The next morning, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin wandered around the county town casually, talking and laughing as they walked, not at all like investigating a case.

Several officers of the county government in civilian clothes followed from a distance, and they were ordered by Yang He to protect Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, after all, the two were Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan, and they were not allowed to make the slightest mistake.

It stands to reason that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin should go to Meng Shi's house now to investigate, but before that, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin need to determine one thing.

If you pay close attention, you will find that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are actually not wandering aimlessly on the street, if you look down from the air, you will find that the route they walked is actually a circle centered on Zhangfu.

In other words, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's real intention was to understand the terrain around Zhang's Mansion in order to determine where Meng Shi hid after sneaking into the city.

Since Meng Shi has a major suspicion, then Li Hongyu has to speculate on the development process of the case with Meng Shi being the murderer, first of all, where Meng Shi will hide after sneaking into the city, it is obvious that he will not dare to go to Zhang's mansion to find Miss Zhang until the morning.

After the incident, Yang He immediately blocked the city gate, sent messengers to turn over almost the entire county seat of Qingyuan County, and searched for suspicious strangers from house to house, and places with a large flow of people such as inns and casinos were the focus of the search.

In fact, in Li Hongyu's opinion, the casino is a very good hiding place, but Meng Shi is a local who has gone into the city to play with flowers and plants for several large families, so he definitely does not dare to go to that place so as not to be recognized.

In the final analysis, Meng Shi has never gambled because of his poor family, and a stranger who just looks at the casino and does not gamble can easily attract the attention of the casino people.

Since Yang He failed to find a suspicious stranger from the casino, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin could conclude that Meng Shi must be hiding somewhere in the county, which was undoubtedly the safest.

And considering that Meng Shi was going to Zhang's Mansion to find Miss Zhang, then Meng Shi would definitely choose to hide around Zhang's Mansion, so Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin wanted to find out where he was hiding.

At noon, a restaurant in the county seat was in a private room on the second floor.

"Brother Li, do you think if Meng Shi is the murderer, where will he hide?" After waiting for the shopkeeper to serve the wine and food and leave, Zhao Xin picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Li Hongyu, and asked with a smile.

After a busy morning's work, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin had finished checking the terrain around Zhang's mansion, so the two now had a clue about Meng Shi's hideout.

"The woods across the street from Zhang's house are a great hiding place, and he will definitely choose there." Li Hongyu smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and said after raising it to Zhao Xin.

"It was a hot June day, and the grove was overgrown with shrubs and mosquitoes, and he was really determined to be able to hide there for so long."

Zhao Xin couldn't help laughing, it was obvious that Li Hongyu thought of a place with her, filled the wine glass in front of her with wine, and touched Li Hongyu, and the two drank it all.

After the morning's observation, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin found that the grove near Zhao's Mansion was the most suitable place to hide, not only the location was a little remote, but the key was that there were many mosquitoes in it, and no one wanted to feed the mosquitoes inside, and besides, ordinary people did not dare to go to the grove at night.

"Brother Li, don't look at this Meng Shi, it's a difficult bone to gnaw, with a psychological endurance far beyond ordinary people, it's not easy to get him to admit to killing people."

After drinking, Zhao Xin picked up the wine glass and poured a glass for Li Hongyu and her, Liu Mei frowned slightly, looking a little worried.

A person like Meng Shi, who is stubborn by nature, is likely to bear the punishment of the county government and not confess, so things will be troublesome.

Obviously, Miss Zhang's case has reached the point where neither Yang He nor the Zhang family will accept such a result, so Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin must find a way to make him confess to the crime, at least find the lost golden hairpin.

But the golden hairpin was hidden by Meng Shi, and if he didn't admit his guilt, he would definitely not explain the whereabouts of the golden hairpin.

"Everyone has weaknesses, as long as they find the weaknesses, it is enough to give him a fatal blow, and then break his psychological defense!" Li Hongyu frowned when he heard this, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he could even clean up Han Tai, not to mention Meng Shi, as long as he was willing to work hard, he would definitely be able to force Meng Shi to reveal the truth.

However, compared with Han Tai, the most troublesome thing about Meng Shi is that there are no witnesses who can prove that Meng Shi committed the murder, and all the criminal processes are just Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's speculation based on the facts of the case.

"Brother Li, why can't you ask for anything under Miki, as long as we are sure that Meng Shi is the murderer, then Lord Zhixian will definitely find a way to pry his mouth open."

Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu have been together for so long, so they naturally know what Li Hongyu thinks in his heart, so she smiled and said, she feels that Li Hongyu is a little too perfectionist, and always wants to rely on evidence and reasoning to make the criminal admit guilt, but once she encounters that kind of stubborn Diao Min, Li Honggao's efforts will be in vain.

Generally speaking, torture to extract confessions is an eternal theme when trying cases in the yamen, as long as they are caught in prison by the commissioners, then they will inevitably have to suffer some flesh and skin.

