Capítulo 1693: Chapter 1693: Wronged
As they were nearing the old residence, the county magistrate suddenly shouted nervously, and regretfully pounded his forehead with his hand, muttering incessantly, “Oh, my head, why am I so stupid?”
The village head was taken aback for a mont, wondering what madness the county magistrate was up to again.
“Great Master, is there sothing wrong?”
“I was so nervous when I saw the noble earlier, I forgot to invite the noble from the Capital to co and judge the case, oh dear! I don’t know if they’ll think I’m disrespecting them.”
This was sothing he truly didn’t anticipate.
“So… what should we do now?”
“You go back.”
“Huh?”
“Invite them over to judge the case.”
“But… but… will you be okay on your own, sir?”
“It’s fine, I have plenty of subordinates accompanying , don’t I? Besides, the Mo Family Ancestral Ho is just ahead, I can go alone, you hurry back!”
The village head glanced up, in front of the Mo Family Ancestral Ho entrance, villagers gathered in great numbers, clearly, they had co to help.
Whenever Mo Family Village encountered weddings or funerals, villagers would automatically and voluntarily co to assist.
“Alright, then I’ll head to the Xie Residence again.”
“Go, go.”
The county magistrate arrived at the old residence with the governnt officials, uncovering the white cloth on the corpse to examine. The villagers saw him in his official robe and knew the county magistrate had arrived, so they dared not obstruct him.
Cui Hua and Mo Hengjian had already been separately detained by the village head, waiting for the county magistrate to question them.
After one night, Old Master Mo’s corpse already showed livor mortis, the bright red clothes he wore were the sa as yesterday, several holes were stabbed into his chest, and the surrounding blood had already dried.
Knowing that there was a murder case in Mo Family Village, the county magistrate had specially brought along the coroner.
As the white cloth was lifted, a stench of the corpse hit their noses. The county magistrate disdainfully covered his nose with his hand, took a few steps back, turned his head, and beckoned to the old man behind him, shouting, “Coroner, examine the body.”
“Yes.”
The old man put on gloves, took his tools, and approached to inspect.
As he looked, he also jotted down notes in a notebook, and after a while, reported to the county magistrate, “Sir, I have completed the examination.”
“How is it?”
“The corpse has five knife wounds, three of which struck vital areas, two were slashed on the abdominal region. The assailant was intent on taking the victim’s life, so every stab was delivered with utmost force, deeply penetrating.”
The coroner had just finished speaking when they heard a woman’s wailing screams, “What nonsense are you saying? They are grandfather and grandson, how could he want his life?”
Knowing the county magistrate had arrived at the old residence to investigate the murder case, the entire Mo Family Village’s villagers all ca over to watch.
Everyone looked clearly, only to see Madam Ruan disheveled, hair unkempt, and looking haggard storming out of the house, probably having cried all night without sleep, her eyes swollen like walnuts. She began to curse at the coroner: “You old fool, if you don’t know how to examine, don’t spout nonsense about every wound being lethal! The two of them were usually on good terms, even shared clothes. There surely must be an accidental cause to this, boohoo…!”
With that, Madam Ruan started wailing again.
The blow from her pair of children was too much for her, one jumped into the river and died, while the other is now a murderer, likely not able to live much longer. Madam Ruan’s ntal world had completely collapsed. Now, the only thing holding her up was the urge to save her son, else she would have collapsed long ago.
Mo Daoyan also rushed out from the house, stepped forward to grab Madam Ruan, and tried to appease her, “Wife, don’t make a scene. If our son is innocent, the adults will restore his innocence.”
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