The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1162 - Chapter 1162 1162 He committed 2 murder cases

Chapter 1162: 1162 He committed 2 murder cases Chapter 1162: 1162 He committed 2 murder cases Xiao Yishan saw the bearded man in the yard and naturally did not recognize that it was Su Qingyue, “Who are you?”

Qingyue still used ventriloquism to claim she was a friend of Xiao Yuchuan.

Xiao Yishan did not give her another glance and asked with genuine concern, “Third brother, is Yue’er well hidden?

With such cold weather, where could she hide?”

“Rest assured, second brother,” Xiao Yuchuan said firmly.

“I won’t let anything happen to Yue’er.”

It wasn’t long before the villagers passed on the news that County Magistrate Zheng had temporarily lodged at village chief Hua Changxu’s house.

A little later, Hua Lizheng organized the strong men, along with the government officials, to knock on doors house by house and inform all villagers over the age of ten to gather at the several empty lands beside the village well, asking men and women to assemble separately.

The villagers did not understand the reasons but knew it related to the murder case, and for a moment, everyone felt endangered.

Xiao Yuchuan, Xiao Yishan, Li Rong’er, and even the disguised Su Qingyue naturally all went to assemble.

In a big village of a few thousand people, one plot of empty land was not enough to accommodate everyone, so the crowd was divided into several gatherings.

At the area near the village well, those in charge were Chief Wang and an official from the county.

This gathering comprised solely men from the village.

In the cold wind, thousands of villagers were assembled, with several strong men maintaining order.

“Silence, everyone!

Line up in rows!” Chief Wang shouted.

The honest villagers were still quite afraid of government officials; although they had been whispering to one another just before, they all stood in rows obediently upon hearing Chief Wang’s order, and no one dared speak.

“Everyone, roll up your sleeves high!

Raise both your arms!” Chief Wang shouted again.

Everyone did as instructed.

Su Qingyue, with a face full of beard, stood beside Xiao Yuchuan and naturally followed suit.

Li Gui deliberately stood next to Xiao Yuchuan and glanced at him coldly, “Your wife committed murder, yet you don’t seem to be in a rush.”

“Really?” Xiao Yuchuan scoffed, “It could well be you who killed Zhu Daqi and framed my wife.”

Li Gui’s face turned pale, “Don’t slander me!”

Zhu Nengwen stood in the back rows, watching Li Gui’s and Xiao Yuchuan’s movements closely, his expression seeming furiously indignant.

Someone from the side comforted him, “the second son of the Zhu Family, don’t be sad.

The county magistrate will surely give your family justice.”

“I trust in the county magistrate’s wisdom,” Zhu Nengwen replied, still with an indignant face.

All complied with Chief Wang’s instruction and rolled up their sleeves.

Su Qingyue did not neglect her arms in her makeup, so her fair arms and hands were covered with a layer of yellow medicine, giving the skin a dark yellow appearance.

Standing next to Xiao Yuchuan, apart from being shorter in stature and having a face full of beard, she did not raise any suspicions about her gender.

“Who are you?” Li Gui’s sharp eyes shot towards Su Qingyue.

“He’s my friend Wu Yuan,” Xiao Yuchuan recited the pretext they had arranged, “He came to visit my family specially.”

“Coming to the Xiao Family at such a time, not afraid of seeking your own death,” Li Gui said with a face full of mockery.

“What seeking my own death, I believe in Su Qingyue’s innocence,” Su Qingyue replied in a manly voice through ventriloquism, sounding more convincingly male, leaving no room for doubt.

Chief Wang and a county official carefully inspected each villager’s arms as they passed in front of the rows.

Coming to a man with an injured arm, Chief Wang said fiercely, “You, step out of line!”

Upon reaching Xiao Yuchuan and Li Gui and seeing injuries on their arms, he said with a sullen face, “You two, come out!”

Actually, from the moment Chief Wang had ordered people to roll up their sleeves, Xiao Yuchuan knew he was going to target those with injured arms.