Chapter 145: A Great Fire
Leng Yi listened to him and said, "You can recuperate with peace of mind, you don't have to worry about other things." ”
Song Cai looked at him, couldn't believe his ears, and said, "Master, you ......, you really don't arrest me?" ”
Leng Yi smiled and said, "If what you said is true, then you are killing people who should be killed, and you are also doing the right thing for heaven, so why should I bother?" ”
Song Cai was stunned, tears poured out, struggled to get up, knelt down and kowtowed at the head of the bed: "Thank you, Lord Qingtian!" Thank you very much......"
Leng Yi left Song Cai's house and went straight to Changli's house.
Liao Zhifu They were drinking tea and chatting here, and when they saw him come in, Liao Zhifu quickly got up and asked, "Lord Leng, what's going on?" Did you find anything? ”
Leng Yi said: "I still have to continue to visit, - I want to talk to Chang Li Chang in private, okay?" ”
Chang Li was stunned for a long time, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go to the study and talk." ”
The two walked out of the living room and came to the study, Leng Yi closed the door, sat down on the chair, looked at Chang Lichang, and said: "You were blackmailed by Hao Wei and his wife, and you exchanged murder with Song Cai, I already know!" ”
Chang Li was originally standing in front of the chair, bowing and standing, but when he heard this, his knees weakened, and he fell on the chair with a bang.
Leng Yi said: "I will talk to you about this matter alone, and I won't let you be arrested and interrogated at the yamen, do you know why?" ”
Chang Lichang was immediately overjoyed, and quickly got up and knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, big man, for your kindness!" The little one knows what to do, and the little one still has more than a hundred taels of silver in his house, which he will first give to the eldest lord, and then immediately sell the land and send it to the eldest lord......"
Leng Yi shook his head and said, "I'm not here for this, you tell me what happened first, and then I'll decide what to do." - Remember! Don't lie! Because I'll check. Only if I know that you have a lie, I will immediately put you in prison and bring you to justice! ”
Chang Li kowtowed and said: "The little one doesn't dare to lie, he must report it according to the truth!" As he spoke, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and told him about being blackmailed by Hao Wei and his wife and discussing with Song Cai in exchange for murder, which really matched what Song Cai said.
Leng Yi asked, "How did you kill Young Master Su?" ”
"I usually have a good relationship with Master Su, he has always coveted the lady with a flat brain, I lied to him that day, I invited the lady with a flat head to my house, and when he comes alone, whether he can say that he can move his lady depends on his own ability. I told him not to tell anyone else, and not to bring a servant, lest people talk too much and frighten their little daughters-in-law. He said yes, and that day came. I had taken refuge in the grass where he had to go, holding a pebble, and when he had passed, I suddenly knocked him down from behind, and after a few more blows, he died. Then I threw the stone and ran home, and no one saw me at the time. ”
Leng Yi stood up and said, "This Young Master Su has done a lot of evil and is innocent of death, but whether Hao Wei's wife is as hateful as you said, I have to investigate further." If it doesn't match what you say, I'll come to you again, and at that time, I'm afraid I'll tell you in the yamen! ”
"The villain understands, the villain will never dare to deceive the master!"
Leng Yi came out, changed his face to frustration, and said to Liao Governor's Mansion: "I have repeatedly asked for help, but there are still no clues, and I really can't do anything." ”
Governor Liao was also disappointed, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and said, "It's okay, Lord Leng, you have done your best." Let's go back. ”
Before dark, the group returned to Bazhou City. Leng Yi said goodbye to Liao Zhifu and returned to the Yinling Inn.
Looking at Leng Yi in the distance, Lu Tongju smiled faintly and said, "Lord Prefect, it seems that Leng Zhixian's ability to solve the case is not very good. ”
Governor Liao sighed and shook his head.
―――――――――――――――――――――― Erjin Village, Hao Wei was alone at home, he fried two side dishes by himself, warmed a pot of wine, hummed a little song, and poured it alone in the house.
A few days ago, the matchmaker told him that he had a daughter-in-law to continue the strings. He looked at each other and felt that it was quite watery, and she was a yellow flower girl, he was very satisfied. On this day, the prefect's yamen came to investigate the case, but he was startled, he thought that the blackmail of Chang Lichang was exposed, but fortunately, it was fine, and, when he saw Chang Lichang, he remembered Chang Lichang's lady, which was really a beauty. He and his wife set a trap for the whole day, in addition to asking for money, there is also an important plan, that is, to ask for people. - He's going to sleep with this woman!
Thinking that one day he could strip Chang Lichang's lady naked, pressing it under his body, that feeling, his whole body was a flutter when he thought about it, and he was thinking about how to force Chang Lichang to send Chang Lichang to enjoy his wife as soon as possible.
He was pouring himself a drink, pondering it so beautifully, suddenly, his head was fixed by his hand from behind, and at the same time, his neck was cold, a bright dagger was across his neck, and a low voice sounded in his ears: "If you don't want to die, don't shout!" ”
"Yes, yes! Uncle spare his life! Hao Wei was frightened, thinking that there was a robber in the house.
"Tell me how you set a trap to let your lady seduce Chang Lichang!"
