After Zeng Chao stabilized his emotions, he said: "If you have any questions, just ask, as long as you can avenge Xiaomin's son, Xiaomin will definitely answer truthfully." ”

Song Ruilong said: "That's good." The county asks you, does your family have a grudge against anyone? ”

Zeng Chao thought for a while and said: "If you want to talk about hatred, there must be something, three years ago, Xiaomin's son Zeng Liang used improper means to occupy a piece of land in Zeng Erniu's house in Zengjiazhuang, although the land was not big, but Zeng Erniu did not agree, and he also had a fight with Xiaomin's son for this matter. Xiaomin's son had a lot of helpers, and Zeng Erniu lay in bed for ten days and a half without getting out of bed. ”

Su Xianrong said with anger in his eyes: "Your son is so cruel, you also let him come nonsense?" ”

Zeng Chao said ashamedly: "Xiaomin knew that he had no way to teach his son, and after Xiaomin understood the truth of the matter, he returned the land to Zeng Erniu, and found the best doctor for him, and compensated him fifty taels of silver. Xiaomin also felt that the hatred between him and Zeng Erniu had been resolved. There is no way he will come to take revenge on the small people. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Let's not mention this matter first. First of all, let's talk about what is going on with Li Zhiyi and Wang Xuewen? Where did Lee Ji-yi go last night? ”

Zeng Chao raised his head and thought about it: "Li Zhiyi went home yesterday, what he went home for, Xiaomin doesn't know." ”

Song Ruilong said: "Then is there any grudge between Li Zhiyi and Wang Xuewen Zeng Liang?" ”

Zeng Chao sighed and said, "Hey, Li Zhiyi is very narrow-minded. He often argues with others over trivial matters, but when it comes to killing people, he is afraid that he does not have the courage to kill, because his courage is very small. I am especially afraid of seeing blood. Once, when he saw pig blood, he was so frightened that he passed out. ”

Song Ruilong said slowly: "I heard that Li Zhiyi and your son have a very good relationship in this county, your son is married, Li Zhiyi has no reason to quit halfway, what do you think is the real reason for Li Zhiyi's withdrawal?" ”

Zeng Chao's face was very ugly, and he said, "Could it be that he is for that reason?" ”

Song Ruilong felt that there must be something hidden in this, and immediately asked, "What is the reason?" The county hopes that you can answer truthfully, which is beneficial to the conclusion of the case. ”

Zeng Chao said: "Xiaomin heard that Li Zhiyi likes Xiaomin's daughter-in-law Li Qiuling very much. When he saw Li Qiuling, his eyes were straight. It's just that he knows his identity, so he doesn't dare to say what he really thinks. Last night. When Xiaomin's son got married, he was very disappointed, and he sat at a table alone and drank a lot of wine, and after drinking the wine, he said that there was something at home and left. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Did anyone see that he really left Zengjiazhuang?" ”

Zeng Chao shook his head and said, "This." Those subordinates really didn't pay attention. Because Xiaomin ordered last night that Zengfu could be no bigger or smaller last night. Regardless of master and servant, carnival all night. So there was no one to guard at the door, so no one knew where Li Zhiyi went. ”

"Tuk tuk..."

Someone knocked on the door, and Song Ruilong asked, "Who is it?" ”

The man outside the door said, "My lord, the little people have something to reciprocate. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Come in!" ”

Chen Xin walked in from outside the door with a servant, and after greeting Song Ruilong Zeng Chao, he said, "My lord, Niu Xiaoshan said last night that he saw a strange person. He wanted to give back to the adults. ”

Song Ruilong looked at Niu Xiaoshan, who was yellow and thin, and said, "Say, what did you see last night?" ”

Niu Xiaoshan said: "Last night." On the way to the thatched house, Xiaomin found a person, wearing the groom's clothes, and suddenly went into the garden in the backyard. At that time, Xiao Min didn't think there was anything strange, but this morning, the young master had an accident, and Xiao Min was thinking that Xiao Min's situation might be helpful in solving the case. ”

Song Ruilong felt that this clue was very important, and said, "You can take this county to the garden in the backyard now." ”

In the backyard of Zeng's house, Niu Xiaoshan took Song Ruilong and the others to the front of the garden and said, "Groom, oh, no, it should be the person wearing the groom's clothes who got in from here." ”

Song Ruilong didn't immediately go to the garden to search, but asked Zeng Chao, "Is there any secret in this garden?" ”

Zeng Chao said: "My lord, I can't hide it, there is a secret passage in this garden that leads to the outside of the village. ”

Song Ruilong reprimanded: "Why didn't you say such a big thing earlier? ”

Zeng Chao knelt down for Song Ruilong and said, "The adults are angry, not because the people don't say it, but because this secret passage has been blocked by the people five years ago." ”

Song Ruilong asked strangely, "Why did you block that secret passage?" ”

Zeng Chao sighed and said, "This is because that secret passage is no longer a secret. At the beginning, there was a fire in Xiaomin's home, which almost burned Xiaomin to death, and after Xiaomin was saved, he rebuilt the manor. When the estate was being built, the craftsmen were instructed to build a study and dig a passage to the cypress forest outside. After the craftsman built the study, the people could escape through the secret passage in the study. ”

Song Ruilong asked puzzledly: "But now there is no study room here at all, I don't know what happened later?" ”

Zeng Chao said: "Later, because Xiaomin's son grew up, he had to read in the study every day. However, Xiaomin's son found that exit, so he often ran out to play, and once again he was kidnapped by wicked people, and Xiaomin spent 10,000 taels of silver to rescue him. Since then, Xiaomin has demolished the study and asked people to block the secret passage. And this garden was built on top of the original study. This is not a secret, many people know about the people in Xiaominzhuang. ”

Su Xianrong looked at the garden and said, "Brother Song, if what Zeng Chao said is true, then the purpose of that person who went into the garden last night was only to hide."

Song Ruilong pondered: "I don't think it's that simple. Let's take a look at where the entrance to the secret passage is! ”

There are a lot of footprints in the garden, and a lot of flowers have fallen to the ground.

Song Ruilong found a secret passage in the place where the flower branches were most dense. Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong lit the lantern, entered through the secret passage, and walked to the end of the secret passage.

When they walked out of the secret passage, they saw a very dense pine and cypress.

Su Xianrong let out a long breath and breathed a breath of fresh air, feeling extremely comfortable.

(To be continued.) )