He was in bagpipes, he had the keys to the house, and no one had yet been able to provide an alibi for his testimony.

Lu Chunyang almost had sufficient conditions to commit the crime, and the suspicions that existed at this time could not be cleared up, and even the envoys of the Kwai Kingdom who wanted to find an opportunity to defend him began to be speechless.

Lu Chunyang saw that there was silence in the hall, his already dark face turned red, and he shouted anxiously: "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with me, although no one can prove my innocence, but no one can come up with evidence to prove that I did the abduction of women!" If you want to convict me on a 'trumped-up' charge, you are wronging a good man! ”

Rong Xiu thought for a moment, and his deep gaze crossed Lu Chunyang and fell on Jia Yongchun: "What about you?" What are you doing these days? Can someone provide you with an alibi? ”

Jia Yongchun hurriedly replied: "The grass people's old house is in disrepair, and many masons have been hired to renovate it, so the grass people have been busy with this matter these days and have never left the house. The grass people are very hospitable, and several of them work during the day, and drink wine and eat meat with me at night, so they live in the grass people's house. These days, I almost eat and sleep with those masons, and if the official doesn't believe me, he can call those masons over to testify in court! ”

Rong Xiu listened, beckoned to Pan Shu and whispered a few words, Pan Shu leaned over to listen, and nodded: "Don't worry, general, I'll send someone to call those masons over!" ”

With that, he hurried out the door.

Not long after, when he came back, he was followed by a few young generals who were surrounded by a few people who were dressed simply, and their bodies were covered with mud marks and white ash.

As soon as those people entered the door, they consciously knelt down and said, "See Lord Qingtian!" ”

Rong Xiu's eyes swept around a few people, nodded slightly, and then asked, "How many of you are masons working in Jia Yongchun's house?" ”

A few people kneeling below were submissive, and they didn't dare to make a sound when they lowered their heads, and after a while, a man who seemed to be quite bold nodded: "If you go back to your master, a few of us are from Qingshui Town below the bagpipe yuan, and the younger one is called Liu Xingmin, this winter, there is no work at home, so I came out to help." A few days ago, I saw Mr. Jia's house recruiting workers on the notice, and a few of us went to do it, and it was the mason. ”

Rong Xiu glanced at Pan Shu, and asked in a deep tone, "A few days ago?" What day is it? ”

Liu Xingmin blinked quickly: "Well, to be precise, it should have been six days ago, I remember that it was the fifth day of the new year, my second brother's birthday, and I specially ordered him a bowl of Yangchun noodles in the morning!" ”

Rong Xiu's eyes drooped, swept the man's clothes and hands, and nodded: "Then in the past few days when you have been helping the Jia family, have you ever seen Jia Yongchun go out, or have you seen anyone?" ”

Liu Xingmin shook his head without thinking: "No, Master Jia is the most exquisite person I have ever met, these days when we helped, he not only never went out, but also never met friends, he worked with us during the day, and invited a few of our brothers to drink and eat meat at night!" Master Qingtian, you can't wronged an old man like Master Jia! ”

Rong Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you dare to guarantee that what you said is true?" If I find out that you have committed perjury, you will also be punished! ”

Liu Xingmin hurriedly shook his head and swore an oath: "Official, don't worry, what Xiao said is true, and there is never a word of adulteration!" ”

Rong Xiu nodded.

As soon as the words fell, Jia Yongchun asked cautiously: "Official, do you see...... This is a testimony for the grass people, right? ”

Rong Xiu bowed his head, and then beckoned to Pan Shu: "Go, release Jia Yongchun and his party." In addition, Lu Chunyang is suspected of being too big, so he will be taken down to the prison to wait for his fate! ”

As soon as the words fell, Jia Yongchun and Lu Chunyang's faces changed at the same time, but their expressions were one happy and one worried, a world of difference.

Jia Yongchun kowtowed a few times and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you for clearing the charge for the grass people, the official is really discerning, and the grass people are grateful!" ”

At that time, Lu Chunyang was tied up by a lot of flowers, because he kept struggling, the scarf on his head was loose, and all the light yellow hair fell out, and the unkempt hair shrugged down with his struggle.

