When Tang Zhongbai arrived at the Lai Ju Tavern, he did not see Jiang Muxia.

He stopped a waiter and asked him, only to learn that Jiang Muxia had only stayed in the wine shop for less than half a cup of tea before leaving in a hurry, leaving a message for the shopkeeper. She was going out to do something small, and asked him to wait for her here.

Tang Zhongbai was a little worried. She was unfamiliar with the county town, so where could she go?

Just as he was about to take people out to look for her, he saw her from afar, with Qinghong and Caiyun, holding umbrellas, turning a corner from the alley in the east and walking quickly towards the tavern.

Tang Zhongbai walked over quickly in the rain and asked nervously, "Where have you been?"

After saying this, he looked her up and down, fearing that she was injured. Then he found that her clothes were stained with mud and water, and he saw Caiyun holding a dirty bundle in her arms.

The two girls were covered in mud and looked miserable.

Jiang Muxia quickly stepped forward and held the umbrella over his head. Seeing his nervous expression, she couldn't help but smile and comfort him, "Don't worry, we're fine. We found some good things. Let's go to the wine house and let you take a look."

Tang Zhongbai was suspicious, but even though he didn't understand, he still obediently pulled her under the umbrella and walked towards the tavern.

They went up to the second floor and asked for the largest private room. Under Hu Yu's astonished gaze, Jiang Muxia put the bag on the table and spread it out.

When they saw what was inside, they were confused and had no idea what her intention was.

Hu Yu pointed at the brightly colored old clothes and some worthless accessories in the bag and asked her in confusion, "Miss Jiang, what do you mean by this?"

Jiang Muxia said nothing, walked forward, picked up a red cloak, turned up the collar, pulled out a small name tag with words on it and showed it to everyone.

Seeing this extremely clear word, everyone gasped. They never expected that there would be such a drastic change. Their original guesses were all wrong.

Caiyun said angrily, "It turns out that the beast had climbed up the ladder a long time ago. No wonder Xueling was abandoned. It's really retribution. Now that he's dead, let's see if he dares to be so arrogant."

Qinghong tugged at her sleeve and gave her a look, telling her not to say anything more.

The scene became quiet, and seeing that no one spoke, Jiang Muxia said, "The reason why I heard the news of the Lou family's daughter's death was that I immediately ran to her back alley and picked up these things. I heard from Qinghong that Wu Fan liked to write his name or surname on the gifts when giving them to people. So I ran to the back alley of the Lou family with a lucky mentality, and I didn't expect that I would really find them."

Hu Yu frowned and asked, "Miss Jiang, do you mean that this murder case is related to Wu Fan? But how could he reveal the whereabouts of Miss Lou before she killed someone?"

Jiang Muxia looked at Tang Zhongbai. He understood what she meant and spoke for her: "So this person is very scheming. With just a few words, he shifted all the suspicion to others. This further proves how serious his own problems are."

As soon as Tang Zhongbai said this, everyone understood that the murder of a mother and her two children was probably also the work of Wu Fan.

Lou Shutang was a girl who lived in seclusion. Even if she hated someone deeply, she probably wouldn't have the intention to kill someone.

The only way to know how big a role Wu Fan played in this is to ask him.

Hu Yu rubbed his brows. He still couldn't understand how Wu Fan could still be with Lou Shutang after what he did. Sooner or later, the police would find the girl from the Lou family. If the girl from the Lou family failed, wouldn't that mean he would be exposed as well?

The waiter brought the food to the table, "Don't think about it, let's eat first." Tang Zhongbai greeted everyone.

Qinghong and Caiyun returned to the mansion, and they sat at the dining table and started eating.

Before Jiang Muxia left the wine house, she went to the well in the backyard to get some water to wash her hands. When she washed her hands and left, she saw a woman in gray clothes holding a large wooden basin and running to the side yard in a panic. The woman's back looked familiar, and when she was about to chase after her to see what was going on, Tang Zhongbai urged her to go to the government office as soon as possible because the rain was going to get heavier.

She had no choice but to turn back.

