Li Le and the man beside him looked at each other, and they were stunned for a moment, not understanding why the woman suddenly knelt down towards her.

There were people coming and going in the teahouse, although they said that they were in a private room, but because this private room was not closed, the shopkeeper who passed by looked at them in surprise.

Li Le was silent for a while, then stood up and hurriedly helped her up from the ground: "If you have anything to say, dress well, don't kneel at every turn, the main thing is that we will do our best to help." ”

"I know you're going to help me!"

The woman's voice was full of tears, she raised her face, her eyes were red, and there were tears in her eyes: "Everyone said that the lord of Lanning County was kind-hearted, and there was a clear distinction between public and private, but I didn't expect that I would have this blessing to meet you." ”

The woman swallowed a mouthful of saliva and was about to continue, but she heard Li Le helplessly: "If you don't get up again, do you have to kneel and say the next words?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, quickly stood up, and sat beside her gratefully.

Li Le finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she finally stopped kneeling, and pulled her to the side to sit down: "That's right, sit down and talk." ”

She brought the woman a cup of hot tea to soothe her some flustered emotions, and then said softly: "When I was investigating in the bazaar just now, have you been here for a long time?" ”

"As soon as I saw someone coming to me to bring the news, I immediately rushed from the house, but I hid in the corner and saw two adults asking questions on the other side, so I didn't dare to come forward."

The woman nodded, her cheeks were a little red, probably a little shy, when she saw the living person, but after a while, she remembered her business again.

After she stopped talking for a long time, she finally opened her mouth to tell the truth of the matter under Li Le's encouraging eyes.

"Didn't there be a theft before, it's the case you're investigating, county lord."

The woman pursed her lips and finally mustered up her courage: "The thief who was caught is my father-in-law." ”

She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and said in a heart: "But the county lord, you have to believe my father-in-law, he was not such a person before!" ”

It turned out that the woman's family lived in the west of the city, and she ran some small business on weekdays, although she was able to barely make ends meet, but recently because of the opportunity, she happened to step into a batch of cloth materials that caught up with the trend, so she had spare money, and she bought two shops and did business diligently.

Originally, their family should have been smooth sailing, and they spent the rest of their lives like this, but I don't know what's going on, this woman's father-in-law, these days of behavior began to be a little abnormal.

"When did the dating start?"

Li Le's eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of sharpness crossed his eyes, staring at the woman in front of him tightly.

The woman had some difficult recollections, and slapped her palms: "I remember that it was a long time ago, but to be exact, it only started half a month ago." ”

"Every day, he goes out early and returns late, I thought he had a business matter, and my father-in-law wouldn't go to those pickled places in the Qinglou on weekdays to mess with flowers and grass, so I didn't pay attention to it."

Li Le nodded, knowing it in his heart, and then remembered something: "But don't you think it's strange that you go out early and return late every day?" ”

The woman's face was a little ashamed: "It's also my fault, the woman just wants to say that the husband doesn't accompany me much, so she simply lost her temper." ”

Li Le listened to the woman's description, and only felt that he was one head and two big.

"As a result, after I lost my temper, he seemed to be more wronged than me, and he quarreled with me directly."

It was also after that day that this woman found out that her husband went out early and returned late every day, and when she came home, she was worried with a worried face, not like an ordinary business conversation at all.

It wasn't until then that she realized that something was wrong, but she didn't want to say anything no matter how she asked her husband.

Finally something happened just a few days ago.

"Five days ago, my father-in-law went out for a trip, and it took about three days and two nights to return home."

The woman frowned and thought for a moment, then hesitated: "In the middle of the night, I don't know why, Xianggong didn't bring the key, and kept knocking on the door of the house. ”

It happened that it was raining heavily at that time, and as soon as the woman opened the door, she was shocked to see her father-in-law scarred and embarrassed, and almost didn't recognize it, this was her father-in-law.

And after she helped the man deal with the scars, she was even more surprised to find that these scars looked a little strange.

"When I bandaged him, I kept asking him where these injuries came from, but he didn't want to say more, and he bit them to death, and he fell to death."

