Wang Yan immediately informed Su Yan of the news, and at the same time reported it to the Criminal Department, which immediately sent people to secretly place them outside the gambling house and the Talking House, just waiting for five days to wait for the rabbit.

Su Yan was not idle, and quietly went to the household department to find Wang Liang's case.

5 days later......

At the official residence where the lights were dim, Wang Liang left the Tan Mansion and got into a double-wheeled carriage. A few pairs of eyes that shimmered green in the night kept staring at his whereabouts, like wolves. I only heard a very low voice in the bushes: "Wu Cheng will continue to stay and monitor with your people, and the rest will catch up with me!" ”

A group of people suddenly burst out of the originally silent bushes, not many people, about seven or eight, and chased quickly in the direction where Wang Liang left.

Wang Liang didn't go anywhere else, he went to the gambling house, as soon as he stepped into the front foot, he suddenly felt a cold wind behind him, and was about to look back, when his body suddenly felt heavy, and before he could react, he had fallen to the ground, and a strong man pressed on him, and he didn't know when he had tied his hands behind his back. Wang Liang's face turned pale for a moment, and he struggled hard, but he only got a punch and a kick.

Today's gambling house is very strange, there is no guest, in the empty lobby, only the shopkeeper is huddled in the corner, then the door behind him suddenly slammed shut, and a corner of the skirt appeared in front of him, Wang Liang already knew in his heart that the situation was serious, but calmed down, looked up, this person was none other than the person who came to him to write a letter that day.

After Su Yan ordered someone to help him up, he dragged him to a stool and sat down, and then said slowly: "Wang Liang, formerly known as Chen Zhong, a native of Suzhou, started to participate in the imperial examination ten years ago, and failed the first time, on the eve of the second imperial examination, that is, three years ago, he was detained for half a month for killing people by mistake, but it is very strange that this case was finally closed, and you also changed your name and lived in seclusion in Qinghefang, I said, right?" ”

"I don't understand what you're saying." Wang Liang looked at her vigilantly and said.

Su Yan still said unhurriedly: "Don't understand? Then you should always know about the household case, right? Whether it is a beggar who has fallen here or a high-ranking official, all of them are recorded in detail! But your case is different from others, you have no parents, no background, and you have scribbled a few words, but it is so clean, clean that people have to suspect that Wang Liang's identity may not belong to you. I checked the big and small events of the year you registered, and it was a quiet year, the Criminal Department was very idle, and there were very few cases handled, but there was only one case that made me find the clue, which was the one I just said. Therefore, I linked Chen Zhong with you in that case, and I took your portrait and found the wife of the deceased, and guess what the man said? ”

Wang Liang panicked and looked at Su Yan nervously, Su Yan said to him: "That person recognized the murderer at a glance, it was you, you were Chen Zhong!" ”

"Ridiculous! Ruoshui, who I just came here three years ago, has a record on the case, but it is just two people who look alike, and you even jump to conclusions! Who are you and do you have credentials? Do you have a warrant from the Criminal Department, you dare to arrest someone privately, I want to sue you! ”

Unexpectedly, the person who was still calm suddenly became irritable, and Su Yan secretly scolded: Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water!

"Of course, the evidence is there, you rolled up your sleeves, presumably the scar left by that scratch is still there, right?"

Wang Liang was stunned for a moment, only to feel that wet and cold beads of sweat seeped out of his hair, and he couldn't help but tremble.

