Chapter 438: Wish

Unconsciously, it was noon. The sky was cloudless and the sun was shining directly, but there was no warmth. Perhaps it was offset by the resentment that was rising to the sky.

When Li Changxiao was looking for the corpse of the county magistrate, he found other clues. He learned that Mengze City was a big city under Dayu Kingdom.

Dayu Kingdom was a secular country with a history of three hundred years. In fact, Li Changxiao had entered the territory of Dayu Kingdom some time ago, but he didn't care at first and didn't pay attention.

The corpse of the county magistrate was not in the government office. Li Changxiao spent 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 full of blood, and no one was spared. There were women waiting to give birth and young men studying inside... Li Changxiao walked past quickly, but still didn't see the corpse of the county magistrate.

Maybe he was killed when he went out. He looked outside and finally found the corpse of the county magistrate in a medicine shop.

It turned out that his wife was ill, and he went to buy medicine, but he never thought that an ordinary separation would eventually become a farewell forever.

Pick up dream fragments.

In the county magistrate's dreams, there are mostly scenes of getting along with his wife and children, followed by some scenes of corruption and bribery, and drinking and socializing with local officials.

If he is a good official, he is also corrupt. If he is a bad official, he really puts a lot of thought into handling cases.

The case of Zhou Yuanwai's son's death was investigated by the county magistrate. In his dream fragments, 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 to beat a drum to report the case, claiming that a body was found in his village.

After the county magistrate learned about it, he took three guards and went straight to the downstream village. When he arrived at the scene of the crime, he found a naked man stuck in the drainage ditch.

After asking from house to house, he found out that the deceased was not from the village, so he concluded that he had flowed 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 determined that the body was undoubtedly Zhou Zuo, the son of Mr. Zhou. After confirming the body, the next step was to investigate the identity of the deceased.

It was found that Zhou Zuo often went in and out of Zuimenglou, and recently he had a lot of noise because of a woman he had competed with a certain young man, so the county magistrate suspected that this case was caused by jealousy.

After inviting the suspect, it was found that this was not the case. The suspect happened to be punished to stay in seclusion for a month because of something, and he had an absolutely perfect alibi, and his motive for murder was not very strong.

At this time, after the autopsy, the coroner told the county magistrate that Zhou Zuo had lost three teeth, his face was swollen on both sides, and there were many bruises on his body.

These wounds were caused before death. Zhou Zuo was beaten and abused intermittently before his death.

The coroner lifted Zhou Zuo's clothes, revealing his wrists and ankles, and found deep rope marks mixed with blood.

This was evidence of long-term binding and confinement. Then the coroner turned Zhou Zuo over and put him in a prone position, pressing his spine with his fingers.

It was found that the spine was severely strained and some parts were broken.

From this, the coroner concluded that Zhou Zuo had been lying on the ground for a long time before his death, with his hands and feet folded behind his back and tied together. In this way, he not only lost his mobility, but also his waist spine was always straight.

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This is a common way of tying people up by human traffickers. When the county magistrate heard it, he was furious and immediately thought of the beggars in Mengze City.

So he arrested the beggar boss and tortured him.

Zhou Zuo's clothes were found in the beggar boss's den, and the beggar boss was naturally unable 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 boss, who said that Zhou Zuo's clothes were robbed from a female beggar named "Xiao Zhen".

At first, the county magistrate did not believe it, thinking it was just an excuse from the beggar boss, but when he met the beggar, his heart skipped a beat.

So he called out softly, "Xiao Zhen?"

The young beggar girl really turned her head back, and when she saw that it was the county magistrate, she was startled, and her face turned completely pale.

It was a look full of fear and regret. The county magistrate had a very clear impression, and it was from this time that he became suspicious of Xiao Zhen.

He noticed the hairpin on Xiao Zhen's head, which was a new model this year. He went to the accessories store and asked Xiao Zhen for relevant clues.

When he found that Xiao Zhen came to buy accessories, it was exactly the day Zhou Zuo disappeared.

The county magistrate immediately became more suspicious. He then found Xiaozhen and asked her what she did that day. As a result, she lied and did not tell the truth.

From then on, the county magistrate followed the clues and pressed on step by step. He was almost sure that Xiaozhen was the murderer, but he lacked decisive evidence.

During this period, he met Xiaozhen several times, but saw that she had gradually changed.

The eyes that used to be afraid of him gradually became impatient and disgusted.

The clothes on her body were no longer dirty and smelly. She wore a brocade skirt and leather silk short boots. Not only was there a sachet and jade pendant on her waist, but her long hair was also combed like a daughter of a wealthy family.

She was not like the beggar at all.

However, in the eyes of the county magistrate, no matter how Xiaozhen changed, she was still the dirty beggar, and he looked down on her from the bottom of his heart.

It was this kind of eyes that made Xiaozhen hate him, no, not only him, but also others. She felt that everyone always regarded her as a beggar.

Does being a beggar for a while mean that you will be a beggar for the rest of your life? Why can't I be a rich girl? Now I have everything that ordinary people don't have... Xiaozhen thought so.

The last meeting in memory.

It was the county magistrate who stopped Xiaozhen's way. He told Xiaozhen that if she knew what was good for her, she should go back with him and surrender herself. If she didn't show up in the court before midnight tonight, he would send someone to invite her.

After that, he strode away.

At that time, Xiaozhen looked at him with anger and murderous intent.

It was a look of long-standing resentment. The violence that had been hidden in Xiaozhen's heart erupted all of a sudden under the pressure of the county magistrate.

"I've decided."

"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.