Gao Bo saw that the woman was rushing towards them like crazy, worried that he would bump into Chu Qingruo, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect her behind him, but he was bumped into by the woman.

Gao Bo was strong in martial arts, and he was fine, but the crazy woman fell to the ground on her back to the sky, and she didn't get up, but only rolled on the ground with her head in her hands: she shouted: "Kill someone, kill someone!" ”

Chu Qing laughed, didn't she want to lie to General Gao? But if you look closely at the injuries on her body, it doesn't seem to be a fake, is there really a grievance? Just as he was about to step forward to ask, he saw an old man in official uniform, in his fifties, about five feet old, black and thin, leading a group of squires, hurrying over.

When the old man saw Chu Qingruo, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Xiaguan has seen Lord Chu." ”

Chu Qingruo lowered his eyes and looked at the ornamentation of the official uniform, it turned out to be Shen Shan, the Taishou of Xuanzhou Mansion: "Lord Shen, please get up." ”

Shen Shan was flattered, stood up with the support of the squire behind him, and was just about to speak with a smiling face, when he saw the crazy woman on the ground crawling over, hugged Chu Qingruo's feet, and shouted miserably: "My lord, help me, help me." ”

The crazy woman reached out and grabbed Chu Qingruo's sleeve as if she had seen a life-saving straw: "Your official is bigger than him, isn't it?" Then save me, and take away all the people who beat me, and take them away! ”

Shen Shan was taken aback: "You crazy woman, you dare to rush into adults, come here, come on!" Pull her away! ”

"Wait!" Chu Qingruo raised his hand: "Let her speak." ”

"Hot, this woman is a well-known madman here! Adults don't have to take her words seriously! Shen Shan wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained in fear, for fear that Chu Qingruo would have a bad opinion of him and treat him on any trumped-up charge.

Chu Qingruo smiled and waved his hand: "Lord Shen, I see that she has a clear mind and doesn't look like a crazy person, why don't you listen to her finish her words and then make a conclusion?" ”

Then she squatted down, looked at the crazy woman kindly, and asked softly, "This sister-in-law, don't be afraid, speak slowly." ”

The crazy woman nodded gratefully: "My lord, my name is Zhou Liniang, I was originally from Jinzhou Mansion, and I was sold here to Huangjia Village a year ago. This group is full of women and children who have been abducted and trafficked like me, and they may have been here for a long time, and they actually helped the people in the village to spy on me, detain me, and even abuse me and beat me. ”

Chu Qingruo was moved when he heard this, and looked back at Shen Shan, who was afraid of being misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained with a bitter face: "My lord, there is no such thing as human trafficking in Xuanzhou Mansion, and Xuanzhou Mansion does not have this place called Huangjia Village at all, if you don't believe it, you can check the geography of the state capital." ”

As she spoke, the crazy woman held Chu Qingruo's hand tightly, afraid that she wouldn't believe it: "My lord, I'm really not lying, you see, you look at the injuries on my body." ”

Saying that, she ignored etiquette, pulled up her sleeves, revealing her scarred arms, and was about to pull up her skirt to show Chu Qingruo her legs.

Chu Qingruo saw that the scars on her hands were indeed old and new, so she hurriedly pressed her hand on her skirt and said to Gao Bo in a loud voice: "General Gao, take her with you, go to the yamen together, and find a stable woman to examine her injuries." ”

Gao Bo said yes, and Shen Shan followed Chu Qingruo back to the Taishou Yamen with a helpless face.

Soon, Wen Po examined Liniang's injuries and confirmed that she had traces of being abused and beaten for a long time. When Chu Qingruo heard this, he immediately ordered someone to take out the gazetteer, and after careful investigation, he found that there was indeed no place called Huangjia Village, so he had to ask someone to return to the village where she lived with her.

Who knew that Li Niang refused to go even if she was killed, so in desperation, Chu Qingruo had to ask Shen Shan to post an official document to find someone in the know.

After a few days, several insiders came to the yamen one after another, according to them, Liniang suddenly appeared on the street of Xuanzhou Mansion a year ago, as for where she came from and how she came, no one knows. When everyone saw her, she was already so insane. But the strangest thing is that she always has a lot of injuries on her body inexplicably, and when you ask her, she is the kind of statement, saying that she was abducted and trafficked, and she is abused and monitored all day long.

At the beginning, there would be enthusiastic people who wrote righteous indignation to beat the drum for her, but after several verifications, the people who spoke for her loved the board, and gradually no one paid attention to her.

After Chu Qingruo heard their words, she was puzzled, and after getting out of the hall, Xiao Yao saw that she was still frowning, and couldn't help but step forward and tease: "What, Lord Chu, this is a new official who has encountered problems since he took office?" ”

"Master, don't make fun of people, my head hurts, and I still can't figure out whether Liniang is lying, or if there is something else."

Xiao Yao smiled: "If she doesn't take us there, won't adults know where she lives?" ”

Wake up the person in the dream with a word, Chu Qingruo patted the fan in his hand, and immediately arranged two guards with better light skills, taking turns to follow Li Niang day and night.

Soon the guards returned to report it.

