CHAPTER XXIV

"I don't know what the adults are talking about, but no man left my house last night." Widow Zhu looked at Wen Yuecheng sitting on the high platform with a puzzled face.

Wen Yuecheng was directly amused by her shameless appearance, he snorted coldly and said, "Last night, my people were laying the floor at the door of your house, it seems that you still don't know, right?!" ”

He looked at Widow Zhu's wide-eyed eyes and continued to stimulate: "Do you think, why didn't he go back last night?" Breaking into the house and stealing other people's property, you husband and wife really smell like each other! ”

“!” Widow Zhu didn't expect that Wen Yuecheng and the others already knew Ding Chen's identity, after all, in the eyes of everyone, Ding Chen had died on the battlefield two years ago, and even the bones could not be dragged back to Zhaofeng County.

She didn't know how to reply for a while, according to her understanding, Ding Chen knew that he was faking his death to escape from the barracks, and the punishment for deserters was much heavier than throwing corpses, and it was impossible for him to tell his identity unless he had to do so.

Widow Zhu refused to admit that there was a man in the family, and she was also worried that Ding Chen would be arrested, and she was blamed for it, she was a clear shield deserter, and if the court pursued it, she would not have a good life.

At the same time, Ji Liu, who was hiding behind the mirror hanging high, was not surprised, as early as when she saw Sheng Li take out the crown and give it to Li Yu, she had some guesses, but she didn't dare to conclude.

She turned her head to look at Uncle Zhang, who was listening to the corner together, and saw that his face had not changed, and asked, "Do you know Ding Chen?" ”

Uncle Zhang nodded lightly, and when Wen Yuecheng had just taken Widow Zhu back to the mansion for temporary detention, and then went to the backyard to change the official mansion, he looked for it and reported the man's identity to Wen Yuecheng.

"Well, before Ding Chen joined the army, he was a famous gangster in this area." Due to the darkness of last night, and the fact that Ding Chen had been dead for two years, the feeling of the man lying on the ground was completely different, so Uncle Zhang was not sure at first.

He continued to say to Ji Liu: "At first, I didn't know that he was involved with Widow Zhu, and I thought that I had recognized the wrong person. ”

After listening to this, Ji Liu turned his gaze back to the lobby.

Widow Zhu knelt on the ground, clenched her fists with both hands, she should have been weak and nervous, but after a quick judgment, she calmed down in an instant, she stared at Wen Yuecheng's eyes, and said: "My lord said that I laughed, the husband of the slave family died in battle two years ago, and it is also registered on the roster, I don't believe it, my lord rummaged through it." ”

"Besides, if it is really Ding Chen who is hiding in the slave family, how can he tolerate the slave family tossing and turning under various men for a long time, heh." In order to increase the credibility of what she said, Widow Zhu threw out evidence to avoid the crime of hiding the deserter as much as possible.

Wen Yuecheng was a little helpless, although Ding Chen's identity had been determined, no matter how Zhu Yue quibbled, it would be useless, but who threw Qian Qingfeng's body into Baihua Lake has not yet been determined, if she refuses to tell the truth, then the whole case can only be swallowed by Li Yu.

Qian Qingfeng killed Qian Xiaoya, and Li Yu killed her husband to avenge her daughter, although it is excusable, but the law is unforgiving.

But if there is another person who threw the corpse, he can share the responsibility with Li Yu, and Ji Liu will find the people to intercede with her again, maybe she can save Li Yu's life, and it will not be in vain to remember Liu's rush.

Now, the biggest headache for Wenyue City is that Ding Chen does not admit that he has participated in the throwing of corpses, and they have no evidence to prove it.

Widow Zhu is a woman, her mind is definitely not as good as Ding Chen, he originally thought that from now on, the case would be easier, who would have thought that she was afraid of taking on the charge of harboring deserters, so she simply beat her to death and did not admit it.

It's really not that Wenyue City favors Ji Liu, anyone who hears Li Yu's matter will have compassion, if a woman who is dedicated to her family wants to be treated so unfairly, then in this world, where will a woman have a bright future.

Wen Yuecheng thought for a while, and asked Chen Ba, who was pretending to be beside him, to detain Widow Zhu first and guard her separately from Ding Chen.

Subsequently, he took Chen Ba back to Widow Zhu's house.

"Your Excellency wants to find more evidence?" Chen Ba watched Wen Yuecheng rummage back and forth at Widow Zhu's house, and for the sake of the ceremony, he also wanted to help together, but Wen Yuecheng didn't say a word, so he didn't know what to do.

Wen Yuecheng rummaged through the rummaging and explained: "It has been two years since the news of Ding Chen's death came back, if he had hid here very early, it would have been two years, and it would be impossible for him to have no traces at all. ”

"She has dealt with all kinds of men all year round, and there are many traces left in the home," Wen Yuecheng frowned, the first place he chose was the bedroom, full of confidence that he would definitely find evidence, but it turned out to be not as good as he thought, and muttered: "This Zhu Yue, the men's clothes in the bedroom are all bits and pieces, and she is not ashamed?!" ”

Chen Ba was smart, and instantly understood what he meant, and immediately relieved: "Maybe Ding Chen doesn't want to see his daughter-in-law messing around with a man and hiding somewhere else?" ”

Wen Yuecheng didn't respond after hearing this, he kept recalling Chen Ba's words in his mind, and unconsciously remembered that Sheng Li had told him yesterday that all kinds of items that needed to be hung up in the kitchen of Widow Zhu's house were very high, and they were not easy for her to reach.

