As this incident came to an end, everyone's fear completely turned into embarrassment and helplessness. Even, there are people whose families are as poor as the Zhang family, and they also showed unbearable expressions to the Zhang Chao brothers.

Naturally, a few people who had been trying to help the Zhang brothers speak couldn't help but be silent. But they don't know what kind of expression to show, not to mention that they haven't encountered it, they just can't think of it.

At this time, Liu Zhaoshi, who had never spoken, suddenly cried bitterly, and threw himself on the coffin that still smelled of foul smell in a panic. As Liu Jinshan's surviving person, it is reasonable for Liu Zhaoshi to be so heartbroken.

Although Xu Chu couldn't understand why a loving couple still had to take a concubine. But it didn't prevent her, she felt a faint sourness in her heart because she saw Liu Zhaoshi crying sadly.

"Girl, since it is not the head of my family's gold mountain, where did the head of my family's gold mountain go?" She knelt down in front of Xu Chu with tears streaming down her face, and asked in a choked voice.

Xu Chu looked at her with anticipation, his eyes were gloomy, and after a while, he pursed his lips and said, "The yamen will definitely give you an explanation for this matter...... It's just that it happened suddenly, and we haven't had time to investigate it carefully, so it will take some time. ”

She is not a fairy, and it is impossible for her to catch the murderer with just her corpse, or to find the head cut off by the murderer with a little calculation.

However, although she could not be sure, she had a picture of the murderer's situation in her mind. As for whether it is accurate, we will have to wait for a later visit to decide.

At this time, the voices of the surrounding villagers were all muffled, and even some women who had lost their husbands early in the family also wiped their tears when they saw Liu Zhao's actions like this. Once, when something happened to the family members, they were also so sad. Even though I've been used to it for so many years, I still can't hide the sadness in my heart when I think about it.

Because of the lack of a head, Liu Jinshan's case will naturally not be solved. At the same time, he failed to complete the corpse, and it stands to reason that he could not be buried smoothly.

Not to mention how Liu Zhaoshi cried and came back to life, and finally passed out and didn't know who was there. Even Master Liu, who endured his grief and did not stop the yamen officials from taking away his son's body, was staggering at this time. If it weren't for the fact that his family was quite wealthy, and he had a subordinate and a sedan chair, he was afraid that he would fall in public.

After returning to the Yamen, Xiao Qinglang first wrote a handwritten letter and ordered the secret guards to be sent to the Criminal Department of the capital quickly. In order to avoid that when the Criminal Department saw the case file sent by the Tian County Order, it would be dealt with according to the file where the original human and material evidence were present.

After the secret guard took the letter and left, Master Liu, who was relieved, also rushed to the yamen.

"Master Liu doesn't have to be worried, there are just some questions to ask routinely at this time, you just have to answer truthfully." Xu Chu couldn't help but feel a little pity when he saw that he was so old, but he had to run around for his son's murder.

How good can she and her father be? The assassinations that may be encountered at any time, the bottomless abyss, and the mastermind behind the scenes who don't know where to hide, overlap and make people uneasy.

Thinking about it like this, her attitude softened a little.

Master Liu thanked him with his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "So far, the grass people have nothing to say." The two of them just asked, and the grass people would not hide it. ”

Hearing him say this, Xiao Qinglang bowed his head and signaled that he could start. After he saw Xu Chu holding the pen, he opened his mouth solemnly.

"Does Liu Jinshan have an enemy?"

"The Liu family has been in business for generations, and has always believed in harmony and wealth, and will never be an enemy of others. Even if you don't make a deal, you won't make enemies with anyone. And in Jinshan's generation, except for some peers who are angry with his business, he has not provoked other rights and wrongs. ”

This is the same as what they have learned, Liu Jinshan is good at dancing with long sleeves, and knows how to observe the pleasant face, so he has never had an enemy worthy of being a killer. In the shopping mall, the conflict of interests is not uncommon among businessmen, and generally speaking, it will not be a killer for this.

"In Liu Jinshan's back house, can the relationship between wife and concubine be harmonious? Is the relationship between the children friendly? ”

Master Liu sighed, "Don't hide it from the two of you, Jinshan has a very good relationship with my daughter-in-law, and they have been married for so many years. Originally, he didn't have the intention of taking a concubine, but my daughter-in-law was virtuous, and he felt that giving birth to a son hurt the roots, and he was ashamed of the Liu family. Therefore, she made the decision to give Jin Shan the dowry maid around her as a concubine. ”

The two of them have grown up together since childhood, and their temperaments are excellent, embroidering and playing together every day, and there has been no estrangement. And the two sons also grew up under the knees of the two of them, and the brothers have love and have never deviated. And although the Liu family has some family business, there is no side branch to provoke, so the relationship between the back house is also simple, and it will not cause filth and then Jinshan's life. ”

"I just said that Jinshan's wife and concubine do not go out of the door all the year round, and the two sons are guided by me to learn to do business, ignoring my sight all day long. So none of them would have the ability to kill, let alone hire a murderer. ”

In this way, the suspicion that the murderer is the Liu family is ruled out.

