The county lieutenant Xue and the two officials were injured, they were not as vigorous as Han Mu, so they were recuperating from their injuries at this time.

Mrs. Yao's file was found out by Duan Ji, and it didn't take much effort to find out, "It was a big deal that Mrs. Yao was killed by bandits, and Yixian talked about it for a long time. ”

Han Mu took the file, only opened it and glanced at it, then handed it to Gu Junruo, and asked, "Were there a lot of bandits in Yixian at that time?" ”

Duan Jishi thought about it and said, "It's not less. ”

He said: "At that time, the Three Kingdoms were still at war, the border was unstable, some refugees, as well as soldiers scattered on the battlefield, and even deserters from the Chen State and the Qi State, hid in the mountains and forests, often robbing the farmers and merchants passing by the mountain, so there were many bandits. ”

"But ......" Duan Ji paused and said: "In fact, bandits rarely kill people, most of them rob things and leave, but back then, the bandits actually killed Mrs. Yao and the guards who followed Mrs. Yao, and only Yao Sangongzi survived." ”

Gu Junruo, who was looking at the file, raised his head suddenly and asked, "Third Prince Yao is also there?" ”

"Yes, he went back to his grandfather's house with Mrs. Yao to visit relatives, and he was the only one who survived."

Gu Junruo looked down at the file and sped up, but there was very little information on the file, and there was no information that Yao Jibai was a survivor at all.

She frowned slightly, "Why is this dossier so brief?" ”

Duan remembered: "Mrs. Yao died at the hands of bandits......"

His face was a little embarrassed, and when he met Zhao Hanzhang's gaze, he lowered his head slightly to avoid it, and whispered: "Xiaguan was still young at the time and had never entered the yamen, but some people in the city talked about it, saying that Mrs. Yao used her body as bait to survive Yao Sangongzi...... It was another bandit, and some bad words inevitably flowed out, so the Yao family came forward, and the case was quickly closed. ”

The person died at the hands of the bandits, and there was no need to investigate, because there were too many bandits on the mountain, and the yamen did not even send troops to suppress the bandits, only asked the Yao family to take the body back for burial.

And the Yao family didn't want to be discussed, so they directly closed the case while bringing the body back.

Gu Junruo closed the file and asked, "Is the official who handled this case still there?" ”

Duan Jishi was stunned for a moment and said, "The official seven or eight years ago...... Except for Xue County, there was only Zhao Liuge, and the rest of the people were all dead, scattered, and didn't know where to go. ”

"Call Zhao Liu."

Zhao Liu is a man in his thirties, with a scruffy beard, Han Mu has an impression of him, he followed Xue County Lieutenant's side, his eyes were blood-red when he first met, and his gaze seemed to eat people, but at this time he had a simple face.

When he heard that the county order was called, he rushed over and asked with a smile: "My lord, what does Madame command?" ”

Gu Junruo brought up the case of Mrs. Yao back then.

Although Zhao Liu didn't understand why he wanted to investigate Mrs. Yao's case, he still recalled it carefully, and then said everything that came to mind, "The little one did run an errand in the Yazhong back then, and he also followed this case, by the way, the county lieutenant Xue was also there at that time, and he had just entered the county government not long ago, but he was very good and had read books, so he quickly became a head catcher." ”

He said: "Back then, Mrs. Yao was going back to her parents' house, and she brought a lot of gifts, who knew that she would meet bandits outside the city, a group of eighteen people, and only Yao Sangongzi survived." ”

"It was a nearby farmer who found out, and then reported to the yamen, when we arrived, the road was full of lodging corpses, the road was full of blood, and the things in the car were robbed, and it was seen by bandits," Zhao Liudao: "So it didn't take much trouble, we went back to the city after finding all the corpses." ”

Gu Junruo: "What about Yao Jibai, was he at the scene?" ”

Zhao Liu then remembered and said: "We found him in a bush, he was stupid, Mrs. Yao's body fell not far away, looking at the appearance of death, she wanted to lure people away, and she ran for a hundred steps, and chose a good place for Yao Sangongzi to hide, so she was not discovered." ”

"The bushes are extremely thick, if you don't look carefully, you can't see that there are people there, by the way, it was Xue County Lieutenant who found people out at that time," Zhao Liu sighed and said: "At that time, Yao Sangongzi was only ten years old, and he was so scared that he couldn't speak, so he still didn't say a word when he saw us, if it weren't for Xue County Lieutenant, he would probably have to spend the night in the bushes, and even starve to death would not be discovered." ”

He Ziyou: "...... Hungry he won't come out to find food on his own? ”

Zhao Liu smiled and said: "With the situation of Yao Sangongzi at that time, I'm afraid that it won't, he is really scared stupid, I heard that he couldn't speak for half a year after he was rescued, just like a fool, at that time we thought that he might have become a fool from then on, but fortunately, he slowly got better." ”

"Why isn't it written in the dossier?"

"Alas, the Yao family didn't allow us to record too much, and there were all kinds of rumors in the city at that time, which inevitably slandered Mrs. Yao, and the Yao family didn't allow us to remember it in detail, nor did we see Yao Sangongzi, and there was no suspense in this case, and the county government couldn't go up the mountain to arrest the murderer, so the case was hastily closed."

Gu Junruo's eyes were gloomy, "The Yao family maybe?" ”

"The Yao family was unwilling, but the county government had limited manpower at that time, and there was no way, but Master Yao finally took the money and invited a group of Jianghu people to go up the mountain to kill the bandits, to avenge Mrs. Yao, I heard that more than a dozen bandits died on the mountain at that time, and the Yao family was threatened by the bandits, so it was over."

Han Mu snorted, wanting to say that the killing of Mrs. Yao was not a bandit at all, and the Yao family had found the wrong target for revenge.

But seeing Gu Junruo's displeased pursed his lips and grabbed the dossier's fingers hard, he swallowed his words.

Gu Junruo asked, "Didn't the people who handled the Yao family's case at that time think there was anything abnormal?" ”

"Anomaly?" Zhao Liu tilted his head and thought about it carefully and said: "We didn't think there was anything abnormal, but Xue County Lieutenant was puzzled at the time, saying that the bandits on the mountain have always robbed property and rarely killed people, especially in this kind of situation where all passers-by are killed, what else do you say...... Yes, the servant woman who was killed at that time had all the clothes, accessories and belongings on her body in good condition, and the bandits only robbed the things on the car, not even the carriage and horses, and the county lieutenant Xue felt that something was wrong. ”

"He also went to ask Yao Sangongzi, but unfortunately Sangongzi was stupid at the time, and later the Yao family didn't allow the county government to toss this case again, and the matter was over."

Han Mu also heard the abnormality at this time, looked at Gu Junruo, and when Zhao Liu finished recalling the details of the time and left, he immediately asked Gu Junruo quietly, "Is there something wrong with the Yao family?" ”

Gu Junruo nodded, "I originally only had three points of doubt, but now I have ten points." ”

"Why did you suddenly suspect the Yao family?"

Gu Junruo glanced at him and said, "Yao Jibai came once when you took the medicine today, and he reminded me that Chen Jian and Master Yao have a great relationship, and the Chen Mansion was given to Chen Jian by Master Yao." ”

"I was suspicious of the Yao family at the time, and when the killer confessed that he had received an order to kill Mrs. Yao, I already had eight points of suspicion, and now, if you want to say that the Yao family is fine, who will believe it?"