Hu Yu took the officials and went straight to the Wu family in Anchengfang before them.

After entering the room, he picked up Wu Fan who was lying in bed and took him to the yamen.

"Why did you arrest me?" Wu Fan struggled hard and stared at Hu Yu in disbelief.

Hu Yu did not argue with him. He took out an ordinary silver hairpin from his bosom and showed him the word "Wu" written on it.

"So what? What can it prove?" Wu Fan saw him holding the silver hairpin he had given to Lou Shutang, and was a little surprised how he found it.

He didn't know that Lou Shutang was already dead. Lou Xiaofeng had ordered all her belongings to be thrown away. If Jiang Muxia hadn't arrived in advance, these things would have been buried in the sea of ​​fire.

His relationship with Lou Shutang became unknown after her death, and he was able to escape.

Unfortunately, fate played tricks on him and God did not let him go.

"It proves that you are too clever and want to divert attention, but you expose yourself instead." Hu Yu's face turned stern and he shouted, "Take him away."

The Wu family's parents had never seen such a situation before. They cried and grabbed their son, begging Hu Yu to let their son go.

Wu Fan was speechless. He was dragged away by the officers. In the wind and rain, only Wu Fan's hoarse cry for help was left, "Go find Qinghong quickly. She must be able to save me..."

The man was taken to the yamen and tortured immediately.

Jiang Muxia and Tang Zhongbai were already waiting in the torture room.

When Wu Fan saw Tang Zhongbai, he struggled to break free from his restraints and knelt in front of Tang Zhongbai.

He begged, "Second Young Master of the Tang Family, I know you are a good man. Please, for Qinghong's sake, speak for me. I really did nothing. Every word I said yesterday was true. I didn't kill anyone. What are you trying to do?" As he spoke, he burst into tears.

Jiang Muxia looked at him with disdain, wondering how could Miss Xueling fall for such a spineless person. It was really not worth it.

Hu Yu raised his chin, and the officers stepped forward to pull him away and tied him tightly to the rack.

The smell of blood mixed with stench in the torture room, the rack was black, and the soles of his shoes were sticky when he walked. Jiang Muxia frowned and covered his mouth and nose.

Hu Yu pulled out a short whip from the wall full of torture instruments, weighed it in his hand, and slowly walked to Wu Fan.

I watched his face turn pale and he struggled so hard that the rack swayed along with his body. Before he could do anything, his legs were already wet.

"I'm a good person, I haven't done anything wrong, you can't hit me..." He struggled and called out to Tang Zhongbai, "Master Tang, please save me, I'll work like a cow or a horse to repay you... Please save me... Save me... Ah..."

Hu Yu listened to his shouting and felt annoyed. He threw the whip to the officer, turned around and walked back to sit next to Tang Zhongbai.

The officer understood and raised his hand to whip Wu Fan hard.

"Ah..." a scream was heard.

As soon as Hu Yu raised his hand, the officer beside him shouted at him.

"Tell me, did you kill the mother and her two children? Who were your companions? I advise you to confess as soon as possible, otherwise I will let you taste the taste of all the torture instruments."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Fan was hit by another whip. He screamed, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he gasped for breath.

However, this time he gritted his teeth and refused to plead guilty.

Everyone knew that once he confessed, he would have no chance of survival. By tonight, there would be only one more body in the prison. His death would be in vain, and no one would care whether he was assassinated or committed suicide.

He regretted it deeply now, thinking that he could control Lou Shutang with this handle, but he didn't expect that it would lead him into the abyss.

He regrets it!

After two whippings, he woke up as if from a dream and remembered that the only way to survive was to save Yu Lou Shutang.

So he raised his head and expressed his request with difficulty.

"Call the daughter of the Lou family here, and I'll tell her everything when she sees me."

Hu Yu sneered, "It's too late. You will never see Miss Lou again."

Wu Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he thought, could it be that Lord Lou had discovered something and locked her up and didn't let her go out? At this point, he hardened his heart, gritted his teeth, and said firmly: "I don't care, you must bring her here, otherwise, I won't say anything."

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