one step closer to the end

Yuan Laosan put down the tea bowl and said, "Go and call all the funeral attendants, as well as your concubine, Zhou Xiaolin's maids, and bring them to me. Ten guards will follow him. Anyone who dares to run will interrupt." whose legs!"

"Subordinate to obey!"

Zhang Hongru hurriedly led the people there, and Ye Ji'er said strangely, "Master Yuan! Are you trying to take over as the presiding judge for the son-in-law?"

"Why not? The son-in-law and the princess are related by marriage, so we should avoid suspicion..."

Yuan Laosan sneered and said: "The same! Chang Diji and Han Wang should also avoid suspicion. You two are extrajudicially favored if you can listen in. Don't talk too much anymore. Come on! Take care of the second room of the Zhang family, and the rest Everyone waits to be driven out!"

"Yes!"

The guards immediately divided into two groups, escorting the second room of the Zhang family while driving away the rest of the people. Seeing that Zhao Guanren was drinking tea and not talking, the crown princess could only stand by and worry. Fortunately, the guards did not dare to drive her away. Come down and be a witness.

"Come here! Each of the Zhou family hits [-] boards, I think they will recruit or not..."

Yuan Laosan slammed the bowl cover to the ground, and the Zhou family was immediately pressed to the ground and beaten, and the cry became loud. When Zhang Hongru brought a group of people in, everyone was terrified. Even more scared to shrink back.

"It came just right!"

Yuan Laosan grinned and said, "Zhang Hongru! You are an official, I won't beat you for the time being, but I will drag all the women behind me, press them on the stools according to the rules of the yamen, take off their trousers, and give each of them [-] slaps!"

"Ridiculous! Why are they wrong, why did you beat them..."

Ye Jier slapped the table angrily, but Yuan Laosan sneered: "Fabricating a murder case! Murdering a good family! Zhang Hongru is also a capital crime if the body poison is not found, and the conspirators will be punished with the same crime. Shouldn't I be punished? And let me remind you again." Once again, you are not qualified to interrupt!"

"Okay! Yuan Laosan, you are very capable. Benji will see how you interrogate today..."

Ye Ji'er folded her arms angrily, and now all the female family members of the Zhang family were blown up. It's not a big deal to beat twenty big boards, but they stripped their pants and spanked their butts in public. They knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"If you don't want to take off your pants, tell the truth, where is Zhou Xiaolin's body..."

Yuan Laosan picked up the tea bowl and threw it on the ground. A servant girl climbed up and cried, "My lord! Someone stole my young lady's body. I am the young lady's dowry maid. things, put them into the coffin, there is no way there is nothing in the coffin!"

"Where is the guardian of the tomb?"

Yuan Laosan yelled again, and the two old couples hurriedly climbed up and said in a trembling voice, "My lord! I have been guarding the tomb for the Zhang family for more than [-] years, and I will definitely not do the work of digging the grave." Besides, we have a few big dogs, if someone dares to rob the tomb, the big dogs will jump up and bite!"

"fart!"

Yuan Laosan slapped the table fiercely and shouted: "Could it be that the corpses will fly by themselves? I will beat them all hard!"

"grown ups!"

A man hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "The villain was one of the coffin-bearers that day. We often do funeral affairs for various governments. No matter how light the deceased is, it must weigh dozens of catties, but Second Grandma's coffin is too light. We felt like empty coffins!"

"Bullshit!"

Zhang Hongru said angrily: "You nailed the coffin with your own hands that day, don't you know if there is any corpse, and you are here to grab and bite randomly, what is your intention?"

"Master Hong! The villain is just telling the truth..."

The man who carried the coffin clasped his hands and said, "You didn't invite the coffin to come for the autopsy. After nailing the coffin, you said that you would wait for an auspicious time before leaving. So I rested in the courtyard for more than half an hour. I don't know what happened here, but After lifting the coffin, it is obviously much lighter!"

"Okay! Zhang Hongru, you are so bold and reckless, you dare to bury your life privately..."

Yuan Laosan suddenly turned his head and clasped his fists and said, "Master Ernan, the emperor allows me to kill first and then play. I suggest that such a lawless lunatic should be dismissed from his official position first, and then beat him up. I am not afraid that he will be dishonest." , what do you think?"

"Master Yuan is in charge..."