Wen Yuecheng's eyes lit up, and his heart became brisk, regardless of hugging Chen Ba, he also slapped him on the back twice, and praised: "Smart, Xiaoba, Lord Ben named you a county yashen beast, good job." ”

With that, he turned around and walked towards the kitchen, humming an unknown tune in his mouth, returning to the usual out-of-tune appearance of Sheng Li.

Chen Ba was caught off guard and didn't have time to resist.

Being hugged by a man, his goosebumps fell to the ground, and after Wen Yuecheng left, he couldn't help but tremble three times, and he pouted: "Damn, it's defiled." ”

Just as he was thinking about whether to abandon the nervous Wen Yuecheng and return to the medical hall where Sheng Li was first, a high and inhuman laughter came from the kitchen: "Hahaha, I found it, you can't run away this time." ”

Then he also heard Wen Yuecheng shouting at the top of his voice regardless of his image: "Little Bachi, come on, let's move something back." ”

Chen Ba silently swallowed back the saliva that was about to be spit out, out of curiosity about what Wen Yuecheng found in the kitchen, he rushed out in three steps and two steps, and as soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he saw Wen Yuecheng squatting on the ground, his head completely stuck into the stove, his butt pouting, and even the blue clothes and pants he loved on weekdays were dirty.

“...... Are you going to burn yourself? What hobbies? Chen Ba was a little reluctant to approach this fool, for fear that he would be infected with madness and be returned by the Sheng family.

Chen Ba's question reached Wen Yuecheng's ears through the earthen wall of the stove, and he was a little dull, he had to pull his head out of the stove, and asked with a face stained with pot ashes, "What did you say?" ”

"The little one said, if you have anything to tell the little one, you don't have to do it yourself, it will inevitably stain the clothes." Seeing that he didn't hear clearly, Chen Ba immediately grinned with big white teeth and complimented.

When Wen Yuecheng heard this, he was not polite immediately, and directly asked Chen Ba to take down the iron pot on the stove.

Chen Ba thought, fortunately, he was not the same as Wen Yuecheng, drilled the stove, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knows, as soon as he lifted the iron pot, he saw a staircase below that was only enough for one person to pass, extending to the ground, and the steps meandered down, and the pitch black was not real.

He and Wen Yuecheng glanced at each other, and couldn't help but admire: "My lord is amazing." ”

Wen Yuecheng observes things very carefully at all times, coupled with his understanding of human nature and flexible thinking, he is indeed worthy of the top three in Sansi Academy.

Chen Ba thought that if he came to Widow Zhu's house to search, he would never have thought of pulling the ashes of the stove open to see if there was anything inside, and he would definitely not find that there was a hole under the stove.

At this time, Chen Ba did not dislike the ashes of the pot, found a candle at Widow Zhu's house, and took the lead in stepping into the tunnel, Wen Yuecheng followed closely behind, and they groped forward by the faint candlelight.

Fortunately, this hole was not dug very big, and it didn't take long to come to an end, and the traces of Ding Chen's life were completely exposed to their eyes, and the items inside were stacked in a mess, obviously he didn't often clean up, and any thing taken out could directly make Widow Zhu speechless.

Ding Chen dug a long and narrow path in the burrow, adult men need to climb to pass, this path is not long, there is a tendency to go diagonally upward, they tried it, climbed out and went directly to the well in the bamboo forest.

This well was dug by Zhu, except for the old people who lived nearby, others would not come to fetch water, Ding Chen directly put the exit of the path on the inner wall of the well, so that he could grab the straw rope that pulled the bucket, and the entrance of the hole was not even covered, which was also very bold.

They crawled all the way over, sighing, such a cave entrance can not only allow Ding Chen to live in the cave without feeling aggrieved, but also become an excellent way to escape, no wonder no one has found out after hiding at home for two years.

If Ding Chen was not greedy and was not in a hurry to take away Qian Qingfeng's property, it is estimated that no one would be able to find out until the end of his life.

Wen Yuecheng and Chen Ba took some things from the cave on their bodies, went back to the county office, and pulled Widow Zhu to the court for interrogation again.

The two learned from her that Ding Chen asked her to take out the place where the money was placed in her home from Qian Qingfeng's mouth, and then prepared to steal it directly in the middle of the night, and then Ding Chen and her found a place where they didn't know each other and lived a new life.

Who knew that on the night when Ding Chen went to steal money, he heard Li Yu standing at the mouth of the pigsty, looking at the empty pigsty, looking depressed, and complaining from time to time, accusing Qian Qingfeng of being ruthless and unjust, and killing his daughter.

also let him hear that Li Yu had killed Qian Qingfeng.

After the shock, Ding Chen decided to change his plan and take it away justifiably, so that the Qian family had no one to pursue, so that he and Widow Zhu could live more smoothly, so Ding Chen stunned Li Yu who fell asleep on the second day, dug up Qian Qingfeng's body, threw it into Baihua Lake, and used the excitement of the Baihua Festival to make things bigger.