Kang Xu squatted down, he looked at the half rope net, then looked at the hemp rope, closed his eyes and pondered.

Chang Feng and Xiao Wu looked at him quietly, before he came back, the two had discussed rope nets and hemp ropes, but the two couldn't think of a reason after thinking about it.

The two weren't even sure if the things were related to the murder.

"What is the connection between the corpse, the twine, the fishing net?" Kang Xu closed his eyes, and the three shapes kept appearing in his mind.

Suddenly, his eyes snapped open and he said, "I know what's going on." ”

The two hurriedly leaned over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Kang Xu stood up, sat on the chair, and said in a deep voice, "Do you remember that Tao Zhaoxue's body has traces of being tied?" ”

The two nodded at the same time, how could they forget Tao Zhaoxue's tragic death?

"Tao Zhaoxue's clothes have obvious traces of binding, but no rope was found, in fact, the rope has been cut a long time ago." Kang Xu pointed to the hemp rope and said.

The two of them were full of doubts, a little unclear.

Kang Xu continued: "I guess the murderer must have wanted to destroy the body after killing someone, so he tied up Tao Zhaoxue's body and threw it into the river. But unexpectedly, the body was fished out by the fishermen. When they saw the body, they cut the rope with a sharp blade and threw it into the river again. ”

Chang Feng pondered for a long time, and finally understood what he meant, and suddenly said: "No wonder the fishing net will break, it turns out that the corpse was caught and torn apart!" But that doesn't make sense, since they picked up the body. And why throw the body into the river again? Instead of coming to report the crime? ”

Kang Xu rubbed his eyebrows and muttered, "Maybe they're afraid of getting into trouble." In short, we still need to go to Hetou Village tomorrow. ”

There was a sound of beating outside the county office. Hearing that it had been a watch day unconsciously, Kang Xu stood up and said: "Everyone has been running around all day today, and they are all a little tired, so it is better to disperse and rest early." ”

Chang Feng yawned, and was indeed a little tired, so he gave his hand.

Xiao Wu looked at Kang Xu thoughtfully, and after bowing to him, he left the main hall with doubts.

"This little five. Did he find something wrong? After the two left, Kang Xu squinted his eyes and muttered to himself.

At this moment, Xiaohu trotted all the way to the front of the hall, he was Zhang Xuan's apprentice, and he followed Zhang Xuanming to the county government earlier.

"My lord, Zhang Gongzi is awake." Xiaohu panted.

When Kang Xu heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly followed Xiaohu to the wing where Zhang Hebi was placed.

In the West Wing. Zhang Hebi was lying on the bed, looking at the roof with a dull gaze, and he was in a daze there.

"Zhang Hebi, this official wants to tell you. Tao Zhaoxue died a miserable death, and she didn't blink an eye. The official saved your life, not to make you grateful to the official. Instead, it asks you for the truth. You can continue to die, and the officer will never stop you. But. The truth of Tao Zhaoxue's murder will never be clear with your death. Right now. The official will give you the right to choose, is it cowardly and incompetent to commit suicide and martyrdom, or rebuild the fighting spirit, work together with the official to catch the murderer, and give Tao Zhaoxue justice!? ”

Kang Xu stepped in, saw the withered Zhang Hebi, and knew that for a person like him, he had to be stimulated with words, so he stopped talking nonsense and said straight to the point.

These words really worked, and a rare look finally appeared in Zhang Hebi's dull eyes.

He looked at Kang Xu in a daze for a long time, then suddenly slipped off the edge of the bed, knelt on the ground with a poof, and cried with tears in his eyes: "My lord, I want to avenge Zhaoxue!" Avenge! ”

The word 'revenge' was almost uttered by him hoarsely.

Kang Xu walked over, helped him up, nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, this official has a few questions to ask you, and I hope you don't have anything to hide." ”

Zhang Hebi's eyes were red, tears were rippling on his face, and he nodded heavily: "Even if your lord asks, I will tell the truth and dare not hide it." ”

"According to this official's investigation, Tao Zhaoxue plans to elope with you, but is there such a thing?" Kang Xu asked.

Zhang Hebi wiped away his tears and said with red eyes: "This is true, I have a deep relationship with Zhao Xue, but my Zhang family is in the middle of the road and is disliked by Uncle Tao." In desperation, Zhaoxue decided to elope with me. ”

Kang Xu nodded, and then asked, "So where is the place you agreed upon?" And when is the time? ”

"The location is in the bamboo forest in the southwest of the city, and the time is ugly." Zhang Hebi muttered back.

"Ugly?" Kang Xu's brows suddenly furrowed, he stared at Zhang Hebi tightly, and asked sharply, "Are you sure you remember correctly, time is really ugly?" ”

Zhang Hebi was stunned, he didn't know why Kang Xu suddenly became so dignified.

