Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 353 What is the use of Liu's daughter? (one more)
Shang Gong walked up to Wu Chen, shook his head and said:

"I didn't follow. They left the city before dawn, and it's not too soon to come back. They went to the government office first. It's because I forgot to tell them to come here directly, so I simply followed."

Wu Chen nodded and said, "If that's the case, Second Brother and the others should be back soon."

Shang Gong turned around and pointed at those two people, "This is the father and brother of the second daughter-in-law of the Liu family, Qi's family. Where does Deputy Envoy Wu want to ask?"

"Just here, my question is simple." Wu Chen walked up to the Qi family father and son and asked, "Who does the Qi family's daughter belong to?"

The father and son of the Qi family turned pale with fright. The hunchbacked old man knelt down and was about to kowtow, but Wu Chen stopped him vigorously. The old man said in a trembling voice, "Don't listen to the nonsense of others! Hui Niang, Huiniang has passed away. After so many years, there are still people talking about this kind of gossip, the official wants to make decisions for Hui Niang!"

Wu Chen signaled the servants next to him to help the old man up. He looked at the middle-aged man who was wiping his sweat and asked, "Are you Hui Niang's elder brother?"

The middle-aged man nodded.

"What do you think?"

"what?"

"Huiniang had this rumor before she was alive. You, as Huiniang's elder brother, should clarify for her."

"I, when I heard the rumors, the children were all born, and Hui Niang was stubborn and seldom talked..."

"Where did you hear the rumor?"

The father and son glanced at each other, and Wu Chen turned to the third and fourth children and said, "You two will show the father and son what is buried there."

The third child and the fourth child were quick-witted. They stepped forward and dragged the Qi family father and son to the pile of bricks, stones and wood. on the ground.

Wu Chen asked with his hands behind his back, "I can let the two of you be buried in the ground with this monster."

The old man struggled and knelt on the ground and begged:

"Then how can you take what Liu Jiaerlang said seriously? The official checked it out. He lost money in a bet and wanted me to use the betrothal gift from that year to help him pay off the debt. I refused, so he poured sewage on Hui Niang. He also said that if I don't give him money, he will divorce Hui Niang..."

"You didn't go to your in-laws for a theory?"

"I found it! But none of their family is unreasonable. They must say that Huiniang is not a woman. Fortunately, his daughter had an accident within a few days, and they didn't mention it again. I thought Huiniang would be able to settle down. , who knew that the Liu family had done too many crimes, even with Hui Niang and the child..."

"Who else knew about this?" Wu Chen asked.

The old man hurriedly said:

"It stands to reason that no one knows about this matter. At the beginning, Erlang of the Liu family came to me at home and asked for money directly. When I went to the city, I also asked his father directly to talk about it. Naturally, our Qi family would not say anything to the outside world. They told me Whoever said it, I have no way of knowing, it must have been said, otherwise how could the official ask about it today?"

Wu Chen waved his hand and said, "Take the two of them down first."

Several yamen servants stepped forward and dragged away the Qi family father and son who wanted to explain something.

Shang Gong had already heard the clue, he stepped forward and asked:
"You suspect that the underground Shimen must have the cooperation of the Liu family's daughter, but there is only one grandson's daughter in Erlang's family, and it seems that it is not from the Liu family, so those people designed to get Yingniang away?"

Wu Chen said: "If this is the case, it's hard to say whether Yingniang is still alive now, but she must have been alive back then."

At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew by, Shang Gong shrank his neck, and muttered:
"The Liu family knew that there was a treasure under their house, but only part of it could move, and they couldn't open the stone gate. At this time, someone came and said that there was a way to open the stone gate, so they joined forces to commit a strange murder ten years ago... But since they have already agreed, let's do it quietly, the Liu family has only one daughter, Yingniang, if they really want her to cooperate, how can she refuse? Why bother so much?"

Wu Chen said:
"The murder case ten years ago was not only a joint effort between them, but also the government office, Dali Temple, and the Investigation Department. I can say with certainty that some officials were involved. Since the officials could participate, it was only necessary to force the Liu family It's just that the house is sold, the Liu family is not outstanding, and the few sons who don't live up to expectations are easy to deal with, so looking at it, they are not only spending a lot of trouble, they are simply taking off their pants and farting, it's unnecessary!"

Shang Gong nodded in agreement and said, "Since it doesn't make sense, then it's not what we inferred."

Wu Chen said, "Let's find out what's behind the stone gate first. Maybe after seeing what's behind the stone gate, we can understand why those people did what they did in the first place."

Xing Yun snorted and said, "So easy for you to see?"

Wu Chen smiled and said nothing. He walked to the end of the collapsed tunnel and began to clean it up. The third and fourth children rushed forward to help.

Xing Yun walked over and put his arms around him and said, "You two don't need to help him. If he exerts his strength casually, this place will be clean."

Wu Chen straightened up and looked at Shang Gong, and said, "Please tell Shangfu Yin and the surrounding soldiers that I will clear the tunnel and go in to have a look. In order to prevent accidents, order them to be more careful."

Shang Gong opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know what to say, told him to be careful?This is nonsense, why don't you persuade Wu Chen to worry?This alley is not the only one that is closed around now, there are already rumors circulating, but today is the first day.

Shang Gong closed his mouth and turned to leave, his footsteps were a bit heavy. If he hadn't experienced last night personally, Shang Gong might have thought that Wu Chen was slow to move, but after experiencing last night, Shang Gong was always uneasy. He didn't want to see the scene again, it was just a case investigation, why did he pull out demons and goblins?

Seeing that everyone was very serious, Xing Yun stopped watching and followed Wu Chen to clean up the tunnel.

The tunnel is very deep, and now it is buried by bricks, stones, wood and soil, and there are some seeping ice that has frozen. It is not easy to clean up.

The third child couldn't help asking: "Why don't you let those soldiers help?"

Wu Chen said: "This tunnel may be dangerous. We may be able to deal with it, but they can't. They have cleaned up the debris on the top, and we still have to do it ourselves."

Xing Yun looked at the third and fourth and said, "You don't know that your master is a good man, do you? Every time you would rather take risks yourself than let them die innocently."

"You talk too much!"

"This place is tightly blocked, it's really hard to get through, why don't you think about a way to open the stone gate?" Xing Yun waved his palm to smash the ice, and was splashed by the ice, and asked impatiently.

"Listen to people's advice to eat enough! Since those people can't open it after ten years, they can only find another way, why should I show off? This tunnel belongs to the ancestors who planted trees for future generations to enjoy the shade. Would I be a bit stupid if I don't use it?"

"The tunnel is so deep, when will the tunnel entrance be cleared?" Xing Yun broke off a large block of bricks, stones and wood connected by ice lumps and threw it aside, and couldn't help complaining.

(End of this chapter)