Liu Ruyan died of poisoning, her clothes were intact, and there was no sign of turning around in the house. It was obvious that the murderer did not come for the sake of robbery, and this matter was very strange.
Just when everyone suspected the murderer's motive, Liu Feng revealed that during this period, in order to inherit the Liu family's property, Wang Hao scolded the other party a few times, and there were some holidays between the two.
Catcher Xing asked the servants of the Wang family and confirmed this from them. Immediately, Captain Xing believed that Wang Hao was suspected of committing the crime, so he arrested him and brought him back to the yamen.
After receiving the case, Zhou Taifu believed that the murderer was Wang Hao, because the other party and Wang Fugui had a long time ago, and this time he came to take revenge on the Wang family, so he interrogated the case overnight.
年0年年年 looked at the witness Liu Feng in the hall and asked, "As far as you see, except for Wang Hao, are other people in the mansion also suspected?"
Liu Feng immediately replied, "Ge Cuihua and his daughter are a female person. They do not have the ability to kill people quietly and chop off their heads. In addition, if they want to poison, they will not wait until today. Wang Hao had a grudge with Wang Fugui, and the two families were old and dead. This time they suddenly came to compete for their property, but were blocked by their cousin, so they were secretly killed." After hearing this, Zhou Zhou felt that the other party's reasoning was reasonable, so he ordered someone to bring Wang Hao and prepare to torture the other party to confess his crime.
However, Wang Hao said that he was not interested in the Wang family property. He was invited by Ge Cuihua and his daughter to inherit the family property, so he would not kill anyone at all, and he did not cut off the head of the deceased and hid it.
Magistrate Zhou thought that the other party was quibbling. After giving the order, the yamen runners beat Wang Hao and brought in tiger bench . After several tortures, Wang Hao was sweating in pain and bleeding from his mouth, but he still refused to confess his crime.
Seeing that Wang Hao was stubborn and could not find out the specific evidence of the crime and the missing head, Zhou Zhifu had to push the case back to County Magistrate Zhang and asked him to solve the case within ten days, otherwise he would ask him!
After receiving the approval from the prefect, County Magistrate Zhang was helpless. He said to Captain Xing: "I restrict you from solving the case within seven days, otherwise you won't wear this outfit."
Captain Xing searched the entire Wang family but did not find the head of the deceased, so he came to the prison and continued to torture Wang Hao, and even used all kinds of torture instruments.
In the end, his subordinates gave an idea, using the itch to force Wang Hao to laugh and cry. Finally, he verbally admitted his crime, but he could not explain where the deceased's head was hidden.
Since Wang Hao was imprisoned, Ge Cuihua and his daughter Wang Xianglan have felt very guilty and blamed themselves. If they hadn't invited Wang Hao over, such a tragedy would not have happened.
They suffered some pain for Wang Hao. Every time they visited, they would stuff some silver to the prison guards. I hope they could take care of it a little, and they would definitely find the head and find the real murderer.
That day, Ge Cuihua went to the cell alone to visit Wang Hao. Seeing that the other party was covered in scars, she couldn't help but shed tears and said, "Child, it was all my aunt who harmed you!"
Wang Hao raised his head and looked at the other party, smiled bitterly, "Aunt, I don't blame you. If you want to blame, blame the unfair world. Why can't women inherit their family property?"
Ge Cuihua sighed. She also understood what the other party said, but men are superior to women and inferior to women. This is due to the law of the court. Women are born with some unfair treatment, but where can we reason?
Ge Cuihua cried for a while and asked, "Children, you have already been scolded, why do they torture you?"
"They asked me to tell me whereabouts of the head. Only in this way can the evidence be counted, but I didn't kill anyone at all. How can I tell the whereabouts of the head?" Wang Hao said in pain and helplessly
Ge Cuihua returned home after visiting prison, and became taciturn and depressed.
daughter Wang Xianglan saw this and asked, "Mother, what did my cousin say? Did he blame us mother and daughter?"
Ge Cuihua shook her head and told Wang Hao about his experience in prison. Then she said, "Now he has been scolded, but the county government insists on finding the head before he will close the case. I really can't bear to watch the child be tortured, so I think it's better to hand over my head."
