The night was deep, the situation in the house was a little chaotic, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

In the face of life and death, you can see a person clearly, and now for Mrs. Lin, this is the case.

A servant choked Mrs. Lin's throat, he was threatening the Zheng butcher, the Zheng butcher was very strong, if he wanted to escape at this time, these two officials were really not necessarily his opponents, but when he saw that Mrs. Lin was being held hostage, he suddenly raised his hands.

"Don't ...... Don't hurt her! ”

At this time, Zheng Butcher was willing to tie his hands and arrest him, there were tears in the corners of Mrs. Lin's eyes, and suddenly she wanted Zheng Butcher to run quickly, a watery woman like her would not dare to ask for a man to die for her, and if there was really a man willing to die for her, she was willing to sacrifice everything she had, including her own life.

But her throat was choked by the officer, and she wanted to speak, but she couldn't.

The night was deeper, and the cold wind blew a chill, and after tying up Zheng Tuhu and Mrs. Lin, the two officials escorted them to the county government of Lin'an County.

When entering the county office, Xu Ruyou and Su Wuming and others had already slept, the two officials were a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it again, they still knocked on Xu Ruyou's door, at that time Xu Ruyou was sleeping with his wife in his arms, and he was a little angry after hearing the knock, but when he thought of what happened in Lin'an County recently, and thought of Su Wuming now living in the county office, he suddenly sat up from the bed nervously and asked, "Who?" ”

"My lord, it's a subordinate, we have something important to report!"

As soon as he heard that it was his own servant, Xu Ruyou was a little relieved, and after being relieved, he wanted to scold the official for waking him up at this time, but after thinking about it carefully, they had something important to report, so he endured the sleepiness and asked while getting dressed: "What is the important thing?" ”

"Back to my lord, didn't you let us spy on that Mrs. Lin, when we monitored her, we found that she was cheating with Zheng Butcher, and we took it down on the spot."

Hearing this, Xu Ruyou's spirit was suddenly shocked, and said: "Okay, okay, go and call Master Su, we will interrogate overnight, I really didn't expect that this Lin Huan's wife would actually be out of the wall!" When Xu Ruyou said this, he was slightly excited.

After a while, everyone interrogated the Zheng butcher and Mrs. Lin in the lobby, the lamp was burning in the hall, and the cold wind outside blew from time to time, and the Zheng butcher and Mrs. Lin knelt under the hall and shivered, I don't know if it was because of fear or because of the cold.

Xu Ruyou glanced at Su Wuming and said, "Master Su come and ask!" ”

Su Wuming yawned, then looked at the two people in the hall, and asked very directly: "Say, where is Lin Huan?" ”

Zheng Butcher and Mrs. Lin glanced at each other, and then shook their heads again and again and said that they didn't know, seeing that the two of them refused to speak, the corners of Su Wuming's mouth rose slightly, and he looked at Mrs. Lin and said: "You'd better say it, otherwise, we can't find Lin Huan, we can only think that the two of you murdered Lin Huan in order to be that long-term husband and wife partner, if you are willing to say where Lin Huan is, this official may be able to make you suffer less." ”

Su Wuming's words were very threatening, if Zheng Tuhu and Mrs. Lin couldn't tell where Lin Huan was, then the two of them would be suspected of conspiring to kill Lin Huan.

Mrs. Lin looked flustered, and from time to time she went to see Zheng Butcher, although Zheng Butcher was a pig killer, she was able to maintain her composure at this time, as if Lin Huan's disappearance had nothing to do with him.

After a long time, Mrs. Lin spoke: "That day...... That is, on the day when the woman saw the female deceased, after I told Lin Huan that a woman had entered the ruined temple, he made an excuse to leave the house, and I didn't think much about what he was going to do at that time, but who would have thought that he never came back as soon as he left, so where Lin Huan is now, the woman really doesn't know. ”

"I really don't know?"

"I really don't know, but when I heard that the woman in the broken temple died, I suspected that it was our family who killed the woman by force, otherwise why didn't he come back? Later, when I saw that Lin Huan had no news at all, I was more sure of that kind of idea, and after affirming that kind of thought, the people ...... I am still a little happy about the people's wife, because Lin Huan often abuses me, I don't want to live with him for a long time, I want to live with Brother Zheng, so after Lin Huan didn't have any news, I went to find Brother Zheng, but I didn't expect that in the end, I was discovered by you. ”

Now Zheng Butcher and Mrs. Lin are cheating, which is against the etiquette law, and the punishment for them can be big or small, it depends on how the county order Xu Ruyou is sentenced, but generally this kind of thing will not be light, so for Zheng Butcher and Mrs. Lin, there is really no need for them to lie.

