Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 325 Take a Trip Outside the City (Part [-])
The two frowned and thought for a while, Zhou Da said: "It's not very fast, and it's not very slow."

Wu Chen asked again: "Is it Yingniang's people or Zou's people who opened the door?"

Lu San hurriedly said: "It should be from the Zou family. Let's go in and take a look. There are a few servants who are tied up and squatting in the corner of the yard. They probably belong to Yingniang."

"This courtyard?"

"No, it's the yard behind." Zhou Da said.

"That is to say, you opened the door and entered the courtyard, but there is no one else in the front yard, and everyone is in the back yard?"

Both Zhou Da and Lu San frowned, Zhou Da said:

"It was a mess at the time. When the Liu family brothers saw the door opened, we rushed in first. We really didn't remember if there was anyone in the front yard at that time, so we followed them to the back yard, and Mrs. Zou stood under the eaves, forked Asking us why we broke into the private house, the Liu family brothers yelled to return his sister, and the Zou family was messing around, just saying that he didn't know anyone's sister. Later, we came forward and said that we would take her back to the government office for questioning, and she said She is Hao Kui's original wife, from Kangshui County, Yingniang is just Hao Kui's concubine, she thinks the law can't control such things."

Wu Chen asked:
"At this time, the Liu family quarreled with Mrs. Zou, saying that Yingniang was married by Hao Kui's matchmaker, not a concubine, but a concubine. They wanted Mrs. Zou to hand over her, and they went to the government office to explain clearly. Mrs. Zou only said that Ying The mother is the concubine, she and Hao Kui have been married for almost 20 years, how many children, Yingniang has only been married for a few days, right?"

"Yes, they quarreled for a long time. There are many Liu family members. If you say what I say, Mrs. Zou can deal with it alone. Her voice is so loud that we can't listen anymore, so we say again that Yingniang should be released first. Conclusion..."

"During their quarrel, the Liu family just stood here arguing with Mrs. Zou, instead of looking for Yingniang everywhere?" Wu Chen asked.

Both Zhou Da and Lu San shook their heads.

Wu Chen asked again: "You asked Mrs. Zou to release her again, and then she went to the government office to decide, and she directly said that Yingniang had been beaten to death by her?"

The two nodded in unison.

Wu Chen looked at Shang Gong and asked, "Can you hear something wrong, Shangfu Yin?"

Shang Gong said with a gloomy face: "The Liu family and the Zou family joined hands to delay time!"

This time, not only the sophomore and Xu Da said "ah", Zhou Da and Lu San also said "ah".

Song Gu nodded and said:
"According to common sense, the first thing the Liu family do when they enter the yard is to look for people from room to room. They should be familiar with this house, and with the servants of the government office by their side, they will only be bolder, and how can they be in the mood? Cursing with that shrew?"

Zhou Da and Lu San had epiphany expressions.

The second year of high school asked puzzledly: "The Liu family wants to delay the time, so they can walk slowly on the way here. If the Liu family and the Zou family join forces, they only need to prevent the maid from running out. No, it is not necessary for the maid to run out of the Liu family." It's right, it's not right, they, if they join forces..."

"You want to say that if they join forces, as long as they don't let the government know, why do you have to play a scene where the maid reports the letter, the family reports the crime, and finally leads the yamen servants to the house?" Wu Chen asked.

Gao Er nodded repeatedly.

Song Gu said: "Because they just want to make this matter spread in the capital, including the death of Liu's family later, as if reminding them every once in a while, lest someone forget this case."

Shang Gong took a deep breath and said:
"Based on this inference, the perpetrators were probably not doing it for money. I had thought about the Liu family's secrets before, and the extermination was for the sake of extermination. Later, I felt wrong. The Liu family did not die in the same year or at the same time. The purpose of silence, and the three daughters-in-law of the Liu family are all of other surnames, how did the murderer know that they did not mention this secret to their natal family? But their natal family is safe and sound..."

"Shangfu Yin checked it?" Wu Chen asked.

"I've checked. In the past ten years, except for the grandparents, everyone is fine. I went to these three families and asked them. Some people in the Liu family died of illness one after another. Did my daughter say anything?"

"How did they answer?"

Shang Gong said with a wry smile: "What they said is similar, the water splashed by a married daughter is fate."

"All three families said that?" Wu Chen asked with a frown.

Shang Gong nodded first, and then asked: "What's wrong?"

"My daughter first became a widow, then her husband's brothers died, and then my sister-in-law died with her children. Can the two families say that this is fate? Even the sister-in-law's natal family can't say that! Let's go! , take me to these three families!"

Shang Gong looked at the sky and said: "They live outside the city, go at this hour..."

"Shangfu Yin doesn't need to follow, just find someone who knows the way to take us there. What I'm least afraid of is going out at night."

……

After Gu Shiming returned to the investigation department and made arrangements, he went to the government office. Wu Chen and the others had already left. When he chased after Hao Kui's house, it was empty, so he went back to the government office and finally saw Shang Gong. Only then did he realize that Wu Chen and the others had already left the city, Gu Shiming stomped his feet in anger.

……

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family is from Hetou Village outside the city. It was almost dusk when Wu Chen and the others rushed to Hetou Village. From a distance, they could see a courtyard that was different from other huts. Dividing the front and back yards looks very dignified, and the yamen servant said that this is the natal family of the eldest daughter-in-law Cheng.

Several people got off their horses at the gate of the courtyard, and Wu Chen went straight in.

The people in the house seemed to be having dinner, when they heard movement in the courtyard, a middle-aged man opened the door with a bowl and chopsticks, and when he saw the yamen servant leading a few people into the courtyard, he froze at the door.

Everyone else entered the courtyard, only Wu Chen stood at the entrance of the courtyard with his head bowed. The yamen servant first shouted at the man, "Deputy Envoy Wu of the Investigative Department has something to ask you!"

The man hurriedly asked: "Why are you asking again? Didn't the government ask before? Well, what's there to say about it? The water thrown by a married daughter is also a matter of her husband's family..."

"Demolish their house!" After Wu Chen finished speaking, he flew up and headed for the woods behind the house.

The man watched Wu Chen fly over his head, and the bowls and chopsticks in his hands fell to the ground.

The servants were dumbfounded.

The sophomore in high school yelled: "The house is demolished!"

The sophomore, Xu Da, and Song Gu took the lead in looking for tools in the courtyard, while the yamen servants were still staring at the sky in a daze.

At this time, an old man and a young man rushed out of the room, and they ran to the sophomores, pulling one, and trying to pull the other, but the old man shouted, "Is there no law?!"

The young man pulled Xu Dachao's dazed yamen servant and shouted, "Come and take care of me!"

Xu laughed and asked, "Who did you call them to help?"

The young man shouted angrily: "We have a lot of interactions with people in the government office on weekdays, you better be more sensible!"

(End of this chapter)