During the Qing Dynasty, there was a famous doctor in the capital named Zhao Jitian. On this day, his wife Li Shi disappeared inexplicably and never returned. Zhao Jitian and his brother-in-law Li Baosheng separated for a day to find no results, so they had to go to the county yamen to report to the official.

The county magistrate asked Zhao Jitian when he last saw the Li family and what happened around that time. Zhao Jitian replied: "Just after the time of August 16th, Li Bao next door came to knock on the door and said that his wife was sick and uncomfortable, so I had to get up and go to see her. After about half a stick of incense, I went home after the consultation, but my wife was still there. Until the time of Maoshi, she got up before me and said she went downstairs to cook. After I got up, I never saw her again."

After hearing this, the county magistrate said nothing, and then interrogated Li Baosheng alone. According to Li Baosheng, the last time he saw his sister was the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The two families drank and watched the moon together in the courtyard of the Zhao family until the time of the child.

The county magistrate also asked Zhao Jitian how their relationship was with the Li family. Li Baosheng said that his sister and brother-in-law had always been respectful to each other. He only saw his sister and brother-in-law arguing twice, and both times they were related to an actor named Lu Wenying. Lu Wenying often went to Zhao Jitian for treatment due to singing for many years, and he had a good relationship with the Zhao family. One day, Lu Wenying stayed for dinner after seeing a doctor in the Zhao family. Suddenly, someone came to invite Zhao Jitian for a visit. When Zhao Jitian returned home after treatment, he actually got into a fight with Lu Wenying. Hearing Zhao Jitian's tone, it seemed that Lu Wenying took advantage of Zhao Jitian's visit and wanted to take the opportunity to insult the Li family, but Zhao Jitian happened to bump into him. After that, Zhao Lu and the two of them broke up their righteousness, and Zhao Jitian and his wife also quarreled for a while before they stopped.

After that, Zhao Jitian and the Li family resumed their old love, until five days ago, when Zhao Jitian came back from a doctor's visit, he actually bumped into Lu Wenying at home. Zhao Jitian beat Lu Wenying to death at that time. That night, Li Baosheng heard the quarrel between his sister and brother-in-law, but on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two seemed to be reconciled again.

After hearing this, the county magistrate was thoughtful, and then led a group of yamen to Lu Wenying and asked him if he knew about the disappearance of Zhao Jitian's wife, Li shi. Lu Wenying shook his head blankly.

The county magistrate asked again, "I heard that last year, when Zhao Jitian was visiting the hospital, you wanted to molest the Li family, but Zhao Jitian bumped into you on the spot and was beaten. Is this the case?"

At noon that day, Zhao Jitian went out to see a doctor. Since Li shi likes to sing, I taught her to sing and play. In order to be accurate, it was inevitable that she would have some contact with him.

The county magistrate said again, "Then why did you appear at Zhao's house five days ago when Zhao Jitian was out?"

Lu Wenying replied, "That day in the city, Zhang Yuanwai had a meeting on his 60th birthday, and he asked me to sing by name. I happened to pass by the Zhao family. I remembered the relationship between the two of them back then, so I couldn't help but feel sad, so I wanted to go in and apologize. Unexpectedly, he happened to be away, so I exchanged a few words with Li shi, and was about to leave when he came back.

The county magistrate saw that he could not ask for anything, so he had to return to the county yamen.

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The next morning, Yang Ling was worried about the case. He only heard people making noises in front of the hall. When he went out to take a look, he saw Li Baosheng grabbing someone and coming to report the case.

According to Li Baosheng, he and Pei Liu had never known each other, only because Pei Liu lost the game with the casino in the morning. Li Baosheng forced him to pay back the money. He took out a bracelet from his arms to pay off the debt.

The county magistrate asked Li Baosheng how to prove that the bracelet was owned by the Li family. Li Baosheng pointed to a "sub" character on the inner wall of the bracelet and said, "This bracelet was originally a pair. The one with the seal script 'wood character 'engraved on the inner wall was passed on to the eldest sister. This one with the seal script'sub character' was passed on to the second sister. This treasure is really owned by the Li family and cannot be doubted."

The county magistrate nodded and asked Pei Liu, "What did you do to the Li Consortium? Hurry up and tell the truth."

Pei Liu was so scared that he knelt down and confessed, "On August 16th, Caomin came home from the casino. When he passed Zhao Jitian's house, he happened to be called away by Li Baosheng, and the door was not closed, so he took the opportunity to sneak into Zhao's house to steal. He finally stole a bracelet and was about to leave when he remembered Li's beauty and wanted to take advantage of it, so he got up his courage and walked to the bed, gently opened the tent, and reached out to touch it, but found that the bed was empty, and there was no sign of Li's at all. Just as he was wondering, Zhao Jitian hurried back, and in a hurry, Caomin had no choice but to get under the bed and hide. Zhao Jitian naturally didn't know, so he still opened the tent and went to bed. When Zhao Jitian was fast asleep and snoring, Caomin climbed out of bed and quietly slipped away."

Pei Liu's confession shocked everyone present. If his words were true, then the Li Consortium had disappeared from the Zhao family as early as Yinshi, which obviously did not match Zhao Jitian's statement. The county magistrate was also confused, lowered his head and thought for a while before saying to the yamen, "Let's go and find Zhao Jitian."

