In Bazhou Prison, in a room, a thin man stood in the middle nervously, on both sides were the wolf-like jailers, Yu Wenwen was sitting upright and looking at him, and Zheng Tong was ready to go.

The man claimed to be a servant in the villa, and he wanted to expose the lord of Lang, and it was a good thing that someone wanted to come out, but it was prudent to ask about the situation, lest the villager who appeared out of nowhere, and wanted to cheat the reward, which would make people laugh.

Of course, this kind of thing does not need Yuwen Wen to speak, but Zheng Tong is in charge, he first asked his name, and learned that the other party's surname is Tian Mingyi, and then asked the other party since he said that he saw the official government post a reward, so what is the reward written on it.

"Uh, remember that the list says that the person who provides the clue is fifty times, and if there is a major clue, it is two hundred times."

"When and where did you see it?"

"Four days ago, at noon, at the bulletin board outside the Ya of Yiyang County"

"Yiyang County Ya bulletin board? It's cool under the tree. ”

"Mingfu laughed, where is there a tree near the bulletin board?"

Yu Wenwen listened to the first round of questioning, the man's face was a little slower, Zheng Tong continued to ask expressionlessly, first asked who the man's family was, and after hearing that the other party said that there was still an old mother in the family, he asked back, if he dared to come to the official mansion to make his head, he was not afraid that Lord Lang would harm his mother's life and become an unfilial son.

Tian Wei replied quickly: "The little mother is in the countryside of Wuchang on the other side of the Yangtze River, and the little one was taken into slavery by the Tian family and changed her name." ”

"What evidence do you have that you say is a slave of the Tian family?"

"The little one has been working in the villa for many years, and he is quite familiar with the villa."

Zheng Tong ordered someone to bring a pen and paper to let Tian Yi draw the layout of the villa, Tian Yi took a pen to spend a stick of incense time under the attention of everyone to roughly draw the layout of the villa, Yu Wenwen took the drawings and Yang Ji sent the layout of the villa to compare it and found that it was basically consistent.

"Do you know that a woman was kidnapped in the villa in April?"

Tian Yu nodded yes, he said that it was a woman who was kidnapped by Lord Lang to pretend to be a coachman, and was detained in a room for a few days and let go for some reason. Because this is not something for which he is responsible, the specifics are not very clear.

Zheng Tong asked the other party who the owner of his own Lang was, Tian Yi replied that he heard that it was Tian Yilong, as soon as this statement came out, Zheng Tong asked what he heard, Tian Tong smiled bitterly and said that he had a humble status, where could he get close to the Lord Lang, all of them were ordered by the steward of the villa to do things, but they often heard everyone say so and admit it.

Pick up the phone. Zheng Tong asked when you were taken into slavery by the Tian family since you had a humble status, Tian Yu said that it was about ten years ago, and when he heard Zheng Tong ask the Tian family if he was good to him, he smiled bitterly and said That's it.

"That's it? How did you become literate? Zheng Tong began to grasp the loopholes, generally the servants of the humble status in the family are illiterate, since Tian Yu said that he knew that there was a reward after reading the official list, it means that he can read and write.

Tian Tong said that wherever he knew the words, he was crowded in the crowd and listened to others read it out before he knew what was written in the list, Zheng Tong heard him say this and asked: "If you can't read or write, you can't recognize the signboard and can't understand the price, so you were sent out to buy it, is it a special gift of money?" ”

"Where is this in the Ming Mansion, when you go to the market to buy things, even if you want to look at the signboard, you have to be able to write the signboard!" Tian Wei couldn't laugh or cry, he said that the shopping in the villa was all to buy things from the spontaneous market nearby. In that market, the people picked up their own food, chickens and ducks, etc., and the buying and selling were all negotiated in person, and the price was negotiated, and it was not to go to the city shopkeeper to buy goods, where to use what signboards.

