Soon, a middle-aged man in a coarse coat was brought in.

Gu Qingci curiously looked at the man who came in, "is this?"

The man's hands were tied, a coarse cloth short hit, face still has a few scars, panic secretly raised his eyes.

"Ma'am, this is a famous boatman in Nanwan town. He has a lot of skills in sailing."

Gu Qingci frowned and didn't understand what it meant. "What's the relationship between this man and Dongquan village?"

Mu xuanjing aimed at his shadow and motioned him to continue to explain.

"We found out that this man had sailed for the mysterious rich merchant," he said

Gu Qingci's eyes were slightly narrowed, "so it is. Yes, we have been stuck in Dongquan village for several days without any clue. This is a big clue!"

The boatman shivered for a moment. "I just took the money to help people drive a few boats. I didn't kill people or set fire to them..."

Gu Qing said coldly: "the case of human life in Dongquan village is related to the rich merchant. All the villagers who have seen him before have died. You must be the only one who has seen the rich businessman in Nanwan town."

The boatman yelled, "madam! Wronged! I really haven't seen him. I have sailed for him several times, because the price he gave is very high! "

Gu Qing asked, "haven't you met him?"

The boatman kept nodding, "yes, madam! I really haven't met him. I only know that he is a very rich businessman. "

Gu Qingci continued to ask, "how do you sail for him?"

The boatman had been cleaned up by mu xuanjing for a long time. Now he didn't dare to lie or change the subject. He said in detail: "every time, I take a donkey cart to the upstream river bank one night in advance, waiting to get on the boat, and help him drive the boat through the quickest waterway to the bottom of Dongquan village."

Gu Qingci asked: "how many times have you helped him drive? How can you know nothing about his identity? You are the boss of a boat. You should know how to avoid risks. "

"Madam, what I said is true. I'm greedy for the money he gave me. If I open it for him once, it's worth a year's money. My son's wife is short of money, so I can't help it either."

Seeing his trembling appearance, Gu Qingci frowned, "you helped him drive several times, is there anything abnormal?"

Seeing Gu Qingci's tone softened a little, the boatman wiped his sweat and immediately replied, "back to my wife's words, I found out later that the rich merchant's own ship stopped at the upstream, and another ship was prepared for me to drive to Dongquan village. However, I received a lot of money from others, and I didn't dare to ask more questions, just as he wanted to buy a new boat to take the fast waterway."

Gu Qingci twisted his eyebrows and turned to Mu xuanjing and said, "the rich merchant went to Dongquan village to buy a new ship. It seems that he was prepared for it, just in case things would be exposed one day."

Mu xuanjing poured a cup of tea to Gu Qingci, "this man has a sinister intention in hoarding so many poisons."

Gu Qingci looked at the boatman and continued to ask, "is there anything else different?"

The boatman shook his head. "I'm just a sailor. I know the owner is going to do business. I don't know anything else."

Gu Qingci took back his eyes, "OK, you should step down."

Just as the boatman was about to go out, he suddenly stopped and turned back and said, "I remember, when I had not done business with the villagers of Dongquan village, the master met a man who was Lizheng of Dongquan village!"

This sentence let Gu Qingci, who was a little disappointed, immediately rose, "what do you say?"

The boatman shivered for a moment, and his voice was low. "I-I mean, before the villagers came to do business, Li Zheng of Dongquan village had been here. It was late at that time, and no one else had seen it. I just went to the bank to facilitate my visit that day

Gu Qing said in a deep voice: "are you sure the person you saw is Lizheng of Dongquan village?"

It is clearly said here that I have never seen a rich merchant, and I have not interfered in the business of villagers.

The boatman clearly nodded his head, "I have seen Lizheng in Dongquan village. I can confirm that it was Li Zheng in Dongquan village that night. When he walked, he was a little lame in his right foot. Absolutely right. That day, he stayed on the boat for half an hour and left with a wooden box. It looks not light. I guess it's silver."

Gu Qingci's face congealed. The boatman didn't have to invent such words to frame Lizheng. There was only one truth. Lizheng lied!

Then Gu Qingci got up and said, "I want to go back and continue to investigate this matter. He can't hide this time!"

However, when Gu Qingci and mu xuanjing arrive, several bodyguards look ugly and guard at the door of Lizheng's house.

"Madame, I'm missing!"

Gu Qingci's face changed, "what? How could he be gone? "

After returning from the cave last night, Gu Qingci did not lift his suspicions, so he sent someone to stare at him.

Staring at the bodyguard in the center, he bowed his head in chagrin and said, "madam, all of his subordinates are not doing well. I didn't expect that he would slip away from the window."

Gu Qingci looked at the way he was fleeing in his eyes and said with a sneer: "the old man probably knows that he can't hide his affairs."At this time, Mrs. Li Zheng rushed out and said angrily, "what do you people want to do! My master is determined to support Dongquan village. He hopes to take the villagers to escape this disaster. How can he escape? You must have hurt him

Li Zheng's family has been surrounded for a long time. At this time, Li Zheng's wife's angry voice once again aroused the villagers' dissatisfaction.

"Yes! What the hell do you want! Li Zheng is dedicated to the good of Dongquan village! "

"Yes! It was our own failure to strive for success that caused the disaster. If it hadn't been for the forgiveness from Lord Li Zheng, we might have all died now! "

"You return Li Zheng! Get out of Dongquan village! "

Hibiscus, who came to us, angrily called out, "if it hadn't been for me, my little granddaughter would have died! How can you turn your backs on people? "

As soon as she looked, the old lady of the Yao family was also involved in the crowd, so Hibiscus pointed to the old lady of the Yao family and called out, "grandma Yao, isn't your granddaughter saved by us?"

Old lady Yao said, "my little granddaughter drank two pairs of Li Zheng's medicine before, which may have been cured by Lizheng."

Hibiscus was so angry that she almost rushed over and was stopped by Gu Qingci.

"Well, they don't know the truth, and they live in fear for years, so there's no need to argue with them."

Then Gu Qing asked people to disperse the villagers who came to see the excitement.

But after searching all over Dongquan village, Li Zheng couldn't be found. Gu Qingci frowned and said, "I'm afraid he'd run out of Nanwan town before."

Just at this time, the bodyguard who was searching for things in Lizheng's house called out: "sir! madam! Find some wolf hair

Gu Qingci immediately walked over and found a large tuft of wolf hair in a dust covered bag, with a little dried up blood on it.

It's obviously a bag from a long time ago.

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