"Mom, this is not something!" Wang Xianglan hurriedly dissuaded.
"Wang Hao is still Ge's child. I watched him grow up back then. How could you bear to watch him suffer?" Ge Cuihua cried sadly.
The mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried bitterly, comforting each other, Ge Cuihua told her daughter not to worry. She had already thought about it and would not do anything stupid.
The next morning, Wang Xianglan went to find her mother, but found that her mother had died of hang herself, and there was a lot of letters on the table in the room, which read:
"Child, this matter started because of my struggle for family property. Wang Hao was implicated by us. My mother really couldn't bear to watch him suffer alone. We owe him too much. This head is the only compensation I can do for him. After I die, you bury me and your father, and then take the private money left for you for your mother, leave the Wang family, and fly away, and never come back to this sad place."
Wang Xianglan read and wrote her mother's last words, feeling heartbroken, and sat next to the corpse until midnight.
She hesitated for a long time when she looked at her mother's body. After some thought struggle, she picked up the knife and put it down. She put it down and picked it up again. Finally, she made up her mind at dawn.
After dawn, Wang Xianglan took the head to the county government office and talked about the lost head of the deceased. When the county government opened the cloth bag, the coroner checked it and found something was wrong.
The deceased Liu Ruyan has been killed for several days, and the head is obviously not the real head of the deceased.
Coroner did not dare to make a statement. He told County Magistrate Zhang the truth he knew, but the deadline given by Prison Zhou was almost here. So he immediately slapped the case and said, "The evidence of the person in this case is complete and it will end."
County Magistrate Zhang quickly transferred the case to the prefect. The prefect Zhou was overjoyed when he heard this. The murder case was solved, and he made another great contribution.
At this time, the imperial envoy Wei Wenjie was in the prefect. He asked curiously: "Why is Master Zhou so happy? Share it with me quickly."
The prefect Zhou knew that Wei Wenjie was a celebrity around the emperor, so in order to seek credit, he quickly told the whole story of the murder case in Jiashan County.
Wei Wenjie didn't care much at first. When he heard the name of Ge Cuihua, the owner of the brick and tile kiln, he was shocked in his eyes and asked hurriedly: "Are you saying that the murderer Wang Hao was invited by Ge Cuihua to his home?"
"Son, that's right, that's right. Ge Cuihua invited Wang Hao clearly to fight for his family property, but he didn't expect that this kid would commit such a murder!" Zhou Gongfu said heartbrokenly.
"No, there should be something strange about this case. Based on my understanding of the owner of the brick and tile kiln, she is a kind woman and will definitely not deliberately invite Wang Hao to the house for the sake of family property." Wei Wenjie analyzed.
Wei Wenjie thought of Ge Cuihua's help to him back then, so he asked the surrounding prefect for the files to carefully review, and then made a report to court .
The court quickly issued an order to let Wei Wenjie handle the case with full authority. He must solve the truth, do not wrongly accuse the good people, and do not let bad people go.
Wang Hao was investigated after Wei Wenjie learned the entire process of the case, and then retried Wang Hao and asked very seriously: "Wang Hao, tell me truthfully, did you kill Liu Ruyan?"
Wang Hao saw that the master in front of him was the honest official Wei Wenjie, so he told his injustice to the truth, saying that he was not the murderer and he didn't know where his head was?
"I don't know where the head is? Who is the head sent?" Wei Wenjie's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
Wei Wenjie immediately asked the coroner who was prosecuting the body and asked the truth. The coroner thought it was discovered that the head of the female corpse was not right. The head of the female corpse was found was dry and purple, covered with soil, but the skin was soft and odorless. He stabbed the needle into the flesh and blood. It can be seen that the woman had not died for very long, and it was impossible for the head of the deceased Liu Ruyan.
Just as Wei Wenjie tried the case, the Wang family suddenly started a funeral. After Wang Xianglan buried her mother in the land, she returned home and cried heartbrokenly. Seeing this, Liu Feng stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Miss, please be mourning and follow the changes. The Wang family still has to hold on. If you fall down, the poor workers in the brick and tile kiln will suffer as well."
