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"Li Fengshou doesn't want to see Zhao Yipeng and his wife. This is a well-known fact. The interrogation of him not only scares the snake, but we have to let Li Fengshou find any reason. On the contrary, Mrs. Zhao, she was the last person to see Li Pinger , it was very suspicious of her helping Li Pinger embroider.

"Ask Zeng Qing for tricks. When can't you ask for it? You have to wait for everyone to fall asleep before knocking on the door of Zeng's house. Also, Zeng Qing may turn back after going out. You can ask Zeng Qing again if he is After lunch, I went directly to Qingzhou. If so, ask the government servant to go to Qingzhou to check whether Zeng Qing's words are true.

"By the way, didn't you say that Zeng Qing's wife didn't get along with Mrs. Zhao? They didn't have a good relationship. Why did Zeng Qing help Mrs. Zhao?" Zhen Qingming almost ignored this point.

"Mrs. Zhao doesn't use Zeng Qing in vain. She gives him money for every pattern. I heard that although Zeng Qing's wife is not as beautiful as Li Ping'er, she is a woman who is careful and careful. The Zhao family later proposed that the life of the Zeng family has been much better in the past few years, and Zeng Qing can still go out to meet friends from time to time, such a person should not be troubled by money."

"You're right, just say that none of my father's concubines are from a good family. They all want to look good and have a figure. my father."

Dong Lai laughed when he heard this, "Who made the master so rich and affectionate when he was young, he was famous all over the capital." But the three sons were more devoted than the other.The first young master and the second young master don't take concubines, but the third young master is doing well now, he doesn't even like women anymore, so he just finds a man.

Zhen Qingming: "By the way, why are Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zeng having conflicts?"

"I heard from their neighbors that Zeng Qing's classmate and friend once called him to drink flower wine, but the wife of the Zeng family refused to let him go. Mrs. Zhao said something extra, saying that the wife of the Zeng family was too powerful and had a similar relationship with the wife of Zhao Yuanwai before. spell.

"The lady of the Zeng family is very angry, but Mrs. Zhao said, "Take care of yourself, none of the sons and daughters want you, don't die in the house and no one will know." The two families live next to each other, and they have often bickered since then. Occasionally, Zeng Qing will come out and say a few words."

"Ms. Zeng's mouth is strong enough to poke her lungs." Zhen Qingming thought about it and smiled, "She is also a character. She can make Zeng Qing earn money from Mrs. Zhao without breaking up with Mrs. Zhao, and she can bend and stretch. Internal aid should be cherished."

"No matter how powerful you are, you can't compare to Sanlang." Dong Lai raised an eyebrow at him, "Sanlang can not only make money and manage the family, but also only ask about the young master, young master, what are you going to let Sanlang take your surname."

"What nonsense! Saburo is a man, even if we get married, his surname is Wu." Zhen Qingming glared at him, pretending to beat someone up, "Hurry up and do something."

Seeing that he was angry, Dong Lai hurriedly took the yamen servants to find Zeng Qing. Zeng Qing heard Dong Lai asked, did Li Ping'er go to Qingzhou Mansion directly after leaving home at noon on the day Li Ping'er disappeared?

Zeng Qing rolled his eyes and looked uncertain, "I, I remember chatting with others before going there."

"Then when did you arrive in Qingzhou?" Donglai continued to ask.

"It's too hot. I think I went there after noon. I don't know the exact time." He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Are you hot?" Dong Lai looked him up and down calmly.

"It's hot! Don't you think it's hot?" Zeng Qing paused, "That day was as hot as today. When I arrived in Qingzhou, I was so dizzy that I don't remember much."

"You should always remember where you rested and where you went after that, right?" Donglai followed Zhen Qingming and met many people who were full of lies and nonsense. Without Zhen Qingming's analysis, he can now conclude that Zeng Qing is lying.

Zeng Qing thought for a while, and saw Donglai staring at him without blinking, "The Xiyingmen Inn in the north of the city."

"Did you meet Li Ping'er afterwards?"

"No!" Zeng Qing blurted out, Dong Lai's expression changed slightly, "Forget it if you don't have one, if you see Li Ping'er again, remember to come and tell us in the county government office."

"Isn't Li Ping'er dead?" Zeng Qing opened his mouth and asked.

Dong Lai tilted his head, "Who told you she was dead?"

"No, no one said, she has been missing for several days, I, I thought something happened to her." After speaking, the sweat on Zeng Qing's forehead grew a little more.

Donglai pretended not to see, "Okay, let's go back." He said to the yamen servant beside him, and then said, "Zeng Qing, since you and Li Ping'er are familiar, don't leave Taoyuan County for the next few days."

"I still have to go to Qingzhou Mansion to buy goods?" Zeng Qing asked hurriedly.

"Didn't you just go a few days earlier? Go in three or five days." After speaking, Dong Lai turned around and left.

When I got back to the county government office, I said, "Master, there is something wrong with that Zeng Qing." Then he explained Zeng Qing's expression in detail, "The little one didn't bring him here because he was afraid of making trouble."

"You did a good job. Zeng Qing has more than a problem, he has a big problem! Li Ping'er wanted to marry him before, which shows that they have a good relationship. Now that Li Ping'er is missing, he thought Li Ping'er was dead if he didn't say he was worried. "He said, shaking his head and walking to the main hall, "Servant Cao, can you ride a horse?"

"Yes." In addition to Zhen Qingming's three horses, the yamen has two other horses. When they are off duty, the yamen servants will go to the countryside to race horses. Although they take turns riding horses, they are all good at riding.

"Then take four of you and go to Qingzhou Mansion on horseback, check the store that Zeng Qing mentioned, go and come back quickly!" Zhen Qingming paused, "If you can't make it back before dark, come back tomorrow and go to Master Yu Put some silver there."

