Li Xudong took advantage of Uncle Xiang's entry into the house to put goat's milk and slipped to the car behind the haystack, slowly squatted down and sniffed next to the water stains on the ground, feeling that there seemed to be a smell of blood but he was not sure, and then took out a white handkerchief from his arms and wiped it one by one on the corner of the window lattice, and the handkerchief was stained with a little blood stain in the bottom corner.

As Li Xudong expected, the blood stains on the sedan car and the blood of the fat man are consistent, so it can be determined that Uncle Xiang must know the inside story, Uncle Xiang has never practiced martial arts, and he is too old to kill the fat brother of the young man with a knife, he must be deliberately hiding who he is protecting.

Li Dongxu thought about it all morning and didn't think it through, should he tell Han Peng about it? Should Uncle Xiang be interrogated now?

The worst thing about being an official in the imperial capital is that the case involved the emperor's relatives and relatives, if you tell Han Peng, you can't bear to interrogate Uncle Xiang, or you can't say it, and I'm afraid that the paper can't hold the fire, if the people of the Qi Palace's mansion know about it that day, I'm afraid that they will deliberately make things difficult, and it's not easy to be an official.

When he was busy running to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, since he could also meet Han Peng Yang Yong in the restaurant, Han Peng hurriedly stood up: "Li Zhutou, it's really a coincidence to have a drink together."

"Commander Han! What a coincidence."

After Li Xudong sat down, he asked, "Why do you two have time to drink here today?" ”

"Isn't Li Zhutou working on a big case? Why do you have the leisure time to come here to drink? Is there a clue? ”

Li Xudong, who is not good at lying, looked at Han Peng with a confused expression: "Don't hide it from the two of you, there are indeed some clues, but this key person is an old man who has just lost his son, and the family's livelihood depends on him to pull the cart to sustain me, I really can't bear to arrest him."

Yang Yongdao: "Since they are old men, how can they kill the two Xu Fatzi brothers at the same time?" ”

"yes, so I feel like he's hiding something"

"The law is nothing more than human affection, if he really has something unspeakable, it is not impossible to consider it at the end of the day, at this time, it is related to our Qi Palace, we can't sit idly by, if Li Zhutou can trust our brother, please take us to the old man's house"

Li Xudong, who couldn't refuse, had to bring Han Peng and Yang Yong to Uncle Xiang's house, and it happened that at this time, Aunt Xiang and Hu'er Niang were not at home, and it was convenient to talk: "Hey, Uncle Xiang, are your aunt and Hu'er Niang here?" ”

"Xiaodong, they're out"

"Uncle Xiang, these two are my friends, my aunt and Hu'er Niang won't go around the bush if we don't speak, we just want to know the cause of death of Brother Xu Dabeard"

Uncle Xiang threw away the horse grass in his hand and turned around and walked into the house: "I...... I don't know, I don't know anything."

Yang Yong stopped Uncle Xiang: "Uncle, we must have quite a lot of evidence if we can come here, for the sake of your advanced age, we are unwilling to take you to the Yamen for questioning, because we know that the two brothers Xu Dabeard were not killed by you, we just want to understand the truth and not find a substitute for the dead at will, please answer us a few questions truthfully, okay?" ”

Li Xudong came to Uncle Xiang's side: "Uncle Xiang, don't be afraid, we know that the matter has nothing to do with you, but I am also very embarrassed for the court to solve the case within a limited time, just when you ask you to help Xiao Dongxing?" ”

Uncle Xiang didn't speak again, and Han Peng stepped forward and asked, "Did Brother Xu Dabeard rob you and the guests in your carriage on the night of the Shangyuan Festival?" ”

Uncle Xiang nodded in acquiescence, and Han Peng continued to ask, "Then do you know where the silver ticket on Xu Fatzi's body came from?" ”

"I ...... I don't know."

"And who's in your car? Was the bearded brother killed by the men in your car? ”

"No, no, no, no"

"And how did they die?"

"Yes...... Masked man, yes masked man is too dark at night I didn't see clearly"

"And who's in your car?"

"I don't know them, I'll take them if they give me money."

Yang Yong looked at the carriage in the courtyard and said, "Is it the truth?" ”

Uncle Xiang: "It's the truth, it's the truth... ”

Yang Yong: "Okay, then let's do it, we won't bother you, it's just that your carriage is involved in the murder and we need to take it back for a closer investigation."

Uncle Xiang hurriedly begged: "Don't be, official, Xiao Lao'er's family depends on this carriage to eat, you can't take it away, I beg you, Xiaodong can testify that Xiao Lao'er's family is a proper person, official."

Han Peng: "It's okay if you don't take it away, we're not three-year-olds, you've been lying just now, tell the truth now"

Uncle Xiang knelt in front of Han Peng with a puff: "The two officials, everything I said is the truth, please leave a way for our family to survive for the sake of my son dying on the battlefield, without the carriage, my grandson will only starve to death."

Han Peng: "Die on the battlefield? What battlefield? ”

Li Xudong helped Uncle Xiang up and said: "It is the battlefield to exterminate the Song Yi rebels, and the family of Uncle Xiang lives on this carriage before the pension has been paid."

Han Peng: "Don't tease Li Zhutou, on the third day after we returned to the imperial capital, at the request of the two princes, the pension was allocated, and it was personally supervised by the Ministry of War, how could they not have gotten it yet?" ”

Li Xudong said seriously:

"This thing is absolutely true, not only Uncle Xiang, but also the Erniu family in our village didn't get it."

Han Peng and Yang Yong looked at each other and suddenly felt that this matter was a big deal, Han Peng said: "Such an uncle, we are responsible for helping you get your pension back, can you tell us the truth?" ”

"It's the truth, it's the truth"

The three young men really didn't have anything to do with Uncle Xiang, who didn't open his mouth, you said that this can't convict him of covering up, and the three of them had to leave temporarily first, leaving Uncle Xiang's house Han Peng asked again: "Are you sure they didn't get a pension?" ”

"Sure, a few days ago, because of the big victory, Uncle Xiang was seriously ill, and the money to ask for a doctor was still out of me, and during that time, their poor pot was almost uncovered, and even the goat milk that Hu'er is drinking now is also the milk produced by my lamb, if you want to be rich, why should the family suffer this crime?"

Yang Yong: "But shouldn't it?" The pension was paid down early in the morning, but it didn't reach the family of the deceased, and where did it go? ”

Han Peng: "This matter is really big or small, embezzling pensions is a big crime, we have to rush back as soon as possible to report to the prince, but before this matter is clarified, please keep it secret for the time being, including Uncle Xiang's side."

Han Peng and Yang Yong returned to the palace non-stop and told Chu Yiyun about the pension about the pension, of course, this also made it impossible for them to hide the killing of the silver ticket and Xu Dabeard's brothers. After Chu Yiyun learned about the pension, he also came to Xiangwang's Mansion in a hurry to find Chu Yiheng to understand the situation, and Chu Yiheng, who was playing with the child, saw Chu Yiyun hurriedly catching up: "What kind of wind blew the third brother here today, Xuan'er quickly called the third uncle"