"Is there any information over there?" Daddy asked.

"Haven't heard anything yet."

"Now that the 'hunter' matter has finally come to an end, there are many servants left, and another twenty or thirty people will be dispatched to assist Sun Yu to quickly arrest Song Shilang's housekeeper." Daddy said, "Give me all the information about this person." ”

The housekeeper's surname is Dai, his name is Qing, his hometown is indeed in Fangcheng, Dai Qing became his housekeeper when Song Yiren resigned and returned to Zhuo County, and it has been five or six years now. Daddy wasn't sure if Song Yiren was killed by Dai Qing, but he had been a housekeeper in the Song Mansion for so long, and it could be seen that Song Yiren trusted him extraordinarily, Dai Qing must have hidden some important things, and Daddy wanted to arrest him back and ask him carefully.

But Sun Zhu searched Fang Cheng all over and didn't find him, this Dai Qing is really tired!

finally dealt with the matter of the "hunter", and now something like this happened, and my father was in a mess again. Father successively sent more than 50 officials to assist Sun Zhu to find people, they divided into several routes, it took half a month, and finally found Dai Qing in Jingzhou, and brought him back to the county office.

"Steward Dai, I'm so hard to find you!" When Daddy saw Dai Qing, the expression on his face was very angry, if he hadn't been worried about the identity of the county order, he would definitely have been beaten up.

"What is the county magistrate looking for me?" Dai Qing pretended to be innocent.

Daddy asked angrily, "You don't know what I'm looking for you to do?" ”

"Xiaomin has always kept to himself, and he doesn't know what mistakes he has made, so he asks the county magistrate to tell me."

Daddy looked at him for a long time before he spoke; "Steward Dai, how long have you been in the Song Mansion?"

"Five years? Six years? I don't remember clearly, it's been a long time. ”

"Then what do you think of Song Yiren?"

"This man is okay, sir."

"Tell me more about it."

"'Who is without a sage?' Naturally, he has good and bad sides, but it's really a bit inappropriate to speak ill of the dead here now. Dai Qing said expressionlessly.

"Steward Dai has read books, and he cites scriptures."

"I've also taken the Jinshi exam, but I'm just not on the list."

"Song Shilang trusts you a lot."

"It's natural, I've been with my master the longest."

"You said before that Song Shilang changed his mind and stayed in Zhuojun after receiving a mysterious letter, and said that he would destroy it after reading the letter?"

"Yes."

"We found the letter in his study." Daddy looked at Dai Qing with a deep eye.

"Wouldn't that be a good thing?" He said, still with no expression on his face.

"Who do you say Song Shilang has such a deep hatred with? Even the heart was gouged out. Daddy abruptly changed the subject.

Dai Qing looked at his father for a moment and said, "Isn't it a 'hunter'?" ”

"It's not."

"Then I don't know, what is the purpose of the county magistrate not to catch the murderer but to go to great lengths to arrest me? Don't you think I'm the murderer? ”

Daddy smiled and said, "What is Steward Dai talking about?" I didn't say you're a murderer, I just wanted to get some information from you. ”

"Okay, then I will definitely cooperate with the county magistrate, and I hope that the county magistrate will catch the murderer as soon as possible, so that I can return my innocence"

"The autopsy report from the pestle shows that the nail of the middle finger of Song Shilang's right hand was turned upside down, and he should have fought with the murderer to a lesser extent before his death. By the way, we also asked the people in Song Shilang's family, and we heard from them that on the night Song Shilang was killed, Butler Dai entered his room. ”

Daddy had already expressed his suspicions about him, but Dai Qing's face still had a look of indifference, and he replied indifferently: "It was the master who handed me the letter he wrote that night, and told me a few words, that's all." ”

"How can you make me believe you?" Daddy asked.

"Then why did the county magistrate suspect me?"

"Didn't I say we found the mysterious letter?" Daddy took out a piece of letterhead and handed it to Dai Qing, saying, "This is it." ”

Dai Qing stretched out his left hand and took it and opened it, "Isn't this just a blank piece of paper?" He asked, confused. There was finally a slight change in expression on his face.

Daddy had a smile on his face, "You're left-handed. Daddy spoke.

"That's right."

"But I remember that day when you handed me the letter written by Song Shilang, you used your right hand, why is that?"

"Lord Prefectural Commander, you remember wrongly, I was using my left hand at the time."

"No, no, no, I'm absolutely not mistaken!" Daddy looked at Dai Qing meaningfully, "I guess Steward Dai has a scratch on his left hand." ”

"How so?" As he spoke, he lifted the sleeve of his left hand and showed the entire arm of his left hand to his father, "Lord County Commander, look at where there are scratches?" ”

"Steward Dai, it's been more than half a month, even if there are scratches, they are almost eliminated now." Daddy said.

"The county magistrate can't slander the people without evidence."

"Steward Dai really doesn't shed tears when he sees the coffin!" Daddy sneered, "Confess and be lenient, you may still be in prison for the rest of your life." ”

"According to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, if you don't have evidence, you must let me go within fifteen days!"

"How do you know I don't have proof?" Daddy said, "I just hope you can confess your crimes yourself, so that you can deal with them lightly." ”

"I wasn't the one who killed the master, what crime did I confess?" Dai Qing said in a firm tone.

