Xiong Tianlei heard Zheng Qiaoniang say this, and for some reason, he suddenly felt a lot calmer in his heart, as if what he had been waiting for these days was this sentence, and this sentence finally proved that he was still a normal person.

After Zheng Qiaoniang said this, she spoke more conveniently:

"Although the Luo family dart bureau is kind to us, but not so that my brother ignores the morality of the rivers and lakes for the dart game, when my father and mother were alive, they also taught my brother to be a man who should stand up to the sky and the earth, and be above board, which is why my brother has been reluctant to leave when the Luo family dart game is gradually declining, my brother has usually said that the Luo family brothers are too mean, and the dart game can only barely survive, and some people persuade my brother to leave as soon as possible, and he can't work hard for the dart game, my brother just thinks about what the old man Luo entrusted before his death, so he struggled to support." At the mention of her brother, Zheng Qiaoniang's eyes couldn't help but flicker with tears, but she finally gritted her teeth and didn't shed tears. Speaking of later, Zheng Qiaoniang's voice was a little hoarse: "The most important thing is that I know that my brother has been at home on the seventh day of the fifth month and has never gone out, how could he commit this case?" ”

Xiong Tianlei was already stunned when he heard it, but suddenly, some faint expectation in his heart suddenly broke out of the cocoon, and he kept snorting and flapping his wings.

The two hit it off immediately and agreed to go to Ding Si early the next morning.

After listening to what Xiong Tianlei said, Ding Si exhaled softly, and the depression in his heart was swept away.

After Xiong Tianlei finished speaking to Ding Si, he glanced at Zheng Qiaoniang again and said, "Miss Zheng, you may also wonder why I believe you so easily. Yesterday in a hurry, I didn't have time to tell you, I suspect that the female corpse is not my mother. ”

As soon as Xiong Tianlei's words fell, Zheng Qiaoniang exclaimed.

Ding Si shook his head at Zheng Qiaoniang: "Miss Zheng, what Tianlei said is true. ”

Xiong Tianlei calmed down a little, and then explained what he saw in Yizhuang that day.

The light in the ruined temple gradually brightened, but the three of them didn't feel the brightness of the sun at all, they only felt like falling five miles of clouds, and there was a lot of fog in front of them.

Ding Sixian asked the doubts in his heart: "Miss Zheng, there is something unclear below, you went to Hutou to visit Brother Ling that day, and Tianlei and I also happened to go to the prison cell, but the strange thing is that why you and we are not on the same road?" As far as I know, if you don't have a relationship, it will be difficult for the Tiger Head Prison inmates to meet each other, how did you get to the Tiger Head Prison? ”

After listening to Ding Si's questioning, Zheng Qiaoniang's face was ignorant: "I don't know, since my brother was arrested in the cell, I was kicked out by the Luo family, fortunately, I usually have a little savings, I found an inn to live first, I want to see my brother every day, but there is no acquaintance around to help, I had to stay by the yamen, to see what progress the case has, but one evening, a man found me, said to take me to the cell to visit my brother, so, I went into the cell with him, only to see my brother. ”

Ding Si's eyes lit up and asked, "What does that man look like?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang recalled: "The figure is not very tall, about five feet long, and I am dressed in soap clothes, but my face is pasted with plaster, and I can't see it clearly." ”

After Ding Si heard this, he muttered: "There is a plaster on my face, and I obviously want to cover my face." ”

For a moment, the three of them fell into deep thought.

After a while, Xiong Tianlei broke the silence and asked, "Miss Zheng, please think about it carefully, what are the characteristics of that person?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang frowned, fell into hard thought and meditation, and after a long while, she shook her head helplessly and said:

"I was in a hurry to see my brother at that time, and after listening to the man's words, I rushed to follow him in a hurry, and I really didn't pay too much attention to the details."

Ding Si thought to himself: Since that person had a plaster on his face, he definitely didn't want people to recognize him, so he deliberately wanted to hide his tracks, and Zheng Qiaoniang wouldn't be too impressed. Ding Si thought for a while, and then asked, "Miss Zheng, have you ever seen the jailer when you go to the Tiger Head Prison?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang shook her head and said: "I walked all the way with the man, and I didn't see any idlers, etc., I only remember that the man went to the cell door and took the key to open the lock, but the lock seemed to be a little strange, and the man opened the cell door for a long time." ”

Ding Si was shocked when he heard this, as far as he knew, to enter the Tiger Head Prison, he had to go through the jailer's guard, and only the jailer had the key to enter the cell, and it was really strange that the man actually took the key to open the cell by himself. Thinking that Zheng Qiaoniang was in the opposite direction when she left, she asked, "Can you go back the same way?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang nodded affirmatively: "It's the same way to go back." ”

Ding Si only felt that his head was as big as a fight, and all the strange things he had encountered these days were strange, and he didn't know the reason for breaking his head.