When the woman said this, she choked up and couldn't continue, and it took a long time before her mood calmed down: "No matter how you look at the scar, it can't be a fall, it's obvious that it was beaten by others!" ”

She paused, slumped on the chair a little tired, Li Le patted her hand lightly, and comforted: "Don't worry, I will definitely find out about this matter, and this matter of your husband is also a little strange, so I will intervene in it, and when the time comes, I will inform you when the result is available, and wait with peace of mind." ”

The woman nodded, she was almost moved to tears, and begged her grandfather to tell her grandmother again and again, but she still couldn't find an answer from the government.

This time, I finally met a noble person to help, and I naturally felt fortunate and lucky.

"But there's something I need to tell you."

Li Le suddenly remembered the news he heard before, when he came back that day, Hexagram Yu made it clear that a new thief was arrested in Dali Temple, and the thief was poisoned to death somehow.

She gritted her teeth, and hesitated a little whether she had to tell the news to this woman, but when she saw her hopeful expression, she finally swallowed back what she wanted to say in her stomach.

Seeing that this woman is also a hard-working person, I will tell her the news later.

Shen Sheng looked at her with some doubts, but he didn't understand why she didn't tell the truth, but when he saw that she shook his head, he had to give up.

"Speaking of which...... How is my husband now? ”

Unexpectedly, before they could speak, the woman had already taken the lead in asking, and Li Le's breathing almost stagnated.

He didn't intend to lie to her, but he didn't tell the truth because he felt that she shouldn't be able to withstand the blow now.

Seeing that Li Le's face was different, the woman's face slowly turned pale, her lips trembled, and her voice trembled a little: "County Lord, please tell me, how is my father-in-law's situation now?" ”

"Your father-in-law was arrested and put in prison, and he died of poison." Li Le's face couldn't bear it, she frowned slightly, looked directly into the woman's eyes, and said in a serious tone.

The woman was stunned for a long time, tears fell down, and then she sobbed: "How can this be ......?"

"After he was beaten that day, there was a theft a few days later, and no matter how you look at it, it seems like there was a reason."

The woman bit her lip and wiped a handful of tears, feeling a little emotional: "But my husband is an honest person, and he will never do this kind of theft, there must be something hidden in this!" ”

She bit her lip tightly, for fear that Li Le would not believe it, and her expression was a little nervous.

Li Le nodded, she had already investigated this person's family background, it was indeed as this woman said, in the end, people have been doing small business transactions, like the situation of the man going out early and returning late, it is indeed unusual.

What's more, even if she is a fool, she knows that there is no way to do anything good on a big night.

And hearing that the woman said that her husband seemed to have been beaten was suspicious enough, perhaps their investigation could start with this matter.

And......

"You just said that your husband went out five days ago?"

Li Le wanted to know more about this matter, and the woman nodded again and again: "That's what my father-in-law told me clearly, he said that a customer said that he wanted to buy a batch of current fabrics in our store, and then went out." ”

Who knew that it would take three full days to return home, and he was even covered with scars.

The woman was teary-eyed, thinking that she hadn't seen her husband for a few days. After that, it turned into a yin and yang separation, and my heart suddenly tugged, and tears rolled down from my eyes like beads with broken threads.

She pursed her lips, closed her eyes, as if she had made up her mind, and begged to kneel down for Li Le again: "County Lord, please be the master of the people's women and get justice for the people's women!" ”

"My father-in-law is an honest man, he can't do those sneaky deeds, the officials in the government don't care about things, and the women really can't find a place to redress their grievances!"

Li Le's heart tightened, she helplessly grabbed the woman's hand, but no matter how much she dragged her, she couldn't pull her up from the ground.

"If the county lord doesn't agree, the women will kneel here and not get up!"

The woman gritted her teeth and kowtowed, stunned that her forehead was red and swollen, Li Le couldn't bear it, and nodded again and again: "Don't worry, I won't care, and get up first." ”

But the woman seemed to have weak legs, and she couldn't stand up, and she looked embarrassed for a while.

She sternly looked at Shen Sheng, who was watching the excitement on the side, and the latter shuddered, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the woman up.

After that, it was this man who went out to steal and was arrested in Dali Temple in full view of everyone.

Combined with what the vendor they asked earlier, Li Le guessed that the man might have been threatened.

She looked at the woman who was wiping her tears, a little helpless, although she could understand the sadness of the woman's loss, she could only secretly make up her mind in her heart that she would definitely help her find out about this matter.