Chapter Twenty-Five: An Unexpected Visitor

Although he had realized that he had made the same mistake again, out of prudence, Li You decided to make a decision after a careful investigation. So, Li You looked up at Liu Zhong. "Liu Zhong, don't worry, you can talk about it in detail."

"Yes, sir." Liu Zhong stabilized his mind and calmed his breath. "According to the master's instructions, the subordinates secretly went down to investigate, and after a lot of effort, they finally found the person the master was looking for."

"A lot of work?" Li You stared at Liu Zhong suspiciously. The order was given to him this morning, and before it was dark, he went back and forth saying that he had found it, and it was normal for Li You to be suspicious.

Liu Zhong was felt weak by Li You's eyes, his eyes involuntarily lowered, and his hands tightened his trouser legs because of nervousness. "It didn't take much effort." Liu Zhong finally told the truth. "The master instructed his subordinates to let his subordinates find the bereaved daughter in the family, the daughter loves to wear red clothes, and the family members who miss their daughters will never forget the family, and the subordinates will inquire about the bazaar, and everyone will say that they know about the family..."

It's really not enough to succeed, more than enough to lose!

Li You originally asked Liu Zhong to secretly find out, and to listen to Liu Zhong's meaning, he should have gone directly to the market, asked when he saw people, and inquired when he saw people. Where is this secretly searching, it is equivalent to announcing the whole county, and I am suspicious of such people. However, in this way, the murderer will have peace of mind, which is not a bad thing. When Li You thought of this, he had no intention of blaming Liu Zhong anymore. "Whose family is that?"

"The Miao family of the dock anti-big bag." Liu Zhong saw that Li You's face softened, and his hanging heart finally fell to the ground. "His family originally had three children, two sons and a daughter, two sons were carrying big bags at the dock, and the daughters brought them food, but two years ago, when they were carrying big bags, the two sons fell into the river and drowned, and there was only one girl left."

"Both sons fell into the river and drowned?" Li You didn't care about it originally, but when he heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

"Well, it is said that a big cargo ship came on the dock one night, and the two boys of the Miao family ran to carry the big bag, who knew that it suddenly rained heavily, and as soon as their feet slipped, they both fell into the river and drowned." When Liu Zhong said this, he shook his head regretfully. Since then, the old wife of the Miao family has been a little abnormal. A year ago, I don't know what happened, my daughter fell into the river again and drowned, hey! ”

"My daughter drowned too?"

"yes. Speaking of which, it's pathetic. Li Zhong sighed. In this way, Mrs. Miao went crazy, wearing a red dress and a red scarf all day long, running around the street, and everyone said that her daughter was killed by the rich man Yao, and she wanted to avenge her daughter. ”

"Rich Master Yao?" Li You couldn't help but move in his heart after hearing this. Could it be that this rich man Yao refers to Yao Buwei?

"It's the richest man in our Shengtang County, Yao is not a Yao member." Liu Zhong hurriedly explained.

Sure enough, it's Yao Buwei! It may happen once by chance, but it happens a second time, and it happens to the same person, and these three factors add up to the traces of man-made. And in the illusion, Yao Buwei is definitely not a good type, is there any hidden meaning behind this?

Thinking of this, Li You looked at Mr. Liu with a serious face. "Why does the Miao family's mother-in-law suspect Yao Buwei?"

When Liu Zhong saw Li You's expression, a trace of panic flashed on his face, but he immediately covered it up. "Who knows, Yao Yuanwai is a well-known good man, who has been setting up a shop for porridge for many years to help his neighbors..."

"That cargo ship, but Yao is not home?" Li You saw that Liu Zhong was deliberately hiding for Yao, and knew that he must have a private relationship with this richest man, so he broke the secret in one word.

When Liu Zhong heard Li You's questioning, he knew that he had stabbed Lou Zi for Yao Buwei, but at this moment, it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he didn't dare to lie to Li You, so he had to nod at Li You. "Yes, but..."

"Alright. This matter has nothing to do with the Zhao Wu case, and this official has no intention of taking care of it. Li You said this, showing a bored expression. You take care of this Miao mother-in-law, you can't let her run around and filthy people. ”

"Subordinates obey!" Liu Zhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and retreated.