Ji Xiaoshou nodded expressionlessly, Yuan Laosan immediately asked Zhang Hongru to be dragged out, and soon the screams rang out from outside the courtyard, and the princess was terrified when he heard it.

"The coffin bearers are good, you stand aside..."

Yuan Laosan raised his head and said: "The rest of the people have something to explain. If there is no one, they will all take off their pants and beat them twenty times. Zhou Hongru's wives and concubines are thirty each, and Zhou Xiaolin's maid, dragged Go to the county government to ride a wooden donkey, and then cut him alive in public!"

"My lord, please forgive me! I will say everything..."

The servant girl crawled over like shit, and said in a trembling voice: "My lady went to the nunnery not to practice, but to hide in peace. The second master picks up, picks up ashes, and often asks the young master to go to Beijing to do business, and secretly humiliates my lady. My lady is Miscarriage bled to death!"

"Ha~ What a scholarly family, a family of ashes..."

Yuan Laosan looked at the Crown Princess sarcastically, and the Crown Princess' face turned green from anger, but Yuan Laosan slammed the table again and asked loudly, "Where did the corpse go and where was it hidden?"

"I don't know!"

The maid sobbed and said, "My lady's life is miserable, and there are not many people who come to pay homage to her. On the contrary, Sixth Master Gui and Young Master Zhou stayed in the mourning hall, but when we went to see the spirit off, they didn't come with us. It is suspected that they stole the corpse!"

Yuan Laosan asked: "What are they stealing corpses for? Do you have an affair with your young lady?"

"No! In fact, my young lady has already betrothed to someone..."

The maid cried: "But Fifth Master Hong coveted my young lady's beauty, so he used his power to force her to withdraw the engagement, but the young lady has always cared about that person, and when she learned that the other party died of depression, she often said that it would be good if she could be buried with him after death." , it may be that Sixth Master Gui is kind enough to help her fulfill her last wish!"

"Who is that person's name, and where is he buried..."

Yuan Laosan stood up in surprise, and the servant girl said, "Young Master Xu, he was buried under a pagoda tree on Baiyangpo outside the city!"

"You lead the way, let's dig that kid's grave..."

Yuan Laosan was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and Ye Jier and the others hurried out, but Zhao Guanren was the only one sitting in his seat drinking tea.

The Crown Princess was stunned for a moment and asked: "Yun... Prince Consort! Why don't you say a word, can't you just sit and watch the bitch frame my family?"

"The corpse cannot be outside the city. If the corpse is found outside the city, it means that this is a well-designed trap, and your family will be in big trouble..."

Zhao Guanren said: "If I speak for you without evidence, others will think that we are in the same party, so I can't let me handle this case. No matter how beautiful the case is, they will doubt it. Yuan Laosan is the most suitable candidate. We And watch!"

"Then you have to help me, Yun Xuan..."

The concubine was already crying, and Zhao Guanren said in a low voice: "If it's just a palace fight against you, I can keep your family safe, but if it's a plot against the Ye family to usurp the throne, the emperor may be squeezed out, and I The drama we have been waiting for has begun!"

Chapter 0576 The Disappearing Corpse

Although the three families of the Zhang family live in the same room, they have already separated. Gui Xiaoliu, who turned into a dead body, is the grandson of the first family, and Zhou Xiaolin, who is missing, is the daughter-in-law of the second room. Nothing happened to the third bedroom of the Crown Princess's house.

"I live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the end of the Yangtze River. I miss you every day and don't see you, and drink the water of the Yangtze River together. When will the water stop, and when will this hatred end. I only hope that your heart is like mine, and you will live up to your love..."

Standing in the garden, Lu Datou raised his head and recited poems. There was a girl in a green dress leaning against the window in the attic, staring at him with blushing cheeks. Holding a book called "Golden Ping Dream".

"Thank you son for giving me the poem, my family likes it very much, hehe..."

After Zhang Ruoxi finished speaking, she ran away shyly, but a pretty servant girl appeared right after her, who also asked shyly, "Mr. Zheng! Why is your "Golden Vase Dream" only half a volume? Will the high official of Ximen marry Lin Daiyu, or will he marry Lin Daiyu?" What about Pan Jinlian?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Sitting not far away, Zhao Guanren coughed violently, spraying out his mouth full of food and wine. Ximen Qing was able to get together with Lin Daiyu. It is estimated that this "Dream of the Golden Ping" is a mixed version of Dream of the Red Chamber and Dream of the Golden Ping.

