Chen Xunchen was dripping with cold sweat, how could he speak, so he had to turn his head to look at Steward Chen who was standing aside.

Steward Chen lowered his head, his eyes and nose and his heart, as if he had never seen or heard anything.

Chen Xunchen was brought all the way over, he was really frightened, and at this time, seeing the virtue of Steward Chen who only pouted his ass and swept the snow in front of his house, he was even more panicked and scared in his heart, and for a while, he was so anxious that he was sweating.

But at this time, he is not the only one in the hurry!

Li Chengwei stood in a corner, and the sweat on his head and face did not have to be much less than Chen Xunchen.

He really couldn't have imagined that he would see this person here. Originally, he had already cleaned up everything with his conceit, if the yamen wanted to investigate, just based on conjecture, naturally he couldn't do anything, if he dared to use torture at will, and his own family was not a dry meal, he could immediately sue the criminal department and the Kyoto government office.

After all, this place is in the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, those individuals in the Imperial History Taizhong don't take a fancy to Shang Jia Zheng on weekdays, but if they can use this incident to make a name for themselves, and fight with the Criminal Division and the Kyoto Mansion, no one will dislike it.

And if the government really wants to find out some eyebrow evidence, just wandering in the capital is of no great use, Yingzhou and Quanzhou each go once, not to mention three or five months, then there is evidence, the top has already changed, where will anyone dare to pull the matter on their heads, naturally they will die down, even if they are pressed to the side of the corpse, Li Chengwei is still not panicked.

However, he was not prepared for this at all.

Li Chengwei's heart was beating thumping, he knew that he should think about how to deal with it at this time, but for some reason, after a long time, he couldn't think of anything in his mind, only a faint thought flashed by - did he really hit a ghost today......

In a hurry, Mo said that no matter how quick he was, he couldn't think of a countermeasure, but he came up with a way, how to teach the other party to act in this public?

That Chen Xunchen is just an ordinary person, his mind and ability are ordinary, if he hadn't seen that this person was easy to handle, how could Li Chengwei choose him.

However, everything has its own positive and negative, there are good and bad, this Chen Xunchen is stupid and afraid of being greedy for small things, it is easy to handle, once something happens, where can I hope he can withstand it?

Sure enough, after a long time, Chen Xunchen still could only stumble, stumbling, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Gu Yanzhang waited for a moment, and then asked again: "Where did your own family's wealth come from, you don't know it?" Not counting the gold, silver, and land products, just the more than 100 shops and a wharf in Quanzhou City and nearby counties and towns are worth a thousand gold, where did you get the money to buy these many industries? Five generations in your family, either farming or doing small business, isn't it which generation made a fortune? ”

Chen Xunchen raised his head in panic, with a very helpless expression on his face.

Gu Yanzhang asked again: "Don't you know where the wealth in your own family comes from?" With so much money, you can gamble on the avenue on the road, and you have never been to the sea, so you can't meet rare treasures on a lonely island, right? If you don't answer honestly, you have to be tortured! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two servants trotted aside, holding water and fire sticks in their hands, and slammed the stick to the ground, all of them looking like they were looking at each other, as if they were very itchy.

Chen Xunchen was a civilian, how could he afford such a scare, and his lips suddenly turned white.

Gu Yanzhang said again: "Your new house was bought two years ago, you were just a guy in a shop, and then you went to Quanzhou and came back to become the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper is still only in charge of a small shop, and you can't even sell grain for dozens of stones in a year, with you doing business like this, how much silver can your master give you?" ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "I only ask you, your new house is worth fifty-seven taels of silver, and you borrowed twenty taels, and you were so poor that you even had to ask the lord's family to advance money for the Lantern Festival to buy new clothes, where did your thirty-seven taels of silver come from?" Yingzhou to Quanzhou, the road has to pass through Fuzhou, that two years ago is a thief, many rich and noble families have been robbed, the thief ringing horse is not only gold and silver, but also harming people's lives, is not you one of the ringing horses? ”

Gu Yanzhang asked a question, and Chen Xunchen was frightened, and none of them could answer.

