As soon as the sky was bright, Qin Xiao went out with a stomach full of resentment.

He wondered if he had recently bumped into the Great Moldy God and ran into a pair of brothers and sisters like Shen Yaoshi.

The one in the prison used a hundred taels of silver to let himself run to the land temple in the middle of the night, and now he met a cheeky little aunt, who ate and drank for nothing, and deceived all the dozen taels of silver he carried.

The moment he went out, breathing in the morning air, Qin Xiao suddenly felt that he was as simple as a little sheep.

He really didn't want to spend more than half a moment with that thick-skinned woman.

Mu Yeji took Qin Xiao's silver, without the slightest guilt, and continued to sleep in her big sleep, eating and drinking enough to sleep, and her life was very happy for her.

There was not a single copper coin on his body, so Qin Xiao thought that he could only exchange some silver at the money village first.

Mu Yeji's behavior made Qin Xiao hold back the fire in his belly, and the culprit of all this was Pharmacist Shen who was locked up in prison, Qin Xiao made up his mind to return to the Jiazi Prison, and he must make Pharmacist Shen pay the price for his actions.

Before I arrived at the money village, I saw several people hurrying to the front, the group of people had just passed, and a few people hurried over behind, and I didn't know whether they were in a hurry to ask for money or were chased by those who were begging for money.

"Hey, Boss Qiu, where are you going?" Qin Xiao was wondering to himself, and saw two people running by, and knew that one of them was the owner of the bookstore, and he had cooperated with him.

Boss Qiu turned his head to see Qin Xiao, and hurriedly said: "There was a fire last night, I heard that people were burned to death, go over and see what happened." ”

He walked as he spoke, and he didn't stop.

Although Turtle City is not small, it is not big, and when something happens on weekdays, it will always provoke a group of onlookers.

Qin Xiao followed Boss Qiu around a street, and saw that a large group of people had gathered not far in front of him, and there were still people gathering over there from all around.

"Don't even squeeze it." A yacha in the crowd waved his hand and said, "All go back, what's there to see." ”

Qin Xiao saw that the yacha was a person from the Governor's Mansion, so he hurriedly hurried over, and the onlookers saw Qin Xiao coming over in the clothes of an official, and thought that he was coming to run an errand, so they made way for him, Qin Xiao squeezed over, only to see that a house in front of him had been burned down and collapsed, and there were still puffs of black smoke between the rubble.

At this time, several officials were carrying the corpses out of the burned houses, and on the side of the road, there were already several corpses, and before they had time to cover up, the corpses were already burned black, and they were miserable.

Seven or eight officials from the Governor's Mansion maintained order and prevented the people from crowding up, and next to the corpse, there were several officials with swords, these people were dressed differently from the Governor's Mansion, and Qin Xiao's people were the people who tortured Cao.

The most powerful in Turtle City is naturally the Marquis of Changxin, in addition, it is the Governor's Mansion, and Xing Cao is the yamen who holds real power among the six Cao in Turtle City.

The criminal cases in Guicheng were all handled by the criminal Cao, and the interrogation cases were all managed by the Cao officials of the criminal Cao, and the Governor's Mansion assisted the Governor to arrest people, and if there were prisoners, the Torture Cao was also thrown to the Governor's Mansion for detention.

"Meng Zhutou!" Qin Xiao saw that Meng Zimo was standing not far away, and walked over and shouted.

Meng Zimo's face was very ugly, staring at the burned house, his hands clenched into fists, he heard Qin Xiao's voice, turned his head to take a look, and then said: "There is a fire here, it has just been extinguished, and the Zheng butcher's family is ......!" But the rest of the sentence was not continued.

Qin Xiao's heart sank.

Of course, he knew who the Zheng butcher was.

A few days ago, the vicious dog of the Zhenhou Mansion was bitten in the butcher's shop of the Zheng butcher, and it happened that Mencius passed by and kicked the dog to death, so Mencius almost couldn't get out of the Zhenhou Mansion.

After the incident passed, who knew that Zheng Butcher's house was actually burned down.

He swept over the corpses, and although the corpses had been burned to a human shape, he could see that there were two children's corpses among them.

Of course, it was the child of the Zheng butcher's family.

Zheng slaughtered a lot of people, and was burned to death by a fire.

"Get out of the way, Lu Caoguan has arrived." There was a commotion in the crowd, Qin Xiao turned his head to look over, and saw two officials of the criminal Cao escorting a middle-aged man dressed in a black official mansion squeezed in from the crowd, Qin Xiao recognized it at a glance, the official was the official of the criminal Cao, Lu Siyuan.

Meng Zimo greeted him and arched his hand to Lu Siyuan, Lu Siyuan nodded, saw the burned house, raised his hand to cover his nose, frowned, and looked at the corpses again, and then said, "How many died?" ”

Mencius Mo's lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

He is a member of the Governor's Mansion and has the responsibility of arresting criminals, but it is not within the scope of his duty to investigate criminal cases.

