The next morning.

The sky was bright.

There is frost on the ground.

Under the nervous busyness of the officials, the corpses of the county officials have been transported, and the blood has been cleaned up and returned to its usual appearance.

However, although the appearance has been restored, the slaughter of last night has long been engraved into everyone's hearts, making them feel like a nightmare, indelible.

The entire yamen still seems to be filled with lingering blood.

Sima Xin's entourage should also be ruthless characters who have been on the battlefield, and they turned the fight into a massacre, and they didn't even have a single wounded.

On Cui Xiaotian's side, a total of nineteen people died, and countless people were injured.

The corpses were all sent to Yizhuang, and Yizhuang was already full of corpses.

Li Laohan, who committed suicide in the prison before, Tong Xianling, who had just died, Lu Yusheng, Liu Sanyang, and even Sang'er, the maid who died in Pan Yulang's house, were also lying there.

Luckily, it's a cold winter, so if it's summer, I don't know what it will look like......

At this moment, Song Zhili, Xu Zhen and others were all in a certain room in the backyard of the yamen.

Due to the sudden aggravation of Cui Meng's condition, he has been transferred here and treated by Lang Zhong, who was specially invited.

I have asked Cui Xiaotian's subordinates before, and they said that Cui Meng's disease is called sheep sickness, once the attack will foam at the mouth and convulsions, it will take several days to recover, and he has been using Chinese medicine to recuperate on weekdays.

Last night's arrest and interrogation induced Cui Meng to become ill, and although he is not in a coma now, he has been rolling his eyes, his body is constantly trembling, not to mention interrogation, and he can't even do basic communication.

Song Zhili was naturally so anxious that he asked Lang Zhong when he would recover, and Lang Zhong shook his head again and again, saying that the patient needed careful conditioning, and I was afraid it would take two or three days......

Looking at Cui Meng, who was still foaming at the corners of his mouth, Xu Zhen naturally knew that he had severe epilepsy. As long as he doesn't bite his tongue, his life should be fine for the time being.

In fact, he remembered that in the medical chapter of "Demon Dao", there was a recipe for an elixir similar to adrenaline, which could make Cui Meng recover immediately after taking this medicine and accept interrogation.

It's just that that kind of medicine is extremely harmful to the body, and may even hurt your life.

Of course, Xu Zhen didn't plan to configure any pills now, because Cui Meng's current situation was what he was most willing to see.

However, Song Zhili was already about to go crazy, and after coming out of the ward, he had to argue to interrogate Cui Xiaotian in person, and asked Cui Xiaotian to tell the fact that Cui Meng was the ghost killer.

Chen Houlu, Shen Mingchen and others hurriedly dissuaded, saying that Cui Xiaotian was experienced and determined, and said that Master Sima would not allow him to be tortured, and even if he was tortured, he would definitely not be able to ask anything.

Moreover, Song Zhili has no interrogation experience, so it is possible that the interrogation will not succeed, but he will be tricked by Cui Xiaotian to obtain information, which will outweigh the losses.

"What then? I don't have experience, but you have," Song Zhili had become neurotic, he pointed at Cheng Xiao and said, "You have experience, you go and judge Cui Xiaotian for me, go quickly, go!" ”

"My lord......" Cheng Xiao hurriedly defended, "It's useless for me to go, don't let the torture be used, I'll ...... How do I judge? What kind of person is Cui Xiaotian, it's useless to scare him just by scaring him! ”

"Then give it to me, too!" Song Zhili shouted frantically, "Threaten him with his son's life, kill his son without telling the truth......"

Obviously, Song Zhili has lost his mind, his words are simply logical and hard, Cui Xiaotian killed his son without telling the truth, and if he told the truth, his son was a ghost-faced killer, and he was not dead?

"I ...... I ......" Cheng Xiao was also stunned, it seemed that he really moved his mind to interrogate Cui Xiaotian.

"No, no!" Shen Mingchen hurriedly dissuaded, "Before we are ready, none of us can interrogate Cui Xiaotian, think about it, Cui Xiaotian will inevitably intimidate the interrogator, scare him or bribe him, if we succeed, then our previous efforts will be in vain!" ”

Shen Mingchen's words are straightforward enough, that is, if the interrogator can't help but be tempted to turn back, then it will be impossible to steal chickens and rice.

Taking Cheng Xiao as an example, he is now in various troubles, once Cui Xiaotian agrees to help him solve these troubles, and will give him a good future, then according to Cheng Xiao's character, the possibility of being "recruited" is definitely not small.

