Chapter 90: Peeling Back the Ropes
"There is no dossier, the person who turned out to investigate and knew the truth died, and the Yu family was burned to the ground, and basically no evidence was left. Su Tang'an said lightly, "What are you going to do next?"
The situation of the Yu family made her think of the Lin family, which was also burned clean by a fire, when she grew up a little and had the ability to protect herself, and then went to investigate the affairs of the Lin family, there was no clue, if it weren't for Li Changlong and Zheng Peilan to tell the truth, she was afraid that she would never know that the Lin family was destroyed by the queen for the rest of her life.
"Do you think the people in the capital will know about our coming here?" Gu Tingjun asked after a pause.
"Do you think someone from the capital will come?" asked Su Ju'an.
"When Changsun Qi inquired about that Qingwan girl, whether she was dead or alive, she was afraid that she had already alarmed the people in the capital, and they had already noticed that Changsun Qi knew about this matter, for them, even though they had eliminated the evidence that should be eliminated, they might not be weak in their hearts and there was nothing that had been ignored, so they would inevitably send someone to watch. ”
Gu Tingjun continued: "Skynet is magnificent but not leaky, since the predecessor Lord Zhang is a good official who is righteous and Ling Ran is the master of the people, the so-called gathering of likes, there is no shortage of such arrogant people around them, we may be able to find someone who knows the truth well and retains the evidence." ”
He raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Of course, if you really can't find it, there's no way, just do your best!"
"If the two adults are sincere in their desire to uphold justice for those who have died unjustly, the younger one knows that one can help the two adults. The servant said cautiously.
"Who?" asked Su Tang'an.
"The little official is humble, and he was not on duty that night, so he doesn't know the ins and outs of this case very well, but there is one person who has been by Mr. Zhang's side, and he must know some inside information. The official said, "He is Master Zhang's master, and the new county magistrate casually found an excuse to dismiss him, and now he should be at home, and the younger one can take two adults there." ”
Gu Tingjun and Su Ju'an followed the official out of the inn, and walked three streets before they came to a bungalow, he knocked on the door, but no one answered, but at this time they heard the sound of a vase falling to the ground in the house.
The two of them were startled, kicked the door open, and ran all the way in the direction from which the sound came. kicked the door open with another kick, and through the moonlight, I saw that Master Wu was strangled by someone with a rope, and he was struggling in pain at the moment.
Gu Tingjun's eyes narrowed, and the long sword in his hand stabbed towards the killer, the man dodged sideways, pushed Master Wu aside, and was about to escape, when his eyes swept to see Su Tang'an, who entered later, and saw that she was thin and small, so he wanted to step forward and capture her.
Just when he threw himself towards Su Tang'an, he asked her to kick her in the heart, and this person only had brute strength, and immediately fell to the ground, and when he was about to get up, he asked Su Tang'an to step on his back, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't get up.
Gu Tingjun helped Master Wu up and asked, "Are you okay?"
Master Wu's face was flushed, he coughed violently a few times, clenched his fists and gasped: "Thank you two ben gongs for saving me!"
Su Juan squatted down and grabbed the hair of the man on the ground, and asked in a cold voice, "Who sent you here?"
"Who are you, do you know whose territory this is?" said the man with a fierce face, "I'm afraid you don't know who you've provoked!"
"I don't know who I provoked, but you don't have to worry about me now, think about yourself!" Su Juan laughed coldly, "If you don't explain obediently, I'll chop off your fingers one by one first." ”
Before the man could speak, Su Tang'an pressed his hand to the ground, pulled out the dagger on his waist and chopped off one of his index fingers.
"Ahh ”
The man was sweating profusely and nodded hurriedly.
"Shhhhhh
Su Cheng'an untied the man's dumb hole and asked, "Tell me, whose person are you?"
"The villain is...... It was Lord Qi's entourage, and Lord Qi asked the villain to strangle Master Wu to death, and then disguised himself as suicide. The man's voice trembled.
"Why did you kill him?"
"The villain is not very clear, it is said that someone from the capital came, Master Wu knows too much, and he can't stay. The man said sweating profusely.
Su Tang'an knocked the man unconscious and said to Gu Tingjun: "You are right, the news that we are here has already been spread." ”
Gu Tingjun swallowed his saliva, as if he knew a brand new Su Cheng'an, he used to just think that she was cold and alienated, and rejected people thousands of miles away, but now she seems to have a trace of ruthlessness, such a neat technique, it seems that she is a skilled hand in coercing confessions.
