Chapter 51: Murderous Nursery Rhymes (15)

Zhu Ankang did not deny it, nodded his head, and his expression was very blank.

Sun He, who had been silent, said, "I filled in the words." ”

An Dexing smiled, "Sister Ghost is my idea." He looked up at Su Yunkai with a smile, "How do you know that we are avenging Ah Wan?" ”

"The girl's family has grapes, but Ah Wan died half a year ago, Ah Wan's father died three months ago, according to the time, the grapes have ripened once, but there is not a single grain on the ground, which shows that someone has been here."

"It could also be a playful child."

"There are no grapes on the ground, but there are cores, and if it were a thief, he would not eat grapes here so calmly. It must be someone who knows this place well, and even if someone finds out, it won't be a surprise. And when you entered Ah Wan's house that day, it was Zhu Ankang who took the key and opened the door. At the time, I thought the key was in the hands of the village chief, but I later learned that it was not. ”

After wishing him a moment of good health, he finally spoke, "The key was not given to me by Ah Wan, but entrusted by Ah Wan's father before he died. ”

He was in a hurry to explain, but he didn't want others to misunderstand what unclear relationship he had with Ah Wan, otherwise Ah Wan's innocence would also be ruined.

Su Yunkai heard it, and he defended the deceased like this, let alone during her lifetime.

Zhu Ankang was silent again before he said, "I want to know how you guessed that we are the robbers and the people who make up nursery rhymes." ”

The villagers had forgotten about the discussions, the usual uproar, and were only full of incredulity and shock.

Su Yunkai said, "I asked your younger brothers and sisters where the nursery rhyme came from first. What they say is different, but what they say all points to two places, 'next door' and 'village entrance', next door is Anjia, and the village entrance is where the Sun family is located. ”

An Dexing nodded, "It was my mistake." ”

"I thought that the nursery rhyme appeared just to cover up the suspect's dart hiding. Until the occurrence of the dart robbery, I have always wondered, the dart bureau escorted only a cart of things, why did the bandits choose the least cargo when the dart robbery? And there were ten dart masters at that time, since the thieves came prepared, why didn't they appear at the right time? What's more, I asked other dart masters that the bandits only chased Yang An that day, and did not harm others. ”

An Dexing smiled, "What else? ”

"In the past half a month, the villagers have been poisoned one after another, but it looks like nothing more than a threat. So I think that the person who can be so convenient without being noticed, and even poison the person who stays under the banyan tree very accurately, must not be outside, and there is more than one, otherwise it is too concentrated and it is easy to be suspected. And the treasure in the tree hole is not light, judging from the traces of dragging, at least more than two people. ”

Zhu Ankang was still expressionless, and so was Sun He, but he was as silent as ever, only An Dexing looked at him with interest.

Su Yunkai continued, "The villagers wanted to cut down this unlucky tree, but the village chief didn't allow it, and it was you who later proposed to build a fence for the banyan tree, and you were the one who went to build the fence." This alone is not enough to prove that you are the ones who make up nursery rhymes, but it is also a clue. ”

An Dexing smiled, "Your Excellency guessed correctly, our purpose is also to keep the banyan tree and the treasure in the tree hole." ”

"Besides, Ah Wan is not a drama after all, so she won't sing in front of everyone, and the one who has the best chance to hear her sing, in addition to her father, who depends on her for her life, may only be left with her friends, that is, you, who grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and who she completely trusts."

Not only is the relationship good, but Ah Wan is very respected by the three of them, otherwise when Zhu Ankang walks the trail with her, he will not take into account that she is a girl's family and is so far away. Su Yunkai looked at Zhu Ankang from time to time, and the expressions of the other two were completely different.

The three of them are all for Ah Wan, but emotionally, perhaps only wish her well-being is not a brother and sister.

