I become a god in another world

Chapter 282: Interrogation
Chapter 282

Cai Datou was afraid that saying something wrong would bring him trouble, so when he heard Zhao Fusheng's question, he immediately shook his head.

"You are not talking nonsense, what you say makes a lot of sense." Zhao Fusheng praised him.

When Cai Datou heard her affirmation, his eyes lit up and his hunched back straightened up immediately.

"We don't know when the Yang family was harmed, so we can only infer the time they were harmed based on their living habits."

Ghost disasters are different from man-made disasters.

For man-made disasters, the time of the crime can be inferred by the temperature, stiffness and body spots of the victim, but it is different for ghost disasters.

The killings of evil spirits cannot be explained by common sense.

After a ghost kills someone, one can only sort out the useful things from the fragmentary clues, and then deduce the clues related to the evil ghost, find out the life of the evil ghost, determine its identity when it was alive, and then deduce its killing rules. Only in this way can one take the lead in stopping it and suppress it before it kills again.

There were not many clues in this ghost case, and Zhao Fusheng was having a headache when Cai Datou's unintentional words revealed some useful information.

"Sir, what you mean is, am I right?"

Zhao Fusheng neither admitted nor denied what he said, but asked him:
"Why do you think the youngest of the Yang family had just gotten up when the accident happened?"

Although Cai Datou doesn't know as much about evil spirits as the people in the Demon Suppression Bureau, he is from Liutu Village and has a better understanding of Yang Tiehan's family than the Demon Suppression Bureau.

When Cai Datou heard her ask this, he scratched his cheek:

"Because, because Yang Laoyao was sitting on the bed like this at that time."

He was a little timid at first, but when he thought of the tax cuts promised by Zhao Fusheng, he made up his mind and walked to the small and shabby bed.

The mattress and other items on the bed had been removed, leaving only some flattened straw.

Because someone had just died on the bed, he thought it was unlucky and didn't dare to sit on it. He could only stand beside the bed with horse stance and assumed a sitting posture:

"Just sit on the bed like this, leaning back and looking up." After he finished speaking, he pulled his legs back and explained:

"When he died, his clothes were wrinkled, torn and dry, and it was obvious that he had just woken up." The people of Liutu Village were poor, and the villagers did not have enough clothes for the winter. It was unknown how many people froze to death in the county every year.

In winter, most people sleep with their clothes on, for fear of not being able to survive the cold nights.

The details that Cai Datou mentioned were not mentioned by Wang Hun. Wang Hun entered the Yang family and discovered the ghost disaster. The incident happened suddenly, and he missed many details in his panic. Cai Datou's words just filled in his gaps.

Zhao Fusheng nodded, agreeing with his explanation: "That is to say, when the case happened, Yang Laoyao and his mother might have just woken up."

Cai Datou refuted quietly:

"He got up earlier."

After he finished speaking, he immediately shut his mouth tightly as if he was afraid of being scolded.

Zhao Fusheng was not unhappy with his correction, but quickly corrected his words:

"He woke up first," she added based on the clues she now knew:

"The other members of the Yang family also woke up and prepared hot water for washing their faces. Yang Tiehan was outside feeding the livestock. In the outer hall, it was either Yang Da or Yang Er who was washing his face. Yang Tiehan's wife, He, came in and called her youngest son to get up."

After she finished speaking, Cai Datou nodded:

"As your Excellency said."

Outside the wing room, Liu Yizhen was carrying a coffin and shouting at the door:

"Have you confirmed anything?"

The room where Yang Laoyao lived was inside. The door was small and the ghost coffin that Liu Yizhen was carrying was big, so he could not enter. So he had to stay outside and listen to the conversation between Zhao Fusheng and Cai Fadatou.

When he heard Zhao Fusheng's summary, he knew that she had guessed something from these few sentences of conversation, so he asked.

"Yes." Zhao Fusheng turned his head:

"This is undoubtedly a ghost case."

"Ghost, ghost case?"

When Cai Datou heard this, he was shocked.

Zhao Fusheng did not answer, but continued:

"What time does the Yang family usually get up?"

Cai Datou didn't mind not getting an answer, so he suppressed his uneasiness and said:
"Sir, we country folk get up early and have a lot to do in a day, so we have to get up at 4 a.m."

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"In other words, the case occurred at Yinshi (around 4 a.m.), and from your description we can know that the case happened at the same time," Yang Tiehan was feeding the livestock, Yang Da/Yang Er were washing their faces, Yang San had just got up, and his mother was calling him.

At this time, a ghost case suddenly appeared in an unexpected way, causing the Yang family to die at the same time.

"No one can kill people at the same time unless it is a premeditated gang crime."

But this possibility is unlikely.

