Leng Yi said: "I need to ask one by one. May I? ”

"Good!" Sioux Boulevard.

"Then I'll ask you first."

Su Da nodded and ordered everyone else to go out and wait.

Leng Yi asked, "May I ask when did the eldest young master go out?" What do you go out for? ”

Su Dadao: "I only found out about this later, when I was talking to the old lady in the house. Later, I heard from the porter that my son would go out at noon. He only said what he was going out to do, but he didn't say. The porter didn't ask either. ”

"Didn't the eldest young master have a follower?"

"Yes, but he didn't let his attendants follow him when he went out that day, and he went out alone."

"Why?"

"This has been unclear, so we hung the attendant for several days and forced him to ask why he didn't follow, and the attendant only said that the young master would not let him follow, but he didn't say the reason, nor did he say where he went."

Leng Yi thought for a while, thought for a moment, and then asked, "When did he go out?" ”

"It's almost lunch, and it's noon at noon in our house."

"How long is it until noon?"

"Well...... there should be a meal. At that time, the porter also said, 'It's about to be lunch, young master, are you still going out?' The young master ignored him and left. ”

Leng Yi asked, "Then when did you get the news that the young master was killed?" ”

"It's about the time to eat."

"So, the young master should have been killed in the time of two meals around noon!"

"That's how it should be."

"Does the eldest young master have an enemy? ――I hope I can tell the truth! Only by telling the truth can we accurately analyze the facts of the case and find the correct direction of detection. ”

"Good!" Su Da thought for a while and said, "How can I say it, people like us, who have land and land, collect rent and debt every year, there will be some people who are jealous of us, and there is no hatred for us." ”

"Whatever the reason, as long as there is a grudge, or someone who is likely to kill your son, talk about it."

"Good!" Su Da thought for a while and said, "There are three people who may kill my son, one is called Li Yougui, one is called Song Cai, and the other is called Gao Fu." ”

"What do they have to do with your son?"

"That Li Yougui angered my son because he insulted our eldest master, saying that he was fake merciful, and my son took his servants and beat him up. Several teeth were knocked out. He hated my son so much. I have threatened to kill my son several times. That Song Cai owes my family a lot of money, so he wants to use his wife to seduce my son so that he can pay off the debt. Naturally, my son doesn't like this kind of slut. She repeatedly took the initiative to seduce my son, and my son was also honest, so he was fooled and slept with him, and he rushed in to arrest him, and his wife in turn said that my son raped her, crying and crying to hang herself. Song Cai said how much money it would cost to settle the matter. This is obviously reversing black and white, extortion! Naturally, my son got angry and beat him up as well. ”

Leng Yi said: "What can you say calmly and reasonably, how can you beat people casually?" ”

Su Da hurriedly said: "It's said that it's a fight, but in fact, it's just a push twice, nothing, it's rural, it's nothing." ”

Leng Yi said: "I heard that there are two jinshi in your family, and they are also scholarly families, and the gentleman does not use his mouth, and it is always wrong to beat people." ”

Su Da knew that he was wrong, smiled and said, "I also reprimanded him fiercely for this." Just, alas! I don't have a chance to reprimand in the future! ”

Leng Yi said: "You talk about the third one." ”

"The third rich man is a gambler who gambles indiscriminately and becomes a surname. Gambling with people all day long, and if you lose, you will pay the bill. He gambled with my son, his luck was not good, and he couldn't afford to pay back a lot of money, my son asked him to sell the land to pay off the debt, but he didn't do it, and my brother couldn't look past it, so he stood up for his nephew and came to reason with him. Not only did he not listen, but he also beat my brother first. My brother was very angry, so he sent him to the yamen and beat him with a board. This kind of thing is originally the business of the yamen, and he has to blame us. Go around and say that our family is bullying, do you say that you are angry? So I beat him again. This is what he provoked us. has already been sent to the official, and he is still so unreasonable. To this ......"

"I see!" Leng Yi interrupted him, "Apart from these three people, is there anyone else who has a grudge against the eldest young master or your Su family?" ”

"It's mainly these three, everything else, it's all trivial things, if you want to say that there is hatred, it's mainly them!"

"Since you suspect that they did it, didn't you inquire about it?"

"Of course we inquired, we are literati, scholars, and don't beat people casually, this is what our old lady said, so we can only send the three of them to the yamen and let the yamen investigate."

Leng Yi turned to look at Governor Liao's mansion.

Governor Liao said: "There is such a thing. None of these three are criminals, though. ”

"Why?"

"That Li Yougui was working in the field at the time, and many villagers saw it. Moreover, his land is not near here, but on the side of the slope, which is about ten miles away. So, he can't be in two places. That Song Cai is even more unlikely. Two days ago, he went to his father-in-law's and mother-in-law's house in a neighboring village, 60 miles away, to pay New Year's greetings. On the day of the crime, he was still eating and drinking at a relative's house in that village. Many people in the village can testify. He did not return until the day after the incident. That Gao Fu, who had diarrhea in those days, had to pull dozens of times a day, and his feet were soft, and on the day of the crime, he couldn't get up from bed. On that day, several groups of creditors who came to him to ask for gambling debts stayed at his house to ask for debts. Until the afternoon. These people can testify. He had been in bed that day and had never gone out at all. -- The government has made a detailed investigation and confirmed that it will not be wrong. ”

Leng Yi was very disappointed, but he still decided to visit again. If there is a glimmer of hope, we must make a hundredfold effort.

