Rewind the clock to earlier in the evening.

When Xu Zhen came out of Li Laohan's house, which had been destroyed by the fire, he did not return directly to the Yamen, but went to a place called Wanhualou.

This Wanhualou is unique among many flower buildings, and it has collected many exotic women from nowhere, attracting people's attention and having a unique style.

The reason why Xu Zhen came here was that he had heard Qiu Batian say that he wanted to come here to find some golden cat.

The so-called golden cat......

Xu Zhen pondered, it should be a Caucasian with yellow hair and white skin, right?

Of course, Xu Zhen is self-aware, so naturally he can't go to Qiu Batian, his target is Qiu Batian's carriage.

Coincidentally, when he entered the stables of Wanhualou, he happened to see Qiu Batian's carriage parked here, and the coachman was feeding the horses forage.

Although today in Zuixianju, the coachman has met with him, and it is possible to recognize himself.

But after some deliberation, Xu Zhen still pretended to be anxious and ran over.

"Hey, who is that, hey, but I'm looking for you, Qiu Ye is in a hurry!" Xu Zhen hurriedly rushed to the coachman, panting and asking, "Did you hear?" Qiu Ye let people sue! ”

"What's that? Who are you? The coachman was holding a bundle of hay with a puzzled expression.

"Hurry up, Master Qiu asked me to ask you, did anyone move the carriage this morning?" Xu Zhen asked.

"No, you ......"

The coachman saw that Xu Zhen was wearing fast clothes, and wanted to continue to ask about his identity, but where did Xu Zhen give him time to react, and immediately shouted:

"Hurry up! In the morning, in the middle of the hour, did anyone move Qiu Ye's carriage? ”

"I didn't ...... No? The coachman was stunned and subconsciously replied, "How is it possible?" Qiu Ye goes out at night, how can he move the carriage in the morning? ”

"So, the carriage has been parked in the Drunken Immortal Residence all morning?" Xu Zhen's eyes widened and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"Sure! "Well......," the coachman asked again, "who are you?" ”

"You can't even see me?" Xu Zhen pointed to his official uniform, "I am Chen Tiefeng from Yamen, Qiu Ye asked people to sue him, saying that Qiu Ye tied up a woman from a good family last night and ruined people, and in the morning he used a carriage to strip her naked and throw her to Yong'an Street......"

"What!? No way! What nonsense are you talking about! The coachman said in surprise, "Master Qiu found two courtesans who had just been transported by the sect division yesterday, and tossed them for the night, where to tie up some women?"

"I also stripped naked and threw it on the street, Master Qiu...... Qiu Ye doesn't seem to have done such a thing, right? ”

"Really?" Xu Zhen glared and said, "I can warn you, now that people are dead, human lives are at stake, you can't lie!" ”

"Oh, why am I panicking?" The coachman looked innocent, "I was nailing this animal at that time!" If someone moves Qiu Ye's carriage, can I not know? ”

Oh......

Through the driver's expression and reaction, Xu Zhen already knew it. He shouldn't have lied, Li Laohan's daughter's case is likely to have nothing to do with Qiu Batian.

"If you don't believe me," said the coachman, "you go and ask Master Qiu's men, and you won't ...... Just go to the Workshop Division and ask the two chicks, and they will prove it......"

"Okay, then I'll believe you, but ......," Xu Zhen asked, "A few days ago, did Master Qiu go to Yong'an Street and flirt with a woman who sold bamboo baskets?" ”

"Bamboo baskets? Wing On Street? The coachman recalled seriously and said, "A few days ago, Qiu Ye went to the Wang's pawnshop to ask for accounts, and he did go to Yongan Street, but ...... I don't know if it's molested or not, the carriage can't get in, they walked in, you better ask the others! ”

"Okay, I'll ask!" Xu Zhen nodded, turned around and left.

Who knows, just when Xu Zhen walked to the door, a few people suddenly came outside the door, and it was those Qiu Batian's family members.

"Lao Li, Qiu Ye's golden silk cat has been chosen," one of them beckoned at the door, "Hurry up and set up the car, let's go!" ”

"Oh," the coachman waved in response, pointing in the direction of Xu Zhen and said, "You guys came just in time, this catcher has something to ask you!" Ay? ”

After finishing speaking, the coachman realized that the catch just now was gone.

