The news of the annihilation of Qin Wen's family reached the camp of Wei Bo's army, and Tian Rong was shocked by the troops and horses, and urgently ordered the deputy generals Shi Xiancheng and Shi Xianzhong brothers to block all intersections and closely investigate all suspicious people, while summoning Wu Cifei, a staff officer in the army, to discuss countermeasures. Wu Cifei persuaded: "This matter is very strange, and Ming Gong must be cautious. Tian Rong saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, as if he had something to say, so he stepped back and asked, "Do you know what is hidden, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Wu Cifei said: "There is something I shouldn't have said, Ming Gong asked, and the student dared to say bluntly: Before the Qin family was destroyed, Qi Niang's maid Qingmo asked me about something. ”

Tian Rong frowned and asked urgently, "What's the matter?" Wu Cifei said: "She asked me about the defense along the way from Xiaoqi Mountain to Haidao. "Ahh Tian Rong was taken aback, "What is she doing with this?" ”

Wu Cifei was a little embarrassed and said: "She said that she had an old man who wanted to send a batch of smuggled goods to sea, and begged her to ask for convenience." I thought it wasn't a big deal, so I agreed to her. Tian Rong was silent for a while, and Wu Cifei persuaded: "In the humble opinion of the students, it is not easy to investigate this matter further, and it is not good to find out that everyone's faces are not good." ”

Tian Rong nodded silently and instructed Wu Cifei: "You go to the second child of the Shi family, and you must do a solid job in the case." Wu Cifei understood and took the order.

Three days later, a fisherman caught Qin Su's head in the sea, soaked in cold water, his face was still recognizable, and found his body and saber on the beach on the shore, proving that it was Qin Su himself. A few days later, several Zhuang Ke who participated in the robbery and murder of the Qin family were captured in Chuzhou and deported back to Donghai County, and their testimony also confirmed Shi Xianzhong's conclusion to a certain extent.

Tian Rong wanted to close the case, not wanting Wei Bo's soldiers to catch two Qing Navy sergeants in civilian clothes and very suspicious appearances at the foot of Xiaoqi Mountain, one was named Zhang Qi and the other was Xia Chun. Tortured the two why they were dressed here, the two did not say anything, Shi Xiancheng, the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses, felt more and more suspicious, so he punished the two of them, both of them were hard bones, and they were tortured for more than ten sets, without saying a word.

These two people were Li Mao's peripheral response at the foot of Xiaoqi Mountain, and they knew that Li Mao pretended to be in the name of Qingmo and went to Xiaoqi Mountain to see the birds. When Li Mao learned the news, he hurriedly sent Qingmo to Wei Bojun's camp to dignitaries, but Shi Xiancheng saw that Qingmo's status was humble, so he ignored it at all. Qingmo's eyes rolled, and he turned around to find the female Qingmo to help, and the female Qingmo met and asked: "You asked me a few days ago about the deployment of the army outside Xiaoqi Mountain, and said that you wanted to smuggle a batch of goods, why did our uncle who didn't pass through the door let the thief kill him in a blink of an eye, and it happened that your family was nearby again, do you honestly say that you did it?" ”

"What, what?" Qingmo pretended to be stupid.

"Nonsense, what do you say, that thing."

Qingmo jumped to his feet and swore a curse: "No, really not, I haven't been anywhere these days, just in the camp, you don't believe it, I swear by my parents' spirits in the sky, I have never been to Xiaoqi Mountain, and I have never touched a single hair of the Qin family's father and son." ”

The female Qingmo said: "Then will it be the one in your family who did it, don't pretend to be stupid, I'm talking about Li Mao, did he sneak out and do it?" Qingmo said: "Hey, how do you say this, your lady is married, and the one who is married is not our family, and he is dead and cares about our?" Who harmed him for no reason? That's the No. 1 wealthy family in the East China Sea, is it easy to mess with? ”

The female Qingmo lowered her face: "What are you doing, I say one sentence to you, you have to say two sentences to me." ”