"Lord Hui, Zheng Butcher's family of five, two husband and wife, a pair of children, and an old mother." A criminal officer said: "Four corpses have been found, and his mother's corpse should still be inside." ”

Lu Siyuan said: "This family has been burned to death? ”

"It must have been a fire in the house after the whole family was asleep." Yacha said: "The neighbors are also asleep, and I didn't hear anyone in Zheng's family calling for help, and when I found it, the house was already covered by fire, and it affected both sides. The people around rose up to put out the fire, but the fire was so strong that it took a while to extinguish it, but no one was rescued. ”

"Amitabha." Lu Siyuan clasped his hands together: "The whole family was burned to death, it's really pitiful." Xiang Yacha said: "Go back and pool some money and bury their family, but you can't have a family that is dead, and there is no place to bury them." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a voice from behind him: "Master Lu, don't make up the money, this funeral expenses, the young son will come out." ”

Qin Xiao followed the sound and saw that Mr. Lang, the staff member of the Zhenhou Mansion, was slowly walking out of the crowd.

Seeing Mr. Lang, Meng Zimo's face sank, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"It turned out to be Mr. Lang." When Lu Siyuan saw Mr. Lang, he immediately smiled, and his body bowed slightly: "The young prince is really a bodhisattva in the world, and if the Zheng butcher's family knows that the young prince has put them in the ground, they must be grateful." ”

Mr. Lang carried his back with one hand, and said with a smile: "Just now someone reported that Zheng Butcher's house was on fire, he was worried, let me come over to see what the situation was, and said that Zheng Butcher grew up in Turtle City when he was a child, and if someone in the family was unfortunately killed, Zhen Hou Mansion was willing to take out the silver for burial." He sighed, shook his head and said, "Who knew that a family of five would all die in the flames, and the young son must be sad." ”

"The young son is benevolent." Someone in the crowd shouted.

Immediately, many people chimed in.

Lu Siyuan hurriedly said: "Mr. Lang, don't worry, Zheng Tuhu's family was killed, and Xing Cao will help deal with the aftermath." ”

"Wait a minute." Suddenly, I heard Meng Zimo say in a deep voice: "Lord Lu, the body of the Zheng butcher's family has not yet been autopsied, so it is concluded that it was burned to death, is it too hasty?" ”

Lu Siyuan frowned and said, "What do you mean by Meng Zhutou?" The house was burned like this, and the corpse was carried out of the house, and it was not burned to death, but it was still victimized? ”

Mencius said: "The corpse was indeed carried out of the house, but this does not prove that it must have been burned to death." Why don't you let the corpse be examined? ”

"When did the Governor's Mansion start investigating the case?" Mr. Lang said beside him: "The Governor's Mansion interfered in the matter of Cao today, will it interfere in Hu Cao tomorrow?" Even the yamen of the imperial court know that they perform their duties, and the people in the governor's mansion don't understand this truth? ”

The corners of Meng Zimo's eyes jumped slightly, this is the death hole of the Duwei Mansion.

Lu Siyuan also snorted coldly and said, "Meng Zhutou, even Mr. Lang knows the truth, you don't understand it?" If you really want to start handling the case, you can invite Han Duwei over, but the official wants to know, does he agree to let you handle the case? ”

"My lord, Zheng Tuhu's family was obviously not burned to death, if the verdict is to be burned to death, it will only damage the reputation of Xing Cao." Suddenly, I heard Qin Xiao talking on the side.

Lu Siyuan glanced at Qin Xiao and sneered, "When will even the jailers of the Duwei Mansion be able to talk about it?" What qualifications do you have to be verbose here. ”

"Zheng Butcher's family died so miserably, if they can't even find out how they died, how can their family be at peace?" Qin Xiao was not afraid.

The people around immediately exchanged heads and talked about it.

"How can you be sure that they weren't burned?" A criminal Cao Yacha on the side sneered.

Qin Xiao said: "Someone also said just now that when the fire was discovered, the house was already covered by fire, and in such a situation, didn't you hear anyone in the house calling for help, isn't it strange?" ”

"The family was sleeping soundly, and by the time they found out, it was too late to scream, so what's so strange?" Lu Siyuan snorted coldly.

Qin Xiao was sad and angry in his heart at this time.

Of course, he knew that the burning of Zheng Tuhu's house could never be just an accident.

Just offended the Zhenhou Mansion a few days ago, and today the corpses of the family were carried out from the burned house, if there was no shadow of the Zhenhou Mansion behind this, Qin Xiao would not believe it.

Meng Zimo obviously had the same mind as Qin Xiao.

However, Xing Cao wanted to conclude that Zheng's family was burned to death, obviously trying to easily cover up the matter.

To everyone's surprise, I saw Qin Xiao walk quickly to the side of the corpse, squatting down, and under the surprised eyes of everyone on the side, the two pinched the corners of the mouth of a corpse, opened the mouth of the corpse forcefully, and took a small piece of cloth towel and stuffed it into the mouth of the corpse.

"What do you do?" Lu Siyuan said angrily: "Come on, pull him down." ”

The two criminals were about to step forward, but Qin Xiao had already stood up, raised the cloth towel in his hand, lit it up in front of Lu Siyuan, and said loudly: "Lord Lu, you can see clearly, this cloth towel does not have any traces of dust and smoke, if it is burned to death, the mouth will inevitably be choked by smoke and fire, and this cloth will definitely turn black, any person knows this truth." He sneered: "Only if you are killed first, and then you are burned in the fire, and the corpse can't breathe, it will be like this in the mouth." ”

The surrounding people were in an uproar, and someone had already said loudly: "Zheng Tuhu's family was killed by someone, and the case cannot be decided like this, the murderer must be found and redressed for them." ”