The three girls, including Zhao Lan'er, seemed to remember the nightmare encounter again, they held their heads and cried in horror.

Seeing this, Kang Xu frowned slightly and said, "Baojia, you take the three of them down first, so as to appease their emotions, and don't let them be stimulated again." ”

Bao Jia glared at Liu Tie hatefully, sighed vigorously, and hurriedly went to appease the three girls.

At this time, Zhao Lan'er's father and mother, as well as a group of villagers, had already arrived.

Seeing their long-missing daughter, the Zhao couple immediately cried with joy, hugging their daughter and crying.

Bao Jia was afraid that they would affect Kang Xu's trial, so he asked several village women to accompany the Zhao couple and two other girls to leave the deserted house.

"So, in order to be able to play with them, you pretend to be a ghost and spread rumors, yes or no?" Kang Xu's voice was cold, and he asked without the slightest warmth.

Liu Tie's face turned blue, he bit his lip and said: "This is all his idea for me, he asked me to pretend to be a Taoist priest, and tried his best to spread rumors about the ghost house." In addition, I am a native of Hetou Village, and I know everything about the affairs of the village, and when I say something casually, the villagers think that I am clever and able to predict the past and the future, and they have no doubt about what I say. Over time, the villagers believed in the haunted house and did not dare to come near it again. ”

"As you said, there were more than three of them imprisoned in this deserted mansion, but what about the others?" Kang Xu asked with an indifferent expression.

"They...... Life and death unknown, nowhere to be found. Liu Tie said tremblingly.

Kang Xu's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Make it clear." ”

Liu Tie said in horror: "My lord, I really don't know! After the women were tortured, as long as they still had their lives, they survived. They were all taken to other places, but where to go. I don't know. ”

Kang Xu rubbed his eyebrows, and then asked, "About Tao Zhaoxue." How much do you know? ”

"Three days ago he brought a woman and imprisoned her in a dungeon, I don't know exactly what happened. The next day, he called me down to the dungeon, and I found that the woman was dead. He asked me to find a way to dispose of the body, so I came up with a plan to sink the corpse in the Luo River. ”

Liu Tie's body continued to tremble, he kowtowed desperately to Kang Xu, and said, "My lord, everything I know has been explained." I'm just in charge of guarding this place and dealing with some clutter, and I really didn't kill anyone. Please spare your life! I beg you to spare your life! ”

"Have you really given an account of what you've done? Let me ask you, who is the 'he' in your mouth? Kang Xu stared at him and asked sharply.

He ...... He is the son of the Lu family. Liu Tie hesitated.

"The son of the Lu family? Which son of the Lu family? Kang Xu suddenly felt that he seemed to have grasped the point, and hurriedly asked.

Lu ...... Lv Jitong. "Liu Tiedao.

"Lu Jitong! It turned out to be him! ”

Kang Xu was shocked, and when Zhang Hebi heard the name, he felt that this matter had nothing to do with him. I don't want him to be the master of this deserted house.

"Lu Jitong?" The village chief, who was so angry that he almost turned his back on him, muttered a few times, and suddenly asked, "Rebel, let me ask you." This Lu Jitong is the son of Lu Wangtian, a wealthy gentleman in Zhengyang City? ”

Liu Tie was stunned, and he said incredulously: "Dad, how do you know?" ”

The village chief glared at him fiercely. Then he said to Kang Xu: "My lord, this house." It is the old house of the Lu family. The Lu family was originally a big family in the village, and later moved to Zhengyang City. The house was just abandoned. ”

Kang Xu touched his chin and nodded, he looked at Liu Tie and said coldly: "This official asks you, are you willing to testify against Lu Jitong?" ”

Liu Tie was stunned, he remembered Lu Jitong's murderous methods, and a sense of fear rose on his face.

"Liu Tie, you have to think clearly, if you don't identify him, these things will fall on you. This pile, piece by piece, even if you have nine lives, it is not enough to pay it back! Kang Xu saw that he was a little hesitant, and then said.

"Rebel, don't you know it's a capital offense?" The village chief said angrily.

"I ...... I'm willing to point out! Please spare your life! Liu Tie lay on the ground, crying bitterly.

Kang Xu ordered someone to take a pen and paper, wrote down all the things Liu Tie confessed, and asked him to press his handprint, then he snorted coldly: "Liu Tie, although you didn't kill anyone, but you helped to torture you, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is unforgivable." ”

After a pause, Kang Xu continued: "However, as long as you become a witness, this official will sentence you as appropriate." ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Liu Tie was covered in cold sweat, kowtowing more than authentically.

"The two of you escort Liu Tie and return to the yamen with the official, and the rest of the people stay here, so that they can take care of this house, and it is strictly forbidden for idle people to approach." Kang Xu commanded.

"Yes, sir!" Several officials bowed down.

After the explanation, Kang Xu took two officials and escorted Liu Tie and left the deserted house.

Kang Xu's expression was solemn, in fact, he knew early on that Liu Tie would not be a murderer.