Su Yan also said: "The fastest and most accurate way to investigate a person is the case of the criminal department and the household department, the household department records your life, the criminal department records your crimes, and everything you have done will be recorded, even if you change your name, we can trace the source, this is just a matter of time." I've said all that, and you still think I'm just a nobody? Without an order from the Criminal Department, I dare to arrest someone late at night? ”

Hearing the word Criminal Department, the defense line in Wang Liang's heart finally broke down, and he said in a trembling voice: "What do you want to do when you check these pasts?" ”

"Your past has nothing to do with me, and I am not interested in exposing you, after all, someone compensated you at that time, and that family would not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. But... You have to tell the truth everything you know, or I'm willing to bring up the old case again, and I'm afraid you won't be able to save the prestige and reputation you've built up in that bustling city. ”

Su Yan looked at him with a smile, and the strong sense of oppression made Wang Liang couldn't help but tremble, and finally explained: "It's about adults!" Three years ago, I went to the gambling house because I was under too much pressure, but I didn't expect to kill someone by mistake, I was very scared, I thought I would be in prison for the rest of my life! Unexpectedly, one day, someone came to me and said that as long as I did things for them, they could save me. Later, I learned that the man was a subordinate of Lord Tan, Yu Zhixiao! ”

"Yu Zhixiao? What does this person look like? Su Yan asked him.

"He has a beard and a strong physique, and he is very heartfelt to talk to adults."

Unexpectedly, every thing Tan Cen did was this person. Su Yan suddenly noticed a hint of strangeness, could it be that Tan Cen did this so that one day he could take the blame for the incident in his east window?

Wang Liang continued to confess: "He paid a lot of money for me to let the woman withdraw the case, and later, they helped me make a fake identity in the household department, let me go to Qinghefang, and said that I would have a month to find out the situation of all the residents in the downtown area, that is...... It's ......"

"Most of the people who live in the downtown area are outsiders, come here to make a living, most of them are illiterate, you write letters for them to communicate with their families, and over time you have gained their trust, and at the same time, you also use letters to find out their families.

Wang Liang nodded, not seeing if he was ashamed, but for sure, he had already peed his pants.

"Yu Zhixiao said that those transactions are not glorious, and they can't be allowed to go to the Criminal Department to complain, so let me negotiate with the Criminal Department on behalf of those people. Every time, I pretended to be positive, and then lied to them that the criminal department could not find the whereabouts of the missing person, and after a long time, they gave up. ”

Su Yan had already guessed half of what he said before, but when it came out of his mouth, he couldn't help but be angry. Those old people have been diligent all their lives, but they died because of their broken family!

Su Yan got up angrily: "It's really a good strategy, as a scholar, you don't know etiquette, righteousness and shame, and you have been abusing for three years, how many families have you harmed!" ”

At this time, Wang Yan was late, and when he saw the liquid under Wang Liang's knees, and then looked at Mr. Su's angry appearance, he didn't know how strong he was.

"Mr. Su, the person who stared at the Tanfu reported that there was no movement in the Tanfu, and after Wang Liang left, no one came in or out."

Wang Liang hurriedly explained: "I'm just going to get paid, I will go at the end of each month to inform me of the situation in the downtown this month, and then Yu Zhixiao will give me a sum of money." ”

"Every time Yu Zhixiao meets you? What about Tancen? ”

"He never comes forward, and every time we meet, the place is different, sometimes outside the city, sometimes in the Qinglou, and rarely in Tanfu, but this time it happened that I was bumped into by you."

Su Yan felt that something was wrong, but Wang Yan said: "Since Tan Cen never showed up, why did he meet you in Tan Mansion?" ”

"This has to start with my first imperial examination...... Speaking of this, Wang Liang was full of resentment, "The first imperial examination was to talk about Cen as the chief examiner, and my article was obviously very well written that time, but I couldn't figure out why I fell off the list." Later, I went to see the list, I knew the champion, and before the exam, we also listened to the class of Ruoshui's famous literary world, and at that time I found that although this person has literary talents, his knowledge is too shallow, and it is impossible to win me! I didn't think anything until I saw the champion's paper and realized that he used my name and stole my article! ”

Su Yan suddenly realized: "It seems that Tan Cen has been planning for a long time!" ”

"It's not, it's just that the champion family has money and power, and has long been eyeing my poor family, lost his father at an early age, and only has an elderly and frail mother, so I expected that I couldn't afford to turn over the storm, so I colluded with Tan Cen."

