A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in the old man's eyes, and he looked at Xia Ye and said, "Really? ”

Xia Ye nodded, and then glanced at Chu Chengxiao, this guy really understood her mind more and more.

Then Xia Ye and the old man sat at the door of the yamen and talked about the case, Xia Ye listened to the old man talk about the case as it was, and then let the old man beat the drum and hand over the complaint.

On the way back to the inn, Xia Ye has been thinking about it, according to this old man's meaning, this money is expensive because he made a fortune in business for a while, so he began to be arrogant.

used to be just a bad gambler, but I don't know how it broke out overnight and became a rich man in Yaguan County.

Xia Ye is also very suspicious of this sudden overnight rich, what kind of business can make a person rich overnight?

Because the class only opened the next day, Xia Ye spent the whole day thinking about the details that the old man provided her.

The old uncle's daughter committed suicide by jumping into the river because she couldn't stand Qian Dagui's harassment, which doesn't seem to have a direct connection with Qian Dagui.

But fortunately, Xia Ye also inquired about the location of her daughter's jump into the river like the old man, and Xia Ye was going to go there to find clues.

"Chengxiao, I want to go to the river in the east of the city to have a look."

Chu Chengxiao nodded: "Okay, I'll accompany you." ”

So the two of them went out of the inn again and went to the river on the east side of the city.

When he came to the river in the east of the city, there was no trace of strangeness in the riverside, and then Xia Ye began to look around along the river.

The East River in this city is so big, it's a pity that Xia Ye doesn't know where the old uncle's daughter jumped into the river, otherwise he can look for it carefully.

"Leaf, look." Chu Chengxiao, who was walking in front, suddenly beckoned Xia Ye to step forward, and Xia Ye hurriedly ran over: "What's wrong?" ”

"The scratches on this piece of dirt are new, and the grass here has been crushed, maybe this is where the old man's daughter jumped into the river." Chu Chengxiao speculated.

"Makes sense." Natsuba surmised based on the scratches that this place was indeed a bit like the location of the river, so he quickly looked around, but found nothing.

So Xia Ye re-studied this, could it be that the old uncle's daughter sat by the river and thought for a while and then jumped into the river, or the old uncle's daughter was actually pushed down, and then she was dragged to the river and thrown down?

It seems that things are really not so simple, Xia Ye began to expand the scope of the search, and suddenly Xia Ye seemed to hear some cry, and then walked over to take a look.

I found a man crying and burning paper next to a tree by the river.

"Ah Hong, I'm sorry for you, this is the paper for you to burn, you can rest in peace."

"Who is it?" Natsuba barked at the people under the tree.

As soon as the people under the tree saw Xia Ye, they panicked and stepped on the fire extinguishing paper with their feet, and then turned around and were about to run, thanks to Chu Chengxiao who caught the man.

Xia Ye walked over and looked at the pile of unburned fire paper: "Who are you burning paper for?" ”

"Who am I burning paper for, what does it have to do with you, who are you, hurry up and let me go!" The man struggled.

"Be honest, don't blame me for breaking your arm." Chu Chengxiao restrained the man and said:

Then Natsuba discovered that among the pile of unburned fire papers, there was a piece of paper that seemed to be different from these fire papers.

Xia Ye turned over the fire paper, and then picked up the unburned paper to see, the paper was folded, Xia Ye took a piece of residual corner, and the inscription on it was a red letter.

The content of the letter was burned clean, and only a vertical and half horizontal word remained: "Is this a letter?" ”

The man looked at the shredded paper in Xia Ye's hand in a panic, and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Don't care who we are, you burned this paper for Ah Hong?" Xia Ye asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." The man denied.

"Don't pretend, I heard what you just said." Ah Hong is the daughter of the old man, how could this man burn paper to Ah Hong?

"Do you know Ah Hong?"

"I... I don't know. ”

"You're lying!" Xia Ye looked at the man, and then asked, "What is your relationship with Ah Hong?" ”

The man shook his head: "I don't know what you're talking about, you quickly let me go." ”

Seeing the man's hard mouth, Xia Ye said to Chu Chengxiao: "Take him to the old man to see if the old man recognizes him." ”

Chu Chengxiao nodded, then took out a hemp rope to tie the man's hands, and took the man to find the old man.

Through the address provided by the old man in front of the yamen last time, Xia Ye and Chu Chengxiao escorted the man to the old man's house.

Outside an ordinary hut, there are still many words of various colors planted at the door, and Natsuba lightly buckles the door.

Then the old man's voice came from inside: "Who? ”

"Uncle, it's me." Xia Ye responded.

After a while, the old man opened the door and came out, and was not surprised when he saw Xia Ye and Chu Chengxiao, but he was stunned for a moment after seeing the man who was escorted out of the city: "Niu Baby? ”

"Uncle, do you know him?" Xia Ye asked.

The old man nodded, and then let Xia Ye and them go into the house first.

"His name is Niu Wa, he is an orphan here, he has no parents since he was a child, and he is taken care of by our neighbors." The old man explained.

Xia Ye glanced at Niu Wa and asked again, "Then is he familiar with your family?" ”

"Niu Wa and Ah Hong are about the same age, so they grew up together, but then Ah Hong was a little older, because men and women were different, they didn't get together."

After speaking, the old man said: "I only have one daughter, Ah Hong, and I have no children under my knees, and Niu Wa usually comes to help me chop wood and carry water, just like my own son." ”

"You guys, why did you tie him up?" The old man looked at the cow baby whose hands were tied and asked.

Listening to what the old man said, this cow baby should have a good relationship with the old man's family, but why didn't this cow baby admit to knowing Ah Hong just now?

Xia Ye told the old man what he saw by the river, and the old man was stunned for a moment after hearing it: "You said, Niu Wa went to the river to burn paper for Ah Hong?" ”

"Yes, after we found him, he still didn't admit to knowing Ah Hong." Natsuba Road.

Niu Wa, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "I don't know you, I don't know if you are good or bad, why did you tell you." ”

"Niu Wa, why did you go to the river to burn paper for Ah Hong?" The old man asked.

Niu Wa lowered her head, her eyes were rosy and said: "Uncle, I grew up with Ah Hong, and she died like this, and I was sad, so I went to the river and wanted to burn some paper money for her, for fear that she would be sad in the underworld." ”

After hearing this, the old man's eyes also moistened: "Master Li, Niu Wa, this kid is honest, maybe he was scared after seeing you." ”

It seems that they caught the wrong person, Xia Ye glanced at Chu Chengxiao, and then asked him to release Niu Wa.

"Uncle, who planted the flowers at the door?"

I remember when I first entered the door, the flowers at the door were really bright.

"It was planted by Ah Hong when he was alive." The old man said.

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