The body had stiffened, and had been dead for at least four hours.

In other words, not long after the woman was put in the cell last night, she was killed unknowingly.

The people of the county government deliberately wanted to suppress the news, but they wanted to arrest the murderer of this woman, and also check the identity of this woman, and search inside and outside the city, and the news had already spread.

Originally, because the woman killed her mother-in-law and framed the restaurant owner, the news spread.

Now in this free time when he is neither busy with farming at home, nor has there been any natural or man-made disasters, who doesn't poke his head out and want to hear the latest news so that he can go back and gossip.

However, the night had passed, and the news came that the woman had been killed.

was still killed in the heavily guarded county jail, and for a while, people were panicked.

Some people speculated that the woman might have been afraid of herself, so she committed suicide.

But soon, this conjecture was rejected by the big list posted by the officials.

There were the results of an autopsy, and there were signs of a woman struggling in the cell, and she was clutching a piece of black fabric torn from her clothes.

It follows that the woman must have been killed by someone else, not by suicide.

As a slandered party, Qiao You was naturally interrogated and questioned, and Pei Yanlei couldn't move and followed her.

Unexpectedly, in court, he would meet Yuan Ziyi.

He seemed to be pinching a little, Pei Yan Qiaoyou's front foot had just arrived, and his sedan chair had also arrived.

Seeing Yuan Ziyi, Pei Yan smiled in a low voice, and the hand holding the little girl on his side suddenly let go, and directly grabbed her waist.

Yuan Ziyi's face sank, and his gaze became sharp.

Yuan Ziyi suddenly appeared, Qiao You was a little surprised, it seemed that he hadn't seen this for a while.

I heard that I went to the Imperial City?

Thinking in her heart, Pei Yan pushed the person to the side and sat down, she nodded slightly at Yuan Ziyi, and then ignored it.

She hasn't forgotten what happened in the house that day, this thing said she liked her in front of Xia Ziyan!

Since then, she has drawn a clear line with Yuan Ziyi.

They didn't owe each other anything, and even if they had received some help from him before, they would have paid it back a long time ago.

There's nothing wrong with just doing that, and it's not bad to be a passerby in the other person's life.

"Childe, why are you here?" The county magistrate didn't expect Yuan Ziyi to come, so he got up in surprise and wanted to compliment him.

I heard that this time Gongzi went to the imperial city to meet Lord Shangshu, and I don't know why?

But it's not because he's not doing things well.

"It's nothing, come and see, what's going on?" Yuan Ziyi's gaze skimmed over the two of them, and he spoke unhurriedly to the county official.

The magistrate sat down again, and when he saw that he had not come for his black hat, he was relieved, and told the woman about it.

Yuan Ziyi has been back for a few days, it is impossible that he has not heard about this matter, and the reason why he asked this is just to let Qiao You not worry about it.

It's a pity that with Pei Yan by her side, even if Qiao You doesn't care much, she has to be careful.

Anyone who covets his little girl, Pei Yan naturally has to guard against it.

The wild flowers outside, where is the fragrance of his family flowers.

If you want to break the dog's mind, you must let their little girl come in person, otherwise, the wildfire will not be exhausted, and the spring breeze will blow and regenerate.

Pei Yan had a smile on his face, across the table from Qiao You, his hand was still holding her hand, and a pair of eyes stared at the little girl, as if he couldn't see enough.

Qiao You felt that if this wasn't in the county government, this guy might have to pounce on her again.

Well, it seems that I will have to go to a crowded place in the future.

"I see, those murderers, do you have a clue?"

The county official shook his head: "It's being investigated now, but there are no clues yet." ”

Qiao You: "......"

It's the same as not saying it.

"No clues, what are you looking for us to do?" Pei Yan sneered.

The county magistrate was embarrassed by what he said.

"The county magistrate naturally has something, if you don't want to come, just go by yourself."

Yuan Ziyi looked at the young man opposite coldly, and his tone was full of anger.

Pei Yan smiled, slowly raised his lazy eyes, and fell on Yuan Ziyi with a disdainful and ridiculous gaze, and his deep voice seemed to be dyed with coldness.

"If I can't come, if I can't go, what do I have to do with you."

As he spoke, he let go of the little girl's hand slightly, brushed the broken hair on her cheeks, and said with full arrogance: "You'er, did you say it?" ”

He held his eyes, his slightly squinted eyes were deep and evil, and his deliberately lowered voice was sultry.

Qiao You couldn't hear that these two people were competing.

However, she naturally knows who she is helping.

"Yes, yes, you're right."

The little girl replied with some impatience.

In his tone, he was full of connivance with the teenager.

A smug smile appeared on Pei Yan's face, and he took her hand and kissed her lightly despite everyone's surprised gazes.