Zhao Xin would never have thought that the reason why Li Hongyu wanted to use evidence and reasoning to make the criminal confess was not to chase perfection, but because he had a completely different life experience from her, which made Li Hongyu unwilling to use punishment easily.

In the middle of the staggering, there was a sudden noise on the street downstairs, and the seats of the two were next to the window, so they looked down at the street and saw a group of people running behind a naked young man in a hurry.

Seeing that the young man was defenseless, Zhao Xin's cheeks suddenly turned red, and then he looked away from him.

"I'm a swallow, I'm going to fly in the sky, haha......" The young man shouted with a smile and a smile as he spread his hands as wings, causing passers-by along the way to dodge.

"Quick, hold him down, now that the scorching sun is in the sky, it is a good time to get rid of the evil in his body!"

Among the group of people chasing behind, several Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes were particularly eye-catching, one of them was a middle-aged Taoist priest in a yellow Taoist robe, carrying a peachwood sword in his hand, running out of breath, pointing at the young man who was running wildly in front of him and shouting to the rest of the Taoist priests in gray Taoist robes.

Under Li Hongyu's somewhat surprised gaze, the young man who was running was thrown to the ground by a gray-robed Taoist priest on the street below the restaurant, and then was pressed there by several gray-robed Taoist priests who caught up, shouting and screaming, like crazy.

Soon, under the command of the middle-aged yellow-robed Taoist priest, the gray-robed Taoist priest lifted the struggling young man and left, followed by a group of crying men and women, causing many people to gather together and talk about it.

"Little Er, what's going on?" Li Hongyu called the shopkeeper in, looked at the few Taoist priests who left on the street and asked quietly.

"This master, listen to the accent, you are from out of town, the son who was taken away is a talent here for us, he failed to win the township exam this year, and he often talked to himself after returning from the provincial capital, and then he didn't recognize people, and he looked crazy."

The shopkeeper glanced at the young man who was caught by the Taoist priests, and explained, "I heard that someone said that he hit an evil spirit on the way back from the provincial capital, so the family asked the Taoist chief to exorcise the evil spirit, but somehow he ran out. ”

"It's a pity, I won the show before I was twenty years old, and I was originally very hopeful, but it turned out to be like this!" As he spoke, the shopkeeper couldn't help but shake his head regretfully.

"Evil?" Li Hongyu's brows suddenly frowned slightly.

He naturally didn't believe in these strange powers, there was no doubt that the reason why that boy went crazy was because he was under too much psychological pressure during the township test, and the heaviest caused a mental breakdown.

Scholars' dedication to fame is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and the huge pressure is very easy to cause serious psychological problems, so every year during the township examination, there are showmen who take the exam in various places to go crazy inexplicably.

"Another frustrated!" Zhao Xin shook his head helplessly, touched the wine glass with Li Hongyu, and then tilted his head and drank the wine in the glass.

Like Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin doesn't think that the son is an evil man, he must be burdened by fame and fortune, she must have followed Zhao Deyi to the north and south since she was a child, and she is well-informed, how can she believe in those boundless demons and monsters.

"Two masters, I heard that he met a fox spirit on the way back, and he was fascinated by the fox spirit, and those spirits who cultivate in the mountains like the essence blood of scholars the most!" The shopkeeper saw that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin seemed to be scholars, and Zhao Xin was also extremely handsome, so he couldn't help but kindly reminded, "If you meet any beautiful women on the road, be careful." ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper nodded and retreated.

"Brother Zhao, if we meet the fox spirit together, I won't worry at all, obviously they will take a fancy to you and let me go." Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere at the scene had become a little dull and depressing, Li Hongyu picked up the wine jug and poured Zhao Xin a glass of wine and said with a smile.

"You're Xie Yuanlang, and those vixens certainly prefer talented people."

Zhao Xin was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then burst out laughing, she didn't expect Li Hongyu to be in the mood to joke at this time, if there are really fox spirits, those fox spirits must have let her go, and Li Hongyu will wait for bad luck at that time.

Looking at Zhao Xin who couldn't help laughing, Li Hongyu couldn't help but be stunned there, Zhao Xin, who was smiling like a flower, was pure and charming at this time, even more beautiful than a woman, and he was a little stupid for a while.

"Brother Zhao, it's not too early, let's set off on our way, there are still a lot of things to do in the afternoon."

Zhao Xin saw Li Hongyu staring at her directly, and suddenly blushed, realizing that he had a little gaffe just now, he quickly put away his smile, stabilized his somewhat flustered mind and pretended to be calm and said.

"It's fine." Li Hongyu immediately came back to his senses when he heard this, feeling that his previous actions were too abrupt, he smiled a little embarrassedly and got up and left with Zhao Xin, and the two of them were going to the village where Meng Shi lived in the afternoon to do field investigations.

However, the reason why Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin left was to go back to Zhaojiabao to participate in the Zhao family's ancestor worship ceremony tomorrow, which was a big event for the Zhao family, so naturally it could not be delayed, and it was also to hide people's eyes and ears and avoid unnecessary trouble.