The official carried the lantern in the house, looking at Su Tang'an's ruthlessness, and couldn't help but touch his fingers in fear, he was so embarrassed that he said everything, otherwise he would have to cut off his fingers!
Gu Tingjun helped Master Wu to get up and sit down, lit the lamp again, and said: "We are from the capital, the Yu family's case is too cruel, we must know the truth, if you want to save your life, you need to tell us everything you know, so that we can let the court know about this tragic case, and avenge the Yu family and Lord Zhang." ”
"The two adults have a life-saving grace for the lower officials, and the lower officials must know everything and say everything, only hoping that our people who died in vain can be avenged, so that the wicked can get the punishment they deserve, and I hope that the more than a dozen people in the Yu family can be blinded. Master Wu took a sip of tea, got up and moved out a box from under the bed, took out a few pages from the box, handed it to Gu Tingjun and said, "This is what was recorded when Xia Guan and Master Zhang went to the scene at the time of the incident, at that time, someone from the Yu family escaped from the fire, and identified the person who killed the person and set the fire as Zheng Peiqin, and when the adult sent him to arrest people, Zheng Peiqin had already fled to the capital!"
His voice was a little choked, and he paused and continued: "After that, the adult visited many people and also investigated the scene of the crime, and the human and material evidence pointed to Zheng Peiqin, so the adult wrote an excerpt and handed it to Dali Temple, hoping that Dali Temple could take people and uphold justice, but it was a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response. ”
Master Wu raised his head slightly, forced back the tears swirling in his eyes, and said sadly: "After a while, someone came to the capital, and asked him not to take care of this case anymore, the adult did not follow, and said that he would continue to write the book, but the other party threw the official document of the adult to Dali Temple in front of him, Zheng Peiqin is the nephew of Xuanyuan Marquis, how can Dali Temple accept it?" The adult still did not give up, and was ready to enter Beijing in person to sue the emperor, but when the adult was preparing to enter Beijing, the condition of the body suddenly took a sharp turn, and the entire county government was stared at, and the adult could not, it was worth writing a letter, and handed the letter to a trustworthy entourage, so that he could find a way to enter Beijing, and handed the letter to the adult's mentor Prime Minister Bai, and the adult went two days later. ”
He swallowed his saliva, his heart was sour, wiped his tears, and continued: "Before the funeral of the lord is finished, the new county lord has taken office, and the lower official has also been dismissed, but it has been so long since the matter, presumably the letter has not been handed over to Prime Minister Bai, and when the lower official was disheartened, he did not expect that someone from the capital would really come! This dossier is a volume that I copied, and the content on it is exactly the same as the original!"
"Although the content of this dossier is reasonable, but you copied it from the new, it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of framing, Dali Temple will not recognize it, and the only person witness is afraid that it has not been left. Gu Tingjun said.
Master Wu also sighed and said: "What the adult said is right, although the villain knows the truth, the human and physical evidence that should have been destroyed have almost been destroyed, and the villain doesn't know how to bring Zheng Peiqin to justice now!"
"Whether it's Master Wu, you or the person who intends to kill you, it's all human evidence. Su Tang'an said, "We can also start with this newly appointed county lord, as soon as we arrived in Dushan County, he knew that we were coming, and someone must have reported to him, so at least there is a correspondence, we can go to him first to probe and see if there are any clues." ”
Su Tang'an glanced at the man who had fainted on the ground and said, "Master Wu's current situation is very dangerous, including the fact that this person needs someone to escort them back to the capital first." ”
"Leave this matter to me. Gu Tingjun said, "I will send someone to escort them back to the capital." ”
He raised his eyes and glanced at the officer, and said, "Without further ado, you lead the way, and we will go to the county office!"
Gu Tingjun took the escort and hid in the shadows, Gu Tingjun made a gesture and two people appeared, got his order, escorted the person card back to the capital and handed it over to Changsun Qi.
And Su Tang'an and Gu Tingjun were led by the officials and sneaked into the county government at night.
"In front of him is the adult's study, he should be at his aunt's place at the moment, not in the study. ”
"Thank you, you can leave first, if you want to save your life, don't tell anyone about today's events. Gu Tingjun said.
"Don't worry, adults, I won't say anything about the death of a small one. The official said that he was in a hurry and left.
Gu Tingjun and Su Tang'an went inside through the window, one was rummaging through the official documents on the desk, and the other was checking the bookshelf, but at this time, there were footsteps and conversations outside the door.
The two of them glanced at each other, then searched the room for hiding, and finally hid in a cabinet in the corner.
At this moment, the door was opened, and the two entered one after the other, a man in Tsing Yi sat down at the desk, and the other stood at the desk.