Chapter 90: Yuan Laosan
"Master Qiao, the five portraits you sent before, and the humble position has also found some clues." Ding Yunliang looked at Qiao Xiya, and suddenly remembered the five portraits that Qiao Xiya had sent before, and said something that broke the strange silence in the room, "They are villagers from Shuangxi Village outside the city, all surnamed Yuan, but they are not a family. They were six sworn brothers, and it was the third of the six brothers who came to claim the portrait."
"Where are the people?" Speaking of the five portraits, Qiao Xiya remembered the five unidentified bones and the bloody identity document.
"The lowly is afraid of accidents, so he keeps people in the secret room."
"Let's see." Qiao Xiya and Mo Haoning glanced at each other and stood up.
Following Ding Yunliang all the way to the secret room of the prefect's yamen, Qiao Xiya saw Yuan Laosan, a slightly thin man, who Ding Yunliang said.
"Lord Ding! You're coming!" Yuan Laosan saw Ding Yunliang, and he was as excited as if he had seen a savior, "You said that you left the grass people here, and you didn't let the grass people go out, and you didn't let the grass people meet their brothers, what are you going to do?"
After listening to Yuan Laosan's words, Qiao Xiya knew that Ding Yunliang had detained people here for many days.
"I've met Prince Hao first." Ding Yunliang frowned and introduced Yuan Laosan.
"Dear...... Prince?" Yuan Laosan was stunned, he never thought that he would be able to see the people in the palace with his own eyes in his life, and he was also a prince. Yuan Laosan trembled and knelt down, "Grass...... The grass people kowtowed to the prince!"
"Get up." Mo Haoning said lightly.
"This is Mistress Joe." Ding Yunliang continued.
"What? Can a woman in the palace be an official?" Yuan Laosan's eyes widened, and he looked Qiao Xiya up and down in disbelief.
"Bastard!" Ding Yunliang glared at Yuan Laosan, "If you want to see your brothers, you still have to rely on this Lord Qiao!"
"Really?" Yuan Laosan glanced at Ding Yunliang suspiciously, and saw that Ding Yunliang didn't seem to be joking with him, so he knelt in front of Qiao Xiya in fear, "The grass people kowtow to Lord Qiao."
"Get up." Qiao Xiya said, "I heard Lord Ding say that you are six brothers, and the five people in the portrait are your brothers?"
"Yes," Yuan Laosan replied with his hand down, then waved his hand again, "No, no."
"Is it or isn't?!" Qiao Xiya snorted coldly.
"There are three brothers in the grass people's family, and the other three have grown up together with bare butts......
"Shut up!" Ding Yunliang peeked at Qiao Xiya's face and stopped Yuan Laosan's words.
"It doesn't matter." Qiao Xiya glanced at Ding Yunliang, "Let him continue."
"Hey." Yuan Laosan replied and continued, "The three of them are also from our village, they are three orphans who grew up eating hundreds of family meals, and the parents of the grass people also died soon after giving birth to their younger brother. The grass people and the younger brother were raised by the elder brother. Later......"
"Getting to the point! What are you talking about?" Ding Yunliang was so anxious that he was sweating.
"Ah, yes, yes." Yuan Laosan was stunned for a moment, then continued with a sneer, "The key point ...... Focus...... What's the point?" Yuan Laosan looked confused.
"Yuan Laosan! Who gave you the audacity to pretend to be an envoy of the state to enter the palace to offer treasures?" Qiao Xiya suddenly shouted.
Qiao Xiya's sudden attack scared Yuan Laosan into a thrill, and he fell to his knees: "My lord, spare my life, the grass people, the grass people don't know...... If you knew they were going to do this kind of thing, the grass people, the grass people would just hit their heads and die, and they wouldn't let them go with that man......
"You stand up." Qiao Xiya hid the anger in her eyes and said in a deep voice, "Tell this official in detail about the situation that day."
"Yes." Yuan Laosan stood up, raised his arm and wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, he never expected that this female doll, who looked no older than himself, actually had an oppressive force like Mount Tai.
"That day, the eldest brother of the grass people went into the city to sell hats, and when he came back, he brought back a man." Yuan Laosan couldn't help but tremble as he spoke. "The eldest brother said that this man wants our brothers to do one thing, and after the deed is completed, there will be this generation
The gold and silver that the son will not be able to spend all his money."
"What are you doing?" Qiao Xiya asked coldly.
"He didn't say what he did." Yuan Laosan paused and continued, "That man looked up and down of our brothers as if they were animals, and then told the grass people's eldest brother that they would meet at Fulong Temple at the foot of Wolong Mountain, ten miles away from Shuangxi Village, on the third morning." Yuan Laosan swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and continued, "The next night, before going out, the eldest brother of the grass people called the grass people to him, and said to the grass people, people have no foreign wealth and no wealth, and horses have no night grass and no fat, but he also knows that wealth and wealth are in danger, so he was afraid that there would be any danger on this trip, so he folded people in, so he told the grass people to hide in the cellar, and if they had any accidents on this trip, there would be someone to collect their corpses."
Speaking of this, Yuan Laosan was suddenly stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Ding Yunliang: "Lord Ding, could it be that they ......?"
"Yuan Laosan, the official asked you. How do you know that Lord Ding has posted a notice to find someone?" Qiao Xiya coldly interrupted Yuan Laosan's words.
"The grass people hid in the cellar as the eldest brother said. On the fourth day when the grass people hid in the cellar, the grass people vaguely heard movement outside, and the grass people thought that the eldest brother had come back from their errands, so they wanted to go out and have a look, but they didn't expect a smashing sound outside, and a person shouted what to live to see people and corpses. The grass people were frightened and hurriedly huddled in the corner of the cellar."
"How many times has such a person been there?" Qiao Xiya's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Two or three times." Yuan Laosan recalled for a moment and replied, "The grass people have been in the cellar for more than ten days before they dare to come out......
"Babbling!" Qiao Xiya interrupted sharply and scolded, "You are in the cellar and you don't see the light of day, how do you know how many days have passed? If you had been in the cellar for so long, you would have died of thirst and starvation!"
"Your Excellency!" Yuan Laosan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "The grass people don't dare to deceive adults! Although Sungai Village is poor, there are many people, and the village is still very lively during the day, and there are crickets at night, so the grass people can tell whether it is day or night. Also, there is some grain that was hoarded last year in the grass people's cellars......
"And how did you decide to come out of the cellar?" Qiao Xiya snorted coldly and continued to ask.
"The grass people hid for more than ten days, first, they missed their eldest brother and younger brother, and second, if they didn't go out, they might really starve to death. So the grass people quietly climbed out of the cellar late one night. When you walk into the house, you can freak out the grass people."