In this way, it is better not to be tried.

"What then? So what to do!? What do you say to do!? Song Zhili howled, "It's the eighth day, the eighth day!" The Ghost Face Killer has been caught, and Cui Xiaotian has also been caught, but ...... We can't do anything, why!?

"No...... We...... We can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait......"

Who knows, because Song Zhili was too excited, he didn't come up in one breath, but he rolled his eyes and fell on his back.

"Lord Song!" Shen Mingchen's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly held him up.

But seeing that Song Zhili kept twitching, he seemed to be breathing hard, but he couldn't breathe in the fresh air.

"Lord Song!"

The others were all terrified and immediately gathered around.

Shen Mingchen hurriedly pinched Song Zhili, and Chen Houlu also lifted his robe and slapped Song Zhili's face......

After a long time of relief, Song Zhili woke up faintly, but his complexion was extremely weak.

But seeing that this Lord Song had his hair in a messy bun, his face was gray, his clothes were disheveled, and there were stains of blood on it, he looked so embarrassed.

"Quick," Chen Houlu hurriedly called his personal servant and ordered, "Hurry up and take Lord Song home to rest, these days, the Lord is worried and worried, and he will not stop, quickly let Mrs. Song boil some ginseng soup for the adults to take, and have a good rest!" ”

"Yes yes yes ......"

The servants were also all frightened, and immediately helped Song Zhili to the backyard.

On the way home, Song Zhili kept chattering: "I want to ...... Find a way, you have to find a way, hurry up and find a way......"

Who knows, as he was talking, he noticed that there was an extra thing in his hand.

Looking down, it turned out to be a note, I don't know who stuffed it into him?

He immediately pushed away the servant and opened the note, but saw a small line written crookedly on it: "Water can carry a boat and can also capsize a boat." ”

Seeing these words, Song Zhili's brows were furrowed at first, but after thinking about it for a long time, they gradually relaxed. I seem to have realized something......

……

After Song Zhili was sent away, Chen Houlu also had no strength to pace, like a deflated ball, slumped on the Taishi chair in the inner hall.

At this time, he was no longer in a hurry to sign.

Because even if Song Zhili signed, it would be useless.

Whether it was the monk incident, the reopening of the investigation of the ghost face killer, or the arrest of Cui Xiaotian, he was present throughout the whole process, even if he can retire now, how can he stay out of the matter?

Alas......

The only thing he regrets now is why he didn't retire early a few years ago, wouldn't it be beautiful to share the joy of family with the group of concubines in the family?

It's a pity......

I'm afraid the concubines will soon have to serve other masters......

"Song Zhili, Song Zhili...... You come out for me! ”

Just as Chen Houlu sighed, Sima Xin suddenly strode in, shouting Song Zhili's name as he walked.

Chen Houlu hurriedly got up and explained to him that Song Zhili had gone to the backyard to rest because he was unwell.

"How did you do that?" Sima Xin slumped into the chair and complained, "The people from the Criminal Department haven't come until now, so we have been waiting for a night in vain!" ”

"Yes, yes," Chen Houlu lowered his head to bear the bear, but he felt that something was wrong when he listened.

Didn't you ask us to prepare last night?

We also waited in vain all night, and now that no one is coming, why are they complaining about us?

"That's good, the people from the Criminal Department didn't wait, but waited for Cui Xiaotian," Sima Xin was still complaining angrily, "If you hadn't notified us so early, we wouldn't have caught up with this, hum......"

Ay?

The more Chen Houlu listened, the more wrong he became.

Isn't that right?

Who notifies whom?

You sent someone to inform us last night! The young man who delivered the message even forgot to ask me for a reward......

Ay?

Wait a minute......

Chen Houlu suddenly realized something, and his heart suddenly chuckled.

Yes, what happened last night, how does it feel so coincidental and so deliberate?

If it weren't for the Criminal Department, Sima Xin and the others would not have come to the Yamen, and they would not have clashed with Cui Xiaotian's people, prompting the Yamen to catch Cui Xiaotian red-handed......

Also, the person who reported the news didn't seem to be among Sima Xin's entourage?

Don't......

Don't......

The whole thing is being manipulated behind the scenes......

Shocked, Chen Houlu hurriedly raised his head, wanting to confirm with Sima Xin, who notified whom first?

But at such a critical moment, the official on the station suddenly ran over in a hurry and shouted:

"My lord, the people from the Criminal Department are here, here......

……