Although he saw something abnormal, Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to break this point, and nodded at Wu Liqing quietly: "The matter is very important, and I ask Wu Gongzi to answer a few questions from this official truthfully." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Yes...... OK. After the initial shock and cringe, Wu Liqing quickly adjusted his mentality, and smiled at Yang Zhen a little nervously: "As long as you know it, you must know everything." ”

"Okay, then dare to ask Wu Gongzi, do you know what the real cause of Li Lu's death is? Listening to what my uncle said, he died of a sudden illness, but is it true? ”

"That's why he suddenly fell ill and died."

"What disease does he have?"

"This ...... I don't know, because when I saw him, he was already dead, and I didn't have any doctor to see him, so it was impossible to know what kind of illness he had and died. ”

"And what about the symptoms when he died? You should always know about this Wu Gongzi, right? Yang Zhen's eyes were blazing on Wu Liqing's face, making his body tremble again, but he still said: "It's been more than half a year, and I can't remember the situation at that time anymore." ”

"Dare to ask uncle, how old is Li Lu?" Yang Zhen did not continue to ask Wu Liqing, but suddenly asked Wu Qingbo, who was frowning slightly.

Wu Qingbo also saw some clues, and muttered in his heart, he didn't expect Yang Zhen to suddenly ask himself, so he subconsciously replied: "I am in my forties, and I am in my prime. ”

"Then it is a little strange, how could a man in his forties, in the prime of life, suddenly die violently? He shouldn't have any hidden diseases, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be the steward of the uncle's mansion. Yang Zhen seemed to be talking to himself, and said a few words as if asking. And after hearing his words, Wu Liqing's expression became even more nervous, and Yang Zhen, who took all this into his eyes, smiled faintly: "I think the next question Wu Gongzi should remember, I don't know where you buried that Li Lu's body?" ”

"Lord Yang is asking what this is for?" Wu Liqing asked with some vigilance.

"He's died too strangely, and the official always has to check it out. Since Uncle Wu and Wu Gongzi couldn't ask why, the official had no choice but to disturb the deceased. The means of opening the coffin and conducting the autopsy, there are still people in my brocade guard, as long as they are checked, you can know whether he died of disease or was killed by someone. Yang Zhen said.

After listening to his explanation, Wu Liqing was stunned for a moment, a trace of panic quickly flashed on his face, and then his body couldn't help but tremble like chaff. Although he had never dealt with a yamen like Jinyiwei, he had always heard a lot of hearsay rumors, and he knew that these guys were indeed clever in their methods, especially good at investigating cases, which made him even more frightened in his heart.

At this moment, don't say it's Yang Zhen, even Wu Qingbo Li Wei also saw that there was something wrong with him, and immediately turned his face down: "Liqing, what are you hiding, and you haven't recruited it from the truth?" ”

was broken by his uncle's words, Wu Liqing was even more panicked in his heart, his knees weakened, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, and then kowtowed again and again: "Uncle spare my life, I ...... I was forced to do this, he used that thing to blackmail me first, and I had no choice but to ...... I can only kill him! "This Wu Liqing doesn't have too deep a city government, plus he is timid and small, and when he was drunk by his uncle, he told the truth.

When he confessed, Wu Qingbo's face sank along with his heart, and his voice became more and more gloomy: "You give me an honest explanation, what the hell is going on." If you dare to hide it, be careful that I will have someone kill you on the spot! "As an elder and uncle, he really has the right to do this.

Wu Liqing glanced at his uncle and Yang Zhen a little timidly, knowing that he couldn't hide it, so he said in a faint trembling voice: "Then Li Lu knew that his little nephew had done a wrong thing before, so he always used this to threaten him some time ago, and he had already asked for thousands of taels of silver from his little nephew.

And as he succeeded repeatedly, his appetite grew. In the days before the Chinese New Year, he actually spoke again, asking me to take out 5,000 taels of silver, otherwise I would report it to your uncle. The little nephew had no choice but to stabilize him first, and then by discussing the grace period with him, he drugged him in the wine and suffocated him to death......" Wu Liqing said in the end, his voice was inaudible.

After hearing this, Wu Qingbo suddenly became angry and reprimanded: "You are an unsuccessful thing, in vain Benbo has been cultivating you, you are good, you actually did such a thing, and you learned to kill!" No wonder you were the first to stand up and clean up the situation after the accident that day, and Ben Bo said at the time that you had grown up, and you wanted to cover up your crimes. ”

"My uncle forgave my sins, and my nephew was also impulsive, and he had no choice but to do such a thing. In fact, my nephew regretted it very much afterwards, but I didn't dare to tell others, and my nephew was also very afraid......" While speaking, Wu Liqing kept kowtowing, and his face was even more tearful, looking remorseful and afraid.