"Yes!" Cao Ya servant took the order, and later rode home to change clothes, hoping to come back before dark.

Meanwhile, Saburo returns home.

Seeing the twins bouncing around happily, Zhen Qingming asked with a smile, "What good happened today?"

"Grandpa and grandma don't dare to trouble my parents anymore." The fourth sister chirped about her brother's wit.

"That's not the way." Zhen Qingming asked, "Is there no way to do it once and for all?"

"As long as my parents live in Wu's Village, it's impossible to stay away from them forever. It's fine now, they won't come to my parents every now and then if they're afraid that my father wants something. How about living? There are perfect ones. By the way, how is the investigation of Li Pinger's case going?"

"I don't have a clue yet." Zhen Qingming saw Grandma Sun put a handful of sandalwood at the door, "Start burning incense now?"

"There's a lot of incense at home, so it's better to be early than later." Grandma Sun thought for a while, "Sir, do you want sandalwood for your family?"

"No need, ghosts don't dare to enter the yamen." Zhen Qingming was not afraid, but when he wasn't paying attention, Donglai got a lot of sandalwood and ran away.

Saburo smiled and went to cook. The dinner was still dumplings, dipped in Saburo's exclusive sauce. The whole family sat on the bench and didn't want to move.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Cao Yamen servants and his party hadn't come back yet, "It seems that there is something wrong." Zhen Qingming said.

"If there is a situation, we have to wait until tomorrow. Let's go to release the river lanterns." Grandma Sun was asked to look after the three children at home, San Lang and Zhen Qingming went out for a trip, and fell asleep when they came back.

The next day, before Sanlang woke up, Zhen Qingming got up.

Saburo watched Grandma Sun prepare breakfast, and walked out of the house pushing the pancake stove. Then he saw Zhen Qingming leading a group of yamen servants to the east of the city.

"What's the matter?" the old woman in the shop asked curiously.

"The disappearance of Zhao Yipeng's wife is suspected to be related to Zeng Qing." Not long after Sanlang's words fell, he saw the yamen servant pressing Zeng Qing across the street.

There were a lot of people waiting in front of him to buy biscuits, but more than half of them left in an instant.Saburo thought for a while, and simply pushed the cart to keep up with the crowd. People heard that Zhen Qingming was trying the case, he sold sesame seed cakes at the gate of the yamen, and he heard that he would eat his sesame seed cakes when he was hungry. Look at how thoughtful his service is.

This is a hard time for Mr. Zhen.

He used to drink a bowl of porridge as soon as he opened his eyes, and then start eating breakfast after reading for an hour. Today, because of the case, he didn't eat early, and breakfast was useless. He smelled the fragrance of sesame seed cakes that kept coming in, and Master Zhen's face was very pale. not good.

Holding the gavel in his hand, he slapped it hard, "Zeng Qing, I want to ask you, where were you before three quarters of the afternoon when Li Ping'er disappeared?"

Zeng Qing was a scholar, he was exempted from kneeling when he saw the county magistrate, but was shocked by the gavel, his legs became weak, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop".

The neighbors who blocked the gate all stared at the same time, "Isn't it really related to him?"

"Don't do anything bad, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Just look at him like that and you will know it's true. The Ghost Festival has just passed. If Li Pinger had any accidents, she would definitely knock on his door yesterday."

"Silence!" Zhen Qingming patted the gavel again, "Zeng Qing, I'm telling you the truth, I will let you go home."

"My lord, everything the student said is true. I did chat with him for a while before going to Qingzhou Mansion."

"How dare you argue!" Zhen Qingming faintly heard his stomach growling, and suddenly became angry, "Xiao Er at Xiyingmen said that you didn't arrive until you, and you left home at noon. From here to Qingzhou, it will take half an hour at most by donkey cart , What were you doing for an hour and a half? Chatting with others? If you dare to quibble, you will be punished!"

"My lord, I have a reputation." Zeng Qing relied on him being a scholar, and Zhen Qingming couldn't torture him, that's why he was so hard-spoken.

"In that case, put him in prison." Zhen Qingming took out the arrow as he spoke.

Zeng Qing panicked all of a sudden, he is a scholar, he cannot be imprisoned, and there must be no stains on him, "I said, I said, my lord, it was Li Fengshou who did it! Li Ping'er told me before that Li Fengshou saw She can't wait to kill her, and Mrs. Zhao knows about it."

"Go and find Mrs. Zhao." Throwing down a command arrow, a quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Zhao came.

Mrs. Zhao's answer was exactly the same as Zeng Qing's, Zhen Qingming raised her eyebrows, "Catch Li Feng!"

The yamen servant received the order, Li Fengshou was brought in, and the yamen servant went out three times in a row. Zhao Yipeng's case of losing his wife caused a sensation in Taoyuan County that morning.

"Li Fengshou, Zeng Qing just said that Li Ping'er was killed by you, what do you have to say?" Zhen Qingming asked.

Zeng Qing: "My lord, I—"

"Shut up!" Zhen Qingming said loudly, "I didn't ask you! Li Fengshou, tell me."

"He's talking nonsense." Li Fengshou had been carving until midnight last night, and when he woke up, he was arrested by the yamen guard who suddenly appeared without even washing his face.

"The officer only authenticates evidence. They said that Li Ping'er disappeared because of a dispute with you. What did you say to Li Ping'er that morning? If you can't prove your innocence, this officer can only temporarily detain you!"

When Li Fengshou heard that he was going to be imprisoned, his face turned pale with fright, he opened his mouth, and stammered, "Big, man, Caomin, Caomin said!"