Demon detective

Chapter 68 Conditions
The hall of the county government office.

Xu Zhen saw that Song Zhili, the county magistrate, was clutching his heart, leaning on the grand teacher's chair with a pale face, obviously on the verge of collapse.

"My lords." Xu Zhen greeted quickly.

While saying hello, he already understood what the other party meant.

Presumably, Chen Houlu had already told them that he knew the details of the case.Since he came here for questioning, it must not be to blame himself, but to let himself participate.

It seems that although Song Zhili wanted to kill himself with hatred, he had to admire his ability.

"Xu Zhen," Chen Houlu asked hastily, "how's it going? Is Mr. Shen all right?"

"I don't know yet," Xu Zhen replied, "Boss Shen has been in Ziyang Palace for the past few days, and Shen Yu has already rushed over!"

"Oh, it's over, it's over..." Song Zhili rubbed his face hard, and said dejectedly, "If you're not at home, something will happen, something will happen..."

"Mr. Shen's martial arts skills are excellent," Xu Zhen said, "Thieves must not be so handy, right?"

"There must be an accomplice, there must be an accomplice, there must be an accomplice..." Song Zhili seemed to be on a nerve, and kept repeating, "He is not alone, definitely not alone..."

That's right.

Xu Zhen said in his heart that it is impossible for the monk to do so many things in such a short period of time, and he must have accomplices.

"Xu Zhenna," at this moment, Chen Houlu gestured to the table next to him, "come and take a look at these things."

But I saw a few pieces of parchment on the table, and the parchment was filled with red words.

The red color is not cinnabar at first glance, it is clearly a few copies - blood books!
"To tell you the truth," Chen Houlu added, "Master Song's young master and young lady were kidnapped, and they were left behind by the kidnappers."

Oh?
Xu Zhen hurriedly went forward to check, and after a short time, he realized that there were three blood books, each of which contained a confession of guilt.

The first one clearly belonged to the county magistrate Tong.

In the blood letter, County Magistrate Tong admitted that it was because the time limit for solving the case given by the superior was too short and the pressure was too great, so he found Qi Dalang as a scapegoat.

It was he who colluded with Liu Sanyang and Lu Yusheng to frame him and give false testimony, which is why Qi Dalang was convicted.

The other two, of course, belonged to Liu Sanyang and Lu Yusheng, both of whom confessed to perjury to frame Qi Dalang.

The three confessions were all written in great detail, filling the entire parchment densely.

"The handwriting is the same," Xu Zhen said. "The three confessions were written by the same person, but the bloodstains are different. It is very likely that the murderer wrote them on the spot, using the blood of the three victims."

"It's still written with a brush," Song Zhili said, "The handwriting is so neat!"

Song Zhili was obviously furious to the extreme, causing him, a gentleman, to use dirty words.

"The Qi family makes pickles," Chen Houlu said, "and Liu Sanyang and Lu Yusheng are neighbors, and the area where they live is called Zhuangfang Street.

"The Qi family has three brothers and sisters, the eldest son is Qi Yunfang, the second younger sister is Qiaomei, and they have a younger brother, Qi family Erlang," Chen Houlu said, "We suspect that the monk is this Qi Erlang.

"Back then, Qi Erlang looked like seven or eight years old at most, and 13 years later, he is about the same age as the monk now.

"And..." he continued, "Qi Dalang's brain is problematic, he is a little demented, his mouth is crooked, his eyes are slanted, and he can't speak clearly, but he can basically communicate with others.

"Xu Zhenna," Chen Houlu said with a sigh, "that's all I know. When you find the dossier later, you can take a closer look!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Houlu looked at Xu Zhen, but found that Xu Zhen had deserted. He seemed to be looking at Cheng Xiao who hadn't said a word.

"Xu Zhen?" He asked quickly, "Are you listening?"

Xu Zhen quickly turned around and said, "I'm listening, my lord, what is your purpose in telling me this?"

"Don't pretend to be confused," Song Zhili said suddenly, "Xu Zhen, if you can help me rescue Youwen and Yourong, I...I...I will give you benefits. What do you want? Just mention it!"

"My lord," Xu Zhen said hastily, "I don't dare to make such a big deal... I don't dare to make decisions on my own!"

"Then you can give an idea, just like you did at Wei Yulang's house!" Chen Houlu said.

"It's fine to come up with ideas," Xu Zhen said, "My lords, it's useless for us to say anything now, we still don't know what the monk wants!"

"Hmm..." Song Zhili was lucky and said, "Of course I want to know too, but...my son and daughter are in his hands. I'm afraid that if I say something wrong, they will, they will..."

"It's okay," Xu Zhen comforted, "Master Song, don't worry too much. You weren't even in Yanping County 13 years ago, so the monk definitely didn't come here for you."

"Oh?" Song Zhili suddenly straightened up, "You... what do you mean?"

"He kidnapped your young lady just for the right in your hands. After all, you are the highest rank here, you have the final say." Xu Zhen said, "He must have something to ask, so we'd better listen first What does he say, and then think about countermeasures."

"Yeah..." Song Zhili's eyes lit up, feeling that what Xu Zhen said was quite reasonable, and his heart was no longer as uncomfortable as before.

"My lord," Xu Zhen pointed to the three confessions and said, "If it wasn't for the unjust case, if Tong County Magistrate and the three were forced, then the confessions would never be written in such detail!"

"You...what do you mean?" Song Zhili asked, "Then Qi Dalang was wronged? Is he not a ghost-faced killer at all?"

"Oh... I see!" Chen Houlu said, "Qi Dalang was really wronged. This monk left a confession statement and kidnapped Miss Young Master. His purpose is probably to let Song County Magistrate help Qi Dalang reverse the case!"

"Oh..." Song Zhili realized that it seemed that the monk not only wanted revenge, but also wanted a reputation.

"However," Chen Houlu reminded, "Sir Song, you have to be mentally prepared. It's hard to overturn this case. It's a ghost-faced killer! If you overturn the case for him, you will be against the entire Yanping County!"

"I know, I know," Song Zhili said excitedly, "but I can't control that much, as long as my son and daughter are fine, I can flip it over, anyway...it's not like I didn't go through it, hmph..."

After saying that, after a little adjustment, they came back to the South Prison and met the monk.

As soon as he saw Song Zhili holding the three blood -red confession books, the monk suddenly laughed: "Hahahahaha ... hahahaha ... Master Song, you finally got the invitation!"

"Stop talking nonsense," Song Zhili shouted, and said angrily, "Tell me, what exactly do you want? Do you want to help your elder brother reverse the case?"

"Hahaha..." The monk continued his wild laughter, and then said, "Yes, I am Qi Erlang Qi Yunzheng, the younger brother of the ghost-faced killer you call!
"However, you all underestimate me too much. Since I came here, I don't plan to get out alive! Hahahaha..."

Hey?
Everyone was surprised, Song Zhili hurriedly asked: "It's not to reverse the case, so what exactly do you want?"

"Why, we've been playing for so long, haven't you guessed what I want?" The monk suddenly looked fiercely at Song Zhili, and said fiercely, "Master Song, you really don't want your children anymore? "

"This... this, this, this..." Song Zhili was at a loss when asked.

"No way? Could it be..." At this moment, Xu Zhen finally stood up, squinting his eyes and said, "What you want is—the real murderer!!?"

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(End of this chapter)