The reason why he threatened Liu Tie was to deceive him, so that he would have fear in his heart, so that he could relax his vigilance and confess to the mastermind behind the scenes.

Judging from the clues he has so far, the murderer is undoubtedly a person with an extremely twisted heart, this kind of person is far stronger than ordinary people in his heart, and he will never easily admit what he has committed.

Liu Tie is just a scoundrel at best, and he will never have such a strong psychological endurance.

What's more, there are still many doubts.

For example, how did the murderer know the time and place of Tao Zhaoxue's appointment?

Tao Zhaoxue, as a young lady from a large family, it is absolutely impossible for him to recognize a scoundrel like Liu Tie, and he naturally has no way of knowing the place and time of going to the appointment.

However, Lu Jitong is different, he learned from Zhang Hebi about the elopement of the two, and it is entirely possible to find out the exact time and place.

According to his guess, after Lu Jitong heard about the elopement from Zhang Hebi, he secretly exchanged the letters between them, so that Tao Zhaoxue was kidnapped by him.

Although he now knows that the murderer is Lu Jitong, there is still a doubt that bothers him, which makes him puzzled.

According to what Zhang Hebi said, the letter he received to the appointment was indeed Tao Zhaoxue's handwriting.

Since Tao Zhaoxue wanted to elope with him, he would definitely not deliberately make a mistake, not to mention that judging from the clues found, Tao Zhaoxue had indeed gone to the appointment before the ugly time, and he was indeed taken away.

So, what's going on with this lost hour?

How did Lu Jitong know the specific place and time of the two of them?

A series of doubts made Kang Xu fall into deep thought again.

Even if he identified the murderer as Lu Jitong and his people, it was still difficult to convict him based on Liu Tie's unilateral testimony.

Lu Jitong can deny everything and push everything on Liu Tie. After all, it was Liu Tie who Kang Xu caught in the dungeon of the deserted mansion, not Lu Jitong.

The so-called 'catch the thief and take the stolen goods, catch the traitor in bed', Kang Xu knows that in order to convict Lu Jitong, he must have conclusive evidence of the crime, so that he cannot turn over.

Kang Xu hugged the Chow Chow, pondering the problem while walking carelessly.

Inadvertently, he walked to the ancestral hall in the village.

At this time, many villagers had gathered in the ancestral hall of the village.

What Liu Tie did had already spread throughout the village, and the villagers were indignant and scolded him one after another.

"My lord, please leave this brute behind, and we will dispose of him according to the village rules!"

"Yes, use the village rules to deal with him!"

……

The villagers were furious, and they couldn't wait to go up directly and kill Liu Tie on the spot to relieve their hatred.

"Fellow villagers, it was I who taught such a rebel because I had no way to teach, and I am sorry for you!" When Village Chief Liu heard the angry words of the villagers, he knelt down tremblingly, and said with tears in his eyes.

"Village Chief, this matter has nothing to do with you. There is a debtor who is wronged, and whoever does evil will pay it! He tortured Lan Yatou so badly, it was no different from a beast, and it must not be spared! ”

Liu Tie's face was pale, and he looked at the villagers in horror, for fear that Kang Xu would really hand him over.

He has been a ruffian since he was a child, and he causes trouble all day long, and the villagers have long been full of resentment against him.

Now, he has done something to deceive the villagers and insult the girl, how can the villagers spare him?

Village Chief Liu instantly aged a lot, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the villagers with tears in his eyes, and took all the charges on himself.

Kang Xu saw it in his eyes, and frowned involuntarily, he really pity the parents of the world, this son is not filial, but the father would rather resist all the charges.

"Fellow villagers, please listen to what this official says." Kang Xu waved his hand and said, "Liu Tie has committed an important case, and this official wants to take him into prison." However, you can rest assured that this official will judge according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, and let him bear the punishment he deserves. ”

"My lord, this beast has done a lot of evil, and you can't let him go so easily!"

"That's it, Shicai is in a deserted house, and when I heard that adults want to give him a lenient punishment, our whole village will not agree!"

Kang Xu didn't expect that the villagers' dislike for Liu Tie had reached such a level.

At this time, Bao Jia walked out of the ancestral hall.

He had brought the three rescued women to the ancestral hall to settle down, but when he heard the chaotic sound outside, he hurriedly walked out.

"What are you doing? With adults here, what else do you have to worry about? It's not going to go away quickly! Bao Jia frowned and shouted.

This Baojia lived with the villagers, and his words naturally had some weight, and as soon as he drank like this, those villagers suddenly became much quieter.

"My lord, their mood has stabilized a lot, do you want to ask them some questions?" Bao Jia waved his hand to let the villagers disperse, and bowed to Kang Xu and asked.

Kang Xu nodded, and then followed him into the ancestral hall.

In the ancestral hall, several village women, together with the Zhao family, were comforting the three women, and when they saw Kang Xu coming, they got up and saluted.

The mood of the three women was indeed much more stable, and they knelt down in front of Kang Xu, thanking him for saving his life.

"No need to be polite, hurry up." Kang Xu picked up a woman and said, "This official came here because he wanted to ask you about something. (To be continued.) )