"It seems that you are quite familiar with buying things, okay, I'll ask you again" Zheng Tong began to ask about prices, including cattle prices, sheep prices, various rice prices, cloth prices, silk prices, chicken prices and other things that need to be purchased in daily life.

Tian Yu answered the questions very smoothly, Zheng Tong looked at the note full of handwriting in his hand and couldn't help but nodded, this is the content that Yuwen Wen asked the housekeeper in charge of purchasing to write temporarily, although the prices in the city are more expensive than those in the village market, but they are not much worse.

A person in charge of purchasing is naturally handy about prices. If it is a temporary pretense relying on rote memorization, it may not be able to answer the question fluently, judging from the performance of the other party in answering the question, it should be true.

"What are you responsible for in the villa besides purchasing?"

"The small one is in charge of the warehouse."

"The warehouse is a fat mess and can I still get your turn?"

"The little ones are just errands. Carry it in and out, make a witness, and press a mudra. ”

Zheng Tong and Yu Wenwen exchanged glances and continued to ask questions, he asked the other party if it was the only time that a woman was taken captive into the villa in April, or if there had been something similar before, Tian Yu thought about it and said that there would be occasionally, but most of the women did not live in the villa for too long, as for where they went later, I don't know.

"After the woman was locked up in the house, what time did the lord of your family enter every day?"

"The little one is not with him, where do you know the whereabouts of Lord Lang."

"Did Lord Lang stay in the villa during that time?"

"I don't think so."

"Have you ever been to Tianjiawu Fort?"

"I was there at first, but I was sent to the mountain villa to work before I figured it out."

"In other words, if you want to confront Tian Yilong in court, you can't say anything? Neither can Tian Yilong be identified nor that this villa is owned by the Tian family? ”

According to the current situation, this field is indeed working in the villa, and he is indeed responsible for purchasing, which is also the first problem that Yu Wenwen is concerned about: if this person has a problem, it is useless to talk about it later. However, based on the question just now, it seems that Tian Yi does not seem to have much value in solving the case, first of all, he does not recognize Tian Yilong, which means that he may not be able to recognize it if he confronts several people in front of him at the same time.

Second, he identified the villa as Tian's property, but the evidence was not established, unless he could catch several other servants and get confessions, and they could identify it.

Third, no one can prove that Tian Wei is the servant in the villa. Unless he can find the people who traded with him in the bazaar or the surrounding residents to prove that he entered and exited the villa, it is still the same sentence, and the evidence is not established.

This kind of witness is pulled to the court to confront Tian Yilong, unless Yuwen Wen is determined to do an unjust case, he will not be able to convince the public at all, but considering that Tian Yu claimed to have evidence before, now their focus is on what the evidence is.

Zheng Tong said with regret on his face, what you can say is nothing to do things in the villa, because no one can use it as circumstantial evidence, as the so-called empty words are unfounded, and what you say alone is not standing.

"This official asks you, who can you know outside the villa who can identify this villa as owned by the Tian family? Who can prove that you are indeed a member of the lodge? Can anyone confirm that Tian Yilong entered and exited this villa? ”

Tian Yi first nodded and then shook his head, he said that he could find someone to prove the first two questions, but Tian Yilong seemed to be low-key in and out of the villa, and no one could confirm it.

"That being the case. What did you mean by having evidence? ”

Tian Yi first took out a carefully wrapped golden hairpin from his bosom, saying that this was one of the jewels that the lord of Lang had taken away after taking a woman - that is, Zhang Li - to the villa in April, and he was rewarded with this golden hairpin for his good behavior in the village.

Zheng Tong looked at the golden hairpin that was presented, it was well-made, and the price was expensive, but the Zhang Mansion could afford it, as for whether what Tian Yu said was true, he only needed to take the golden hairpin to Zhang Li to see.

With this evidence, it can be proved that Zhang Li did stay in the villa - of course, it is also possible that Tian Yi and Zhang Li are in the same group - but this still cannot prove that Tian Yilong is the mastermind behind the scenes.

