Chapter 9: Murderer!
By the time Chen Ke arrived at the yamen, the sky had already darkened, the night was thick, and the lights illuminated the entire room.
"Chen Ke is here, come in quickly." Long Tu saw Chen Ke coming with Zhang Escort and immediately let them into the room.
Chen Ke walked into the room, and in the room sat Longtu and Situ Guangxian, the Qing of Dali Temple.
There were also white guards who were dusty and two guards who looked tanned, and it was these three people who went to Shanyin County to investigate the situation.
"Chen Ke, meet again, your spirit is much better than before." Dali Siqing smiled and nodded with Chen Ke.
Chen Ke greeted Long Tu and Dali Siqing and others, Long Tu waved his hand slightly, let Chen Ke sit down, looked at Chen Ke and said: "Bai Guard has just come back, and he hasn't told me the specific situation yet, Chen Ke's mansion will give you another chance, if you cheat and admit it now, this mansion will not hold you responsible!" ”
After hearing this, Chen Ke got up and said seriously: "Chen Ke will not cheat, nor will he take the life of the whole village of Chenjia Village to deceive adults!" ”
Long Tu said: "Okay! White Guard, you can talk about it. ”
The white guard arched his hand and said, "My lord, after the three of us investigated, we arrested the county lieutenant who fled from Shanyin County and questioned him, and we did find something strange. ”
Long Tu said: "What Chen Ke said about Chenjia Village is true? ”
Bai Huwei said: "It's true, Chenjia Village is a small village under Dachen Town, Shanyin County, close to Nanyin Mountain. The Dongjiang River burst its embankment, and the entire Shanyin County became Daze, and the subordinates and the two of them dived down and found Chenjia Village, which indeed has a lot of white bones, and their flesh and blood may have been reduced to fish food! ”
Chen Ke felt a pain in his heart after hearing this, thinking of the fire, maybe his aunt and Uncle Wang were gone. He also wanted to return to Shanyin County, but Shanyin became Daze, and Chen Ke couldn't find the location of Chenjia Village.
The white guards were able to find the location of Chenjia Village, which made Chen Ke extremely admired. He only felt the intentions of the white guards at this moment, above the vast Daze, ordinary people really couldn't find out where Chenjia Village sank to the bottom of the water!
The white guard looked at Chen Ke and said, "Brother Chen Ke, time is in a hurry, and I have no way to help your fellow villagers collect the corpse, so I can only move out of the water a corpse that has not been eaten clean, and use it as evidence for adults to check." ”
Long Tu said: "After the questioning, we will go to examine the body." ”
Dali Siqing sat on the side, silent, and listened to them all the time.
Bai Escort said: "The humble duty simply checked the scars of their deaths, there were arrow wounds on the bones, they were pierced into the body by a sharp weapon, restricting their movements, and then they were killed by a blow from the sword!" ”
Long Tu said: "You can bring the murder weapon." ”
The white guard said, "Brought it." ”
"Hmm." Long Tu nodded and said, "Go on." ”
The white guard continued: "Later, the two of them went into the water separately, and verified one by one that part of the house was burned down, and later it was because of the flood that the house was saved. ”
Long Tu said: "Have you ever found out the identity of those killers?" ”
The white guard smiled and said: "I can't hide anything from my lord, I found the county lieutenant of Shanyin County who absconded, when the flood came, he fled with the big family by boat, and I found him in Linxian County." Under questioning, I learned that it was a group of strongmen who claimed to be Qingdao Guards! ”
"Qingdao Guard!" Long Tu pondered the name, and after a long time, asked, "Can you fight them." ”
The white guard smiled: "I fought with one of them, the other party used the killing skills in the army, the strength is great, the speed is very fast, the humble position is not his opponent, but they don't seem to want to kill the humble position, alarmed the people brought by the humble position, and left in a hurry!" ”
"Good!"
Long Tu nodded with a smile, looked at Chen Ke and said, "Brother Chen Ke, your revenge can be avenged!" ”
Chen Ke stood up excitedly and said, "Your Excellency has found the murderer?" ”
Long Tu smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard this, and said, "Not yet, but it has already been determined which group of people it is!" This matter still needs to trouble our Dali Siqing for help! ”
Dali Siqing nodded and said, "Brother Long, don't worry, I will immediately ask the Ministry of War and the Division of Soldiers and Horses to issue a summoning order!" ”
"In this way, it is troublesome Brother Situ, I will transfer the decree to the Ministry of War and the Department of Soldiers and Horses to explain the situation." Long Tu Road.
This is no longer a trivial matter, but a very serious political issue. It is an unforgivable sin for a soldier who has been discharged from the army because of his sins to start massacring villagers when he returns to his place.
Long Tu had anger on his face, and he was furious when he thought about it, Da Zhao Guo would never allow such a bad behavior to happen!
"Order Jingzhao Mansion to immediately convene the Clearance Division that manages the army, and this government will ask about the case!"
Long Tu opened the door, and above the sky, a new moon was shining brightly!
"Obey!"
Bai Guard, Zhang Guard, and several other people from Jingzhao Mansion immediately got up and said.
Long Tu looked at Chen Ke again and said: "In the past few days, don't be a helper first, this government wants to ask about your grievances, and you can't have an official status to let people gossip." ”
Chen Ke was excited in his heart, nodded and said: "I know, thank you, Chen Ke on behalf of the fathers and villagers of Chenjia Village, on behalf of my aunt, thank you for upholding justice!" ”
Chen Ke said and leaned over and bowed heavily.