When Chen Xunchen heard this, he heard that he was going to be tortured, and he heard that he was suspected of being a ringing horse, so he was so frightened that his urine was about to burst, and his feet were weak, and he already fell to his knees and shouted: "Official, the villain is wronged, the villain is not a ringing horse!" The villain doesn't even dare to kill chickens, where can he dare to kill! ”

Gu Yanzhang took a step forward and asked, "Then where did your wealth come from?!" If you can't say it clearly, you have the right to know that the officials of Kyoto Prefecture have their own officials as prisoners, and they will torture you, and they will beat you with twenty sticks, so that you will know how to suffer pain, and I am afraid that you will know where the money came from! ”

As he said this, the two servants surrounding Chen Xunchen had already raised the water and fire sticks in their hands, and they were really going to fight down.

The officials of the Kyoto Prefecture have beaten not a hundred, but eighty, and they danced with sticks, so frightened that Chen Xunchen's whole body was like a sifting chaff, and before the stick could fall on his legs and feet, he had already pounced on one of them, grabbed the other party's trouser legs and shouted: "Official, don't beat me!" I've got it all! ”

Before he was beaten, he was already in tears, his face was full of tears, not to mention, he was already so frightened that his crotch was wet, he was already wearing an ordinary calf nose pants, and the color was light, and he was wet with a large piece of water that was scared out, because he was constantly braving the scorching sun, he was already very dry, and the smell of urine was so bad that he was so frightened that he took a step back from the hand holding the water and fire stick and wanted to beat it hard.

Chen Xunchen snorted and cried, and didn't dare to let go, only grabbed the other party's legs and feet with both hands, and squinted at Steward Chen not far away with a pair of teary eyes, and shouted: "Big nephew, it's not that my words don't count, but if I don't say it again, my life will be explained here!" Where is the old man, find him out quickly! You can also help me say a few words! Can't you just call your uncle and ask the yamen to be killed! ”

Although Steward Chen had already expected it, when he really saw this fire burning on him, he couldn't help but turn pale, gritted his teeth, and almost scolded Chen Xunchen in his heart, but said in his mouth: "What are you talking nonsense!" ”

Chen Xunchen shouted: "On that day, you said that you would put some properties in my name, first give me thirty taels of silver, and then give me thirty taels after ten years, saying that the eldest lord has a daughter, because he is in a hurry to use the silver money, and wants to sell the property, the eldest lord is very reluctant, and he doesn't want her to know, so he will first borrow my name to buy those many properties, and then do the rest in the future!" ”

Crying father and shouting mother, he turned his head to Gu Yanzhang and shouted: "Official, the villain just went back to Quanzhou, although those shops are in my name, they are not my things, where do I have so much gold and silver, all of them are the business of a rich man in my clan, the rich man's surname is Li, called Li Chengwei, originally the son of our clan, and later was raised by a rich family, and sent to the capital, his family has a lot of money, and he buys these many shops, but it is just a hair plucking, but it is not my business!" ”

He just wanted to clear himself, and told the gossip that everyone in Yingzhou had heard from the mouths of others, and it didn't matter if it was true or not, as long as he didn't get beaten, he could save a small life, where could he take care of the people next to him.

However, as soon as Chen Xunchen finished speaking, many of the Baokangmen neighbors standing behind him were in a shock, and almost everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and ears.

Most of the people who came today were the old people who watched the burial of the Li family in the past, and everyone could talk about the affairs of the Li family in the past.

On that day, the Li family in the Baokang Gate had only one daughter, and the two old people did not want to be sacrificed, so they found a son-in-law for their daughter, who was originally surnamed Chen, and later voluntarily changed to the surname Li, because he and the Li family had no children for a long time, and the Li family wanted to give Li's father a concubine, but Li's father refused, and was a two-year-old child who was picked up from the Salesian Bureau in Beijing.

That kid is Li Chengwei.

Li is a kind person, the two old men of the Li family also often accumulate virtue and do good, and the neighbors get along very well, more than one person in the scene heard a sentence from the mouth of the Li family, saying that Li Chengwei is "my husband specially brought from the Salesian Bureau, and when he came back that day, he shouted that he had taken a fancy to this at a glance, because this little boy has eyebrows and eyes that look very much like me, which makes him feel good." ”

These words are just used by Li to praise her husband, and later Li Chengwei grew older, and everyone gradually realized that this young man did not look like Li, but looked more and more like her husband who died early, but where can I say this to Li, but it is just a private discussion, and later Li also died of illness, so it is not much easier to say.