Liu Feng said, then hugged the other party and comforted him, but Wang Xianglan pushed him away and said, "Young Master Liu, I have to trouble you with the brick and tile kiln matters. I want to keep a filial piety for my mother. "
" OK, don't worry, I will definitely manage the Wang family's business. Miss, please take care of your health, I will go to the brick and tile kiln first to take a look. "After Liu Feng was pushed away, the atmosphere was a little awkward, so she found an excuse to leave.
In the middle of the night, Wang Xianglan remembered her mother's last words and was about to take the private money left by her mother to stay away from this sad place.
She just walked out, but found that the maid Xiaoling's room was on with an oil lamp, so she walked over curiously and saw Xiaoling combing her hair through the window, dressing up her clothes, and took out a golden hairpin from the cabinet and inserted it on the end of her hair.
"Strange, where are she going to dress up so late? And where did that golden hairpin come from? "Wang Xianglan said in confusion.
At this time, Xiaoling blew out the oil lamp and walked out of the room quietly. She looked around very cautiously. After seeing that there was no one around, she walked towards Liu Feng's room.
"Young Master Liu, Young Master Liu, I'm here. "Xiaoling shouted a few words.
After a while, Liu Feng opened the door, glanced outside, and then pulled Xiaoling into the room.
Wang Xianglan hid outside the window and listened to those shameless voices, frowned. She didn't expect that the two of them would have an affair.
"Young Master, when are you going to marry me? "After the two of them had a rainy day, Xiaoling asked coquettishly.
"Now, all the annoying people are apart from them. After the case is settled, all the property of the Wang family will be in my hands. I will definitely marry you in a grand manner. "Liu Feng promised.
"Young Master, you are really too smart. They never dreamed that the second wife was you..." Xiaoling was blocked by the other party halfway through her words.
"Ling'er, no one can say such words in the future. Do you know? "Liu Feng reminded.
At this moment, Wang Xianglan heard the truth and looked surprised. She never expected that the one who killed Liu Ruyan was his mother's cousin. It turned out that the other party killed Liu Ruyan to blame Wang Hao and forced them to collapse in their hearts. It finally reaped the benefits of the fisherman.
was originally going to leave Wang Xianglan, but decided to stay and find out the truth. However, to find the truth, you must shout Liu Ruyiyan's head.
Wait until the next day, Wang Xianglan was dragged into the alley by a man. Before she could speak, the man said, "I am the imperial envoy Wei Wenjie. This time I am here to investigate the Wang family's murder case. There are many doubts in this case. I want to ask you for some things now. "
"I heard my mother mention you before she died. She..." Wang Xianglan was a female after all. After hearing who the other party was, she immediately burst into tears, and then she committed suicide and told her that the mother had handed over with her head.
"Hey, it's all the blame for the murderer. I must do it! "Wei Wenjie roared angrily.
"Mr. Wei, I already know who the murderer is, but I don't know where he hid the second wife's head. "Wang Xianglan truthfully told her discovery.
" So, Liu Ruyan was killed by Liu Feng and his maid Xiaoling, and then blamed Wang Hao, so that he could drive you mother and daughter crazy, and he would enjoy the consequences? "Wei Wenjie quickly clarified the idea of the case.
"Mr. Wei, if we can't find that head, we can't clear our cousin of the crime. What should we do now? "Wang Xianglan cried sadly.
"Today I carefully sorted out this case and found many clues from it. Now that I want to rescue your cousin, I must arrest the murderer! So next, you have to do what I said. "Wei Wenjie ordered.
Wang Xianglan heard that the other party asked her to use a beauty trick. When she thought of Liu Feng being so fierce, she was a little scared, but when she thought that her cousin was wrongly imprisoned and her mother died for no reason, she hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"That's great, believe me, this case will be revealed! "Wei Wenjie cheered up.
The next day, Wang Xianglan found Liu Feng and said, "Brother Liu, I will leave the Wang family brick and tile kiln to you in the future. I..."
Liu Feng looked at the other party's desire to speak but stopped, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the lady? Is it so uncomfortable?"
Wang Xianglan saw that the other party reached out and did not stop him, but instead wiped her tears and cried, "My parents are gone, and my cousin is also in prison. This time I am afraid that I will die forever. Now I am a weak woman, how can I support this family?"
