Chapter 377 The Second Confessor
"We were photographed by you when our wife knew about the invitation to the night banquet. She started dressing up a day in advance, for fear of losing her bad luck. She never expected that... our wife was gone, and you became like this..."
The hall was silent, and for a while, I couldn't tell who was worse. What's going on?
Manager Zhao took a deep breath and barely shrank his big belly back.
However, he had not practiced this magical skill and could only shrink for a while, but could not shrink the flesh on his face. After exhaling, his stomach rolled out again, which was funny. He really had no relationship with a handsome man.
Huang Fuyin slapped the gavel with a bang.
"There is no noise in the court. Who is coming? What evidence is there?"
The woman consciously made a fuss, shrank her neck, and knelt down with a plop, "Minister woman Yao Jincui is the first-class maid next to Mrs. Caidie. The lady held a night banquet to coax the regular guests who often came to the feast on the first and fifteenth day of the day. There are many interesting flower girls and beautiful flower girls in the capital. Our wife is a man who sells her skills but not her body. If she doesn't make any tricks, she will probably be neglected in front of the door."
"The invitation is very high, and the price is a ten-piece carved brand of incense wood, with the words "colored butterfly" carved on it. Only when the names of the ten guests are confirmed will the wife write a post and ask me to send it to the mansion to show her honor."
"Liu Lai and Zhao Que are not regular customers. There were many people who came to take photos that day, and only three people actually took photos of them. Among them, Liu Lai took photos of five, Zhao Qingjiang took photos of four, and Yang Chuo from Zhongqin's Mansion took photos of one for himself."
"Liu Gui led Yan Erlang to the same day; Yan Erlang took three yuan on the spot, but in fact, those three yuan, the two yuan used by Liu Gui and Liu, were all the money paid by Liu Gui!"
"I collected the money. It was written clearly in the account book and it was clearly used. The same Jiaozi was used. Liu Guihuan secretly reminded our wife, saying that Yan Erlang would bring two distinguished guests and told her to greet him in a special way."
Yao Jincui said, taking off a bag from her body, spread it on the ground, with an account book and a list of books in it, and raising it up, "This is all the account book of the night banquet back then, including who took the money and how much it cost to buy it."
"After the wife went, her relatives from the country came here and took away all her property. I served her for many years. I thought that there was her comment on the account book. This list was the name of the ten people who came that night, dietary taboos, and preferences."
"In order not to make mistakes, our wife will investigate in advance. Being a flower girl is not as easy as everyone thinks."
"It's all written by myself, so I've left these behind and wanted to have a thought."
Yao Jincui said, looking at the booklet with some nostalgia, and ended, "I didn't expect that it would come in handy now."
Before the Huang Fu Yin spoke, Manager Zhao said, "This can only prove that Liu Gui and the Liu Lai brothers have known Yan Erlang for a long time and intend to please them. It is related, and it does not prove that Liu Lai is definitely not the murderer."
Yao Jincui nodded.
The Huang Fu Yin, who was sitting in the hall, took the booklet handed over by the yamen runners and flipped through it speechlessly.
What to do? It seems like I’m a little sleepy! I don’t have any trouble as the governor at all!
"That's because I also saw that the man in a cloak that Gou Yiwei saw was definitely not Liu Lai." Yao Jincui said, raised his head and looked at Liu Lai who was kneeling beside him.
Liu Lai pursed his lips, "What are you talking about?"
Yao Jincui shook her head, "I didn't say anything nonsense. I told the prosecutor of Kaifeng Prefecture at that time, but no one mentioned it later. I thought that the matter probably had nothing to do with the case, so I didn't care. This time someone came and said that Gou Yanei ran into a man in a cloak back then, and I remembered this and came here to testify."
"Master Qingtian, you must make the decision for our wife and find out the real murderer who killed her! Our little mother is a miserable person, but she has never done anything that is harmful to the world!"
Huang Fuyin looked solemn and his whole body became energetic, "Did you see the murderer's face?"
"I didn't see the face, but I saw his hands. His hands were very white. Liu Lai practiced martial arts. His hands were wrinkled like old tree bark and many calluses. It must not be his. And he was quite strong. The man in black robe was very pretty and a boy."
"Our wife has two pianos, one of which is called Junyao and the other is called Qingping, which is a pair. However, Qingping's piano was broken and sent to Wu's shop a few days ago to find a piano player to repair it."
"That night, the wife invited Song Yao into the house. Jun Yaoqin's voice was low and it was not suitable for Qiu Chanqu. The wife sent me to ask the Wu family shop to see if Ping Qin had been repaired. If it was repaired, I would send it to you early the next morning and ask Song Yao to caress it again before leaving."
"My wife has always been very harsh in music, and we are not surprised. The Wu family shop has many contacts with us, so I went to get the piano. After the piano was repaired, I asked the people in the shop to move me to the piano room. Our wife has a separate yard, which is specially used for playing the piano and practicing dancing."
"I was waiting at the door, and saw a black shadow passing by. When I walked to the door, I only saw his hand. I wanted to call him, but the shop's servant came out and gave them a reward. After turning around, the man in the cloak disappeared."
"There were ten male guests in the mansion that night. It was common for anyone to walk by if they couldn't sleep, so I didn't care. At this time, a maid came to report that Liu Gui was making trouble, saying that the wine was not strong enough, and he touched the beautiful maid."
"I had no choice but to go out to find the strong wine again. When I came back, the lights in my wife's room were turned off and the door was tied. She was accustomed to not having to watch the night, so I didn't care and went to deal with the matters next to the garden."
The Huang Fu Yin nodded thoughtfully, "Who did you tell the Kaifengfu official about these things? Do you still remember his name?"
Yao Jincui nodded, "I remember it, it's called Liu Feng. The words said by the civilian woman are true and dare not speak nonsense."
Huang Fuyin raised his hand and slapped the agglomeration with a bang, "Bold Liu Lai, you dare to take the charge of the real murderer, and contempt the court. His intention is to be punished! Can you admit your guilt?"
Before Liu could speak, a weak voice came from the crowd.
"Mr. Liu Lai is indeed not the one who killed Mrs. Caidie and blamed Song Yao, because I killed Mrs. Caidie and I."
Chapter completed!