Sun He suddenly asked, "But why do you know that Ah Wan committed suicide for Yang An?" ”

Su Yunkai replied, "Ah Wan and her father depend on each other, filial piety and kindness. But her father ordered her to marry someone else, but she suddenly rebelled, in this world where her parents' orders and matchmakers' words were conventional, she who had always been filial resisted like this, that must be a happy person in her heart. But Ah Wan's father didn't push too hard, she still committed suicide, and there was only one explanation, the person she liked was responsible for her. You have a very good relationship with Miss Ayun, and I already suspect that you are the one who hides the treasure, but you usually abide by the law, why would you suddenly do such a thing, and the target is only Yang An? Later, when I went to check Yang An's life experience and learned that he was also from Yuanzhou, I finally connected the two things completely. It wasn't until I knew that Yang An already had a family, and the thieves were only targeting Yang An alone, that I was sure that Ah Wan hanged himself because of Yang An. ”

The cold truth was cold into the hearts of people, and even the villagers were silent.

An Dexing sneered, "I didn't kill Yang An, it was my mistake, if it wasn't for the lack of silver, I wouldn't have found only those few thieves, otherwise it would have been a success." I didn't expect him to die so much, he only injured one arm. Hey, Yang An, didn't you say in front of Ah Wan that as a dart master, you could pay for your life for the dart car, why did you run away by yourself at that time? It's so fast, you can't catch up. ”

He was full of banter, so that Yang An was speechless when he heard it, and he couldn't scold back.

Su Yunkai said again, "Your original intention was not to rob the dart, but if you don't take the dart car away, it is easy for the government to suspect that you have another purpose, so you simply take the things away." But you didn't expect that there was another treasure hidden in the five vases in that box, and you had to find a place to hide it, and that place was in the Banyan Cave. ”

Everyone subconsciously looked under the banyan tree that had been half-torn down the fence, and saw the empty cave at a glance.

"But there were people coming and going under the banyan tree, so you made up nursery rhymes to drive away the people who came to stay under the tree. But the one who opposes it the most is the village chief, I wish you good health, your grandfather. So no matter how he walked under the tree and sat for a long time, nothing happened to him like everyone else. ”

Zhu Changrong heard these words in his ears, and he didn't know what to say, whether he was relieved or annoyed, and he didn't know for a moment which emotion had the upper hand.

Lord Xu looked at these three affectionate and righteous young people, and sighed unspeakably, and said, "Your nature is not bad, and you are also to avenge Miss Ayun, but the method is too extreme. If you really killed Yang An at that time, then what should you do in the future? ”

"What should I do...... Zhu Ankang looked indifferent, and his voice was even colder, "Ah Wan is even dead, she has no 'future', if we don't avenge her, then what should we do with her account!" Yang An let her down and caused her to commit suicide, this kind of thing will not be taken care of by the government at all, so can you only let him go unpunished! ”

Master Xu sighed, "You regard Miss Ah Wan as a close friend, why shouldn't she?" If you really have an accident for her, she will not be blind under Jiuquan. ”

"How can there be any ...... under the Nine Springs" Zhu Ankang endured the choking that suddenly appeared in his throat, "If there really is, Ah Wan would have come back to ask him for his life." If we had known earlier that she died for Yang An, Yang An would not have lived until now. ”

He glared at Yang An, with a fiery snake in his eyes, eager to devour him alive.

Su Yunkai was silent for a moment before saying, "You didn't want to kill Yang An, you just wanted to teach him a lesson." Otherwise...... With so many opportunities to do so in the village, you won't fail to do it. ”

"It's not!" It was Yang An who shouted this, Yang An knew that the government would severely punish him, and his life would not be saved, so there was no need to add another crime at this time, "That day, I heard that there was a group of unknown people living in the village, so I came to investigate at night, and it turned out that it was Lord Su, and I was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so I planned to attack one of you." ”

Mingyue felt a chill hit her for some reason, "You were the one who followed me that night?" ”

Yang An nodded, "It's me, but when I followed you, I found that there was still someone coming, so I hid halfway, only to find out that person was Zhu Ankang, he was following you!" Stalking a girl in the middle of the night, what kind of kindness can you have. ”

The truth that he learned unexpectedly made Mingyue, who had been worried for two days, secretly relieved, although there were still doubts in his heart, but he would not feel a chill down his spine every time he thought about it.

