I became a crow's mouth after crossing

Chu Heng didn't personally participate in the re-interrogation of Mr. Li's long-term worker. He just sat on the sidelines leisurely, drinking tea and listening to the prefect Liu asking the questions he had already asked again.

As if it was true as he said, he was just listening in.

However, Taishou Liu was really in a cold sweat, especially after the interrogation again, he finally found out where his feeling of something wrong came from before, so he couldn't say the words that were still in his mouth.

Chu Heng, who was about to drink a cup of tea, waited for a while, but before the other party could speak, he couldn't help wondering: "Master Liu, are you... finished asking?"

Liu Renxue's lips moved: "..."

"That's it, okay." Chu Heng put down his teacup, and looked at the servant with a little scrutiny, "You said, your name is Li Fu?"

The servant didn't dare to raise his head, and he didn't kneel on the ground. When he heard Gu Heng's question, he bent his body slightly, "...Go back to my lord, the villain's name is Li Fu."

"Well, I have a few questions to ask you." Chu Heng glanced at Yan Yi who was following behind him, and the latter knowingly took out a few pieces of rice paper from his arms and handed them over.

Li Fu gritted his teeth, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, please ask me."

Chu Heng advised empathetically, "Don't be so nervous, these are very simple questions."

He glanced at the rice paper, and said slowly: "How many family members and guard servants did your master bring with you when he came to Beijing this time?"

Li Fu's tense expression relaxed, and he blurted out: "There are 43 people in total."

The corner of Chu Heng's lips twitched, and he glanced meaningfully at the prefect, who wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with a stiff expression.

"You said the murderer was a bandit from Xianyun Peak, but do you still remember how many people came from them on the day of the accident?"

"I..." Li Fu hesitated, "Okay, it seems that there are dozens of people here..."

Chu Heng squinted: "Oh? Is that dozens?"

Li Fu knelt down on the ground with a thud: "Small, I can't remember... I was so frightened that I was so frightened... I'm afraid they will find out about me..."

Chu Heng nodded, with a tone that made sense for you: "You said they took away the corpses of your master, but did you see how they took away more than 40 corpses? "

Li Fu: "...horse, carriage."

"How many carriages?"

Li Fu: "..."

"One last question," Chu Heng poured himself a cup of tea again, "it happened for so many days, why didn't you come to report the case at the first time, instead of waiting so many days later?"

Li Fu trembled all over: "Little, little people are afraid..."

Chu Heng said calmly: "It's understandable..."

Then he went back to the first question: "You said how many people did your master bring to Beijing this time?"

Li Fu was so nervous that he was afraid that he might say something wrong: "Four, 43..."

Chu Heng laughed, and reminded him gently: "Are you included among the 43 people?"

Li Fu's heart skipped a beat, his expression suddenly changed, he raised his head in fear: "My lord..."

Chu Heng smiled at him and raised the paper in his hand: "Oh, I forgot to mention, I actually went to Ying County before coming here."

Li Fu immediately went limp, it was over, he knew he was over.

Chu Heng's smile faded a little, he leaned back, and lazily ordered: "Yan Yi, take him down, I want to know who is behind him as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord!"

Chu Heng raised his chin and turned his head to look at the prefect with great interest: "Master Liu, do you think it's right for me to sentence you like this?"

"Master Chu is right..." Liu Renxue swayed and almost couldn't sit still, "It's because the lower officials were too careless and neglected their duties, and almost got their way..."

He was eager to find the murderer, and naturally he would not take the verification too seriously for the clues that came to his door with great difficulty, so after hastily confirming his identity as Li's servant, he believed his words [-]% in his heart, and the rest The two points that came down were also ignored under his impatience.

With so many people traveling together, except for the relevant person in charge, unless someone deliberately remembers the total number of people, when someone suddenly asks a question, they will inevitably have to think about it carefully before they can come up with the answer, but Li Fu didn't even think about it. He gave an accurate number, as if the answer had been lying in his mind all along, waiting for them to ask.

—Obviously prepared.

In addition, the fact that the corpses are missing is also very suspicious. Generally speaking, the purpose of the bandits is to make money, and the dead are useless to them, let alone so many corpses. , then the most convenient way to deal with it is to bury or burn it on the spot.

Anything is more convincing than the fact that they took the body away.

And if it was really done by those people in Xianyun Peak, according to their previous methods, they never did any aftermath of disposing of corpses. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Either there is something wrong with Li Fu, or there is something wrong with the murderer. .

