Chapter 5: The Real Murderer

Shangguan Yutang followed a man in cloth to the vicinity of Chunxiang Building, only to see the man enter Chunxiang Building, and it didn't take long for him to come out.

Shangguan Yutang didn't know what Xia Ming was doing in Chunxiang Building, but he returned to his old house, Shangguan Yutang flew on the roof, uncovered a piece of tiles, and looked at the situation in the house.

On the bed, there was a gray-haired old lady, the old lady was motionless, as if she had lost her breath, Xia Ming was crying, and at the same time covered the old lady with a quilt, but the quilt covered the top of her head.

"Mother...... It's Ah Ming who is sorry for you, Ah Ming has no ability, he doesn't have enough money to treat you, and he blames Wang Daqiang for killing his father back then! It's why our family is so miserable, but ...... Ah Ming has avenged his father, Ah Ming has not only avenged his father, Xiaolan, but also Qiaoxia, mother...... Rest in peace...... I'm going to accompany you......"

A twenty-year-old young man lay on the old man's body and kept crying, and as soon as the light flashed, Xia Ming took out a dagger and was about to stab him in the chest.

"Bump!" Shangguan Yutang turned over and entered the room and kicked the dagger away from his hand.

Before Xia Ming came back to his senses, the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and he raised his eyes in a daze, looking at the handsome young man in front of him.

"You...... Who are you? ”

Shangguan Yutang looked down at him and said softly, "You tell me why you killed Zhou Daqiang first."

Xia Ming cried out with a "woo woo", and he sat on the ground: "I...... I hate him, he and his brother are in cahoots, harming my beloved woman, hurting my father, and harming Qiaoxia! I wanted to kill him for a long time...... Woowoo...... My mother died yesterday, and I have no reason to live, so I just drag Zhou Daqiang to hell with me...... Woowoo woo ......"

A year ago, Xia Ming's father and Wang Daqiang had a conflict, Wang Daqiang has always been a person who must fight, and the next day he found someone to beat Xia Ming's father, Xia Ming's father fell ill from then on, and died in less than half a year, Xia Ming was angry and wanted to report to the official, but Wang Bingquan and Wang Daqiang were a nest of snakes and rats, and he never left Taoyuan Town, and he didn't know who else to find to avenge him.

Shangguan Yutang was full of anger, thinking that Taoyuan Town was only a dozen miles away from the imperial capital, and here, there were actually scourges like Wang Bingquan and Wang Daqiang.

"Ah Ming! Ah Ming! Zhou Xiaolan ran in from outside crying, Xia Ming went to Chunxiang Building to give Zhou Xiaolan a burden, which was the clothes that Xia Ming made for her by himself, although Xia Ming was a man, but he was good at embroidery, thinking that today was the last day of his life, and wanted to see Zhou Xiaolan for the last time.

Zhou Xiaolan was very happy with the clothes Xia Ming gave her, but she found Xia Ming's suicide note in the baggage, she was afraid that Xia Ming would not be able to think about it, so she hurried over.

"Brother Ming, why are you so stupid? Woowoo...... What do you want me to do when you die? Zhou Xiaolan hugged Xia Ming, and the two buried their heads and cried.

Dugu Shaobai walked in, looking at the heartbroken two, he must have known the truth, he turned back to Shangguan Yutang and said, "Xia Ming borrowed Zhou Dali's axe and hacked Wang Daqiang to death." ”

Zhou Xiaolan looked at him with red eyes, and couldn't accept this fact in his heart: "Ah Ming, did you ask me to get Wang Daqiang drunk last night just to let him leave Chunxiang Building in a daze, so that you could have a chance to start, right?" ”

Xia Ming choked up and nodded violently: "I'm sorry Xiaolan, I'm sorry for you, I planned this matter alone, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

He took advantage of Zhou Xiaolan, he felt guilty, he knelt in front of Shangguan Yutang and Dugu Shaobai, and kept kowtowing: "The two officials, it's all my fault, it was I who killed Wang Daqiang, and it was I who let Xiaolan get drunk in advance, but I didn't tell Xiaolan my plan, and then I ambushed him on his way back, and hacked him to death while he was drunk, all of which have nothing to do with Xiaolan!" ”

Zhou Xiaolan hugged Xia Ming, lying on his stomach and crying in grief: "Xia Ming, if you die, I won't live anymore!" ”

"You also buried the gold thread in the wall? Is it to make everyone think that Qiao Xia has returned to kill Wang Daqiang? Dugu Shaobai looked at the two people who were hugging and crying on the ground, and his heart was also filled with a trace of sadness.

Xia Ming nodded and choked up: "Yes, I buried the gold thread, there used to be gold thread at home, but it couldn't be used to make clothes, and it was useless to keep it, so I took this thread and put it in the wall." He wiped his tears, although the method of hiding the thread was stupid, but he did not regret killing Wang Daqiang.

"Wang Daqiang did a lot of evil, he forced Qiao Xia to death before, and designed to trick Xiaolan to a brothel, and also harmed my father, I can't forgive him, I haven't left Taoyuan Town since I was a child, I have little knowledge, except for Wang Bingquan, I have never known other officials, but if you want to seek justice in front of Wang Bingquan, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, not to mention that it is his younger brother who does evil! Officials protect each other, and it is our people who suffer......"

Dugu Shaobai and Shangguan Yutang had mixed feelings in their hearts, although the Celestial Empire is now strong, there are always a few bullies in these small towns and villages that they don't know, but it's a pity that they all found out too late, if they had found out that there were such wicked people in Taoyuan Town, these people would not have suffered so much.

"You get up first, we will find out what Wang Bingquan and Wang Daqiang did, and your sin will not necessarily be a capital crime." Dugu Shaobai wondered, how was the head brought to the branch? However, he planned to interrogate Xia Ming privately and alone.

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In the dungeon of Taoyuan Town, Xia Ming was curled up in the corner, Dugu Shaobai walked over, and his thin lips opened lightly: "Xia Ming, you cut off Wang Daqiang's head at that time, how did you put it on the big banyan tree?" Did you pretend to be a headless man to scare him that night? ”

During the day, a man told himself that he found a man dressed in white and headless near Wang Daqiang's body last night, Dugu Shaobai suspected that it was Xia Ming's disguise, but Xia Ming shook his head after hearing his words.

"I didn't, I hid in the alley, and when he came over, I cut off his head, and he was drunk at the time, and he staggered when he walked, so it was much easier for me to do it, but after killing him, I was scared, and I ran back to my house as soon as I got it, where would I have the courage to pretend to be a ghost on the street? I don't have the skills to hang his head on a tree. ”

At this joint, Xia Ming would not lie to him anymore, Dugu Shaobai recalled Wang Daqiang's head found on the tree during the day, and a few pieces of flesh on his face were bitten off. Was it taken by a wild dog? But wild dogs don't climb such tall trees, do they?

I'm afraid there's no better explanation than someone else doing this, but who could it be? The meat bitten off the skull was bitten by a wild dog? Still is...... Human bites?