I saw that his angry seven orifices were smoking, and he rounded his arms and overthrew the two pawns one after another. However, he was soon surrounded by the pawns, even if he had martial arts, he couldn't fight so many people, and he was so angry for a while that he could only shout: "Why are you arresting me?" Let go of me! I didn't do it, I didn't do it, you don't want to blame me! ”

Rong Xiu stood up from the chair unhurriedly, glanced at Lu Chunyang, who was indignant, and said in a manly voice: "The biggest suspects are the two of you, and now someone testifies for Jia Yongchun, then, only you are the most suspicious!" You still dare to quibble! ”

His gaze swept coldly towards Pan Shu, and he said in a deep voice, "What are you waiting for? Escort people down for me! If you really can't do it, give him some color to see, hmph, I don't believe he doesn't move! ”

Hearing his words, Yan Xiaoyi's brows tightened.

Although this Lu Chunyang is very suspicious, there is no evidence in hand to prove that those women were taken captive by him. If you are so anxious, you will escort him down, and you have to use "means" to interrogate, this is not something that Rong Xiu can do!

Rong Xiu has always done things reasonably, but this time he made a conclusion in such a hurry, which is really strange. She Yan Xiaowei definitely didn't believe that Rong Xiu was such an arbitrary and dictatorial person, but what was the matter with his abnormal reaction?

Yan Xiaowei was secretly thinking in her heart, and her eyes swept over everyone. When her eyes fell on Jia Yongchun and those masons, her eyes suddenly paused, and her heartstrings were "slammed", and she suddenly understood and knew the crux of the problem!

Seeing that Lu Chunyang was taken down by a group of pawns, and when he was escorted down, he was still struggling to complain for himself, the envoy of the Kwai Kingdom here wiped the sweat on his head and hurriedly came up: "General Rong, you see that this matter is over in such a hurry, isn't it a little reckless?" There are a lot of things that haven't been found out yet! ”

Rong Xiu glanced at him condescendingly, and a particularly cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Reckless? He looked condescendingly at the envoy of the Kwai Kingdom in front of him: "Now there is a testimony that Jia Yongchun has nothing to do with this matter, but you, the Kwai countryman, can't come up with any evidence to defend yourself." Is there anything else to say? ”

Because of his long figure, he had a strong sense of oppression, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be mocking, and the envoy of the Kui Kingdom was furious: "Is this how you Baili Kingdom tried the case?" If you don't even have proof, you will put the people of our country in prison! ”

He turned his gaze and looked at Baili Ye Su, who had been holding a rosary in his hand and quietly watching all this silently: "Your Highness the Nine, can you do this?" We don't have such a reason in Kwai Country! ”

Baili Ye Su stopped stroking his hand with the rosary, and glanced at the envoy of the Kui Kingdom lightly: "What the envoy said is good, but this is the Hundred Miles Country." How to do it, or what we Baili people say! ”

The envoy of the Kwai Kingdom didn't expect that even Baili Yesu would look like this, it was simply unbearable. His eyes burned like a raging flame, and he suddenly pulled off the black gauze hat on his head: "You guys are so deceitful! This act is simply too deceitful! I'll go to the master of the book and ask him to pay this debt from you personally!" ”

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves, and the whole person left like a vindictive rooster.

Baili Ye Su looked at the back of the envoy of the Kwai Kingdom, and said to himself: "Heh, this hall wants to see how you want to ask me for this debt!" ”

As soon as the words fell, his gaze swept over Jia Yongchun, his thick eyebrows froze, and a pair of eyes that were already a little sunken became even deeper and more complicated: "Why are you still here?" If you don't want to leave, the main hall can take you to the prison to experience it! ”

Jia Yongchun was excited, and hurriedly turned to the people in the hall: "Eh, the grass people are leaving, they are leaving!" Thank you for your great kindness! ”

As he spoke, he ran away with oil on the soles of his feet.

