Since the village where Meng Shi lived was not far from the county seat, it didn't take long for Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's carriage to stop on the side of the road not long after leaving the city.

"I've seen two old men!" A big man in civilian clothes was already waiting in the shade of a tree on the side of the road, and when he saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

This man in civilian clothes was a member of the county government capture class, and after saluting, he led the way in front, leading Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to the depths of the crop field, preparing to go to the melon field of Meng Shi's family.

The county officials who were responsible for protecting the safety of the two followed closely behind, and they wanted to follow Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to Zhao's house to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, the leading plainclothes man stopped in front of a remote mountain bag, and a crop field with a grass hut under the mountain bag was the melon field of Meng Shi's family.

At this time, there was a group of people standing on the side of the melon field and grass hut, both the county government officials in civilian clothes and the men and women who looked panicked, and they didn't know why they were brought here by the people of the government.

"The two masters, they are the people the two masters are looking for." The plainclothes man who led the way bowed to Li Hongyu and pointed to the nervous men and women and said.

According to Li Honggao and Zhao Xin's orders, the plainclothes men who led the way brought Meng Shi's neighbors and the people who testified against Meng Shi.

"Who are the witnesses?" Li Hongyu glanced at the grass shed, looked at the group of people quietly and asked.

"Returning to the people, sir, we are witnesses." After listening to Li Hongyu's words, several men and women stood up in panic and made a gesture to kneel down for Li Hongyu.

"Ben Xie Yuan is not an official, so there is no need to make this big gift." Seeing this, Li Hongyu opened his mouth to stop them, and then asked in a deep voice, "Ben Xie Yuan wants to know, did you see Meng Shi in the grass shed with your own eyes that day?" ”

"Back to the old man, the little ones have seen it with their own eyes." Hearing this, the men and women replied in unison.

"You can hear clearly, have you seen Meng Shi in the grass hut with your own eyes?" Hearing this, Li Hongyu pointed to the grass curtain on the door of the grass shed on the side, and asked in a deep voice, "Have you ever opened the curtain to check at that time?" ”

"This ......" Several men and women couldn't help but glance at each other, unable to answer, who has nothing to do when they are full will go to lift the straw curtain for no reason.

"In this way, you didn't witness Meng Shi in the grass hut!" Seeing this, Li Hongyu's face suddenly sank, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and ask, "In that case, why do you swear that Meng Shi is in the grass hut?" ”

"Master Xie Yuan, when we came to work in the field early that morning, we not only heard the sound of snoring coming from the grass shed, but also the clothes of the Meng family boy were still drying on the bamboo pole outside the door, and there was a pair of shoes in front of the door, so the Meng family boy must be inside." Several men and women were startled when they heard this, and then one of the middle-aged men explained in a sincere panic.

"Before you go home in the morning, has anyone seen Meng Shi in the grass shed?" Li Hongyu knew that the middle-aged man was not lying, so he glanced at the men and women and asked quietly, these people know very well the seriousness of Miss Zhang's case, and they despise the villains of **** good family women, so how can they shield Meng Shi?

Several men and women shook their heads when they heard this, everyone was busy doing the work in the field at that time, who had the leisure time to other people's hearts.

Seeing the situation in front of them, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin couldn't help but glance at each other knowingly, so that the evidence of Meng Shi's alibi was seriously problematic.

"Ben Xie Yuan asks you, on the night of Miss Zhang's case, was there anyone in your village who drank with Meng Shi?" After a brief exchange with Zhao Xin, Li Hongyu asked Meng Shi's neighbor in a deep voice.

"I haven't heard that Meng Shi has ever bought wine!" The neighbors couldn't help but look at each other suspiciously, curious about Li Hongyu's question, and it was obvious that they didn't know whether Meng Shi had drunk with anyone that night.

"Who in the village didn't come home that night? Especially young people who are close to Meng Shi's age. Li Hongyu saw that those neighbors didn't know what he asked, so he continued to ask.

Those neighbors shook their heads again when they heard this, and there were only about a hundred households in Meng Shi's village, so everyone in the east of the village could hear the sound, and they didn't hear that anyone was out for the night that night.

"You go and check who spent the night outside in the village, whether it is men, women or children, you must find out." Seeing this situation, Li Hongyu summoned the plainclothes man who had led the way just now and whispered in his ear.

"The little one obeys." The leading man in civilian clothes bowed down and replied.

"You go back and tell the magistrate, and ask the magistrate to send someone to the village where the other florists are located to check who was not in the village on the night of the crime and whether they had bought alcohol and food." Immediately, Li Hongyu said in a deep voice to a big man standing behind him who was responsible for protecting him and Zhao Xin.

