Chapter 551: There Are Others
Since Shao Xi knew that Zhang Chong and Zhao Qiaoyun were married, his title for Zhao Qiaoyun has unconsciously changed from the original Miss Zhao to the current Miss Zhao.
Zhang Chong was originally older than Shao Xi, but because of the huge difference in identity, Zhang Chong was an official but not an official as a head catcher, and it was indeed a little inappropriate for Shao Xi to call him the eldest brother, so naturally he would not call Zhao Qiaoyun his sister-in-law.
It's not that Shao Xi looks down on Zhang Chong, but that the relationship is becoming more and more complicated now, if Shao Xi calls Zhang Chong his eldest brother, what should Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu, who are Zhang Chong's direct officials, be called?
It's nothing for officialdom to call each other brothers, but Zhang Chong has no merit and is an errand boy in the government, so this identity is very embarrassing.
At this time, no one present paid attention to what Shao Xi called Zhao Qiaoyun, and they all stared at each other, stretching their necks and waiting for Shao Xi to say what he thought.
They all wanted to know what Shao Xi's guess was, because so far, even Zhang Chong and Zhao Qiaoyun had not been able to judge the identity of that person, and how did Shao Xi make his own judgment?
Whether it is Zhang Chong, Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu, they do not have the slightest doubt about Shao Xi's ability to reason and solve cases.
Because they have all witnessed how Shao Xi peeled back the cocoon from the complex events and finally found the answer through the details.
Whether it was Shao Xi's arrest of Yan Song in Wanxian a year ago, or the murder of the envoy of the Bai Yeguo Kingdom in Daliang in Kyoto in order to save Bai Jinqing and the four of them, each of them admired Shao Xi's meticulous thinking, flexible mind, accurate judgment and decisive action.
Therefore, when Shao Xi said a possibility, they absolutely believed that the answer Shao Xi said was basically the answer closest to the truth.
They felt that Shao Xi must have thought of something they had never thought of.
Shao Xi looked at the expressions of the few people in front of him, feeling as if he knew everything, and sighed helplessly.
If they hadn't happened to come to Wanxian County this time, wouldn't they have been able to solve this matter on their own? It seems that I have to take this opportunity to teach them a good lesson.
As a local official and a person who is the shelter of the local people, if you have to count on others for everything, who do the people rely on?
Shao Xi deliberately sold a pass, and did not directly say what he thought, but turned his head to look at Lao Wu, he also wanted to know if Lao Wu had thought of something like himself?
Don't look at Lao Wu who is lazy and lazy like a drunkard on weekdays, but he has never disappointed Shao Xi, for Shao Xi, he has no secrets with Lao Wu, he believes that what he thinks, Lao Wu must have thought of it.
This tacit understanding between their master and servant no longer needs to be communicated in words, Shao Xi is just a look, and Lao Wu has already understood what Shao Xi means.
So he said to the few people in front of him who looked puzzled: "You must have all heard of Yan Song's robbery and murder of Lord Zhao Tianrong back then, and the person who knows this matter best is Miss Zhao, because Miss Zhao is a witness to this matter.
"So I want to ask Miss Zhao to recall well, did the fear you felt from that person last night stem from the robbery and murder of Lord Zhao Tianrong back then?"
Zhao Qiaoyun was asked by Lao Wu like this, and his brows immediately frowned, and he seemed to be very entangled and struggling in his heart.
After thinking about it for a long time, she finally shook her head and said: "I can't say it myself, I haven't experienced anything terrible since I was a child, and the murder of my father was the first time in my life that I was scared to the extreme."
"At the time of the incident, the little girl did feel the same fear as last night, but I don't understand why I have never felt this way in Yan Song's body?
"Yan Song, evil, filthy, I only feel disgusting from him, although I am afraid, I have never felt the same fear as that person."
Lao Wu listened to Zhao Qiaoyun's answer, although he couldn't say that he was satisfied, but at least to some extent, he also verified his and Shao Xi's ideas.
So he looked at Zhang Chong again and asked, "Zhang Chong, do you remember that before the two of us discussed with you in the inn room to rescue Miss Zhao, we asked you whether anyone around Yan Song had left Wanxian County to report to the outside world every time Qingshan County sent troops to encircle and suppress Yan Song's bandits' nest?" ”
Zhang Chong hurriedly nodded and replied: "Remember, remember, of course I remember!" At that time, I mentioned Xu Jinhong under Yan Song's hands, and you and Lord Shao concluded that it was this person who reported the news, but that guy had already died under Lord Shao's sword, so what does it have to do with this matter? ”
Lao Wu couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhang Chong's words, and turned his head to ask Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu again.
"Did you two think of anything?"
Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu glanced at each other, then turned their heads to look at Zhang Chong, and finally looked at Shao Xi, who couldn't help but pout.
"What do you two think I'm doing? Now I'm asking you if you see anything in this? ”
Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu shook their heads in confusion, making Shao Xi feel that the two of them were a mess in their brains at all, and their brains didn't turn at all.
So he hated the iron and said: "You two can't always expect others to remind you when you encounter this kind of thing, you have to think about the cause and effect of the matter before and after."
"Lao Wu has already reminded you to come to this point, you haven't figured it out yet? Since Yan Song wants to report to the outside, and Xu Jinhong is the one who delivers the news in the middle, it proves that there must be someone who receives the news.
"Yan Song pretended to be Lord Zhao and went to Wanxian County to make a county order, although he brought some of his subordinates over, but his bandit nest was still rampant in Qingshan County.
"Since he himself has left the bandit's nest, there must be a person in charge of the bandit's nest, and Yan Song's news is to report to this person.
Previously, Miss Zhao mentioned that she was robbed and killed by Yan Song's gang with her father, and the fear she felt and the fear she felt from that person last night came from this person?
According to Miss Zhao, he didn't have this feeling on Yan Song's body, so if I were to judge, this feeling came from this person.
"Now we don't know whether Yan Song is dead or alive, the bandits in Qingshan County have been almost eliminated, and they must also include Yan Song's gang.
"And this person is very likely to have escaped from the encirclement and suppression, and now he has appeared in Wanxian, it is by no means for no reason.
"If Yan Song is alive, it is possible that he was instructed by Yan Song, and if Yan Song is dead, then it is very likely that he came to Wanxian County to avenge Yan Song, and the people he wants to take revenge on are how many of you here?"
Han Shaoguang stopped doing it as soon as he heard it, and started to complain as soon as he opened his mouth.
"If he wants revenge, he should be looking for you, Brother Shao! Even if he can't find you for revenge, he will only go to Zhang Chong and his wife in Wanxian, what does it matter to us? ”
Lao Wu was really a little unbearable sitting next to him, if it weren't for Han Shaoguang's identity as a county magistrate, he couldn't wait to raise his hand and slap him.
"That Yan Song was originally a narrow-minded and arrogant person, if he hadn't died, he wouldn't have been able to swallow this mouthful of anger no matter what.
But his face is known throughout Wanxian, so he can only instruct his capable people to return to Wanxian to take revenge, if he dies, what is the point of the people who avenge him just looking for Zhang Chong and Miss Zhao?
"Since he can't take revenge on the young master and me, and he wants to cause a sensation in Wanxian County, guess who he wants to kill the most?"
Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu were numb when they heard it, and they sat at home together, and the pot came from the sky?
How could I, who had nothing to do with that incident, be inexplicably targeted by others? Isn't this unlucky opening the door for unlucky - unlucky to get home?
"Is this okay? That's unreasonable, isn't it? What does this have to do with the two of us? This matter was long gone when we came, and this is simply unreasonable! ”
Han Shaoguang's words directly made Shao Xi happy, and he said that scholars are still scholars after all, and they have not experienced the sinister of rivers and lakes and officialdom, and their way of thinking is still so simple and simple.
If everything in this world is done according to rules and laws, where will there be those messy things?
"Reasonable? Do you expect a bandit to reason with you? If they were reasonable, they would not be thieves, they would only do what they wanted.
"You two are no longer just students of Egret Academy back then, now you are the parents and officials of this ten thousand counties, and after entering the officialdom, you can no longer be as simple-minded as before.
"This world is far from being as clean as you think, so in the future, when you two encounter something, don't just take it for granted what it should be, but think more about what it might be."
Hearing this, Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu immediately panicked, according to Shao Xi and Lao Wu's inference, it seems that they have been targeted now, and sooner or later they will attack them, is this worth it?
Han Shaoguang hurriedly said to Zhang Chong: "Zhang Chong, now that Brother Shao is here, I don't have to worry, but we are in the light, they are in the dark, no one knows when they will do it, and our safety in the future will all count on you!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Chong also panicked.
"Don't, don't! We passed by the man last night, and I felt that there was a heavy bloody aura on him, and he should be a murderous and murderous person.
"And according to my opinion, this person's martial arts are quite good, I am not his opponent, and I hope that Lord Shao can help us solve this matter, otherwise when Lord Shao leaves Wanxian, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with it!"
Zhang Chong's two moments Shao Xi was very clear, so Zhang Chong did not mean to shirk when he said this.
If he leaves like this, once the other party takes action, I'm afraid that the officials in the county government will indeed not be able to deal with it.
Shao Xi put his thumb on his chin, thought for a while without saying a word, and finally spoke: "To settle this matter before I leave, the most important thing now is how to let this person appear?" ”