In order to avoid disturbing Zhao Jitian, the county magistrate asked Pei Liu and the others to wait outside, and he only brought the head hunter into the Zhao family. As soon as he entered the door, the county magistrate probed Zhao Jitian: "A witness informed me that he saw you kill Li shi with his own eyes, is that so?"

Zhao Jitian was shocked and said, "This is completely bloody. I have a very good relationship with my wife. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, I also talked with Li Baosheng's family about seeing the sky and the moon.

The county magistrate said disapprovingly, "In order to create the illusion of harmony between husband and wife for outsiders, you have covered it up for a long time, which of course includes the good show of friendship on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. But, have you forgotten the conflict with Li shi last year? What did you see at noon when you and Lu Wenying turned against each other last year? Could it be that Lu Wenying really wanted to molest Li shi? I think what you saw was the scene of Lu Wenying and Li shi making love to each other. The reason why you have to say this is just to save your face. After that, although you have repaired your relationship with Li shi on the surface, you have actually been looking distant, and five days ago, Lu Wenying and Li shi had another affair, which completely made you murderous. You took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival and invited the Li family to have fun with you. It was clearly to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but secretly you wanted the Li family to be your witness. When you made these preparations, you tore off your disguise and killed the Li family after the Li family left. "

Zhao Jitian panicked and said, "As I said at the beginning, on August 16th, I was invited by Li Baosheng to go to his house for treatment. From the time I went out until I came back, my wife fell asleep. She didn't get up before me until the morning, said she was going downstairs to cook, and then she didn't return. Have these adults forgotten?"

The county magistrate said angrily, "What nonsense! It's true that you went to the Li family to see a doctor in Yinshi on August 16, but the Li family had already disappeared from the Zhao family by then. Li Baosheng's family left at midnight during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Zhao Jitian still shouted that he was wronged, and the county magistrate had to summon Pei Liu to the scene. When Pei Liu took Li family's bracelet and told him about the experience of August 16, Zhao Jitian felt that he could not argue. Seeing that Zhao Jitian had run out of skills, the county magistrate decisively ordered him to be arrested. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jitian suddenly asked to take a look upstairs. The county magistrate was afraid that he was cheating, so he accompanied him upstairs with everyone.

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Zhao Jitian came upstairs and without saying a word, he bent down to look under the bed and couldn't help laughing. The county magistrate asked him why he was laughing, and Zhao Jitian confidently said, "I have no worries about my life." The county magistrate was curious and leaned over to look under the bed.

The head hunter received the order and went straight to Lu Wenying's residence. Sure enough, Lu Wenying was packing up her bags and preparing to leave.

The head hunter brought Lu Wenying to the Zhao family. When the county magistrate saw Lu Wenying, he asked, "Where did you take the Li Consortium?"

Lu Wenying was shocked and said, "What does my lord mean by this? I'm confused."

The county magistrate glared at him and said coldly, "Because of your throat disease, you often come to the Zhao family to see a doctor and collude with the Li family to commit adultery.

Lu Wenying refused to admit it, insisting that she came to Zhao's house five days ago to apologize and make peace with Zhao Jitian, but the other party happened to be absent.

The county magistrate said sternly, "I see that you came to the Zhao family to see the right time. You just wanted to take advantage of Zhao Jitian's departure and come to find Li shi, because you want to discuss the plan of eloping with Li shi. Yesterday at Zhang Yuanwai's mansion, I already asked people about the arrangements of the hall meeting. August 16th was your last meeting, and Li shi disappeared mysteriously that day. I think you must have found a hidden place in advance for her to eat and live, and then you will find her after the hall meeting is over, and then the two of you will fly away, right?"

Lu Wenying was a little flustered, but she still argued: "Lord, don't speculate randomly, there is no evidence to wrong a good person."

The county magistrate sneered and said, "Evidence? Speaking of evidence, it was you who sent it to the door on your own initiative. Yesterday, I asked you for a question, which was originally just a routine matter, but you were guilty and thought that this official had listed you as a suspect, so you found Li shi to discuss a way. You know that Li Baosheng often goes to the casino to gamble, so you gave Pei Liu the bracelet that Li shi was wearing, and taught Pei Liu a set of words to memorize. In this way, Pei Liu came to the casino with the bracelet, deliberately gambled with Li Baosheng, and bet the bracelet as gambling money. Li Baosheng must have been suspicious when he saw the bracelet, so Pei Liu was caught by Li Baosheng and came to this official logically, and naturally completed your framing of Zhao Jitian. It's a pity that you all ran out of tricks, and in the end you still missed it. "

After saying that, the county magistrate pointed under the bed and asked Lu Wenying to squat down and take a good look. Lu Wenying looked at it for a long time, but she didn't see anything. She only said that there was nothing under the bed.

The county magistrate asked back, "Nothing? Didn't you see the faint layer of dust under the bed? If it's true, as Pei Liu said, he has been under the bed, can the dust be spread so evenly?"

Hearing this, Lu Wenying felt thunderous and collapsed to the ground…