Chapter 108: Father-in-law

The Li brothers killed two fake "envoys", and the leaders fled. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 When the info catcher heard the news, the Li brothers had to leave temporarily. The head catcher locked the first target of the search at the Tanzhou Inn next to the official post, vowing to find the murderer door to door.

The head catcher is led to the second-floor attic by the shopkeeper of the Tanzhou Inn. Standing in front of the door of the first room, the catcher knocked on the door and then pushed it open, but the room was dark, but there was no one in sight. After pushing open three or four rooms in a row, no one was there, and the head catcher couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and asked: "Shopkeeper, why are these rooms registered as guests, but no one lives in them?" These people are all here to do ghost market business, and now they are probably all outside......"

Since last month, Tanzhou has banned local ghost market businesses on the grounds of public security. For this reason, the head catcher also personally arrested many traders from other places who came here. Hearing that the shopkeeper was once again providing accommodation for the ghost market vendors, he was furious and said: "How can this be true! I said that I would not be allowed to do ghost market business, why didn't I listen?" The shopkeeper was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "It's not that I don't listen to the decree, it's just that these traders are used to living here in the grass people, and they can't get rid of it...... No, when the night watchmen came to watch the night, they were in the store to solicit customers. When the officials left, they went out again......"

The head catcher shouted: "You know this is the case, why don't you come to report it? As for you untouchables who forget their righteousness, sooner or later you will miss a big thing! In short, if you can't find the murderer today, I will drag you to be the murderer!" The shopkeeper got up, and Nono followed behind. Han Xiaoyue counted the footsteps, and saw that she was about to come to her door. Li Jingxian was still asleep, and he had the heart to wake him up, and the two made an appointment to say something, but it was too late. Han Xiaoyue had to stare at her eyes wide, quietly waiting for the head catch. He kept planning in his heart, what to say later, so as not to show flaws.

Sure enough, the head catcher knocked on Han Xiaoyue's door, and the force was greater than Fang Cai, obviously he was very impatient at the moment, and I was afraid that he would have lost his patience. Li Jingxian first sat up in shock when he heard this, and then replied vigilantly: "Who?" Outside the door, he said: "Open the door, I am Sun Zhutou, who is in charge of public security in Tanzhou." Li Jingxian was just about to open the door, Han Xiaoyue got up and went down to the ground and said softly: "Jingxian, I'll come!" Li Jingxian looked at him, he didn't see sleepiness on his face, he must have been awake before.

Han Xiaoyue walked to the door and opened the door, Sun Zhutou stepped in and walked to the candlestick in the dark. The shopkeeper stepped forward to light the candlestick, which lit up the whole room. Sun Zhutou looked the two of them up and down: "Aren't you the two people who made trouble with the envoys in Zhu Village yesterday?" Han Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Yes, it's the two of us." Sun Zhutou nodded and said, "However, there should be a man and a woman, are they with you?" Han Xiaoyue said: "The two of them have already gone out to him on the road, and they are not with them." ”

Sun Zhutou stared at Han Xiaoyue vigorously, his eyes looked like torches under the candlelight, and even if he didn't do anything wrong, he would be furious in his heart. Sun Zhutou said: "Whoever is the surname of the two of you, report it quickly." After announcing his name, Sun Zhutou continued to ask: "Where are you going, how many days do you want to stay here?" Han Xiaoyue said: "Let's go to Jinling, and how many days to stay here has not yet been decided." ”

"Still undecided?" Sun Zhutou snorted and stared at Han Xiaoyue and said, "I've been a head catcher here for ten years, and I've never let go of any details. Han Xiaoyue, as soon as I came in, I found that you hadn't slept at all, and there was no sleepiness in your eyes, which was completely different from what Li Jingxian had shown; your eyes were bloodshot, obviously you had just witnessed something big, and you must have been in shock; after I said so many things, Li Jingxian didn't interject a word, obviously helping you cover up something; when Zhu Cun was in the village, he lived next door to those three envoys, so he caused trouble, and today he happened to live next to the envoy's official post, is it a coincidence?"

After hearing this, Li Jingxian frowned and said, "Hey, what are you going to say?" I don't speak, it's just that I haven't woken up yet...... Sun Zhutou said: "Just now, two of the three envoys were lying on the street, and it happened that you had a conflict with them, and it happened that you lived next to them for the second time, and it happened that Han Xiaoyue didn't sleep at that time. Is all this a coincidence? If you can't give me a reasonable explanation......" As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, the two catchers stepped forward and took out the iron chains, and Sun Zhutou continued, "Then follow me to the Yamen!"

Li Jingxian saw that they were about to be shackled, and a spirit got up and protected Han Xiaoyue and said, "Hey, we have something to say, there's no need to dig out the guy as soon as you come up!" Sun Zhutou laughed and said: "I have seen a lot of people like you, and at first glance, you are a market person who often deals with the government." Sun Zhutou explained Li Jingxian's background in one sentence, choking him speechless. Han Xiaoyue said: "Sun Zhutou, it seems that we can't be convicted based on these coincidences alone! There are simply too many coincidences in the world, you and I are meeting for the second time, is this a coincidence?"