"Oh, Xiaosheng is so polite..."

Lu Datou clasped his fan and said, "Please tell my wife that Xiaosheng's "Golden Ping Dream" is divided into three volumes, the middle volume is in Xiaosheng's arms, but the second volume depends on my wife's wishes. She can write a happy ending with me!"

"Really! My lady likes your book, I'm going to ask her now..."

The servant girl closed the window in surprise and ran back, and after a while, she ran down heavily. The jumping jade rabbit made Lu Datou's eyes straighten, and she quickly said seriously: "Please come here, dare to ask the girl's name, she is my wife." Is it your dowry girl?"

"That's right! You just need to call me Ya'er..."

Ya'er said coquettishly: "But you can't be called a lady if you haven't passed the door. You can call it at home, but you can't let outsiders hear it. My young lady is too shy to meet people. She said that you are too thick-skinned, sir. They're all making fun of her!"

"Lovesickness is so painful! I dream of marrying her as my wife..."

Lu Datou said: "Ya'er! According to the rules in our hometown, your lady will take a big sedan chair with eight lifts, and you will also have a small sedan chair. If your parents are still alive, I will send someone to send the dowry to your house. It is a hundred taels of gold. Thousands of taels of silver, ten thousand taels of cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, the same amount!"

Ya'er's cheeks were flushed with excitement, and she said in surprise: "How can this be done, it's too much!"

"Why can't this be..."

Lu Datou readily took out a booklet, handed it to her while holding her hand, and said: "You entered my house, you are also mine, how can the master treat you badly, tell your lady for me Say, with me here, no one will deceive the Zhang family!"

"Thank you, master! The slave family will definitely serve the master well in the future..."

Ya'er shyly said the address of her home, covered her face and ran away, Lu Datou sat back at the table happily, and said in surprise: "This time, I really made a lot of money this time, the house girl is actually a small head Cow, I finally got a girl with my talent!"

"You are too impatient, beware of being looked down upon..."

Zhao Guanren looked at him dumbfounded, but the Crown Princess rushed out like a gust of wind, and said in surprise, "We didn't find Zhou Xiaolin's body outside the city, so he definitely didn't come for our house. We can be saved this time! "

"Keep down! If you don't find it, it can't explain anything. It's probably because the other party is smart enough..."

Zhao Guanren gave her an angry look, and said: "As a princess, you have to be a bit of a city, and there is no good person in the palace. The emperor's sleeping with another's wife is called Linxing, and your brother's sleeping with another's wife is called adultery. Those who follow the rules are ordinary people. , understand?"

"I'm sorry! I, I offer you a toast..."

The concubine poured a glass of white wine in a hurry and drank it all, and obediently stepped back to stand aside. Soon after Yuan Laosan walked in hurriedly, she said depressedly: "Damn it! The corpse is not outside the city, but it will definitely be let go." The two little ghosts are hiding!"

"Crown princess! Ask someone to change the table for us to drink and eat. Big head, go and get two packs of cigarettes..."

Zhao Guanren deliberately pushed the two of them away. Yuan Laosan was very clever in this regard, so he hurriedly stepped forward to listen to him muttering, and after he straightened up, Ye Jier and the others just walked in.

"Sigh~ It's a waste of time to dig graves at night, it's really not something people do..."

The sixth prince sighed and sat over, but with a slight smile on his face, Ye Jier also sat down at the table and said: "I don't think this matter is on Zhou Xiaolin, it must be two little dead ghosts who were tricked , Frame the Crown Princess’s family here!”

"what!"

Yuan Laosan sat down and said proudly: "You have to use your brain to do things, you can't just guess. Do you know how the two little dead ghosts stole the corpse?"

"Didn't it just take advantage of people's unpreparedness and pry open the coffin lid to get away..."

The sixth prince looked at him inexplicably, but Ouyang Jin suddenly walked in from outside the courtyard and said loudly: "No! They have tampered with the coffin, the bottom of the coffin is movable, and the corpse will fall when the horizontal bolt is removed. Get into the big box below!"

"how do you know?"

Yuan Laosan said in astonishment: "I sent someone to inspect the coffin and found out the secret of the empty coffin, but when did you go to inspect it?"

