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Zhu Peng trembled even more, kneeling in the snow and kowtowing: "Master, it's really not me!" Master Qing is clear! ”

Leng Yi asked Cheng Luojie to look at Zhu Peng, turned around and came to the front hall, and asked, "In the last hour, who of you have been out?" ”

The nurses and others looked at each other and shook their heads together. Dao said: "No one should go out, I'm old, I don't sleep very well, I sleep very shallowly, if someone goes out, I will know." Until everyone was woken up by that long scream, no one had gone out before. ”

The merchant pointed to Zhuang Laoshi and said: "The last one to go out should be the master's house, but he went out to the thatched house before coming to sleep, and he was the last to go." That must have been at least two hours ago. At this very late hour, no one has gone out. ”

The nurse said: "We all slept in the lobby, I bolted the door, I was worried that the strong men who attacked us in the afternoon would come again, I slept by the door, and then I heard a scream, so I opened the door and went out together." Before this, no one had ever gone out, and although I was not very good at martial arts, if someone opened the door or opened the window to go out, I must know. ”

Leng Yi checked the doors and windows, nodded, and entered the master bedroom where Zhu Peng slept. Looking around, the quilt on the bed was messy, and there was nothing unusual about it.

He walked to the window and looked at it, it was bolted. Underneath the window is a coffee table flanked by two chairs.

He carefully examined the coffee table and the chair, on which were the tea trays. When you pick it up, it's dusty underneath. Obviously, after the death of the hostess, no one cleaned up the house, the coffee table and the chairs were a little dirty, and no other suspicious traces were found.

Leng Yi pushed open the window, looked under the window, touched his chin and thought about it, closed the window again, and then went out and returned to the back of the house.

Zhu Peng was still kneeling on the ground, and when he saw Leng Yi coming back, he immediately kowtowed and said: "Master, the villain is really wronged, the villain didn't kill the girl, really!" ”

"No?" Leng Yi sneered: "After investigation, this county found that the deceased was killed in the last hour, and just now this county went to check all the people in the lobby, and they all said that they had not gone out at all in the last hour. Because they sleep together, they can testify to each other. In this way, the only one who has time to commit the crime is you! ”

"It's really not me!" Zhu Peng was about to cry, kowtowing and shaking the snowflakes on the ground.

"Not you?" Leng Yi sneered, pointed to the closed window and the shoe prints on the ground, and said: "Your window is closed, the window is not damaged, and outsiders want to enter and steal your clothes, and the jade pendant is planted for you, how to start?" There are only these two rows of footprints under your window, and there are no footprints other than that, and the footprints are just the size of your shoes! The direction of the shoe prints leads to the deceased's firewood house. Three of your items were found on the deceased, who is the murderer if it is not you? ”

"Master, it's really not me, I'm wronged!" Zhu Peng knelt in the snow and cried.

Cheng Luojie said: "If he doesn't admit it, he will be punished!" Naturally, he will admit it! ”

Zhu Peng cried even harder.

Leng Yi said: "This county asks you a few questions, if you don't answer truthfully, it will be a big punishment!" ”

"Yes, yes, the little one must answer truthfully."

"The county asks you, how did you get this maid?"

Zhu Peng kowtowed and said: "Her family owes me 12,000 yuan, which is the land rent owed for several years. I couldn't receive it several times, and when I saw that his daughter was still repaid, I wanted to go back to be a maid to offset his family's debts. Her father originally refused to agree, so I said that I would go to the yamen to file a lawsuit. It is only natural to repay debts. When it came to that, he agreed. But as he was leaving, he suddenly fell ill, vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, and then died. ”

Cheng Luojie said sharply: "You forced his father to death, right?" ”

"It's not! Not really! The eldest lord, the eldest lady, the little one is still very kind to the villagers in the village. ”

"Kind? If you are kind, you won't eat up other people's benefits! ”

Zhu Peng shuddered and looked at Cheng Luojie in horror.

