Chapter Thirty-Eight: Twists and Turns

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Coming out of the farmer Zhang Laoshi's house, Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongze were also a little dazed for a while.

According to Zhang's honest account, that night, there was a man in black who took shelter from the rain under the eaves of a firewood house, and left immediately after the rain subsided. However, the problem is that the culprit in the Lujiazhuang massacre should be a monk, and his cultivation is relatively exquisite, so how could he leak his own hiding because he was sheltering from the rain? Although Zhang Laoshi did not take a step out of the house, even if the sound of thunderstorms covered it, the movement that came out could absolutely not be hidden from the ears of the murderer, so how could the murderer not kill people without saying anything?

After a while, the inspector of the square hall of the Vientiane Academy and the head of the county government came over to report together, and after they confirmed, if Zhang Laoshi was not mistaken, then the black-clothed man with a pair of judge's pens on his back was likely to be Zou Fengzhi, the famous "King of the Golden Pen Yama" in the rivers and lakes. This Jun's house is on the bank of the creek in the south of Zhongjiang County, and the patrol and the team leader are the same, do you want to go and arrest it?

Zou Fengzhi may be very famous in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, but he is not a cultivator, so far, the clues of the case have been interrupted.

Zhao Ran was excited, and said casually: "It's okay for you to ask a few people and find out where he went that night." ”

Seeing that the inspector and the team leader looked happy, Pei Zhongze hurriedly advised: "Don't blackmail, don't coerce, just ask, be polite in your words, understand?"

The inspector and the squad leader agreed, and then took care of themselves, Pei Zhongze said to Zhao Ran: "This gang of killers, I'm afraid that under the pretext of taking benefits, if they don't make it clear in advance, I'm afraid they will harm the Zou family in vain." ”

Zhao Ran nodded. Said: "Senior brother, let's find a place and wait, the south direction has been searched almost completely, see if there is any news in the east and west." ”

Pei Zhongze asked, "What if there is still none?"

Zhao Ran shook his head: "If there are still no clues, I'm afraid I can only go back to Zhongyang Mountain and find a way to deceive the Wu family brothers......"

Pei Zhongze was surprised: "You doubt them?"

Zhao Ran spread his hands: "I suspect anyone involved in this case." So far, only the Wu brothers have been implicated in the case......"

Pei Zhongze frowned: "It shouldn't be them." ”

Zhao Ran said: "Just try your luck." ”

There is a tea stall on the side of the official road, and some officials have already emptied the tea stall and set aside it to serve them. The two were eating tea and chatting in the tea stall, and the Taoist priests and fireworkers of the Vientiane Temple, as well as the officials of the Yamen, all gathered around the curfew outside the tea stall, and they were full of style.

After noon, more than 10 teams headed for the east and west directions returned one after another, and the results of the investigation were varied, but they were all miscellaneous and unruly. As far as Zhao Ran is concerned, none of them can be touched. In the evening, all the personnel sent out had returned, and everyone was waiting for Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongze's next order.

Zhao Ran smiled bitterly: "It seems that the investigation is ineffective, and it has been tossed for two days in vain." ”

Pei Zhongze comforted: "It's no wonder, after all, the murderer is a cultivator, where is it so easy to show his feet......"

As he was speaking, he saw a servant galloping on a tall horse. When he got close to the tea stall, he kicked off the horse. Said to the two of them: "Two immortal masters, Zou Fengzhi ran away, Wei Tangtou and Zhang Bantou asked the little one to come and tell him, saying that he wanted to send more people to the green willow forest in the south of the city to round up the surname Zou!"

Zhao Ran was stunned: "What is he running?"

Pei Zhongze frowned slightly: "Are you threatening others?"

The official argued: "The immortal master has already told me, where do I dare to mess around." As soon as he knocked on the gate of Zou Mansion, the guy slipped through the back door, if it weren't for Zhang Bantou's arrangement of his brother to keep an eye on the backyard in advance, he would have really let him run. That guy was very hard, and his legs and feet were fast. There are few people going there, so we can't surround it. Sun Laosan ate a sum of money from him, and now he has hung the lottery. ”

Zhao Ran asked the officer: "Do you want me to wait for a shot?"

The official smiled: "The two immortal masters are waiting for the good news that although Zou Fengzhi's kung fu is good, Wei Tangtou alone can pick it up, not to mention that there is Zhang Bantou's help, as long as the forest is surrounded, the surname Zou will not be able to run." ”

With the permission of Pei Zhongze and Zhao Ran, the official gathered more than 30 people, and each rode fast horses to follow. If it weren't for the lack of horses, Zhao Ran would still want him to bring more people - after all, it was a forest, and if there were fewer people, he was really afraid of loopholes. Now this is the only clue, Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongze can only hope for it.

