Chapter 13 Sudden Murder Goes to the South
After lunch, Lin Molin, Lin Mo took a nap beautifully, Lin Mo hadn't been so comfortable for a long time, and when Lin Mo woke up again, it was already getting weak.
It would be good to think that it would be like this in the future, but Lin Mo knew that his heart was still eager to go to a bigger place to see, and he came to ancient times, so he could see more, look at Suzhou and Hangzhou, where there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, go to see the current capital Chang'an, and see the famous mountains and rivers.
In fact, Lin Mo has a restless heart that is not willing to be ordinary, but in his previous life, he worked from 9 to 5 every day, which consumed Lin Mo's passion. Lin Mo cooked the rice, and his grandfather came back from outside, and the two finished eating.
After chatting and falling asleep, Lin Mo planned to take a look at Qiao Nan tomorrow, he hadn't been out of town for so long, so it was no different from an "otaku", go to Qian Nan to have a look, and then make the next step, thinking about Lin Mo and falling asleep.
I don't know how long it took, Lin Mo suddenly heard a hurried knock on the door, Lin Mo woke up suddenly, Lin Mo quickly got up and opened the door, it was Zhao En outside the door, Zhao En saw Lin Mo and said anxiously: "Xiao Mo is not good, Liu Butcher has killed someone." ”
"Who killed someone?" Lin Mo looked dazed, as if he hadn't reacted yet, "Butcher Liu, killed his wife, and now he has been locked up in his house by the neighbors, you should hurry up and take a look." ”
Lin Mo reacted at this time, his face was full of incredulity, and at this time, his grandfather had already gotten up, and when he heard Zhao En's words, he also said incredulously: "How is it possible?" Although Liu Butcher had a quarrel with his wife, it was impossible to kill anyone. Unable to allow him to think, Lin Mo said goodbye to his grandfather and rushed to Liu Tuhu's house with Zhao En.
On the way, Liu Butcher explained in detail, and Lin Mo roughly understood the situation. Tonight, it was already dark, most of the people in the town were asleep, Zhao and his wife and the new buddies packed up, ready to open a business, suddenly a person ran on the street in a panic, shouting as he ran: "Killed." Liu Butcher killed, Liu Butcher killed. ”
When Zhao En heard this, he hurriedly chased after him and asked what was going on, and the man was out of breath and said that Liu Butcher had killed his wife, and the house was full of blood. After speaking, he went to Chennan to report to the official.
Zhao En handed over the shop to his wife, and hurried to Liu Butcher's house, and when Zhao En arrived, he saw that Liu Butcher's house was already surrounded by a group of people, the door was open, and Liu Butcher sat on the steps in the house and hugged his wife covered in blood, looking at the front with a dull face, as if he didn't believe what was happening in front of him.
Zhao En wanted to go in and ask for clarification, but the neighbors didn't let him in, saying what if the Liu butcher went crazy and killed him. After saying that, he closed the door and locked it.
Zhao En knew that the relationship between Liu Butcher and Lin Mo was not ordinary, so he hurried to inform Lin Mo. After listening to the narration, Lin Mo still didn't believe that Liu Butcher would kill his wife, after all, the relationship between the two of them was very good, and the neighbors knew about it. When Lin Mo arrived at Liu's butcher's house, the door of his house was already surrounded by water.
People were talking outside, some said that Liu Butcher had wanted to kill his wife for a long time, and some said that Liu Butcher wanted to marry his wife who was younger, and the two had a dispute, so Liu Butcher killed his wife, all kinds of remarks filled the crowd, Lin Mo didn't care about this, and hurriedly squeezed to the door.
When they arrived at the door, Lin Mo asked them to open the door, but no one was willing to open the door. Lin Mo saw through the crack in the door that Liu Butcher was sitting on the steps holding his wife and howling, and he kept saying that he wanted to mention her for revenge, and there was a bloodstained pig-killing knife beside Liu Butcher.
Lin Mo was also very anxious at this time, she couldn't get in now, and Liu Butcher didn't say what's going on, she could only be anxious here, and now in this situation, she must not let Liu Xin'er know, otherwise this blow would be too big for her, Lin Mo didn't dare to think about what kind of behavior she would do after she passed out after hearing the news.
Just as Lin Mo was anxiously about to push the door open, a voice came: "Get out of the way, the head catcher of the county government is coming." If you want to take the murderer Liu Kui, the idle people and others will dodge. Soon a middle-aged man with a head-hunting appearance walked to the door with a few officials, ordered someone to open the lock, and pushed the door open.
After the door opened, the official and the head catcher looked at the scene inside and was a little surprised, but they quickly reacted, and the head catcher shouted: "The bold maniac has committed a serious crime of murder, and someone will take it down for me." ”
Several officials hurriedly rushed up and pressed Liu Butcher to the ground, and the body of Liu Butcher's wife was covered with a white cloth and placed on a stretcher by the officials, ready to be carried to the county government for autopsy. The head catcher asked the officer to pick up the knife on the ground and wrap it in cloth as evidence in court.
The head catcher asked the crowd of onlookers again, who saw Liu Butcher kill someone? At this time, the onlookers only said that they saw Liu Butcher holding the corpse and did not see the killing, and the head catcher frowned, so he had to take the physical evidence to escort Liu Butcher away, and put a seal at the door before leaving, so that others were not allowed to approach.
At this time, Liu Butcher saw Lin Mo standing in the crowd and shouted: "Lin Mo, I didn't kill anyone, I really didn't kill anyone, you tell Xin'er, don't worry about me, his father is innocent, he didn't kill his mother." Before he finished speaking, he was escorted away, the head catcher looked at Lin Mo and frowned, turned around and escorted Liu Butcher away, and the onlookers also dispersed.
