By the time I finished asking one by one, it had been almost an hour. What made Leng Yi very disappointed was that what all the people said could confirm each other, and there were no flaws. Judging from the verified situation, Shopkeeper Xie did come here for a banquet, and he ate a meal for about two hours and drank two jars of wine.

Shopkeeper Xie didn't lie, that is, Hong Jie lied! However, from a reasonable point of view, Hong Jie killed the Huang family and has many inexplicable doubts, what is going on?

Leng Yi was really puzzled. He slowly walked to the window, pushed open the window, and looked at the starry sky in the distance, it was already autumn, and there was the chirping of autumn insects in the quiet yard, which made this night even quieter.

Leng Yi subconsciously asked, "What time is it?" ”

Song Zhutou said: "It's probably four watches." ”

"Really?" Leng Yi recalled for a moment and said, "Why didn't you hear the sound of bangs?" ”

"No," Song Zhutou smiled, "Maybe I'm asleep." ”

The old man next to him smiled and said, "We are remote, close to the city wall, and there are no people." So it's hard to get this side of the fight. Maybe it's because I'm too lazy to come over. ”

Leng Yi's heart moved, called Song Zhutou over, and whispered a few words in his ear. Song Zhutou agreed, turned around and left.

Leng Yi said goodbye, took the soap and sat in a sedan chair and returned to the shopkeeper Xie's house.

Leng Yi interrogated Hong Jie alone, this time, the time was very short, after coming out, Leng Yi said to the shopkeeper Xie who was waiting outside: "I heard that the official also has a younger brother who works as a housekeeper in your house, isn't it?" ”

"Yes."

"Call him, the officer wants to ask him something!"

Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly smiled and said: "This, old man, the matter is already obvious, it is this Hong masterpiece who committed the crime, caught it red-handed, do you still need to continue to investigate?" ”

Leng Yi snorted heavily in his nostrils and said, "This official is investigating the case, do you need to make irresponsible remarks?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, villain don't dare." Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly bowed his waist and apologized repeatedly.

Leng Yi looked at him and said lightly: "Shopkeeper Xie is so worried about the official inquiry, could it be that there is something wrong with it?" ”

"No, no! The villain doesn't dare, ask the eldest master to forgive his sins, and the little one will call him. ”

"No need, the official has already asked people to pass it on."

Shopkeeper Xie sighed, and his face changed slightly.

After a while, a soap came to report that the shopkeeper's own brother was still coming and was waiting outside. Leng Yi ordered the person to be taken to the next room, and he interrogated him alone. Soon, Leng Yi finished the trial, he sneered, but he didn't speak, just sat there and drank tea. It seems that something is waiting for.

Finally, Deputy Song came back, looking very happy, leaning over Leng Yi's ear and whispering a few words.

Leng Yi smiled, nodded, and ordered Hong Jie and Shopkeeper Xie to be brought in.

Leng Yi looked at the shopkeeper Xie and said coldly: "Anyway, how did you strangle your wife and then frame Hong Zhutou?" ”

This sentence made both shopkeeper Xie and Hong Jie change color on their faces, but shopkeeper Xie was panicked, while Hong Jie was surprised.

Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Master, Master Qingtian!" The villain is wronged! It was Hong Jie who strangled my lady, not a villain! At that time, the villain was drinking at the home of the fellow villagers, and he was not at home at all, and there was a fellow villager family who could testify! ”

"Really?" Leng Yi smiled, "I found you another witness, maybe I can help you remember more things!" -- Bring people in! ”

The door opened, and two people escorted by soap came in through the door. Shopkeeper Xie saw this person at a glance and immediately shuddered.

Leng Yi said: "Shopkeeper Xie, this person should know each other, right?" Your steward is also your own brother. ”

Shopkeeper Xie smiled reluctantly and said, "Of course, of course I know." ”

"It's good to know," Leng Yi turned his head to the butler of the shopkeeper Xie and said, "Repeat what you said earlier!" ”

The younger brother of the shopkeeper Xie agreed, a little frightened, and Nuo Nuo said: "My brother has long suspected that my sister-in-law has a relationship with someone, but he has never been able to grasp the handle. Yesterday afternoon, he secretly saw his sister-in-law eyebrow and a man across the street outside the shop, and he gestured, and he saw clearly that it was the Yamen's fast catcher Hong Jie, but pretended not to see it. In the evening, under the pretext of going to a fellow countryman's house for a drink, he went out and called me out. After telling me about this, I was secretly paying attention to my sister-in-law's side, and I squatted in the dark and guarded. Sure enough, Hong Zhu, who saw the yamen, came in quietly through the back door and entered his sister-in-law's house. I quickly ran to tell my brother. My brother let me ...... outside my fellow villagers."

As soon as he said this, Shopkeeper Xie roared: "Don't talk nonsense! I'm your brother! How do you ......"

