Super rare beast girl, run away! The emperor's uncle is coming!

Chapter 143 The Cunning Hong Family

Hou Li's eyes narrowed and he avoided looking at her.

A layer of frost covered Qu Jingyao's brows, and she stared at him sarcastically.

"Miss, what is your relationship with the Mo brothers?"

"To answer your Excellency's question, the two Mo brothers are my younger brothers."

There was an uproar all around, it turned out that they were siblings!

"Hou Li, Miss Hong, this letter..."

Before the county magistrate could finish his words, Hou Li vehemently denied that the letter had nothing to do with him.

"Your Excellency, as you know, I've been recuperating at home since I was ill. I only felt better yesterday."

After Hou Li finished speaking, Hong Shuang also looked at Qu Jingyao with a gloomy face. The more she looked at that face, the more jealous she felt. A country girl with mud legs had a seductive look. Just as Shushan said, she must have bullied the Qu family a lot.

If Qu Jingyao knew what she was thinking, she would definitely ask her: Do you want to eat oil cakes?

There was a commotion in the courtroom. The two men vehemently denied having anything to do with the letter, and the county magistrate was unable to make a decision for a while.

"Sir, you can compare the notes." Qu Jingyao reminded him.

Hong Shuang looked at her with a gloomy look of secret hatred, and at this moment she wished she could pounce on that bitch and tear her to pieces.

Qu Shushan was also at a loss at this time, wondering where that little bitch got the letter from.

The county magistrate called on the bailiff to get the two men's notes and compare them.

Hou Li opened his mouth but dared not say anything more. He couldn't understand why all the letters had been handled by him.

Everyone watched the bailiff leave and started talking about it.

Wang Hanyu in the crowd looked anxious.

Old Wang stroked his beard and said to him with a smile, "You, you're too worried. Look at that girl, she looks so confident. She must have a backup plan."

"grandfather......"

Old Wang shook his head and laughed.

His grandson is really trapped. It's obvious that he can't control that girl.

Hou Li and Hong Shuang in the court were still stubbornly shouting that solving a case required witnesses and physical evidence, and she would not think that she could make the adults declare her good brothers innocent by making up a false letter.

The county magistrate also nodded in agreement at this time. It was indeed necessary to have both human and material evidence to overturn the case for the two.

"Sir, I have witnesses!" Qu Jingyao waved to the hall, and Bai Guo told Li Liang not to be afraid.

Hua Yun also nodded towards her son with a determined look on her face.

Li Liang straightened his clothes, walked towards the hall with a determined look, and knelt down beside the two Mo brothers.

Xiaoyang and Xiaochen glanced at him strangely. They were not very familiar with this man. Why did their sister say he was a witness?

"Students have met adults."

Li Liang kowtowed respectfully to the county magistrate.

"Well, look up and answer. This girl said you are a witness. Why don't you tell me what happened?"

After Ding Guiren finished speaking, he warned him sternly not to give false testimony, otherwise he would be beaten.

"Don't worry, sir. Everything I said is true. It not only proves the innocence of the Mo brothers, but also reveals who the murderer is."

"Oh? Tell me quickly."

Everyone in the hall started to buzz with discussion. No wonder the girl was so calm and not worried at all. It turned out that there were witnesses and evidence!

Everyone is curious about who the murderer is?

When Mrs. Hong saw him appear, her heart began to beat fast, and her eyes looked at her daughter more and more gloomy. This girl was so incompetent that she couldn't even do such a small thing.

Hong Shuang was also unsure at this moment. She looked at Qu Shushan nervously. Didn't he say that the Li family had already dealt with the person? Why was he still here?

"Damn bitch..."

When questioned by the county magistrate, Li Liang recounted what he had seen that day. Finally, amid everyone's questioning, the county magistrate called the coroner.

According to the coroner's testimony, the deceased was just as Li Liang said. At this moment, the yamen runners also came back with the handwriting of Hong Shuang and Hou Li.

When all the evidence pointed to the two of them, Hou Li collapsed on the stool, his face dejected, knowing that there was no way he could escape today.

Hong Shuang looked at her mother and nodded slightly. Fortunately, she had a backup plan.

"My Lord, this is definitely not my daughter's handwriting. This... this is the handwriting of my daughter's maid. She deliberately imitated my handwriting..."

"Ms. Hong, this is a great excuse!" Qu Jingyao raised her eyebrows sarcastically.

"You... hum... whether it's an excuse or not is up to the county magistrate to judge."

Lord Ding, who was in the lead, looked at the two people arguing and had no choice but to ask the yamen runners to find Hong Shuang's maid. What exactly happened?

When the bailiff left, the smug expression on Hong Shuang's face made Qu Jingyao realize that things might not be as smooth as she thought.

"Sir, I did find this from Li Qi's residence in Qing Academy."

The bailiff presented the porcelain vase to the county magistrate in the upper seat.

"Quick, call the doctor from Tongjitang."

Qu Jingyao and Li Qi looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. This confirmed that what Li Liang said was true, and Li Qi was indeed the murderer.

A moment later, the doctor from Tongjitang arrived at the hall, and the county magistrate asked him to verify whether there was poison in the porcelain bottle.

The doctor immediately recognized that it was indeed arsenic, and it was sold from Tongjitang.

"But I remember it was a little girl who bought it, and she said she wanted to catch mice, so I sold it to her from Tongjitang."

The doctor's words brought new clues to the matter.

When the yamen runners brought the maidservant beside Hong Shuang, the doctor at Tongjitang recognized her at a glance: "This is the little girl you bought, sir. I remember it very clearly, the mole at the corner of her eyebrow."

"Pah, did you buy this arsenic just to poison your second young master? And did you write this letter?"

The county magistrate banged his gavel, and everyone in the hall was startled. The little girl looked at her master tremblingly.

"Look at what I'm doing. Tell me the truth about what's going on, but don't implicate others." Hong Shuang stared at the little maid with gloomy eyes, emphasizing the word "others" deliberately.

The little girl's eyes narrowed noticeably, and she lowered her eyes with a look of despair.

"Ms. Hong, are you threatening her? Or are you trying to influence the county magistrate's decision?"

Qu Jingyao looked at her with cold eyes full of ridicule.

The county magistrate at the top slammed the table and asked the maid what had happened. If she didn't tell the truth, she would be severely punished.

The maidservant's body trembled noticeably, and she kept shrinking back. She raised her head cautiously and stammered:

"My Lord, I..."

When she saw the look in Miss Hong and Mrs. Hong's eyes.

"Zhu'er, you should think it over before you speak. You are so bold. You don't consider your parents at all."

After Mrs. Hong finished speaking, the little hope in the little maid named Zhu'er's heart was shattered, and she collapsed to the ground with a look of despair on her face.