The two questioned again, and finally ruled out the possibility of vendetta and love killing, and put their suspicions above robbery.

If the crime is committed by wandering, then after the robbery, the bandits rarely take people's lives. However, there was a human life in this case, and it is very likely that the deceased knew the murderer, or could identify the murderer.

On the other hand, they did not dare to draw conclusions for the time being.

The two of them recorded their guesses, then got up and left the hall.

After finishing the inquiry, he and Xu Chu each changed their clothes and went out again. Of course, for the sake of convenience, Tian County Ling also changed to a regular uniform to accompany him.

A few people went to see Gu Shunfeng in prison first and inquired carefully.

In fact, Gu Shunfeng was already confused at this time. He only remembered that he did buy a golden hairpin from Liu Jinshan at that time, and the two talked happily with each other, and walked together for a long time with the people who traveled the same way. Later, when they parted at the fork in the lake, they somehow left behind the burden of the kitchen knife.

"What is the characteristic of your baggage? Aside from the kitchen knife, what else is there next to it? Xiao Qinglang suddenly opened his mouth when he covered his head and cried bitterly.

His voice was extremely cold, but it made Gu Shunfeng, who was emotional, calm down slightly.

"The burden was sewn by Ran Niang, and there was an ancient character embroidered on it with red thread. In addition to kitchen knives, there are also some cumin powder ......" Gu Shunfeng recalled carefully, frowned and said, "It's cumin powder, and there are some red yeast rice powder for braised duck...... Beside them, there is nothing else. ”

"When you bought the golden hairpin, did anyone else see it? Or, do you know someone who is traveling with you? ”

"Yes, yes, there were several people in the nearby village at that time, and they helped me choose, there were men and women, but I didn't know them. By the way, there is also a lady who seems to be Mrs. Li Zheng from Zhangjiazhuang, I heard the vendor call her sister-in-law with her mouth open, and the two seem to know each other very well......"

Xiao Qinglang bowed his head and was silent, but it made people feel as if everything was as he expected. He said lightly: "According to what you said, Liu Jinshan, the jewelry seller, carries a lot of gold and silver jewelry?" ”

Gu Shunfeng nodded, looking at Xiao Qinglang's face that seemed to know everything, and his heart gradually sank.

He recalled for a moment and said: "There are indeed a lot, there are five or six golden hairpins alone." There were also some silver hairpins and gold and silver bracelets, although I don't often buy those things, but I can also see that the bag of jewelry is worth a lot of money, to say the least, it must be worth a hundred and eighty taels of silver. ”

After Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu and his party left the prison, they traveled all the way to Zhangjiazhuang.

The two first arrived at the place where the murder occurred, that is, on the edge of the lake outside Zhangjiazhuang Village. The lake is sparkling, and people can't help but feel open when they look at it.

On a stone by the lake, there were quite a few splashes of blood. But the strange thing is that the place where the most blood is shed is the muddy ground stained with dark red blood.

Xu Chu squatted down and twisted those dark red ones with his hands, and after a while, he frowned and said, "The murderer should have attacked the deceased with something first, making him fall to the ground and be powerless to resist." After that, he cut off his head. ”

It's just that the head was taken away by the murderer, so it's hard to tell what the murder weapon is.

Xiao Qinglang on the side nodded, his eyes swept over the stones by the lake, and saw that there was no trace of moving, so he said, "Let's go to the village first." ”

Before going to re-interrogate Zhang Cuncai, an eyewitness at the time, the group first went to Zhangjiazhuang's Lizheng house.

At this time, Zhang Li was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, and there was no match to gossip with the mother-in-law who was holding her grandson. The fact that Zhang Chao and his brothers cut off their old father's head in exchange for a bounty is now in an uproar, even he is very emotional. The brothers who seem to be timid and afraid of things, but they didn't expect to be able to do this for the sake of silver, which is really shocking.

When Tian Xian Ling took Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu into their door, he was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly got up to greet them, bent down and saluted.

"I've seen adults in Zhangjiazhuang, I don't know what your lords have to do today?" He opened his mouth cautiously, lest it was because there were unscrupulous people like the Zhang brothers in his village, and he couldn't do it here.

In front of Xiao Qinglang, Tian Xianling naturally did not dare to play official power, let alone sit on the upper seat according to Zhang Lizheng's wishes. He cleared his throat and pretended to be serious: "It's not that the official has something to do, but that the prince has something to ask your mother-in-law." ”

When Zhang Lizheng heard that the prince was coming, he was stunned at first, and then looked at Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu in astonishment. Because when the coffin was opened for autopsy before, he didn't come to the front of him because of something, so he really didn't know that the person in front of him who looked rich and cold turned out to be the prince.

Now that Tian County Ling said, he quickly knelt on the ground, and beckoned his mother-in-law to come over and kneel down and kowtow, "The grass people have seen the prince." ”

"The folk woman has seen the prince and kowtowed to the prince."