Chapter 73: The Shame of Men

  After killing him, he stabbed him a dozen more times, this is a fact, why does Huā Lang still ask if it's true or not?

  Mao Xiaobao gazed at Ye Xing with a cold smile: "I won't answer that question."

  Hualang didn't expect Mao Xiaobao to answer this question, because answering would be equivalent to admitting that he was the murderer who killed them two, and once admitted, there would only be death.

  If he doesn't confess, then he will only be charged with attempted murder, which is not punishable by death.

  Then, Hualang smiled faintly: "Your ultimate goal is to kill your wife Mao Shi, but if you simply killed Mao Shi, you would definitely be suspected by the government, which is what you don't want to see. So, you thought of a method, first creating two murder cases in Tianchang County, then spreading rumors, letting the county government know that there is a killer who specializes in killing shrews in Tianchang County. In this way, if your wife is killed, people will think it's the work of the killer and has nothing to do with you, right?"

  Mao Xiaobao listened, his forehead full of sweat, but he still smiled coldly and refused to make any expression.

  Seeing Mao Xiaobao like this, everyone hated to kick him a few feet, and at this time, Hualang said to the two bailiffs on the main hall: "Go and bring Mao's family here."

  After the two bailiffs obeyed, they immediately summoned Mao Shi. Before long, Mao Shi rushed over in a hurry. After arriving, he first gave Mao Xiaobao a punch and then knelt down to kowtow to Bao Zheng: "Your Honor, this man wants to kill me, Your Honor can't forgive him!"

  Bao Gong's dark face slightly changed, seemingly thinking that this couple didn't know how to love each other, but instead blamed and accused each other too much, making people angry. Just as Bao Gong was about to loudly tell Mao Shi to shut up, Hua Lang suddenly spoke up: "Mao Shi, your husband is indeed evil and deserves to die, isn't that right?"

  At this time, Mao's family was still reading the husband and wife's feelings, nodding repeatedly: "No mistake, no mistake, this young master said a little bit right, this smelly man, all day long stupidly, but did not think that actually doing such beastly things, he... He also wants to kill me, it's really too annoying, this dog thing, how did I not see his wolf-like ambition before..."

  Mrs. Mao cursed out all the dirty words she could think of, not caring whether they fit her husband's situation or not. She just cursed away, feeling more and more relieved as she did so, but also feeling more and more painful. The common people standing outside the main hall listening to Mrs. Mao scolding her own husband didn't have any intention of taking sides with Mao Xiaobao; they were simply watching a joke.

  Old Man Mao was scolding like this, when suddenly Mao Xiaobao let out a loud roar and pounced on Old Man Mao like a fierce beast. The two of them started wrestling, immediately drawing cheers from the crowd outside the hall. Flower Lad gave a signal to the two bailiffs with his eyes, they understood and came over to pull them apart.

  "With great difficulty, he finally opened it, and Mao Xiaobao suddenly became angry: 'You this woman, always treating me like a beast, making me work all day and then scolding me. I'm a man, how can I tolerate such humiliation? If you were a bit prettier, I could bear some hardship and fatigue, but you look like that and still don't know yourself. You're not looking for death, what is it? I tell you, I've tolerated you for a long time.'"

  At this time, Mao Xiaobao was also extremely angry, and it felt more and more refreshing to say these words. Just at this moment, Hualang suddenly said: "How dare you say your wife, when you had an affair with the widow Yuan Fang, why didn't you mention yourself?"

  As soon as Mrs. Mao heard that Mao Xiaobao was having an affair with another woman, she flew into a rage again. Even if the two of them had developed to this point and no longer had any feelings for each other, when it comes to jealousy, women don't care about these things - how could they let another woman share their own man?

  Mrs. Mao scolded again, saying that Mao Xiaobao was a worthless man who dared to cheat on her behind her back. With such insults, Mao Xiaobao finally couldn't bear it and angrily said: "I'm with Yuan Fang, I've cheated on you, what's wrong with that? You're an ugly woman, can't I go find someone prettier and have some fun?"

  Bao Daifu suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Mao Xiaobao, the murderer, you'd better confess how you killed Yuan Fang and Biaozi, otherwise don't blame me for using torture."

  Bao Zheng let out a loud shout, and Mao Xiaobao was immediately stunned. It wasn't until then that he realized he had fallen into a trap. As it turned out, Hualang had arranged for the Maos to be brought here in order to provoke Mao Xiaobao's anger, and once he was enraged, he would reveal his relationship with Yuan Fang. And from there, it wouldn't take much speculation to figure out that Yuan Fang's death, as well as Biaozi's, were both caused by Yuan Fang's new lover.

  It's not that Bao Zheng is a fool either. If there was no solid evidence, how could he claim to have killed Yuan Fang and Biao Zi?

  "Xiao admits to having an affair with Yuan Fang, but Xiao does not admit to killing Yuan Fang and Biaozi. Please, sir, be wise in your judgment!" Mao Xiaobao said, looking at Bao Zheng with a calm expression.

  Bao Zheng coldly smiled and angrily said: "You this depraved and mad, stubborn and unrepentant murderer, it seems that if I don't make you surrender willingly, you won't confess. Bring me Mao Xiaobao's sword."

  A yamen runner brought the knife over, and Bao Zheng picked it up, looking at Mao Xiaobao coldly. "This official gave you a chance to confess your crime, but you didn't know what's good for you. Since that's the case, don't blame this official for being ruthless. This is the knife you used last night when you attacked the Mao family. I've had people carefully examine it, and the wounds it leaves are the same as those on Yu Tingting, Yuan Fang, and Biaozi. Do you still have anything to say?"

  As soon as this was said, Mao Xiaobao immediately had nothing to say. At this time, the people outside the hall shouted loudly: "Severely punish the murderer, severely punish the murderer..."

  Bao Xiao Bao was really frightened now, and the sweat on his forehead increased. Judge Bao angrily said: "Still not quickly confessing to your crime of murder."

  Mao Xiaobao suddenly felt hopeless and finally sighed, saying: "What you said is true, they were all killed by me."

  The people outside suddenly fell silent, and the hall also fell silent. Mao Xiaobao looked at the crowd for a moment before speaking: "I hate this woman, I hate that she doesn't take me seriously as a person, so I want to kill her. To kill her, I must find a way that won't arouse suspicion. Later, I thought of it - this woman is very promiscuous and notorious far and wide, and there are several other promiscuous women on West Street. If they were killed one after another, everyone would think that Tianchang County has a serial killer. If this woman was also killed, you would attribute her death to the serial killer, not me. For this reason, I killed Yu Tingting and Yuan Fang, and after killing them, I made several more cuts, because only in this way would it be considered a serial murder."