Volume 1: Yuan Guo Chapter 16: The Mystery of Jiahe (5)
16 Jiahe Mystery Case (5)
Yun Zhi was facing everyone, everyone clearly saw the contents of the box, and after a moment of silence, the sound of discussion one after another rang out again.
Uncle Xu's voice began to tremble, "Polite, this ...... Where did you get this stuff from? ”
The young man didn't understand what he was asking at all, so he just hid aside and ate candy and looked at Yun Zhi and smirked.
Yun Zhi sighed, walked up to the young man, and asked softly, "Youli, who gave this to you?" ”
She never had the slightest suspicion that this thing was stolen by the young man in front of her, who had lived in this ancestral hall for eight years, how could he steal something for no reason?
The young man looked stupid, thought for a long time, glanced at Uncle Xu, and then looked back at the hall where the ancestral hall enshrined the tablet, and pointed his hand forward, as if he was afraid of something, lowered his head and stopped making a sound.
"You're polite, you...... You are really ......" Uncle Xu seemed to be anxious and angry, and after sighing heavily, he looked at Xu Youli and shook his head.
Someone hesitated and asked, "Uncle Xu, so you can take Yucong politely?" Isn't the mayor ......?"
Having said this, everyone understood, and suddenly there was silence again, and then sighs came and went, Uncle Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly in a low voice, "Creation makes people, creation makes people!" ”
The young Xu Youli was mentally incomplete, because he was greedy for fun and stole the jade cong of the ancestral hall, which caused the mayor to lead everyone to worship their ancestors and could only temporarily take the copper cong instead, but it caused the thunder to lose his life. And Xu Youli is the only son of the town mayor Xu Hu, and no one has a position to question and punish him, not to mention that he is just an idiot.
Except for the four words of the wrong word, there was no problem in this matter, so everyone quickly accepted the truth, and after sighing for a while, they dispersed.
Everyone is gone, but Uncle Xu is still shaking his head and sighing at Xu Youli, Xu Youli seems to have realized that he has done something wrong at this time, like a frightened puppy hanging his head and constantly picking his fingers.
Lu Shenjun glanced at Uncle Xu, and suddenly spoke: "Everyone is gone, so there is no need to continue acting." ”
Yun Zhi was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes and looked over, and saw that everyone had already stepped forward, only to realize that everyone didn't believe that this idiot boy had stolen something.
Uncle Xu didn't feel surprised, but immediately suppressed his sadness, and his eyes when he looked at several people were instantly cold and terrifying.
"Uncle Xu?" Xiao Yi took a few steps forward, stopped at Yun Zhi's side, quietly protected her behind him, and raised his eyes to look at Uncle Xu, "Or rather, I should call you Steward Chu." ”
Hearing the words "Steward Chu", Uncle Xu's face changed slightly, he squinted at it, and his eyes were gloomy, "Who are you?" ”
"I don't bother you who I am." Xiao Yi chuckled lightly and slowly straightened up his sleeves, "The house slave of the Sikong clan appeared in my Dayuan, less than sixty miles away from Luozhou, and he has been incognito for more than ten years, but no one ......noticed it" Saying, he glanced at Lu Shenjun lightly and sighed: "Gyeonggi Division is derelict in its duties!" Zhao Qi's commander is not too comfortable. ”
Lu Shenjun echoed: "Yes, I'll go back and read a copy of him." ”
"It has nothing to do with Lord Zhao!" Uncle Xu's expression changed again, looking up and down at the young man in front of him, secretly figuring out his identity, "Although Lord Zhao has taken care of Jiahe Town, he doesn't know our true identity. ”
"You guys?" Xiao Yi showed an unbelievable expression, but deliberately made a surprised voice: "Oh, it turns out that you are not the only one in this town, hey, I thought it was just you." ”
"You ......" Uncle Xu realized that he had been tricked, but it was too late, after a moment of silence, he laughed at himself, "That's it, since the day I settled here, I knew that there would be a day of exposure, more than ten years, this day has finally come." As he spoke, he smiled bitterly again, "No matter who you are, whether you believe it or not, we people changed our names and changed our surnames to settle down here, just to live a peaceful life." ”
Xiao Yi clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked at him lightly, and didn't say a word.
