After returning to the camp, Lin Fan greeted An Ning and asked An Ning to stay first, and the others went back to rest.

Then he asked people to go to the room and call Song Mao and Wang Hu over, in order not to delay going to Qiu's house in Boliu Town tomorrow to check the situation, he planned to directly interrogate these two people overnight, hoping to get any useful information from them.

The Inspection Department is responsible for investigating and arresting thieves, and naturally has its own interrogation room, which saves Lin Fan a lot of trouble.

By the time they brought the two to the interrogation room, Song Mao and Wang Hu had also received the news and rushed over.

Song Mao and the others had already learned about the situation from Zhang Ping on the road, but they still didn't understand it and were confused. And Lin Fan didn't have time to explain the reason to them in detail, and when everyone arrived, he directly started the interrogation.

At this time, the sun had already set, and in the interrogation room, it was dark and gloomy, and there were attendants lighting torches and candles.

As the candlelight rose, the faint candle flame kept jumping, and Lin Fan, who was sitting behind the table, was even more gloomy against the flickering firelight.

There were various rusty torture instruments on the shelves in the room, each of which was stained with jet-black blood, and I don't know who left it.

From time to time, the torture instrument reflected the cold firelight, like a silent giant beast, opening its bloody mouth, wanting to choose people to devour.

The whole room was so quiet that people could even hear their breathing clearly, and before Lin Fan spoke, no one dared to speak, let alone make a sound. There was silence in the room, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

Several people looked at the two kneeling in the audience, and under the fierce gaze of everyone, the two of them were like helpless children who encountered fierce beasts in the deep mountains and old forests, and they were so frightened that they had no masters, and the two of them lowered their heads and couldn't wait to shrink into a ball.

After a while, Lin Fan said coldly: "You two, raise your heads!"

Hearing Lin Fan's words, the two of them slowly raised their heads, but they quickly turned their heads away, not daring to look directly at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan stood up and left his seat, his eyes fixed on the two of them.

He said in a deep voice, "My intuition tells me that your relationship is very unusual. Can any of you tell me what kind of relationship you have? ”

The maid named Ping'er was already very scared, but when she heard this, she became even more flustered, and her face turned pale. She hurriedly said, "I... Me and he didn't... Not... What a relationship! ”

Lin Fan snorted coldly when he heard this, and said to her, "Hmph, is it?"

With that, he drew his sword from his waist, walked quickly to the servant, and pointed his sword at his throat. His eyes looked at the maid, and he asked quickly, "You said you are okay?" So it's okay for me to kill him now? ”

As the blade of the sword approached the man's throat little by little, the maid's expression changed drastically, and her face turned pale, and she was extremely panicked. Subconsciously shouted: "Don't, please, don't kill him!"

Lin Fan was unmoved, and said to himself: "Since you guys are okay, then you tell me, it's okay, when you are flustered, you will subconsciously look at him?" It doesn't matter, when you're overwhelmed, he'll come out and help you out? Do you think the official is blind? ”

As he spoke, the tip of Lin Fan's sword moved forward a few more points, and it had already reached his throat, and if he used any more force, this servant would most likely die on the spot.

Pressed against his throat by the cold tip of the sword, the man was so frightened that his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he felt an endless chill attack, from the tip of the sword to the skin, and then deep into the bone marrow, cold and ruthless.

He knew that his throat could be cut at any moment, and his eyes kept revealing a look of horror. But he still didn't say a word, just looked at the maid affectionately, and then he closed his eyes in resignation.

Seeing this man behaving like this, Lin Fan nodded secretly, this man was still a little responsible, and he didn't betray her for his own life.

But the more hardened he is, the more tantamount to revealing himself, making people believe that the relationship between the two is not as simple as it seems.

Lin Fan used the maid as a breakthrough again, and forced her to ask: "If you don't want him to die, just say it, what is your relationship?" Otherwise, as long as my sword goes one more point, his life will not be saved! ”

At this time, the blade of the sword had already cut through the man's skin, and seeing that the blood that had already been red began to flow down the tip of the sword, Ping'er's heart had been broken, she sat on the ground in despair, and cried loudly to Lin Fan: "Don't kill him, adult!" I say, I say it all! He, he... It's my man! ”

After she finished speaking, she began to cry, and Lin Fan calmly put his sword into the sheath and slowly returned to his seat.

This answer did not surprise him, he had already made a rough judgment from observation in the field, and now this answer only confirmed his suspicion.

And what he wants to do is not for the sake of these men and women, but just to break their hearts and disturb their minds!

His purpose was to better carry out the next step of the interrogation, so that he would have to worry less.

Lin Fan carefully observed this maid, she looked very delicate, and now she is even more pear blossoms with rain, I feel pity.

The woman is not very old, she looks like she is only in her prime, she is young and beautiful, but the man looks older, more than 20 years old, although his face is not delicate, but it looks reasonable.

Lin Fan then asked, "You said he was your man?"

