He and he were close friends, so how could he not understand the meaning of that look?

A chill rose in Master Hu's heart.

Over the years, he had worked hard for him and this time he even risked his life. When something happened, he was the first person to be suspected!

At this point, Master Hu calmed down instead, and looked back expressionlessly.

Xue Zhizhou also quickly realized what he had done. He withdrew his gaze guiltily, feeling extremely annoyed.

Master Hu is just like another himself, how could he doubt him?

Things hit a dead end.

But he doesn't want to admit defeat yet.

There must be some other way for him to break free.

Must have.

But his mind was a mess and the more anxious he got, the harder it was to remember.

At this moment, the two guards who were sent out by Zhao Du Yushi to look for Fan Sui's missing servant came back.

One of them was holding a young man in his twenties. Judging from his clothes, he looked exactly like the servant who had his neck cut in Fan Sui's villa.

This is where Fan An is found.

However, his face was haggard, his eyes were terrified, and his hair was a mess like a bird's nest.

The two large blue bags under his eye sockets showed that he probably hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days.

As soon as he saw Xue Zhizhou in the wheelchair, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes were filled with panic and fear, but also with endless... hatred!

But it flashed by so quickly that it seemed like an illusion.

Zhao Duyushi's guards found him in the City God Temple at the east end of Cuizhu County.

When we saw him, he was hiding under the altar, stealing the offerings that the people had brought to the City God...

The light in Xue Zhizhou's eyes, which had been extinguished, began to flicker again...

And Fan An did live up to his expectations.

He answered whatever Zhao Du Yu Shi asked.

He simply tells you everything he knows.

Even things that Zhao Du Yushi didn't ask were all confessed by him in one go.

Zhao Du Yushi asked him, "Didn't you go to ask for a doctor for County Magistrate Fan? Why didn't you come back?"

Fan An replied tremblingly: "My Lord, I dare not go back!"

Zhao Du Yu Shi raised his eyebrows: "Oh, why?"

Fan An quickly glanced at Xue Zhizhou, who was sitting in a wheelchair, and Hu Shiye, who was standing beside him.

Then he folded his arms, shuddered, and answered, "Because I discovered that my master secretly colluded with Prince Ding to smuggle iron ore from the Yinlun Mountain Iron Mine, and I was afraid of being implicated by him."

Censor Zhao glanced at Prince Ding and saw that he was still leaning on the back of the chair with his eyes squinted, as if he was about to fall asleep, as if the person Fan An had betrayed was not him.

Censor Zhao exchanged glances with Ministers Li and Zhang.

Minister Zhang shrugged his nose and suddenly interrupted, "Why didn't you report to the authorities? Above the county magistrate is the prefect. You should know that Prefect Xue has been in Yinlun Mountain these days. Why didn't you report it to him? Instead, you took advantage of your master's serious injury to flee? What's more, you didn't run far, but hid in the City God Temple where everyone can see you."

Fan An shuddered again, as if he had thought of something extremely terrible, and said in a trembling voice: "I can't bear to report it to the police. I have been with my master since I was a child, and he has been very kind to my family."

Minister Li sneered and said sarcastically: "You really have a conscience!"

Fan An's face turned pale, his lips were tightly pursed, his whole body was trembling, he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Zhao Du Yushi slammed the table, as if he was slamming a gavel, and asked sternly: "Then how did you find out that your master and Prince Ding were smuggling iron ore from Yinlun Mountain? When did you find out?"

Fan An glanced at Xue Zhizhou again and said hesitantly, "I, I..."

At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the door, accompanied by extremely terrified screams.

"Ah! Run! The tiger is eating people..."

"Where is it? What does the gatekeeper do for a living? Why did he let the tiger in?"

"Run quickly, the gatekeeper has already fainted from fear!"

"Quick, go into the house and close the doors and windows..."

With a burst of chaos, the sound gradually approached the study.

Zhao Du Yushi raised his voice and asked the guard standing at the door: "What's going on?"

Before the guard could answer, a voice outside the door said, "I am Cang Ming, the guard of Prince Ding, and I am here to escort the family members of the suspects!"

Censor Zhao looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in black clothes standing at the door. He was holding a person in each hand by the back of the neck, as if he was holding a chicken.

The two people being held were tied up, with their heads lowered, and their appearance could not be seen clearly. One could only tell from their clothes that they were a man and a woman.

Next to him stood a majestic white tiger, in the tiger's mouth, was holding the clothes of a little boy who looked to be about two or three years old...

The little boy arched his body, like a kid bending down while practicing dancing, except that his hands and feet had no footholds, so he swayed in the tiger's mouth.

The boy had his eyes closed and it was unclear whether he had fainted from fright.

Zhao Du Yushi took a look at the white tiger and saw that it was just standing there and not running around, so he knew that it was tamed.

Since they are family members of the person involved in the case, they can come in.

He nodded to signal the guards to let them in.

As soon as they came in, there was a small commotion in the room.

Cang Ming threw the man and woman he was holding onto the ground and said simply, "We found them in the woodshed of this other courtyard!"

Baihu even threw the child in his mouth to the ground, then walked over to Wang Xin as if no one was around, lay down beside her, put his big head on her lap, and asked for a touch.

Censor Zhao raised his eyebrows, glanced at Wang Xin who was stroking the white tiger's fur, and said nothing.

Fan An, who was kneeling on the ground, changed color when he saw the person coming.

He crawled over on his knees, and frantically held the little boy in his arms, feeling his whole body to see if he was injured. Then, with red eyes, he cried out to the two people who were tied up, "Dad~ Mom~"

I had to hurriedly untie the ropes on them.

However, the two of them had their eyes closed and showed no reaction.

The one who reacted the most among the few people was Xue Zhizhou, who was in a wheelchair.

His eyes revealed a deep fear and despair, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and his teeth could not help but chatter.

"It's over, it's all over..." He kept muttering to himself.

Seeing that his parents and only son were still unconscious, Fan An suddenly turned around, rushed to Xue Zhizhou, tore his clothes and shook him, almost breaking his bones, "You dog official, what did you do to my parents and son?"

His eyes were red. If looks could kill, Xue Zhizhou would have been dead long ago.

"Didn't you say that if I was caught by the people from above, they would be safe as long as I said what you taught me?"

Xue Zhizhou was already suffering from headaches and leg pains, and now his spirit had collapsed. He hung his head and pretended to be dead.

Fan An was furious. He grabbed Xue Zhizhou's hair with one hand and pulled it upwards, while reaching out to grab Xue Zhizhou's face with the other hand.

"Ah ah ah..."

A shrill scream rang out, shocking everyone.

Fan An took a bloody... eyeball in his hand, stuffed it into his mouth at lightning speed, and started chewing it.

Censor Zhao hurriedly ordered the guards to pull them apart.

Fan An's teeth were clacking as he chewed and laughed crazily. His laughter was filled with grief and indignation. "You bastard official, I let you harm my parents, I let you capture my parents and son to threaten me, and you even wanted me to slander my parents. I wish I could eat your flesh and drink your blood! You bastard official, you will not die well! You will be punished!"

Feng Ling frowned, turned sideways, and covered Wang Xin's ears and eyes with his hands.

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