On the bright side, Liao Zhenyan naturally did not dare to oppose or obstruct his boss Yamen's review of the homicide case in Beigang Village. But on the premise of knowing that Lu Zhen wanted to attack him, he would not sit idly by, so he ventilated the people in the village as early as after knowing the news.

Of course, he will not say that the prefect's yamen will review the case because he sees that there is a problem, but only that there is a person named Lu Jin who is playing right and wrong in the yamen and wants to kill the villagers of Beigang Village. And these people were really shocked and angry when they heard it, so they had the move to stop Lu Zhen and his party.

They thought that their obstruction and intimidation would be enough to scare off the three of them. Unexpectedly, the young man at the head was not moved at all, not only did not retreat, but strode forward to meet him, and reprimanded him with righteous words, so that these villagers were a little weak and panicked, and they were forced to retreat by him alone.

Lu Jin's words were not finished, and when he saw that the villagers had shown their timidity, he immediately shouted again: "We are here to investigate this murder case on the orders of the prefect, and you dare to stop it like this, even if it has nothing to do with the murder, you will run away." Aren't you afraid that the government will punish you for a crime of plotting against you and not obeying the king's law? ”

These words were shouted out violently, and finally frightened the faces of the villagers. After all, they are just simple-minded village men who have never seen much of the world, how can they have the courage to embarrass the government? Just now, it was just a moment of urgency that he mustered up the courage to obstruct it, and now he was accused by Lu Jin's words, and he immediately panicked.

Soon, someone stealthily pulled back away. And as soon as someone took the lead in escaping, this team of dozens of villagers immediately collapsed, and everyone turned around and left, only hating their father and mother for giving birth to two legs.

And Lu Zhen didn't mean to stop them from escaping, just looked at all this with a smile. The three servants beside him were surprised and admired, and the situation that they thought was out of control was actually resolved by Lu Zhen in a few words, which really greatly increased the momentum of the government and boosted their confidence.

It's no wonder that people can be appointed officials at a young age, and they can know the trust of the people of the house, and when it comes to ability, they are indeed too far away from him. Several people turned this thought in their hearts, and there was already a little more awe in their eyes when they looked at Lu Jin.

Lu Zhen didn't pay attention to the thoughts of the people around him, but suddenly took two steps forward, pointed to a villager on the side who was also about to turn around and leave, and said, "You go slowly!" ”

The honest villager who was pointed out by him was suddenly shocked, and his face showed panic: "Big ...... My lord, the grass people are wrong, the grass people don't dare anymore......" As he spoke, he had to kneel down and kowtow to Lu Jin.

However, Lu Zhen stepped forward to support him one step ahead: "Don't panic, I just want to ask you to take me to Zhuang Qiang's house, you won't know, right?" ”

"The villain knows, and the villain will take you there." After hearing Lu Jin's words, the man quickly nodded and replied as if he had been amnestied, and then bent down and led Lu Jin's four people to the village. This time, those villagers didn't dare to come forward to stop them, and they didn't even dare to approach their group.

After walking along the rugged but not very wide village road for a while, Lu Zhen and the others finally stopped in front of a two-entry courtyard that looked quite good. Compared with the houses of other people in Beigang Village, the houses here are much more magnificent, which shows the extraordinary status of this Zhuang Qiang in the village.

However, Lu Zhen didn't sigh much, and quickly gave a look to an errand officer named Zhao Yi next to him, and ordered him to come forward and call the door.

Zhao Yi stepped forward and called the door twice, and after a while, a young woman in a white filial piety dress slowly walked out, and after opening the courtyard door, she looked at the people outside the door with a puzzled face, and only after a while did she speak: "Sixth Brother Yan, who are these people?" "Naturally, it was the villager who brought Lu Zhen and them over.

It is said that women should be pretty and filial, this woman is already good-looking, and now she is wearing a white filial piety dress, with a sad look, so that several men at the door feel that their eyes are bright, and they can't help but feel a little moved. Fortunately, Lu Zhen is the most resistant to beauties, and he quickly came back to his senses and arched his hand at the woman: "Madam is Zhuang Qiang's wife, right?" We came from the Yamen of the Suzhou Prefect to find out the murder of your husband. ”

"Ah......" The woman's face changed involuntarily, and then she asked in surprise: "Didn't the murderer have already been taken down by the government, why did he still come to investigate?" ”

"Mrs. Zhuang, you don't know, there is something else in this case, that Ye Dayou is not the murderer, the real murderer is someone else." Lu Zhen didn't hide it, and explained it directly.

But the woman's face changed again, and she only said, "There is no one else in my family who will harm my husband except him." Although she said that, she didn't dare to stop Lu Jin, so she could only get out of the way and invite them in.