Su Yunkai said, "Your purpose is to harm people, but what Zhu Ankang wants is to kidnap Mingyue and make her disappear for a while." ”

Zhu Ankang, who was tired in his heart and didn't plan to explain, heard this, looked up at him, his eyes were surprised, and he didn't know why he even knew this.

"The three of you mentioned that day that you were going to repair the fence, and no one saw you since, but you didn't leave at all, you were inside the fence. But the fence was so high and dense that you couldn't see it from the outside. You perceive that the loot under the banyan tree is no longer safe, so you want to move it away, but the people of the village are very difficult to come and go. It happened that Mingyue was out, so one of you followed, wanting to kidnap Mingyue, and then take the opportunity to transfer the box when everyone in the village went out to look for her. Who would have thought, but found Yang An, who was also tracking. ”

Yang An said angrily, "My lord, why do you say that he just wants to kidnap, not kill?" ”

Su Yunkai glanced at him coldly, "Because you also said that you hid halfway, but he followed Mingyue to the doctor's house, and even followed him when he turned back, until he met us who went to find her." There were so many opportunities to do it halfway, why didn't he do it? It's very easy to deal with a girl who doesn't know martial arts in the wilderness. ”

Yang An wanted to say more, but found that he seemed to have nothing to say, and he couldn't prove that Zhu Ankang had murderous intentions.

Mingyue listened strangely to the side, "But since you were planning to kidnap me, why didn't you do it in the end?" ”

Su Yunkai guessed something, but he was not completely sure, so he looked at Zhu Ankang. Zhu Ankang raised his eyes and looked at Mingyue before he said, "When she went to look for Langzhong, everyone in the village had already been called to look for her, so I didn't need to draw snakes." ”

Mingyue is not stupid, she frowned and whispered after thinking about it, "But you have been following me at that time, and you won't know that the people in the village came out to look for me." ”

Zhu Ankang paused and stopped talking. Instead, An Dexing smiled, there was no banter in the smile, but there was a brotherly feeling, "Ah Wan is as big as you, and he is about the same size as you." ”

Su Yunkai and Mingyue suddenly understood that Xu is Zhu Ankang remembered Ah Wan, and their hearts softened for a while, and they couldn't bear to tie her up.

But breaking the law is breaking the law, and robbing darts will still be punished by the law in the end.

But it's not a capital crime, Mingyue still thinks it's a good thing, whether there is Jiuquan or not, whether Ah Wan will know, at least this will not make people who know the truth too uncomfortable.

Sun He had already gotten up at this time, dusted off his clothes, and said indifferently, "That treasure was hidden by us in a cornfield one mile west of the village entrance. Let's go, go digging up stolen goods, or go to the government? ”

He was too calm, but it made Su Yunkai and Lord Xu, who were officials, feel a pity, knowing that doing so would ruin themselves after the truth was revealed, but they still did it.

When Yang An and the three of them were escorted away, Zhu Ankang walked to Su Yunkai's side, said "thank you" in a very soft voice, and was escorted away by the officials.

When they left the village, the villagers looked at each other, and then silence dispersed, and no one said much. Not long after, under the flourishing banyan tree, only Su Yunkai and his party were standing, which looked very desolate.

At this time, there was no one, so Mingyue said, "What did I wish Ankang to thank you for?" ”

Su Yunkai saw that there were no outsiders, so he said, "Because he thanked me for not saying another thing in front of everyone." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Miss Ah Wan should have been pregnant at the time."

Mingyue was surprised, "What? ”

"Zhu Ankang said that Miss Ah Wan is very filial and cheerful, her mother died early, and she grew up with her father since she was a child. I don't think such a girl would abandon her father and commit suicide for a man who has a family to deceive her feelings, maybe she found out that she was pregnant, for the sake of fame, in order to prevent her father from being criticized, so she chose to commit suicide and take all the secrets into the earth. ”

Mingyue was stunned, "But how can you guess this?" ”

"That day I went to Miss Awan's house, and in her boudoir there was a pair of little silver bracelets, which were for babies. She may have thought that Yang An would marry her, so she bought the bracelet with joy, but she didn't expect to meet such a negative person. ”

