Hiss~

The people who heard this gasped and looked sideways, although it was rumored that Tao Zhaoxue died a miserable death, but everyone never thought that she was tortured to death by such cruel means.

Tao Youran burst into tears, as if he remembered the picture of his daughter's tragic death, gasping for breath rapidly, almost going to die.

Tao Jizhu gritted his teeth, he helped his father to smooth his breath, and at the same time glared at Lu Jitong, if it wasn't for his father who needed to take care of him, Kang Xu would not have the slightest doubt that he would immediately rush up and fight with Lu Jitong.

Lu Jitong didn't speak, but there was a strange light in his eyes that flashed.

After the murderer brutally killed Tao Zhaoxue, he tied him to a stone and threw him into Luoshui to throw his body, but what the murderer didn't expect was that the two fishermen in Hetou Village who rebelled against him destroyed his plan. After the two fishermen learned that Zhou Aliu had salvaged the jade pendant from the water, they went down the Luoshui to salvage it, but instead let them fish the corpse. Although the two were greedy for money, fortunately, their conscience was still clear, and they got the stone that fell on the corpse, so that the corpse could be seen again. ”

Kang Xu put his hands behind his back and ordered someone to bring Zhou Aliu and two fishermen, and said, "This official is not wrong, right? ”

The two fishermen knelt on the ground and nodded yes, "It is exactly as the old man said." ”

Asked the two fishermen to describe the incident in detail, Kang Xu asked them to step back for the time being, and continued: "After receiving the report, this official immediately launched an investigation. Tao Zhaoxue is a beautiful lady for everyone, and she does not go out of the door on weekdays, and she does not step out of the second door, and there is no enemy at all. If there is anything to be done, I'm afraid there is only a chapter with her finger for marriage. ”

"As we all know, Zhang Hebi and Tao Zhaoxue have a marriage contract. However, the Tao family thought he was a poor and sour talent, and obstructed this family affair in every way. Zhang Hebi was also kicked out of the Tao family. It stands to reason that Zhang Hebi is naturally the most suspected of murder. However, with the investigation of this official, it was found that Zhang Hebi and Tao Zhaoxue had a deep relationship, and it was impossible to kill Tao Zhaoxue, and this suspect was naturally someone else. ”

No one spoke, both inside and outside the county office, it was extremely quiet, and everyone listened carefully to Kang Xu's narration.

"I'm afraid no one can guess that it was all because of an elopement, and it was this elopement. Only then did Tao Zhaoxue die in Huangquan. Tao Zhaoxue and Zhang Hebi made an appointment to elope, and the two passed by the maid Dongmei to make an appointment with a letter, and the murderer took advantage of this. ”

Speaking of this, Kang Xu paused, he passed the chapter to the court, and said, "Zhang Hebi, tell me everything you know." ”

Zhang Hebi's eyes were gloomy, and when he saw Tao Youran's father and son, his face was ashamed. Puff knelt in front of the two of them and cried: "Uncle, Brother Tao, I killed Zhaoxue!" If I hadn't agreed to her elope. Zhaoxue won't die tragically, I'm sorry Zhaoxue. Uncle, I'm ready to do it. As long as the murderer is punished, I will immediately go to accompany Zhaoxue. She will never be left alone on the Huangquan Road. ”

Tao Youran burst into tears, and he glared at Zhang Hebi. The slightly raised hand seemed to want to slap him hard, but he lifted half of it, but he couldn't fall down no matter what, and finally he had to sigh helplessly.

"Hebi, you give me an explanation, what the hell is going on?" Tao asked leisurely.

"My lord is right, in fact, from the moment I met Zhaoxue, I fell in love with her. I know that my status is lowly and I am not worthy of Zhaoxue, so even if I am kicked out of the Tao family, as long as I can look at her from afar, I am satisfied. But Zhaoxue doesn't dislike me, we Hongyan spread books and told each other about lovesickness, all of which was done in secret from everyone...... This also includes elopement. ”

Zhang Hebi wiped away his tears and said, "I received a letter from Zhaoxue that day, saying that she was going to elope with me, but there was no agreed time, so I was naturally ecstatic. That night, I packed up my things, said goodbye to my friends by the way, and prepared to leave Zhengyang with Zhaoxue and fly away. ”

"Hmph, go away and fly high? You have nothing to grow, poor jingle sounds, where can you fly? Have you ever thought that Zhaoxue will only suffer if she follows you? What can you give her? You can't even give basic food and clothing! Tao Zhenzhu calmed his face and said angrily in a low voice.

Zhang Hebi was stunned, he was stunned for a long time before he reacted and muttered to himself: "Yes, what Brother Tao said is true." I was so carried away by happiness that I didn't think about it that much, if I could have thought a little more, even a little, maybe I would have rejected the proposal to elope, and Zhaoxue wouldn't ......have died. ”

Kang Xu shook his head and said: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to regret it, if you want to make up for your mistakes, you can tell what you know, only by catching the murderer, can Miss Tao rest in peace." ”

Kang Xu's words raised hope in the gloomy eyes of Zhang Hebi, he wiped the corners of his eyes sharply, and continued: "At noon the next day, I received a letter from the maid Dongmei, which said that he would meet me in the bamboo forest outside the city when the night was ugly. I started to go to the bamboo forest from Shen Shi, but when I arrived at the bamboo forest, I didn't see Zhao Xue, I thought Zhao Xue had changed his mind, so I was disheartened and left the bamboo forest and returned to the city to break the temple. The next day, I met the fisherman Zhou Aliu on the street, and when I saw the jade pendant in his hand, I was even more sure of my guess. ”

"Why?" Tao Jizhu asked in a deep voice.

"That jade pendant is a token of love I gave to Zhao Xue, since she threw away the jade pendant, she must have died to me, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, thinking that I wanted to return the jade pendant, so I went to the county government with Zhou Aliu."

Zhang Hebi tapped his head a few times in annoyance, and whimpered: "Ruoxue said that as long as she lives, she will carry the jade pendant with her, why didn't I think she would have an accident?" I'm still suspicious of her, I'm stupid! ”

"This official asks you, why did you go to the bamboo forest when you left when you were ugly?" Kang Xu asked as he paced.

"Returning to my lordship, I did set off from Shenshi, but I didn't go far before I was surrounded by a group of beggars. They didn't say that I had stolen their things, and they pestered me for a long time, until I got rid of them and was close to being ugly, and then I went to the bamboo forest outside the city. Zhang Hebi replied honestly.

"Okay," Kang Xu nodded, and said, "This official asks you again, you said that the time you agreed with Tao Zhaoxue was ugly, is there any evidence?" ”

Zhang Hebi took out a letterhead from his arms, handed it over and said, "Yes, this is a letter from Zhaoxue to me, the content of the letter is written by her own handwriting, please take a look at it." ”

Kang Xu had already read the letter, so he just glanced at it, and handed the letterhead to the Tao family father and son for identification.

"This ...... This is indeed Xiaomei's handwriting, and there will never be a fake. As a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Tao Jizhu naturally knew all kinds of handwriting at a glance, and he could see at a glance that the handwriting on the letterhead was written by Tao Zhaoxue himself. (To be continued.) )