Hao Weiwei was taken aback and said, "What? ”
"I don't want to repeat it a second time!" The hand that was twisting his neck suddenly increased its strength, and Hao Wei felt that his neck was about to be broken. He was so frightened that his soul wandered.
Hao Wei knew in his heart that since this person had already explained the matter of their trap for Chang Lichang, he must be the one who knew the inside story, and it seemed that Chang Lichang couldn't resist suing the official, so the yamen sent someone to investigate. Now that the knife is on his neck, what choice does he have, fortunately, it is for money, and the crime is not to death, just push everything on the dead lady.
Hao Wei stammered: "It's all my mother's idea, it has nothing to do with me!" She saw that Chang Lichang's family was rich, and she was usually obsessed with sex, so she came up with this idea, originally asked her to seduce Chang Lichang, but she didn't succeed in seducing several times, and Chang Lichang was very afraid of his wife and was not fooled. So my lady said to just set a trap. She invited him to the house, charmed him with drugs, and then stripped him naked, and my wife also stripped naked and went to bed, and when he woke up, when the two of them had sex, I rushed in with a knife, and my wife said that he was forcibly annihilated, and forced him to write a confession and make him pay money. That's it. - Uncle spare your life! This matter is completely my mother's idea, it's all this slut's greed for money, and it has nothing to do with me! ”
The man behind him: "It really has nothing to do with you?" ”
Hao Wei was overjoyed in his heart, hearing this, the man in black seemed to have the intention of loosening, and hurriedly said: "It's really all my lady's idea, and it has nothing to do with me!" ”
The man behind him: "Okay, you take out the confession written by Chang Lichang and the money he extorted!" ”
Hao Wei hurriedly agreed, got up and took out the things from the box and put them on the table, his eyes saw a man in black standing there, with a black scarf and a cold face, his eyes were cold, holding a short knife with a cold light, and he was very scared in his heart.
The man said, "Now, close your eyes, go to bed and sleep!" You are not allowed to get up, and you are not allowed to open your eyes! ”
"Yes, yes!" Hao Wei agreed repeatedly, and when the man let go of his neck, he quickly groped his way up, walked to the side of the bed, climbed onto the bed, and lay down. I didn't dare to open my eyes all the time.
After waiting for a long time, I don't know if I drank too much or what, but the man didn't move, and he couldn't help but feel a little sleepy, and he really fell asleep in bed.
In his sleep, he was suddenly awakened by pain, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that his whole body was already on fire! The bed, the whole room, became a sea of fire! And the smoke was so thick that I couldn't make out the direction at all.
He howled and rolled out of bed to slap the flames on his body, but where the slapping was extinguished, he soon became a fireball, rolled on the ground a few times, and then did not move.
In the hidden place outside Hao Wei's house, the man in black before was hiding in the dark, observing the fire all the time, and seeing that the fire had burned down the entire house, he turned around and floated away.
This man in black is naturally Leng Yi.
He listened to Hao Wei's explanation and what Chang Lichang said, and said that there was clearly this matter. The whole thing had been clarified, but he wasn't ready to poke it out.
The deceased Su family's eldest young master and Hao Wei's wife both deserved it, while Song Cai and Chang Lichang were excusable for killing people. However, Leng Yi can't let go of this case, because that Hao Wei obviously wants to continue to blackmail Chang Lichang, if he leaves it alone, Chang Lichang is likely to only let Song Cai kill for him again, and it is possible to expose the stuffing, thus exposing the entire exchange murder case. This is not what Leng Yi wants to see, so he decided to help them and kill Hao Wei, who deserved it.
He sneaked into Hao Wei's house and asked the truth of the matter, which confirmed what Song Cai and Chang Lichang said. So, he let Hao Wei go to bed, closed his eyes, smoked him unconscious with incense, then took the confession and the silver, put the brazier for the fire in the house under the curtain beside the bed and lit it, and then left the room. The fire burned Hao Wei alive.
Leng Yi took the confession and came to Chang Lichang's house first. Hao Wei's house caught fire, and Chang Lichang rushed to fight the fire with the people in the village, but the fire was too big, where could he save it, and he didn't really plan to put out the fire, so he watched the three large tiled houses being burned to ruins.
The villagers found Hao Wei's charred body in the house, and sent people to the yamen to report the case after dawn, and the yamen came to investigate, and finally confirmed that he fell asleep after being drunk, causing a fire and burning to death, and the case was closed as an accidental death. This is an afterword, press not to mention.
Chang Lichang returned home and found the confession letter that Leng Yi put on his bedside, he was really surprised and happy, but he didn't know who helped him take it out. Hurriedly put it on the candle flame and burned it, looking at the night sky to thank the gods for their blessing.
Song Cai's house was not far from Hao Wei's house, and when he found the fire, he was so frightened that he came out to hide with the support of his mother, but only burned Hao Wei's house, and after the fire was extinguished, the couple returned home.
Lying on the bed, Song Cai suddenly felt that there was a bag of things in the bed, and he hurriedly took it out to take a look, but it was a bag of silver! That's about a hundred taels! Song Cai was very surprised, and he didn't know who put it in his bed. Since it was placed directly in his own bed, it could not have been lost by others, but it was likely that someone deliberately gave it to him.
(To be continued)