"What does this have to do with your presence at Tanfu?"

"Originally, Yu Zhixiao has always been docking with me, and he dared to see me in disguise, until one time, Yu Zhixiao asked me to register the list of downtown areas, saying that the master on top needs to screen out those who still have use value. Later, when Yu Zhixiao returned the list to me, I suddenly felt that the way of ticking the list with cinnabar made me very familiar, and when I got home, I remembered that the article I was stolen back then also had the same mark! I just concluded that the master is Tan Cen! ”

"So you're going to have a showdown with them? I don't think you have the guts! Su Yan couldn't help but taunt him.

"The dog jumped over the wall when he was in a hurry! He hurt my name and forced me to do so many things, I really wanted to fight with him at that time! ”

"Then why do you continue to do things for him?"

He suddenly blushed: "It's come to this, what can I do?" It's better to do things with money than to be killed! It's not a pity for me to die, my old mother must be sent to her death! ”

"Ridiculous! Your mother is a life, but the women you have abducted and trafficked are not? People are watching, and one day you won't end well! ”

Wang Liang curled up and said in despair: "Anyway, I was arrested by you, and if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it, but I pity my mother, my son is not filial!" ”

"It's too late to repent, you tell me the whereabouts of the woman who was abducted and sold, and then be a witness to testify against Tancen."

Wang Liang sat up in shock: "I don't know the whereabouts of those people, my role is to appease their families and keep an eye on the downtown area!" Those things are all done by Yu Zhixiao, and if you let me be a witness, wouldn't you send me to death! ”

"I'm scared now, what did I do in the first place? There are only two ways in front of you, either go to the prison department, and the crime of murder is enough for you to wear the prison base; Either as a witness, don't worry, I won't let you come forward until the last minute. ”

"Are you sure?"

Su Yan smiled: "I don't do things that I am not sure of!" ”

Wang Liang got up from the ground and said to Su Yan excitedly: "Then you go and arrest Yu Zhixiao, those things, Tan Cen has handed over to him to do, you arrest him, he must know everything!" ”

Wang Yan proposed: "Why don't you use Wang Liang as bait, we will be able to catch Yu Zhixiao in an ambush, and this case will be solved." ”

"That's a good idea!" Su Yan sighed sincerely: "It seems that this case is about to end!" ”

Although the idea of using Wang Liang as bait is feasible, it is somewhat difficult to implement, first of all, Wang Liang has already been paid this month, and it will not work to lure him out with the reason of the reward, and secondly, Yu Zhixiao is cautious when he looks at it, he must be a person who is not easy to mess with, this matter seems to have hope, but in fact there is no hope.

Su Yan slumped in the chair, and outside the window from the dark night to the cool early morning, in the blink of an eye, it was already noon the next day. Ah Yu came in with a plate of food and said worriedly: "Mr. has been sitting all night, haven't you thought of a way?" If you don't eat and go to sleep first, maybe you can think of a way when your mind is clear! ”

Su Yan twisted his shoulders and sat motionless all night, his whole body was sore, not to mention, his brain was indeed getting more and more confused, and when he stood up, it was even dark in front of him, if it wasn't for Ah Yan's support, he was afraid that he would fall.

Ah Yan looked distressed, and persuaded her: "Solving the case is the business of the Criminal Department, what kind of excitement does Mr. make, even if he is entrusted with someone, then he can't take his body seriously, what good can he get in the end?" She looked at Mr. Su's haggard face, and summed up expectantly: "Women, it's all a tendon!" ”

Woman?

It seemed that a light suddenly appeared in Su Yan's mind, and in an instant, she thought of a good way.

Su Yan happily pinched Ah Yan's little face and said, "You are really my lucky star, come back and make something to eat for you!" ”

As he spoke, he lifted his skirt and ran out, and there was no one in an instant. Ah Yu stayed in a daze, scratched his head and muttered: "Didn't sleep well, demonic?" ”

Well, it seems that eating alone is not enough, you have to add some supplements!