After drinking another cup of tea, Pei Zhongze couldn't sit still, and said to Zhao Ran: "Senior brother, why don't you and I go." ”

Zhao Ran agreed, rode his old donkey, and walked side by side with Pei Zhongze, heading towards the green willow forest in the south of the county. Dozens of Taoist priests, firefighters, and servants followed behind the horses, running on their legs.

These officials were all confessors, and the group ran for an hour in a row, and finally arrived at the green willow forest. This forest is next to Xiaoxibo, not far from Zou's house, the forest is not dense, but it is dark at the moment, and it is not clear to see the details inside.

A servant outside the forest ran over with torches and lantern balls to meet him, and Pei Zhongze asked, "Where are the people?"

Several officials said: "Wei Tangtou and Zhang Bantou are searching in the forest, but they don't know what is going on. ”

Suddenly, there were scattered fires in the forest coming this way, and the two officials rushed over to check, and then shouted outside the forest: "Caught! Caught!"

I saw a group of people rushing out of the forest with torches, led by Wei Tangtou and Zhang Bantou, and behind them there was a big man who was tied up and pushed out by the officials.

Wei Tangtou bowed happily and said, "Immortal Master, this is the one surnamed Zou! The thief and the bird hurt one of our brothers, and he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!"

Looking at Zou Fengzhi, who was pushed to his knees in front of him, Pei Zhongze was just about to ask, "What are you running if it's okay", but Zhao Ran pulled his sleeve.

Zhao Ran said coldly with a dark face: "Zou Fengzhi, your case has been committed, let's talk about it, do you want to die or live?"

Zou Fengzhi looked up at Pei Zhongze and Zhao Ran, Zhang Bantou slapped his head down, pressed his neck and said, "These are the two immortal masters of the Daomen, where can they be offended!"

Zou Fengzhi sighed and said: "Zou Mou's soul doesn't belong these days, he can't eat well, he can't sleep, but now it's okay, since the incident happened, he doesn't have to bear it all day long, and now he is down-to-earth." ”

Zhao Ran said "um": "Let's talk about it." ”

Zou Fengzhi closed his eyes for a moment, then took a deep breath and said: "I killed Li Haozi, I admit it, but it has nothing to do with Aunt Zhao, she doesn't understand anything, she is not implicated in this matter, and all the blame is borne by me...... So 1510 recounted the case of the day.

After Zou Fengzhi finished speaking, he was dragged to a distance and stood by, and Wei Tangtou and Zhang Bantou explained the confession on the side, so the case was revealed.

Li Haozi's name is Li Zhong, because his face is full of spots, so he is named Li Haozi, his family lives in Shehong County, and he is also a famous swordsman on the rivers and lakes, similar to Zou Fengzhi, and he is a master in the martial arts of Long'an Mansion. Because they are not far apart, Zou Fengzhi often goes to Li's house to visit the door, learn martial arts with Li Zhong, and laugh and talk about anecdotes in the rivers and lakes.

In March last year, Li Zhong brought back a Yangzhou thin horse from Jiangnan and married him as a concubine, named Aunt Zhao. When Zou Fengzhi went to visit Li Zhong one day, she saw this Aunt Zhao, and her soul was immediately hooked. Although he is not handsome, he is much better than Li Zhong with a pockmarked face, and he is also good at poetry and writing, and he soon fell in love with Aunt Zhao, and finally hooked up with the bed.

A few days ago, Li Zhong was going out again, it was said that it would take half a month at least and a month at most to come back, Aunt Zhao hurriedly sent a letter to Zou Fengzhi, and after Li Zhong left, Zou Fengzhi rushed to Li's house. He was generous, and he had already taken care of the dozen or so servants of the Li family up and down, and he lived in it in a grand manner, just like a master.

It's just that when he and Aunt Zhao were in love, that is, on the night of the thunderstorm, Li Zhong suddenly came back. Zou Fengzhi, who was broken, burst out and injured people, and when he was caught off guard, Li Zhong was killed on the spot.

Zou Fengzhi and Aunt Zhao discussed, and said to the public that Li Zhong had never returned from going out, and then Zou Fengzhi climbed over the wall, and at the same time took away the body and buried it in the wilderness.

This is the course of the case, Zou Fengzhi also confessed, only attributing all the blame to himself, and finally couldn't help asking: "Although this case is not small, but somehow it alarmed the two immortal masters?"

Pei Zhongze and Zhao Ran looked at each other speechlessly, both deflated. (To be continued......)