"There is another evidence of the small one, the lord of Lang has a jade belt bought in the shopkeeper of Lin in the city, I heard the maid chatting that he accidentally broke the jade belt when he arrived at the villa a month ago and left it in the room. A few days ago, the steward led people to evacuate, and some of them were in a panic, so they found an opportunity to enter the room, found the jade belt, and put it away. ”

"Where's the jade belt?" Zheng Tong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, although this jade belt may not have been bought by Tian Yilong in person, but the shopkeeper of Nalin should always know who bought it, this kind of thing is expensive, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford, so the big customers who can afford it should have an impression when they think about it.

Tian Yu said that this jade belt is carried with him, and he is afraid that he will be killed, so he is hidden somewhere, and the Ming Mansion wants to see him, so he will take someone to get it, and Yu Wenwen, who has been listening quietly next to him, suddenly opened his mouth and asked, Since you have entered Lord Lang's room and turned over things, the layout inside should be clear, and draw it with a pen and paper.

It's not that Yuwen Wen is too careful, but he knows that the stakes are important, and he can't be sloppy, since he wants to convict Tian Yilong openly, then the relevant evidence must stand up to scrutiny, that is, at least he can convince himself before he can convince others.

Because of Huang Aqi's two betrayals, he despised the character of the 'traitor', but as an assassin, since he wants to solve the case, he can't be swayed by this emotion, although Yu Wenwen knows this reason, he can't help but be a little unhappy with the one in front of him, so he does everything possible to find fault, he is afraid that the other party is to frame the master for a reward, he doesn't want to be called by others.

While the field is drawing. Yu Wenwen assessed the validity of the other party's evidence in his heart, and he was still a little discouraged after some consideration: it is still a lonely evidence, it may not be able to prove that Tian Yilong is the mastermind behind the scenes, even if the jade belt was bought by him, it can be said that it has already been stolen, and a fool will admit it unless he is beaten into a trick.

It stands to reason that the good days of that villa are not short, even if there is no title deed, but it can be established by the residents of the surrounding villages, after all, it is impossible for the people in the village not to deal with the outside world, so much can show their mouths.

According to the confession obtained from Hengzhou, Zhang An and his party were temporarily killed and seized property by Li Que'er, a gang of thieves, who met on the official road, and Zhang An's wife, Zhang Li, who had been deceived by the coachman to another place, escaped by luck.

With Li Qi'er's confession, it can basically be concluded that Zhang Li and Zhang An were killed without any relationship. Then the matter of colluding with thieves to seize the Zhang family's property is not established.

The thieves who kidnapped Zhang Li learned that Zhang An was dead, and they were afraid of being tracked down, so they released Zhang Li's family, and according to Tian Yan, the lord of Lang would also kidnap some women into the villa from time to time, and then take them away after a period of time. It may be extinguished, it may be resale, it seems that this Lang master is a habitual offender.

Zhang Xiaowu, a servant of Zhang's house, colluded with outsiders to design and kidnap the master's mother, but unfortunately he and the lord of Lang died unexpectedly, and there is no way to trace it.

After Tian Yu finished drawing the picture, Yu Wenwen asked Zheng Tong to put it away for later verification, and because the other party had no other 'surprises', the interrogation also came to an end. Although his testimony is not the most critical, but it is also very important, so it is an important witness, Yu Wenwen let him temporarily live in the state prison and order people to protect it, so that it is safer, of course, it will not be in a prison cell.

"What's your opinion?" Yu Wenwen walked in the corridor and asked as he walked, and Zheng Tong, who was following alongside, said that there were still a few more witnesses, such as the shopkeeper Lin who sold jade belts, and the relationship network of Zhang Xiaowu, a servant of Zhang's mansion. There are also the identification of villagers near the villa, but there are still some troubles to complete the iron case, and substantial evidence is needed.

Hearing this, Yu Wenwen also nodded, he looked in the direction of the northeast of the city and muttered: "Then it depends on what good things Yang Sima can turn out in the villa" (to be continued.) )