Chapter XXVI: Interrogation

“…… I didn't expect to see you like this when you say goodbye to adults......"

Wang Zhihui sighed shortly, inexhaustibly bitter and desolate.

"I didn't think that the teacher would do such a thing, and I was confused for a while......

Wang Zhihui's words were earnest, and Lin Niannian stood beside him, but he accurately captured one thing: "My lord was once a guest under Master Li?" ”

The person on the other side was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I have been under Lord Wang for three years." ”

Three years?

Lin Niannian frowned.

"I don't look like an older man when he looks at his face."

"I'm ashamed." Wang Zhihui seemed to be a little embarrassed to speak, "Xia Guan was born with the appearance of a child, if it weren't for this long hair under his chin, he would have no prestige in the local county." ”

This is reasonable, Lin Niannian nodded, and then said with a smile: "The so-called crane hair and childish face, adults must be blessed in the future." ”

"I've borrowed the girl's good words!"

After Lin Niannian finished asking, he didn't notice anything unusual, but Yan Chenghuai asked coldly: "Since you have been a diner under Lord Li, then you must have had some contact with other colleagues." I don't know if adults know, but those companions of yours, who are also under Master Li, died mysteriously a year ago! ”

"This!" Wang Zhihui sweated on his head, and knelt on the ground in fear, "I'm scared, I don't know about it!" The lower officials also wondered why those colleagues did not contact them after they were regraded. ”

"I thought it was the lower officials who did something wrong to get your exclusion, but now it seems that heaven and man have been separated forever." Saying that, two tears came out of the corners of his eyes, and he looked extremely sad.

"What is this doing, Lord Wang?" Lin Niannian hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the person up.

She didn't wear gloves today, and between the two contacted, Lin Niannian heard the voice in his heart.

It is indeed painful, without any impurities.

Words and deeds are the same, Lin Niannian's eyes flashed, and he took a step back.

"It made the two adults laugh." Wang Zhihui smiled bitterly, and suddenly said to Yan Chenghuai, "I wonder if Lord Qincha can let me see my teacher again?" ”

"I have been separated from my teacher for many years, and after this meeting, I will not see each other again, and I ask Lord Qincha to fulfill it."

With that, he slammed his head on the ground.

Lin Niannian sweated for Yan Chenghuai in his heart, Governor Li was already dead, but... This Wang Zhihui's request is really difficult to refuse.

"Lord Ben has secretly escorted Governor Li back to the capital, I'm afraid your expectations are about to be disappointed." The expression on Yan Chenghuai's face did not change, and he admired Lin Nian for a while.

If it comes to psychological endurance, he solemnly admits that Lord Yan said that it is the first, and no one dares to say that the second is.

"If this is the case, it will be inconvenient for the lower officials to bother." A trace of disappointment flashed on Wang Zhihui's face, and his tone was quite helpless and sighing.

"The scenery of Fengcheng is unique, and Lord Wang has not yet reached his term of office, so he can walk around Fengcheng first." Yan Chenghuai's eyes looked into the distance, and his tone was light.

This is an eviction order, Wang Zhihui is also interested, and after agreeing, he slowly retreated.

It wasn't until Wang Zhihui's figure completely disappeared in place that Lin Niannian retracted his gaze.

"Do you think there's something wrong with him?" Turning around, Yan Chenghuai looked at Lin Niannian, with some inquiry in his tone.

Lin Niannian was stunned, as if he didn't expect Yan Chenghuai to ask her, thought for a while, and then considered:

"This person values love and righteousness."

"Heh..."Yan Chenghuai didn't say anything, but just let out a sneer inexplicably.

"Let's go, keep looking." Yan Chenghuai walked in front of Lin Niannian first, and frowned in the other party's confused eyes, "My identity is too special. ”

"This case, it's up to you to investigate!"

"This!" Lin Niannian was stunned, looked up at Yan Chenghuai's face, and his tone was uncertain, "Are you sure your adult is not joking?" ”

She is just a small servant in Fengcheng, at most she is only assisting in the case, and she is not confused when she entrusts such a big matter to herself?

"How?" Yan Chenghuai swept over with a slap of the wind, and Lin Niannian quickly closed his mouth.

"Good, good! I'll check! "I'm used to bullying her, an unarmed flat-headed commoner!

She was negative in her heart, and her tone was also a little unhappy:

"Then after this case is solved, I wonder if the adults can give me a raise?"

After all, pointing to the few taels of silver issued in the yamen, it is possible to starve people to death.

"Naturally, Lord Ben will not treat you badly." Yan Chenghuai bowed his head and motioned for her to stop talking nonsense and hurry up and start working.

Seeing that Lin Niannian was standing still and didn't move, Yan Chenghuai glanced at her, and the two called the guards who were in charge of guarding the prison door.

"What were you doing when Li Zheng had an accident?" Lin Niannian stepped forward to ask, staring at the people in front of him tightly, not letting go of any expression on their faces.

The man didn't seem to expect Lin Niannian to suddenly speak, and there was some hesitation in his expression.

Yan Chenghuai narrowed his cold eyes slightly, and a glance swept over, the man suddenly understood something, hung his head and said:

"Back to the girl, we have been doing our duty these days, and we have not noticed anything unusual."

"Only the night before the prisoner died, I faintly heard the cry of a fox."

"Still, we didn't take it seriously!"

The man said very respectfully.

Lin Niannian's heart skipped a beat when he heard it.

Fox? How is it a fox again?

She remembered that when Mei'er died, some people said that it was the fox demon who caused it.

"Besides, when Li Zheng died, he could have eaten it, what did he want?"

Lin Nian Nian did not give up and continued to ask.

The man slowed down, as if he was in deep thought, and after a long time, he smiled bitterly:

"To tell you the truth, the night before Li Zheng's death, he asked the guard Lao Wangtou for a bowl of well water."

"What exactly is it for, it seems that you have to ask the old king."

"Well water?" Lin Niannian was silent for a moment, "Then where is he now?" ”

"In the past few days, Lao Wangtou has been unwell, so he took leave to recuperate at home, he is a widower, no one to take care of him, and the place where he lives is not far from here."

The guard informed the jailer of the location in detail, Lin Nian Nian didn't stay longer, turned around with dry vinegar, and said to Yan Chenghuai:

"My lord, without further ado, I think we should go to the old king's house and search for some useful clues."

Yan Chenghuai nodded, which was regarded as acquiescence.

The two of them did not dare to linger for a moment, and passed in the direction pointed by the guard.

It's a narrow and dark alley, and in the stinky ditch next to it, there are many women's underwear and some fat powder boxes floating.

Yan Chenghuai was a newcomer, and his disgusted eyebrows could even trap a fly, and he was careful with every step, for fear of being contaminated with these filthy things.

"Two adults, it's not far ahead..."