Chapter 46: Beasts
Master Xu San looked at Xu Qinghuan, his eyes became darker and darker, like an abyss about to swallow everything in front of him: "When I picked up a stone and met the Cao family in the Cao family, a lot of things happened in the middle, and it is reasonable that I can't make it clear one by one, the Xu and Cao families are originally in-laws, and I have been to the Cao family more times, so I can naturally find the clues, even if I lie, can you convict me like this?" ”
Xu Qinghuan did not answer Master Xu San's question: "If there is a first mistake, there will be a second mistake." ”
Everyone looked at Xu Qinghuan.
Xu Qinghuan said: "The stone has been missing for so long, why did the woman who depended on the stone with her life not make any movement, neither tried to find the stone, nor sent news to Zhao Cao's family.
I had assumed that it was because she knew that the stone would take revenge, so that even if the stone was gone, she would not say anything, but then I realized that I had misinferred. ”
Sun Chong couldn't help but say: "The stone mind is also different from ordinary people, and the people who get along with him day and night naturally know that Cao Ruwan was not killed by the stone, and the woman will definitely find out the difference." ”
Xu Qinghuan nodded: "If the stone is gone, this woman will be flustered, how can she stay at home safely, when nothing happens, someone must have appeased her." ”
Sun Chong said: "What does Miss Xu mean, it was Master Xu San who comforted the woman?" But why isn't it Second Master Xu? ”
Xu Qinghuan said: "Master Xu San has raised the stone for many years, and if something happens to the stone, the woman will try her best to tell Master Xu San, and naturally she will listen to Master Xu San's arrangement."
It is very difficult for Second Master Xu to do this, even if he uses the life of the stone as a threat, the woman will not just sit still, she will definitely have a chance to leave some clues.
Therefore, Second Master Xu wanted to blame all this on the stone, and he should kill the woman after Cao Ruwan died, and he would not risk letting her live a few more days. ”
Sun Chong frowned: "But that woman did live a few more days, so your inference is not reasonable." ”
"I have also been troubled by this matter, but it is because I have figured it out that I can conclude that the real murderer is not the second master Xu," Xu Qinghuan said, "Second master Xu used the grievances of the Zhao Cao family and the Cao family to set up such a big situation, and there would never be such an omission, I think there is only one reason to think about it, the second master Xu does not know that the stone is mentally deficient, so he has no reason to kill the woman."
If Shi Shi is a normal person with strong strength and tall stature, he naturally has the ability to kill Cao Ruwan, the grievances between Zhao Cao's mother and son and the Cao family are there, and the stone happens to have no trace at this time, the woman will probably suspect that everything is done by Shi, and she will not dare to speak out if she has a dark ghost, even if the yamen comes to the door, the woman must not be able to say anything unfavorable to the second master Xu. ”
After Xu Qinghuan finished speaking, the yacha brought the second master Xu up.
Xu Qingshu saw his father and immediately pounced: "Since you have found the murderer, why do you still tie up my father, let my father go quickly." ”
The county man snorted coldly: "You are also a person with meritorious reputation, but you don't know the rules in the yamen?" This official forgives you for your first offense, otherwise you will definitely be punished for the crime of disturbing the court. ”
Yacha raised the killing stick, and Xu Qingshu retreated with a grim face.
Xu Qinghuan walked to the second master Xu: "Although everything is not because of the second uncle, but the second uncle has a few lives on his hands, do you still want to get out of the way?" It's better to tell the truth early. ”
Second Master Xu's face changed again and again, and he finally made up his mind to look at Wang Yun: "Lord Mingjian, I really want the Cao family's silver, but I didn't want to kill anyone, I originally just wanted to kidnap Ruzhen, stir up the grievances between the Zhao Cao family and the Cao family, and then find an opportunity to blackmail the Cao family to share the silver...... I didn't expect ...... I can't help the rest of it...... Now that I think about it, I was being pushed forward step by step...... to get to where it is now. ”
After saying this, Second Master Xu looked at Third Master Xu viciously, "I never thought that you were hurting me behind my back, I have raised you at home all these years, what am I sorry for you." ”
Master Xu San looked surprised: "Is there a place for An Yihou to live with the second brother?" The second brother is not coveting the title of Marquis of Anyi, and the second brother is harming people because of greed, what does it have to do with me. ”
Second Master Xu gritted his teeth and gurgled: "You deliberately let me hear the conversation with Zhao Cao's and lead me to find Zhao Cao's son, you secretly arranged everything, if I had known that Zhao Cao's son was mentally deficient, how could you make such an arrangement...... In this way, he will be caught by the government.