"Yao Buwei?" In the illusion, the images of Yao Buwei, Yao Lan, and Yao Jin resurfaced in front of him, and Li You secretly made up his mind that after closing the case of Zhao Wu, he would definitely investigate the matter of the Miao family's three lives in two years.

Li You thought of this and put his mind back on Zhao Wu's case again, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If it hadn't been for the reminder of that master, he would have really made the same mistake again.

During the handling of Zhao Wu's case, he was always led by the murderer. From the day he found out Zhao Wu's death, he had not yet found out the cause of Zhao Wu's death, and Edamame suddenly disappeared. After finding edamame, Feng Guang and Feng Liang died one after another. After that, he began to try to lock down the murderer according to the clues provided by Edamame and Zhao Feng, but the main clues all came from Edamame, and Edamame was the only person who had direct contact with the murderer.

According to Edamame's account, he ran out into the middle of nowhere, and after smashing a rabbit, he fell unconscious. At this time, if the murderer wants to kill edamame, he can easily do it. However, it waited for Edamame to wake up and led Edamame to a wolf haunt, which left the possibility for Ouyang Jian to come to the rescue.

Since he was the only person who had direct contact with the murderer, the murderer should have a good reason to kill people, but it gave up the best opportunity and had to wait for Edamame to wake up before killing people through the wolf's mouth, which is completely inconsistent with the murderer's style!

It seems that it is necessary for him to confirm with Ouyang Jian again.

Thinking of this, Li You put away the documents on the bookcase, handed them over to the official on duty to lock them, and turned around and walked towards the mansion.

………

Li You came to the vicinity of the mansion, saw a person wandering at the door from a distance, raised his eyes to take a closer look, and felt that he seemed to have some impressions, so he walked up quickly.

"Ah, my lord!" This person was hesitating whether to enter the door, and when he turned around, he saw Li You appearing from behind, and hurriedly bowed his head to salute.

"If this official remembers correctly, you are Wang Baoren." After Li You said this, he looked at Wang Baoren carefully, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. After not seeing him for five or six days, this Wang Baoren actually lost a lot of weight, and Yintang was black, his spirit was not good, and his eyes were even more trance-like.

"It's the grass people." After Wang Baoren saluted Li You with a fist, he immediately showed a painful expression. "Master, save the grass people." After Wang Baoren finished speaking, he pounced and knelt in front of Li You.

Li You hurriedly stepped forward to help. "Wang Baoren, what's wrong with you?"

"My lord, save the grass people." Wang Baoren grabbed Li You's hands, but he was always reluctant to stand up, but kept buttoning his head to Li You. "If you don't agree, the grass people won't dare to get up."

"You get up first!" Li You pulled down his face. "If it's a matter of duty, you don't need to ask, the official will help you. If you are on the sidelines, even if you kneel and die here, you are to blame! ”

When Wang Baoren heard this, his face was cloudy, and he finally stood up obediently. "My lord, I'm afraid that the grass people are going to become the second Zhao Wu."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li You's eyes suddenly lit up. When he first came into contact with Wang Baoren, Li You felt that he had something to hide, and wanted to bring him back to the Yamen for interrogation for the crime of drinking alcohol and not keeping filial piety during the wake, but was interrupted by Liu Zhong, and then there were Maodou, Feng Guang, and Feng Liang. And judging from his current situation, could it be that he was entangled by demons?

Thinking of this, Li You reached out and grabbed Wang Baoren's arm and dragged him into the courtyard gate. "This is not the place to speak, you come with this official."

The two entered the courtyard and came to the pavilion in the courtyard, Li You looked left and right, and only after confirming that there was no one else did he turn to look at Wang Baoren. "Wang Baoren, say it."

"Master, the grass people are guilty." Wang Baoren looked at Li You, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, but in the end, he gritted his teeth, and still told the truth about how to show Zhao Wu the jade wrench and white porcelain bottle that day, and how to keep Zhao Wu to stay for dinner.