"Lord Yang, look at this ......" Although Wu Qingbo hated this nephew, this was his own relative after all, and if this matter was spread, it would have a bad impact on him, so he looked at Yang Zhen with some pleading, hoping that he would turn a blind eye.

Yang Zhen didn't pay much attention to this murder case in the Earl's Palace, what he really cared about was another thing: "Wu Gongzi, then let me ask you, what kind of handle did Li Lu hold on to you, so that he could extort money from you again and again?" Can this matter be related to the Xiangshan female corpse case that happened before? As he spoke, he stared at the other man's eyes again, leaving him with nothing to hide.

After Wu Liqing heard this, his body stiffened, and the tearful exchange just now also stopped, and the depth of his eyes revealed a panic that was even greater than just now: "You...... How did you know I had something to do with this? ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Zhen hadn't reacted yet, Wu Qingbo had already stood up from his seat abruptly, and said in a voice mixed with anger: "What? Not only did you kill Li Lu, but you even did the case in Xiangshan? You...... You little brute, you're really angry with me! As he spoke, he kicked out, and kicked Wu Liqing, who was kneeling on the ground, stunned on the spot, and kicked him heavily on his back.

It's no wonder that Uncle Wu Qing is so angry, this matter has a great impact on him, and even makes it difficult for him to keep the position of the earl, and now when he hears that all this is due to his nephew, he will naturally be furious and punished.

But just when Wu Qingbo was about to continue to step forward and kick this nephew who was not angry but would only cause trouble, Yang Zhen stepped forward to stop his movements: "Uncle is angry, before the matter is fully investigated and understood, it cannot be concluded that this case was committed by Wu Gongzi." ”

Seeing that Yang Zhen intervened to stop him, Wu Qingbo finally stopped, but his breathing became more rapid, and he glared at his nephew who had always been serious for a while: "Spare you for the time being, and quickly explain everything to Yang Zhenfu." If there is a sentence that is not true, even if the government can't do anything to you, Benbo will not be able to spare you! ”

Wu Liqing had already been frightened by his uncle's actions, and it took a while to slowly get up from the ground, look at the two timidly, and kneel down again: "I...... I said, I'll give you everything. ”

Yang Zhen sat down again at this time, looked at Wu Liqing, and said in a gentle tone: "I can see that you do have some connection with the case in Xiangshan, but those women should not be harmed by you, right?" ”

Hearing him say this, not only Wu Liqing, but also Wu Qingbo, who was puffing up, was also stunned, and his ears were erected. Although he hated it in his heart, he didn't want everything to be like he thought, the women killed by his nephew.

Wu Liqing was stunned for a moment and quickly nodded: "What the adults said is very true, the villain really didn't kill them." On that day, the villain just ordered Li Lu to find some women to serve me and a few friends to drink, but he didn't expect ...... "In such a situation, he can only explain all the facts."

It turned out that although this Wu Gongzi was only Wu Qingbo's nephew, he also had some fox friends among the gentlemen in the capital. And after getting along with these guys for a long time, even a person like Wu Liqing, who has a good nature, has gradually developed a strong interest in the sound of dogs and horses.

After being treated by those sons and brothers repeatedly, Wu Liqing certainly couldn't help but be invited. However, he was limited by his status, and he didn't have much money, so he could only find those (female chang) (female branches) who were not very on the stage to entertain those sons, and all this was handed over to Li Lu, who had always had a good relationship with him.

I didn't want to be at the subsequent drinking party, these lowly women quickly showed their feet, and after discovering this, the sons and sons who drank and had fun with him were very unhappy. After that, he took advantage of the wine to commit a series of heinous bestiality, and even tortured those poor women to death.

During this period, Wu Liqing, who was already not high in status and consciously took a loss, did not dare to stop what these people were doing, and in the end, he had to clean up the mess and bury the five abused and killed women in Xiangshan overnight with Li Lu.

It's just that I didn't expect that they were not cautious enough, and the pit for burying people was shallower, and coupled with the heavy rain for several days, the stuffing was finally exposed. As a result, Li Lu used this as a handle to blackmail Wu Liqing, and finally was forced to kill people.

After listening to these words, Wu Qingbo's chest rose and fell violently in anger, and he just wanted to step forward again and teach this unruly nephew a hard lesson. But Yang Zhen asked a very critical question after pondering for a long time: "Who are those gentlemen who were with you that day?" ”