Less than half a month after Zhao Fusheng last cleaned up Fengmen Village, the news had spread throughout the county.

Although Wu Shaochun is an upright person, he is not a fool, and in some ways he is very courageous.

After Zhao Fusheng returned to the county, he took the initiative to hang the bodies of the bandits from Fengmen and Huanggang mountains outside the town, and announced to the public that this was the achievement of the Demon Suppression Division. From then on, the Demon Suppression Division became famous.

When County Magistrate Pang went to the Demon Suppression Division a few days ago to deliver the county's household registration for Zhao Fusheng, he jokingly mentioned that ever since Zhao Fusheng and his men suppressed the bandits, everyone in the county has been afraid of their authority, and there have been fewer criminal incidents involving fights in the county.

From this we can see that although the ghost disaster in Wan'an County has not stopped, the human disaster has not appeared for the time being due to Zhao Fusheng's iron-blooded suppression.

Liutu Village is not far from Wan'an County.
Furthermore, Wang Hun mentioned that the deaths of the Yang family members were strange. Their heads were missing, but there was not much blood on the severed parts. This made Zhao Fusheng even more certain that this case was related to ghosts.

Cai Datou heard this and nodded:

"I see."

After finishing speaking, he said with a little sadness:
"Why did such a disaster happen out of nowhere? Why did the Yang family suddenly attract ghosts——"

'Alas.' He sighed:

"Back then, our Cai and Yang families all fled here and settled down here together. The houses in the village and the land outside were all dug by our fathers with hoes."

As he spoke, his eyes gradually turned red:
"At first, there was no hoe, so we dug with our hands and looked for tools that were handy. Who would have thought that after all these years, something like this would happen to the Yang family."

"He slaughtered an entire family. How can this ghost be so unreasonable?"

Zhao Fusheng did not speak. After listening to his complaints, he asked:

"Did anything strange happen in the Yang family before the incident?"

"No."

Cai Datou secretly wiped his eyes and shook his head when he heard this:

"It's the off-season, so there's not much to do. It's just chores around the house."

Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"How do the Yang family members usually get along?"

As she spoke, she kept looking at Cai Datou. She saw him sighing for a long time, listening to her question, and then answering:

"It's ok."

"How can it be possible?" Zhao Fu was afraid that he didn't understand what he meant, so he simply broke the question down:

"I heard that the Yang family still has two unmarried daughters? Are they engaged?"

"In the matchmaking, there are four daughters in their family, two of whom are married, and there are two more, the oldest is fifteen, and the youngest is eleven."

Every time Zhao Fusheng asked a question, Cai Datou answered it.

She asked again:
"Are there any conflicts among the three brothers of the Yang family? With two daughters at home, will the elder brother and sister-in-law dislike the younger sisters?"

"That's not the case." Cai Datou shook his head.

"The two maids are quite well-behaved and do a lot of work every day. He said to the public that she is looking for a girl for Da Ni and will not allow her to marry unless she pays a betrothal gift of 80 coins." He said:

"If the marriage is successful, this sum of money will be enough to make the Yang family more comfortable. Sooner or later, the girl will be married off. Why should we make things difficult for her?"

After saying this, he smiled at Zhao Fusheng in a flattering manner: "My Lord, do you think this is true?"

Zhao Fusheng didn't laugh.

From what Cai Datou said, we can tell that although the relationship between the Yang family members is not particularly close, there are no conflicts either.

Generally speaking, people who do evil things are more likely to attract ghost disasters. The Yang family's life sounds ordinary, so how did they attract ghost disasters?

She was not discouraged, but asked again: "Did anyone in the Yang family behave strangely the day before the incident?"

Zhao Fusheng's words immediately stumped Cai Datou.

He did not answer the question as he did before, but hesitated for a moment:
"I live uphill from the outer room, and my house is not opposite the Yang family's. As for the situation of the Yang family..." He stretched out his tone and turned to look at the outer room.

Liu Yizhen was blocking the door with a coffin on his back. Behind him, one could vaguely see a lot of people standing at the main door of Yang Tiehan's house, blocking the door tightly.

These are the villagers who came to watch the fun.

They were afraid of Liu Yizhen who was carrying a coffin and did not dare to approach him, but they also felt that it was very novel and curious that someone from the county came to investigate the case. In addition, Zhao Fusheng had promised that there would be a reward for answering the questions, so they refused to leave.

Cai Datou looked at these people and said to Zhao Fusheng:

"Sir, there is a man named Ge Daya in there. He lives next door to the Yang family, the one at the entrance of the alley. He said earlier that he saw Yang Tiehan last night and talked to him."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Fusheng was immediately delighted.

She glanced around the room.

Yang Laoyao's house is bare, with no boxes or windows, and is surrounded by family members on three sides.

The room was not big and only had a bed frame.

