OBS Chapter 327 Utterly Vicious!
Chapter 327 Utterly Vicious!
"Yes, sister-in-law, aren't you just harming everyone? Everyone saw that Xiaoshan died suddenly, and saw how pitiful you and your child were, so everyone kindly tried to help you seek justice. But you just stood by and watched everyone do something wrong. We treated you like family, but you treat us like enemies."
"Mrs. Pan, you've really screwed everyone over! One hundred and seventy-five taels of silver, how are you going to compensate us?"
“We’re all poor, where would we get the money to compensate? Although we smashed the pig trotter shop together, it was Pan who cheated us first, which is why we acted impulsively. Pan should be the one to pay compensation.”
"Yes, she should pay for it!"
"..."
Just a short while ago, those relatives were still defending Pan and seeking justice for her husband. In the blink of an eye, they were united in their hatred and questioned Pan.
The room was filled with questions, accusations, and attempts to shirk responsibility and draw lines.
Just then, Lin Xiaotang noticed something amiss. She found a tiny pinhole in the deceased's hair, so small that it was almost invisible unless you looked closely.
She exclaimed excitedly, "Found it, sir! Look quickly, see what tools you can use to get it out!"
The coroner was surprised that the young girl in front of him had actually found something unusual. He said excitedly, "Good, good, let me see what's going on."
He immediately moved to Lin Xiaotang's side, and, pointing to the top of the deceased's head where Lin Xiaotang was pointing, parted the hair to examine it carefully.
There really was a tiny, almost invisible pinhole.
There's a small black dot on it, which looks like a mole, but it's actually a little bit of blood that's congealed there.
The coroner exclaimed in amazement, "Little girl, you are truly extraordinary at such a young age! You are even more meticulous than I have been a coroner for many years. You even thought of looking for the wound in the hair, and you actually found it. That's truly remarkable!"
I happen to need an assistant. Would you be interested in becoming my apprentice and working as a coroner in the future?
Lin Xiaotang shook her head vigorously. She was determined to make a fortune through business, how could she become a coroner?
It wasn't that she looked down on coroners, but rather that she wanted to be a successful businesswoman, leading her large family to a comfortable and prosperous life.
If she were to become a coroner, she would only be able to support herself; it would be extremely difficult for her to lead everyone to prosperity.
She smiled and politely declined, "Sir, I'm still young. Today's success was purely by chance. I won't cause you any more trouble. However, if you encounter any problems in the future, you can come to the pig's trotter shop to find me, and I will assist you in the autopsy."
The coroner looked visibly disappointed. He nodded helplessly and said, "Alright then, you're right. You're still young, and a little girl. If you become a coroner with me, it might be bad for your reputation. It could affect your chances of finding a husband when you grow up."
"Hehe, it's not that I'm afraid of being affected by my husband's family, it's just that my family is doing business, and I have to help my parents."
As the coroner spoke to Lin Xiaotang, he continued his work, using a homemade bamboo clamp to pull a silver needle from the pinhole on the deceased's head. The needle had been soaked in blood for two days and was beginning to rust.
He held the rusty silver needle between his fingers and walked up to Lord Yang.
"My lord, this silver needle is a full four inches long and is stuck straight into the top of the deceased's head. This is the real cause of the death."
Lord Yang's eyes suddenly sharpened. He coldly swept his gaze over Madam Pan and questioned her sternly, "Madam Pan, why is there a silver needle on your husband's head? Didn't you say he died from drinking and eating braised pig's trotters? Why is there no wine or braised pig's trotters in his stomach?"
Everyone gasped as they looked at the long, thin silver needle, realizing it had been stuck in the deceased's head.
The murderer was so vicious that he used a silver needle to kill the victim. There were no signs of struggle on the victim's body, which shows that the victim trusted the murderer completely. The murderer killed the victim when he was completely unprepared.
Vicious!
That's absolutely vicious!
The relatives immediately became angry again, and they all questioned Pan.
"Mrs. Pan, did you kill Xiaoshan and then frame Lin's Pig Trotter Shop to avoid suspicion?"
"Mrs. Pan, Xiaoshan has been so good to you, how could you bear to do such a cruel thing?"
"Like a wasp's sting, the most venomous heart is a woman's!"
"Damn it, we misjudged her. We were completely fooled by this vicious woman. She used us as pawns, smashed up the pig's trotter shop, and even made us pay compensation. It's outrageous!"
"Poor Xiaoshan, such an honest man, gave all his earnings to his wife, was reluctant to eat or dress well, and always gave the best things to his wife and children. Yet he died so suddenly and so pathetically."
"It's more than just pathetic; to die at the hands of the woman you trusted most, with whom you shared a bed, is to die with your eyes wide open in disbelief!"
"It's such a pity that Xiaoshan died so young. He must have been incredibly unlucky to have met such a vicious woman."
Lord Yang said, "Silence. The county government office is a place for trials, not a place for you to gossip in the streets. If you have anything to say, you can discuss it outside. You must be quiet here."
He looked at Madam Pan and questioned, "Madam Pan, now that the murder weapon has been found, it can be proven that Lin's Pig Trotter Shop has nothing to do with this case. As the person the deceased trusted the most, you have the highest probability of killing him without him resisting."
You two were husband and wife, a loving couple in front of others. Why did you kill your husband, with whom you shared a bed? Tell me the truth!
Pan cried even more pitifully, sobbing, "My lord, I didn't do it on purpose! This big needle was for making quilts. I don't know how it fell onto the bed. My husband accidentally bumped into it while he was sleeping. How could it have been such a coincidence that it ended up on his head?"
At first, I didn't know what was going on. My husband cried out in pain before he died, saying he had a headache. That's when I discovered that there was a needle stuck in his head. It wasn't fully inserted at the time. I wanted to find a doctor to pull it out and save him, but he stopped breathing after only a few moments.
The woman was heartbroken and terrified. After a period of panic and confusion, she calmed down and realized that without witnesses, if the authorities convicted her of murdering her husband, she would be unjustly killed. So, she racked her brains and finally came up with a plan.
Lord Yang continued, "So you came up with a clever plan to push the silver needles in, all the way into the top of the head, making it difficult for anyone to find a flaw, and then frame the Lin family's pig trotter shop, which has just arrived in the county and has no background. Their braised pig trotters are selling like hotcakes every day, and they are very popular. They certainly won't remember the customers coming and going, right?"
Madam Pan nodded hurriedly, crying, "Yes, Your Excellency is right. That's how it happened. I was foolish and thought I had come up with a clever plan, but I didn't expect Your Excellency to see through it so easily. I am guilty, please punish me."
"You are indeed guilty, but not for deceiving the public and extorting money from the pig's trotter shop. In fact, you are the real culprit!"
"ah……??"
Everyone in the yamen was shocked. They never expected that even after Lord Yang deduced what had happened, he still believed that Pan was the real culprit.
That's really surprising!
The advisor asked, "Why do you say that, sir?"