Since I met you, people are dying every day

Xia Shu took him to a cave, and a group of yamen servants surrounded the door. He took the lamp from one of the yamen servants and led him inside.Ye Sirui looked at the winding cave in silence all the way, he didn't know how Xia Shu found this cave, and he didn't know how much effort it took him to find it in such a short time.

"Here we are." Xia Shu said suddenly.

Without his pointing, Ye Sirui could see the traces of cooking on the ground.

"And this." Xia Shu moved the lantern deeper into the cave, and Ye Sirui saw the straw scattered on the ground, and the black straight body and mask pressed under the stone in the corner.

"There's blood on it." Xia Shu reminded.

There should have been blood, but after hitting people's heads with stones so many times, the ground was soaked, and it was not surprising that the clothes were stained with blood.Ye Sirui carefully removed the stone, and took a closer look.Xia Shu put the lantern lower, just to illuminate him.

Ye Sirui looked at it for a while, smiled, and gently opened his clothes, revealing a knife, which was still stained with blood.

"This is..." Xia Shu leaned over to take a closer look.

Ye Sirui smiled, made a quiet gesture, rewrapped the knife, stood up, and signaled the yamen guard behind him to carefully put away the straight body and mask.

"Brother Tianshu, how did you find this place?" Ye Sirui couldn't help asking.

"The caves that no one has visited all year round are completely different from the caves that people have lived in. I can tell it at a glance." Xia Shu said calmly.

Ye Sirui couldn't help admiring, and just about to say something, he smiled again, "Forget it, I thought you were miraculous a long time ago, and I can't praise you enough." As the two walked out of the cave, the smile on Ye Sirui's face also faded. "Bring Master Leng back to the county government office, and invite Liu Yueze and his wife to come."

Today's county government is extremely lively.

The county magistrate, the master book, and the history of the classics have all arrived.Liu Yueze and his wife waited anxiously.The expression on the gloomy face was very unnatural.Ye Sirui looked at the people in the hall and smiled, and said: "I am not in session today, just to investigate the case."

Mrs. Liu squeezed her handkerchief tightly and hid behind her husband. Hearing this, she couldn't help but ask, "My lord, have you found Jin Niang?"

"I found it." Ye Sirui looked at her and said seriously.

Madam Liu was surprised and delighted, and kept asking: "Where is she, sir? Is she injured? Why haven't you seen me yet?"

"What are you arguing about?" Liu Yueze said in a nasty voice, "I said earlier that you don't have to show your face with me. Adults have their own reasons, so what's the point of being noisy."

Madam Liu had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, Ye Sirui still smiled gently: "Madam please be safe and don't be impatient."

He spoke again, his voice was very soft, but everyone could hear him clearly: "At first, I was resting in Taohuazhuang, and my nephew got lost." He smiled, "Fortunately, I found him overnight After he came back, he kept saying that he had gone to Peach Blossom Spring."

No one spoke.

Ye Sirui continued: "Then Mrs. Liu's daughter went missing and was not found all night." Liu Yueze let out a long sigh, and Mrs. Liu gently covered her face with a veil.

"Afterwards, someone reported to the police, and Dong Xiang was killed." Ye Sirui looked around again, paying attention to everyone's expressions, "When I looked through the files, I found that there were more than [-] children who got lost in the past three or four years." back. "I slowly discovered the connection between these things. When I interrogated his subordinates, I learned that Dong Xiang was an important part of child trafficking. He was responsible for contacting those kidnappers and selling the kidnapped young girls to brothel."

After a heavy blow, everyone in the room showed disgust and anger, only Master Lu smiled wryly.Mrs. Liu exclaimed: "My lord! Jinniang, Jinniang, she..."

"Stop talking, just pretend she's not here." Liu Yueze said in a deep voice.

Ye Sirui understood clearly, and retracted his gaze with his hands behind his back. "Ma'am, don't worry, Jin Niang is well, and she hasn't fallen into those dirty places."

"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Liu repeated.

"Then, my lord, why did your young master get lost?" Leng Yu asked suddenly.

"Good question." Ye Sirui said, "At first I was also puzzled why he was brought back. And," he paused lightly, "there were three boys among the lost children, but I sent someone to investigate. None of the brothels provide child prostitutes." He chuckled, "So I interrogated Dong Xiang's servants again, and found that he had the pleasure of Longyang, especially for children. Of the three servants in his mansion, the oldest However, when I tied my hair, I found out during interrogation that it was the child who was lost in the past."

Silence again.

Ye Sirui would not admit that at that moment, he really had the urge to cut Dong Xiang's body into pieces, just because of his eccentricity, Kuang'er almost fell into the hands of this demon. "Those kidnappers know his hobbies, so every year they will specially kidnap a boy to 'honour' him." There was a strong disgust in his tone.

After a while, Liu Yueze broke the silence. "My lord, why was your young master brought back?" And my daughter didn't?

Ye Sirui heard what he meant, and his expression was strange. "Because someone told them my identity, they were afraid that I would track it down to the end. Moreover, the person they want to 'respect' is already dead, so it's better to let this trouble go as soon as possible." He looked at Zhou Xiancheng, "Are you convicted?"

Zhou Sheng kept his head down, but now he raised his head and said with a smile, "What do you mean, my lord? I don't even understand."

"Isn't it you who killed Dong Xiang and told them the news of Dong Xiang's death?"