After Li You listened, he deliberately didn't say a word, and stared at Wang Baoren coldly. Wang Baoren deliberately leaked money to Zhao Wu, and then created an opportunity for him to steal the key, the purpose was naturally to lure Zhao Wu into the treasury to steal, and then he called everyone to arrest Zhao Wu. It's just that Li You doesn't understand what kind of grudge there is between Wang Baoren and Zhao Wu, so that Wang Baoren needs to calculate him so much.

"Why?" A moment later, Li You questioned Wang Baoren.

Wang Baoren was furious by Li You's eyes, and finally waited for Li You to speak, seeing that Li You had already penetrated his thoughts, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. "My lord, the grass people just wanted to frame Zhao Wu for burglary, but they definitely didn't plot to kill him."

"Why?" Li You was still expressionless and continued to question Wang Baoren.

"Hey! O Lord! Wang Baoren choked up. When my father was there, Zhao Wu relied on the power of the Yamen, usually in my house to eat and take cards, my father was a little disobedient, he instructed the scoundrels to come to the door to make trouble, my father was already timid, how could he withstand his toss, after a long time, he was angry and had a problem, and finally died depressed. ”

"When my father was dying, his hatred for Zhao Wu was hard to get rid of, and every time I thought of it, I gritted my teeth with hatred, as a son of man, how could I not want to do everything I could to vent this evil breath for my father." After Wang Baoren finished speaking, he looked at Li You calmly.

After Li You heard this, he thought of Zhao Wu in Wu Xi's mouth, and there was a burst of emotion in his heart. How should we judge the good and evil of people? Zhao Wu and Wu Xie are foreigners, and they must have been bullied by locals such as Liu Zhong and Shopkeeper Wang before, and once they turn over, they are likely to find ways to retaliate.

In Wang Baoren's mouth, Zhao Wu is a heinous person, but in Wu Wu's mouth, Zhao Wu is also a person who has suffered a lot of hardships and is affectionate and righteous. Is this Zhao Wu good or evil, worthy of sympathy, or is it useless? Li You shook his head, unwilling to delve into this issue further.

"Wang Baoren, get up." Li You stretched out his hand and picked Wang Baoren up. "Now that Zhao Wu is dead, it is unintentional to pursue it again, and this is not the reason why you came to this official." Li You said this, looking at Wang Baoren with a serious face. "Wang Baoren, what did you see that night?"

Hearing Li You's words, Wang Baoren was stunned at first, and then his face was full of admiration. "My lord, you are truly a man of God."

After Zhao Wu left, the grass people quietly followed out of the guest room and hid behind the rockery in the courtyard. Zhao Wu took the key and trotted all the way to the front of the mourning hall, but for some reason, he dropped the key, turned around and ran. Just when the villain didn't know why, there was a woman who fell from the sky! When Wang Baoren said this, his face was full of fear. This woman was dressed in green clothes, and had a golden hairpin on her head, but her skull was cracked, her brain was bare, and the blood was dripping non-stop..."

"Is that true?" Li You saw that what Wang Baoren said was too weird, but if it was true, it would become a key clue to solve the case, so he immediately confirmed it to him again.

"Although it was the second half of the night, the clouds were sparse and the moon was bright, and the grass people were so frightened that they couldn't take their eyes off at all, and the appearance of the female ghost is still vivid." When Wang Baoren said this, his chest rose and fell, and he gasped for breath again and again.

"Then how did Zhao Wu react?" Li You hurriedly asked.

"When Zhao Wu saw the female ghost, he kept shouting that I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it, and I passed out after a while."

"And then?" When Zhao Wu was found, he was obviously dead in the water tank. So, there must have been something else going on after that.

"And then that womanβ€”" Wang Baoren said this, suddenly his eyes widened, staring intently ahead, his eyes full of fear.

"Wang Baoren! Wang Baoren! Li You found that the situation was wrong, and immediately grabbed Wang Baoren's shoulders and shook his body vigorously. However, Wang Baoren still stared at the front and did not react at all. Li You stretched out his hand to test his snort, and found that he had stopped breathing.

"Bold and wicked, you dare to do this demonic trick in front of this official, you take your life!" After Li You finished speaking, he drove the measuring ruler, and the measuring ruler flew out of Li You's chest, emitting a dazzling brilliance.