Being asked like this, Cao Ji was completely panicked, his teeth fought wildly, he recalled the events of that day in his heart, and tried to find flaws.

Leng Mo Ran had already seen everything through his recollections, and he said, "Master Tao, go to his house." ”

Although Tao County Ling didn't think that Cao Ji would put the body at home after killing someone, he had missed too much before, and now it would be good to go to Cao Ji's house to investigate, so he agreed.

Cao Ji couldn't even walk now, and was helped home by two officials.

The courtyard of his house is not large, with only three rooms, one for Cao Ji and his wife, one for his son, and one for Cao Ji's old mother.

Seeing the people from the yamen coming, Cao Mu walked out with a cane to give a salute.

Tao Xian Ling helped her for a while, and motioned to the officials to search the house.

Cao's mother asked in a panic: "Master, but my eldest man has committed an accident?" ”

Leng Mo Ran looked at Cao Mu's cloudy eyes, confirming that she really didn't know anything, and didn't speak.

Tao County Ling asked: "On the day Cao Niangzi disappeared, did you hear any movements?" ”

Cao Mu pointed to her ears and shook her head: "I'm old, not only my legs and feet are not good, but my ears are not very good." Don't say it's a room apart, even if it's standing in front of me, I can't necessarily hear it clearly. ”

Tao Xianling looked at the three rooms, pointed to the middle one and asked, "This is where Cao Ji's son lives?" ”

Cao's mother nodded and said, "Exactly, but he lives in the academy and will only come back during the mid-day holidays." ”

"Isn't the academy in the county seat?"

"Yes," Cao's mother couldn't help but sigh, "he thinks his father and mother are always quarrelling, so he doesn't want to live at home, saying that it affects his study, so he only comes back for a day every time during the mid-year vacation." ”

Tao Xianling frowned and asked, "Cao Niangzi disappeared for such a big thing, and he didn't come back?" ”

Cao's mother explained: "I was worried about delaying his study, so I didn't tell him that it was not yet the day of the mid-term vacation." And maybe he'll be back soon. ”

During the interrogation, Tao Xianling also learned that in addition to arguing with Cao Ji often, the proprietress of the bun shop had left several times, but she came back in a few days, and sometimes she left for a longer time than this time.

So although the proprietress was missing, her family didn't pay much attention to it, and only heard that there were many missing people in the county recently, so they reported to the official.

Tao County ordered the official to find the neighbors on the left and right and ask about the day Cao Niangzi disappeared.

One neighbor said, "I think I hear an argument. ”

Tao County Ling asked, "Have you come here to see it?" ”

The neighbor shook his head and said, "The two of them often quarrel, and I don't take it seriously." ”

Seeing that the question was almost the same, Leng Mo Ran swept his gaze under the apricot tree in the courtyard.

The leaves on the trees had long since fallen, but the dirt underneath had been churned.

Cao Ji saw Leng Mo Ran walking towards the apricot tree, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch.

Tao Xian Ling had just finished inquiring here, and found that something was wrong with Cao Ji, and when he looked over, he also found an abnormality under the apricot tree.

He asked, "Why has the earth been turned upside down?" ”

Cao Ji didn't answer, but Cao's mother walked over with a cane, glanced at the soil on the ground, and shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.

Tao County Commander asked the officials to come over and see what was under the tree.

Cao Ji gritted his teeth fiercely so that he didn't let himself make a sound.

The two servants took shovels and dug into the ground, and in a short time they dug up something, and when they looked closely, it was a few bones.

Tao Xian Ling looked at Cao Ji and asked, "What is this?" ”

Cao Ji's voice trembled and said, "Pig, pig bone ......"

If he doesn't answer, he can lie that he doesn't know what it is, but when he answers, it means that he knows what is under the tree.

Xiao Xixi on the side silently said: "This is a human bone." ”

Although she hadn't studied medical skills for a few days with Doctor Crane, she also knew her.

When Cao Ji heard this, he was completely panicked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The adult spares his life, and the small one is not intentional." ”

Tao Xianling asked him with a cold face: "But your lady's bones?" ”

Cao Ji didn't expect to be discovered, but at this time, the evidence was in front of him, and his body trembled and said honestly: "Yes." ”

Cao's mother raised her crutches and beckoned to Cao Ji, her body trembling because of her exertion, "You rebel, but you have committed something?" Let's tell the truth! ”

Cao Ji was beaten very painfully, and he didn't dare to move, so he could only let his crutches fall on his body.

If he really said it, his panic disappeared, and he quickly told the events of that day.

He has been married to the proprietress for many years, only one son, and now he is thirteen years old, Cao Ji wants his wife to have another child, but his wife is unwilling, the two often quarrel over various things, and even his wife will say that Cao Ji is not as good as other men when arguing.

In addition, his wife often ran out for a few days and did not return, so Cao Ji thought that his wife did not want to have children with him because she betrayed him, and he slashed his wife's neck with a kitchen knife during the dispute that day......

Worried about being discovered, Cao Ji shaved off all the meat on his wife's body and mixed it into the stuffing of the buns, and the places where there was no way to make the stuffing were buried under the apricot tree.

After hearing this, the official continued to dig, and sure enough, a head was dug up.

Xiao Xixi couldn't help but shiver, this person was too ruthless, even his wife could make bun filling.

Bun stuffing?

Xiao Xixi was excited, thinking that when she passed by the bun shop that day, she wanted to buy it.

According to the time, maybe there was really a problem with the bun filling at that time.

Thinking of this, she turned her head to look at Leng Mo Ran, with a little gratitude in her eyes.

If it weren't for him, she would have bought buns that day.

Leng Moran glanced back at her, and quickly withdrew his gaze.

Cao Ji had already confessed, and the Tao County Order asked the officials to bring the people back to the Yamen, and then arrange a formal trial.

The people didn't expect that the yamen could be promoted twice a day, so they quickly rushed over to join in the fun, only to find out that the person in the court this time was Cao Ji.

Cao Ji told him again about his murder of his wife in court, and the faces of the onlookers became more and more ugly, especially the people who had eaten his steamed buns in recent days, and they couldn't wait to rush up and beat Cao Ji hard.

Cao Ji was sentenced to death by hanging, but he still had to report to the Criminal Department for review, and was temporarily detained in the county government before the execution.

And for a long time after that, the business of large and small steamed bun shops in Qing'an County has been greatly affected, and the people of the county have a psychological shadow because of this incident, not to mention eating, and they can't wait to take a detour when they see the steamed bun shop.

This kind of thing is simply unwarranted for other steamed bun shops.

Only Liu Juren still lives in the county government safely, as if nothing happened, and after many interrogations, he still insisted that he was wronged.

Tao County Ling had a headache, but what made him even more troubled was that the county government suddenly had a murder case, and the deceased was also gouged out of his eyes and stabbed in the chest with a sharp blade.

It's just that this time the victim was a woman in the Qinglou, and the perpetrator left the body at the scene of the crime after the murder.

(End of chapter)