"Humph~"

Ouyang Jin said disdainfully: "I don't need to check the coffin at all, just find the owner of the coffin shop and bring me in!"

"Yes!"

Two police officers escorted a middle-aged man in and the middle-aged man knelt on the ground and said in horror: "My lords! Don't care about the villain's business. Sixth Master Gui came to order the coffin for the little one, and the villain will follow his order." I did what I asked for, and I didn’t dare to ask for any use!”

"Clap clap clap..."

Zhao Guanren applauded suddenly and said, "The chief arrester of the Six Doors is indeed quite good. Professional matters have to be done by professional people. Where did the boxes for the corpses go?"

"On the day of Zhou Xiaolin's burial, the two deceased secretly carried out a box..."

Ouyang Jin said: "The two of them called a coachman on the side of the street, and they went out from the east gate, and a donkey cart came to meet him within a few miles. The coachman was an old man wearing a bamboo hat. To the south, I have sent people to search the villages in the south!"

"wrong!"

Lu Datou stood up abruptly and said, "Unless they can go out of the city at night, the two people who stay at night and go out at night will not breathe death breath, and it may not be that Zhou Xiaolin's corpse has changed!"

"Master Zheng! I'll teach you to be a good boy too. Being late at night doesn't mean you can't leave the city..."

Ouyang Jin said with a smile: "In the small county at the foot of the emperor, you can leave the city at night with a sling of money, but this is a capital crime of beheading, so of course you can't find it if you go to investigate, and the two deceased have been out of the city at night for half a month. When I came back in the early morning, I even hid two donkeys for leg strength!"

Ye Jier asked: "Did they say what to do?"

"I told you! Afraid of being punished by my family, I secretly went to the town to find fans..."

Ouyang Jin shook his head and said: "Of course this is just an excuse. Every family in the town has dogs. Once you enter the town at night, you will know that only the wild houses in isolated villages can enter and exit at night. And judging from the time they take to go back and forth, the one-way trip will not exceed An hour and a half!"

"What are you waiting for……"

Yuan Laosan stood up and shouted: "Within an hour and a half, all the soldiers and horses will go out to search the village. They must find the female body for me. That girl must have changed!"

"I also think it was Zhou Xiaolin's corpse change, and the dead air released infected the two of them..."

Ouyang Jin said: "But why did they bring the corpse into the mountain village, and where did the corpse poison come from? I think someone got the corpse poison and deliberately tricked them into turning Zhou Xiaolin's corpse into a corpse. It is most likely to set the blame on the Zhang family!"

"It's urgent to find the corpse..."

Ye Ji'er hurriedly stood up and said, "Zhou Xiaolin may still be trapped somewhere, and it would be a disaster if she escapes. Yuan Laosan and Lao Liu took people to search the village together, and Jin'er followed me to find the real culprit behind the scenes." , let’s start with the servants!”

"Changdiji! I almost forgot if you didn't tell me..."

Yuan Laosan smiled evilly: "You are the in-laws of the Zhang family. What if you cover them up? I'd better trouble you to stay here and don't go anywhere. Master Er Nan will take people to search the village, and the son-in-law will look for the real culprit. Let's search for the princess's natal family, but her natal family has not been searched yet!"

"Yuan Laosan!"

Changdiji said angrily: "What do you mean, you can cover up anything, will the Zhang family harm themselves?"

"Only your family has the corpse poison, so we can't release it..."

Yuan Laosan spread his hands and said with a smile: "You may have stored some poisonous powder in the Zhang family. After the two little dead ghosts accidentally discovered it, you used it on the female corpse on a whim, and Zhang Tiansheng who escaped. Maybe he also hid it. Part of it, anyway, just search and find out!"

"Search! You haven't done anything wrong, what are you afraid of..."

Ji Xiaoshou finally stood up from his seat, while Zhao Guanren continued to eat and said, "You are not short of manpower. Don't call me someone who should avoid suspicion. If you have any news, please come and inform me, Crown Princess! Your family Is there a concubine's room to sleep in?"

"Yes, yes! My son-in-law, please wait a moment..."

The princess walked quickly into the house, Yuan Laosan immediately called someone to come in and search the house, Er Nan led the people away without saying a word, the sixth prince was a little anxious to say something, but Ye Jier shook his head .