Fox Road Travel Notes

"Now the confession is complete, only the evidence is missing."

"So, Magistrate Ye continued to torture Zhou Xiucai."

"Zhou Xiucai couldn't bear it. He said that he had a bloody suit he wore when he committed the murder and hid it at home."

"As for the body, it has been thrown into the river and is missing."

"Prefect Ye sent someone to his home to collect the bloody clothes."

"But after searching the Zhou family, we found nothing, so we had to come back and question Zhou Xiucai."

"Zhou Xiucai said that no one else knows where the bloody clothes are hidden. Only he can take them out if he goes back in person."

"Prefect Ye ordered the government officials to escort Zhou Xiucai home. Zhou Xiucai whispered a few words to his mother."

"Mother Zhou came into the house crying, and sure enough, she came out not long after with a piece of blood-stained clothing."

"Prefect Ye reported again. This time, the prosecutor's office Qiu Shen agreed to have Chen and Zhou Xiucai executed for rape and murder."

"The case was reported to the Criminal Department and passed smoothly."

"A few days ago, I have received an official document from the imperial court. These two people were decided by the Emperor himself and will be executed after the fall..."

Chen Zican was surprised and happy, and asked hurriedly: "You mean, Chen and Zhou Xiucai are still in prison, and they are still alive?"

"Life is alive, but death is not far away!" Chen Zifu sighed.

Chen Zican stopped talking.

He read the case file carefully and murmured: "It is indeed Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai!"

"This process, this encounter, no matter how you look at it, it all seems familiar!"

Chen Zifu's heart was moved. Indeed, when he thought about it carefully, the rape and murder case of Chen and Zhou Xiucai and the Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai that Chen Zican just mentioned were vaguely consistent regardless of the plot and circumstances.

Could it be that there is really God’s will in the dark?

Thinking of this, he quickly asked: "Zi Can, I heard you tell me that it was only at the last moment that Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai were able to clear their wrongs?"

Chen Zican was a little distracted and tapped the case file with his fingers. After a while, he said "hmm".

Chen Zifu was overjoyed and shouted: "As expected, haha, this is God's will!"

"Zican, you occasionally hear the words, and sometimes you remember them in your heart."

"When I think about it again, it's so similar to this case. What do you mean, isn't this God's will?"

"what?"

Chen Zican came to his senses and thought, "What are you talking about?" This is ridiculous!

But seeing his brother's excitement, he didn't say anything.

"Zican, according to you, the key to the case is to find out that Xiao Baicai's husband was not poisoned."

"Then, is it possible that Chen's husband is not dead?"

While Chen Zifu compared Yang Naiwu's story, he began to brainstorm wildly.

Chen Zican laughed, shook his head and said, "You are so whimsical!"

"I think Mr. Wang Da, who is nowhere to be seen, is probably dead."

Chen Zifu still refused to give up: "Why?"

"If he were alive, there would be no news at all."

"If he traveled far away, he would not be able to abandon his horses."

"I think he must have been killed that morning!"

After figuring something out, his eyes gradually became brighter.

His voice also became confident: "And, and I already know, who killed him!"

As if there was a thunder on the ground, Chen Zifu jumped up suddenly: "What?"

"How did you know?"

"You said - who is it?"

Chen Zican smiled slightly and said firmly: "If what I expected is correct, the person who killed him was the driver, Sun Laoer!"

"He, didn't he say that after waiting all morning, Mr. Wang Da was nowhere to be seen?"

Chen Zifu frowned: "I think you are also a bit whimsical. Do you have any evidence for that?"

Chen Zican nodded: "First of all, the county is densely populated. Even if it is early in the morning, killing someone on the street will definitely alarm the residents."

"So, he must have been killed outside the city."

"Besides, he and the coachman Sun Laoer agreed to meet outside the north gate."

"For the convenience of meeting, we will not be too far from the city gate. Even though it is early, there will be pedestrians at any time."

"The only person who can do something here without alerting others is an acquaintance."

"An acquaintance who can make him take a fatal blow without any defense."

"However, according to the family members of Mr. Sun Laoer and Mr. Wang Da, he did not ask anyone to go with him that day, and he saw no one else."

Chen Zifu said: "What if, when he left the north gate, Sun Lao'er hadn't arrived yet, but he was killed by a passing bandit?"

Chen Zican nodded: "This is not impossible."

"But why does his horse appear outside the south gate?"

Chen Zifu rubbed his short beard under his chin: "Is it possible that he was killed outside the south gate?"

"Then, why didn't the thief take away his horse?" Chen Zican shook his head.

"That horse is worth at least fifty or sixty taels of silver. This is quite a windfall!"

"Unless the thief knows it very well, the government will definitely track him down."

"And he, being a local, couldn't hide and sell the horse."

"To put it bluntly, as I said before, he is an acquaintance of Mr. Wang Da."

"Besides, he is the person that the government will definitely investigate first, so..."

Chen Zican took a sip of tea and placed the cup heavily on the table.

He said word by word: "He is the groom, Sun Laoer."

"When ordinary people commit crimes, they tend to throw away evidence in the opposite direction from the crime scene."

"So, Ma, he arrived outside the south gate as a matter of course."

"Besides, I also have conclusive evidence to prove that this Mr. Sun is definitely not innocent!"

Chen Zifu couldn't help but nodded secretly after hearing what he said was clear and logical.

Asked: "Then, what evidence do you have?"

Chen Zican opened the case file and pointed to a line of small words: "This is the evidence!"

"Madam, I have been waiting outside the north gate for a long time. Why hasn't Mr. Da come here yet? If you are late, you will miss Sutou..."

"This, is this Chen's confession?" Chen Zifu was stunned.

"Yes, there is still here!"

Chen Zican turned to another page, and this sentence appeared again, but this time it was Sun Laoer's confession.

"Is there anything wrong?"

Chen Zifu frowned and read this sentence several times.

Suddenly, a hazy feeling came over me.

"Sure enough it's not right!"

The two looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Chen Zican patted the table: "According to common sense, when you go to someone's home to search for someone before they arrive, the first thing you should ask is: 'So-and-so, are you at home?"

"I have been waiting for you outside the north gate for a long time. If we don't get on the road, we will miss Sutou...'"

"Instead of 'Madam, I have been waiting outside the north gate for a long time, why hasn't Mr. Big come yet?...'"

"Sun Laoer calls Madam Madam when he opens his mouth. Obviously, he knows better than anyone else that Mr. Wang Da cannot be at home."

"He even has a guilty conscience and is subconsciously avoiding Mr. Wang Da's name..."

Chen Zifu slapped his knee suddenly: "That's right!"

"Knowing the smallest details, having a sharp eye like a torch, how wonderful!"

"Zi Can, you are truly a genius!"

"Study hard. I think that sooner or later, you will become a famous minister like Di Lianggong and Bao Longtu, and your name will go down in history..."

Chen Zican coughed and almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

Patting his chest, he stopped his brother from pouring out his compliments like the Yangtze River.

"Okay, okay, our family only needs one famous official from you."

"Now, it's more important to do business."

"Otherwise, before you, a famous minister, stand out, you will be turned into a loyal minister..."

The two brothers held each other's hands and laughed.

I just feel that the dark clouds have dispersed, and the earth is vast and the sky is high.

It's like: the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains!