When Qin Xiaoyong heard this, his face was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't help but start stumbling when he spoke.

"What, what?"

Without waiting for Governor Cao to answer, Qin Xiaoyong himself immediately denied it, "No, it's impossible, my family can't be in your hands, don't you want to lie to me!" ”

After Qin Xiaoyong was briefly stunned, he quickly came to his senses.

This must be the rhetoric he deliberately moved out when he wanted to pry his mouth open, he was afraid that he didn't even know whether his family was round or flat!

Unexpectedly, Cao Zhifu opened his mouth unhurriedly.

"You have a wife and a three-year-old daughter, An An, who was originally raised by you in the house at the back of Liuxi Hutong."

When Qin Xiaoyong heard this, his face suddenly changed.

Cao Zhifu's words continued, "When your daughter was born, you gave her a small golden lock engraved with her name, and she always carried that golden lock with her, you see, is it this one?" ”

As he spoke, Governor Cao took out a small wishful lock from his sleeve, Qin Xiaoyong immediately didn't care about anything, and snatched it with his hand, and the word "An'an" was engraved on it.

He hoped that the wishful lock was fake, but he saw several familiar tooth marks on it, which were all bitten out of An An's small teeth.

Even if this wishful lock can be forged, the unique tooth mark on it cannot be forged at all.

These are all solid proof of his words, he is not lying, his wife and daughter are really in his hands!

Qin Xiaoyong instantly became excited, "How could they be in your hands?" ”

Governor Cao looked pleasant, "I have to thank Peng County Order, if it weren't for him, this official wouldn't have found your family members so easily." ”

At the beginning, Cao Zhifu deliberately proposed in front of Peng County Ling that he would send people to help investigate the affairs of the mountain bandits' families, if Peng County Ling really had a ghost in his heart, he would naturally do something.

In the end, as they expected, Peng Xianling was afraid, and he used the investigation as an excuse, but in fact, he quietly transferred those people out of the city and controlled them.

What he didn't know was that his move happened to be in line with the intention of the Cao Governor's Mansion, because it gave the Cao Governor's Mansion the most convenient opportunity to pick up ready-made.

This is the so-called praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, and Cao Zhifu is the yellow finch.

And now Peng County Ling didn't know that the people he had settled had been discovered.

If he had known, he would have taken action to make amends, and he would not have waited until now, still dying.

Qin Xiaoyong quickly figured out the joints, and his face suddenly became dark and uncertain.

"What did you do to them? They don't know anything, they're innocent! ”

Seeing his behavior, Governor Cao couldn't help but feel a deep ridicule in his heart.

"You feel sorry for your wife and daughter, but when you pointed the knife at those innocent people, did you ever think that they were also other people's relatives, and that there might be weak wives and young children waiting for them to come home?"

Qin Xiaoyong's face couldn't help but turn blue and white, and he became slightly stiff.

He quibbled to himself, "We only rob money, not kill people." ”

Governor Cao sneered, "Since you are still so hard-mouthed, then there is no need to keep the lives of your wife and daughter." ”

Qin Xiaoyong was immediately shocked, and almost immediately shouted, "No, you can't do this!" I recruit, I recruit! ”

Governor Cao's face was still cold, "You just said that you recruited them all, but in fact, you are secretly cautious and refuse to tell the truth, the official's time is limited, and his patience is limited, so he has no time to spend here with you." ”

Qin Xiaoyong was much more honest this time, "This time I'm serious, I must have recruited everything I know!"

I, I've killed people, at least a dozen ......"

He really began to expose himself, and honestly told all the things he had done before, and even explained that he had killed a child.

"I really didn't mean to kill that kid, he slammed into my knife while struggling and accidentally killed him by mistake.

I also have children, and I definitely won't do anything to a child at that age, so trust me. ”

Cao Zhifu's eyes were cold, "Even so, it can't change the fact that you are full of evil!" ”

Even if he doesn't attack his children, he never shows mercy to other people who resist and refuse to hand over their belongings honestly.

More than a dozen lives were on his side, and his hands had already become bloody.

Qin Xiaoyong was powerless to refute this at all, he only whispered: "My wife and daughter are innocent. ”

Cao Zhifu was noncommittal.

He thought of the words of the scholar who blocked the road and complained, the relatives of these mountain bandits may have never harmed anyone with their own hands, but they may not be unaware of the actions and deeds of these mountain bandits.

If they know about it, but they don't report it, then they are accomplices.

Even if they really don't know it, they enjoy the wealth obtained by these mountain bandits by robbing other people's money, and live a prosperous and carefree life, in a sense, they can't be said to be completely innocent.

They should pay some due price for these benefits, otherwise, how unfair is it for those who have lost their loved ones to it?

When the case is thoroughly heard, he will write to the imperial court, which is the handling plan of the families of these mountain bandits, and he will also submit the scholar's proposal together and wait for the approval of the imperial court.

Everything is still unknown now, and it is not the best time to take the initiative to inform Qin Xiaoyong, otherwise he will have a rebellion and is unwilling to take the initiative to confess, then he will have to work hard to pry his mouth open.

Governor Cao continued to ask, "Apart from these, you don't have anything else you want to recruit?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong knew what he was asking, and now that he had nothing to hide.

He spoke slowly, "We have always had contacts with Peng County Commander, cooperating with each other, if there is a big fat sheep in the city, he will send someone to inform us, and we will set up an ambush in advance, plunder his property, and he will take half of the property."

If we don't comply, he will send troops to surround us, and we are afraid of this, so we have to cooperate with him. ”

When Governor Cao heard this, a heavy dark cloud immediately hung over his face.

"Okay, what a Peng Dekang, as a local county magistrate, it's just that he doesn't seek benefits for the people, and he even took the initiative to collude with mountain bandits to loot the people's property, how can such a person be worthy of his official uniform?"

As the so-called gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, even Cao Zhifu can't say that when he was in his position, he didn't take advantage of his position to obtain some property, but he at least has a bottom line, and he only takes what he can take, and he will not seek to take it in such a conscienceless way.

Governor Cao said in a deep voice, "Do you have any evidence of your dealings?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong shook his head, "He has always been very cautious and never leaves any documents or tokens. ”

Cao Zhifu's heart sank slightly.

If this is the case, it will not be easy to get him to confess.