Su Wuming pondered for a moment, then looked at Xu Ruyou and said, "Lord Xu, I'll leave the rest to you!" ”

Xu Ruyou was a little embarrassed, he didn't seem to like making decisions very much, but after hesitating, he still nodded, and instructed the subordinate officials: "First beat this pair of jianfuyinfu to twenty boards, and then put them in prison and wait for further trial." ”

The official received the order and immediately began to beat, and at this time, Xu Ruyou looked at Su Wuming and said: "Master Su, I'm afraid that this Lin Huan is very suspicious, where do you say he might be hiding?" ”

Lin Huan's suspicion was indeed very great, when he listened to Mrs. Lin's words, he left the house in a hurry, presumably to use force on the lonely deceased, and in the end he couldn't use force, and killed the woman in a fit of rage, and then he was worried and scared, so he hid.

Now, this is probably the most reasonable explanation, but if things are like this, then why did Guo Tao suddenly go abnormal, and does he have anything to do with this murder?

For Xu Ruyou's question, Su Wuming couldn't give an answer for the time being, so Su Wuming only shook his head slightly, and then said: "After beating people, go and rest, it's not too early!" After saying this, without waiting for Xu Ruyou to nod, Su Wuming got up and stretched, and then staggered towards his room, Xu Ruyou saw Su Wuming leave, and then pointed to the officials under the hall and shouted: "Beat, beat hard, this kind of scum, actually do this kind of thing, let Master Su think of us in Lin'an County?" ”

After Xu Ruyou finished giving such an order, the sound of the board became louder and louder, and the screams of Zheng Butcher and Mrs. Lin resounded throughout the entire county hall.

After saying nothing all night, the next morning, Su Wuming got up and thought about last night's events, he felt that Homeinn wanted to know if the murderer was Lin Huan, I am afraid that the only way to find him was first, and if Mrs. Lin didn't know where Lin Huan was, then they could only conduct a carpet search.

Early in the morning, Xu Ruyou came to ask what to do next, Su Wuming was very unaccustomed to Xu Ruyou's unassertive character, but fortunately, Xu Ruyou was obedient and did whatever he wanted, so Su Wuming didn't criticize him much, and after saying his previous thoughts, he asked Xu Ruyou to go down and handle it.

said that not long after Xu Ruyou ordered to go down, news came from Zixi County, Linxian County, saying that they had figured out the identity of the deceased.

As soon as they heard that the identity of the deceased was known, Su Wuming and the others were immediately overjoyed, so they hurriedly took people to Zixi County, Zixi County is not far from Lin'an County, Zixi County is named Ling Huqi, the age is similar to Su Wuming, it can be regarded as a young man's ambition, if there is an opportunity, the future may be limitless.

After Ling Huqi saw Su Wuming, he was a little surprised, because he didn't expect that the Dali Temple Sizhi sent by the imperial court to the Jianghuai area to solve the mystery case turned out to be a young man, maybe he was also a young man and Su Wuming's official rank was bigger than him.

When Ling Huqi thought like this, Su Wuming just asked straight to the point: "Lord Ling Hu found out the identity of the deceased?" ”

Ling Huqi nodded again and again: "Exactly, the deceased's name is Lu Ji, and she is the latest concubine of our richest man in Zixi County, Pan Si, and later it was reported that this Lu Ji escaped, but Na Pan Si did not report the case for the sake of face, so it was not until Lord Su asked the lower officials to investigate that he found out that this kind of thing happened in Pan Mansion." ”

"This green queen escaped, did Panske send someone to look for it?"

"This subordinate hasn't asked yet, but the subordinate has already sent someone to find Pence, and when he comes, Master Su can ask in person."

Su Wuming nodded, and then asked, "Why did this Green Ji run away?" ”

"Master Su doesn't know, before this green Ji was concubine by Pan Snavi, there was a childhood sweetheart, and the two even had a private agreement for life, if it weren't for Pan Si's intervention, the two of them were afraid that they would have already married, so she didn't want to marry Pan Si at all, if she had the opportunity to escape, she would naturally run away."

"So, it was Pence who forced Midori to marry him?"

"It's a compulsion, Midorihime's father is a gambler, owes a lot of money, and if he doesn't pay it back, he will be beaten to death, so there is no way but to sell his daughter. Pence had long taken a fancy to Midorihime, so when he heard that Midorihime's father was going to find a home for Midorihime, he immediately paid off the debt for Midorihime's father and gave a large dowry, and in this way, Midorihime had to marry Pence. ”

Su Wuming's appearance of Green Ji has been seen, she is indeed a beauty, and it is indeed worthy of a man to do this for her, but Pence used this method to get Green Hime, which always makes people feel that it is not fair enough, although the fault is all on Green Hime's father, if it weren't for his good betting, how could his daughter be so unhappy?

"What's the name of Midorihime's good friend?"

"He is a scholar, his name is Huo Ru, he is quite famous in our Zixi County, and it is said that he will be the most promising person in our place to win the imperial examination next year."

Su Wuming nodded, and was about to say that when he was going to meet that Huo Ru for a while after the incident, a servant hurriedly ran over and said that Pence was coming.