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Chapter 168 The truth of the murder, arriving at Luoyue Village

Most of the time, Qiao Linxi didn't want to bother with Qiao Wan'er, this silly thing. Didn't she know that they were now on the same boat?

If she was proven to have killed Liu Daniu, would Qiao Wan'er be able to get away with it?

Qiao Linxi was about to speak, but then she remembered that there were adults here and she was just a "child" so there was no need to speak.

Seeing Qiao Linxi remained silent, Qiao Wan'er felt more and more that what she said was correct. She pointed at Qiao Linxi and said, "Catch her quickly. She was the one who killed the person. It has nothing to do with us."

Before Old Lady Qiao could stop Qiao Wan'er from speaking, the villagers started shouting again: "You are all in the same group, no one can escape."

"You keep saying that we killed him, but do you have any witnesses?" Old Mrs. Qiao finally spoke. She had experienced so many ups and downs in the capital, how could she be held captive by a group of peasants?

"Yesterday we saw you go to Liu Daniu's house to ask for the night, but you were rejected by Liu Daniu. You must have been so angry after being rejected that you killed Liu Daniu to vent your anger."

Old Mrs. Qiao: "This is just your speculation. It cannot prove that we killed the person. We asked many families yesterday, and many of them refused. Why did we only kill Liu Daniu, while the others were still fine?"

"This... that's because Liu Daniu's words are more unpleasant than others."

"Why are you talking to them so much? They are holding swords and they are the ones who killed people. We can just report to the police and have them arrested."

Seeing that she couldn't convince this group of peasants, Mrs. Qiao's face became even gloomier, and then she stared at Qiao Linxi, meaning that it was because of her that they were involved in such trouble.

Meeting the gaze of Old Lady Qiao, Qiao Linxi rolled her eyes at her unceremoniously. It wasn't her who had to come to find the remains of Qiao Linqin and their father, so why did she blame her?

"He, I saw him and Liu Daniu arguing about something here last night."

Someone in the crowd exclaimed at the guards behind Qiao Linxi.

"He must have killed him."

"Did you see it clearly?"

"It's true."

So, everyone turned their attention to the guard behind Qiao Linxi, clamoring for him to pay with his life.

Qiao Linxi also glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

The guard was anxious and hurriedly explained to Qiao Linxi: "Miss, I didn't kill him. He and I did have an argument last night, and that was because he wanted the sweet potato in my hand. He came to snatch it when I didn't give it to him. I pushed him down and left. I really didn't kill him."

"It's you. If you kill someone, you must pay with your life."

"Listen to me."

Qiao Linxi finally spoke: "Although our people were guards and carried swords, we did not kill this man."

"Everyone saw it. It's useless for you to argue."

Qiao Linxi ignored the villagers who wanted to eat the human, walked through the crowd to the corpse and squatted down.

"This man was hit by a blunt weapon and his flesh and blood were distorted. If it was our guards who killed him, they would have been so skilled with swordsmanship that they could have killed him with just one blow to the throat. So why would they have used a blunt weapon to beat him like this?"

"Maybe it's to vent his anger."

Qiao Linxi laughed again, "You can see there are many black spots next to the body. I think they are the blood splashed when the murderer hit the body with a blunt object. So if our guards killed Liu Daniu and beat him into this state, then there must be blood spots on their clothes. But their clothes are clean, without any blood stains."

In order to verify Qiao Linxi's words, the guards took the initiative to walk through the crowd and come to the front to show everyone.

"Then he must have changed his clothes."

Qiao Linxi added: "You all saw our group yesterday. They were wearing the same clothes as yesterday. Who changed their clothes?"

"If you want to know who the murderer is, just look for whose clothes are splattered with blood."

Qiao Linxi glanced at the crowd of onlookers and saw a woman hiding in the crowd. Her eyes were evasive and a little nervous.

Qiao Linxi smiled gently and said, "Now that everything is clear, can we go? As for who the murderer is, you can go find him yourself."

"No..." Someone stopped Qiao Linxi, "You said you are not the murderer, then who is the murderer? If you don't find the murderer, then we can only report you to the police as the murderer."

"I smell a strong smell of alcohol on Liu Daniu. Maybe he drank with someone last night, got drunk and had a quarrel, and the other person killed him in anger."

A guard squatted down and looked at Liu Daniu's body and said.

"Hey, stop accusing others," There are many people who just want to watch the fun, but when the fun involves themselves, some people can't sit still.

"Liu Daniu did drink with us last night, but after drinking, his wife came to find him and he left. Those of us who drank with him can testify that when he left last night, he was just drunk, but he was still alive."

After these words were spoken, several men nodded in agreement.

"Hey, Daniu's wife, what happened after you called Liu Daniu home last night?"

Liu Daniu's wife was none other than the woman with evasive eyes. Seeing someone looking at her, she shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know anything."

"Hey, what's that on Daniu's wife's trouser leg? It looks like blood to me."

Seeing that the truth was revealed, Liu Daniu's wife sat down on the ground, covering her face and crying.

"Get up, that bastard deserves to die."

An old woman pulled up Daniu's wife and said to the surrounding villagers, "I was the one who killed the man. It has nothing to do with my wife. If you want to report to the police to arrest someone, just arrest me. Liu Daniu is a damned bastard. If he dies, my mother and I will have peace of mind."

"Oh, it turned out that it was Grandma Liu who killed him. Liu Daniu was her son. How could she have the heart to do this?"

"Everyone knows what kind of person Liu Daniu is. He must have gotten drunk and went home to beat up my wife."

Seeing that her group had been cleared of suspicion, Old Mrs. Qiao looked around at the villagers who were pointing at the corpse on the ground, snorted coldly, turned around and walked out of the crowd.

What happens next is their own business in Xiaotie Village, and no one will say anything about it.

After coming out of Xiaotie Village, Old Mrs. Qiao had a cold face, as if others owed her millions of silver.

Following the route in memory, Qiao Linxi and her group finally arrived at Luoyue Village. Looking at Luoyue Village located in the wasteland, Qiao Linxi felt a little uneasy, as she always felt that something was going to happen.

"Lin Qin, do you still remember where your parents are buried?"

Looking at the wasteland that stretched as far as the eye could see, Qiao Linxi finally understood the reason for his uneasiness. That was because the graves where the two elders were buried were gone, and only a wasteland could be seen.

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