Long Tu accepted this bow and said: "It's hard for you all the way, the local government doesn't dare to take care of this kind of militaristic ugly thing, but Jingzhao Mansion is different, Long Tu is not a bad official, and he will definitely give you justice!" ”
Dali Siqing sat next to him, nodded and said: "Yes, Lord Longtu faced the prime minister at that time with the body of seven products, and still chose to avenge the people, so that the prime minister suffered a dumb loss." Today's Lord Longtu is one of the rulers of the political affairs hall, and he is no different from the prime minister. Chen Ke! Your revenge will be avenged! ”
"Thank you, Lord Long, thank you, Lord Situ!" Chen Ke thanked him.
Jingzhao Mansion began to operate in full swing, and a group of officials and soldiers of the government office quickly headed towards the city, and many officials were taken to Jingzhao Mansion tonight to inquire about the situation.
Chen Ke followed the whole process without letting go of a trace of suspicion.
Long Tu also went to check the corpse and arrow brought by the white guard, Chen Ke also followed, he recognized this as Li Blacksmith at the entrance of the village according to the torn clothes of the corpse, he played a good iron, and the forged kitchen knife and sickle were very sharp, and they did not need to be polished for more than ten years, and they were still sharp.
In the morning, after a night of surprise interrogation, Long Tu really found some clues.
A small official of the Terracotta Division was nervous and had a problem with his confession, and was caught by Long Tu in the language error and forced to ask.
Xie Zhutou came down from the lobby and said to Chen Ke: "I have asked some information, there is indeed a group of criminals in the army who have been specially cleared, but this group of people was not beaten back to their original places, but was taken away by the other party!" ”
Chen Ke was shocked and said, "Could it be that they were premeditated to kill?" ”
Xie Zhutou looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered: "My lord suspects that someone among them may be involved in the rebellion, and he has already entered the palace early in the morning to face the saint, but Brother Chen, don't worry, your grievances will definitely be avenged!" ”
Chen Ke said with a firm look in his eyes: "I believe in Lord Long!" ”
Xie Zhutou said: "Lord Long is not an ordinary person, as long as he commits a crime in Zhao Kingdom, he can't escape the adult's investigation!" ”
At noon, Chen Ke left the yamen under the care of Zhang Huwei, Long Tu had not yet come out of the palace, and Chen Ke had nothing to do in the yamen, so he could only go back first.
After Chen Ke came back, Sister-in-law Qin saw that Chen Ke had been very busy these days, and made a lot of delicious food with him, and Zhang Huwei also walked over with chopsticks and a smile.
"Thank you Sister-in-law Qin, it's a great blessing for your father-in-law to marry you." Zhang Huwei said with a smile.
Sister-in-law Qin's face stiffened after hearing this, and then she smiled and said, "What a blessing is not a blessing, I am already all right if I don't embarrass him." ”
"Haha, sister-in-law Qin is too modest, my family is just the daughter of an official who has released seven products, she doesn't touch the spring water with her fingers all day long, and she doesn't even know how to steam a steamed bun, and she asks the cook to cook every day, which makes me angry." Zhang Huwei said.
Chen Ke said: "Brother Zhang, hurry up and eat, the dishes are cold when it's late." ”
Sister-in-law Qin also smiled and said, "Hurry up and eat, if you want to eat again in the future, I can collect money from you." ”
"Haha, sister-in-law Qin, don't worry, I'll bring my own money next time!" Zhang Huwei said while eating.
After eating and drinking, Zhang Huwei packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left Chen Ke's room.
The meal was eaten in Chen Ke's room, and it was inconvenient for Sister-in-law Qin's room for Zhang to escort in, Chen Ke was fine, and it was just convenient.
Sister-in-law Qin sat aside, coaxed Xiaobao to sleep, and said, "Brother Chen, are you okay these days......?"
Chen Ke smiled and said, "If I have something, it's okay, sister-in-law can rest assured." ”
Sister-in-law Qin showed a caring look on her face, and said softly: "Sister-in-law knows that you are a good child, and she also knows that you must have suffered great grievances to have such a miserable appearance. My sister-in-law just wants to tell you that there is no obstacle in the world that cannot be overcome, and living is the most important thing. Live well, sometimes the mountain is very high, don't go if you can't step over, when the manpower is poor, you will encounter danger. ”
"Sister-in-law Qin, don't worry, no matter what mountain it is, I will step over!" Chen Ke clenched his fists, and green tendons could be seen on the fists.
Sister-in-law Qin shook her head slightly and smiled, and said, "Sister-in-law said something that makes you sad, I think your family also wants you to live safely, even if you are a little wronged." Only by being alive can there be hope, and only by being alive can there be the possibility of climbing the mountain! ”
Chen Ke didn't know how much Sister-in-law Qin knew about him, but Chen Ke understood Sister-in-law Qin's painstaking efforts, because he was afraid that Chen Ke wouldn't be able to think about it, and he would find something that would not provoke the enemy to take revenge.
Chen Ke said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't do stupid things!" ”
"You are a smart child, sister-in-law believes in you. It's not too early, you can rest," Sister-in-law Qin went back with Xiaobao.
Chen Ke wanted to ask Sister-in-law Qin and Chen Ying how things were going, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask first, solve his own problems first, and then help Sister-in-law Qin.
Still returning to the room, Chen Ke continued to memorize the "Dao" book silently, and breathed according to the immortal method taught by Uncle Wang.