After Yu Fangjing finished asking in one sentence, it was like a stone thrown into the sea, which could not stir up a little splash, but fell downward.

He slapped the shocked wood again and shouted: "Zhou Hou, this official advises you to think twice and stop being obsessed." ”

Zhou Hou raised his head, the three wrinkles on his forehead were tightly squeezed together, and there was a touch of mockery in his cold eyes, "The grass people have been reduced to prisoners, everything is decided by adults, and the grass people have nothing to say." ”

Yu Fangjing was angry, leaned forward, and sneered: "Do you mean that the official has wronged you?" ”

"The grass people don't dare."

More than 100 people disappeared at the same time without a trace, but if you want to check, it will take a certain amount of time, but Zhou Hou's father and son don't know anything, Yu Fangjing choked in his throat.

"Lord Yu." A female voice spoke, as clear as a water spring, and in an instant, everyone's eyes were on her, Lu Anran stood up, his eyebrows were indifferent, and his eyes were dark and calm, "When I performed an autopsy on 'Zhou Ting', I found a pinch of red mud on the sole of his shoe. ”

Yun Qi nodded, "That's right, this Shizi asked people to check, it seems that the red mud of Monkey Mountain has been contaminated." ”

Lu Anran said: "I asked the locals, Diqiu only produces red mud in Monkey Mountain, so it can be proved that 'Zhou Ting' went to Monkey Mountain before he died. ”

"What does Monkey Mountain have?" Yun Qi closed the jade bone fan and knocked on his nose, "Isn't it just a few dilapidated poor mountain villages." ”

Yu Fangjing was puzzled: "But his 'Zhou Ting' is not this Zhou Ting." ”

Nangong Zhi thought for a moment, and immediately thought: "So the fake Zhou Ting is likely to be from Monkey Mountain?" ”

Qi Shang slapped the table and got up, a little excited, met Zi Sangjin's gaze, hugged his fists and said: "The minister remembered that there is a ghost village in Monkey Mountain, formerly known as Shangsi Village, since more than half a year ago, the people in the village began to disappear mysteriously, and in the end, there was no one in the whole village, and Shangsi Village became a ghost village when it was deserted. ”

"This ghost village ......" Zi Sangjin put his hand on the table with a fist against his jaw, his eyes showed a little thought, "Bengong seems to have heard it somewhere." ”

Nangong stopped: "The person who disappeared at the beginning of the ghost village is named Zhu Afu. ”

Speaking of Zhu Afu, he immediately connected with the gold mine, after all, he was the first to trade red gold stone on the black market.

"There are also two brothers, Hu Tian and Hu Lai, who are also from Guisi Village."

Yu Fangjing touched his chin, and his mind spun quickly, "In other words, these one hundred and forty-nine people are likely to be the missing villagers of Guisi Village." Grabbing the startling wood and patting it hard, he said in a deep voice: "Zhou Hou, what else do you have to say?" ”

Zhou Hou folded his hands in front of him, his head hung silently, and he was a little stubborn.

Everyone died and turned to ashes, the government has no evidence, as for the corpse of Xiao Er in the incense and candle shop, it was just the real Steward Zhou, and he still has room for maneuver.

However, the next moment, the arrival of the escort army completely knocked Zhou Hou into darkness.

"Report to the prince, my lords, my subordinates found a few wild wolves and some things near the cave where the Zhou family lives."

Rao is the guard is tied with a rope, the wolf is untamable, the teeth are bared and the eyes are fierce, it seems that the next moment can take advantage of people's attention to pounce on you and bite your neck, dismantle and eat into the abdomen.

There was also a pile of fine pieces of fabric, occasionally a larger one, vaguely recognizable as a person's clothing.

"Raise people and feed wild wolves." Yu Fangjing snorted coldly, anger on his face, "With this alone, you are irrefutable." ”

In addition, the Zhou family abducted and sold women and children, making accounts and making profits, Yu Fangjing was not idle these days, and actually let him find the women who were sold back then, as well as many businessmen who were victimized by the Zhou family.

The evidence was placed in front of him one by one, and Zhou Hou was always silent, as if it was none of his business, but his face gradually turned gray.

Yun Qi's eyes turned thoughtfully between Fang Jing and the crown prince, Yu Fang Jing didn't know that the Zhou family was still alive before, so I am afraid that there is another plan to collect these evidence.

Meng Xueli obviously thought of this as well, his eyes moved, and his face was obscure.

However, the heaviest blow came from within the Zhou family.

"The grass people have been recruited, and all the grass people have been recruited." A maid of the Zhou family knelt on the ground, tears and snot all flowed out, "His Royal Highness the Prince, all the great masters of Qingtian, this is all the master's idea, harming the people of Shangsi Village, making them eaten alive by wild wolves, and pretending to be more than 100 people of the Zhou family killed." ”

"The master said that with the gold mine, what are the Zhou family's family businesses, and they will still flourish in another place."

"He was afraid, the government had long been eyeing him for trafficking in women and children, and he suspected that there was a handle in the hands of the government, so after learning about the gold mine from the Hu brothers, he came up with such a trick and prepared to come out of the shell of a golden cicada."

"There is also a profit, the Zhou family has forced a merchant to death, the people of Diqiu Chen Village, you can go and investigate, sir."

She spoke upside down, but to the point.