All these doubts that he would have recalled as soon as he thought about it now, but the prefect didn't think about it at the time.He slumped on the chair limply, regretting endlessly.

"The lower official was negligent, and almost let someone take advantage of the loophole..."

"Hey, you can't say that." Chu Heng waved his hand, "Master Liu is also eager to find the real culprit, I understand. If I didn't go to Ying County first and found that Li Fu was not among the number of people traveling, I might as well." Will take his word for it.”

The prefect sat obediently with his head bowed, not answering.

Chu Heng glanced at him, and continued to drink his tea leisurely. Compared with Mr. Liu, his posture happened to be two extremes.

Yan and his party were very motivated, and they didn't know what tactics they used. In less than a day, Li Fu confessed.

"My lord, this time it really wasn't the bandit from Xianyun Peak who did it, but he didn't know who the murderer was. He only said that he owed a large sum of money for gambling in Yingjun, and when he was being chased for the debt , a man came to him suddenly, and said that he could give him 500 taels of silver if he asked him to do a little favor."

Chu Heng's expression was the same, and he was not surprised by this: "The man asked him to accuse the bandits in Xianyun Peak?"

"Yes, he didn't see that person's appearance clearly, but he just thought his accent was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell why it was so strange."

Chu Heng's eyes flashed, and he pointedly said: "Yan Yi, what do you say that someone would go to so much trouble to blame a group of bandits?"

Yan Yi thought for a while, and said truthfully: "In my opinion, either he has enmity with that Li family, or he has enmity with the bandits in Xianyun Peak."

Chu Heng twitched his lips, looked at him with burning eyes and said, "Which answer do you prefer?"

"This... this subordinate can't tell for sure." Yan Yi rubbed his nose, avoiding the other party's sight.

Chu Heng thought about the cases related to Xianyun Peak over the years, and gradually had a guess in his heart. He said to Yan Yi: "You can do one thing for me, and wipe out all the calamities committed by Xianyun Peak over the years. Find out all the case files, I am useful."

"As ordered."

"Also, I will go out of the city in a few days, so you should pay more attention to the things here."

Yan Yi is used to his family's adults disappearing for a while from time to time, and he has long been handy with the aftermath, so he nodded without changing his face:

"Don't worry, my lord, this subordinate knows what to do."

Chu Heng glanced at him with satisfaction: "Then you go."

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

Chu Heng sat in a daze for a while, but the thoughts in his mind had already flown a long way.He is a person who is good at hiding his true emotions. As long as he is unwilling, no one can see through his true feelings under that smiling face.

However, at this time, he couldn't laugh.

17 years, a full 17 years.

If it's what he guessed...

Chu Heng was in a complicated mood. He stared deeply at his hands, and suddenly realized that he was the only one who had changed beyond recognition after so many years.

But even so, he couldn't turn back.

"Ah-"

In Qingshan Village, Master Su sneezed loudly, he rubbed his itchy nose, and continued with his work indifferently.

They are packing.

Su Jiu, who went to Baishui Village to manage things, had returned to the stockade a few days ago, and the people who went with him stayed in Baishui Village to work temporarily, so he came over first to inform Su Da and the others that they could leave.

"Father, will we come back here?"

Su Lang, who has nothing to do, sits aside and watches his father and wife busy. He is somewhat reluctant to part with this place where he has lived for more than four years.Every plant, every tree, every table and chair in this yard has his painstaking care.

Su Da comforted: "Yes, we just avoid it temporarily."

They didn't know anything about what happened in the city, and they didn't even know that the "framing incident" that forced them to avoid it had almost come to light. Right now, the whole village was preparing to move to Baishui Village.

Honestly, no one wants to go to such a big fight.

Luo Zhan, who was sweating profusely, took the time to glance at the young man who was not in high spirits, thought for a while, put down the things in his hand, got up and sat down next to Su Lang.

He didn't say anything to comfort him, but Su Lang's attention was naturally drawn away from his reluctance and turned to Luo Zhan.Holding his wife's hand, Su Lang wiped his sweat distressedly: "Are you tired, Ah Zhan? Then let's have a rest."

Luo Zhan saw that the gloomy look in his eyebrows had dissipated a lot, so he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips: "Listen to Langer."

Whether it's the tone of voice or the look in the eyes, they are all spoiled.

Su Da's teeth were sore while listening, and he felt that he could hardly see.

He thought sourly, it's great to have a husband, but I'm still your husband and his father!