Yun Zhi's eyes widened, and he was listening to them carefully.
Pei Shun was looking at the night sky thoughtfully, looking like he didn't care about himself.
Ah Yu seemed to be fascinated by the story, with a nervous look on his face, and even his teeth were clenched subconsciously.
Lu Shenjun still looks serious, and he can't see what his mood is.
Uncle Xu glanced at everyone and continued to say to Xiao Yi: "Not only can you find out my identity, but you must also know why we came here, whether I lied or not, you can also deduce it, can't you?" ”
Xiao Yi smiled, "Well, twelve years ago, in the case of the rebellion of the three princes of Yanguo, the empress was furious and killed Sikong Xiao and the family slaves and maids, a total of more than 100 people, the night before the execution, the housekeeper Chu Xiyan escaped from prison with more than ten slaves, and also took away the nine-year-old Wang Sun. ”
"The princess did not rebel! It was the empress who listened to the villain's slander! Speaking of the old incident twelve years ago, Uncle Xu's eyes flashed and he became excited, but he soon calmed down, "Yes, we have indeed absconded here." But ......"
Uncle Xu sighed, and then his eyes fell on Xu Youli, "Little Wang Sun has been stupid to this point, I have already been entrusted by the princess, I only wish him to be safe in this life, I really don't want to have any more storms, you can rest assured." ”
Looking at the young man who was still hanging his head and didn't know what was going on, Xiao Yi frowned slightly, was silent for a moment, and then he spoke: "In order to give him another life, you have harmed so many people's lives, and you have been born in this storm enough." ”
Yun Zhi immediately looked at Uncle Xu when he heard this, and all the clues were instantly strung into a line in his mind.
It's him! He was the one who orchestrated it all!
"You've guessed it. That's right, I did everything! Uncle Xu smiled a little miserably, "Little Wang's grandson has a hard life, the princess is kind to me, how can I watch her die!" So I thought of borrowing souls to continue my life, which is a secret method that only the Yanguo royal family knows, and I have only heard it by accident. It's me, it's me who hid Yucong, killed people and blamed Xu Hu, including Xu Hu's death, and I also planned it. ”
"But isn't Xu Youli Xu Hu's son?" Yun Zhi questioned.
"Xu Hu's son died eight years ago, Xu Hu was too sad, and when he saw Xiao Wangsun, who was the same age as his son, he deceived himself and regarded him as his son Xu Youli, he was not allowed to mention anything about eight years ago, and only let everyone call this child Xu Youli." Uncle Xu said, smiling coldly, "How ridiculous, if his son is gone, he has to rob other people's children, he just deserves it, and he doesn't deserve sympathy." ”
Xiao Yi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he asked in a deep voice, "What about the five people you killed?" Do they deserve it? ”
Uncle Xu's face was already pale, and he only said in a low voice: "They are the slaves of the princess, and it is their glory to be able to sacrifice their lives for the little prince and grandson." ”
"Crowned!" Yun Zhi listened for a long time, and at this moment he couldn't hold back anymore, "What power do you have to decide the life and death of others?" If you think about your birthday, others don't want to? ”
Uncle Xu smiled miserably, stared at her for a long time, and suddenly said, "Little girl, you are very much like a person." ”
Yun Zhizheng was angry, Leng Buding was stunned when he heard this, and then heard him say: "That person also said such things when he was as old as you, but unfortunately he ...... later"
Only halfway through his words, he showed a mocking look and shook his head, "The human heart is unpredictable." ”
Yun Zhi subconsciously felt that the person he said might be related to her sister, she wanted to ask, but because everyone was present for fear of arousing suspicion, she temporarily suppressed the doubts in her heart.
