Sleepless all night, Zheng was crying and crying, and Liu Kang's expression changed and changed.

The kang hole was pierced, and Liu Dazhuang was smashed into the falling vat, and at this moment, the eyes of the spirit keepers changed. Didn't Liu Dazhuang go home and sleep under the pretext of being old? Why did he appear in the ear room? Well, even if he got up at night, why was his face full of horror when he was knocked down by the vat.

Thinking back to Liu Xiaoqi's "looking for Gu Qingtian", everyone's minds turned over again, is there any grievance in this?

For a while, the small courtyard of the Liu family became quiet, and Liu Xiaoqi's ghost appeared, not only implying that his death was wronged, but also pointing to Liu Dazhuang's house next door. Although Liu Dazhuang is the land protector, and everyone is often used in his family, but Liu Xiaoqi is dead after all, if it is really a murder case, it is not something that can be offset by friendship.

"Little lady, don't cry, when Master Gu comes, you will be able to conclude Xiao Qi's grievances. The old woman helped Zheng up and persuaded her to drink the hot rice soup, "Drink something hot first, you've been crying all night, take care of your body, after all, you still have Xiaoqi's child in your belly!"

Hearing the child, Zheng's hand slowly slid to his lower abdomen, and his beautiful face turned pale.

"Alas, it's strange to say, why didn't Xiao Qi talk to you when he came back. The old woman was blowing cold rice soup for her, and she chattered: "Xiao Qi is the only seedling in the family, and his father and mother went early, and now the Liu family has only this seedling left in your belly. ”

Zheng wiped the tears from his face and did not say anything.

"Dad, you go slowly. Just after breakfast, Liu Kang helped Liu Dazhuang to walk from next door, Liu Dazhuang's feet were swollen like a steamed bun, and he was limping when he walked. The father and son walked in the door, and the people who were helping in the yard looked stunned.

"Are the big guys busy?" Liu Dazhuang squeezed out a smile, and his expression was quite normal.

"Uncle Liu is here. Stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man, and besides, it was just a guess last night, so although everyone was silent, they didn't ask more, but gave up a bench and let Liu Dazhuang sit down.

"I heard that ...... last night" Liu Dazhuang paused for a moment to observe everyone's reactions, and then continued: "I heard that Xiao Qi is back?"

"Uncle Liu doesn't know?" said the man who dared to enter the West Chamber last night: "Last night, Xiao Qi chiseled through the kang hole and smashed people. As he spoke, his eyes glanced meaningfully at Liu Dazhuang's feet.

Liu Dazhuang looked down at the big guy's eyes, and said with a smile: "Last night I got up in the ear room, and I heard a sound next door, so I wanted to listen carefully, but I didn't expect the water tank to be suddenly knocked open, and the old man and I fell to the ground." Alas...... I don't know if Xiao Qi is back, if I know, I can say a few words to him, this kid ......" said, raising his sleeve and wiping his tears.

This tearful performance immediately aroused the sympathy of many people, could it be that the Liu family really had nothing to do with Xiao Qi's death? But since Liu Dazhuang heard the sound, why didn't he come and take a look? And what should he explain the new mud on the wall of his house and the hoe he was holding in his hand?

All kinds of questions linger in people's hearts, but they are all from the villagers, and no one asks these doubts. After Liu Dazhuang's crying, the atmosphere was strangely silent. Liu Dazhuang wanted to say something, but he was dragged by Liu Kang behind him, and it was better not to say more.

Fortunately, they didn't wait long, Duan Wenrui led a group of officials to arrive.

"Arrest Liu Dazhuang and his son!" Duan Wenrui jumped off his horse and gave an order.

"My lord, it's wronged!" Liu Dazhuang panicked when he saw the servant, his hands were tied, and he hissed and shouted injustice. Liu Kang on the side also changed his face, his lips and tongue, which had always been smooth, trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"Wronged?" Duan Wenrui walked up to the Liu family and his son with a horsewhip in his hand, and said condescendingly: "Tell me, where did I wronged you?"

"My lord, may I ask what the little old man has done, why do you arrest people without asking!" Liu Dazhuang said unwillingly.

"What did you do?" Duan Wenrui smiled coldly and asked the messenger to bring a middle-aged man over, "Liu Dazhuang, do you know this person?"

Liu Dazhuang looked at the man, and he didn't know why, but Liu Kang next to him sat on the ground.

"It seems that there are people who understand!" Duan Wenrui glanced at Liu Kang and said, "Do you know this person?"