Mingyue bit her lip, she was also a girl, she felt hateful, "How sad should she be at that time...... No wonder Zhu Ankang hates Yang An so much. ”

Su Yunkai sighed, "If Zhu Ankang knew at that time, he would definitely not let Ah Wan do something stupid." ”

Mingyue paused, "I didn't know about Zhu Ankang at that time?" So when did he find out? ”

"Probably when Ah Wan's father passed away, do you still remember that Ah Wan's father was the funeral arranged for him by Zhu Ankang. The fact that Ah Wan's father was able to hand over the keys to the house to him was enough to prove how much he trusted him, and it was not surprising to sue him for such a thing. ”

Bai Shui on the side said hatefully, "Then Yang An is really not a thing!" If you don't like other people's girls, why bother touching her. If you like it, why spoil her so much. If I wish for good health, I can't swallow this breath. ”

These words were indeed angry words, and they were not meant to be said to anyone, but Qin Fang listened to them in his heart, as if he was saying them to himself.

He felt that before returning to the Daimyo's Mansion, it was necessary to solve the matter between him and Bai Shui head-on, and now, he always felt that there was still a lot of embarrassment between them, and that embarrassment probably came from not settling the matter between the two of them properly.

The officials of the county government divided into two groups, escorting the prisoners all the way and digging up stolen goods all the way.

The four of them waited under the tree, and it was not good to go to Zhujia again. When Fang Mingyue saw Zhu Changrong leaving, the people who had been on the battlefield had been □□ their backs, but at that time, they seemed to be rickety, very weak and tired.

She was thinking about it, but a little grandson of the Zhu family came over with a teapot and handed it to them, saying word for word, "Grandpa said, you must be thirsty, but now it is inconvenient at home, so I don't call you to go over and sit." ”

The four of them were surprised in their hearts, and wished Changrong ...... is really a person who has really been on the battlefield and in the barracks.

There is a clear distinction between public and private, love and hate, and his grandson is wrong if he is wrong, and he does not blame the person who exposed his fault. It's just that he is Zhu Ankang's grandfather, so emotionally he can't accept Su Yunkai and his party. This teapot, at this time, weighs a thousand pounds, and when you hold it in your hand, it seems to be pressed in your heart.

"Sue your grandfather, your eldest brother won't be going for long, and in a few years, he will be back."

The little grandson nodded slightly, and without further ado, went back.

A few people couldn't drink the tea, even if their mouths were dry. They didn't forget that they had just sent the eldest grandson of the Zhu family to prison, although it was reasonable, but this case came from that reason. After a long time, Su Yunkai said, "Let's take a sip." ”

Qin Fang whispered, "Will he poison it inside, we just arrested his grandson in prison." ”

Bai Shui couldn't help but glare at him, "Just think too much." I believe in the village chief. ”

After finishing speaking, he poured a bowl and drank it in one go, seeing that Qin Fang was really worried that she would vomit black blood the next moment. Before he could react, Su Yunkai and Mingyue also took a bowl of tea and drank it, very calmly.

He finally understood why Bai Shui always called him cowardly. He himself felt that he was not only cowardly, but also too dark.

After drinking tea, the four of them sat under the banyan tree and waited for Lord Xu to return from digging treasures.

The roots of the banyan tree, which has been removed from half of the fence, are intertwined and intertwined into the ground, and even if the wind blows, it is difficult to shake it. A hundred years later, maybe the banyan tree is still there, but the banyan tree village doesn't know if it's still there. Sometimes, people can't compare to all things in heaven and earth.

After waiting for about half an hour, the adult finally came back, as if he was in a hurry, panicked and panting, "My lord, the stolen goods have been dug up." It was probably a bump back and forth, and the vase inside was broken, mixed with and mixed with the things in the vase. ”

Su Yunkai asked, "What's in it?" ”

Master Xu gasped, "Gold! That's a lot of gold! To say the least, there are two hundred catties. ”

This amount was even born in Kaifeng, and Qin Fang, who grew up in the Guogong Mansion, was also surprised, "Two hundred catties of gold? Who the hell is the dart man? Lost so much money and didn't look for it? ”

Su Yunkai's brows were tightly furrowed, and there was another case within the case.