The flesh on Zhou Hou's face trembled fiercely a few times, and he glared angrily, "Stupid woman! ”

If he hadn't needed someone to help take care of the scene, he would have dealt with all of these minions, and he wouldn't have been bitten back now.

Yu Wei was still there, and the maid knelt down and took a few steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "You hurt my daughter." As he spoke, thinking of the painful things, his voice slowly firmed, and hatred gushed out, "You said that I asked my daughter to pretend to be a young lady, but what did you do, you really drove her crazy." ”

The maid has been in the Zhou family for many years, but her husband is from Shangsi Village, and her daughter is the same age as Zhou Pei.

Zhou Pei is so pampered that he can't stand pretending to be a madman and being dirty and stupid, so Zhou Ting thought of the maid's daughter, and said that he would put it back after pretending for a while, and the Zhou family didn't know how to really drive the little girl crazy.

In the end, the girl who was driven crazy was pushed into the wolf pack along with other people from Shangsi Village.

The maid didn't know it at first, but by the time she knew, everything was a foregone conclusion, and her hatred had always been there, and at this moment, she finally took revenge on her.

"Your Zhou family has done all the things that hurt heaven and reason, and now this fate is your retribution!"

Zhou Hou closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and his strong spirit withered, and the whole person seemed to be more than ten years old, dying.

The maid once vented all her grievances, and people were a little crazy, so Yu Fangjing asked the official to go down and copy a copy of the interrogation record again, and the county hall returned to purity again.

"Whatever the adults want to ask, the grass people can explain." Zhou Hou's heavy voice seemed to rub against a stone, with a hoarseness, "The child is innocent, all the sins are done by the grass people and their two sons, I hope the adults will see everything and not implicate the family." ”

This is a compromise after no one is cornered.

Yu Fangjing's black face and iron mouth arched his hand at the prince, and said: "The prince is above, and this official will handle the case impartially." Neither will I wronged you, nor will I let go of a single doubt. ”

"I did it." Zhou Yao suddenly interjected, and the corner of his left mouth slowly pulled down, forming an evil smile, "I joined forces with the Golden Snake Gate and Panlongzhai to abduct and sell people, and murdered a group of people in Shangsi Village. ”

If Zhou Ting's appearance belongs to the thick and steady, Zhou Yao is a completely different type, his eyes are narrow, his chin is sharpened, and he exudes a bad shrewdness.

"What is the foundation of the Zhou family, it is just an ordinary rich family in the Daning Dynasty." Zhou Yao's tone was not serious, with a sense of arrogance, "Mountain bandits, there are some real things, at least the disguise costume I learned from me is not bad, right?" ”

Yu Fangjing narrowed his eyes, "The disguises on Zhou Hou and Steward Zhou's faces are all from you. ”

Zhou Yao nodded quickly: "Yes, not only that, it was also my idea to build a wall to block the corpse, but unfortunately I missed a wild dog by all calculations." ”

(On the long street, in the back alley of the incense candle shop, Lu Taotao threw the last piece of meat and bone, looked at the wild dogs who bowed their heads and gnawed seriously, stood up and clapped his hands, "Okay, your loot is here, enjoy it slowly.") ”）

In the county office, Zhou Yao didn't know that the so-called wild dogs that happened to appear were just calculations by people with intentions, but he lost in terms of calculations.

Zhou Yao said: "Gold mines, countless gold...... laughed exaggeratedly: "If you accidentally find it, are you willing to hand it over to the government?" Why should I hand over what I found for free? ”

Zi Sangjin stood up, flicked his wide sleeves behind him, looked at him condescendingly, and said: "The reason why you enjoy this prosperous world and peace is that you are free from war and displacement, all of which are protected by the dynasty. Now that you are standing here, stepping on the land of the Daning Dynasty, you enjoy the protection of the dynasty, how can you complain about the laws of the dynasty? ”

Perhaps the identity of the prince is too deterrent, Zhou Yao was stunned, and he didn't dare to reply.

The interrogation was carried out again, and Zhou Yao was much more honest.

"The first to discover the gold mine was not the Zhou family." Zhou Yao said: "It's the Zhu Afu in your mouth." ”

Coincidentally, the Zhou family discovered a copper mine, and Zhu Afu and the Hu brothers went to work as short-term workers, and they were stopped after a month.

Zhu Afu has an honest personality, but one disadvantage is that his hands and feet are not very clean, and he always likes to take advantage of small things and take advantage of something.

When the mine stopped, Zhu Afu wondered if he could get a few pieces of copper and sell it, at least in exchange for a few jars of wine.

That night, Zhu Afu went up the mountain in the dark, but he accidentally fell into a pit while walking in the dark, which was too unlucky.

Fortunately, it was not a pit of wild beasts, and the people in the mountains were not particular, so Zhu Afu curled up and was wronged in it all night, but it was too cold, and he finally survived until dawn, and almost froze him to death.

If one moment Zhu Afu still felt that last night was the most unlucky time in his life, then the next moment, he felt that God had played a joke on him.

Because he found a shining stone in the pit, and when he cut it open, he looked at it—

It's gold!

After that, the poor Zhu Afu suddenly changed into a person, not only spending a lot of money, but also sprinkling a lot of silver on the party, which was simply a lot of money.

Such a change quickly attracted the attention of two people, the Hu family brothers in the same village.