There were holes in many places on the wall, and several bamboo nails were hammered around it, with some small items such as slingshots that teenagers loved to play with hung on them - the layout was similar to a room mentioned by Wang Hun in his records.

Only the mattress and other things on the bed were pulled away. However, because this room was unremarkable, he did not touch anything in the room. He only made a note on a piece of paper that perhaps he had touched the door frame when entering or leaving.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng immediately said:

"We'll talk after we get out."

She, Erfan and Cai Datou left the inner room and arrived at the outer hall. Someone brought a stool for her to sit down.

Cai Datou shouted:

"Da Ya, Da Ya, come here, the master wants to ask you something."

A short and thin old man stood out from the crowd.

He was dressed like the other people in Liutu Village. When he saw Zhao Fusheng, he grinned, revealing that many of his teeth had fallen out.

But the two upper front teeth are still there, and they are particularly large and eye-catching, like rabbit teeth. I guess this is the reason for his nickname.

"Sir, I, I am Ge Daya, I, I, I live over there, the door of the first room at the entrance of the alley is my home." He stammered.

Zhao Fusheng nodded and asked him:

"Did you see Yang Tiehan last night? Did you talk to him?"

"I saw it."

Ge Daya nodded:
"I said a few words."

"Tell me about the situation at that time." Zhao Fusheng said.

"Yes." Ge Daya responded, and Zhao Fusheng warned him again:
"Don't exaggerate and talk nonsense. If I find out, not only will you not be rewarded, but you will be fined double."

"Yes!!!"

Ge Daya was shocked, then he tried to think about it, and then said:

"I met Yang Tiehan at about 6pm yesterday evening. My family had just eaten something and were preparing to go to bed early."

Before the door closed, he just happened to see Yang Tiehan carrying a bucket of water out.

After the two met, they chatted for a while.

"What did you say?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Ge Daya said:
"I asked him why he went out to fetch water at this time."

The people in Liutu Village were poor, and when it was getting dark, every household would pack up and go to bed early - firstly, they had no money to light lamps, and secondly, they had nothing to do, so it was better to go to bed early and get up early in the morning.

When Yang Tiehan was stopped by him, he replied: I have something to do tomorrow and I have to go out.

"He said there was not much water left in the jar, and he was afraid that the youngest Yang would be too young to carry water by himself the next day. And the eldest Yang family was at home, so it would be inconvenient to be without water. So he took the opportunity to carry the water back before it got dark."

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he looked at Erfan, Liu Yizhen and others.

Ge Daya's words revealed some useful information.

First: Everything was normal for the Yang family the day before the incident, and they even mentioned going out the next day.

Second: Yang Tiehan was not traveling alone on this trip. He should have brought his wife He and his eldest son and second son with him.

When Zhao Fusheng told his analysis, Fan Wujiu was somewhat surprised:
"How do you know, sir?"

He just listened to a lot of things and passed them over without thinking at all.

Although he heard the same words, he never expected that there was so much information in these few short sentences. He couldn't help but be extremely surprised.

Fan Bisi had a headache, but his brother was his only relative, so he explained to him:

"Yang Tiehan went out to fetch water, saying he was worried that the youngest child was too young to carry it, so he left Yang Da's wife and children at home, which means that no adult men were at home."

Fan Wujiu suddenly realized:
"I see."

The other villagers also responded and nodded in praise:
"Your Excellency is truly wise."

Sweat beads appeared on Ge Daya's forehead, and he was nervous and his hands were shaking.

Only then did he understand why Zhao Fusheng warned him not to make up stories.

This gentleman is so shrewd. If he tells lies to her, he might be exposed in no time. Not only will he not get any reward, but he might even be in big trouble.

When he was secretly rejoicing in his heart, Zhao Fusheng asked again:

"Where are they going?"

"They didn't say that, but, but I guess, they might be going to, to Guiying's house." Ge Daya said honestly.

"Guiying?"

Zhao Fusheng heard another unfamiliar name.

She immediately responded:
"Yang Tiehan's daughter?"

Cai Datou nodded and said:
"His second daughter."

Yang Tiehan had four daughters and three sons. The first two daughters have grown up and are married.

"The eldest daughter, Guimei, married to Guomagou in the east of the city, and the second daughter, Guiying, married to a village on the other side of Huangquan Road."

"Yellow Springs Road?!" Zhao Fusheng couldn't help but say.

Fan Bisi also exclaimed:
"Yellow Spring Road?!"

Even Liu Yizhen raised his head:

"Huangquan Road?"

The three of them said in unison.

Fan Wujiu didn't react at first, but after a while, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and then he showed a look of sudden enlightenment:
"Oh~! Yellow Spring Road."

"..."

Now Kuai Manzhou was unhappy.