"No, I don't know. Liu Kang said in a panic.

"Li Erlang, do you know this person?"

"My lord, the villain knows, this person is Liu Kang, the guy of Liang Ji Iron Shop. The middle-aged man said respectfully.

"How did you know him?"

"He had gone to the villain's shop and bought brimstone. Li Erlang replied.

"Liu Kang, what are you buying sulfur for?" Duan Wenrui asked coldly.

Liu Kang had calmed down at this time, he bit his lip, and said tremblingly: "Little, the villain went on the order of the shopkeeper, and he bought sulfur to smelt iron. ”

"What about saltpeter?" Duan Wenrui called out another witness.

Looking at the shopkeeper of another shop standing side by side with Li Erlang, Liu Kang's face changed, the cold sweat on his face trickled down, his lips moved, and he snorted: "It's all for iron smelting." ”

"Does that need twenty catties?" As he spoke, Duan Wenrui snorted coldly and said, "It just so happens that the shopkeeper of Liang Ji Iron Shop is also here, you can testify to it." ”

As soon as the words fell, a man with a big waist jumped out, "The miscellaneous pieces surnamed Liu, when will Lao Tzu let you buy sulfur and saltpeter? Twenty catties is enough to blow up Lao Tzu's iron shop to the bottom!"

"Shopkeeper?" Liu Kang was completely dumbfounded.

"Don't call me the shopkeeper, I don't need a brute like you in my shop!" the man's eyes widened, and he glared at Liu Kang viciously. Liu Kangse shrank and buried his head in silence.

"Well, what do you father and son say?"

"My lord, the evil things were all done by the old man alone, and I really don't know it!" Seeing that the matter was about to be exposed, Liu Dazhuang suddenly shouted loudly.

"You made it alone, and the gunpowder was also prepared by Liu Kang alone?" Duan Wenrui asked rhetorically.

"Yes, I saw that Liu Xiaoqi was not pleasing to the eye, so I used the rainy day to disguise himself as a thunderstorm and blew him up!" As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the courtyard, Liu Dazhuang has been a land security guard for many years, and he still takes care of the people in Luliu Village, after last night's haunted incident, people are suspicious of the Liu family's father and son, but they didn't expect that this unconscionable evil thing was really done by them!

"Seeing that Liu Xiaoqi is not pleasing to the eye, kill him?" Duan Wenrui smiled coldly and said, "Liu Dazhuang, don't think I'm a fool!"

"I did it alone!"

"Then let me ask you, what grudge do you have with Liu Xiaoqi?"

"This ......" Liu Dazhuang paused, his face hesitated, and after his eyes rolled around, he said in a hesitant voice: "This is the old yellow calendar, I have old grudges with Liu Xiaoqi's father." ”

"I don't know, Liu Xiaoqi's parents have passed away a long time ago, so you can hold a grudge. Duan Wenrui sneered: "Since you don't want to tell the truth, then let's go to the prison and say it!" As he spoke, he said to the officers around him: "Take this father and son back to the county office!"

"No!" the servants roared, not only making the Liu father and son tremble, but also the people in the courtyard were stunned. At this moment, I heard an exclamation from the door of the main room: "Little lady!"

Duan Wenrui turned his head to look and found that Zheng was holding his stomach and fainting softly.

After returning to the county office, Liu's father and son were dismissed from the class.

"How is it?" Gu Qian saw Duan Wenrui coming back, and greeted him anxiously.

Liu Dazhuang confessed that he did the thing, but according to his humble position, Liu Kang was the most suspicious. Duan Wenrui recounted the interrogation in Luliu Village, and Gu Qian nodded while listening, until Gu Qian heard Liu Dazhuang's words that he wanted to take the charge on himself, and he also agreed with Duan Wenrui's point of view.

"Tiger poison doesn't eat children, brutally killed Liu Xiaoqi, and he wants to exonerate his son, he wants to be beautiful!" Gu Qian snorted coldly, and said to Duan Wenrui kindly: "Thank you for your hard work, I'll run this trip early in the morning." ”

"Where did the adults say, if it weren't for the good guidance of the adults, how could the lowly position catch the evidence of the Liu family's father and son's crime so quickly. Duan Wenrui still admired Gu Qian very much, at least he didn't expect to catch the real murderer so quickly.

"Starve them twice first, and then let the torture room have a good trial. Gu Qian muttered: "I always feel that this matter is not so simple, the old grudge that Liu Dazhuang said is not tenable at all, no one will kill others for no reason, and his motive for committing the crime must be interrogated clearly." ”

"Yes!" Duan Wenrui arched his hand and left.

