Demon detective

Chapter 70 Key Points
Cheng Xiao's words surprised the two adults.

Even Xu Zhen raised his head.

"Cheng Butou," Song Zhili frowned and said, "You still want to punish the monk, right? That's absolutely not possible, he came here with the intention of dying. And..."

"No," Cheng Xiao said excitedly with his eyes bright, "I'm not going to punish him, my idea is that we can use Qiu Batian!"

what?
The three of them were surprised again. They didn't understand why Cheng Xiao brought Qiu Batian into it?
"My lord," Cheng Xiao said, "We can speed up Qiu Batian's execution. On the day of the beheading, I believe that all the people in the county will come to watch the execution.

"After killing Qiu Batian, the common people will definitely support you. At that time," Cheng Xiao narrowed his eyes, "you can announce in public that Qiu Batian's accomplices have arrested your young master and young lady. I want to blackmail you with this!
"In this way, I believe that the people in the entire county will be filled with righteous indignation. If they stand on your side, they will definitely help you search the entire Yanping County and find you..."

"Shut up! Shut up!!!"

Unexpectedly, before Cheng Xiao finished speaking, Song Zhili slammed the table.

"Cheng Butou, what's wrong with you? What's your IQ? What's your experience? What kind of bad idea is this?" Song Zhili said angrily, "Don't you know that monk has accomplices? People, they may kill my son first to demonstrate!"

"This..." Cheng Xiao blushed and kept wiping away his sweat, but in desperation, he said again, "My lord, then make him a fake one? Shall we find someone to be the ghost-faced killer?"

"No," Song Zhili shook his head, "Don't think about that monk so easily, I can't risk Youwen Yourong!"

"Yeah," Chen Houlu echoed, "I also think this plan is inappropriate. I don't think it's a good idea, so I can fool him, right? What if he wants to watch us go up for trial, or read the judgment from the superior?"

"Also," Xu Zhen interrupted suddenly, pointing to the three blood confessions, "what the monk said just now, that his sister was cheated by Tong County Magistrate, and that his sister and brother were used to blackmail Qi Dalang with their lives, can't be ignored. It wasn't written on the plea."

"Yes, yes," Song Zhili nodded repeatedly, "This monk is too scheming, he didn't write everything in the confession, presumably it was for confirmation when we catch the murderer!

"If you find a fake one, I'm afraid it will be exposed by him soon..."

Seeing that his idea was opposed by everyone, Cheng Xiao's face became even more embarrassing, he quickly lowered his head, and retreated silently.

However, the sharp-eyed Xu Zhen had already noticed that when Song Zhili said that the monk was too scheming, Cheng Xiao shivered like he was frightened.

"Then..." Chen Houlu hurriedly asked, "Xu Zhen, you have a lot of ideas, what can you do?"

"My lords," Xu Zhen said, "this case is of great importance, and the circumstances of the case are complicated. As the saying goes, if you are too hasty, you will be foolish. Before we fully understand the circumstances of the case, we had better not act blindly."

"Then..." Song Zhili asked anxiously, "How do you want to understand? Whatever you need, I will satisfy you!"

"I need all the information about the Ghost Face Killer case," Xu Zhen said, "and I also need to find out about the situation from those who participated in the case."

"Ah!?" Chen Houlu was surprised, "Xu Zhen, what is this for? Don't tell me...you really want to investigate the case of the ghost-faced killer?"

"It's not that we have no chance," Xu Zhen said, "Don't forget what the monk said, once Qi Dalang died, the ghost face murder case never happened again.

"If Qi Dalang is not the ghost-faced killer, then there should be a lot of articles in it.

"I think," Xu Zhen said again, "the reason why the monk tortured County Magistrate Tong so much is that he suspected that County Magistrate Tong was an insider and knew who the ghost-faced killer was.

"But the final result obviously didn't satisfy the monk, so he kidnapped the young master and young lady, and pushed the problem to the Yamen."

"Oh..." Song Zhili nodded and said, "That is to say, from the beginning, he came for the ghost-faced killer."

"So, along this line of thought, maybe we can try it?" Xu Zhen said, "Also, even if we can't find the real ghost-faced killer, we can at least find out the origin of the monk.

"My lord," Xu Zhen said with sparkling eyes, "I think the key to solving this case is the monk's accomplices! If we can find out who his accomplices are, maybe we can find the young master and young lady."

"Oh?" Upon hearing that his son and daughter were rescued, Song Zhili suddenly regained his spirits.

"That's right," Chen Houlu pondered and said, "We still don't know where Qi Dalang's sister is? Could it be that she is also one of the accomplices? I think Xu really has a good idea."

"Yes, yes, yes," Song Zhili clapped his hands and said, "To become a monk's accomplice, one must be a relative or friend who has a good relationship with Qi Dalang, it can be checked, definitely can be checked!

"Then..." he urged impatiently, "Then hurry up and check! Xu Zhen, I'll leave it to you! How many people, how many things, how much money do you want, you say..."

"My lord..." Xu Zhen just wanted to apply for an investigation file, but suddenly there was a woman crying outside the door.

No need to ask, just listening to the voice, one can tell that it must be Song Zhili's wife who has returned.

Before, the butler Lao Wang rushed back to report the news, while Mrs. Song and the servants returned in a carriage, and they did not return to the Yamen until now.

Ugh……

Hearing the crying, Song Zhili sighed, and then reluctantly opened the door to go out.

Outside the door, I saw Mrs. Song appearing in the backyard with disheveled hair and muddy body. When she saw Song Zhili, she burst into tears and asked Song Zhili to quickly find her son and daughter.

Song Zhili insisted on being decent in the end, quickly scolded her not to talk nonsense, and then took his wife back to the inner house.

Hey?
Seeing that apart from Mrs. Song, the other maids and servants were also in a mess and trembling, Xu Zhen remembered that he still didn't know the details of the kidnapping.

Among the servants, there are also strong men with martial arts skills. It seems that it is not an easy task to rob Song Zhili's children, right?

Thinking of this, Xu Zhen wanted to find the housekeeper Lao Wang and ask him carefully.

But he hadn't found Old Wang yet, but he heard someone calling his name behind him: "Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Xu, we're back!"

Tigress?

Xu Zhen recognized that it was Shen Yu's voice.

Looking back, I saw a hale and hearty old man with white beard and long beard standing next to Shen Yu.

Without searching for memories, Xu Zhen can guess that this person must be Shen Yu's father, the old head catcher Shen Mingchen!

Xu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen Mr. Shen catch the head!"

"Xu Zhen!" Unexpectedly, Shen Mingchen grabbed Xu Zhen's shoulders and asked excitedly, "Tell me, what's going on!!?"

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(End of this chapter)