Not far away, many villagers were looking over here and talking endlessly, and a few of them were even more serious, for fear of causing some trouble.

"The truth about Zunfu's death is not something you and I can say at will, and we have to carefully examine it before we can find out." Lu Zhen was talking, but his eyes were scanning around the courtyard.

Although the courtyard is not large, it is also quite exquisite, and in addition to the lobby house, there are two wings and a kitchen. The latter should be the bedroom of Zhuang Qiang and his wife.

According to the pattern here, Ye Dayou should be staying in one of the wings, so he can hear the movement of the courtyard door being opened at night. But in this way, he couldn't hear the movement in the courtyard later.

After nodding thoughtfully, Lu Jin's gaze fell on the hall again. At this time, there was no coffin inside, because the weather was getting hotter, and he was afraid that the corpse would rot, so after the first seven years, Zhuang Qiang had been buried in the ground.

In this regard, Lu Zhen could also accept it, and after turning his eyes, he asked, "Mrs. Zhuang, dare to ask what the situation was early that morning?" The more detailed I need to know, the better. ”

The woman was silent for a while, and then she said in a choked voice: "Early that morning, the slave family was still asleep in the room, and I heard that Ye Dayou suddenly screaming in front of me. The slave family was worried that something big would happen, so they quickly got up to take a look, but they didn't want to ...... I don't want my husband to fall in the courtyard, covered in blood...... "As he spoke, tears flowed from his eyes, and I really felt pity."

But Lu Zhen was unmoved, and continued to ask, "Where did he fall?" Can you point that out? Also, which side does Ye Dayou live on, and where did the murder weapon fall? ”

The woman immediately pointed to an open space in front of the hall: "This is it, my poor husband was killed here." That Ye Dayou was left at home by my husband and lived in the East Wing. But I didn't expect that there was a scourge left! When Ye Dayou was mentioned, her eyes were full of resentment.

Lu Zhen nodded, and then squatted down in the two places pointed out by the woman to take a closer look. It's a pity that because after many days, there is no clue to these two points, and even the smell of blood can't be smelled at all.

After thinking for a while, Lu Zhen said again: "Let's let Brother Zhuang burn incense." ”

The woman naturally wouldn't be discouraged, so she led a few of them into the incense candles and spiritual seats, and Lu Jin's several stepped forward in order, took three incense sticks, and bowed three times to Zhuang Qiang's spiritual seat.

After the first bow, Lu Zhen retreated to the back, and his eyes looked around the room. Suddenly, his gaze fell to the ground on his left, about five feet away from the table and chair. I saw that there was still a mouthful of phlegm stains that had dried up on the ground.

Seeing this, Lu Jin's brows furrowed slightly, and he secretly had a plan in his heart. But he didn't point it out in front of the woman, and he quickly looked away.

After everyone had made the incense, Lu Zhen looked at the woman and said solemnly: "Mrs. Zhuang, after my inspection, there have been some new discoveries, and there is indeed another murderer in the death of the honored husband. ”

"What? How is this possible? When the woman heard this, her face suddenly showed a look of panic. Fortunately, her reaction was quite fast, and then she endured it again, but all this was taken into Lu Jin's eyes.

In order to put more pressure on the other party, he continued: "Actually, it is the real murderer, and I already have some eyebrows. However, more evidence is needed to confirm this. Therefore, I also ask my wife to cooperate. ”

"You...... What do you want me to do? The woman asked with a worried look on her face.

"Madame, don't panic, this is not difficult, as long as you allow us to dig up Zhuang Qiang's body again for inquest, the truth will be hidden." Lu Jin said confidently.

A different color quickly flashed, and the woman then shook her head resolutely: "This can't be done, my husband has already entered the ground, how can I alarm him again!" I will not tolerate that! ”

"Madam, don't you want to avenge Brother Zhuang?" Lu Zhen asked urgently.

"The murderer is that Ye Dayou, there can be no one else!" But the woman insisted on her word, and refused to make the slightest concession.

"You ......" Lu Zhen looked directly at the other party with some anger, as if he wanted to force the woman to back down. But this time he didn't get his wish, and the woman looked at him fearlessly, with a look of persistence.

"My lord, this coffin opening and autopsy is not something to be done casually, if the bitter master refuses, our yamen can't force it." Seeing this, Zhao Yi couldn't help but open his mouth to persuade.

"Hmph, I also persuaded you out of a public heart, since you are so ignorant, let it be." Lu Zhen flicked his sleeves hatefully, turned around and left.

It wasn't until she saw that they were all gone that the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was really a little afraid of Lu Jin's menacing appearance......