Leng Yi asked the rest of the Su family again, and it was not much different from what Su Da said.

Leng Yi decided to visit these three families who had a grudge against the Su family.

They first came to Li Yougui's house. Chang Lichang, who led the way, walked in quickly, and shouted in the courtyard: "Li Yougui! Hurry up and come out, the prefect and a few more adults have come to your house to investigate the case! Don't hurry up and come out to greet you! ”

That Li Yougui was cooking in the kitchen, and when he heard this, he hurriedly threw down the spatula and ran out, limped out, knelt down and kowtowed.

Leng Yi asked him to get up and talk, and they entered his house and immediately came out again, because the house was so chaotic that it was like a livestock shed, and there was no place to stay.

Chang Li said: "Forget it, take a few stools and come out, and say okay in the courtyard." ”

Li Yougui hurriedly agreed, limped into the house, took out a few low benches, put them in the yard, and took a few porcelain bowls with broken edges from the kitchen, scooped a few scoops of boiling water from the pot and brought them out in the bowl, and put them respectfully in front of Leng Yi and them.

Leng Yi said: "Don't be busy, let's ask you a few questions and leave, so as not to delay you." ”

Li Yougui agreed humbly and stood aside with his bent over.

Leng Yi said: "What's wrong with your leg?" ”

Li Yougui glanced at Chang Li and said vaguely: "It's nothing." ”

Leng Yi didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Where were you on the day the eldest young master of the Su family was killed?" ”

"My wife and I, as well as our two sons, were farming, and at that time, there were Uncle Long's family, Sister-in-law Xie's family, and Qiao Maozi's family, all of whom were also farming there, until the sun went down, and we came back together. When I came back, I heard that the eldest young master of the Su family had been killed. Su Jiafei said that I did it and beat me up. Sent to the yamen. Their Su family is simply ......"

Speaking of this, Li Yougui glanced at Chang Li again and swallowed the words behind him.

Chang Li glared and said, "What do you just look at me for?" If the master asks you anything, you just answer, and I won't go to Su's house to complain. ”

Li Yougui smiled: "I didn't mean that. ”

"And what do you mean?"

Li Yougui bowed his head and said nothing.

Leng Yi said to Liao Zhifu: "I want to go to the house with Li Yougui to ask alone, okay?" ”

Liao Zhifu hurriedly said: "Of course you can." Now it's you who investigates the case, and the government says that you can investigate it as you want. ”

Leng Yi smiled, got up and said to Li Yougui, "Go to the house and say." ”

"It's a mess in the house......"

"It's okay!" Leng Yi walked into the room with his hands behind his back. walked all the way to the inner bedroom, stopped, turned around and looked at Li Yougui who was limping and followed, and said, "What about your mother and child?" ”

"I went back to my mother's house."

"Why?"

Li Yougui unconsciously glanced back at the door, and said in a low voice with a sad face: "I can't live anymore, if I don't leave, what else can I do?" ”

"What's wrong?"

Li Yougui bowed his head and was silent.

Leng Yi said: "I am the magistrate of Yinling County, not the prefect of Bazhou, if you tell me, I will not tell a third person." ”

Li Yougui still didn't say it.

Leng Yi said again: "I can guess that it must be related to the Su family." Let me tell you, this case is very important, the government must find out the real culprit, only by finding out the real culprit, it is possible for the Su family to stop looking for trouble with you. You will be able to live your normal life again. So, you have to answer my questions truthfully and give us as many clues as you can.

Li Yougui nodded heavily.

"Why are you scolding the eldest master of the Su family for being a fake merciful?"

"He was originally a false merciful!" Li Yougui said hatefully: "The mouth is benevolent, righteous and moral, and the heart is more vicious than a wolf." My family borrowed five quintals of grain from him, and said that they would repay seven quintals for the autumn harvest. However, when I went to return it, he said that the price of grain that year was very high, and if he kept his five quintals of grain for the autumn and sold them, he could sell them for at least ten quintals, so he asked me to pay back ten quintals. When I said borrowing, I already said it, so why change it? I was very reasonable, but he was very unreasonable and went directly to my house to pull away my farming cattle. I was so angry that I had no choice but to promise to pay back ten loads, but he refused to return my ploughing cattle, saying that the cattle were sick and died, and the ten loads of grain would offset the compensation for the ploughing cattle. -- I can sell my ploughing oxen for twenty or thirty loads of grain! Naturally, I didn't do it, and came to the door to reason. They ignored me and wouldn't even let me in. It just so happened that I heard that the eldest young master of the Su family raped Song Cai's wife, so I was even more angry, so I stood at the door of his house and scolded, saying that his old lady was fake and merciful, and he was really a wolf. They beat me up. Teeth are knocked out. ”

(To be continued)