kingnovel Chapter 437: Zhou Zuo's Death, Case Evolution
Chapter 437: Zhou Zuo's Death, Case Evolution
In fact, Zhou Zuo had already vaguely realized in his subconscious that someone was following him, but years of being pampered had eroded his sense of self-defense.
He thought that he was of noble status, his family was rich and powerful, and no one dared to attack him, which gave Xiaozhen an opportunity.
After Zhou Zuo and the princess chatted, kissed and hugged each other, and then went their separate ways, Xiao Zhen secretly followed them with the iron sheet, and stopped Zhou Zuo when he was alone.
The sharpened iron sheet looks like a rough knife. Although it looks ugly, there is no doubt that it can cut flesh.
With such a thing pressed against his neck, Zhou Zuo did not dare to resist. His legs became weak with fear and his calves were shaking. Xiao Zhen asked him for money, and he gave all the remaining one or two taels of silver to Xiao Zhen.
Originally, Xiao Zhen could have let Zhou Zuo go at this point. After all, Xiao Zhen was just seeking money. But she remembered that Zhou Zuo had kicked her hard twice, and she had always held a grudge against him. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to go all out. Since he was in her hands, she would naturally take revenge.
So she stabbed Zhou Zuo's arm twice with a sharp piece of iron, which caused bleeding. The pampered and arrogant Zhou Zuo was frightened to death. He dared not resist anymore and let Xiao Zhen do whatever she wanted.
Xiao Zhen took him to a dilapidated temple in the mountains and tied Zhou Zuo up with a rope. Although Zhou Zuo was a coward and dared not resist the whole time, Xiao Zhen did not dare to neglect him.
She first tied Zhou Zuo's wrists behind his back, and then tied his ankles. At this time, Zhou Zuo, a tender and delicate young man, was unable to move.
But Xiao Zhenren did not stop. She made Zhou Zuo lie face down, folded his legs backwards, and tied his ankles and wrists together. This made Zhou Zuo completely unable to move. Xiao Zhen learned this from the beggars in Mengze City. The beggar leader told them that even a cow would be unable to move if tied up like this. Xiao Zhen remembered it and used it here.
Xiao Zhen kicked Zhou Zuo fiercely twice, took the silver and went to the shop to buy a hairpin. Although she was a beggar, she loved beauty and often fiddled with her reflection in the well.
She has liked that hairpin for a long time. Recently, there is a gathering of rich ladies in the city, and only those wearing expensive hairpins can enter the gathering and communicate.
Although she was nearly kicked out by the shopkeeper after arriving at the shop, fortunately she took out the one or two taels of silver in time and finally bought the hairpin.
Unfortunately, she was ultimately unable to join the party. Even though she wore a hairpin, she was still kicked out by the servants because she was dirty.
The angry Xiao Zhen ran back to the dilapidated temple and slapped Zhou Zuo more than a dozen times, making the young man burst into tears and beg for mercy.
Zhou Zuo had many bad friends and was often away from home. He would either hang out in Zuimenglou or hang out with that girl.
The longest time Zhou Zuo was away from home was when he took some silver and went to another town, where he stayed for more than a month.
So he disappeared for several days and no one knew about it, and Mr. Zhou didn't bother to care either, as he was used to it.
After Xiaozhen put on the hairpin, she liked it so much that she wanted to buy a piece of clothing, so she found Zhou Zuo, who was reluctant to let her go.
She found that the accessories and sachets on his body were also worth a lot of money, so she snatched them away and sold them on the black market. She didn't dare to sell the items that came from illegal sources for too much money, so she sold them at a low price.
But he was able to scrape together a few taels of silver, which he used to buy a good meal and then went to buy clothes.
Her desire became stronger and stronger. She sold almost all the valuable things on Zhou Zuo's body. She also often beat and kicked Zhou Zuo, and only ate leftovers for him.
Soon, Zhou Zuo became no different from a beggar. After Xiao Zhen squeezed everything out of him, she took a fancy to Zhou Zuo's silk robes and planned to make some more money from them, so she let Zhou Zuo go.
Anyway, Zhou Zuo hadn't seen her face, and he was fearless. He thought that this lesson might dampen his arrogance and help Mr. Zhou discipline his son.
"People are born to suffer. Why are you so rich? You deserve it for falling into my hands."
Xiao Zhen said in a vicious tone.
Although she was bullied most of the time outside, she seemed to be able to take charge of the world in front of Zhou Zuo.
Xiao Zhen stripped Zhou Zuo's clothes off, intending to sell them on the black market to make a fortune. At the same time, he thought to himself that these rich kids were all cowards.
After this is over, maybe I can change my target and make some more money.
Unfortunately, when Xiaozhen was walking towards the black market with the silk clothes, she met the beggar boss.
The beggar leader beat Xiaozhen without saying a word, put on the dirty and smelly silk robe, and found it warm and comfortable, so he took it away.
Xiaozhen was furious but dared not say anything because she was a beggar and anyone could dare to step on her.
She rushed back to the dilapidated temple and used Zhou Zuo as a vent, beating him up. When she came to her senses, she found that Zhou Zuo was already dead.
Zhou Zuo was tied up for several days, couldn't eat or sleep well, and had a fever and a cold. His life was already hanging by a thread, but Xiao Zhen never noticed it, and then he was beaten up.
Completely dead.
Xiaozhen was also scared. She had never thought that Zhou Zuo would die. After calming down for a long time, she decided to throw the body into the river.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Zuo's body was washed into the drainage ditch of the downstream village.
From then on, Xiaozhen lived a life of fear.
……
Scenes flashed through Li Changxiao's mind.
The general process of Mr. Zhou's son's death has become very clear, and the real murderer is indeed the girl Xiaozhen.
However, from this information alone, it is still unclear what is special about Xiao Zhen, and the source of the tragedy that destroyed Mengze City.
Xiaozhen is vain, conceited, and has high expectations but poor skills. Li Changxiao sees that she has more shortcomings than she does. Even Zhou Zuo has more good points than her.
At least if Zhou Zuo was asked to kill people or kidnap people, he would still be afraid and would not dare to do it.
Li Changxiao closed Zhou Zuo's coffin. The humiliation this young man suffered before his death was no less than that of others. Li Changxiao looked at him with his right eye and felt that he was full of black air. He was a person who died young.
If you do good deeds and accumulate virtue, you can avoid some disasters. Even if you cannot escape death in the end, at least you don't have to die in such humiliation.
Li Changxiao had a hunch that the incident in Mengze City was related to the case of Mr. Zhou's son's death and Xiaozhen.
The case is not over yet. How did it turn out like this?
As for the follow-up information about this case, it is very likely hidden in the dream fragments of the magistrate of Mengze City.
"Xiaozhen, the mermaid tribe, the destruction of Mengze City..." Li Changxiao sorted out his thoughts while looking for the county magistrate's body.