Xinghua said: "At this time, I seemed to hear my grandmother's voice, but I didn't listen carefully, and if I listened carefully, there was no sound again." I thought I had misheard, and after a while, I didn't see my grandmother come out, so I was in a hurry, and I went in to call, but I didn't hear my grandmother answer. The slave and maid were a little panicked, so they pushed the door of the latrine, and the door was locked from the inside. Unable to push it away, the slave and maid smelled the strong smell of blood, and became even more frightened, so they ran out and called for the big brother to arrest them, and this big brother was the only one at that time. ”

Xinghua pointed at Ding Zhutou, and then said, "The other big brothers have gone to the kitchen to eat." I said that our grandmother didn't move in the latrine, I was afraid that something would happen, so the head-catching brother followed the slave to the courtyard of the latrine, and he couldn't open the door, so he asked the slave and maid to call someone again. The slave and maid ran out and shouted in the courtyard, and then some big brother and uncle of the scribe came, and they all followed into the courtyard, and they all went up and pushed the door, but they could not push it open, saying that the door was tied from the inside. After everyone discussed, the head-catcher used his waist knife to split a wooden board next to the toilet door. ”

"Did it split all at once?" ‘

"No, it took several slashes to smash it. The headcatcher asked me to reach in and pull out the latch from the door, which opened the door of the latrine. I could only push a little bit away, and I was blocked by something. The slave and maid looked in through the door of the latrine, which was half open, and saw the grandmother lying in it, naked, covered in blood, and already dead. It turned out that the grandmother had died behind the door, and all the toilet doors could only be pushed open a little. When the slave saw the tragic scene of her grandmother, she fainted on the spot. That's it. ”

Leng Yi looked at her, waited for a moment, and said, "Finished?" ”

"That's it." Xinghua saw Leng Yi's indifferent expression, and felt a little panicked.

"You're lying!" Leng Yi said coldly.

Xinghua was so frightened that her face was pale, she fell to the ground, kowtowed, and said, "What the slave said is the truth." ”

"The county asked you, when you accompanied your grandmother to the latrine, you said that you were waiting for her at the gate of the yard, and she went in by herself, right?"

Xinghua nodded: "Yes." ”

"You are at the door of the latrine yard, can you see the latrine?"

Xinghua shook her head: "The corner of the class house is blocked, and I can't see it." ”

"Then how do you know there's no one else in the toilet yard?"

Xinghuaqiao's face suddenly turned pale, she subconsciously turned her head to look outside the door, and then turned around and said: "When the slave went in to see grandma later, she found that there was no one else in the toilet yard." ”

"Well, I'll believe you, the county will ask you again, when you ran in alone, you called your grandmother, and you didn't answer, you pushed the door, but you didn't push it open, you said that the door was tied from the inside, and you didn't split the plank and reach in and pull the latch, how can you say with such certainty that the door was tied from the inside? What are you not lying? Don't tell the county that you've heard about it later. ”

Xinghua was even more nervous, her delicate body trembled a little, and she trembled: "The slave didn't lie, although the slave didn't see it at the time, but the door of the toilet was closed tightly, and it should have been tied from the inside." This is what the slave maid speculated. ”

Leng Yi looked at him, smiled faintly, and said, "This county will not wronged a good person." You stand aside first, wait for the county to investigate clearly, and come back to ask you! ”

Xinghua hurriedly got up and stood aside.

Leng Yi said: "Invite Lai Yuanwai in." ”

Soon, Lai Yuanwai came in with his waist bent. glanced at the pale apricot blossom, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he returned to normal, stepped forward quickly, bowed and said, "The eldest lord called me?" ”

"Well, the county asks you, has your murdered concubine been buried?"

"Buried."

"Oh!" Leng Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Just now, when the county asked your maid Xinghua, she was full of lies and inconsistencies. The county suspects that she murdered her master, and she is the real murderer in this case! Therefore, the county wants to escort this apricot blossom back to the yamen and torture her severely, not afraid that she will not tell the truth! What about the outside world? ”

Xinghua cried and shouted wronged.

The head of the armed arrester on the side was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, didn't the county say that torture was not allowed? Why does he want to do this himself? After thinking about it, I suddenly understood that the magistrate might have other plans.

