Chapter 233: Into the Abyss

A small forest appeared in the field of vision, and the small earthen bags that bulged everywhere could be faintly seen, Zong Jiyuan raised his finger and asked,

"Is Xiaoyingzi buried there?"

"Huh? Ah, yes, it's in that woods,"

Cui Jiang immediately fled and walked a few steps quickly and ran to the front,

"I'll take you, master, over."

The breeze that blew quietly beside him seemed to become as desolate and painful as a whimper at this moment......

A small pile of loess, burying the same little girl-

Zong Jiyuan's expression looked very solemn, although strictly speaking, she and Xiao Yingzi had only met once, because when they met again, the child was already lying there coldly, but for some reason, she couldn't let go of this child in her heart, and she couldn't let go of Xiao Yingzi's death from beginning to end......

After a simple condolence, and silently confided a few words to the deceased child, Zong Jiyuan stared at the small clumps of grass on the grave, and suddenly asked faintly,

"Third Brother Cui, why do you have to stand so far away, Xiaoyingzi is your niece, isn't it, is there anything terrible?"

"I—I'm ......"

Cui Jiang was suddenly shocked by this sudden question, and his steps subconsciously retreated even more, causing him to be farther away.

"Oh, by the way, I'm here many times, and I want you to be quiet, Master Grandmaster, and ...... by yourself."

"Oh, I see,"

Zong Jiyuan smiled slightly, turned his head, and stared at him tightly with watery eyes,

"Is that really it? Third Brother Cui, have you really come to this grave up close? Or do you not dare to face this little soul at all, because you are ashamed in your heart, are you?! ā€

"Huh?!"

These successive questions stabbed Cui Jiang like a sharp sword, making him frightened and even paler.

"Zong, Grandmaster, what do you mean by this, the villain doesn't understand......"

"Don't you understand?"

Zong Jiyuan stood up and slowly turned his head to look at him, but in the next second, before he tried to retreat, he had already come to Cui Jiang's side and back, blocking his way.

"Don't be afraid, listen to me."

"Master, what the hell do you want to say......

Knowing that it was impossible for him to escape from the presence of this young county master, Cui Jiang had no choice but to give up and stand in place and ask dejectedly.

Seeing him so decadent, Zong Jiyuan's eyes inadvertently flashed with a touch of sympathy, and he sighed and said,

"What do I want to say, you should know that very well, don't you? Just when I mentioned the murderer of Xiaoyingzi, I said that Yu Chunjue is just one of them, haven't you noticed? ā€

"I, I ......"

Cui Jiang's lips had already begun to tremble, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Zong Jiyuan didn't want to torture him anymore, so he went on directly,

"When I arrested You Chunjue, I had a head-to-head confrontation with him, and just before he was subdued, he told me that the murderer of Xiaoyingzi had another person besides him, and this person was the real reason why this child was killed, because the other murderer was actually Xiaoyingzi's relative, and it was precisely because she recognized it that he would be brutally killed!"

"Extinguishing the mouth...... Murderer, what does this have to do with me......"

At this moment, Cui Jiang even had to deny it calmly.

Seeing that he wanted to resist in this desperate and incredibly desperate, Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but laugh angrily and said,

"Does it really matter? Okay, I might as well go to Big Brother Cui Zhan in a while and tell him that his daughter was actually killed by you, who was an uncle......"

"No, don't, please......"

As soon as the words were clear, Cui Jiang suddenly collapsed completely, knelt on the ground with a "plop", covered his face and cried bitterly, begging,

"I didn't mean to hurt her, in fact, I liked that kid so much...... But, but I was forced to do nothing......"

"You're so sad,"

Zong Jiyuan shook his head and sighed,

"What could have caused you to do such a crazy thing!?"

"I'm taking a wrong step, a wrong step......"

Cui Jiang knelt on the ground and cried bitterly,

"Because my health is not good, I can't do too much farm work, and I always want to make more money, and I want to do it when I see someone doing business with a good income, but the first time I go out, when I was in Wujiazhuang, I ......."

"Wait, is it in Wujiazhuang?"

Hearing another place that he was very concerned about, Zong Jiyuan interrupted him, and at the same time wanted to calm him down, so he said,

"Don't be in a hurry, get up and talk slowly."

"Well, okay......"

Cui Jiang beat his spirits, got up from the ground, and said again after calming down,

"At that time, I went to Wujiazhuang with a few friends who were doing business together, saying that there were people there who had a way, and when they were idle, they ate and drank together, and found a place to play a few things...... As a result, he lost more than half of the little silver he used to make capital, and then because he was unwilling, he had to continue playing......"

"Let me guess, is it all lost?"

Hearing this, Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but sneer.

Cui Jiang was stunned, nodded and said,

"Yes, master, how do you know?"

"It's all such a bunch of old routines that people often play,"

Zong Jiyuan was angry and helpless,

"Let me guess again, is it that after you have lost all your capital, those so-called business partners will use this as an excuse not to take you to do business, and some will introduce you to a person who can help you, isn't that so?"

"Exactly! Master, you're not wrong at all,"

Cui Jiang's expression was not only stunned, but almost surprised, and said,

"That's really it, master, you're so staked!"

"Alright, alright, let's go ahead and tell me who the so-called person who can help you is."

Zong Jiyuan interrupted his fuss and asked.

When he mentioned this, Cui Jiang immediately looked listless again, and said,

"At first, I didn't know who that person was, but at that time, he lent me five taels of silver, and said, "You can pay it back whenever you want." But I saw that I could no longer do this business with those people, and the delay was not short, so I took the silver and went home, and lied that the five taels of silver were earned by my business. ā€

"Business?"

Zong Jiyuan said funny,

"Don't you see, in fact, you are the business, and the purpose of your so-called partners is just to get you into a trap."

"What the master said is not wrong at all, but unfortunately I didn't understand it at the time......

Cui Jiang said with remorse.