Yuan Ziyi's face was completely dark.

This frivolous prodigal son dared to do such a brazen thing in front of so many people.

He gripped the corner of the table, the green tendons on the back of his hand bulging.

The narrow eyes stared at the frivolous young man, with a trace of his gaze, as if he was about to rush up and tear the person apart.

On the contrary, the little girl seemed to be accustomed to the boy's behavior, and was not surprised, but talked to him.

Yuan Ziyi didn't know where to throw the anger in his stomach.

Thinking that Qiao You had just spoken for that young man, he had no intention of wanting to stay at all, and got up and left directly.

The county magistrate listened to the words of several people on the side, and his nervous and frightened heart was about to jump out.

These people are all big shots.

He is a small sesame official, so he naturally can't afford to mess with him.

Yuan Ziyi left angrily, and the county official wanted to catch up and send people away in person, but he was afraid that the anger of the eldest young master would be implicated.

He called Lin San'er on the side to send it in person.

“……”

Lin San'er agreed to come down without love, and ran all the way to catch up with the gloomy young man.

Seeing that the county official was about to die, Pei Yan snorted lightly and said, "It's okay, just leave." ”

As he spoke, Pei Yan pulled Qiao You and got up.

The county official immediately waved his hand and said in a good voice: "No, no, no, there is something, there is something." ”

Afraid that the two of them would run away, the county official hurriedly explained the purpose of looking for them this time.

Or for the sake of the woman's murder and blame.

Yesterday, I discussed with a few captains and subordinates, and I always felt that this woman appeared strangely.

It stands to reason that the woman was born in the countryside, and Qiao You was not originally from the same village, let alone had no kinship, so if it was for the sake of a previous grudge or something, it was basically impossible.

The woman's money came strangely, and she was dressed in good clothes, and the poison was prepared.

It can be seen from this that it is very likely that someone paid behind the scenes to instruct this woman to do it, and because the matter was exposed, she was killed and killed.

"Then the identity of this woman has been found?"

"I found out that it was a woman from a village sixty miles to the east, and the old woman was the wife of her dead husband, and according to the names of the villages, this woman often abused this old woman on a daily basis......

This woman is a ruthless Lord.

The wounds on the old woman's body were caused by the woman's hands.

The woman's family is poor, her husband has been dead for a year, and there is no man or anything in the family, so she has to worry about work and food on weekdays.

There is also an old lady of sixty or seventy years old, who is willing, every time she feels uncomfortable in her heart, she will take the old woman out of anger, either whipped with wicker or not given food, very bitter.

"The cousin of the Pei family, Pei Yuzhu, you can check."

Pei Yan, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.

Qiao You frowned. , seems to be puzzled.

Pei Yan came closer, lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Go back and talk to you in detail." ”

The county magistrate was a little embarrassed.

This ancestor is a powerful person, even the Yuan woman can't help it.

When he said this, he must have sensed something.

But their county government, without evidence, wanted to search the Pei family's cousins, but they were afraid that it would be......

Pei Yan looked at the stupid appearance of the county official, and said, "Isn't the eldest son of the Pei family missing, as a county official, shouldn't you do your duty?" ”

The county magistrate was reminded by his words.

yes, how did he forget.

Although the eldest young master of the Pei family disappeared and no one reported it to the official, as a magistrate, he had to protect the safety of the people.

The county magistrate thought about it, and admired Pei Cheng a little in his heart.

When the two of them went back, the county magistrate immediately sent someone to Pei's mansion.

The vast officials entered Pei's Mansion, which made many people want to watch the excitement.

Some people speculated whether the woman was killed by Pei Fu.

After all, this person had just been killed on the front foot, and the officials on the back foot found Pei Fu.

There were a few bold ones, and after asking the little guy in Pei's mansion, they found out that they didn't come for the woman who was killed, but for the missing young master of the Pei family.

It was only strange to see the lively people at the gate.

The eldest young master of the Pei family has been missing for more than half a month, why did he come here?

As soon as Pei Yong and Liu Qingyun heard that the officials were coming, they thought that Pei Shuo's previous drug of the old lady had been spread, and when they met, they knew that it was for Pei Yan, a fool.

Liu Qingyun and Pei Yong's faces were not very good-looking.

How long has it been, and who are you fooling in the name of Pei Yan's fool?

Several people knew it, and they were all polite.

"My nephew has been missing for a long time, and we sent someone to look for it, but unfortunately, there is no news, I'm afraid it is, hey." Pei Yong looked sad.

Liu Qingyun was silent on the side.

Lin San'er took a sip of tea and said, "Second master don't be sad, we came this time to bring news from your eldest young master." ”

"What, there's news?"

In addition to being excited, Pei Yong didn't stop his mouth.