"My lord, we have been following Liniang for the past few days, and found that she has no fixed residence, wandering around, and living on the daily alms of the neighborhood. At night, he rested in various alleys, and he didn't look like a family man at all. However, after we followed her to the ruined City God Temple outside the city last night, we noticed a strange thing. ”

Chu Qingruo was curious: "Oh? ”

"After we followed her to the temple and saw that she decided to spend the night in the temple last night, but she tried her best to keep herself from falling asleep all night."

Trying to keep yourself from falling asleep? ”

"And such a thing?" Gao Bo and Xiao Yao also felt that this matter was strange.

Yes, but then she fell asleep. When she walked out of the temple this morning, her subordinates found that she had many new injuries on her body. The subordinates suspected that she had caused these injuries herself. ”

After hearing this, Gao Bo's eyes widened: "What? That means that Liniang has been lying from beginning to end? False report of the case! ”

Xiao Yao was also a little disappointed, and waved her hand: "Since this is the case, then let her go, this case is over." ”

Chu Qingruo seemed to have discovered a new suspicion: "Then when she was asleep, did you observe her all the time?" ”

The two guards looked at each other: "The little ones glanced inside every once in a while, and when they saw that she was still sleeping peacefully, they didn't pay too much attention. ”

"Go, the only way to arrest her for false prosecution is to detain her alone, find someone day and night, and you can't relax for a moment to look at her!" After Chu Qingruo pondered, he calmly ordered.

The two guards went out to do errands as instructed, but Xiao Yao and Gao Bo, who were left, were puzzled: "Why did your lord do this?" ”

Chu Qingruo smiled lightly: "Master, General Gao, you think, most of the scars on her body are whip marks, the guards stared at her all night, only to see that she slept and didn't hear the whip, so how did she get it by herself?" ”

"In addition, the master troubles you to repair the book to Jinzhou District immediately, and ask Jinzhou Taishou to investigate Liniang and report her affairs as soon as possible."

Xiao Yao nodded and turned away.

Chu Qingruo breathed a sigh of relief, slowly walked to the window, looked at the sunset outside the window, and was silent in thought. Gao Bo opened his mouth, trying to persuade her to rest earlier, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt that it was inappropriate, paused, and turned to leave.

In the evening, the two guards took Liniang back to the yamen, locked her alone in the firewood room in the backyard of the yamen, and arranged two more people to guard her. After the night passed, before dawn, Chu Qingruo was awakened by a quick knock on the door.

"My lord, something happened, there was a new wound on Na Liniang's body, this time it was not a whip mark, but a knife wound, in the abdomen, bleeding nonstop, and seeing that people are going to die." Frightened reports.

Chu Qingruo was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered someone to ask for a doctor, but when the doctor came, Liniang was already too seriously injured and unable to return to heaven, so she still lost too much blood and died.

The Yamen searched all the documents and firewood rooms, but no murder weapon was found, and everyone was very surprised. After conducting an autopsy, he described the general appearance of the murder weapon, and asked the painter of the government to draw it down and hand it to Chu Qingruo.

Chu Qingruo took a look at the portrait, it turned out to be a triangular sharp knife, which looked more like a pig-killing knife. But there will be such a knife in the yamen of the state capital?

After a few days of hard thinking to no avail, I finally looked forward to a reply from the Golden State Mansion.

After reading Jinzhou Mansion's reply, Chu Qingruo was shocked for a long time, Xiao Yao and Gao Bo saw her like this, and they stepped forward to ask. Chu Qingruo seemed to come back to his senses at this time, and said leisurely: "Li Niang is indeed from Jinzhou Mansion, she is not crazy. ”

"Got her going? Great, it looks like the case will be solved soon. My lord, who abducted and sold her, and who beat and killed her? Gao Bo rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Chu Qing glanced at him again and again: "I'm afraid that things are not as simple as General Gao thinks." ”

Gao Bo and Xiao Yao looked at her strangely, waiting for her answer.

"Li Niang is in Jinzhou Mansion, and she is a wanted criminal with a lot of crimes, so Jinzhou Mansion can find out about her situation so quickly." Chu Qingruo relieved himself and said slowly in disbelief.

"What? She's a wanted criminal, and it's hard to see how weak she looks. Gao Bo and Xiao Yao were both taken aback.

Chu Qingruo sighed, not to mention that they didn't expect it, even she felt that this thing was really a ghost in the dark:

"Li Niang is a notorious female abductor in Jinzhou Mansion, he and her husband He Dali joined a cult called Demon God Dao, and helped the cult live by human trafficking all year round. Countless women and children have been sold by them over the years. He Dali still had several lives in his hands, and he was beheaded at the incident, and this Liniang escaped because her husband took all the charges on herself. Last year, Jinzhou Mansion caught another person abducting, and when the prisoner confessed, he inadvertently said that Liniang was also sold to Xuanzhou Mansion by him this week. ”

When Xiao Yao heard this, her expression was complicated: "I can't imagine that the kidnapper himself has been sold, there is really nothing strange in this world." ”

"Yes, this can also explain how Zhou Liniang came here." Gao Bo was also amazed.

Chu Qingruo sighed: "And the people she described who abused and beat her, judging from the results of the missing population survey in Jinzhou Mansion, are all people who have been abducted and trafficked in her hands or died because of trafficking." ”

Gao Bo screamed: "Then, didn't she meet ...... Soul seeking life in a dream? ”