Zhou Sheng still smiled, "Why did your lord start talking nonsense?"

"Of course, this officer is also speculating on this point, but if you really rushed to report the case the next day, his family's servants had already escorted back to the Yamen yesterday, which is too fast." So in fact, the two of them had secretly The way to communicate, Zhou Sheng knew the news of Dong Xiang's death at the first time, and connected with those kidnappers. "However, I have no evidence for this point. There is evidence elsewhere." Ye Sirui clapped his hands.

Two yamen servants escorted a man in, he refused to cooperate with the yamen servant, he dragged and tugged all the way, and finally knelt down in front of Ye Sirui, Zhou Sheng didn't even look at him.

"Ma Liu, are you convicted of abducting and trafficking children?" Ye Sirui only glanced at him and asked in a cold voice.

Ma Liu kowtowed to the ground with a bang, "I'm convicted! Please forgive me, my lord!"

"The lost girl in Taohuazhuang, but what did you do?"

"Yes, yes, I was going to bring it into the city after I was done, but before I could let go..." Ma Liu quickly glanced at Zhou Sheng, and stopped talking.

Madam Liu didn't make a sound this time, but she had already begun to wipe away tears.

"How long have you kidnappers been attacking Taohua?" Ye Sirui remained calm.

"For the past three or four years, we have been doing it." Ma Liu smacked, "Why did Xiao Shi start?"

Liu Yueze suddenly said: "Beast!"

Ye Sirui still smiled, noticing the sarcasm flashing in Zhou Sheng's eyes. "Master Leng is not your accomplice, but I'm afraid he took your money? If the situation does not subside, his business will not be easy."

He bowed his head coldly and remained silent.

"Ma Liu, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the government will find you?"

Ma Liu replied honestly: "I was afraid before, but I succeeded once or twice, and no one cared, so I am not afraid. It was only this time that Boss Dong died, so I realized that there are also people from us in the government." He said Looking at Zhou Sheng, the intention is clear.

"Your Excellency found a beggar from somewhere, it seems inappropriate to talk nonsense?" Zhou Sheng said slowly.

"There is some truth to this statement." Liu Yueze nodded.Leng Yu just glanced at Ye Sirui and didn't dare to make a sound.

Ye Sirui said: "It's not difficult at all. The official sent someone to follow Mr. Zhou secretly. Naturally, he also saw the scene where Mr. Zhou visited Maliu at night and the two talked."

Zhou Sheng was stunned for a moment, and the moment was as usual, only Ye Sirui, who had been staring at him secretly, noticed.

Ye Sirui knew about his control over the yamen servants, and he was secretly startled at this moment, "Master Zhou wants me to call them up to confront him?"

"I'm not interested in the actor my lord found somewhere." Zhou Sheng still replied indifferently.

Ye Sirui laughed again, "Lord Zhou, your acting skills are outstanding. If Master Lu hadn't led someone to search your county magistrate's office and residence, I'm afraid you would have been fooled too, right?"

"Where did you get the time!?" Zhou Sheng suddenly changed his color, "No! You came back early!"

Ye Sirui didn't answer.It is difficult for the second official to leave the mansion unless he has a legitimate reason. Zhou Sheng's criminal evidence cannot be left in the hands of others, so he naturally stays with him.He thought he had the insider to keep an eye on Ye Sirui, and left those things in the county government because he went out.

"He has pleaded guilty, Lord Dianshi, are you still going to hang on?" Ye Sirui asked again.

Dian Shi hurriedly knelt down, "My lord, do you suspect that the lower officials are also colluding with the thieves? The lower officials are wronged! Please be clear, my lord!"

Zhou Sheng still smiled sarcasticly, with a crazy expression on his face.

Ye Sirui walked up to the kneeling Dian Shi in a few steps, and threw the dossier in his hand in front of him. "Take a good look at the dossier you wrote. In the case of a missing child last year, the word '世' was added throughout. It is obviously a taboo. But this word is not your relatives and elders. What kind of taboo did you avoid?"

Dian Shi's hands shaking uncontrollably while picking up the file, after reading the case, his whole body, even his voice began to tremble. "Xiaoguan, I'm incompetent, this, this file, the whole book, yes, someone else helped me write it."

"Dossiers written by one person are sometimes taboo and sometimes not? Besides, dossiers written by others, can you be familiar with it when I ask you and you know which one it is?"

Dian Shi looked in a trance.

"I'm afraid you don't know that the word 'Shi' is Zhou Sheng's biological father's name, right?"

Dian Shi's body went limp, and he collapsed on the ground, his breath fluttering: "This subordinate...convicted."

Zhou Sheng said coldly: "'Shi' is not my father's name."

Dian Shi sat up abruptly.Ye Sirui looked at it interestingly, "That's right, I edited this dossier, but I can really fool you, it seems that it was indeed written by someone else."

Regret, shame, and fear flashed across Dian Shi's face in succession, complex and unspeakable, and finally turned into numbness.

"My lord." Liu Yueze said again, "Where is my daughter now?"

"Ling Ai rests in the inner office." Ye Sirui felt his mouth was a little dry, he hadn't had a sip of water since just now, but he couldn't rest yet.He didn't hesitate to expose the crime just now, or face those people's sophistry and slander, but now he suddenly doesn't want to speak.

"Master Liu, don't you want to know who killed your servant and kidnapped Lingmei?"