Qingmo smiled and said, "My fault, I'm not in a hurry." My good brother is suffering in prison, General Shi has a nickname called 'ghost shaved head', you know, the head of a ghost can still be shaved, who can bear the living in his hands? My two brothers are honest people, Brother Mao sent them back to the old camp to deliver letters, and he sneaked to the countryside just to make some benefits. was caught indiscriminately by your ghost by shaving his head, do you say he is wronged? Lift up your noble hand and let them go. ”

The female Qingmo sighed and said, "I thought there was a hero in the world, but it turned out to be a group of villains. ”

After saying this clueless sentence, she said to Qingmo: "You go and tell General Shi, just say that the seventh lady said it, don't embarrass Zhang Qi and Xia Chun." Let them go back. ”

Qingmo was worried that Shi Xiancheng would not buy his account, so he begged again: "Good sister, can't you go with me?" Nu Qingmo said: "It's okay for you to go, our Qi Niang can't get married now, even if she marries, she will say a word in Wei Bojun, who dares to disobey her words." After she finished speaking, she left Qingmo alone and left triumphantly.

Qingmo was suspicious, and came to Shi Xiancheng again, and had the courage to say the words of the female Qingmo, Shi Xiancheng was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said to the small school: "Release people." Then he instructed, "Take care of this little brother's meal." ”

Li Mao picked up the bruised brothers Zhang Qi and Xia Chun from the carriage, and said with tears: "It was Li Mao who involved the two good brothers. ”

Zhang Qi said: "It's me who is incompetent, and they hold it, even if we die, we don't dare to bite indiscriminately." ”

Zhang Qi and Xia Chun were both grain guards assigned to Li Mao by Zhao Hede, both of whom were in their early thirties. After experiencing this catastrophe, Li Mao looked at the two of them differently, and said to the two: "After this scene, you and I will be called brothers in the future." ”

The two couldn't refuse, and said with tears: "Thanks to the love, I am willing to lead the horse and fall from the bench for the general, and swear to follow the left and right." ”

Tian Xiancheng intervened and let people go, which made Shi Xiancheng feel that something was wrong, and suddenly heard that the Donghai County Ya had found a few hostages who had escaped from the small mountain thief's nest, Shi Xiancheng hurriedly sent someone to interrogate, and after some coercion and temptation, several women confessed that they had seen the third child and a person who claimed to be Qingmo in the cave.

Shi Xiancheng called his brother Shi Xianzhong again and asked about the situation on the night when the Qin family was destroyed, Shi Xianzhong said with a big grin: "Whether the Qin family harbored the third bird, I can't say for sure, but there must be collusion with him, otherwise it is impossible for more than 30 people to enter the village without any movement, the cook who was cut to death by me said that it was the Qin family who hired the nursing home to destroy more than 100 members of the Qin family. ”

Shi Xianzhong saw that his brother was embarrassed, so he persuaded: "Forget it, anyway, the seventh lady is not satisfied with this family business, isn't this just her thoughts, Guogong's side, she will say good things for us." ”

Shi Xiancheng said: "You, so confused, Duke Rong trusts you, so he sent you to take care of the Qin family, you are good, let people destroy the Qin family under your nose, the seventh lady doesn't blame you, what do others think of you, your future, your future is gone." ”

Shi Xianzhong said with a smile: "I know that I have done something stupid, and I am willing to be punished, so I will go to ask Rong Gong to resign, go back to the back camp to be a pawn, and start over to atone for his sins." ”

Shi Xiancheng was taken aback, lowered his voice and asked, "What are you talking about, you really don't know?" ”

Shi Xianzhong smiled and said, "Brother, don't ask, I'm leaving, let's go." Shi Xianzhong ran out with a smoke, Shi Xiancheng looked at his younger brother's back, and seemed to have an understanding in his heart.

On the second day, he reported the incident to Tian Rong in detail, and Tian Rong was already impatient with the case to drag on any longer, so he immediately announced that the case was closed and would not be investigated. Tian Qian learned about the whole thing, hid his face and cried, Tian Rong was relieved for a long time before he gave up, and only said: "It's only because of my bad fate and unladylike encounters." Who would have thought that the famous family of the East China Sea would go all the way with the thief. Tian Qi begged Tian Rong not to reveal the truth, so as not to insult the reputation of the Tian family.

Tian Rong said: "You can rest assured about this, uncle and I are also Lu Longtian's family, how can we smear our own face?" ”