"Say what?" The waving family looked left and right and asked, "Is that the person just now?" ”

"Yes," said the coachman, after thinking hard, "he said that he was a catcher of the Yamen, and his name was ...... Call Chen Tiefeng ......"

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The Teaching Workshop Division is adjacent to Wanhua Building, and Xu Zhen came here in less than a quarter of an hour.

The difference between the Teaching Workshop Division and the Flower House is that the women here were all women from good families.

If a family commits a major crime, the man will be sentenced to exile or confiscation, and the woman will be sent to the school department to serve as an official prostitute, and the woman of a good family will become a dusty woman.

After all, he was a member of the Yamen, and after Xu Zhen revealed his identity, he was smoothly brought to the two girls.

The two girls had been devastated by Qiu Batian, and they were both lying on the couch, weeping silently, miserable and pitiful......

Seeing this, Xu Zhen didn't want to uncover their scars again, so he simply asked.

However, Qiu Batian was like a terrifying nightmare, and as soon as he heard the name, the two girls couldn't stop trembling with fear.

Xu Zhen could only try to keep his language as simple as possible, and asked one of the girls, "Last night, were there any other women who were bullied by him?" ”

The girl wiped her tears, shook her head and said, "It's just the two of us, one ...... ...... all night"

After speaking, she couldn't help but cry, full of helplessness and despair......

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Time turns back to the present.

Xu House.

It was already ten midnight, the night was quiet, and the autumn wind was deserted.

Youmeng had already fallen asleep, and Xu Zhen sat alone in the study and continued to analyze and study the case.

There is no way, this case is already tied to his fate.

If you can't do it well, it's good to roll up and leave by yourself, and if you carry it, you may even put your life into it.

Through the confessions of the coachman and the two young girls in the teaching workshop, Xu Zhen has basically determined that the case of Li Laohan's daughter is not Qiu Batian's doing.

Behind it, there must be a deeper and bigger conspiracy.

Such a swaggering planting is definitely not a human act, so Xu Zhen believes that this is very likely to be a political conspiracy.

And if it is really a political conspiracy, then the murderer must have come prepared, and the case is not only difficult to investigate, but even extremely dangerous.

According to Xu Zhen's judgment, next, the murderer will inevitably escalate the case, on the one hand, encourage the people to go to the yamen to complain, and on the other hand, he will report the news to the county and the state government, and even the court.

In that case, public opinion will rise, and Qiu Batian and Yanping County will be pushed to the forefront and become a battlefield for the struggle between the two factions.

Although Qiu Batian has many witnesses like the coachman, these people are all Qiu Batian's family members, and their confessions are invalid at all.

As the saying goes, the real murderer must be powerful, and the shrewd county magistrate Song Zhili must not want to stand on the wrong team and become an innocent victim......

Alas!

It's a miserable world, where bullies do evil, officials only care about their own future, all the people in the yamen are evil, and the common people seem to be being taken advantage of......

Li Laohan and his daughter Ailian suffered a tragic disaster, and their family was ruined, could it be that this poor father and daughter will never be able to get justice?

Thinking of this, Xu Zhen's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he had already made up his mind to pay attention.

After a while, he took a deep breath before he opened the black package and carefully poured the contents onto the workbench.

As the thing poured out, the air suddenly filled the air with a foul smell of decay.

Unexpectedly, it was a charred corpse inside! More precisely, some of the charred corpses!

These corpses were dug up by Xu Zhen from the ruins burned by Li Laohan's house.

When the fire started, the beams of the house collapsed, and Ailian's body was buried in the rubble, which was badly damaged.

However, after Xu Zhen left the county office, he actually returned to Li Laohan's house, and then took advantage of the fact that no one was around, and with all his strength, he dug out part of the body from under the beam.

Ooh......

The corpse had a strong smell of decay, choking Xu Zhen who could barely breathe.

However, it was this choking smell of rot that made Xu Zhen suddenly feel abnormal:

That's not right!

If Ai Lian had just been burned to death, how could her corpse emit such a foul smell!?

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