When he couldn't see his figure, Rong Xiu's eyes narrowed dangerously, and he instructed Qingbai on the side: "Follow him, see where he and those masons are going, what are they doing!" As soon as you have the evidence, report it immediately! ”

Qingbai received the order, and hurriedly took a few people and rushed away.

Yan Xiaowei nodded secretly in her heart, this situation was really the same as she thought. How could her Rong Xiu be the kind of person who was reckless and arbitrary, and did not distinguish between right and wrong?

The hall that had just been crowded fell silent as the people retreated, and Rong Xiu ordered people to close the door and send people to guard it around the hall.

The sunlight was blocked by the wooden door, and the hall suddenly darkened.

Rong Xiu poured out the cold tea in the teapot, brewed a new pot of tea, and then poured one and handed it to Yan Xiaowei to warm her hands. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yan Xiaoyi: "How is it?" Do you see something? ”

Yan Xiaoyan took a sip of tea, the warm tea slid down her throat, and her body warmed up a lot in an instant. She swirled the hot teacup back and forth in her hand before nodding. "If my guess is correct, the one who kidnapped those women and hid them in the warehouse should be that Jia Yongchun! Even if the forty girls were stunned and put into the sacks, they wanted to transport these sacks to the warehouse silently, avoiding the eyes and ears of everyone around, except for Lu Chunyang, it should be Jia Yongchun! ”

She licked her lips: "First, our people have checked, and there are no traces of prying in the doors and windows of the warehouse, which is obviously done by acquaintances." Second, the warehouse is surrounded by residents and shops, and can skillfully avoid the eyes of all the neighbors, and unknowingly transport people in, who must be quite familiar with the living habits of the surrounding neighbors. At this point, Lu Chunyang has only rented this warehouse for a few months, and it should not be easy to accurately grasp these. On the contrary, this house is Jia Yongchun's, and he should be the person who knows the surrounding situation best. ”

As soon as these words came out, Rong Xiu and Baili Ye Su both nodded in agreement.

"And," Yan Xiaowei continued, "although the masons who testified for him were all gray-headed and dirty, and their clothes were covered with mud and white ash, I found that the slightly exposed collar of their cotton clothes was actually white brocade. Even though it was only a small side, I saw it! Think about it, what farmer would wear something to work? If you wear it, it is estimated that you don't need to do short-term work to supplement your family. Also, their hands, though dirty, are not as rough as ordinary peasants. Therefore, the identities of those people are very suspicious. ”

Rong Xiu nodded: "That's right! What's more, when I went to Jia Yongchun's house yesterday to arrest someone, my shadow guard had already gone to his house to secretly search him. I really found a lot of suspicious points, such as this! ”

As he spoke, he took something out of his bosom and threw it on the table.

Yan Xiaowei looked at it, and it was actually a paper made of Tsubaki trees that only exist in the Kwai country! Although only some ordinary accounts were written on it, Jia Yongchun had previously said that when he rented a house with Lu Chunyang and made a note, the paper and pen were all Lu Chunyang's.

Now these things have appeared in his home, and they are not at all different from his confession!

Rong Xiu tapped his finger on the table: "Not only this, but the shadow guard also quietly took a look in the rooms of the subordinates where the masons lived. Those people are very particular about food and clothing, and their behavior is even more unlikely to be farmers! And they are extremely vigilant, our shadow guards almost found out, and a few of them are likely to be kung fu, not to be underestimated! ”

As soon as the words fell, the wooden door in the middle was suddenly knocked twice.

Yan Xiaowei was stunned for a moment, and when she looked at it, it was the envoy of the Kwai Kingdom who went and returned!

Seeing this, Rong Xiu and Baili Ye Su got up from their chairs and bowed their hands to the envoy.