"The little one is written down." The big man nodded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this case has alarmed the Governor, and once it is successfully solved, you will be rewarded." Li Hongyu glanced around at the county officials at the scene, and said with a serious expression, "At that time, the Zhang family and the Shen family will definitely thank you for your hard work, so Ben Xie Yuan doesn't want anything to go wrong, do you all understand?" ”

"Don't worry, Master Xie Yuan, we will do our best to handle the case and will not disappoint Master Xie Yuan's expectations." Hearing this, the plainclothes man who led the way said to Li Hongyu with a smile on his face.

He and the other servants naturally knew the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, if the case was really solved and the murderer was Meng Shi, then the Shen family and the Zhang family would definitely come up with money to thank them, especially the wealthy Shen family, and they would give them a rich reward.

Therefore, they must do their best when they run errands, and don't take the opportunity to do those extortion things, otherwise Li Hongyu will not sit idly by.

To put it bluntly, Li Hongyu's words just now were like carrots and sticks to the county officials, which not only gave them sweetness and thoughts, but also warned them.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin did not stay for long, and then left the melon field, and rushed to Zhaojiabao in a horse-drawn carriage.

Therefore, Zhao Xin, the new Yayuan, must rush back to entertain those distinguished guests, you must know that this ancestor worship ceremony was started because of her, and those distinguished guests also wanted to witness her demeanor this time.

Yang He, as a local parent official, naturally has to go to the party, but he doesn't have to go so early, just arrive tomorrow morning before the sacrificial ceremony begins.

"You mean, those witnesses didn't witness Meng Shi in the grass hut?"

When the county official who was responsible for protecting Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin returned to the county office and told Yang He about Li Hongyu's request, Yang He couldn't help but be taken aback, he thought at first that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's investigation was in the wrong direction, but now it seems that it was him who was wrong, and that Meng Shi really had a big suspicion.

"Lord Zhixian, according to their confession, they speculated that Meng Shi was in the grass hut from the snoring in the grass hut, the shoes placed at the door, and the clothes hanging outside the door." The officer nodded and replied solemnly.

"Tell me to go down and gather people to go to the villages and towns where the gardeners live, and make sure to find out if anyone was not at home that night, and whether they bought food and drink."

Yang He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back for a few steps, then stopped and shouted at the officer, "Tell the people of those villages and towns that if anyone can provide useful clues, once verified, a heavy reward of one hundred taels of silver!" ”

"One hundred taels!" The errand officer was stunned when he heard this, although the Jin merchants were rich in the world, but the people of Shanxi generally lived in poverty, and one hundred taels was a huge amount of money for the people of Qingyuan County, enough to buy an industry in the county seat and live.

"Don't worry, the little ones have been written down." Then, the errand came back to his senses, bowed to Yang He and walked away quickly.

"Wait!" Just as the errand officer walked to the door, Yang He suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but call out to him, and instructed in a deep voice, "There is no basis for your words, you go to the master book, and ask him to write a few notices of reward and post them in those villages and towns." ”

The errand officer was stunned for a moment, then bowed to Yang He again, and ran to find the master book to write a notice, and it could be seen that Yang He was really moved this time, otherwise he would not have thought of writing a notice to inspire those people.

"Meng Shi?" After the errand officer left, Yang He frowned, and slowly spit out two words in his mouth, if the murderer was really Meng Shi, it would be a happy ending, and both the Shen family and the Zhang family could explain the past.

But the key question is how to find out the evidence that Meng Shi is the murderer, you must know that it is not easy to pass the Zhang family, you must let Master Zhang have nothing to say, otherwise things are still troublesome.

"I hope the two of them can make the case have a happy ending!" For a long time, Yang He couldn't help but sigh, all his hopes now were focused on Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

To be honest, Yang He really admires Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, the two rising stars, he didn't find any clues for more than three months, but Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin pulled Meng Shi out of the vast sea of people in just two days.

At the beginning, Yang He thought that it was the two of them who were just pretending to be the few florists who were checking, so that they could communicate to the outside world, but in the end, the two of them were not wanton, but Meng Shi who was found according to clues, and he was ashamed of himself for this alone, no wonder the case of Mingyue Pavilion could be solved by the two.

This made Yang He can't help but have a glimmer of hope in his heart, maybe Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin can really solve Miss Zhang's case in five days, and he can not only hand over Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to the top, but also earn fame, so everyone will be happy.

"No, I have to go to Zhang's mansion, I can't let the people of the Zhang family ruin this case!" Suddenly, Yang He thought of something, his face suddenly sank, and then he shouted to the messenger standing outside the door.

Although Yang He had already ordered to go down and not let the servants in the yamen reveal the progress of the case, the Zhang family and the Shen family were powerful and would definitely be able to buy off some of the errand soldiers, which meant that the Zhang family would soon know that Li Hongyu had Meng Shi as the murderer to investigate the case, and in that case, the people of the Zhang family would definitely make a fuss.

Therefore, Yang He must clear Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's worries, and he doesn't want any accidents at this time.