Chapter 41: Interrogation
He lowered his head and flipped through the village chronicles of Hongfeng Village. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As Li Zheng said, in the past few years, the population loss in the village has been serious, and those who have a little ability or some way have moved out with their families, leaving behind all the old, weak, women and children.
Poverty, backwardness, and superstition were his general impressions of the village.
The suicide of a mute girl six months ago was also attributed to poverty.
A mute girl who came from nowhere, hungry and cold, helpless, and finally a rope wrapped around her neck, and she died.
After the death of the mute girl, the curse of the Maple God became even worse, and the villagers panicked even more, hoping that the god would come down and lift the curse of the Maple God on the Red Maple Village.
At that time, the deceased who traveled to Hongfeng Village, Taoist priest Lu Tiansheng, became a lifesaver for the villagers.
They worshipped Lu Tiansheng as the only god who could talk to the Feng God, and prayed again and again that Lu Tiansheng would exert his divine power to help Hongfeng Village and the people in the village stay away from poverty and get a good harvest.
But now, Lu Tiansheng is dead.
He closed the file and looked up at the five people kneeling at the table.
Li Zheng introduced, "The original names of these five people were He Jiacheng, Chen Shuli, Yao Jinqian, Dong Laibao and Zhang Xiuer. They followed Lu Tiansheng everywhere to find Taoism, acted as Taoist children, and came all the way to Hongfeng Village. Their masters and apprentices act mysteriously, do not go out often, and usually eat and live together. ”
Wei Yi groaned.
The villagers of Hongfeng Village have a deep-rooted fear of the Feng God, and their reverence for Taoist priests has also been around for a long time, and Lu Tiansheng is always accompanied by five young and strong disciples, and it is estimated that it will not be easy for the weak villagers to kill him.
Lu Tiansheng was killed, and it should have nothing to do with the five people in front of him-
However, if these five people are united, I am afraid it will be difficult to ask the truth, and if there is infighting, he will reap the benefits of the fisherman.
His mind turned, and he drew a new portrait and whispered a few words to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng saw that he had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and he was already impatient. He picked up the portrait repainted by Wei Yi and shouted at the five people, "My lord said, this person is the murderer, you tell me honestly, whoever has seen this person, say it quickly!" ”
The five of them raised their heads and stared at the portrait in Li Zheng's hand in unison, and couldn't help but be stunned.
I saw that the person in the painting had a head but no face, a body and no appearance, and I could only see that it was a strong young man, and the others could no longer be seen clearly, and it was okay to say that it looked like anyone.
Everyone looked at each other, and Dong Laibao, who was ranked fourth, snorted and grinned, "Hey, Ah Bao has seen this person!" ”
Dong Laibao was born white and fat, but his mouth was slightly crooked, and his saliva kept flowing out when he spoke, with a look of infatuation.
"Bao, don't talk nonsense in front of adults!" The senior brother He Jiacheng on the side stopped him with a black face.
Wei Yi was interested, he stood up, walked in front of Dong Laibao, and said kindly, "Bao, it's okay, this official summoned you just to listen to you, you can say whatever you want, and this official won't blame you." You said you had met this person, where, when? ”
Dong Laibao clapped his hands and smiled, "This person is the senior brother, can't the adults see it?" ”
After speaking, he hugged He Jiacheng childishly, wrapped He Jiacheng's face, and grimaced at Wei Yi.
He Jiacheng's face changed suddenly, and he pushed Dong Laibao away.
I don't know how much strength He Jiacheng exerted, Dong Laibao was pushed out, covering his chest and crying out in pain.
Wei Yi's face turned cold.
When He Jiacheng saw Wei Yi's face change, the three souls were out of his body, and he hurriedly kowtowed and shouted injustice, "My lord, the fourth junior brother Ah Bao was born with epilepsy, and his mind is not bright enough, what he said is all nonsense, all nonsense, Xiaomin is not a murderer, he is definitely not a murderer." ”
"Oh, you said that you are not a murderer, but the official can see that you have a lot of strength, and you are ruthless, and you can be heavy on the little junior brother who has dementia!" Wei Yi said angrily.
"No, no, no." He Jiacheng panicked, and cold sweat rained down.
"It's not like this, it's not like this, adults take a closer look, it's not a small people on that portrait, it's not a small people." He Jiacheng finally straightened his tongue.
"You said it's not you, the more I look at it, the more I look like you, who is not like you?" Wei Yi asked.
"Like, like, like-" He Jiacheng pointed at Chen Shuli and said softly, "Like a second junior brother." ”
Chen Shuli's face turned pale.
Wei Yi smiled, "Dong Laibao is an idiot, he said nonsense, this official can not blame, you are an ordinary person, if you dare to talk nonsense-"
Speaking of this, he suddenly changed his face and shouted, "Clamping sticks, tiger chairs, wooden hands, take turns to serve the punishment!" ”
When He Jiacheng heard the terrifying torture instrument, he knelt on the ground in fright, and said in a trembling voice, "Xiaomin doesn't dare to talk nonsense, Xiaomin has a point." The second junior brother has always been dissatisfied with Xiaomin, coveting the master's profound Taoism, and the master once told Xiaomin that he must beware of the second junior brother, saying that he is a wolf with ambitions, saying that he will betray him sooner or later. My lord, the master prophesied first, and Xiaomin suspected that everything was done by the second junior brother, and it was he who killed the master! ”
"Hmph, there's no basis for what you say." Chen Shuli's face did not change, and he raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly.
"You say that he has no basis for what he says, and you have it?" Wei Yi asked.
Chen Shuli said, "Of course. Back to my lord, Xiaomin was relieved last night, and I saw the senior brother quietly walk into the master's room while the night was dark. Xiaomin thought that the master was going to teach the senior brother the spell alone, so he leaned under the window and peeked. Unexpectedly, I saw the senior brother pulling with the master, and finally the senior brother stabbed the master to death! ”
The voice landed, and everyone looked at He Jiacheng.
He Jiacheng was annoyed and angry, and threw Chen Shuli to the ground, Chen Shuli struggled desperately, and the two fought together.
Wei Yi watched coldly.
"You talk nonsense! You framed me! It was you who killed Master! He Jiacheng was angry.
"I didn't! You're talking nonsense, you framed me! It was you who killed Master! Chen Shuli replied.
The two of them didn't give in to each other, and the more they fought, the more intense they became, seeing that the two of them were using their strength almost the same, and their minds gradually calmed down, Wei Yi said, "One of you has a motive and the other has time, it seems that you are conspiring to commit a crime, and someone will put these two people in prison!" ”
He Chen and the others were anxious when they heard this, and they all knelt down and shouted injustice.
The two of them were conclusive, but neither of them mentioned the two cores of this case - hatred and murder weapons, so at most, they were related to this case and definitely not the real murderers.
Wei Yi snorted, "Why don't you fight?" Keep fighting! The more fierce you fight, the happier the real murderer! It's better to kill and maim to avoid the real murderer! ”
The two hung their heads, blushed, and looked at each other.
Before it was over, He Jiacheng raised his head, "My lord, the second junior brother said that Xiao Min went to the master's room last night, but Xiao Min just went to say hello and did not argue." However, when Xiao Min passed by the third junior brother's room, he saw that the little junior sister was also in the third junior brother's room, and he also heard the third junior brother say such a sentence. ”
Zhang Xiu'er blushed and hung her head silently, and Yao Jinqian looked at him coldly.
He Jiacheng shrunk his neck, pointed at him and said, "Third Senior Brother, sooner or later, I will slaughter that old beast!" Third junior brother, do you dare to say it again in front of adults! ”