Leng Yi looked back at Cheng Luojie and said, "You go and call Yin Ying, I have something to say." ”

Cheng Luojie agreed, glared at Zhu Peng hatefully, and walked away quickly.

Taking advantage of this time, Leng Yi squatted down and said to Zhu Peng: "Now this case is very unfavorable to you." However, it is not non-negotiable. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Peng seemed to be a drowning man grasping the straw, and hurriedly said: "Big master, this thing is really not done by a villain, but the little one also knows that it is very troublesome now, as long as the big man can help the little one get rid of his guilt, the little one must thank the big man." ”

"Well, your maid is dead, are you going to give their family some pension?"

"It should be, it should be"

"You've just come from their house, do you know who else is in their house?"

"Well, his father vomited blood and died, and there is a mother, an old grandmother, and several younger brothers and sisters."

"That family is very difficult."

"yes. However, his father is really not forced to death by us, although I fancy his daughter's beauty, but I will not force people to die. ”

"The county wants to know, how much money are you willing to give to their family?"

"Well, five, how about five money?"

It has always been equal to 1,000 Wen, and Wuguan is 5,000 Wen, which is worth five taels of silver.

Leng Yi smiled: "You killed other people's daughters and only took out five yuan of money, do you think you are sending Hanako?" ”

"I, I didn't kill her, lord, really, I was wronged!" Zhu Peng said with a sad face.

"The evidence is ironclad, do you still dare to deny the quibble? That's good, the county won't grind your teeth with you anymore, and when you are escorted back to the yamen, the punishment will be slowly tortured, and then we will talk about it. With that, Leng Yi stood up.

Zhu Peng hurriedly hugged Leng Yi's feet: "Master, slow down!" Master, I'll give money, I'll give more money! Accompany them for twenty times! No, thirty runs? Fifty times? A hundred? ”

Zhu Peng saw that Leng Yi was still indifferent with his hands behind his back, gritted his teeth, and said with a crying voice: "Accompany their family for five hundred times!" Five hundred! That's all right, right? The old man ......"

Five hundred guan is equivalent to 500,000 yuan, which is almost the same, Leng Yi turned around and said, "Okay, that's it." ”

"Thank you, sir. So, ...... the villain? ”

"The county hasn't finished asking yet." Leng Yi looked at him and said, "Every year, the relief money in your village, did you collude with the lieutenant chief and distribute it to your relatives?" And really poor people like Luo Kuwa can't get a penny of relief? ”

As soon as Zhu Peng heard Leng Yi say Luo Kuwa's name, he must have done an investigation, this kind of thing can't be covered with paper. You can find out when you check it, and you can't hide it. nodded with a bitter face and said, "It's all villains who are greedy, and the little ones should be damned!" ”

"Now that you're admitting that you've been given money you didn't deserve, what are you going to do?"

"The small ones are willing to withdraw and withdraw all the previous benefits."

"What about the rest of your village who don't deserve the money? What are you going to do? ”

"Those are almost all relatives of the villain, and the villain made them all return the money."

Leng Yi smiled and said, "Very good, but in your village, as well as the neighboring Bianshi Village, Paoma Village, and Spirane Village, there are still many ordinary people who live a very hard life, and there are many of them, even selling their sons and daughters, the villagers, what are you going to do?" ”

"This ......"

As soon as he said this, Yin Eagle and Cheng Luojie came back quickly. Leng Yi glanced at them and said, "Zhu Yuanwai has promised to spit out all the relief funds that had been embezzled before and hand them back to the yamen, and at the same time, Zhu Yuanwai is also considering how much money to take out to help the poor villagers in the village." - Right? Zhu Yuanwai. ”

Zhu Peng hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, I'll take it, I'll take it, well, how about a family give 500 Wen?" ”

Leng Yi smiled: "What can five hundred wen do?" At least 5,000 wen. Those who sell their sons and daughters are more difficult, double, ah no, triple giving, and it won't be poor for you, right? ”