was in a state of melancholy, only to hear Zheng Qiaoniang say softly: "What is strange to me is that after I saw my brother, before I had time to ask my brother what happened, my brother asked me to leave the capital quickly, and asked me to go to Sun's pawnshop to report his name, and someone would give me a bag of gold and silver." No matter how much I asked, my brother wouldn't tell me what had happened, and then, later, I was dragged away by the man. ”

As soon as Xiong Tianlei wanted to open his mouth to speak, he heard Ding Si ask: "Miss Zheng seems to have a bit of kung fu, how can she easily leave with someone." ”

Zheng Qiaoniang's face turned red and said: "I wanted to struggle, but I didn't expect that person to be very good at palmwork, subdued me, and dragged me away silently." ”

Xiong Tianlei had a chance to speak: "Have you taken the bag of gold and silver?" ”

Zheng Qiaoniang said: "This matter is too strange, my brother's life and death are unknown, how can I leave." So, I didn't go to the pawnshop, but the next day I heard the news that my brother had committed suicide. ”

Ding Si and Xiong Tianlei had nothing to ask, Zheng Qiaoniang was silent for a while, and then continued to talk to herself:

"I always feel that my brother has something unspeakable, he is usually not such a person, although his temperament is a little stuffy, but I understand what my brother is thinking, these years the mighty dart bureau has seen that day by day is not as good as a day, my brother hates the Luo brothers for not being successful, and ruined the reputation created by the old man Luo, sometimes my brother also persuaded the Luo brothers a few words, the Luo brothers are arrogant and arrogant, and reprimanded my brother for being too lenient, my brother has been hesitating to leave the mighty dart bureau."

The small temple was quiet for a while, and only Zheng Qiaoniang's low sobs sounded from time to time.

After a while, Ding Si broke the silence and asked slowly:

"Miss Zheng, you said that Brother Ling didn't go out on the seventh day of the fifth month, can you elaborate on the details?"

Zheng Qiaoniang couldn't help but feel sad and told the situation that day:

"That night, I remember very clearly, although the moon is semicircle, but the yard is very clear, because my father's sacrifice day is in May, my brother never drinks in May, that night the Luo brothers pulled my brother to drink, my brother only used tea instead of wine, when he came back, I waited until my brother came back to rest, that night I remembered that my parents died early, I and my brother depended on each other, my brother has lived a hard life in the past two years, the mighty dart game is not as good as a day, and even the monthly honorarium can not be issued, so I tossed and turned, I was probably in a trance when I was a child, but I didn't sleep too well in my dreams, and when I got to Yin, I heard my brother get up and exercise in the morning, how could he have time to do this at the Juyi Dart Bureau? ”

After listening to Zheng Qiaoniang's statement, Ding Si said:

"No wonder Miss Zheng has always believed that Brother Ling has never committed this incident, the mighty dart bureau and the Juyi dart bureau are in the east of the city and the west of the city, and it takes about an hour to ride back and forth, and then they have to go to the broken pool, with the strength of ordinary people's feet, it is impossible to commit this matter in a short period of time."

After a deep groan, Ding Si said again:

"However, if Brother Ling wants to take the tank for others, then it is another story."

Ding Si's eyes were blazing, and he stared at Zheng Qiaoniang and asked:

"If the Luo brothers did this, Brother Ling remembered the kindness of Old Man Luo and took all the charges off, but he didn't know that the Luo brothers killed only others, so they only identified the female corpse of the broken waterhole as Aunt Xiong. In this way, the matter can be explained. ”

Zheng Qiaoniang followed: "The reason why my brother committed suicide in prison is because he wanted to hide the fact that the Luo brothers committed a crime. ”

Xiong Tianlei interjected next to him: "Then my mother should still be in the hands of the Luo brothers, but life and death are uncertain?" His heart was excited, and his voice could hardly tremble.

Ding Si suddenly muttered again: "No, no." He seemed to think of something, and after a moment of stunnedness, he said to himself, "Why did the Luo brothers kill a person similar to Aunt Xiong?" Who gave the pawnshop that bag of gold and silver? And who brought Miss Zheng to Tiger Head Prison? If the Luo brothers did this, what benefits would it bring to the mighty dart game? ”

After pondering for a while, Ding Si said to the two of them with Lao Cheng, who was not commensurate with his age: "These questions are quite a headache, but now we can be sure that Zheng Kui committed suicide in prison, and he must have something to hide." Now we can only act separately, Miss Zheng, you check Brother Ling's relics to see if there are any letters or other things, and at the same time pay attention to the movements of the Luo family brothers. Tianlei, when you go to Sun's pawnshop, it's best to find out who sent the bag of gold and silver to the pawnshop. I immediately went to Tiger Head Prison to find out if there was any passage to the cell. ”

After the order, Ding Si added: "At this time tomorrow, we will still meet here." ”

The three of them made proper arrangements, went out of the temple gate, said goodbye to each other, and acted separately.