At this point, it is completely clear that the culprit who has caused the people in the town to panic these days is in front of him, Lu Shenjun and Xiao Yi glanced at each other, waved their hands, and immediately someone from the Criminal Investigation Department came forward to take the person away.
The idiot-like young man seemed to realize something, and he stepped forward to grab the old man's clothes, but he was stopped by someone pressing his shoulder, and he was so anxious that he screamed for a long time, and even Yun Zhi took out the candy to him again, it didn't work, he wanted to chase the old man who depended on him for his life.
"Take him back to Los Angeles with us." Xiao Yi suddenly spoke, his eyes swept over Yun Zhi, and he arched his hand towards Lu Shenjun: "He is also an innocent person, after all, time is running out, and I ask Brother Shenjun to take care of it." ”
How dare Lu Shenjun accept his worship, and immediately hurriedly bowed back, "Don't worry, I will arrange everything." ”
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The Criminal Prosecutor's Department arrested someone and returned to Los Angeles overnight.
The next morning, the town was bustling again, and there was a long queue of people at the city gates.
An unpretentious carriage was also lined up in this long line, waiting to leave the city.
Seeing that the girl beside her had been silent since she got into the car, with a thoughtful look, Xiao Yi couldn't help but raise her hand and snap her fingers in her ear, "What do you think?" ”
Yun Zhi glanced at him, and hesitated for a long time with a sad face, "I always feel that something is not quite right." Not at all! ”
"What's wrong?" Ah Yu, who was sitting next to her, yawned and leaned on her shoulder, his eyes full of confusion.
"It's not the right age." Yun Zhi was still thinking about what Uncle Xu said last night, "When Uncle Xu fled with Wang Sun twelve years ago, the child was already nine years old, and now it is more than twenty years old, but Youli is only fifteen years old this year, which is too much." ”
Ah Yu suddenly opened his eyes, Xiao Yi glanced at her, and hooked the corners of his lower lip shallowly, "Know, sometimes, there are some things that don't need to be pursued too much, after all, we have caught the real culprit, haven't we?" ”
Yun Zhi didn't agree with him, "But if that's the case, his motives are all wrong, Youli is not Xiao Wangsun, and he has no reason to take risks for him, then all his words yesterday are not credible!" ”
Xiao Yi sighed slowly, "Actually, Chu Xiyan is repaying his kindness by killing people for Xu Youli. ”
"Repay the favor?" Yun Zhi didn't understand too much.
Xiao Yi patiently explained: "Twelve years ago, after Chu Xiyan and his party fled, the empress issued a three-kingdom chase and kill order. Chu Xiyan took everyone to hide in Tibet, and when they were about to be cornered, it was Xu Hu who kindly took them in, and Xu Youli was indeed Xu Hu's son. After Chu Xiyan proposed to renew Xu Youli's life, he and Xu Hu jointly executed it, and the Criminal Prosecutor's Department would only announce the real murderer to the public, and part of the reason why he took everything on himself last night was also to protect Xu Hu's reputation in front of the townspeople. ”
As he spoke, he tilted his head to look at her and said seriously: "Zhizhi, you must know that everyone has their own people who they want to protect, Chu Xiyan has been brought to justice, as for other innocent people, why should they be implicated?" ”
Xiao Yi has always been nonchalant, and suddenly speaking so seriously made Yun Zhi a little surprised, she thought about these words carefully, and felt that it was very reasonable, so she no longer bothered about this matter.
But she endured it for a long time, and still couldn't help asking: "That...... Did the empress really kill so many people? ”
In Yun Zhi's heart, he had almost decided that the empress Sikong Jing was her sister Yun Jing, as a new young man born under the red flag and growing up in the spring breeze, it was impossible for her sister to do such a thing as murder, let alone kill so many people!