Lai Yuanwai sighed and said, "If Xinghua is the murderer, the villain will not dare to protect her, what should the adults do, the villain has nothing to say." ”

Leng Yi looked at him, suddenly laughed, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Lai Yuanwai really doesn't protect his shortcomings at all. Okay, -- what about the clumsy? Please call Cunning Jing, the county has finished investigating the case, and I am going back. ”

Wu Zhutou and they were stunned again, how could they say that they would just leave, they came all the way to this Kuli Village, just after eating a meal and leaving?

Lai Yuanwai hurriedly instructed the maid to invite Zhuo Qiaoniang. After a while, Zhuo Qiaoniang came, followed by Lai Yuanwai's wife and concubine, as well as a few servants, carrying the burden.

Zhuo Qiaoniang blushed and said to Leng Yi: "Official, they have to give me these gifts, I said I don't want them." ”

Lai Yuanwai smiled and said: "It's just a little meaning, some silk and the like." The first time the lady came to the village, the villain didn't show a little affection, how could she feel at ease? Please laugh at it! ”

Leng Yi looked at the big loads of things and said, "It seems that the outsiders are honest and can pay taxes, why do you say that you have no money?" ”

Lai Yuanwai was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "The villain's gift is not worth anything, and he can still take it." If it's that huge amount of taxes, the small ones really can't be paid. ”

Leng Yi just looked at him with a smile, looked at him so much that his heart was furious, and he smiled with his waist.

Leng Yi pulled Zhuo Qiaoniang down behind him, and then said to Lai Yuanwai: "Okay, Humble Jing has come back safely, let's open the window and say something!" Don't worry about anything, - someone! ”

Wu Zhutou, Song Zhutou, and Ding Zhutou hurriedly got up and stepped forward, bowed down and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

"Take down Ding's head!"

"Yes!" The three of them agreed in unison, only to realize that something was wrong, and glanced at Ding Zhutou in amazement, and asked, "Master, is it to take ...... and take Ding Zhutou?" ”

"You heard it right!"

"Why?"

This sentence was asked by the three headhunters together. ”

Leng Yi looked at Wu Zhutou and Song Zhutou coldly: "This county asked you to carry out the order, do you need to explain the reason to you?" ”

"No, no!" Wu Zhutou and Song Zhutou smiled awkwardly, "The subordinates obey the order!" Wu Zhutou reached out and grabbed the handle of Ding Zhutou's waist knife. Ding Zhutou hurriedly pressed the scabbard and looked at Leng Yi with some panic: "Why does the eldest master want to take me?" ”

"Take it first, and the county will naturally tell you why!"

Wu Zhutou's eyes were like electricity, staring at Ding Zhutou, and said slowly: "Let go!" ”

Ding Zhutou also looked at him and said coldly: "I want to know, why did you arrest me!" What crime have I committed? ”

Wu Zhutou suddenly elbowed out, crashing into Ding Zhutou's heart, this move was violently sinking, Ding Zhutou knew that although he was only taller than Wu Zhutou, but in terms of martial arts, he was not Wu Zhutou's opponent at all, and he couldn't block it hard, and flew back. With a bang, the waist knife had been pulled out by the martial arts head who grabbed the handle of the knife.

Wu Zhutou pulled the single knife into a knife flower and pointed at Ding Zhutou: "You want to resist arrest?" ”

Ding Zhutou's face was pale, and he had already put on a stand, but he saw that Song Zhutou and the catchers next to him had already pulled out their knives and surrounded him. Even a martial arts catcher is not an opponent himself, let alone that he is now bare-handed, the other party still has Song Zhutou and so many catchers. Slowly put down his fist and said to Leng Yi: "Master, why do you want to arrest me!" I'm not convinced! ”

Wu Catcher waved his hand, and several Catchers stepped forward and locked him with chains.

Leng Yi walked back to his seat and sat down, letting Zhuo Qiaoniang stand behind him. The trappers pushed them both down and knelt in front of him.

Leng Yi said: "Now, this county will come to tell you why you are arrested, because the real murderer of Lai Yuanwai's concubine is you!"