Reborn Nongmen's little lucky wife

Chapter 481

Zhu Bantou made a mistake, and was looked at by Captain Jiang's sword-like eyes, and he couldn't say anything to refute.

Jiang Xianwei asked him: "When the fire was on, did you send someone to watch every doorway, and did the patrolling people outside the wall withdraw? If Zou Yuzhen really escaped, he would definitely take advantage of the chaos to escape."

A flash of panic flashed across Bantou Zhu's face, and he quickly calmed down and said, "My lord, I have been guarding all the gates of the Zou Mansion, and there are no people patrolling outside the walls..."

With a bang, Captain Jiang gave Bantou Zhu a heartwarming speech without waiting for him to finish speaking, pointing at him and cursing: "Zhu Laiwu, if you still tell lies to me at a time like this, I'm afraid you don't want to live!"

"Do you think you can get away with it? The yamen servants under your command also listen to me. As long as I say a word, they can help you cheat?"

Zhu Bantou knew that he couldn't fool Jiang Xianwei, so he knelt down immediately: "My lord, forgive me, I deserve to die... At that time, the fire broke out, and I only wanted to put out the fire. I once called the guards into Zou's house to fight the fire, but it was only a short time. After half a quarter of an hour, when the humble officer came to his senses, he immediately sent back the yamen servants who guarded the gate and patrolled the outer wall."

"Zou Yuzhen is so familiar with Zou's house, half an hour is enough for him to escape several times." Jiang Xianwei was so angry that he really wanted to slap Zhu Ban on the head.

Seeing Captain Jiang being so angry, Bantou Zhu was terrified, but in order to keep his position, he bit the bullet and said a question: "My lord, Zou Yuzhen's escape is just speculation, maybe this charred corpse is really his. "

"Ha!" Captain Jiang laughed out loud, pointing at Bantou Zhu, who was not even interested in beating him.

When Captain Jiang was about to die of anger, Lao Zhong and Uncle Yu rushed over with the county soldiers under him, and said to County Magistrate Xu and Captain Jiang: "Master County Magistrate, Lord County Captain, the humble officers have searched Zou In the mansion, Zou Yuzhen was not found."

While fighting the fire, County Captain Jiang was worried that someone in the Zou Mansion would escape in the chaos, so he asked Lao Zhong and Uncle Yu to lead the county soldiers to search the Zou Mansion.

County Captain Jiang was not at ease, and said to Uncle Yu: "Old Yu, take your soldiers and search twice again. Be sure to search every corner of the Zou Mansion to see if Zou Yuzhen is hiding in the mansion?"

Then he said to Lao Zhong: "Go and check, how many servants of the Zou family died? How many are alive? Call them all, the fire tonight must have been set with the help of the servants of the Zou family. Zou Yuzhen is alone. Possibly quietly pouring pine oil on so many yards."

"Yes." Lao Zhong and Uncle Yu took their soldiers and ran to search Zou's mansion, count the dead servants of the Zou family, and summon the living servants of the Zou family to gather.

Two quarters of an hour later, Lao Yu came to report: "My lord, the inverted room where the servants of the Zou family lived caught fire, and a total of 29 servants were burned to death. Among these servants, there were two stewards, seven servants, and five servants. The maidservant, and the rest are nursing homes."

He then handed County Captain Jiang a copy of the roster of servants and nursing homes: "All those underlined are those who did not come to the roll call, and they should be the ones who were burned to death."

Lao Yu's county soldiers escorted all the living servants and nurses here. They were all unkempt, their faces darkened by the dust, and some family members were burnt to death, and they were crying at the moment.

County Captain Jiang looked at these people, and his eyes fell on Zou He.

At this moment, Zou He was trembling all over, chanting words, not knowing what he was talking about.

Jiang Xianwei narrowed his eyes, pointed at him and said, "Catch Zou He here."

Lao Yu made his move immediately, and dragged Zou He to Captain Jiang.

County Captain Jiang grabbed Zou He's skirt and asked, "Did something happen to Zou's mansion these days? Someone sent news to the mansion? Did Zou Yuzhen set fire to his death on purpose? Where did he go? He was outside to meet him." Who is it? Say!"

Jiang Xianwei's voice was like thunder, and Zou He was so frightened that he fell to his knees: "Ruthless, so ruthless...so many people died... so many people died..."

While trembling, Zou He continued to speak words that only he himself could understand.

What he said was very wrong, County Captain Jiang immediately picked up Zou He, slapped Zou He a few times, and finally slapped Zou He stunned.

After a while, Zou He burst into tears: "Killed, the third master wants to kill everyone in the whole house in order to survive!"

Zhu Bantou's face turned pale when he heard this. Hearing what he said, the charred corpse really did not belong to Zou Yuzhen.

County Captain Jiang immediately grabbed Zou He's shoulders and asked, "Tell me what you know. As long as you tell me, I can spare your death."

The county magistrate Xu also said beside him: "Tell me quickly, as long as you tell the story of why Zou Yuzhen killed the entire Zou family, I guarantee that you and your family will not die."

They will just be used as official slaves.

Zou He was so frightened by the fire, he came to his senses at this moment, and cried to County Captain Jiang: "The third master doesn't want to be punished, since the master was arrested, he has been thinking about how to escape...but I didn't expect that the third master would be such a beast, and set fire to half of Zou's mansion for his own sake... Mommy Zou and Zou Hu are all dead."

After Zou He finished speaking, he burst into tears again.

County Captain Jiang didn't have time to listen to him cry, so he continued to ask: "Who is helping Zou Yuzhen outside? Who is helping him in the mansion?"

Zou He thought for a while and said, "The third master has raised some people in Liuye Lane, and the leader is Chang Laopeng. Those people should be helping him... As for the mansion, the third master has been with Zou Hu recently. Master Gu is very close. Master Gu's son is the servant next to the third master, and the guarding master who was arrested, the one surnamed Cao, is Master Gu's uncle."

After speaking, he began to cry again: "Dead... Zou Hu and Zou Hai are both dead!"

A courtyard near the inverted house was also on fire. It was the courtyard where the steward lived, where Zou Hu and Zou Hai lived.He lived in the courtyard next to him. He was terrified when he heard the screams of Zou Hu being burned to death, and saw the charred corpses of Zou Hu and Zou Hai being carried out.

After hearing this, County Captain Jiang said to County Magistrate Xu: "My lord, it is confirmed that Zou Yuzhen escaped to death. I will lead troops to search in the city right now, and I will definitely bring Zou Yuzhen back."

County magistrate Xu hurriedly said: "Master Jiang, go quickly, the felon must be brought back."

Zou Yuzhen was originally just an accomplice who was punished, but in order to escape, he not only set fire to the Zou Mansion, but also burned several alleys and street shops in the county to create chaos, killing many people, and has become a serious murderer.

If such a repeat offender is not caught, he will be punished, not to mention promoted.

Zhu Bantou wanted to make up for his mistakes, so he asked Jiang Xianwei: "My lord, I would like to go together to arrest Zou Yuzhen!"

Jiang Xianwei sneered: "Take your people and stay here, don't make any more trouble for me."

After saying that, without looking at Zhu Bantou's pale face, he led Lao Zhong and the others straight to Liuye Lane.

The fire in Liuye Lane was also quite serious. Among the three houses that were burned, one of them belonged to Chang Laopeng and the others.

(End of this chapter)