At this time, Sun Yu quickly walked over, handed a wooden plate button to his father, and said, "My lord, according to what you said, we found this in the room where Song Yiren died. ”

When Dai Qing saw this button, he could clearly see that his face had changed greatly.

"Steward Dai, are you familiar with this thing?"

"Don't you have most of your clothes?" He feigned a calm answer, but his legs shook slightly.

"That's what you wear!" Daddy said categorically, "When you killed Song Shilang, he grabbed your left hand so hard that the nail cover of his right middle finger turned over, and at the same time, he also grabbed the button on your clothes, leaving the most critical evidence, what else do you quibble?" ”

Dai Qing finally couldn't hold it anymore, fell to his knees on the ground, and pleaded: "I admit that I killed Song Yiren, the county commander spared me, you should do ......whatever you want."

"Don't think!" Daddy interrupted him, "Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky!" If you have read the book, you should know this sentence in "Lao Tzu"! ”

"Yes!" He replied crying.

"Now tell me why you killed Song Yiren."

Dai Qing sat on the ground weakly, and his initial self-righteous expression had long since disappeared.

"Song Yiren has a strange temper, and often beats and scolds us for no reason, especially when he knows that the 'hunter' has returned to Zhuo County, his temper has become more irritable, and he vents on us repeatedly. Once he beat me half to death, I was lying in bed to recuperate, and my old lady came from Fangcheng to take care of me, but this bastard accidentally beat her old man to death, and it was because of this incident that I made up my mind to kill this bastard! Dai Qing's expression became very angry, as if Song Yiren was by his side, and he was about to kill Song Yiren again at any time.

"Then why do you keep staying with him as a butler?" Daddy asked curiously.

"I just wanted to find the right opportunity to kill this bastard! I heard him mention that when he was in Luoyang, he had sent someone to steal Emperor Yang of Sui's playthings, and then planted them on the body of the Jiangyang thief 'hunter'. So from then on, I asked around about the traces of the 'hunter', and I wanted to tell him about it, so that he could kill Song Yiren, the dog thief. When I learned that the Hunter had returned to Zhuo, I tried to tell him the secret, but he said he didn't want to kill people because of old things, so I had to take matters into my own hands. ”

"How did you get in touch with the Hunter?"

"My father used to hunt for a living, so when I first entered the private school, I was very familiar with the text "Lu Ling" in the Book of Songs, and often recited this text in front of my father. When I learned that the 'hunter' killed Zhang Hua, I rushed over as soon as possible, I saw the collar on Zhang Hua's neck, and immediately thought of the article "Lu Ling", and then I guessed that the 'hunter' killed people according to this article, and then I speculated that his next target was either Wang Erma or Zhu Laowu, because they did not contribute less to Zhang Hua's imitation of the 'hunter's theft, even if one is active and the other is passive, but the real 'hunter' will never let them go. So I squatted next to these two people's homes, but fortunately I squatted in the right position for the first time, and I met the 'hunter' who had just finished solving the target at Wang Erma's house. ”

"So you already knew that Zhang Hua was a fake 'hunter'?" Daddy asked him.

"Of course, Zhang Hua was besieged when he came to the Song Mansion to steal things that day, and then he escaped from the water in a hurry, in fact, I recognized him at that time."

"Zhang Hua's face was covered with a cloth at that time, how did you recognize it?"

"On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, I happened to help Song Yiren discuss some things with the boss of the restaurant, and when I passed by the big river on the way, I saw Zhang Hua chasing ducks in the water, and I remembered his unique swimming skills, so according to this, I guessed that the 'hunter' was Zhang Hua pretending."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier, so that it could prevent the occurrence of one tragedy after another?" Daddy asked him angrily.

"Why should I stop it? How can I stop it? ”

"You can come to the county government to report the case!"

"My plan hasn't been realized yet, how can I manage so much?"

"You're so selfish!" Daddy pointed at Dai Qing's nose and scolded angrily.

"Am I selfish? I also want to use the 'hunter' in addition to Song Yiren, a bastard!" I report him, how do I take action next? Dai Qing felt very aggrieved.

"Okay, let's not dwell on this matter, fortunately, the 'hunter' has been caught by us." Daddy asked, "Then you learned that the 'hunter' would not kill Song Yiren, what action did you take?" ”

"The method of killing people with a knife didn't work, I must have to think of another way myself." Dai Qing said, "I used 'hunter' to indirectly intimidate him, and he was very sensitive and wrote that letter, which I think will just divert your attention so that you will not suspect me." ”

"Didn't you say that Song Yiren was about to leave Zhuo County, but he changed his mind after receiving a mysterious letter? What exactly is a letter? ”

"This is what I made up, I killed him before he was about to leave Zhuojun."

Daddy shook his head and said, "Why didn't you consider that the real 'hunter' would deny that he killed Song Yiren?" ”

"I made the Hunter my target, and I thought you wouldn't be able to catch him, so the matter wouldn't be revealed." Dai Qing lowered his head and said in frustration, "I never thought that you would be able to catch him." ”

"Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky!" Daddy said righteously, "Arrest him, and ask the queen to behead him!" ”