Lin Mo was struggling in his heart, should he take care of this matter, theoretically, whether Liu Butcher killed his wife or not had nothing to do with him, he could go back and sleep in peace, but when he thought of Liu Butcher's words just now, he was asking himself, and thinking of Liu Xin'er's own heart, he pulled together.
After thinking about it, she still has to take care of this matter, and Xin'er has to inform her, she can't keep her in the dark, and see if she can ask Miss Ma Er for help, so that the county government can quickly find out the truth and return the innocence of the butcher Liu.
Lin Mo then hurriedly found a car to rush to Chenan, because it was late, most of the drivers had gone home to rest, and then found an ox cart, Lin Mo hurriedly urged the coachman to rush to Chennan. Along the way, Lin Mo was thinking about how to explain to Liu Xin'er, how to be tactful, and minimize the damage to Liu Xin'er.
When Lin Mo arrived in Qiannan City, it was already Haishi, the city gate had been closed, and a curfew had been implemented, Lin Mo could not enter the city, so he could only wait outside the city until the city gate opened at midnight the next morning, and Lin Mo entered Qiannan City.
After Lin Mo entered the city, he found that he didn't know the road, so he had to ask the passers-by how to get there, and the passers-by pointed to a big mansion in front of him and said that it was. Lin Mo hurriedly thanked him, and walked straight to the front of the mansion, the door of the mansion was very magnificent, there was a stone lion on the left and right of the gate, and a gilded plaque on the door, with the word "Mafu" written on it.
Lin Mo straightened his clothes, stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker, knocking three times in a row. After a while, the door slowly opened, and a man who looked like a porter opened the door, looked out of the door with sleepy eyes, and muttered, "Who is it?" Knocking on the door so early in the morning? ”
The porter looked at Lin Mo, with a look of disdain in his eyes, and said, "Who are you?" Knock on any door, hurry up, and if you knock on the door again, you will be arrested by the official. As he spoke, he was about to close the door.
Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward and pressed the concierge's hand and said, "Little brother, don't worry, I am a fellow villager of Liu Xin'er, the second lady of your mansion, and her father asked me to bring her a message, please help inform me." ”
After speaking, he took out a penny of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the little servant. The little guy shook the silver in his hand, and immediately smiled, feeling that he and Lin Mo had been old friends for many years.
"It turned out to be Sister Xin'er's fellow villager, so why didn't you say it earlier," he said and received the silver into his sleeve without leaving a trace.
The little girl continued: "Then it's not the right time for you to come, Sister Xin'er and Second Miss went to Yunzhou Mansion together a few days ago, but they should be back in the next few days." If you have anything to tell me, I will convey it to Sister Xin'er. ”
Lin Mo was a little at a loss when he heard this, and it was not easy for others to convey this matter, so he could only thank Xiao Si and say that he would come back another day. Lin Mo reincarnated at the gate of Mafu, bought a few steamed buns and a bowl of porridge and ate them, and inquired about Mafu while eating. Through the mouths of others, Lin Mo finally had a general understanding of Ma Fu.
Ma Fu can be said to be second to none in Chennan, Ma Lao was born, his real name Ma Zhiyuan was an official in Yunzhou, and later he was excluded because of the offense, and Ma Lao returned to Qiannan County in a fit of anger. Mrs. Ma's family is a wealthy family in Yunzhou, making a living from silk and tea, and her family is well-off.
After Mr. Ma resigned, he and Mrs. Ma ran the silk and tea business together, and gradually became the number one family in Yunzhou and even the entire Jiangnan Province. The Ma family is also a well-known good person, whenever there is a famine, there will always be a porridge shop to do good charity, where in Pingsu County where it is necessary to repair bridges and roads, the Ma family will always be the first to contribute money and efforts.
Mr. Ma has the original wife Ma, and he married a concubine last year, and I heard that he was the daughter of a Jianghu Lang. Master Ma now has a son and a daughter, the eldest young master Ma Ruowen, and the second young lady Ma Ruoya. I heard that the concubine is pregnant now, and I am really envious of others.
After Lin Mo finished eating, he leaned against the lion at the gate of the horse mansion and waited, because he didn't rest all night last night, Lin Mo fell asleep unconsciously. By the time Lin Mo woke up again, it was already afternoon, and Lin Mo saw that time could not be consumed any longer, so he went to the county office to inquire about the situation.
Lin Mo arrived at the gate of the county yamen and there were two officials with swords, Lin Mo couldn't get in, just as Lin Mo was thinking about how to find out the news of Liu Tuhu, he was suddenly stopped.
"You're the one who watched last night in Generaltown? What are you doing here? ”
Lin Mo turned around and saw that the person was the same catcher who went to arrest Liu Butcher last night.
Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I specially rushed over to inquire about the news of Liu Butcher's case, and I also asked Lord Catcher to tell me what the situation is now, and I am grateful to you." As he spoke, he arched his hand at the head catcher.
Catcher glanced at Lin Mo and said: "My surname is Zhao, my single name is Pu, you can call me Zhao Catcher, who are you that Liu butcher?" ”
Lin Mo thought for a while and said: "Liu Butcher is Xia's uncle, although he is not a blood relative, he also takes great care of Zaixia, so he specially came to inquire about the news. ”
Zhao Zhutou nodded and said: "This is still inconclusive, Liu Butcher is now locked in prison and has never admitted to killing his wife." Tomorrow morning, the county commander will interrogate the case, and you can come and watch the trial, and the rest is inconvenient to disclose. ”
Lin Mo nodded after hearing this, thanked him again, said goodbye to Zhao Zhu, and then returned to Mafu to continue waiting.