"Xianglan, isn't there me?" Seeing that the other party did not resist him, Liu Feng took the other party into his arms and said with concern.
"Brother Liu, but I..." Wang Xianglan said in the other party's chest.
"If you have anything, just say it. As long as I am here, you will not let the Wang family fall down." Liu Feng said confidently.
"I have nightmares these nights. If I can come to my second mother to find me for my life, she asked me to return my head to her so that she can rest in peace, but I don't know where the head is. I want to leave this place and never come back in the future." Wang Xianglan said.
"Xianglan, don't worry, when the case is over, my cousin's head will definitely be found, and you won't have nightmares at that time." Liu Feng continued to comfort him.
"Thank you, Brother Liu, thanks to you, this time, thanks to you by my side, otherwise I would not know what else to do." Wang Xianglan said.
"Xianglan, actually I have always liked you very much. If I could marry into Wang Jiayun, your husband, it would be great that we will manage the Wang family together in the future." Liu Feng looked down at the other party and said.
"Don't you dislike me?" Wang Xianglan smiled bitterly.
"Of course not. Being able to marry you as a wife is the luckiest thing in my life." Liu Feng said with a smile.
"No, I can't marry you now. Er Niang's head has not been found. She will come to me." Wang Xianglan shook her head and said.
"Xianglan, do you really love me?" Liu Feng asked suddenly.
"Brother Liu doesn't believe it? Then I'll die to show you, wuwu..." Wang Xianglan finished speaking, crying and trying to hit the wall.
"Xianglan, you misunderstood. I don't mean that. Actually, I want to tell you a secret. I know where my cousin's head is." Liu Feng said with a serious expression.
"Don't lie to me, you are not the murderer, how do you know where the head is?" Wang Xianglan asked.
"Although my cousin was not killed by me, I hid her head. Come with me." After Liu Feng said that, he pulled the other party to a big tree outside the city. Seeing that there was no one around, he poked a mud-sealed tree hole at the root with a dead branch.
Then he fumbled through the tree hole with his hands for a while, then took out a package from it, and after opening it, only the skull was left inside.
"Brother Liu, you...you..." Wang Xianglan looked at the other person with a surprised look.
"Xianglan, actually I always like you in my heart, and I did this for you." Liu Feng said excitedly.
It turned out that after Liu Feng came to the Wang family to see Wang Xianglan, he wanted to marry the other party and take over the Wang family's property, but his cousin Liu Ruyan stopped him.
So Liu Feng and his maid Xiaoling colluded. He asked Xiaoling to poison Liu Ruyan to death, then cut off his head and handed it to him to hide.
This plan would have been a while, but Wang Hao's arrival forced the plan to be advanced, so he just happened to blame the other party for this matter, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
"Brother Liu, my mother..." Wang Xianglan couldn't help crying when she thought of her mother's tragic death.
Seeing this, Liu Feng hurriedly stepped forward to comfort me. As soon as he said a few good words, he saw the maid Xiaoling walk out from behind a big tree. She pointed at Liu Feng and said, "Young Master Liu, it turns out that you have been lying to me. You said you want to marry me. Are you all lying to me?"
"Xiaoling? Why are you here?" Liu Feng saw the other person, and a ferocity flashed in his surprised eyes.
then took out a short knife from his arms and walked towards Xiaoling, and said viciously: "You are just a maid, and you deserve to let me marry you. Since you have caught you today, don't blame me for being cruel."
Just when Liu Feng stabbed the maid Xiaoling with his knife, Wei Wenjie arrived with a group of yamen runners, but they were still a little late. Xiaoling was stabbed into the chest with a knife, and finally closed her eyes unwillingly.
The yamen runner quickly controlled Liu Feng. Then he took him back to the yamen for interrogation. Liu Feng had just killed the maid Xiaoling in front of everyone, and he could no longer deny it. Finally, he confessed his crime truthfully.
After the case occurred, the magistrate Zhang County and the magistrate Zhou were dismissed and fined for handling the case too rashly. As for the murderer, he received the punishment he deserved and was sentenced to death by the court.
Wei Wenjie and Wang Xianglan met because of this incident. Later, he went to worship his benefactor Ge Cuihua. The two met again, and they fell in love with each other, and finally got together.