Gu Qian sat in place for a while, and raised his voice to call Gu An.

"Master, are you looking for me?" Gu An was waiting outside the door, and when he heard Gu Qian's call, he immediately pushed the door and walked in.

"Go and find Xiao Jiu. ”

"Yes. ”

When Gu Xiaojiu came, his pace was slow and his eyes were sleepy.

"Why, you haven't woken up yet?" asked Gu Qian with a smile.

"Woke up. As he spoke, he yawned uncontrollably. Gu Qian paused his face and said helplessly, "Why don't you go back to sleep first?"

"No, no, no. Gu Xiaojiu rubbed his face fiercely and came to his senses, "Master, do you have something to do with me?"

"What did you find in Liu Xiaoqi's house last night?"

Gu Xiaojiu took someone to pretend to be a ghost at Liu's house last night, and then rushed to the outside of Qingjiang City overnight to wait for the door to open, he didn't sleep all night, and did a lot of physical work, so the whole person was so sleepy that he fell down as soon as he returned to the ya. Hearing Gu Qian's question, he woke up and took out something from his arms.

"What is this?" Gu Qian said as he looked at the mess of cloth and frowned.

"I don't know, when Xiaoliu was digging in the kang hole, he found this, he didn't think much about it and put it in his arms, and gave it to me when he came out. Gu Xiaojiu pulled twice, spread out the strip of cloth, and his eyes widened as the strip of cloth unfolded, "This seems to be ......" said, retracting his hand as if it was hot.

Gu Qian also stared at the strip of cloth and said, "This seems to be a sweat towel?" Look at the size, it's still a man's one. "Liu Xiaoqi's?"

"Won't it?" Gu Xiaojiu couldn't get it for sure, and blamed the errand Xiaoliu, what are you picking up, you pick up a sweat towel and come back.

"Let's keep it for now, maybe it will work. Gu Qian asked Gu An to take a pair of linen gloves, spread the sweat towel on the table, and looked at it carefully.

was watching, and suddenly heard a report from the door that there was an old man who wanted to see the county magistrate.

"Whoever you want to see, can you see it?" Gu An said unhappily.

"This ......" Menzi was also a little embarrassed, and when he saw Gu An's face, he smiled and said: "An Ye, this person said that he came from Luliu Village, and he came for the Tianlei Splitting Case." ”

"Oh?" Gu Qian in the house heard this, and there was a hint of interest in his eyes, "Gu An, you go out and have a look." ”

"Yes!" Gu An restrained the displeasure on his face, followed the door, and after a while, led an old man with a white beard and hair walked in.

When Gu Qian saw the old man, he looked at him carefully for a long time, but when he saw that he was wearing a coarse cloth garment, he was trembling and kneeling on the ground, and he didn't even dare to raise his head. "Who are you, and why did you break into the county office alone?"

"Back to the eldest master, the little old man is Li Tianshu in Tulangzhong of Luliu Village. There was a slight trembling in the old man's tone, he glanced at Gu Qian, and hurriedly lowered his head, "Little old man has a secret to report to the eldest master." ”

"What's the secret?" Gu Qian said condescendingly, "It's about Liu Xiaoqi?"

Speaking of Liu Xiaoqi, the old man's eyes turned red, and his tone gradually became sad and angry, "Back to the old man, Xiao Qi is a good child, Xiao Lao'er has an old relationship with his family, Xiao Qi sends some food to Xiao Lao'er during the New Year's holidays, and always sends a copy to Xiao Lao'er when he hunts wild things in the mountains, Xiao Lao'er regards him as a parent, and now he ...... He died too unjustly!"

Seeing the old man's excitement, Gu Qian said lightly: "Don't worry, this official will definitely find out the truth and punish the evildoers." Now that the father and son of the Liu family have been arrested, I believe that the case will soon come to light!"

Li Tianshu glanced at Gu Qian boldly: "Big master, little old man still has something to report to the big master." ”

"You say. ”

"Big man, yesterday Xiao Lao'er diagnosed Xiao Qi's widow Zheng as pregnant. ”

Gu Qian raised his eyebrows: "Oh, this is a good thing!"

"Big Master!" Li Tianshu's eyes were red, and there were two cloudy old tears under the corners of his eyes, "Little Lao'er is a rough doctor, and he has already broken his pulse for Xiao Qi, he was born with thin semen, it is impossible to have children!"

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