Everything is your secret calculation, that is, to push me out of the guilt, so that no one will suspect you, you will quietly swallow that silver, and the entire second room of the Xu family will also fall into your hands. ”
Master Xu San said coldly: "The second brother is worthy of being the head of the sect, and he put the blame on me in a few words." ”
"The second uncle is telling the truth, he doesn't know that Shi has a lack of mind, otherwise he wouldn't be caught by us so easily," Xu Qinghuan looked at Xu San Master after speaking, "You left us clues here, so that we could track down the second uncle, but I didn't expect that because of the second uncle's ignorance, there were many loopholes."
The second uncle did not kill the woman is one of them, so you have to make amends, before we find the woman, you must kill the woman, there are many ways to force a person to commit suicide, the lives of Zhao Cao's mother and son are in your hands, you can make the poor man put his neck in the rope with a casual word, you think that everything is complete, but you don't know that it is this perfection that makes me doubt you.
Only someone who knows the whole thing very well will grasp everything so accurately, whether it is Zhao Cao's family, the stone or the dead woman, they are all at the mercy of a puppet. ”
Master Xu San's face showed a somewhat gloomy expression.
"One more thing," Xu Qinghuan continued, "Don't you want to know why we were able to catch you so smoothly?" ”
A person walked to the court, lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, and only raised his head after a while: "The Cao family is guilty, more than ten years ago he killed his life-saving benefactor Zhao Shan, and more than ten years later, in order to keep this secret, he wanted to frame An Yihou for collaborating with the enemy. ”
Hearing this, Mrs. Cao's face changed greatly, and she looked at the people in the court in surprise: "You...... Are you crazy? ”
Master Cao San raised his head: "My son is not crazy, my son just doesn't want to make mistakes again and again," he looked at Xu Qinghuan, "Thank you Miss Xu for giving me this opportunity." ”
On the day when Lord Wang Yun returned to Cao's house with his second sister, he remembered what happened more than ten years ago, and quietly walked out of the house with a sad heart.
Unexpectedly, Miss Xu walked in front of him.
The girl looked at him with a pair of clear eyes: "Have you ever regretted killing Zhao Shan more than ten years ago?" When I dream back in the middle of the night, I ask myself if I am ashamed. Maybe this is your last chance, and you will regret it later. ”
Scenes from the past came to his mind.
Zhao Shan's laughter, Zhao Shan's compassion, Zhao Shan's death......
He never forgot that Zhao Shan was not only his savior, but also his family.
That night, he didn't say a word for his family and allowed him to be tortured to death.
Since then, everything has been a foregone conclusion.
"If you didn't kill Zhao Shan back then, although you would be suspected of having an affair with the rebels by the imperial court, Lord Su Huai would try his best to avenge your grievances, and Zhao Shan would also explain the matter clearly, and it was very likely that the Cao family would be innocent. It's a pity that you killed Zhao Shan, and now in order to cover up this secret, you make mistakes again and again, and the Cao family will eventually be dragged into the abyss.
Maybe this is the only way to repay the sins you committed against Zhao Shan.
I know that we can't get the silver, with Mrs. Cao's personality, she will not hand all this over to Master Cao, she should hide from Master Cao to put the silver in another place, the second master Cao is flustered and untrustworthy, and the only thing that Mrs. Cao can entrust is the third master.
I said that this is the last chance, not your chance to save Zhao Shan, but your chance to save yourself. ”
A determined look appeared on Master Cao San's face: "According to what Miss Xu said, I deliberately went to check whether the tax silver was properly placed, in order to lure the murderer to find the tax silver, so Miss Xu is right, whoever appears there is the murderer." ”
The corners of Master Xu San's mouth couldn't help twitching, and he only heard Xu Qinghuan sigh.
"You think you're smart, but you're just a waste, you've been hiding for so many years, you've designed such a game, and you've counted everyone into it, but it's a pity that you've failed, and that's not all...... You are already an abandoned pawn, and the people to whom you are loyal have long since abandoned you.
You ruined yourself and the Xu family, but you didn't get anything.
The only Zhang family who cares about you was also killed, you are really ...... A useless ...... Brute. ”
Hearing these words, Master Xu San's eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, as if he was suddenly enraged.