Baili Ye Su said softly: "The situation just now was really unavoidable, so we made this decision, in order to make the appearance of our two countries arguing in front of Najia Yongchun and those masons, and use this as bait to lure the snake out of the hole. There was something inconsiderate about Ye Su's speech just now, and I would like to invite the envoy Haihan! ”

Rong Xiu also stepped forward and said: "Rong Mou has also pleaded guilty to the adult, although Lu Chunyang is now taken into prison, we will definitely not embarrass him." When that's over, we'll release him right away. Before that, please make a show of the envoys, make the matter as big as possible, lure the snake out of the hole as soon as possible, and then catch it all! ”

The envoy of the Kui Kingdom bowed to the two: "His Royal Highness the Ninth and General Rong are really polite." I think that when our lord built an embassy in this bagpipe abyss, he sent letters to your country. The letter said that the country of Baili and the country of Kwai had been in war for a long time, and the people were not able to make a living, and only through peaceful exchanges between the two countries could the people be prosperous and healthy. Therefore, the two countries secretly concluded a friendly agreement for twenty years! No matter how bad my Kwai country is, it is impossible to be that kind of treacherous villain! ”

"So," he paused, touching the lily of the valley pattern on his cuffs, which was the national flower of Aoi Country. Only then did he continue: "Just like the two of you, the lower official is really angry! Who knows, as soon as Xia Guan went out from here, he was stopped by Hai Minggongzi, who was following Xia Guan, and explained the reason to Xia Guan. Xia Guan's heart has finally been put down, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the people of the two countries! ”

Baili Ye Su touched the rosary in his hand and nodded.

The envoy of the Kwai Kingdom bowed to Rong Xiu and Baili Ye: "Who did this matter, it is inconvenient for the lower officials to say more, but I hope that the two of you can arrest the real culprit as soon as possible and give justice to the people of my Kwai Kingdom!" ”

Rong Xiu nodded: "This is nature!" But before that, please keep your mouth shut and cooperate with us! ”

The envoys of the Aoi Kingdom responded in unison.

Not long after, there was news from the streets and alleys of the county town of Bagpipe, saying that the previous case of abducting women had been solved, and the prisoner was from Kwai country. The envoys of Aoi Kingdom were dissatisfied with this result and were furious. For a time, the people of Bagpipes were divided in their opinions, and they all feared that the peace maintained between the two countries would be broken by this incident.

Some good deeds met the officials and guards of the bagpipe abyss, and curiously asked the truth of the matter.

The officials and the young generals just shook their heads and said that they didn't know, and said that everything was decided by His Royal Highness the Ninth and General Rong, and they really wanted to keep silent about this matter.

For a while, the people of Bagpipes were panicked, and a day or two passed, but nothing strange was found. The merchant ships of the two countries are still coming and going, and the people can't help but secretly wonder if what the previous gossip said is false? As a result, there is less attention to this matter.

However, five days after the incident, someone found out that the embassy of Kwai Kingdom was suddenly closed, and for a while, the gossip went viral again.

At the same time, Rong Xiu and Baili Yesu were also in turmoil here.

Baili Ye Su twisted his eyebrows and took a deep breath: "It's been five days since that day, the envoys of the Kwai Kingdom have already made a move, and the gossip has also spread all over the county, why is there still no movement on Jia Yongchun's side?" If this continues, I'm afraid that Jia Yongchun hasn't shown his feet yet, and the ancestors of our bagpipe yuan are panicking! ”

Rong Xiu was a little irritable, he spread the notes on the table that Tianqingbai and others had secretly lurked in Jia Yongchun's old mansion, and looked at them one by one: "Heh, on the first day, I renovated the old mansion during the day, and drank and slept at night; Day 2 and Day 3...... This is true to this day! Heh, he's having a good time! ”

Pan Shu rubbed his face with his big hand and shook his head: "Lao Tzu really doesn't understand, what does this Jia Yongchun want to turn his dilapidated house into?" I've seen it, his house is almost antique, the broken wall, it is estimated that a sneeze can be shaken, he has the money to renovate, I'm afraid he can buy a new one! ”

Yan Xiaowei saw Pan Shu's dazed and tangled look, and couldn't help but smile softly: "That's not for sure, maybe there is some treasure under his house, and he is reluctant to move it, so the treasure has to be renovated!" ”

As soon as these words fell, Rong Xiu suddenly realized, slapped his palm on the table of notes, and a trace of joy welled up on his always serious face: "I know!" ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled Yan Xiaoyi, dragged her whole person to his lap, and then leaned over and kissed her loudly on the lips!