"Shut up!" Leng Yi shouted angrily, "This official is investigating the case, you have repeatedly interfered and made trouble, and you are not allowed to do it!" Come on, pull down and slap your mouth twenty! ”

The two soaps came up, couldn't help but say, pulled the shopkeeper Xie out, and beat him with a mouthful of blood, and his cheeks were swollen like pigs' heads. After the fight, he pulled it back, and Leng Yi said lightly: "Now, do you still want to interject?" ”

"Don't dare! The little ones don't dare anymore! Shopkeeper Xie covered his cheek with his hand and said vaguely.

"That's good!" Leng Yi said to the younger brother of the shopkeeper Xie: "You go on, what did he ask you to do?" ”

"He asked me to work near the house of my fellow villagers, and I played the second watch. I said there was no bangzi, and he said he had prepared a payment in the corner. I went to see it, and sure enough, I knocked it with a bang. Then I went home. ”

Leng Yi looked at the shopkeeper Xie and said, "What is the purpose of you letting your younger brother work in your fellow villagers?" ”

Shopkeeper Xie didn't know how to answer.

Leng Yi asked the shopkeeper's younger brother again: "When he asked you to play the shift, how long was it?" ”

"There is still half an hour to go until the second watch."

"How do you get to play?"

"He asked me to play the second watch more drums."

Leng Yi looked at the shopkeeper Xie and said: "I have asked Song Zhutou to inquire about the yamen changfu just now, and they said that you will only come over to watch during the New Year's holidays to remind the candle." Last night was not the New Year's Day, so I didn't come to your side. So, you asked your brother to fight the watch himself, but he didn't beat according to the real moment. Half an hour earlier than normal! What do you want to do? ”

Shopkeeper Xie lowered his head and didn't say a word.

"If you don't say it, I'll say it for you!" Leng Yi said, "When you left your hometown, they all said that it was the second watch, because what they heard was your brother pretending to be a husband, and it was half an hour in advance, you used this extra half an hour out of thin air to return home, you should have listened to the root of the wall, and you must have heard the root of the wall, and you must have been cheating, so you called the door in, and did not search for the husband, but took advantage of the opportunity to have sex with your wife, strangled her, and then went out and went downstairs quietly, threw a stone from the yard to the corridor, and alarmed the maid in the room. Just as Hong Jie found that Huang had died, he opened the door and came out, was touched by the maid, exclaimed, and the servant came up and grabbed him. When you saw him captured, you slipped out the back door and waited near your countryman's house, waiting for your servants to come to you, and you acted as if you had just come out of your countryman's house. That way, you won't be exposed to your elaborate time trap. Am I right? ”

Shopkeeper Xie finally raised his head and looked at Leng Yi, and said, "Can the eldest master tell the villain, how do you know that I asked my brother to help with the change?" ”

"It's very simple," Leng Yi said: "Your fellow townsman was originally invited to your two brothers, but your brother can't go because of something, speaking of which, he is still very sorry, and said that your brother actually likes to drink." I was thinking that it must be a great pity that a person who likes to drink alcohol cannot attend the party of his fellow villagers. At the same time, it also shows that the things at that time must be much more important than drinking. I'm curious about what exactly makes an alcoholic give up drinking. So I called him for questioning, but he couldn't tell what it was. I told him that there is usually no husband in the area of your fellow countryman, but the villager heard the change and asked him what was the matter? He heard me talk about the beating in such a targeted way, and immediately explained the whole thing. ”

"I understand, I don't blame him, I want to blame, I can only blame that slut for stealing people behind my back!"

"Since you have found out about this kind of thing, you can report it to the police to deal with it! Why kill? ”

"I won't report to the official, the annihilator is the fast arrester of the yamen, and the annihilation of the official is caught on the spot, what can you do? It's nothing more than a slap on the board, and it's a big deal that it's already up to the sky in a few years, and it's impossible to soak the pig cage. No way! I'm not going to let that happen to me, and I'm going to let them get away with it! I'm going to kill these two women of extermination! ”

"So you killed your wife and blamed Hong Jie."

"That's right, in fact, I knew about their annihilation earlier, and since then, I've been waiting for this opportunity, and the opportunity has finally come, I think this trap is perfect, but I didn't expect to be seen through by you, the lord. I accept my fate. ”

Leng Yi sighed, not knowing what to say.

Hong Jie hung his head on the side, although the truth of the case had been revealed and the grievances on his body had been cleared, but at this moment, seeing the resentful eyes of the shopkeeper Xie and thinking of the tragic death of his lover Huang, he couldn't be happy at all.

Leng Yi didn't know how the case of Tong Annihilation was handled in ancient times, and after ordering the shopkeeper Xie to be imprisoned, he asked Master Dong, who said that he was generally punished with a cane and chained outside the yamen for a month. Leng Yi said: "It's okay to be punished with a cane, but there is no need to show the public, he is the fast arrest of the yamen, let him show the public is to show the yamen to the public, and lose the face of the yamen, so let's do it, the rod is eighty, and the salary will be fined for half a year." ”

Master Dong nodded again and again, praising Leng Yi for handling it properly.

By the time it was finished, it was almost dawn.

Leng Yi didn't sleep all night, and when he returned home, he saw Zhuo Qiaoniang and the maid Caosui sitting on a chair napping, and when they heard the sound, they both woke up.

(To be continued)