Nodding blankly, Zhang Hebi said with certainty: "I will never be mistaken, the time is indeed ugly." ”

He sighed, a sad look on his face, and continued, "It's a pity that after I went there, I didn't see Zhaoxue. ”

Kang Xujian's eyebrows frowned, and his face was slightly cold: "Zhang Hebi, you are so bold, you dare to deceive this official?" Have you really been to the bamboo forest? ”

Zhang Hebi said blankly: "My lord, what I said is the truth, where does this deception begin?" ”

Kang Xu stared at him intently, and said coldly: "This official found two rows of footprints in the bamboo forest, one of which is Tao Zhaoxue's, and the other row is likely to be the murderer's." You said you had been to the bamboo forest, that is, that row of footprints were yours? Tell me honestly, why did you kidnap Tao Zhaoxue, and how did you kill him in a tragic way? ”

Zhang Hebi was stunned, and after a long time, he came to his senses, he knelt on the ground and cried: "I really didn't deceive adults, I did go to the bamboo forest, but I just waited by the path outside the bamboo forest, and did not go to the bamboo forest." Besides, how could I kidnap Zhaoxue? Zhao Xue was going to elope with me, why should I do this, ask the adults to see it! ”

"Yes or no, the official has his own conclusion." Kang Xu glanced at his shoes on the ground, then took out the footprints he had copied in the bamboo forest and compared them.

Zhang Hebi's shoes are full of sludge, and they have been worn for many days and have not been washed, so these shoes can be used as evidence.

Kang Xu compared it and found that the footprints of the bamboo forest were larger than the shoes of the chapter combination, so he also had a plan in his heart.

"I believe you didn't get close to the bamboo forest." Kang Xu paused, he looked at Zhang Hebi, and said, "However, according to the official's investigation, the time that Tao Zhaoxue agreed with you is not ugly, but sub-time, what's going on?" ”

"What?" Zhang Hebi suddenly let out an exclamation, his face was pale, and he said with a puzzled face: "Impossible, it's clearly Zishi!" This is a letter from Zhaoxue to me, and what is written on it is obviously ugly! ”

Zhang Hebi took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Kang Xu, Kang Xu opened the envelope and took out a piece of paper from inside, which was indeed written with the words 'When you are ugly, the bamboo forest outside the city'.

Kang Xu's brows suddenly twisted, he looked at the letter paper, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure that this letter was indeed written by Tao Zhaoxue?" ”

Zhang Hebi was stunned, he hurriedly grabbed the letter paper, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.

"This ...... It is indeed Zhaoxue's handwriting, and I will never admit it. Zhang Hebi is very certain.

Kang Xu rubbed his eyebrows, this is really strange, according to what the maid Dongmei said, the time that Tao Zhaoxue agreed with him was the time of the child. But why, the letter to Zhang Hebi will be ugly?

From Zhang Hebi's description and the clues currently available, it can be determined that Tao Zhaoxue was killed before the ugly time, that is to say, Tao Zhaoxue did go to the bamboo forest when he was a child.

As a result, more mysteries arise.

Dongmei didn't lie, and Zhang Hebi didn't lie, so why was there a difference of an hour?

This elopement is not child's play, since Tao Zhaoxue is escaping, the Tao family will find out at any time, so as to search, she has no possibility of waiting for an hour more in the bamboo forest.

Tao Zhaoxue was able to face the murderer and calmly left a silk scarf as a clue, which shows that she is by no means an ordinary woman, and she should have made various assumptions about things such as elopement, how could she give the Tao family an extra opportunity to find her?

However, since Tao Zhaoxue agreed on the son, what happened to the letter in Zhang Hebi's hand?

Kang Xu initially suspected that someone had changed the letter, but after identifying it as Tao Zhaoxue's handwriting, this inference could not be established.

Kang Xu couldn't figure it out, and Zhang Hebi was also at a loss.

The two were silent for a long time, Kang Xu rubbed his eyebrows, decided to put aside this mystery for the time being, and then asked, "How did the news between you pass on?" ”

"After I was kicked out of the Tao Mansion, I secretly communicated with Zhaoxue, all of which were forwarded by Dongmei. Every time I finished writing a letter, I would put it under the shrine of the statue of the Earth Temple, and then take it out through Dongmei and give it to Zhaoxue. Zhang Hebi replied.

Kang Xu pondered for a long time and asked, "Do anyone else know about your secret correspondence?" ”

"No, except for the three of us, no one else should know, otherwise Uncle Tao's temper will definitely beat me half to death, and then drive me out of Zhengyang City." Zhang Hebi looked up to the sky and sighed.

Kang Xu felt more and more strange, in this case, how could anyone know their appointed time and go to the bamboo forest to kidnap Tao Zhaoxue?

Could it be that the murderer just happened to pass by the bamboo forest and saw the color?

More and more mysteries made Kang Xu feel a little headache, and after running around for a day, they still didn't know anything about the murderer.

Kang Xu didn't give up, and he then asked, "Have you inadvertently revealed anything about your elopement to others?" ”

Zhang Hebi thought about it for a while, scratched his head and said, "How can I reveal this matter to others?" After all, this matter is related to Zhaoxue's reputation. (To be continued.) )