The maid wept and replied, "Yes! In the past, when I first entered the mansion, I was always bullied, but it was the sixth son who always protected me and spoiled me. It's been a long time, and I... I... I fell in love with him, and we made a private decision for life! ”

Lin Fan nodded and said, "Oh, I see!" If you are a slave, you should know what is the sin of a slave who fornicates without the consent of his master, according to the laws of this dynasty. ”

"And that's not all! Even if the government doesn't pursue you, you are unmarried fornication, violating the etiquette law, which is not tolerated by the ancestors' etiquette law, and the people will not be able to spare you. Are you really not afraid of death? ”

Both of them knew very well what would happen if the matter was known, and they had thought more than once about what they would do if that day really happened.

But it was one thing to worry about yourself before, but now that the East Window incident has happened, it is another thing that a catastrophe may come at any time.

Looking down on life and death is easier said than done. No one is not afraid of death, there is a great terror between life and death, even if a person with a strong will keeps saying that he is not afraid of death, but when it really comes to the moment of facing life and death, it is difficult to really put it out of the way, let alone ordinary people.

Lin Fan's words were bloody, cold and ruthless! The maid was so frightened by him that she trembled, she just looked at Lin Fan pleadingly, looking so powerless, she pulled Lin Fan's trousers, kept begging hard, crying silently, but she couldn't say anything else.

At this moment, the man who had been silent suddenly said to Lin Fan: "My lord, it's all my fault, don't do Ping'er's business." On the way from the house to here, from what I have seen and heard, I can see that the lord is a good official and will not kill innocents indiscriminately. If there is any guilt, I will bear it alone, but please don't embarrass Ping'er! ”

Hearing her sweetheart's words, the maid was very moved in her heart, and suddenly felt that death was worth it.

She knelt down again, and kept kowtowing: "Don't listen to Liuzi's nonsense, I seduced him first, and adults want to kill me!" Ask the adults to be kind and let the six sons go! Please be gracious! ”

Lin Fan looked at them and smiled coldly: "Is this going to be a mandarin duck with the same fate?" It's really a touching scene! But don't perform this kind of drama in front of me, let alone die or live in front of me! I'll tell you, none of this is of any use to me! Besides, I don't care if you are sincere or false, and I have never thought of caring about these things of yours, and I can't care about it, all I want is to solve the case, do you understand? ”

The young servant named Liuzi heard Lin Fan's voice, kowtowed to Lin Fan and thanked: "Thank you for letting us live, the villain is grateful!"

Lin Fan stopped him and said, "Hey, don't be busy thanking you first, don't come here, I haven't finished speaking, I still have something to ask you." Your name is Liuzi, aren't you? ”

The servant replied: "Go back to my lord, my lord is right, the villain's name is Tian Liu, and everyone I know calls me Liuzi!"

Lin Fan nodded and asked, "Okay, Tian Liu!" Now, tell me, why do you steal the silver? ”

Hearing this, Tian Liu's expression froze, but in an instant, it returned to normal, he shook his head and said, "What silver?" What do you mean by that? The villain doesn't understand it very well! ”

Lin Fan almost laughed out loud angrily, it seems that he is still too merciful, he said so much before, even coaxing and intimidating, and envy, but this person is still pretending to be stupid with himself here. His face was gloomy and frightening, and he said, "You don't know?"

He didn't give them a chance anymore, and before Tian Liu could speak, he continued: "Since you don't know, then tell me, why were you two the first to arrive at the scene that day?"

Lin Fan pointed to the maid on the ground and said, "She was on duty in the study that day, so what about you?" Why would you be the second to arrive without anyone else knowing? Don't tell me you had a private meeting that day, so you caught up! ”

Tian Liu's face turned red, and he didn't know how to respond for a while, so he had to keep kowtowing to Lin Fan, crying: "The adults have wronged us, we really didn't steal silver!"

Lin Fan snorted: "Hmph! Although I don't know much about Tian Yuanwai's temperament, I can also infer a thing or two from his past experience and behavior. He was a man of suffering, and he attached great importance to money, and according to his nature, the place where the money was placed must be very secret, and it was impossible for anyone who was close to him to know it. Fu Tianlin is just a snitch, and he came from other places, no matter how good his skills are, it is impossible to find his hiding place in a hurry, right? ”

While speaking, Lin Fan kept looking at Tian Liu, seeing that although his face had changed, he was still unwilling to confess.

Lin Fan continued: "As the saying goes, day and night, it is difficult to prevent thieves!" Although Fu Tianlin doesn't know where to hide the money, you can know. This girl named Ping'er often cleans the study, maybe she learned the news by chance, but she was afraid of the power of Tian Yuanwai, so she never had a chance. And this time, Fu Tianlin sent the opportunity to you, and after the study was stolen, the two of you secretly agreed to take advantage of the opportunity. In fact, Fu Tianlin only stole a few valuable paintings and calligraphy, but the money was taken by you, and he carried the black pot for you! Tian Liu, I'm right! ”

Lin Fanyue said In the end, Tian Liuyue was flustered and kept kowtowing, but he still stubbornly said: "The villain is wronged, don't wronged the good person!"

Lin Fan is not in a hurry, the night is still very long, and there is time to judge, he watched Tian Liu's performance with great interest, to see how long he can harden his mouth.

At this moment, there was a sudden crackling sound, which was heard far away in the silent night.