This time, I didn't want to knock the raw melon seeds that were not knocked open once, and I went back to the pot to fry them again, and after many years, they were put on the table again.

It's just that the old melon seeds for many years, no matter how fragrant they are fried outside, they have already become moldy inside, and everyone doesn't want to eat them, so they only whisper to each other here.

"Didn't you say that it was brought from the Salesian Bureau in Beijing? Why did Yingzhou hug me again? Yingzhou is away from the capital, it is a fast horse, and it will take more than ten days to travel? ”

"Are you really stupid or fake stupid, have you forgotten where the son-in-law of the Li family was from before he changed his surname, and what was his surname?"

Could it be that it was the children of his brothers? Tehug came over and robbed the Li family's assets? ”

"Who knows, that person was in his twenties when he married the lady of the Li family, if there is anything good outside, it may not be impossible! It's good now, the Li family even brings people and wealth, and it's all cheaper than the surname Chen! I heard that the Li family's lady died a little strangely, and they all said that dragons give birth to dragons, and rats give birth to rat cubs, who knows if it is the same as this Xu Sanniang who was killed by someone! ”

"Silence, don't you let Aunt Ren hear it, she used to be kind to the lady of the Li family."

"Which Aunt Ren? Ah, didn't she marry to Xijing? ”

"I came back a while ago, quietly, you see, the one standing behind is it!"

Many people here are talking here, the sound is getting louder and louder, and the neighbors who are surrounding Junyi Qiaofang on the side can't help but intervene to inquire, and everyone is boiling for a while.

Li Chengwei listened to it from time to time, but it was not easy to stop, let alone stop, so he couldn't wait to rush forward at this time, and stuffed the bones of the Xu family in the coffin into Chen Xunchen's mouth and poisoned him to death.

He saw that things had developed to such an extent, and knew that he could no longer ignore them, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee how things would develop, so he took a step forward and said loudly: "Official, the villain has something to ask!" ”

Without waiting for Gu Yanzhang to reply, Li Chengwei had already turned to Chen Xunchen and asked, "Outside of this Chen member, do you know who I am?" ”

When Chen Xunchen saw Li Chengwei, his face was blank, and he asked, "Which one are you?" ”

Li Chengwei heard his words and sneered: "I am the Li Chengwei you said!" ”

Fu said to Gu Yanzhang again: "Official, look, this person is completely nonsense, and he heard the gossip of outsiders out of nowhere, so he is doing nonsense here." As he spoke, he turned to Chen Xunchen and said angrily, "Since you say that I am the son of your clan, I was taken up by the Li family to raise, how can you not know me?!" You're such a nonsense, but there's evidence? ”

He looked very kind, and at this time he lowered his face and lowered his voice, which was actually a bit threatening.

Chen Xunchen shrank his head, and didn't dare to reply very much.

Li Chengwei said again: "Deputy Envoy Gu, this time I am investigating the cause of my wife's death, not to mention that I am the adopted son brought by my parents from the Salesian Church, and I am not shy about it, and everyone in the neighborhood knows it. How can this person be asked to talk about him here and there, confusing the public?! ”

He was about to speak, but at this moment, a person came out of the crowd, that person had white hair, looked at an old woman who was about sixty years old, holding a cane in her hand, her face was very excited, and she was already shouting at Gu Yanzhang and Tian Feng with her throat at the top of her throat: "Official, the old woman has something to say!" ”

While she was walking, her mouth was non-stop, and said: "I have an old relationship with the dead Li family lady, and I was also next to her coffin before she died. ”

The old woman shouted, and then turned her head to the many neighbors behind her and shouted: "The Li family used to be good, don't you remember the big guys?" In the past, he ate so much sweet well water from his house, and he had to build roads and bridges in his house, and he took care of a lot, and we couldn't do it. ”

She shouted several times in a row, and slowly, an old man also walked out of the crowd and said: "Official, the death of the lady of the Li family is a little strange, and the little old man can also see the sealed coffin with his own eyes, thinking about it at this time, it is really very wrong, while everyone is here, it is better to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy!" ”

got one, and soon the first two, three, and even more than ten or twenty people stood up.

Li Chengwei's back was covered with sweat, and the sweat on his head kept dripping down, sliding all the way down from his forehead, and the whole person seemed to have just been fished out of the hot water.

At this time, although he is the son of the Li family, in order to prove himself, he has no position to prevent the coffin from being opened.