Sun Zhutou snorted and said, "No matter how clever you are, if you want to clear your name, you have to go with us." As he spoke, with another wave of his hand, the two catchers stepped forward to lock Han Xiaoyue. Li Jingxian shouted: "How can this be reasonable! Who dare to move a finger of Brother Han?" Sun Zhutou heard this, and said angrily: "What, do you still want to confront the government? The inside of the Tanzhou City Prison is very spacious, and I don't care about locking you up!"

The shopkeeper saw that the scene was full of gunpowder, and he was worried that these people would inevitably break some utensils when they were doing it here, so he stepped forward and gave a deep salute and said: "Guest officer, Sun Zhutou is our famous 'iron-faced judge' here, and he will not wronged a good person." If this matter has nothing to do with you, why don't you go with him!" Han Xiaoyue patted Li Jingxian, stood up from behind him and said, "Okay, you are an official, I am a citizen, if you really want to take me, I can't do anything." As he spoke, he whispered to Li Jingxian, "Jingxian, wait downstairs at the inn at noon, someone will come to save me!"

The two catchers stepped forward and put a wooden shackle on him, and chains were also attached to his hands and feet, as if he were guilty of a heinous crime. Li Jingxian was extremely excited, for fear that Han Xiaoyue would be wronged, so he stepped forward and said with a slight cry: "Brother Han, you have to take care......" Sun Zhutou waved his hand and said: "Okay, it has nothing to do with you! Don't look like you are parting from life and death, and you are not going to the execution ground?"

Han Xiaoyue originally thought that Sun Zhutou would take him directly to prison and wait for the dawn arraignment, but he didn't expect to bring himself to the gate of the Taishou Mansion in Tanzhou. Sun Zhu called the door a few times, and a waiter walked out of it and said, "Lord Sun, Lord Yan has been waiting inside for a long time. Sun Zhutou nodded and said, "I'm tired!" As he spoke, everyone escorted Han Xiaoyue into the mansion. Han Xiaoyue couldn't help asking, "Since I was said to be guilty, I should have been put in prison, why did you come directly to Taishou's mansion?" Sun Zhutou chuckled: "You'll know when you arrive." Lord Yan asked you by name, and I also acted on orders. ”

Walk through the front yard to a large hall. In addition to the two rows of eight tables and chairs in front of you, there are also two main seats in the front. Behind the two rows of tables and chairs are two large screens, which should not be arranged in the home in general, which is suspected of affecting feng shui. Sun Zhutou motioned for the crowd to flash out of the hall, and closed the hall door by the way. At this moment, there was silence in the hall, only Han Xiaoyue and Sun Zhutou were left, and the atmosphere gradually became a little weird. Han Xiaoyue quickly sensed that something seemed to be wrong, and turned around and asked, "Sun Zhutou, what is the purpose of this?"

Sun Zhutou didn't pay attention to it, walked to the front of the main seat, and bowed deeply to the back hall and said, "Lord Yan, the person has already been brought!" As soon as the words fell, he only heard the sound of steady footsteps from the back hall, and it seemed that this person was not in a hurry to appear. After a few moments, a man slowly walked out of the back hall. I saw that this person was dressed in civilian clothes, with a well-proportioned body, a long sword hanging from his waist, and a long beard with sideburns on his face. "Han Xiaoyue, don't come to harm?" said the man, and sat down on the main seat.

When Han Xiaoyue saw him call out his first name, he was immediately shocked and said, "Who are you, how do you know my name?" Sun Zhutou stood behind Lord Yan with a smile and said, "Han Xiaoyue, why don't you kneel when you see Tanzhou Taishou?" Lord Yan snorted and laughed: "Tell him to kneel, forgive him, he, like his damned father, will never kneel easily." Am I right?" Han Xiaoyue was quite annoyed when she heard him insult her father, and shouted: "Who are you, why do you want to insult your father?" Lord Yan stroked his long hair and said, "No wonder, so many years have passed, and besides, the old man is already dying, of course you can't recognize me!" As he spoke, he got up and took two steps forward and continued, "Han Xiaoyue, you can forget me, but you can forget Li Renhan?"

"Li Renhan?" Han Xiaoyue was stunned when she heard this. Li Renhan had already been killed by himself, so how could he still sit here? Could it be that he had come specifically to seek revenge on Li Renhan? Seeing that he was stunned and did not speak, Lord Yan laughed and said: "Do you still remember how Li Renhan's whole family died tragically? How did you and Han Tao fall into the ground?" Han Xiaoyue recalled carefully, and suddenly remembered that Li Renhan's family was sentenced to death by the emperor, and he and his father had strongly uprooted the grass. "Could it be that you are Li Renhan's family?" asked Han Xiaoyue.

Lord Yan had tears in his eyes at the moment, nodded vigorously and said, "Good question! This official is Li Renhan's old father-in-law, Yan Tangxi!"